Anindya Ghoshal

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Summary of Professional Achievements:

Dr. Ghoshal has authored over 300+ technical publications with 5 patents. He has 30+ years of research experience and interests in advanced concepts of  propulsion materials, material state awareness and damage precursors, structural health management of integrated aerospace vehicles and structures, intelligent structures and sensor systems, spacecraft dynamics, advanced signal processing, distributed sensor array architecture, nano/micro/biomimetic/bio-inspired systems, diagnostics and prognostics. He is an Associate Editor of Structural Health Monitoring Journal, Shock and Vibration Journal and of International Journal for Mechanics and Control.  He currently serves on the AIAA Adaptive Structures TC, NASA Aeronautics Sensors Working Group. He had served on AIAA Standards Committee for Space Systems-Structures for Air Force Space Missile Command, and USAF sponsored Integrated System Health Management Team for Air Force Vision 2020. Dr. Ghoshal has been awarded National Research Council/NASA Langley Research Associateship, Humboldt Fellowships, Pratt & Whitney Leadership and Eagle Awards and AHS Forum Paper Awards. He was inducted in University of Connecticut Academy of Distinguished Engineers (2014) and is an AIAA Associate Fellow.

Education:

• • MBA Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

  • M.S., Ph.D.,  Applied Mechanics; University of Connecticut

  • Thesis: Dynamic and Thermomechanical Response of Orbital Space Structures.

  • M. Tech., Aerospace Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India.

  • B.E., Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology (formerly Bengal Engineering College) India

Professional Experience:

• • Turbine Power Research Team Lead, Vehicle Power and Propulsion Branch, Weapons Materials Research Directorate, US Army Research Laboratory, APG, MD.

  • Propulsion Materials, Propulsion Division, Vehicle Technology Directorate, US Army Research Laboratory, APG, MD.

  • Prognostics and Diagnostics Team Lead, Mechanics Division, Vehicle Technology Directorate, US Army Research Laboratory, APG, MD.

  • Senior Research Scientist, Research and Development, Applied Mechanics Group, United Technologies Research Center, East Hartford, CT.

  • NASA LaRC/National Research Council Resident Research Associate, Nondestructive Evaluation Sciences Branch (NESB), NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA 23681.

  • Research Assistant Professor, Dept. of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287-6106

  • Research Associate and Adjunct Faculty, NASA Center of Aerospace and Dept of Mechanical Engineering, North Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro, NC.

  • Research Scientist, Qualtech Systems Inc.

Publications and Patents:

300+ Technical Publications including 80+ Journal Papers, 5 patents awarded, 2 patents pending and 10+ invention disclosures.

Selected Publications:

• • Ghoshal, A., Prosser, W. H., Kim, H.S., Chattopadhyay, A., and Copeland, B., "Development of Embedded Piezoelectric Sensor Array Architecture ", Microelectronics Reliability, Vol. 50, no. 6, pp. 857-863. Jun 2010.

  • Ghoshal, A., Kim, H. S., Kim, J., Choi, S, Prosser, W. H., Tai, H., “Modeling of Delaminations in Composite Structures by incorporating Fermi Dirac Distribution Function and Hybrid Damage Indicators,” J. Finite Elements in Analysis and Design, Vol. 42, Issue 8, pp. 715-725, May 2006.

  • Ghoshal, A., Martin Jr., W. N., Schulz, M. J., Chattopadhyay, A., and Prosser W.H.,” Simulation of Asymmetric Lamb Waves for Smart Sensing and Actuation Systems in Plates", Shock and Vibration Journal, Volume 12, No. 4, September 2005 pp. 243-271.

  • Ghoshal A., Kim H. S., Chattopadhyay, A., and Prosser, W. H., “Effect of Delaminations on Transient History of Smart Composite Plates,” J. Finite Elements in Design and Analysis, Volume 41, Issues 9-10, May 2005, Pages 850-874.

  • Ghoshal, A., Chattopadhyay, A., Schulz, M. J., Thornburgh, R., and Waldron, K., “Experimental Investigation of Damage Detection of Composite Material Structures using a Laser Vibrometer and Piezoelectric Actuators,” Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures, Volume 14, Issue 08, August 2003, pp 521-537.

  • Ghoshal, A., Parthan, S, Hughes, D., & Schulz, M. J., "Free Vibration Characteristics of Cylindrical Structures using a Wave Propagation Method " Shock and Vibration Journal, Vol 8, No 2, pp 71-84, 2001.

  • Ghoshal, A., Wheater, E. A., AshokKumar, C. R., Sundaresan, M. J. Schulz, M. J., Human, M., Pai, P. F., “Vibration Suppression Using A Laser Vibrometer And Piezoceramic Patches,” Journal of Sound and Vibration, Volume 235(2), 10, August 2000, pages 261-280.