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GANESH THIAGARAJAN 8820 W 126th Street Overland Park, KS-66213 (913)-685-0344 (H) (816)-235-1288 (W) email:: ganesht@umkc.edu ______________________________________________________________________________ Education:: Ph.D :: May 1996, Civil Engineering and Applied Mechanics, Louisiana State University Title :: A Cyclic Plasticity Model with Damage Characterization for Metal Matrix Composites ( GPA 4.0 ) M.S :: May 1988, Structural Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, India. Title : Optimal Design of Self Supporting Steel Lattice Towers B.S :: May 1985, Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, India. Professional Positions held:: 1) Assistant Professor (August 2002- present) Civil Engineering, University of Missouri-Kansas City Research and teaching in civil engineering and structural mechanics 2) Professional-in-Residence (September 2001 – August 2002) Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Louisiana State University Research and teaching in Civil Engineering and Structural Mechanics. Continued work on the Army Research Labs project in the numerical simulation of blast loading on armor plates. Also supervising a M.S. graduate student in the area of analytical modeling of carbon fiber based rods as flexural reinforcement in concrete beams. 3) Research Associate (January 2001 – August 2001) National Center for Supercomputing Applications, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Worked on applied research projects for Army Research Labs and Air Force Research Labs in the area of crack propagation behavior due to impact and blast loading, penetration mechanics etc. 4) Design Consultant: (part time 2000) Gulfcoast Engineers Inc. Worked as a design consultant and was involved in the analysis and design of sheet pile walls 5) Professional-in-Residence (Fall 1997 to Fall 2000) Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Louisiana State University. Teaching and Research in Civil Engineering. Duties included teaching Structural Analysis, Mechanics of Materials, Dynamics and Vibrations, Statics and conducting research in the areas of computational mechanics and constitutive modeling. 6) Instructor (Fall 1995 - Summer 1997 ) Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Louisiana State University Research and teaching courses in structural engineering, materials, Statics and applied mechanics areas. 6) Teaching/Research Assistant ( 1993 - 1995 ) Department of Civil Engineering, Louisiana State University. Research in constitutive modeling of the behavior of Metal Matrix Composites and teaching two sections of Statics every semester. 7) Assistant Engineer ( 1988 - 1991 ) Civil Construction Wing, All India Radio, New Delhi, India Responsibilities included completion of entire structural projects from the architectural drawing stage to preparation of site design drawings, managing a team of engineers. Completed three projects where design involved RCC, Steel and Brick Masonry buildings during the period. Awards and Honors:: 1) UMKC-Faculty Scholar Award (2006) – Given by the University of Missouri Kansas City to two Assistant Professors in the campus for demonstrating outstanding potential for success in research. 2) LEAP (Leadership Excellence Achievement Program) Award (2006) – Given by the Missouri Chapter of Professional Engineers. 3) Good Teaching Faculty Award (2004) – School of Computing and Engineering - UMKC 4) Received the ASCE Student Chapter, Outstanding Teaching award (LSU), 2002 5) Received the Prestigious Tiger Athletic Foundation Undergraduate Excellence in Teaching Award for 1999. This is a university level award. 6) Received the Chi Epsilon - Excellence in Teaching Award for year 1999. This annual award by the Chi Epsilon Society to an outstanding faculty in Civil Engineering. 7) Received the prestigious Tiger Athletic Foundation Undergraduate Excellence in Teaching Award for 1997 – a university level award 8) Received the Chi Epsilon - Excellence in Teaching Award for 1997. Professional Societies and Service:: 1) American Concrete Institute (ACI) – Member a) Voting Member – Committee on Finite Elements (445) b) Voting Member – Committee on Fracture Mechanics (446) c) Associate Member – Committee on Fiber reinforced composites (440) 2) American Society of Civil Engineers - Associate member 3) ASCE Committee of Inelastic Division - Member 4) American Society of Mechanical Engineers - Member 5) Structural Engineering Association of Kansas and Missouri (SEAKM) – Member 6) ACI-Missouri Chapter – Director since 2005. License/Certification: Registered as a Professional Engineer in the State of Louisiana