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Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
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2026

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Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

D-Index
96
Citations
29902
World Ranking
84
National Ranking
45

Materials Science

D-Index
96
Citations
30266
World Ranking
1289
National Ranking
414

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in United States Leader Award
  • 2011 - ASM Fellow "For outstanding scientific and technical contributions in the field of plasticity and microstructural design and outstanding leadership in materials education and training."
  • 2011 - Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers

Overview

Surya R. Kalidindi is affiliated with the Georgia Institute of Technology in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on engineering and materials science, with a significant number of publications in these fields. They have an emphasis on several subfields including materials chemistry, mechanical engineering, mechanics of materials, biomedical engineering, and statistics, probability, and uncertainty.

The main topics of Surya R. Kalidindi's research encompass a diverse range of areas within materials science and engineering. These topics include machine learning applications in materials science, metal and thin film mechanics, titanium alloys microstructure and properties, probabilistic and robust engineering design, X-ray diffraction in crystallography, and additive manufacturing materials and processes, as well as additive manufacturing and 3D printing technologies.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Surya R. Kalidindi are Aditya Venkatraman, Adam P. Generale, Andreas E. Robertson, David L. McDowell, and Berkay Yucel.

They have published extensively in various respected venues. Notable publication venues where they have multiple contributions include SSRN Electronic Journal, Acta Materialia, JOM, arXiv (Cornell University), and Mechanics of Materials.

Some of their recent papers include:

  • "Biomaterialomics: Data science-driven pathways to develop fourth-generation biomaterials," 2022, Acta Biomaterialia
  • "Carbon stoichiometry and mechanical properties of high entropy carbides," 2021, Acta Materialia
  • "Feature engineering of material structure for AI-based materials knowledge systems," 2020, Journal of Applied Physics
  • "Correlation of Measured Load-Displacement Curves in Small Punch Tests with Tensile Stress-Strain Curves," 2020, Acta Materialia
  • "Bayesian analysis of parametric uncertainties and model form probabilities for two different crystal plasticity models of lamellar grains in α+β Titanium alloys," 2022, International Journal of Plasticity

The scientist has received recognition in the form of awards including being named an ASM Fellow and a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, both awarded in 2011. The ASM Fellow award citation highlights contributions in plasticity, microstructural design, and leadership in materials education and training.

Best Publications

  • Crystallographic texture evolution in bulk deformation processing of FCC metals

    S.R. Kalidindi;C.A. Bronkhorst;L. Anand

  • Deformation twinning in AZ31: Influence on strain hardening and texture evolution

    Marko Knezevic;Amanda Levinson;Ryan Harris;Raja K. Mishra

  • Incorporation of deformation twinning in crystal plasticity models

    Surya R. Kalidindi

  • Influence of grain size and stacking-fault energy on deformation twinning in fcc metals

    Ehab El-Danaf;Surya R. Kalidindi;Roger D. Doherty

  • Strain hardening of titanium: role of deformation twinning

    Ayman A. Salem;Surya R. Kalidindi;Roger D. Doherty

  • Polycrystalline plasticity and the evolution of crystallographic texture in FCC metals

    C. A. Bronkhorst;S. R. Kalidindi;L. Anand

  • Strain hardening regimes and microstructural evolution during large strain compression of low stacking fault energy fcc alloys that form deformation twins

    Sirous Asgari;Ehab El-Danaf;Surya R. Kalidindi;Roger D. Doherty

  • Processing and Mechanical Properties of Ti3SiC2: II, Effect of Grain Size and Deformation Temperature

    Tamer El-Raghy;Michel W. Barsoum;Antonios Zavaliangos;Surya R. Kalidindi

  • Damage Mechanisms around Hardness Indentations in Ti3SiC2

    Tamer El-Raghy;Antonios Zavaliangos;Michel W. Barsoum;Surya R. Kalidindi

  • Key computational modeling issues in Integrated Computational Materials Engineering

    Jitesh H. Panchal;Surya R. Kalidindi;David L. Mcdowell

  • Fully reversible, dislocation-based compressive deformation of Ti3SiC2 to 1 GPa.

    M.W. Barsoum;T. Zhen;S.R. Kalidindi;M. Radovic

  • Strain hardening due to deformation twinning in α-titanium : Constitutive relations and crystal-plasticity modeling

    A.A. Salem;A.A. Salem;S.R. Kalidindi;S.L. Semiatin

  • Spherical nanoindentation stress–strain curves

    Siddhartha Pathak;Surya R. Kalidindi

  • Microstructure Sensitive Design for Performance Optimization

    David T. Fullwood;Stephen R. Niezgoda;Brent L. Adams;Surya R. Kalidindi

  • A Review of the Application of Machine Learning and Data Mining Approaches in Continuum Materials Mechanics

    Frederic E. Bock;Roland C. Aydin;Christian J. Cyron;Christian J. Cyron;Norbert Huber;Norbert Huber

  • Microstructure reconstructions from 2-point statistics using phase-recovery algorithms

    David T. Fullwood;Stephen R. Niezgoda;Surya R. Kalidindi

  • Deep learning approaches for mining structure-property linkages in high contrast composites from simulation datasets

    Zijiang Yang;Yuksel C. Yabansu;Reda Al-Bahrani;Wei keng Liao

  • Material structure-property linkages using three-dimensional convolutional neural networks

    Ahmet Cecen;Hanjun Dai;Yuksel C. Yabansu;Surya R. Kalidindi

  • Work-hardening/softening behaviour of b.c.c. polycrystals during changing strain paths: I. An integrated model based on substructure and texture evolution, and its prediction of the stress–strain behaviour of an IF steel during two-stage strain paths

    B. Peeters;M. Seefeldt;C. Teodosiu;S.R. Kalidindi

  • Determination of the effective zero-point and the extraction of spherical nanoindentation stress–strain curves

    Surya R. Kalidindi;Siddhartha Pathak

  • Modeling anisotropic strain hardening and deformation textures in low stacking fault energy fcc metals

    Surya R. Kalidindi

  • Prediction of crystallographic texture evolution and anisotropic stress–strain curves during large plastic strains in high purity α-titanium using a Taylor-type crystal plasticity model

    Xianping Wu;Surya R. Kalidindi;Carl Necker;Ayman A. Salem;Ayman A. Salem

Frequent Co-Authors

Roger D. Doherty
Roger D. Doherty Drexel University
Michel W. Barsoum
Michel W. Barsoum Drexel University
Brent L. Adams
Brent L. Adams Brigham Young University
Marko Knezevic
Marko Knezevic University of New Hampshire
David L. McDowell
David L. McDowell Georgia Institute of Technology
Antonios Zavaliangos
Antonios Zavaliangos Drexel University
Emin Caglan Kumbur
Emin Caglan Kumbur Drexel University
Britta Nestler
Britta Nestler Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
P. Van Houtte
P. Van Houtte KU Leuven
Tamer El-Raghy
Tamer El-Raghy Drexel University

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