From: am299am@sdcc3.ucsd.edu (B. Balendran)
Newsgroups: misc.jobs.resumes
Subject: PhD in Solid Mechanics seeking FEM Jobs; Relocatable
Keywords: solid mechanics, finite element analysis
Date: 11 Apr 92 23:18:07 GMT
Distribution: usa


                               BALA SINGHAM BALENDRAN

          Residence:                    Office:
          4051C, Miramar St.            Dept. of AMES, Mail Code 411
          La Jolla,  CA 92037           University of California, San Diego
          (619) 453-4310                La Jolla, CA 92093
                                        (619) 534-6525
          _________________________________________________________________

          OBJECTIVE:
               Seeking  a  challenging   career   in   Aerospace/Mechanical
               Engineering  where  I  can  use  my skills and experience in
               solid/structural mechanics, finite element analysis,  struc-
               tural  dynamics, fracture mechanics, and mechanics of compo-
               site materials


          PERSONAL:
               D.O.B.:   March 17, 1961


          EDUCATION:
               1992      Ph.D., (Applied Mechanics), University of Califor-
                         nia,  San  Diego,  Expected  date  of  completion:
                         August 1992, (GPA 3.76/4.0)
               1988      M.Eng., (Structural Engineering), Asian  Institute
                         of Technology, Bangkok, Thailand, (GPA 4.0/4.0)
               1984      B.Sc.Eng.,  (Civil  Engineering),  University   of
                         Peradeniya,  Peradeniya,  Sri  Lanka, (First Class
                         Honours)


          WORK EXPERIENCE:
               1988-     Research  Assistant,  Center  of  Excellence   for
                         Advanced Materials, UC San Diego
               1984-1986 Teaching Assistant, Department of Civil  Engineer-
                         ing, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka


          Ph.D DISSERTATION:
               Physically-Based Constitutive Modeling of Granular Materials
               in Large Deformation

          M.Eng. THESIS:
               Analytical Solution to Axisymmetric Torsional and  Antiplane
               Vibration of a Layered Elastic Half-Space


          AWARDS AND HONORS:
               Outstanding Student of the Year in the Center of  Excellence
               for  Advanced  Materials, in recognition of the best perfor-
               mance in research in the academic year 1990-91.

               2nd rank in M.Eng in Structural  Engineering  at  the  Asian












               Institute of Technology in 1988

               NORAD Scholarship by the Norwegien Government for  the  Mas-
               ters  studies at the Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok,
               1986-88

               First Class Honours in B.Sc(Eng) in Civil Engineering at the
               University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka in 1984


          PROJECTS:

               Developed a physically-based constitutive  model  for  large
               deformation of granular materials

               Implemented the constitutive model  for  granular  materials
               into a two dimensional finite element code PRONTO2D

               Carried out finite element analysis of  strain  localization
               phenomena in granular materials

               Carried out finite element analysis of ballistic performance
               of a confined granular mass.

               Carried out  finite  element  simulation  of  Hopkinson  Bar
               experiment,  Plate  Impact Experiment and Tailor Anvil Test.
               (High strain rate experiments)

               Developed  my  own  finite   element   program   for   plane
               strain/stress and axisymmetric stress analysis.

               Developed infinite  elements  for  plane  strain/stress  and
               axisymmetric stress analysis of a semi-infinite media

               Investigated the elastodynamic far field behavior of a  sin-
               gle layered elastic halfspace to get the shape functions for
               elastodynamic infinite elements

               Performed dynamic analysis of structures using SAP and  tall
               buildings using ETABS

               Developed a more accurate formula for critical stress inten-
               sity factor for mode-I from the Double Cantilever Beam (DCB)
               specimen

               Obtained overall moduli  of  elastic  solids  with  hypotro-
               choidal  cavities  and  rigid-inclusions  as  a  function of
               volume fraction.


          PUBLICATIONS:
               Balendran B., "On the Double Cantilever  Beam  Specimen  for
                  Mode-I  Interface Delamination" Submitted for publication
                  as a technical note  in  Journal  of  Applied  Mechanics,












                  Sept. 1991
               Balendran B., Nemat-Nasser, S., "Double  Sliding  Model  for
                  Cyclic Deformation of Granular Materials, Including Dila-
                  tancy Effect" accepted  for  publication  in  Journal  of
                  Mechanics and Physics of Solids, Feb. 1992
               Balendran B., Nemat-Nasser, S., "A  Viscoplastic  Model  for
                  Granular  Materials" submitted for publication in Mechan-
                  ics of Materials
               Balendran B., Nemat-Nasser, S., "Micromechanics  of  Elastic
                  Solids with Hypotrochoidal Cavities and Rigid Inclusions"
                  to be submitted for publication in Mechanics of Materials


          CONFERENCE PAPERS:
               Nemat-Nasser S., Balendran B., "Micromechanics of  Flow  and
                  Failure  Modes  of Particulate Media Over a Wide Range of
                  Strain Rates" Presented at the Second US-Japan Seminar on
                  Micromechanics  of  Granular  Materials, Clarkson Univer-
                  sity, Potsdam, NY, August 5-9, 1991
               Nemat-Nasser S., Balendran B., "Plastic Flow of  Particulate
                  Media" to be Presented at the 1992 ASME Applied Mechanics
                  Summer Conference at Arizona State University, April  28-
                  May 1, 1992.


          COMPUTATIONAL SKILLS:
               Systems:  UNIX on VAX and SUN, UNICOS on CRAY YMP,  CTSS  on
                         CRAY XMP, VMS on VAX, VM on IBM
               Softwares:PRONTO2D, DYNA2D, DYNA3D,  ABAQUS,  NASTRAN,  SAP,
                         ETABS, FEAP


          GRADUATE LEVEL COURSEWORKS:
               Continuum Mechanics, Elasticity, Plasticity
               Fracture Mechanics
               Finite Element Methods
               Stress Waves in Solids
               Micromechanics of Solids
               Mechanics of Composite Materials
               Physically Based Constitutive Modeling of Inelastic Solids
               Dynamic Behavior of Materials
               Advanced Structural Analysis
               Advanced Structural Mechanics
               Structural Dynamics
               Seismic Design of Structures
               Advanced Steel Structures
               Prestressed Concrete Structures
               Applied Mathematics


          REFERENCES:
               Professor S. Nemat-Nasser, Director,  Center  of  Excellence
               for  Advanced Materials, Department of Applied Mechanics and
               Engineering  Sciences,  Mail  Code   0411,   University   of












               California,  San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, Phone (619) 534-
               4772, Fax (619) 534-7078

               Professor H. Murakami, Department of Applied  Mechanics  and
               Engineering Sciences, Mail Code 0411, University of Califor-
               nia, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093,  Phone  (619)  534-3821,
               Fax (619) 534-7078

               Dr. Steven B.  Segletes,  The  US  Army  Ballistic  Research
               Laboratory,  Aberdeen  Proving Ground, MD 21005, Phone (301)
               278-6085, Fax (301) 278-6564

               Professor  M.  M.  Mehrabadi,   Department   of   Mechanical
               Engineering,   Tulane  University,  New  Orleans,  Louisiana
               70125, Phone (504) 865-5775, Fax (504) 865-5345