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Vikram Deshpande
Vikram Deshpande delivering a lecture at the Office of Naval Research in 2018
Born (1972-02-29) 29 February 1972 (age 52)
Alma mater
  • University of Cambridge
  • Known forMaterials Engineering
    Awards
  • Warner T. Koiter Medal
    2022
  • Gili Agostinelli Prize
    2021
  • Rodney Hill Prize
    2020
  • Sir William Hopkins Prize
    2018
  • Werner Koester Award
    2017
  • Philip Leverhulme Prize
    2003
  • Scientific career
    InstitutionsUniversity of Cambridge
    WebsiteOfficial website Edit this at Wikidata

    Vikram Sudhir Deshpande, FRS, FREng (born 29 February 1972),[1] is an Indian-born British engineer and materials scientist, currently Professor of Materials Engineering in the Department of Engineering at the University of Cambridge.[2]

    Early life and education[edit]

    Deshpande grew up in Dadar, Mumbai, studied at Bombay Scottish SchoolinMahim, and gained a B.Tech. from the Indian Institute of Technology in 1994.[3] That year, he moved to Cambridge, UK to take an M.Phil. in engineering, initially working on transportation with David Cebon, and earning his Ph.D. in 1998.

    Career[edit]

    Later, he became interested in materials and mechanics, including small-scale materials, and began a long collaboration with Norman Fleck on micro-architectured materials. After further research in the United States, he returned to Cambridge, became a fellow of Pembroke College in 1999, a lecturer in engineering in 2001, and a professor in 2010.[3] He has been a visiting professor at Brown University and Università Campus Bio-Medico in Rome, on the faculty of University of California at Santa Barbara in the US, University of Eindhoven in the Netherlands.[3][4]

    Achievements and awards[edit]

    His achievements include the development of "metallic wood", which comprises nickel sheet with wood-like, nanoscale pores that make it as strong as titanium but four to five times lighter.[5][6]

    Deshpande has received multiple awards for his work, including the Warner T. Koiter Medal from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers 2022, William Prager Medal,[7] 2022, the 2021 Gili Agostinelli Prize, the 2020 Rodney Hill Prize in Solid Mechanics, the 2018 Sir William Hopkins Prize in Mathematical and Physical Sciences, and the 2003 Philip Leverhulme Prize.[4] He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 2020 in recognition of "significant contributions in fields ranging from the design of micro-architectured materials to modelling soft and active materials", "innovations [that] have helped define the modern frontiers of solid mechanics", and research that "has had a major impact in materials engineering".[8] He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering in 2023 for "seminal contributions to the mechanics of engineering materials".[9][10]. He was elected a foreign member of the National Academy of Engineering in 2023 "for contributions to mechanics of microarchitected solids with applications to structures under extreme dynamic loading".[11]

    Selected publications[edit]

    References[edit]

    1. ^ "IMECE Lectures 2022". The American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
  • ^ "Professor Vikram Deshpande FRS". Department of Engineering. University of Cambridge. 12 November 2013. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
  • ^ a b c Mukherji, Anahita (28 September 2010). "Young Mumbaikar set to be Cambridge professor". Times of India. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
  • ^ a b "Professor Vikram Deshpande is awarded the 2020 Rodney Hill Prize in Solid Mechanics". Department of Engineering. University of Cambridge. 7 May 2020. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
  • ^ "'Metallic wood' has the strength of titanium and the density of water". Science Daily. 28 January 2019. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
  • ^ Pikul, J; Özerinç, S; Zhang, R; Braun, P; Deshpande, V; King, W (24 January 2019). "High strength metallic wood from nanostructured nickel inverse opal materials". Scientific Reports. 9 (1): 719. Bibcode:2019NatSR...9..719P. doi:10.1038/s41598-018-36901-3. PMC 6345818. PMID 30679615.
  • ^ "Prager Medal". Society of Engineering Science. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
  • ^ "Fellow detail: Vikram Deshpande". The Royal Society. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
  • ^ "Professor Vikram Deshpande FREng FRS". Royal Academy of Engineering. Retrieved 19 December 2023.
  • ^ "Royal Academy of Engineering announces new Fellows for 2023". University of Cambridge. 20 September 2023. Retrieved 19 December 2023.
  • ^ "Professor Vikram Deshpande". National Academy of Engineering. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
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