• Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering
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Raj Kumar Pal

Educational Background

  • Ph.D., Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign — 2015
  • M.E., Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, India — 2008
  • B.Tech., Mechanical Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Trichy, India — 2006

Research Interests

    • Elastic metamaterials
    • Vibrations
    • Wave propagation
    • Computational mechanics: finite element, discrete element methods
    • Granular media

Awards & Honors

  • 2023 NSF CAREER Award
  • 2023 AFOSR Young Investigator Program (YIP) Award
  • 2023 Kansas State University Outstanding Assistant Professor Award

Selected Publications

  • Rahman, A., Pal, R.K. Elastic bound modes in the continuum in architected beams, Physical Review Applied, 21, 024002, 2024.
  • Miniaci, M. Allein, F., Pal, R.K. Spectral flow of a localized mode in elastic media, Physical Review Applied, 20, 064018, 2023.
  • Miniaci, M., Pal, R.K. Design of topological elastic waveguides. Journal of Applied Physics, 130, 141101, 2021.
  • Pal, R.K., Ruzzene, M. Edge waves in plates with resonators: An elastic analogue of the quantum valley Hall effect. New Journal of Physics, 19 (2), 025001, 2017.
  • Pal, R.K., Awasthi, A.P., Geubelle, P.H. Wave propagation in elastoplastic granular systems. Granular Matter, 15(6), 747-758, 2013.
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