Dr. Bhavani V. Sankar is Newton C. Ebaugh Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at the University of Florida.
His research interests lie in the fields of composite materials and structures, impact- fracture- and micro-mechanics, textile composites, sandwich constructions, functionally graded materials, thermal structures, thermal protection systems, mechanics of micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS)
Education
- Ph.D., 1984, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA
- M.E., 1980, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India
- B.E. (Honors), 1973, Thiagarajar College of Engineering, Madurai University, Madurai, India