Tadepalli, Tezeswi, Ph.D
Dr. Tadepalli has a general background in structural engineering and physics. His areas of expertise include structural dynamics, nonlinear finite element analysis, composite materials, vibration testing, photo elastic testing, high strain rate SHPB testing, shock testing, micro-mechanics and non destructive evaluation.
He works in the area of experimental characterization and analytical modeling of material and structure response to shock and high strain rate loading. Dr. Tadepalli coordinated the setup and operations of a Shock Tube based Blast Testing Simulator which simulates blast phenomenon in the laboratory accurately without the need for dangerous TNT and explosive chemicals, as well as a Split Hopkinson Bar system for high strain rate testing of materials at University of Mississippi. Dr. Tadepalli also worked on the development of novel computational modeling methodologies to predict multi-scale behavior of cementitious materials under ballistic and shock loading conditions.
Apart from conducting research, Dr. Tadepalli also teaches undergraduate and graduate courses.
Dr. Tadepalli has previously worked as a Senior Engineer at Hinman Consulting Engineers, San Francisco, CA, where his job responsibilities included blast vulnerability assessments, hazard mitigation, and retrofit design for various facilities and infrastructure, technical guidance to engineers, proposal writing, technical innovation and development of novel analysis procedures. Dr. Tadepalli has also worked as the Project Engineer for NEESiT which is a national network and involved working with a variety of researchers from various universities across the US, for managing earthquake engineering and structural response data from laboratory experiments as well as hybrid simulations.
Dr. Tadepalli obtained his PhD in 2010 from the University of Mississippi. His area of research was multi-hazard (blast, seismic and wind) vulnerability assessment of reinforced concrete frame building structures. He obtained his MS in 2003 where he developed FEA software based on a novel analytical methodology, for modeling the linear dynamic and nonlinear quasi-static response of mechanically joined structures composed of pultruded composite sections.
Dr.Tadepalli has publications in various journals and is also a reviewer for Journal of Composites-B, Journal of Composite Materials, Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures, Journal of Vibration and Control and Journal of Sandwich Composites and Materials. He holds a US patent and has an EIT certification from Michigan. He is a member of ASME, ASCE, ASC, APS, and Chi Epsilon Honor Society.