Rohan Abeyaratne

Research Interests

• Mechanics

Online Data

EBooks: http://web.mit.edu/abeyaratne/lecture_notes.html

Honors + Awards

• 2014, Keynote Lecture, 11th International Congress on Advances in Civil Engineering, Istanbul, Turkey
• 2010, Drucker Medal, ASME
• 2007 - 2008, President, American Academy of Mechanics
• 2001, Quentin Berg Professorship
• 2000, MacVicar Faculty Fellow
• 1998, Fellow, ASME
• 1995, Den Hartog Distinguished Educator Award
• 2003 - 2004 - Midwest Mechanics Lecturer
• 2002 - Southwest Mechanics Lecturer

Related Experience

• National University of Singapore
• Cambridge University
• University of Minnesota

Memberships

• Society for Natural Philosophy
• ASME
• American Academy of Mechanics

Professional Service

• 2018 - Editorial Board, Journal of Peridynamics and Nonlocal Mechanics
• 2011 - Editorial Board, Acta Mechanica Sinica
• 2005 - 2011 Associate Editor, Continuum Mechanics and Thermodynamics
• 2005 - Editorial Board, International Journal of Solids and Structures
• 1995 - Editorial Board, Journal of Mathematics and Mechanics of Solids
• 1991 - 1996 Editorial Board, ASME Journal of Applied Mechanics
• 1989 - Editorial Board, International Journal of Mechanical Engineering Education
• 2010 - co-Chair, Scientific Advisory Board on Education, Mechanics Department, Tsinghua University
• 2007 - Chair, Visiting Committee, Georgia Tech, Woodruff School of   Mechanical Engineering
• 2005 - Scientific Advisory Board, Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in Sciences, Leipzig, Germany
• 2003 - Member, U.S. National Committee on Theoretical and Applied Mechanics
• 2003 - External Review Committee, John's Hopkins University: School of Engineering
• 2001 - Visiting Committee, Cornell University, Department of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics

MIT Service

• 2009 - 2013 - CEO & Director, Singapore MIT Alliance for Research & Technology (SMART) Centre
• 2008 - 2009 - co-Director, Singapore MIT Alliance for Research & Technology (SMART) Centre
• 2001 - 2008 - Head of Department, MIT Mechanical Engineering
• 1996 - 2001 - Associate Head of Department, MIT Mechanical Engineering

Teaching

• Mechanics and Material I (2.001)
• Mechanics of Solids: Elasticity (2.074)
• Mechanics of Continuous Media (2.072)