Namas Chandra

Who is Namas Chandra?

Dr. Namas Chandra is Elmer E. Koch Professor of Engineering Mechanics and Associate Dean for Research at College of Engineering in University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He finished his MS from University of Houston in 1983 and PhD from Texas A&M University in 1986. Between 1986 and 2006, he worked as a professor in Department of Mechanical Engineering of Florida State University-Florida A&M University's College of Engineering. In 2005, he won FSU's 'Outstanding Researcher' award.

Chandra's research interests include materials science, mechanics of materials and structures, molecular dynamics, superplasticity, composites, and thermal properties of composites.

He is the director of the Trauma Mechanics Research Initiative and the BioMechanics and Materials Laboratory at UNL. His research concerns the mechanics of improvised explosive devices and their effects on brain tissue. Chandra's study of traumatic brain injury is primarily for the United States military, a major sponsor of the research initiative.

Chandra is currently advising two PhD students.