Surya Kalidindi is a Regents Professor, and Rae S. and Frank H. Neely Chair Professor in the Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology, Georgia, USA with joint appointments in the School of Materials Science and Engineering as well as the School of Computational Science and Engineering. Surya earned a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1992, and joined the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Drexel University as an Assistant Professor. After twenty years at Drexel University, Surya moved into his current position at Georgia Tech. Surya’s research efforts have made seminal contributions to the fields of crystal plasticity, microstructure design, and materials informatics. Surya has been elected a Fellow of ASM International, TMS, and ASME. In 2016, he and his group members have been awarded the top prize as well as one of the runner-up prizes in the national Materials Science and Engineering Data Challenge sponsored by the Air Force Research Lab in partnership with the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the U.S. National Science Foundation. He has also been awarded the Alexander von Humboldt Research Award, the Vannever Bush Faculty Fellow, the Government of India’s Vajra Faculty Award, and the Khan International Award.
Regents' Professor, School of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering
Rae S. & Frank H. Neely Chair, Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering
surya.kalidindi@me.gatech.edu
Phone
404.385.2886
Office
B-H 192
University, College, and School/Department
Georgia Institute of Technology > College of Engineering > Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering
Additional Research
Multiscale Modeling; Crystallization; computational mechanics; Materials Informatics; Data Analytics
IRI And Role
Data Engineering and Science > Faculty
Data Engineering and Science > TRIAD Associate
Matter and Systems > Affiliated Faculty
Data Engineering and Science