Box 1831, Station B
Vanderbilt University
Nashville, TN 37235
(615) 322-3040
(615) 322-3365 (fax)
(615) 322-2697 (CE Department)
email: sankaran.mahadevan@vanderbilt.edu
Structural Reliability Research Group
Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Director, NSF IGERT Multidisciplinary Graduate Program in Reliability and Risk Engineering and Management
B.S., Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India, 1982
M.S., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, 1985
Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta Georgia, 1988
1988 - 1994: Assistant Professor
1994 - 2001: Associate Professor
2001 - present: Professor
Probabilistic Computational Mechanics
Reliability and Risk Assessment
Structural Durability, Fatigue and Fracture
Model Verification and Validation Under Uncertainty
Reliability-Based Design Optimization
1986-1988 - Graduate Research Assistant, School of Civil Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA
1984-1985 - Graduate Research Assistant, School of Civil Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY
1982-1984 - Structural Design Engineer, Engineers India Limited, New Delhi, India
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MAGAZINE ARTICLES:
Vanderbilt Engineering News article on Research Projects (Jan 2001)
Vanderbilt Register article on SAE award (Sept 2002)
Vanderbilt Register article on IGERT grant (Oct 2001)
Vanderbilt Engineering News article on IGERT program (Fall 2004)
Textbooks
Haldar, A., and S. Mahadevan, Probability, Reliability, and Statistical Methods in Engineering Design, John Wiley and Sons, 2000 (textbook for senior undergraduates and first year graduate students).
Haldar, A., and S. Mahadevan, Reliability Assessment Using Stochastic Finite Element Analysis, John Wiley and Sons, 2000 (graduate level textbook).
Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles
Dey, A., and S. Mahadevan, "Reliability of Brittle Structures with Time-Variant Loads and Resistances," Journal of Structural Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 126, No. 5, pp. 612-620, 2000.
Mahadevan, S., and P. Raghothamachar, "Adaptive Simulation for System Reliability Analysis of Large Structures," Computers and Structures, Vol. 77, No. 6, pp. 725-734, 2000.
Mao, H., and S. Mahadevan, "Reliability Analysis of Creep Fatigue Failure," International Journal of Fatigue, Vol. 22, No. 9, pp. 789-797, 2000.
Shi, P., and S. Mahadevan, "Damage Tolerance Approach for Probabilistic Pitting Corrosion Life Prediction," Engineering Fracture Mechanics, Vol. 68, No. 13, pp. 1493-1507, 2001.
Zhang, R., and S. Mahadevan, "Fatigue Reliability Analysis using Non-Destructive Inspection," Journal of Structural Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 127, No. 8, pp. 957-965, 2001.
Zhang, R., and Mahadevan, S., "Integration of Computation and Testing for Reliability Estimation," Reliability Engineering and System Safety, Vol. 74, No. 1, pp. 13-21, 2001.
Mahadevan, S., A. Dey, R. Tryon, Y. Wang, and C. Rousseau, "Reliability Analysis of Rotorcraft Composite Structures," Journal of Aerospace Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 14, No. 4, pp. 140-146, 2001.
Mahadevan, S., Zhang, R., and N. Smith, "Bayesian Networks for System Reliability Reassessment," Structural Safety, Vol. 23 (3), pp. 231-251, 2001.
Mahadevan, S., and Y. Zhao, "Advanced Computer Simulation of Metal Alloy Microstructure," Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, Vol. 191, No. 34, pp. 3651-3667, 2002.
Zhang, R., and S. Mahadevan, "Bayesian Methodology for Reliability Model Acceptance," Reliability Engineering and System Safety, Vol. 80, No. 1, pp. 95-103, 2003.
Shi, P., and S. Mahadevan, "Corrosion Fatigue and Multiple Site Damage Reliability Analysis," International Journal of Fatigue, Vol. 25, No. 6, pp. 457-469, 2003.
Zou, T., S. Mahadevan, Z. Mourelatos, P. Meernik, "Reliability Analysis of Automotive Body-Door Subsystem," Reliability Engineering and System Safety, Vol. 78, No. 3, pp. 315-324, 2002.
Zou, T., S. Mahadevan, and Z. Mourelatos, "Reliability Assessment of Automotive Wind Noise Quality," Reliability Engineering and System Safety, Vol. 82, pp. 217-224, 2003.
Ni, K., and S. Mahadevan, "Probabilistic Fatigue Crack Growth Analysis of Spot-Welded Joints," Fatigue and Fracture of Engineering Materials and Structures, Vol. 27, No. 6 pp. 473-480, 2004.
Mahadevan, S., and Rebba, R., “Validation of Reliability Computational Models Using Bayes Networks,” Reliability Engineering and System Safety, Vol. 87, No. 1, pp. 223-232, 2005.
Smith, N., and S. Mahadevan, "Probabilistic Design of Aerospace Vehicles: Coupling Global and Local Requirements", Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, Vol. 42, No. 4, pp. 752-760, 2005.
Liu, Y. M., and S. Mahadevan, "Probabilistic Fatigue Life Prediction of Multidirectional Composite Laminates," Composite Structures, Vol. 69, No. 1, pp. 11-19, 2005.
Liu, Y. M., and S. Mahadevan, “Multiaxial High Cycle Fatigue Criterion and Life Prediction for Metals,” International Journal of Fatigue, Vol. 27, No. 7, pp. 790-800, 2005.
Chiralaksanakul, A., and S. Mahadevan, "First-Order Methods for Reliability-Based Optimization," ASME Journal of Mechanical Design, Vol. 127, No. 5, pp. 851-857, 2005.
Distinguished Probabilistic Methods Educator Award, Society of Automotive Engineers, 2002
Next Generation Design Tools Award, NASA, 2000
Best Paper, AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics and Materials (SDM) Conference, Dallas, TX, 1992
Teacher of the Year, School of Engineering, Vanderbilt University, 1991
Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award, School of Engineering, Vanderbilt University, 1990
Summer Faculty Fellowship, NASA Lewis Research Center, 1990 and 1991
Best Graduating Student in Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, 1982
American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)
International Society for Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization (ISSMO)
International Association for Structural Safety and Reliability (IASSAR)
Director, NSF IGERT Multidisciplinary Graduate Program in Reliability and Risk Engineering and Management
M.S. Thesis Advisor for 3 students
Ph.D. Dissertation Advisor for 9 students
Research Supervisor for 3 Post-Doctoral Research Associates
Chairman, Executive Committee, Aerospace Division, ASCE
Chairman, Committee on Fatigue and Fracture Reliability, Structural Engineering Institute, ASCE
Associate Editor, International Journal of Reliability and Safety, InderScience
Member, Editorial Board, Reliability Engineering and System Safety, Elsevier
Member, Committee on Dynamics and Controls, Aerospace Division, ASCE
Member, Committee on Probabilistic Methods, Engineering Mechanics Division, ASCE
Member, Committee on Computational Stochastic Mechanics, International Association of Structural Safety and Reliability (IASSAR)
Member, G-11 Committee on Probabilistic Methods, Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)
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