Sunil Kishore Chakrapani

Dr. Sunil Kishore Chakrapani is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering with a joint appointment in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Michigan State University, East Lansing USA . He graduated from Iowa State University with PhD and MS majoring in Engineering Mechanics. Subsequently he spent three years working as a Postdoc at the Center for NDE Iowa State restarting the nonlinear ultrasonics group. Dr. Chakrapani has over 10 years of experience in Nondestructive Evaluation working at various labs including both the Center for NDE at Iowa State and at Indian Institute of Technology Madras. Dr. Chakrapani's research interests include:



- Nonlinear ultrasonics

Nonlinear vibrations and ultrasonic wave propagation
Nonlinear material property characterization

- Nondestructive material characterization and evaluation

Inversion of material stiffness
Ultrasonic attenuation

- Sensor Development

Air-coupled ultrasonics
Structural Health monitoring systems
Transducer characterization and calibration

- Finite element modeling

Composites modeling
Numerical simulation of ultrasonic wave propagation
NDE driven design

- Composite materials: Design, testing, and NDE