Ravindra Duddu
Associate Professor, Vanderbilt University Departments of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Earth & Environmental Sciences, and Mechanical Engineering.Associate Professor, Vanderbilt University Departments of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Earth & Environmental Sciences, and Mechanical Engineering.
- Location
Nashville, TN
About me
I’m an Associate Professor at Vanderbilt University working on computational modeling of material degradation and failure. My research spans fracture mechanics, corrosion, ice-sheet processes, and multiphysics transport. I develop numerical methods that help explain how materials and geophysical systems evolve, break, and respond under extreme conditions.
Computational Mechanics
Research Focus
Fracture, fatigue, variational finite element methods.
Glaciology & Ice-Sheet Modeling
Spherule
Rift propagation, hydrofracture, calving, and ice-shelf stability.
Corrosion & Multiphysics Modeling
Research Focus
Chemo-mechanical degradation, electrochemical transport, multiphysics coupling.
Fracture & Damage Modeling
Research Focus
Damage evolution in metals, ceramics, soft materials, and composites.
News
Some of my recent work.
Pages and screens
Year | Description | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Received the Interdisciplinary Research Award, Vanderbilt School of Engineering | Link | |
| 2025 | Awarded Global Engagement Research Seed Grant | Link | |
| 2024 | Served as Axis Bank Visiting Professor at IISc Bangalore | Link | |
| 2023 | Received NSF GEO OSE Track-1 award for ADVISER project | Link | |
| 2022 | Awarded Fulbright Kalam-Climate Fellowship | Link | |
| 2019 | Received NSF CAREER Award | Link |