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Dr. Vishnuvardhan Janapati


Postdoctoral Scholar, SACL, Aeronautics & Astronautics

Office: Durand Building, Room 364

Phone: ((650) 723-0279 | Fax: (650) 725-3377

Email: jvishnu [AT] stanford.edu



Background

PhD Mechanical Engineering, IIT Madras, India, 2008.
ME Mechanical Engineering, Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology, Allahabad, India, 2002.
BTech Mechanical Engineering, K. S. R. M. College of Engineering, Kadapa, A.P., India, 2000.


Research Interests


  • Active and Passive Structural Health Monitoring
  • Ultrasonic Non-destructive Evaluation
  • Signal Processing Methods
  • Optimization Algorithms
  • Active Diagnostic Imaging
  • Wave Propagation in Composites
  • Composite Materials
  • Material Characterization


Current Research


Active diagnostics

Sensor network optimization

Passive Impact location estimation

Calibration models for passive SHM system

Integrated Vehicle Health Monitoring

Probability of detection (POD) for NDE and SHM system



Experience

02/2009 - present: Research Scholar, Structures and Composites Laboratory, Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Stanford University
07/2008 - 02/2009: Project Office, Center for Nondestructive Evaluation (CNDE), Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, India.
03/2003 - 07/2008: Research Assistant, Center for Nondestructive Evaluation (CNDE), Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, India.


Lab Responsibilities


Lab safety coordinator