Praneeth Nampally

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Education

Texas A&M University Sep 2016 { Present

Ph.D. in Theoretical and Computational Mechanics; GPA: 4.00 College Station, TX

Advisor: J.N. Reddy

Indian Institute of Technology Jul 2011 { May 2015 B.Tech. in Mechanical Engineering; GPA: 3.50 Varanasi, India Professional Experience

Graduate Research Assistant Aug 2017 { Present

Texas A&M University College Station, TX

• Published two papers on e cient nonlinear nite element codes for static and dynamic analysis of lattice core sandwich beams, plates which require 1/400 times the elements used for analysis in ABAQUS

• Developed e cient computational homogenization technique for lattice core sandwich structures

• Developed dual mesh control domain models for functionally graded beams and plates

• Written nite element codes in FORTRAN for analysis of composite laminates, functionally graded beams and plates

• Performed RVE homogenization of interpenetrating phase composites using FEA and micro-mechanics ho- mogenization techniques

• Developing a new virtual eld methodology to extract material properties when the displacement data from experiments such as digital image correlation is known Graduate Teaching Assistant Aug 2017 { May 2020

Texas A&M University College Station, TX

• Teaching assistant to graduate courses: mechanical vibrations, uid mechanics, linear algebra and vector calculus, energy methods and variational principles, linear and nonlinear nite elements

• Assisted graduate students in developing codes for linear and nonlinear nite element analysis for various course projects

• Taught and supervised undergraduate mechanical measurements laboratory Graduate Engineer Trainee Jun 2015 { Feb 2016

C.K. Birla, HIL Limited Hyderabad, India

• Supervised the installation of machinery for aerated concrete block manufacturing plant Undergraduate Research Intern May 2014 { Jul 2014

Research Center Imarat Hyderabad, India

• Created CAD models of Inertial Navigation Systems in Solidworks and conducted its stress and modal analysis in ANSYS workbench

Skills

• Computational skills:

Geometric nonlinear FEA

Material nonlinear FEA

Explicit and implicit dynamic

analysis

Finite di erence method

Finite volume method

Laminated composite analysis

Contact and impact analysis

Computational homogeniza-

tion

FEA of heat transfer and uid

dynamics

Stress analysis

• Programming: Fortran, C++, Python, MATLAB, Shell scripting, LaTeX, gdb debugging

• Software: ABAQUS,VUMAT, ANSYS, COMSOL, Solid Works, Mathematica, Inkscape, gnuplot, MS O ce

Selected Publications

1. Praneeth Nampally, A.T. Karttunen, J.N. Reddy, Nonlinear nite element analysis of lattice core sand- wich beams, European Journal of Mechanics-A/Solids, Vol. 74, 2019, 431-439 2. Praneeth Nampally, A.T. Karttunen, J.N. Reddy, Nonlinear nite element analysis of lattice core sand- wich plates, International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics, Vol. 121, 2020, 103423 3. Praneeth Nampally, J.N. Reddy, Bending Analysis of Functionally Graded Axisymmetric Circular Plates using the Dual Mesh Finite Domain Method, Latin American Journal of Solids and Structures, 2020 4. J.N. Reddy, Praneeth Nampally, A.R. Srinivasa, Nonlinear analysis of functionally graded beams using the dual mesh nite domain method and the nite element method, International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics, 2020, 103575

Google Scholar

Awards

• Aruna and J. N. Reddy Distinguished Fellow in Computational Mechanics

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