Nageswara Rao Janapala
PhD Student, Mechanical Engineering (Mechanics and Computation), Stanford University
Phone: (650) 723-3524 [lab]   (650) 497-3094 [home]
Fax: 650-725-3377
Email: jnrao@stanford.edu

 

Personal profile
Hobbies – Running, Cricket and Travelling

 

Degrees
B. Tech.    Mechanical Engineering, JNTU Anantapur, AP, India (2003)

M. Tech.   Mechanical Engineering, IIT Guwahati, Assam, India (2005)

     Thesis:  Optiamal Placement of Sensors and Actuators on Composite Structures, 98 pp.

Experience and Employment History
6/2007-Present: Research Assistant, Structures and Composites Laboratory, Stanford University, CA, USA
8/2005-6/2007: Structural Analyst, John. F. Welch Technology Center,
GE-Bangalore, India
8/2004-5/2005:
DAAD Master’s Exchange Student, Institute of Applied Mechanics, RWTH-Aachen,Germany
7/2003-7/2004: Teaching Assistant, Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology,
Guwahati, India

Research Interests
Damage in composite structures, Rotorcraft crash performance, Finite element analysis, Engineering mechanics, Active Vibration control and Piezolaminated composite structures

Current Research
Crash Performance of Composite Structures for Rotorcraft Applications

Lab Responsibilities
Computer Systems Administration

 


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