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Uttam Kumar Chakravarty, Ph.D.

Associate Professor
Huntington Ingalls Inc., Endowed Professor

Contact

504-280-6652
uchakrav@uno.edu
https://sites.google.com/site/uttamkchakravarty/
Education

Ph.D. Aerospace Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, GPA 4.00/4.00
M.S. Aerospace Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia
M.S. Mechanical Engineering, Tuskegee University, Tuskegee, Alabama
B.S. Mechanical Engineering, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Dhaka, Bangladesh

About

- Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of New Orleans, Louisiana (8/2018 – present)
- Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of New Orleans, Louisiana (8/2012 – 8/2018)
- National Research Council Postdoctoral Research Associate, U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory, Eglin Air Force Base, Florida (10/2010 – 8/2012)
- Postdoctoral Research Fellow, School of Aerospace Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia (12/2008 – 9/2010)
- Courtesy Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of Florida, Research and Engineering Education Facility, Shalimar, Florida (11/2009 – 8/2012)
- Lecturer, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Dhaka, Bangladesh (11/1999 – 7/2000)

Research Interests

Computational and experimental mechanics of solids and structures; Multifunctional, smart/adaptive, and composite materials and structures; Fluid-structure interaction; Dynamics and control; Design

Current Research

  • Finite element analysis of composite structures
  • Dynamic response of composite materials and structures
  • Design of biologically inspired wings of small-scale unmanned aerial systems
Honors and Awards

- Early Career Creativity, Research, and Scholarship Award, University of New Orleans, 2017–2018
- One Ph.D. student received the Third Prize for the Poster Presentation Competition (Graduate Students Category), Louisiana EPSCoR RII CIMM 2020 Symposium; Baton Rouge, LA 70808, USA: July 20, 2020
- ASME Aerospace Division Best Student Paper Award, ASME 2019 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition; Salt Lake City, Utah, USA: November 11 – 14, 2019
- Course Affordability Transformation Award, University of New Orleans, 2018
- One Ph.D. student received the First Prize for the Oral Presentation Competition (Graduate Students Category), The 6thAnnual Texas STEM Conference; Beaumont, TX 77710, USA: November 3, 2018
- One Ph.D. student received the Third Prize for the Poster Presentation Competition (Graduate Students Category), Louisiana EPSCoR RII CIMM 2018 Symposium; Baton Rouge, LA 70808, USA: July 23, 2018
- Nominated for Advisor of the Year, The University of New Orleans Student Leadership Recognition Award, 2018
- Two Ph.D. students received the Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship Award sponsored by the Graduate School, the University of New Orleans on April 7, 2017. (A total of four Ph.D. students were awarded this fellowship in 2017.)
- The Guest Lecture, Fall 2015 PEP Colloquium; Physics and Engineering Physics Department, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 70118, USA: October 26, 2015
- Invited Presentation, The LaSPACE 2015 Fall Council Meeting, New Orleans, LA 70122, USA: October 23–24, 2015
- One of Top Ten Papers, AMD Division, and the Haythornthwaite Foundation Student Travel Award, ASME 2014 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition; Montreal, Canada: November 14–20, 2014
- The Best Paper Award, MEMS Division, ASME 2013 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition; San Diego, California, USA; November 15–21, 2013
- National Research Council Postdoctoral Research Associateship (2010–2012), U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory, Eglin Air Force Base, Florida
- Courtesy Assistant Professorship (2009–2012), Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of Florida, Research and Engineering Education Facility, Shalimar, Florida
- Postdoctoral Research Fellowship (2008–2010), School of Aerospace Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia
- Graduate Research/Teaching Assistantship (2003–2008), School of Aerospace Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia
- Graduate Research/Teaching Assistantship (2000–2003), Department of Mechanical Engineering, Tuskegee University, Tuskegee, Alabama
- Dean List Scholarship (1994–1999) and Merit Scholarship (1994–1999), Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Dhaka, Bangladesh

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