Ramana M Pidaparti

Ramana M. Pidaparti is a professor and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs in the College of Engineering at the University of Georgia. He received his Ph.D. in Aeronautics and Astronautics from Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana. He previously taught at Virginia Commonwealth University and the Purdue School of Engineering and Technology (IUPUI). He taught design courses emphasizing multidisciplinary designs, and encouraged students to participate in design competitions. He won several...See more

Ramana M. Pidaparti is a professor and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs in the College of Engineering at the University of Georgia. He received his Ph.D. in Aeronautics and Astronautics from Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana. He previously taught at Virginia Commonwealth University and the Purdue School of Engineering and Technology (IUPUI). He taught design courses emphasizing multidisciplinary designs, and encouraged students to participate in design competitions. He won several design awards and presented papers at various conferences based on the student design projects. He is a Fellow of ASME (American Society of Mechanical Engineers), Fellow of American Association for Advancement of Science (AAAS), Fellow of Royal Aeronautical Society, and Associate Fellow of AIAA (American Institute for Aeronautics and Astronautics). His current research interests include multidisciplinary design innovation, STEM education, bioinspired materials and structures, and computational mechanics. See less