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Professor B. Gangadhara Prusty

See:
http://www2.mech.unsw.edu.au/content/staff/Prusty.cfm?ss=4
https://research.unsw.edu.au/people/professor-gangadhara-prusty
http://www.researchgate.net/profile/Gangadhara_Prusty/
http://65.54.113.26/Author/21832071/b-gangadhara-prusty

School of Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering
University of New South Wales (UNSW)

Education:
1988 Master of Engineering (Structures): National Institute of Technology, Rourkela, India
2001 Doctor of Philosophy (Structures): Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India
2008 Graduate Certificate in University Learning & Teaching, The University of New South Wales

Employment:
1988-1990 Site Engineer, Planning and Design Cell, NIT, Rourkela, India
1990-2001 Lecturer / Senior Lecturer / Assistant Professor, NIT, Rourkela, India
2001-2004 Lecturer, Australian Maritime College, Launceston, Tasmania
2005-2007 Lecturer, School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, The University of New South Wales
2007-2010 Senior Lecturer
2011-2014 Associate Professor
2014- Professor

Visiting Appointments:
Nov-Dec 2010 Visiting Professor and EMSHIP scholar, University of Liege, Belgium

Awards and Scholarships:
1992 & 1993 Santok Singh Gold Medal of Orissa Engineering Congress for best Structural Engineering paper in the year
1997 ER. M. N. JENA Gold Medal and Running Shield and Santok Singh Gold Medal of Orissa Engineering Congress for best paper
1998-2001 Ministry of Human Resources & Development, Govt. of India scholarship for pursuing PhD at I.I.T., Kharagpur, India
2004 AMC Council award for High Achievement in Scholarship (Research)
2010 Vice-Chancellor's Teaching Excellence Award, UNSW
2010 Australian Learning & Teaching Council (ALTC) Citation for Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning
2010 "Lecturer of the Year" awarded by MECHSOC, UNSW

Professional Societies:
Engineers Australia, Member
Royal Institute of Naval Architects (RINA), Member
Australian Association for Engineering Education (AaeE), Member
Associate Member, EMSHIP (Erasmus Mundus European Masters Course in Ship Design)

Teaching Areas:
Mechanics of Solids
Engineering Mechanics
Finite Element Methods
Composite Structural Mechanics

Research Interests:
Linear and non-linear finite element analysis of stiffened structures
Mechanics and ultimate failure analysis of laminated composite and sandwich structures
Functionally graded materials
Laminated composites in marine and mining environment
Fracture mechanics of composite structures

Professional Interests and Consulting:
Cooperative Research Centre for Advanced Composite Structures (CRC-ACS) of Australia
Associate Member, EMSHIP
Program Committee Member, PACIFIC IMC series of conference
Consultant, UNSW Global Pty Ltd
Academic-In-Charge, Mechanics of Solids Laboratory, School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, UNSW

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