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Materials for Extreme Environments

Texas A&M University College of Engineering

Kalyan Raj Kota

Research Engineer and Lab Manager, Hypervelocity Impact Laboratory
Senior Research Engineer II, TEES and Bush Combat Development Complex

103A Doherty Building, 3123 TAMU, College Station, TX 77843

Hometown: Nellore, AP, India
Email: kkraj@tamu.edu
Cell: (662)617-9196

 

Raj is part of Bush Combat Development Complex (BCDC) working as a Senior Research Engineer for Materials for Extreme Environments. Raj holds MS and Ph.D. from the Department of Aerospace Engineering, Mississippi State University. Prior to BCDC, he was a Post-doctoral Researcher in J. Mike Walker ’66 Department of Mechanical Engineering at Texas A&M University. His current research focuses on the aspects of hypervelocity impact testing, material characterization, shock physics, and equations of state development for materials modeling. His research interests include hypervelocity impacts, finite element simulations of dynamic events, mechanics of aerospace composites, UAS collision severity evaluation, fatigue and fracture of aerospace materials, non-destructive evaluation, smart materials, and high-strain rate material characterization. He is a member of ASME, AIAA, NSBE, and International Ballistics Society (IBS).

Education

  • Ph.D. Aerospace Engineering, Mississippi State University       2018
    Dissertation: Development and Verification of a Finite Element Model of a Fixed-wing Unmanned Aerial System for Airborne Collision Severity Evaluation.
  • M.S. Aerospace Engineering, Mississippi State University         2018
    Thesis: Fatigue and crack-growth behavior in a titanium alloy under constant-amplitude and spectrum loading.
  • B.Tech. Aeronautical Engineering, Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University – Hyderabad, India       2011

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