Dr. Gaurav Nilakantan

Professional Activities

and Service

 

 

External

 

· Session Chair, Multi-scale Modeling, SAMPE 2012, Baltimore, May 21-24, 2012

· Vice Chair of Communications, SAMPE Baltimore-Washington, 2011-2012

· LinkedIn Group Manager for American Society for Composites, SAMPE Baltimore-Washington, A2E – Armor, Ballistics, Composites, and Defense Experts (Group Owner)

· Symposium Organizer (~40 speakers), Behavior of Composite Materials and Structures: Experimental Testing, Sensing, and Computational Modeling, ASME Applied Mechanics and Materials Conference McMAT-2011, Chicago, IL, USA, May 31-June 2, 2011.

· Session Chair, Sensing of Strain and Damage in Composite Materials - I, ASME Applied Mechanics and Materials Conference McMAT-2011, Chicago, IL, USA, May 31-June 2, 2011.

· Session Chair, Computational Modeling of Composite Materials - I, ASME Applied Mechanics and Materials Conference McMAT-2011, Chicago, IL, USA, May 31-June 2, 2011.

· Invited Judge, Old Guard Oral Presentation Competition, ASME District A SPDC, Temple University, April 1-2, 2011.

· Invited Judge, SAMPE B/W Student Night Paper Competition, University of Maryland Baltimore County, February 9, 2011.

 

University of Delaware

 

· Organizer, CCM Spring Research Reviews, Center for Composite Materials, March-June, 2011.

· Session Chair, Mechanics and Design II, 2011 CCM Spring Research Reviews, March 23, 2011.

· Session Chair, Mechanics and Design V, 2011 CCM Spring Research Reviews, June 15, 2011.

 

Reviewer

 

· Composites Science and Technology

· International Journal of Impact Engineering

· Journal of Composite Materials

· International Journal of Vehicle Structures and Systems

 

Memberships

 

- American Society for Composites (ASC)

                 Member (08-present)

                 LinkedIn Group Manager (11-present)

- American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)

                 District B: Student member (06-07) 

                 District A: Student member (07-10), Member (10-present)

- Golden Key International Honor Society

                 Student member (08-10)

- International Association for Computational Mechanics (IACM)

                 Member (11-present)

- International Ballistics Society (IBS)

                 Founding Member (11-present)

- LinkedIn

                 Group Owner, A2E – Armor, Ballistics, Composites, and Defense Experts (>1000 members)

- Sigma Xi – The Scientific Research Society

                 Member (11-present)

- Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering (SAMPE)

                 B/W Chapter: Member (10-present), Vice Chair of Communications (11-present),

                 LinkedIn Group Manager (11-present)

                 UD Chapter: Student member (07-10), Webmaster (07-10)

- Textile Institute

                 Student member (09-10), Member (10-11)

- The American Ceramic Society (ACerS)

                 Member (11-present)

- The Fiber Society

                 Member (11-present)

- United States Association for Computational Mechanics (USACM)

                 Member (11-present)

University of Delaware, USA

Office     : +1(302)831-0376

E-mail    : nilakag@udel.edu

Gmail     : nilakantan.gaurav@gmail.com

LinkedIn : www.linkedin.com/in/gauravnilakantan

Center for Composite Materials

101 Academy St

Newark, DE 19716

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