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Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

D-Index
46
Citations
9690
World Ranking
1417
National Ranking
559

Materials Science

D-Index
50
Citations
12137
World Ranking
10102
National Ranking
2427

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2020 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
  • 2019 - Charles Russ Richards Memorial Award, The American Society of Mechanical Engineers
  • 2012 - Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers

Overview

Pradeep Sharma is affiliated with the University of Houston in the United States. Their research spans multiple disciplines primarily within engineering and materials science, with a focus on both fundamental and applied aspects of material behavior and mechanics. The main fields of study in their work include engineering and materials science, while subfields encompass biomedical engineering, mechanical engineering, materials chemistry, electrical and electronic engineering, as well as electronic, optical, and magnetic materials.

Their publications have appeared frequently in various scientific venues, notably:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids
  • Journal of Applied Mechanics
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Journal of Analysis and Computations

They have collaborated extensively with several researchers, including Kosar Mozaffari, Liping Liu, Amir Hossein Rahmati, Qian Deng, and Shengyou Yang.

Key research topics explored by Pradeep Sharma include:

  • Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials
  • Advanced Materials and Mechanics
  • Dielectric materials and actuators
  • Nonlocal and gradient elasticity in micro/nano structures
  • Multiferroics and related materials
  • Ferroelectric and Piezoelectric Materials
  • Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films

Recent noteworthy papers by Sharma include:

  • Concurrent stiffening and softening in hydrogels under dehydration, 2023, published in Science Advances
  • Topologically engineered 3D printed architectures with superior mechanical strength, 2021, published in Materials Today
  • 2D Electrets of Ultrathin MoO2 with Apparent Piezoelectricity, 2020, published in Advanced Materials
  • Coupling of mechanical deformation and electromagnetic fields in biological cells, 2022, published in Reviews of Modern Physics
  • Flexoelectricity in soft elastomers and the molecular mechanisms underpinning the design and emergence of giant flexoelectricity, 2021, published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

The scientist has been recognized by professional organizations and has received notable awards including:

  • Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, 2020
  • Charles Russ Richards Memorial Award from The American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2019
  • Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2012

Best Publications

  • Room-temperature ferroelectricity in CuInP2S6 ultrathin flakes.

    Fucai Liu;Lu You;Kyle L. Seyler;Xiaobao Li

  • Effect of surfaces on the size-dependent elastic state of nano-inhomogeneities

    P. Sharma;S. Ganti;N. Bhate

  • Enhanced size-dependent piezoelectricity and elasticity in nanostructures due to the flexoelectric effect

    M. S. Majdoub;P. Sharma;T. Cagin

  • Mechanics of hard-magnetic soft materials

    Ruike Zhao;Ruike Zhao;Yoonho Kim;Shawn A. Chester;Pradeep Sharma

  • Size-Dependent Eshelby’s Tensor for Embedded Nano-Inclusions Incorporating Surface/Interface Energies

    P. Sharma;S. Ganti

  • Electromechanical coupling in nonpiezoelectric materials due to nanoscale nonlocal size effects: Green’s function solutions and embedded inclusions

    R. Maranganti;N. D. Sharma;P. Sharma

  • A novel atomistic approach to determine strain-gradient elasticity constants: Tabulation and comparison for various metals, semiconductors, silica, polymers and the (Ir) relevance for nanotechnologies

    R. Maranganti;P. Sharma

  • Nanoscale flexoelectric energy harvesting

    Qian Deng;Mejdi Kammoun;Alper Erturk;Pradeep Sharma

  • Atomistic determination of flexoelectric properties of crystalline dielectrics

    R. Maranganti;P. Sharma

  • On the possibility of piezoelectric nanocomposites without using piezoelectric materials

    N.D. Sharma;R. Maranganti;P. Sharma

  • Anomalous piezoelectricity in two-dimensional graphene nitride nanosheets

    Matthew Zelisko;Yuranan Hanlumyuang;Shubin Yang;Yuanming Liu

  • Coaxing graphene to be piezoelectric

    Swapnil Chandratre;Pradeep Sharma

  • Flexoelectricity: A Perspective on an Unusual Electromechanical Coupling

    Sana Krichen;Pradeep Sharma

  • Dramatic enhancement in energy harvesting for a narrow range of dimensions in piezoelectric nanostructures

    M. S. Majdoub;P. Sharma;T. Çağin

  • Curvature-dependent surface energy and implications for nanostructures

    P. Chhapadia;P. Mohammadi;P. Sharma

  • Length scales at which classical elasticity breaks down for various materials.

    R. Maranganti;P. Sharma

  • Piezoelectric thin-film superlattices without using piezoelectric materials

    N. D. Sharma;Chad Matthew Landis;P. Sharma

  • Flexoelectricity in soft materials and biological membranes

    Qian Deng;Liping Liu;Pradeep Sharma

  • Flexoelectricity in two-dimensional crystalline and biological membranes

    Fatemeh Ahmadpoor;Pradeep Sharma

  • Size-Dependent Elastic State of Ellipsoidal Nano-Inclusions Incorporating Surface∕Interface Tension

    P. Sharma;L. T. Wheeler

  • Surface piezoelectricity: Size effects in nanostructures and the emergence of piezoelectricity in non-piezoelectric materials

    Shuangxing Dai;Mohamed Gharbi;Pradeep Sharma;Harold S. Park

Frequent Co-Authors

Pulickel M. Ajayan
Pulickel M. Ajayan Rice University
Abhijit Dasgupta
Abhijit Dasgupta University of Maryland, College Park
Zheng Liu
Zheng Liu Nanyang Technological University
Jiangyu Li
Jiangyu Li Southern University of Science and Technology
Tahir Cagin
Tahir Cagin Texas A&M University
Saroj K. Nayak
Saroj K. Nayak Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar
Robert Vajtai
Robert Vajtai Rice University
Sanat K. Kumar
Sanat K. Kumar Columbia University

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