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DR. DINESH RAMANATH KATTI, P.E., F. EMI
JORDAN A. ENGBERG PRESIDENTIAL PROFESSOR DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL & ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING
CIE 201 NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY, FARGO, ND 58105, USA
PHONE: (701) 231-7245 FAX: (701)231-6185 [email protected]
http://www.ndsu.edu/pubweb/~dkatti/index.html
PROFESSIONAL PREPARATION
National Institute of Technology (Regional
Engineering College), Srinagar, India
Civil Engineering B.S. 1983
Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay Civil Engineering M.S. 1986
University of Arizona, Tucson Civil Engineering Ph.D. 1991
APPOINTMENTS Jordan A. Engberg Presidential Professor, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND, 2015-todate
Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND, 2002-todate
Chairman, Department of Civil Engineering, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND, Sept. 2004-Dec
2009, 2013-August 2017
Associate Dean of Research, College of Engineering and Architecture, North Dakota State University,
Fargo, ND, Aug. 2004-Dec. 2009
Associate Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND, 1996-
2002
Project Engineer, Terra Associates Inc., Kirkland, Washington, 1992-1996
Staff Engineer, Dames & Moore, Seattle, Washington, 1991-1992
AWARDS & HONORS
(i) Fellow - Engineering Mechanics Institute, 2015
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(ii) John Booker Excellence Award, by the International Association for Computer Methods and
Advances in Geomechanics (IACMAG). The citation for the award is: “For major contributions to
geomechanics through development of methodologies for the role of molecular phenomena on
macroscopic mechanical and permeability properties of swelling clays, for bringing molecular
mechanics and dynamics to the field of geomechanics, for excellent research contributions for
swelling clays, clay liner, and multiscale approach for mechanics of swelling clays and nanoclsys.”
(iii) North Dakota State University, Fred Waldron Research Award, 2013
(iv) Jordan A. Engberg Endowed Presidential Professor, 2015
(v) North Dakota State University, College of Engineering and Architecture Researcher of the year
Award, 2000-2001
(vi) Fellow, Faculty Institute for Excellence in Teaching, 2001
(vii) Best Paper in the area of Earth Structures published in National/International Journals or
Conferences in the year 1988. Award given by the Indian Geotechnical Society.
(viii) Plenary Keynote Lecture at Engineering Mechanics Institute, June 2012 Conference at University
of Notre Dame, “Molecular Interactions Impact the Mechanics of Nanomaterials: A Paradigm Shift
in Mechanics”
(ix) Plenary Keynote Lecture, BIOMED 2012, Innsbruck, Austria, “Molecular Interactions: Role on the
Mechanics of Biological Nanocomposites (Bone) and Tailoring them for Bone Tissue Engineering”
(x) Guest Speaker (2013) : Warren Lecture, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN “Mechanics of
Nanomaterials: The Pivotal Role of Molecular Interactions”
(xi) Distinguished Lecture at University of Mississippi 2011, “Molecular Interactions Control Mechanics
of Nanomaterials: A Multiscale Perspective”
(xii) Plenary Keynote Lecture at the 4th Asia-Pacific Conference on Unsaturated Soils held in New
Castle, Australia: 2009, What's up with clay and water molecules? A View Into Molecular
Interactions And Molecular Responses In Swelling Clays”
(xiii) Keynote Lecture :6th World Congress on Computational Mechanics, Beijing, China, 2004,
Exploring Mineral Biopolymer Interactions to Model Mechanical Response of Interfaces in Bio-
Nanocomposite, Nacre
(xiv) Distinguished lecture at University of Minnesota, Duluth, 2014, Molecular Interactions Influence
Swelling, Barrier, and Mechanical Properties of Swelling Clays: A Multiscale Modeling and
Experimental Investigation
(xv) Guest Speaker: MIT seminar series on geomechanics and geomaterials, MIT, Boston, MA 2003.
Dr. Dinesh R. Katti
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PROFESSIONAL LEADERSHIP ACTIVITIES Associate Editor – ASCE Journal of Engineering Mechanics
Associate Editor – ASCE Journal of Nanomechanics & Micromechanics
Guest Editor- ASCE J. Engg. Mech.: Special issue on Mechanics of Bio and Bio. Inspired Materials.
Chair – ASCE technical committee on Poromechanics
Chair – ASCE technical committee on Properties of Materials
Chair – ASCE EMI technical committee on Molecular Scale Modeling and Experimentation Committee
Chair- NDSPE (North Dakota Society of Professional Engineers) Education Committee
Organizing chair, Symposium on Biologically Inspired Materials, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006,
2007, 2009, 2010, 2011.
Editorial Board Member: International Journal of Geomechanics
PUBLICATIONS (TOTAL ABOUT 180)
BOOKS:
1. Katti, R.K.., Katti, A.R., and Katti, D.R., (2000), Influence of Gravity on Granular Soil Mechanics, A.A. Balkema Inc., Hardcover, 482 pages, ISBN: 9058092178.
2. Katti, R.K.., Katti, D.R., and Katti, A.R., (2002), Behaviour of Saturated Expansive Soil and Control Methods, Oxford and IBH publishing, Hardcover, 1268 pages, ISBN: 81-204-1519-1.
3. Katti, R.K.., Katti, D.R., and Katti, A.R., (2005), Primer on Construction in Expansive Black Cotton Soil Deposits with C.N.S.L, Oxford and IBH publishing, 183 pages, ISBN: 81-204-1671-6
BOOK CHAPTERS 1. Chapter 10 - Predictive Methodologies for Design of Bone Tissue Engineering Scaffolds, Katti, D. R.;
Sharma, A.; Katti, K. S., A2 - Bose, Susmita. In Materials for Bone Disorders, Bandyopadhyay, A., Ed.
Academic Press: 2017; pp 453-492.
2. Chapter on “Characterizing Biointerfaces and Biosurfaces in Biomaterials Design” in ‘Nanoscience and
Its Applications in Biomedicine’ by Springer.
3. Chapter on “Materials and engineering of joint replacement” in Recent developments in joint
replacement technology by Woodhead Publishers
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4. Chapter on “Biomimetic Lessons Learnt from Nature”, in Biomimetics, Learning from nature, I Tech
Education and Publishing KG Vienna, Austria EU
5. Chapter on “Nanocomposites for Bone Tissue Engineering”, Book Series on Nanomaterials for Life
Sciences, Wiley Publishers.2010, Edited by Challa S S R Kumar Chapter 10. P 367-404.
6. Chapter on Simulation Based Design of Polymer Clay Nanocomposites Using Multiscale Modeling: An
Overview, in Nanostructured Materials and Nanotechnology III edited by Sanjay Mathur, Mrityunjay
Singh, ceramic engineering and Science Proceedings Vol 30 issue 7, 2009.
7. Chapter on ‘Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Tissue Regeneration’ in “Integrated Biomaterials in Tissue
Engineering” Wiley-Scrivener Publishing, USA 2012
8. Chapter on ‘Biomimetics: Inspiration from Structural Organization of Biological Systems’ in “natural
Polymers” editors Dr. Maya John and Dr. Sabu Thomas, RSC publishers, 2012
9. Chapter on “ Design of Wells”; Otto Helweg, Zohrab Samani, Jorge Garcia, Rao Govindaraju, Dinesh R.
Katti; Hydraulics of Wells: Design, Construction, Testing, and Maintenance of Water Well Systems,
Edited by Nazeer Ahmed, Stewart W. Taylor, and Zhuping Sheng, pp 83-121, Publisher ASCE, ISBN (print):
9780784412732|
JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS
1. MD S Molla, D. R. Katti, K. S. Katti, (2017) In vitro design of mesenchymal to epithelial transition of
prostate cancer metastasis using 3D nanoclay bone-mimetic scaffolds, to appear, Journal of Tissue
Engineering and Regenerative Medicine.
2. D. R. Katti, K. S. Katti, (2017) Cancer cell mechanics with altered cytoskeletal behavior and substrate
effects: A 3D finite element modeling study, to appear in Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of
Biomedical Materials
3. A. Sharma, MD S. Molla, K. S Katti, D. R Katti, (2017) Multiscale Model of Degradation and Healing of
Bone Tissue Engineering Nanocomposite Scaffolds, to appear in Journal of Nanomechanics and
Micromechanics
4. D. R. Katti, K. Thapa, K. S. Katti, (2017), Modeling molecular interactions of sodium montmorillonite clay
with 3D kerogen models, Fuel, Volume 199, pp. 641–652
5. S. A. Payne, D. R. Katti and K. S. Katti, (2016) Probing Electronic Structure of Biomineralized
Hydroxyapatite inside Nanoclay Galleries, Micron, Volume 90, pp.78-86.
6. K.S. Katti, MD S. Molla, F. Karandish, M. K. Haldar, S. Mallik, D. R. Katti,(2016) Sequential culture on
biomimetic nanoclay scaffolds forms three dimensional tumoroids, Journal of Biomedical Materials
Research: Part A, Volume 104, Issue 7, July 2016, Pages: 1591–1602
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7. C. Gu, D. R. Katti, K. S. Katti, (2016) Microstructural and Photoacoustic Infrared Spectroscopic Studies of
Human Cortical Bone with Osteogenesis Imperfecta, Journal of Minerals, Metals and Materials Society
Volume: 68 Issue: 4 Pages: 1116-1127 Published: APR 2016
8. C. Gu, D.R. Katti, K.S. Katti, (2016) Insitu SEM and Nanomechanical properties of human OI bone, to
appear in Bioinspired, Biomimetic and Nanobiomaterials (BBN).
9. K. S. Katti, C. Gu, D.R. Katti, (2015), Anisotropic properties of human cortical bone with osteogenesis
imperfecta, J Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology, DOI 10.1007/s10237-015-0727-4, (in-
press) (available online)
10. K. N. Alstadt, K.S. Katti and D. R. Katti, (2015), Nanoscale Morphology of Kerogen and In Situ
Nanomechanical Properties of Green River Oil Shale, Journal of Nanomechanics and Micromechanics,
in-press.
11. K. S. Katti, A. H. Ambre, S. Payne, D.R. Katti, Vesicular delivery of crystalline calcium minerals to ECM in
biomineralized nanoclay composites (2015). Materials Research Express 2 045401
12. C. Hellmich and D.R. Katti, (2015), Multiscale Mechanics of Biological, Bioinspired, and Biomedical
Materials, Materials Research Society Bulletin, 40, 309-313.
13. D.R. Katti, Z.R. Patwary and K.S. Katti, (2015), Modeling Clay-Fluid Interactions in Montmorillonite Clays,
Environmental Geotechnics, E-ISSN 2051-803X, DOI: 10.1680/jenge.14.00027
14. K. S. Katti; A.H. Ambre; S. Payne; and D.R. Katti, (2015), Vesicular delivery of crystalline calcium minerals
to ECM in biomineralized nanoclay composites, Materials Research Express, 2, 045401
15. A. Sharma, S. Payne, K. S. Katti, and D. R. Katti, (2015), Evaluating Molecular Interactions in
Polycaprolactone- Biomineralized Hydroxyapatite Nanocomposites using Steered Molecular Dynamics,
JOM, Vol. 67, No. 4,733-743. DOI: 10.1007/s11837-015-1361-4.
16. D.R. Katti, A. Sharma, S.M. Pradhan, K.S. Katti, (2015), Carbon nanotube proximity influences rice DNA,
J. Chemical Physics, 455, 17-22.
17. D. R. Katti, L. Srinivasamurthy, K. S. Katti. (2015),Molecular Modeling of Initiation of Interlayer-Swelling
in Na-Montmorillonite Expansive Clay, Canadian Geotechnical Journal, accepted, available online.
18. M. M. Yallapu, K. S. Katti, Dinesh R. Katti, Sanjay R. Mishra, S. Khan, M. Jaggi, and S. C. Chauhan, (2015), The Roles of Cellular Nanomechanics in Cancer, Medicinal Research Reviews, 35 (1), 198-223.
19. D. R. Katti, A. Sharma, A. H. Ambre and K. S. Katti, (2015), Molecular Interactions in Biomineralized Hydroxyapatite Between Amino Acid Modified Nanoclay: Insilico Design of Bone Biomaterials” Materials Science and Engineering C , Materials for biological applications, 46, 207-217.
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20. A. H. Ambre, D. R. Katti, and K. S. Katti, (2015), Biomineralized Hydroxyapatite Nanoclay Composite Scaffolds with Polycaprolactone for Stem Cell Based Bone Tissue Engineering, Journal of Biomedical Materials Research: Part A. 103 [ 6] 2077-2101
21. C. Gu, D. R. Katti, K. S. Katti, (2015), Dynamic nanomechanical behavior of healthy and OI human
cortical bones, to appear in Bioinspired, Biomimetic and Nanobiomaterials. Volume 4 Issue 1, pp. 15-25
22. S. M. Pradhan, K. S. Katti, D. R. Katti, (2015), Evolution of Molecular Interactions in the Interlayer of Na-Montmorillonite Swelling Clay with Increasing Hydration , ASCE International Journal of Geomechanics, DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)GM.1943-5622.0000412
23. S. M. Pradhan, K. S. Katti, D. R. Katti, (2014), Multiscale Modeling of Collagen Fibril in Bone at Various Crosslink Densities: An Insight into its Deformation Mechanisms, CMES (Computer Modeling in Engineering and Sciences) SI: "Computational Mechanobiology of Soft Matters and Cells”, 98(2) pp. 181-201
24. D. R Katti, H. Upadhyay, K. S Katti, (2014), Molecular Interactions of Kerogen Moities with Na- Montmorillonite: An experimental and modeling study, Fuel, 130, 34–45.
25. M. Abdelrahman, D. R. Katti, A. Ghavibazoo, H. B. Upadhyay, K. S. Katti, (2014), Effect of nanoclay-asphalt interactions on physical properties of asphalt, ASCE Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, 26(12).
26. S.M. Pradhan, K. S. Katti and D. R. Katti (2014), A Multiscale Model of Collagen Fibril In Bone: Elastic Response, ASCE J. of Engineering Mechanics , 140, pp 454-461.
27. A. H. Ambre, D. R. Katti, K. S. Katti, Nanoclays Mediate Stem Cell Differentiation and Mineralized ECM Formation on Biopolymer Scaffolds (2013) Journal of Biomedical Materials Research: Part A ,101A:2644–2660
28. C. Gu, D. R. Katti, K. S. Katti, (2013) Photoacoustic FTIR spectroscopic study of undisturbed human cortical bone, Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, 103, 25-37.
29. R. Khanna, D.R. Katti, and K.S. Katti, (2012) In Situ Mechanical Response Of Human Osteoblasts On Chitosan-Polygalacturonic Acid-Hydroxyapatite Nanocomposites, CMES- Computer Modeling in Engineering and Sciences Vol.87, No.6, 2012
30. S. M. Pradhan, K. S. Katti, D. R. Katti, Dinesh, (2012), "Structural Hierarchy Controls Deformation
Behavior of Collagen" Biomacromolecules, 13 (8), pp 2562–2569
31. D. R. Katti, K. S. Katti, R. Muniyamuthu and C. Gu (2012) Role of Polymer Interactions with Clays
and Modifiers on Nanomechanical Properties and Crystallinity in Polymer Clay Nanocomposites,
Journal of Nanomaterials, vol. 2012, Article ID 341056, 15 pages, 2012. doi:10.1155/2012/341056.
32. K. Alstadt, Kalpana S. Katti and Dinesh R. Katti,(2012) An Insitu FTIR Step Scan Photoacoustic
Investigation of Kerogen and Minerals in Oil Shale, Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and
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Biomolecular Spectroscopy, 8, 105-113
33. R. Khanna, K. S. Katti and D. R. Katti, (2012), Experiments in Nanomechanical Properties of Live
Osteoblast Cells and Cell-Biomaterial Interface, ASME Journal of Nanotechnology in Engineering
and Medicine, 2011, Vol. 2, 041005-5
34. P. Amarasinghe, K. S. Katti, D. R. Katti, (2012) An Insight Into Role Of Clay-Fluid Molecular
Interactions On Permeability And Consolidation Behavior Of Na-Montmorillonite Swelling Clay
ASCE Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, 138 (2), 138-146.
35. A. H. Ambre, K.S. Katti, D. R Katti, (2011) In situ Mineralized Hydroxyapatite with Amino Acid
Modified Nanoclays as Novel Bone Biomaterials Materials Science and Engineering C 31(5) 1017-
1029.
36. S. M Pradhan, D. R Katti, K. S Katti, (2011) Steered Molecular Dynamics Study of Mechanical
Response of Full Length and Short Collagen Molecules, ASCE Journal of Nanomechanics and
Micromechanics. 1, 104-110.
37. R. Khanna, K. S. Katti and D. R. Katti, (2011) Bone Nodules on Chitosan-Polygalacturonic Acid-
Hydroxyapatite Nanocomposite Films Mimic Hierarchy of Natural Bone, ActaBiomaterialia, 7 (2011)
1173–1183.
38. A. H. Ambre, K.S. Katti, D. R Katti, (2010) Nanoclay Based Composite Scaffolds For Bone Tissue
Engineering Applications, ASME Journal of Nanotechnology for Engineering and Medicine. 1,
031013.
39. D. R. Katti, S. M. Pradhan, K. S. Katti, (2010) Directional Dependence of Hydroxyapatite-Collagen
Interactions on Mechanics of Collagen, Journal of Biomechanics, 43, 1723-1730.
40. R. Khanna, K. S. Katti and D. R. Katti, (2010) In situ Degradation of Chitosan-Polygalacturonic
acid/Hydroxyapatite Nanocomposites in Cell Culture Media, International Journal of Polymer
Science, 2010, 175264, 12pages
41. D. Sikdar, D. R. Katti, K. S. Katti, R. Bhowmik (2010) Tailoring Crystallinity and Nanomechanical
Properties of Clay Polymer Nanocomposites: A Molecular Dynamics Study, International Journal of Multiscale Computational Engineering, 8(6), 561-584.
42. D. Verma, K. S. Katti, D. R. Katti, (2010) Osteoblast Adhesion Proliferation and Growth on
Polyelectrolyte-Complex-Hydroxyapatite Nanocomposites, Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A 368, 2083–2097
43. K. S. Katti, A. Ambre, N. Peterka and D. R. Katti (2010) Use of unnatural amino acids for design of
novel organomodified clays as components of nanocomposite biomaterials, Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A 368,
1963–1980
44. P. M. Amarasinghe, K. S. Katti, D. R. Katti, (2009), Nature of Organic Fluid-Montmorillonite
Interactions: An FTIR Spectroscopic Study, Journal of Colloids and Interface Science. 337, Pages 97-
105
45. D. Verma, K. S. Katti and D. R. Katti, (2009), Polyelectrolyte-Complex Nanostructured Fibrous
Scaffolds for Tissue Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering C. 29, 2079–2084.
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46. D. R. Katti, P. Amarasinghe, K. S. Katti, M. Matar, (2009), Multiscale Modeling of Swelling Clays: A
Computational and Experimental Approach, KSCE Journal of Civil Engineering, 13(4), 243-255
47. R. Bhowmik, K. S. Katti, D. R. Katti, (2009), Molecular interactions of degradable and non-degradable
polymers with hydroxyapatite influence mechanics of polymer-hydroxyapatite nanocomposite
biomaterials', International Journal of Nanotechnology. 6, 511-529.
48. D. Sikdar, Dinesh R. Katti, K. S. Katti and B. Mohanty, (2009), Influence of Backbone Chain
Length and Functional Groups of Organic Modifiers on Crystallinity and Nanomechanical
Properties of Intercalated Clay-Polycaprolactam Nanocomposites, International Journal of
Nanotechnology,6, 568-592
49. R. Bhowmik, K.S. Katti, D. R. Katti, (2009), Mechanisms of Load Deformation Behavior of Molecular
collagen Hydroxyapatite-Collagen Molecular System: A Steered Molecular Dynamics Study, Journal
of Engineering Mechanics-ASCE, 135 413-421.
50. R. Khanna, K. S. Katti, D.R. Katti, (2009) Nanomechanics of Surface Modified Nanohydroxyapatite
Biomaterials Journal of Engineering Mechanics-ASCE, 135 468-478.
51. P. M. Amarasinghe, K.S. Katti, D. R. Katti, (2008), Molecular Hydraulic Property of Montmorillonite:
A Polarized FTIR Spectroscopic Study, Applied Spectroscopy. 62, no. 12,1303-1313.
52. K. S. Katti, D. R. Katti, R. Dash, (2008), Synthesis and characterization of a novel
chitosan/montmorillonite/hydroxyapatite nanocomposite for bone tissue engineering, Biomedical
Materials, 3, 034122.
53. P. Ghosh, D. R. Katti, K. S. Katti, (2008), Mineral and Protein-Bound Water and Latching Action
Control Mechanical Behavior at Protein-Mineral Interfaces in Biological Nanocomposites Journal of
Nanomaterials. Volume 2008, Article ID 582973, 8 pages
doi:10.1155/2008/582973
54. R. Bhowmik, K. S. . Katti, D. R. Katti, (2008), Influence of Mineral on the Load Deformation Behavior of
Polymer in Hydroxyapatite- Polyacrylic Acid Nanocomposite Biomaterials: A Steered Molecular Dynamics Study, Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology..Vol 8, No 4, 2075-2084.
55. D. Sikdar, K. S. Katti, D. R. Katti, (2008), Molecular Interactions Alter Clay and Polymer Structure in Polymer Clay Nanocomposites, Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology. Vol 8, No.4, 1638-1657
56. D. Verma, K.S. Katti, D.R. Katti, (2008), Effect of Biopolymers on Structure of Hydroxyapatite and
Interfacial Interactions in Biomimetically Synthesized Hydroxyapatite/Biopolymer Nanocomposites,
Annals of Biomedical Engineering Vol. 36, No. 6, 1024–1032
57. D. Sikdar, S. Pradhan, D. R. Katti, K. S. Katti, B. Mohanty, (2008), Altered Phase Model for Polymer
Clay Nanocomposites, Langmuir, 24, 5599‐5607
58. B. Mohanty, K. S. Katti, D. R. Katti, (2008), Experimental Investigation of Nanomechanics of the
Mineral-Protein Interface in Nacre, Mechanics Research Communications.35, 17-23.
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59. D. Verma, R. Dash, K. S. Katti, D. Schulz, A.N. Caruso, (2008), Role Of Coordinated Metal Ions On
The Orientation Of Phthalocyanine Based Coatings. Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and
Biomolecular Spectroscopy, 7, 1180-118.
60. D. Sikdar, K. S. Katti, D. R. Katti, (2008), The Role of Interfacial Interactions on the Crystallinity and
Nano-mechanical Properties of Clay Polymer Nanocomposites: A Molecular Dynamics Study, J. Appl.
Pol. Sci. 107, 3137-3148.
61. D. Verma, K.S.Katti, D.R. Katti, B. Mohanty, (2008), Mechanical Response and Multilevel Structure of
Biomimetic Hydroxyapatite/ Polygalacturonic /Chitosan Nanocomposites, Materials Science and Engineering C. 28 , 399–405.
62. R. Bhowmik, K. S. Katti, D. R. Katti, (2007), Mechanics of Molecular Collagen is Influenced by Hydroxyapatite in Natural Bone, J. Mater. Sci. 42, 8795–8803.
63. D. Sikdar, D. R. Katti, K. S. Katti, , and B. Mohanty, (2007), Effect of Organic Modifiers on Dynamic and Static Nanomechanical Properties and Crystallinity of Intercalated Clay-Polycaprolactam Nanocomposites, Journal of Applied Polymer Science. 105, 790-802.
64. Katti, D.R., Schmidt, S., Ghosh, P., and Katti, K.S ., (2007), Steered Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Dry and Hydrated Sodium Montmorillonite Interlayer, Canadian Geotechnical Journal. 44, 425-435.
65. P. Ghosh, D. R. Katti, K. S. Katti, (2007), Mineral proximity influences mechanical response of proteins
in biological mineral-protein hybrid system, Biomacromolecules, 8, 851-856. 66. R. Bhowmik, K.S. Katti, and D.R. Katti, (2007) Molecular Modeling of polyacrylic acid- hydroxyapatite
interface, Polymer, 48, 664-674.
67. R. Bhowmik K.S. Katti, D. Verma and D.R. Katti, (2007), Probing Molecular Interactions in Bone Biomaterials: Through Molecular Dynamics and Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy”, MATER. SCI.
ENG C 27(3), 352-371.
68. D. Verma, K. S. Katti, D. R. Katti, (2007), Nature of water in Nacre: a 2D FTIR spectroscopic study, SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA PART A 67 (2007) 784–788.
69. Sikdar, D., Katti, D. R., and Katti, K. S., (2006), Molecular Model for -caprolactam Based Intercalated Polymer Clay Nanocomposite: Integrating Modeling and Experiments, Langmuir, 22, 7738-7747.
70. P. Ghosh, D. R. Katti, K. S. Katti, (2006), Impact of -sheet conformations on the mechanical response of protein in biocomposites, Materials and Manufacturing Processes, 21, 676-682.
71. K. S. Katti, Phanikumar Turlapati, Devendra Verma, Praveen Kumar Gujjula, Dinesh R. Katti, (2006) “Static and dynamic mechanical behavior of hydroxyapatite-polyacrylic acid composites under simulated body fluid”, American Journal of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, 2 (2), 73-79.
72. Sikdar, Debashis; Katti, Dinesh R.; Katti, Kalpana S.; and Bhowmik, Rahul, (2006), Insight into molecular interactions between constituents in polymer clay nanocomposites, Polymer, 47, 5196-5205.
73. B. Mohanty, K. S. Katti, D. R. Katti, (2006), “Dynamic nanomechanical properties of nacre”, Journal of
Materials Research, 21, 2045-2051.
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74. D. Verma, K. S. Katti, D. R. Katti, (2006), Bioactivity in Insitu Polycaprolactone-Hydroxyapatite
composites”, Journal of Biomedical Materials Research78A, 772-780.
75. K. S. Katti, B. Mohanty and D. R. Katti, (2006), Nanomechanical properties of nacre, Journal of Materials Research, 21,1237-1242.
76. K. S. Katti, D. Sikdar, D. R. Katti, P. Ghosh, D. Verma, (2006) Molecular Interactions In Intercalated
Organically Modified Clay In Clay-Polycaprolactam Nanocomposites: Experiments And Modeling, Polymer, 47, 403-414
77. K.S. Katti and D. R. Katti, (2006), Silica-Water Interactions In Montmorillonite Using Fourier Transform
Infrared Spectroscopy: Relationship To Swelling And Swelling Pressure, Langmuir, 22, 532-537 78. D. VERMA, K. S. KATTI, D. R. KATTI, (2006), PHOTOACOUSTIC FTIR SPECTROSCOPIC STUDY OF
UNDISTURBED NACRE FROM RED ABALONE, SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA, 64(4), 1051-1057
79. D. VERMA, K. S. KATTI, D. R. KATTI, (2006), MOLECULAR INTERACTIONS IN
HYDROXYAPATITE/POLYACRYLIC ACID /POLYCAPROLACTONE COMPOSITES: A PHOTOACOUSTIC FTIR
SPECTROSCOPY STUDY, JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL MATERIALS RESEARCH A, 77, 59-66.
80. K. S. KATTI AND D. R. KATTI, (2006), WHY IS NACRE SO STRONG AND TOUGH? INVITED PAPER: MATERIALS
SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING C, 26, (8), 1317-1324.
81. Schmidt, S., Katti, D., Ghosh, P., and Katti, K., (2005), Evolution of Mechanical Response of Sodium Montmorillonite Interlayer with Increasing Hydration, Langmuir, 21, August, 8069-8076.
82. Katti, D.R., Schmidt, S., Ghosh, P., and Katti, K.S., (2005), Modeling Response of Pyrophyllite Clay Interlayer
to Applied Stress Using Steered Molecular Dynamics, Clays and Clay Minerals, v52,n2, 171-178. 83. D.R. Katti, P. Ghosh, S. Schmidt and K.S. Katti, (2005) Mechanical properties of sodium
montmorillonite interlayer intercalated with amino acids, Biomacromolecules, 6, 3276-3282. 84. K.S. Katti, D.R. Katti, J. Tang and M. Sarikaya, Modeling Mechanical Responses In A Laminated
Biocomposite, Part II, Nonlinear Responses And Nuances Of Nanostructure, Journal of Materials Science 40, pp 1749-1755 (2005).
85. Katti, D.R., Schmidt, S., Ghosh, P., and Katti, K.S., (2005) Modeling Response of Pyrophyllite Clay
Interlayer to Applied Stress Using Steered Molecular Dynamics, Clays and Clay Minerals. v52,n2, 171-178.
86. K.S. Katti, D.R. Katti, S. M. Pradhan, A. P. Bhosle, (2005), Platelet interlocks are the key to toughness
and strength in nacre, Journal of Materials Research 20 (5) 1097-1100.
87. K. S. Katti, (2004), Biomaterials in total hip replacement, Colloids and Interfaces B. Invited paper. 39, 133-142.
88. Katti, D. R., Pradhan, S. and Katti, K. S., (2004), Modeling The Organic-Inorganic Interfacial Nanoasperities In A Model Bio-Nanocomposite, Nacre, Reviews on Advanced Materials Science 6 pp. 162-168.
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89. Katti, D.R., Tang, J. and Yazdani, F., (2003), The Undrained Response of Clays to Varying Strain Rates , , ASCE J. of Geotechnical and Geoenviro. Eng., v129, n3, pp 278-282.
90. Padmanabhan, G. and Katti, D.R., (2002), Using Community Based Projects in Civil Engineering Capstone
Courses”, ASCE Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering Education and Practice, 128, n.1, pp.12-18.
91. D.R. Katti, K.S. Katti, J. Sopp, and M. Sarikaya, (2001), 3D Finite Element Modeling of Mechanical Response in Nacre-Based Hybrid Nanocomposites, J. Theo. Comp. Poly. Sci. 11 (5), pp. 397-404.
92. D.R. Katti, and K.S. Katti, (2001), Modeling Microarchitecture and Mechanical Behavior of Nacre Using 3D Finite Element Techniques, Part I: Elastic Properties, J. Mater. Sci., 36(6), 1411-1417.
93. Katti, D.R., and Shanmugasundaram, V., (2001), Effect of Controlled Swelling on the Microstructure of Saturated Expansive Soil, Canadian Geotechnical Journal, 38, pp 175-182.
94. Katti ,D.R., and Desai ,C.S., (1995), Modeling and Testing of Cohesive Soil Using Disturbed-State Concept,
Journal of Engineering Mechanics, American Society of Civil Engineers, Vol 121, No. 5, pp 648-658.
95. Katti ,D.R., Katti , R.K., and Katti , A.R., (1994), Studies on Certain Aspects of Large Scale Caisson Foundation Models, Journal of The Indian Roads Congress, Vol. 52-2 pp. 207-232.
CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS
1. D.R. Katti, K.S. Katti and L. Srinivasamurthy, Molecular modeling of onset of swelling in expansive clays, IACMAG Conference, Kyoto 2014, Japan.
2. D. R. Katti S. M. Pradhan and K. S. Katti, Collagen Mechanics: Role Of Structural Hierarchy, at BIOMED 2012 Austria
3. Katti, Dinesh R., and Katti, Kalpana, S. (2011), Molecular Interactions Influence Barrier and Mechanical Properties in Swelling Clays: A Multiscale Modeling and Experimental Investigation, Proc. GeoFrontiers 2011, Dallas, TX.
4. Katti, Dinesh R., Katti, Kalpana, S., and Patwary, Zillur, R. , (2011), Clay Fluid Molecular Interactions in Na-Montmorillonite Swelling Clays, 5th Asia-Pacific Conference on Unsaturated Soils, Pattaya, Thailand.
5. K. S. Katti, D. R. Katti, Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy in clays and oil shales, Proceedings of Indian Geotechnical Conference 2010 Mumbai.
6. D. R. Katti, K. S. Katti, Multiscale Modeling of Clay Fluid Interactions, Proceedings of Indian Geotechnical Conference 2010 Mumbai.
7. D.R. Katti, K.S. Katti, P.M. Amarasinghe, S.M. Pradhan (2010) An Insight into Role of Clay-Fluid Molecular Interactions on the Microstructure and Macroscale Properties of Swelling Clays Proceedings of 5th International Conference on Unsaturated Soils.
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8. A. H. Ambre, R. Khanna Mechanics of Tissue Scaffold Interactions (2010) Proceedings of 18th European Congress on Fracture : Fracture of materials from Micro to Macroscale.
9. D. R. Katti, K. S. Katti, S. M. Pradhan (2010) An Insight into Mechanics of Collagen in the Presence and
Absence of Hydroxyapatite in Human Bone Proceedings of 18th European Congress on Fracture : Fracture of Materials from Micro to Macroscale.
10. Kalpana S. Katti, Avinash Ambre, Dinesh R. Katti, Design of Novel Polymer Clay Nanocomposite Biomaterials Using Amino Acids, 33rd International conference and Exposition on Advanced ceramics and Composites Meeting, Daytona Beach 2009.
11. Dinesh R. Katti, Kalpana S. Katti, (2009) Plenary Keynote Lecture at the 4th Asia-Pacific Conference on Unsaturated Soils held in New Castle, Australia (paper and presentation) What's up with clay and water molecules? A view into molecular interactions and molecular responses in swelling clays”
12. Dinesh R. Katti, Kalpana S. Katti, Priyanthi Amarasinghe and Shashindra Pradhan, (2009), Interlayer Fluid Flow and the Role of Clay-Fluid Molecular Interactions on the Swelling Behavior of Montmorillonite Clays, 4th BIOT conference, Columbia University, NY, NY.
13. Kalpana S. Katti, Dinesh R. Katti, and Rahul Bhowmik Influence of Nanoscale Mechanics on Mechanics of Bone , World Congress on Computational Mechanics ECCOMAS 2008, Venice Italy
14. Dinesh R. Katti, Kalpana S. Katti, Multiscale Mechanics of Nacre: from Molecular to Macro World Congress on Computational Mechanics ECCOMAS 2008, Venice Italy
15. Kalpana S. Katti, Dinesh R. Katti, Arundhati Bhosle, Pijush Ghosh, Bedabibhas Mohanty, Shashindra Man Pradhan, Devendra Verma, Jingpeng Tang, Biology, the next frontier for advanced materials design: Unearthing the secrets to extraordinary mechanical properties of nacre, a biological nanocomposite, IACMAG Conference, Goa, India, 2008.
16. Dinesh R. Katti, Kalpana S. Katti, Steven Schmidt, Pijush Ghosh, Mohammad Matar and Priyanthi Amarasinghe, A Multiscale Computational and Experimental Investigation of Swelling Clay Behavior: Bridging Scales Using Steered Molecular Dynamics, Modified Discrete Element Method and Experiments, IACMAG Conference, Goa, India, 2008.
17. M. I. Matar, D. R. Katti, K. S. Katti, “ Modeling the evolution of Montmorillonite Clay particulate Structure: A Discrete Element Modeling Study,” Geo Denver 2007.
18. K. S., Katti, D. Verma, R. Bhowmik, D. R. Katti, “Bioactivity and Mechanical Behavior of Polymer-
Hydroxyapatite Composite Biomaterials for Bone Tissue Engineering” Proceedings of MSEC2006, 2006 ASME International Conference on Manufacturing Science and Engineering October 8-11, 2006, Ypsilanti, MI
19. P. Ghosh, D. Verma, B. Mohanty, K. S. Katti, D. R. Katti, “Mechanical Properties of Biological
Nanocomposite Nacre: Multiscale Modeling and Experiments on Nacre from Red Abalone” Materials Research Symp. Proc. Fall Meeting 2005.
20. D. Verma, R. Bhowmik, B. Mohanty, D. R. Katti, K. S. Katti , “Role of Interfacial Interactions on Mechanical
Properties of Biomimetic Composites for Bone Tissue Engineering” Materials Research Symp. Proc. Fall Meeting 2005.
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21. K. Katti, D. R. Katti, A. P. Bhosle, S. Pradhan, (2005) Experimental Studies on deformation in Nacre. Proc.
Of Microscopy Society of America. 2005 annual meeting of Microscopy and Microanalysis Hawaii.
22. D. Verma, K. S. Katti, B. Mohanty, “Mechanical Properties of Biomimetic Composites for Bone Tissue Engineering” Proc. Materials Research Society Vol 844. (2005)
23. D. R. Katti, P. Ghosh, K. S. Katti, “Evaluation of Deformation Mechanisms at Mineral-Protein Composite
Interface Using Steered Molecular Dynamics Simulations”, Proc. Materials Research Society Vol 844. (2005)
24. D. R. Katti, K. S. Katti, Computational Mechanics Routes to Explore the Origin of Mechanical Properties
in a Biological Nanocomposite: Nacre, Proc. Materials Research Society Vol 844. (2005)
25. R. Bhowmik, K. S. Katti, D. R. Katti, “Effect of Molecular Interactions at Polymer-Mineral Interfaces on Mechanical Response”, Proc. Materials Research Society Vol 844. (2005)
26. D. R. Katti, K. S. Katti, S. Schmidt and P. Ghosh, “An insight into clay-water molecular interactions in the
interlayer of Na-montmorillonite subject to external stress”, Proc. Of Poromechanics-Biot Centennial (1905-2005)-Abousleiman, Cheng & Ulm (eds).2005
27. P. Ghosh, D. R. Katti, K. S. Katti, “Influence of Protein Structures on Mechanical Response”, Proc.
Materials Research Society Vol 844. (2005)
28. D. R. Katti, K. S. Katti, S. R. Schmidt, P. Ghosh, Effect of Hydration and External Stress on Mechanical Behavior and Molecular Interactions in Na-Montmorillonite Interlayer: A Steered Molecular Dynamics Study, Proc. International Conference on Computational and Experimental Engineering and Sciences, (ICCES) 2005, Chennai, India.
29. K. S. Katti, D. R. Katti, A. Bhosle, S. Pradhan, Computational Mechanics Routes to Modeling Mechanical
Response in a Biomimetic Nanocomposite, Proc. International Conference on Computational and Experimental Engineering and Sciences, (ICCES) 2005, Chennai, India.
30. K. S. Katti and P. Turlapati, “Mechanical Responses In Biomimetic Polymer Hydroxyapatite
Nanocomposites,” Proc. Annual meeting of Society of Plastics Engineers, ANTEC 2004, Chicago, IL.
31. D. R. Katti, K. S. Katti, S. M. Pradhan, Multiscale Modeling of Biological Nanocomposite Nacre, Proc. Annual meeting of Society of Plastics Engineers, ANTEC 2004, Chicago, IL.
32. Katti, D.R., Ghosh, P., Schmidt S. and Katti,K.S., (2004) Characteristics Of Montmorillonite Clay Amino
Acid Interfaces: Evaluation Using Molecular Dynamics Simulations, 17th ASCE Engineering Mechanics Conference Delaware.
33. Katti, D.R., Schmidt, S., Ghosh, P., and Katti,K.S., (2004) Steered Molecular Dynamics Simulations Of
Hydrated Montmorillonite Interlayer, 17th ASCE Engineering Mechanics Conference, Delaware.
34. Ghosh, P., Katti, D.R., and Katti, K.S., (2004) Mechanical Response Of -Sheet Conformations In Protein: A Steered Molecular Dynamics Study, 17th ASCE Engineering Mechanics Conference, Delaware.
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35. K. S. Katti, R. Bhowmik, (2004) Force Field Parameters For Hydroxyapatite To Study Hydroxyapatite-Polymer Interactions In Nanocomposite Systems, 17th ASCE Engineering Mechanics Conference, Delaware
36. K. S. Katti, D. R. Katti, S. Pradhan, A. P. Bhosle, Influence Of Nanostructure At Organic-Inorganic
Interfaces In Nacre On The Mechanical Response Of Nacre, ICEM12- 12th International Conference on Experimental Mechanics 29 August - 2 September, 2004 Politecnico di Bari, Italy
37. Katti, D.R., Katti, K.S., Ghosh, P. and Schmidt, S., (2004), Exploring Mineral Biopolymer Interactions to
Model Mechanical Response of Interfaces in Bio-Nanocomposite, Nacre, Proc. 6th World Congress on Computational Mechanics, Beijing, China, (Keynote Lecture).
38. Katti, D.R., Ghosh, P., and Katti,K.S., (2004) Characteristics Of Montmorillonite Clay Amino Acid
Interfaces: Evaluation Using Molecular Dynamics Simulations, 17th ASCE Engineering Mechanics Conference, Delaware.
39. Katti, D.R., Schmidt, S., Ghosh, P., and Katti,K.S., (2004) Steered Molecular Dynamics Simulations Of
Hydrated Montmorillonite Interlayer, ASCE Engineering Mechanics Conference, Delaware.
40. Ghosh, P., Katti, D.R., and Katti,K.S., (2004) Mechanical Response Of -Sheet Conformations In Protein: A Steered Molecular Dynamics Study, 17th ASCE Engineering Mechanics Conference, Delaware.
41. Katti, D.R., Schmidt, S., Ghosh, P., and Katti,K.S., (2003) Molecular Modeling of Pyrophyllite Clay and
Modeling Response to Applied Stress Using Molecular Dynamics, Proc. ASCE Engineering Mechanics Conference, Seattle, WA.
42. Katti, K.S. and Katti, D.R., (2003) Effect of Clay-Water Interactions on Swelling in Montmorillonite Clay, Proc. ASCE Engineering Mechanics Conference,Seattle, WA.
43. Katti, D.R. and Katti, K.S., (2003), Role of Nanostructure on Mechanical Properties of Nacre, Proc. Second M.I.T. Conference on Computational Fluid and Solid Mechanics, MIT, MA, (invited)
44. Katti,K.S., Bhosle, A. and Katti, D.R., (2003) Experimental Studies In The Failure Mechanisms Of A Model
Bio-Nanocomposite-Nacre, Proc. ASCE Engineering Mechanics Conference, Seattle,WA. 45. Katti, D.R., Pradhan, S.M. and Katti, K.S. , (2003), Role Of Nanoscale Asperities In Hybrid Bio-
Nanocomposites : A Multiscale Modeling Approach, Proc. ASCE Engineering Mechanics Conference, Seattle, WA.
46. Katti, D.R., Matar, M., Katti, R.K. and Katti, A.R., (2002) Dynamic Simulation of a Port Embankment on
Liquefiable Ground and Analysis of Mitigation Alternatives: January 2001 Gujarat, India Earthquake, Proc. 2nd Canadian Specialty Conference on Computing in Geotechnique, Winnepeg, Canada.
47. Katti, D.R., Katti, K.S., Tang, J. and Sarikaya, M., (2002) Effect of Nanostructure in nacre: A multiscale modeling approach, 15th ASCE Engineering Mechanics Conference Proceedings, Columbia University, NY, NY.
48. Katti, D.R., Katti, K.S., and Shanmugasundaram, V., (2002), Role Of Clay-Solvent Inter And Intraparticle Interactions On Swelling Characteristics Of Montmorillonite Nano-Meso-Micro Scale Particulate
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Systems, Materials Research Society Symposium – Proceedings, 704, Pages 257-262.
49. Katti, D.R., Katti, K.S., Tang, J., Sopp, J.M., and Sarikaya, M., (2001) Evaluating Effects of Nanostructural Nuances on Bulk Mechanical Properties of Nacre Using 3D Finite Element Modeling, Materials Research Society Symposium - Proceedings, 677, Pages AA7.8.1-AA7.8.6.
50. Katti, D.R., Tang, J. and Yazdani, F., (2001), Evaluation and Modeling of Response of Clays to Varying Strain Rates, Proc. 10th. Conference – International Association for Computer Methods and Advances in Geomechanics, Tucson, 2001.
51. Katti, D.R. and Shanmughasundaram, V.,(2001), Evolution of Microstructure During Swelling in
Expansive Clays, Proc. 10th. Conference – International Association for Computer Methods and Advances in Geomechanics, Tucson.
52. Katti, K.S., Katti, D.R., Sopp, J.M., Mercer, W.M. and Sarikaya, M., (2001), Nano-Meso_Macro Scale
Response Simulation of Biomimetic Nanocomposites, Proc. 10th. Conference – International Association for Computer Methods and Advances in Geomechanics, Tucson.
53. Katti, D.R., Katti, K.S.; Sopp, J., Sarikaya, M, (2000), 3D Finite element Modeling of Mechanical Response in Nacre-Based Hybrid Nanocomposites, Proc. Materials Research Society, 2000 Annual Spring Meeting, San Francisco.
54. Katti, D.R., Yazdani, F., and Tang, J., (2000), Modeling and Experimental Evaluation of Damage in Dense
Sands”, ASCE- 14th Engineering Mechanics Division Conference, Austin.
55. Mercer, W. N., Sopp, J.M., Fong, H, Katti, D.R., Katti, K.S. and Sarikaya, M., (2000), Nanomechanical Properties of a Biocomposite, Mollusk Shell Nacre”, Proc. Microscopy and Microanalysis, MSA 58th annual meeting.
56. Katti, D.R. and Katti, K.S., (1999), Three Dimensional Finite Element Modeling of Microstructural
Development of Nacre in Seashells and Implication on Mineralization of CaCo3”, Proc. Materials Research Society, 1999 Annual Fall Meeting, Boston.
57. Katti, D.R., Yazdani, F., and Tang, J. (1999), Non-Associative Plasticity Model with Damage for Cohesionless
Soils, ASCE- 13th Engineering Mechanics Division Conference, Baltimore.
58. Katti, D.R., and Desai, C.S., (1998), Modeling of Cohesive Soil Subject to Cyclic Loading Using Disturbed State Concept, ASCE- Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics conference, Seattle.
59. Katti, D.R., (1998), Role of Passive Resistance Phenomenon in Expansive Soils on Equilibrium depth of Under
Reamed Piles Indian Geotechnical Conference -1998, New Delhi, India.
60. Katti, D.R., and Yazdani, F., (1998), Modeling of Sands Using Reference States Coupled with damage”, ASCE- 12th Engineering Mechanics Division Conference, San Diego.
61. Katti ,D.R., Katti ,R.K., and Katti ,A.R., (1997), Effective Depth of Vertical Drain Performance in Soft Marine
Clay Deposits”, Indian Geotechnical Conference-1997, Baroda, India.
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62. Katti ,D.R., Katti ,R.K., and Katti ,A.R., (1996) Guidelines for Selection of Parameters for Design of Caisson Foundations for Certain Conditions”, Deep Foundation Institute-96 Sixth International Conference and Exhibition on Piling and Deep Foundations, Bombay.
63. Desai ,C.S., Armaleh ,S.H., Katti ,D.R. and Ma ,Y., (1991), Disturbed State Concept for Modeling Soils and
joints, Proceedings, 7th Conf. of the Int. Assn. for Computer methods and Adv. in Geomech., Australia.
64. Desai ,C.S., Armaleh ,S.H., Katti ,D.R. and Ma ,Y., (1991), Modeling of Solids and Contacts Using Disturbed State Concept", Proceedings, Third International Conference on Constitutive Laws for Engineering Materials: Theory and Applications, Tucson.
65. Katti ,R.K., Katti ,D.R. and Katti ,A.R., (1988), Remedial measures to counteract distress to dam near
Bombay", Conf. on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering, St. Louis.
66. Katti ,D.R., (1987), Role of CNS on Passive Resistance of Saturated Expansive Soil," 6thInternational Conf. on Expansive Soil-87, New Delhi.
67. Katti, D.R., and Katti, R.K., (1987), Studies on Passive Resistance Development in Saturated Expansive
Soil", 6th International Conf. on Expansive Soil-87, New Delhi.
68. Desai , C.S., and Katti , D.R., (1987), Constitutive Modeling With Extension to Expansive Soils," 6th International Conf. on Expansive Soil-87, New Delhi.
69. Moza , K.K., Katti , R.K., Katti ,D.R., (1987), Effect of CNS on Active Pressure Development in Expansive Soil",
6th International Conf. on Expansive Soil-87, New Delhi. 70. Katti, R.K., Moza, K.K. and Katti, D.R., (1987), Active Pressure Studies in Saturated Expansive Soils", 8th
Regional Conf. on SM and FE., Tokyo, Japan.
71. Katti , R.K., Moza , K.K, Katti, D.R., (1986), Design of Retaining Walls with Backfill Consisting of Swelling Soils ", Proc. Indo-Soviet Workshop on experiences in large canals and hydraulic structures in Subsident, Swelling and Floating Soils-C.B.I.P, New Delhi.
72. Katti ,R.K., Katti , D.R., Moza,K.K., (1986), Particulate and Cohesion approach to mechanics of saturated
montmorillonite based expansive soil media and on its applications, Proc. Indo-Soviet Workshop on experiences in large canals and hydraulic structures in Subsident, Swelling and Floating Soils-C.B.I.P , New Delhi.
73. Katti , R.K. ,Bansod , P.S. ,Katti , D.R. , and Naresh, D.N.,(1985), Large Scale Instrumented Well Foundation
Studies in Cohesive Soil Media," XIth International Conf. on Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering, San Francisco.
74. Katti , R.K., Moza , K.K. and Katti , D.R.,(1985), Engineering Classification of Rock Mass an Approach
paper , Proc. of Workshop on Engg. Classification of Rocks, C.B.I.P, New Delhi.
75. Katti ,R.K., Sankaran, K.S., Sharada, S.C. and Katti, D.R. , (1985), Well Foundations", State of the art Paper-Commemorative volume of IGS released during XI ICSMFE , San Francisco.
76. Katti ,D.R., Katti ,R.K.,(1985), Computer Aided Approach to Soil Mechanics Laboratory using Micro
Computer, EPMESC International Conference, Macau.
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77. Katti , R.K., Katti , D.R., (1985), Use of Cement treated Stone Columns for Controlling of Sinking of Well
Foundation in a Filled up area, Indian Geotechnical Conference-85, Roorkee, India.
78. Katti , R.K., Thacker, K.C., Katti, D.R., (1985), Shear Strength Behavior of Calcareous Bombay High Soil Samples Under Cyclic Loading, Indian Geotechnical Conference-85, Roorkee, India.
79. Katti ,R.K., Moza ,K.K. and Katti, D.R.,(1985), Mathematical Models for Saturated Expansive Soils with and
without CNS, Invited Paper,9th Bangkok Geotechnical Symposium, Bangkok, 1985.
80. Katti , R.K. ,Moza , K.K., Katti , D.R., (1984), Unconventional Behavior of Expansive Soils, 6th Budapest Conf. on Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering, Budapest, Hungary.
81. Katti , R.K. ,Katti ,D.R. ,(1984), Geological Characteristics of Deccan Trap Areas in Relation to foundation
Conditions for Civil Engineering Constructions, Indian Geotechnical Conference-84, Calcutta.
82. Katti , R.K. ,Suresh , B. and Katti ,D.R., (1984), Experimental Studies on Large Scale Instrumented Well Models with Cohesionless soil at Base and Cohesive Soil around Sides, Indian Geotechnical Conference-84, Calcutta.
PATENTS (PROVISIONAL) 1. A new permeability device for swelling clays
2. Unnatural amino acid modified nanoclays for tissue engineered scaffolds
3. Biopolymer-hydroxyapatite composites for bone replacement
SYNERGISTIC ACTIVITIES 1. Civil engineering exposure to high school native American students via hands on laboratory experience
in geotechnical engineering laboratory
2. Research experience for Undergraduates (Funded by National Science Foundation)
INVITED TALKS GIVEN 2014
Distinguished lecture at University of Minnesota, Duluth, 2014, Molecular Interactions Influence Swelling,
Barrier, and Mechanical Properties of Swelling Clays: A Multiscale Modeling and Experimental Investigation
2013
Guest Speaker (2013) : Warren Lecture, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN “Mechanics of Nanomaterials:
The Pivotal Role of Molecular Interactions”
Invited talk, MRS fall 2013 meeting Boston MA
Invited talk EMI 2013
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2012
Plenary Keynote Lecture at Engineering Mechanics Institute, June 2012
Invited talk: BIOMED 2012, Innsbruck, Austria
Plenary Keynote Lecture, BIOMED 2012, Innsbruck, Austria
Invited talk EMI 2012
2011
Distinguished Lecture at University of Mississippi “Molecular Interactions Control Mechanics of
Nanomaterials: A Multiscale Perspective”
University of Mississippi, Department of Civil Engineering, “Molecular Interactions Influence Barrier and
Mechanical Properties in Swelling Clays: A Multiscale Modeling and Experimental Investigation”.
Invited talk: MRS Fall 2011 Meeting, Boston, MA
Invited talk: EUROMAT 2011, Montpellier, France
Invited talk: Two Talks: Engineering Mechanics Institute Conference 2011, Boston, MA
Invited talk: Nanotechnology Conference, Fargo, ND
2009
Plenary Keynote Lecture at the 4th Asia-Pacific Conference on Unsaturated Soils held in New Castle, Australia:
What's up with clay and water molecules?
Invited talk: EUROMAT 2009 Glasgow Sept 2009
Invited talk: 4th BIOT Conference, Columbia University, New York, NY
2008
Invited talk: World Congress on Computational Mechanics 2008, Venice Italy
Invited talk: American Ceramic Society Annual Meeting 2008 Daytona Florida
Invited talk: The 12th International Conference of International Association for Computer Methods and Advances
in Geomechanics (IACMAG) October, 2008 Goa, India
2007
Invited talk 6th International Congress on Industrial and Applied Mathematics ICIAM 2007 in Zurich Switzerland
Invited talk at ASCE Engineering Mechanics 2007 meeting at Virginia Tech VA.
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Invited talk at Nanotechnology and Nanoscience International conference in Gudgaon India. 2007
Invited to teach workshop on Nanocomposites at Nanoscience International conference in Gudgaon India. 2007
2006
Invited talk: World Congress on Computational Mechanics, LA.
Invited talk: European Congress on Computational Mechanics, Lisbon Portugal.
2004
Keynote Lecture :. 6th World Congress on Computational Mechanics, Beijing, China
Invited talk: ANTEC 2004, Chicago
2003
Guest Speaker: MIT seminar series on geomechanics and geomaterials, MIT, Boston, MA
Invited talk: ICFRC International Conference, Chennai, India
Invited talk: 2nd MIT Conference on Computational Solid and Fluid Mechanics
Invited talk: Annual Conference of the “Gesellschaft für Angewandte Mathematik und Mechanik”, Padua, Italy
SESSION CHAIR
EUROMAT 2011
EMI 2013,2012, 2011, 2010, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001
Chair Session at GeoDenver 2007, Denver, CO.
Chair session at Nanotechnology and Nanoscience International conference in Gudgaon India. 2007
Chair session at ASCE EM 2007 meeting at Virginia Tech VA.
World Congress on Computational Mechanics, LA.
European Congress on Computational Mechanics, Lisbon Portugal.
10th. Conference – International Association for Computer Methods and Advances in Geomechanics, Tucson, AZ,
2001
Session on Granular Soils – 14th ASCE Engineering Mechanics Conference, ,Austin
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TEACHING Courses taught or currently teaching
CE 316 Soil Mechanics
CE 461/661 Foundation Engineering
CE 417/617 Slope Stability and Retaining Walls
CE 462/662 Designing with Geosynthetics
CE 464/664 Advanced Soil Mechanics
ST/ Multiscale Modeling
CE 489 Senior Design
CE 720 Continuum Mechanics (co-taught)
CE 111 Introduction to Civil Engineering (Guest lectures)
Engr 111 Introduction to Engineering (Guest Lectures)
The focus of my teaching is on student learning that includes mastery of key and fundamental aspects, ability to
identify limitations and strengths of a technique or theory, need for further research or innovation and
appreciation for life-long learning. My teaching is continuously evolving as I strive for better student learning. I
enjoy the journey as much as I look with satisfaction at the success of the graduates.
New Courses Developed
CE 462/662 Designing with Geosynthetics : Use of polymeric materials in civil engineering has taken off in a big
way in the last few decades. However, most undergraduate students graduating from civil engineering had little
or no technical knowledge to effectively design civil engineering projects using these materials. This resulted in
ineffective use of these materials that sometimes led to failures. In 1998, I began offering this course to
undergraduate students (at that time, probably first of the very few programs to offer this course at the
undergraduate level). I also modified this course to teach practicing engineers in the region. In this course, we
discuss the fundamental mechanisms to design for target properties, characteristics of polymeric materials and
their effectiveness and ineffectiveness for conditions expected in the field. The need for additional research in
this field is also emphasized. Current research is discussed in the class.
CE 434/664 Advanced Soil Mechanics: This class deals with advanced topics in soil mechanics. The course covers
unsaturated soil mechanics and evaluation of molecular interactions between clay and fluids using molecular
dynamics. This is possibly the first class anywhere that study of molecular interactions in the context of
geotechnical engineering is taught in an undergraduate or graduate class.
ST/ Multiscale modeling: This class deals with various approaches used to bridge various length and time scales
to predict macroscale behavior of materials and to understand the underlying mechanisms.
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NDSU SERVICE UNIVERSITY
Member: NDSU Strategic planning committee
Member: FORWARD- Promotion to Full Professor Committee
Member: FORWARD- Internal Advisory Board
Member: NDSU Ad hoc committee: Investigation of faculty misconduct allegation
Member, University Senate
Search Committee Member – Director of International Programs
Search Committee Member– Software Coordinator – Center for High Performance Computing
Assisted CNSE for evaluation of computational hardware and software for chip packaging project
Alternate Member on Grade Appeals Board
Member: University High Performance Computing Advisory Committee
Mentor: University New Faculty Mentorship Program
Assisting the office of the President develop collaboration between institutions in India and NDSU
Member, University Senate Library Committee
Member, Selection Committee for an Endowed Chair
Moderator: FORWARD Panel on Promotion to Full Professor
COLLEGE
Member: CEA Promotion and Tenure Committee
Member: CEA Strategic Planning Committee
Chair: Search Committee for Chair of Mechanical Engineering Department
Member: CEA Executive Committee
Member: CEA Research and Extension Committee
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DEPARTMENT
Chair: CE Promotion and Tenure Committee
Member: CE Search committee for transportation faculty
Member: CE Search committee for structures faculty
Member: CE committee to revise faculty evaluation criteria
CE Graduate Program Coordinator
Search Committee Member, Environmental Engineering faculty position
Member: CE Laboratory and Space Committee
SELECTED RECENT PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES Associate Editor: ASCE Journal of Engineering Mechanics (JEM)
Associate Editor: ASCE Journal of Nanomechanics and Micromechanics
Editor: ASCE JEM Special Issue on Biological and Biologically Inspired Materials
Chair: ASCE-EMI Molecular Scale Modeling and Experimentation Committee (National/International) (founding
chair)
Chair: ASCE-EMI Properties of Materials Committee (National/International)
Chair: ASCE-EMI Poromechanics committee (National/International)
Chair: NDSPE Education Committee (State)
Chair, Scholarship committee, FM Engineers Club (Local)
Member: ASCE-Engineering Mechanics Institute Operations Manual Creation Committee (one of three
members). (National/International)
Member: ASCE Inelastic Committee (National/International)
Member: ASCE Biomechanics Committee (National/International)
Member: ASCE-EMI Education Committee (National/International)
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Member: ASCE Poromechanics committee (National/International)
ASCE Control Group Member for the EMD Properties of Materials Committee (National/International)
Board Member of the International Association of Computer Methods and Advances in Geomechanics
(International)
Organizing Chair: Organizing Chair, Symposium on Biologically Inspired Materials, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005,
2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 (created a new focus area on biological and biologically inspired
materials area in the ASCE Engineering Mechanics).
Organizing co-Chair: “Nano-Geo”, Nanotechnology in Geotechnical Engineering held in conjunction with
GEODENVER 2007, Denver, CO, February 2007
Symposium Organizing Committee Member – Constitutive Modeling of Soils, 2001-2002, Columbia University,
New York,
Steering committee member: International Association for Computer Methods and Advances in Geomechanics
conference, Australia, 2011
International Scientific Advisory Board Member: 5th Biot Conference, 2013, Vienna, Austria.
Organizing Chair: Symposium in BIOT-5 : New Frontiers in Mechanics of Cohesive Soils
Corresponding Member: ASCE Body of Knowledge Committee (National)
Reviewer: National Science Foundation Proposals
Proposal Reviewer – Hong Kong Government
Book Reviewer for Wiley – Reviewed book on foundation engineering
Reviewer: Journal papers:
1. Langmuir 2. Journal of Engineering Mechanics 3. ASTM 4. Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering 5. IACMAG 6. International Journal of Nanotechnology 7. Polymer 8. Canadian Geotechnical Journal 9. Journal of Theoretical Biology 10. Journal of American Chemical Society 11. International Journal of Computer-Integrated Design and Construction 12. International Journal of Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics
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13. ASME Journal of Engineering Materials Technology
Reviewer: Conference papers for many conferences.
PROFESSIONAL/COMMUNITY Presentation: Why are Properties of Nanomaterials so Unique?, KLJ-Engineers, 2013
Organized and Presented two workshops on fundamentals of designing with geosynthetics in Fargo and
Bismarck, ND. (2003)
Organized and Presented a workshop on fundamentals of designing with geosynthetics in Carrington ND.(2002)
Organized and Presented a workshop on fundamentals of designing with geosynthetics in Grand Forks and Minot
(2001)
A workshop series on designing with geosynthetics was initiated and conducted by Dinesh Katti to educate the
engineers in the community (Department of Transportation, consulting engineering firms, construction firms
and government officials) to effectively design and build projects using the new technology. The reason for
this outreach activity was the large number of failures and misuse of this emerging technology as a result of
poor knowledge and understanding of this technology by design and construction professionals.
Ph.D. external examiner, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, Mumbai, India.
Developed mitigation alternatives for port facilities at Adani port in India severely damaged by the January 2001
earthquake in western India.
Science fair judge
Presented a seminar on soil mechanics at the Kiwanis meeting
Television interview on our research discoveries on biomimetic nanocomposite nacre and their potential positive
impact on design of new high strength and damage tolerant materials
Radio interview on nacre
Newspaper article on research findings on nacre
Television interview on the failure of I-35W bridge failure
Extended radio interviews on I-35W bridge failure
Radio interview on our research on oil shales
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SELECTED RESEARCH GRANTS (TEACHING/ADMINISTRATIVE/GRADUATE
STUDENT/COMPUTATIONAL SUPPORT GRANTS NOT INCLUDED)
Title Amount Agency
Reliable Prediction of Shear Strength of
Swelling Clays
$200,000
+$200,000
matching
Mountain plains consortium
An innovative approach to heal nonunion bone
defects in humans $100,000
ND Department of
Commerce
MRI: Acquisition of Data-Intensive
Cyberinfrastructure for Research and
Education (DICRE) at North Dakota State
University
$571,429
($400,000
NSF+$171,4
89 matching)
National Science Foundation
Life-cycle Approaches to Understand the
Interactions between Crops and Engineered
Nanoparticles at Molecular Level $500,000
USDA
Multiscale Modeling and Characterization of
Barrier Coatings for Flexible Electronics $810,000
NSF-EPSCoR
Unlocking “oil” from Oil Shales $150,000
DoE/VPRCTT
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Modeling Effect of Molecular Interactions on
Evolution of Microstructure and Swelling and
Swelling Pressure Responses in
Montmorillonite Expansive Clays $209,922
National Science Foundation
Equipment for Cell Culture Laboratory EPSCoR $18,158
ND EPSCoR
Cell Culture Laboratory EPSCoR $55,150
ND EPSCoR
Investigation of stripping in MN class 7 (RAP) as
base materials
$81,656 MN-Department of
Transportation
Acquisition of a Twin Screw Extruder for
Polymer/Bio Nanocomposite Research and
Education
$147,583
with
$103,308
from NSF
and
$44,275
from NDSU
National Science Foundation
MRI: Acquisition of fourier transform infrared
microspectroscopy instrumentation for
advanced materials and biomaterials research
and education
$192,917
with
$135,041
from NSF
and
$57,876
from NDSU
National Science Foundation
Acquisition of Scanning Probe Microscopy and
Nanoindentation Instrumentation for
Nanomaterials and Biomaterials Research and
Education
$220,000
with
$150,000
from NSF
and
National Science Foundation
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$70,000
from NDSU
Simulation Based Materials Design of
Biomimetic Nanocomposites
$252,500 National Science Foundation
Evaluation and Modeling of Interlayer Forces in
Montmorillonite For Development of a
Particulate Based Model For Swelling Clays
$41,313 National Science Foundation
Acquisition of Dynamic Mechanical Material Test
System
$97,463 ND EPSCoR
Selection of Cost Effective Non-Flammable Pipe
Liners
$10,500 ND-DoT
Materials for Dowel Bar Retrofit in Pavements $50,000 ND-DoT
Simulation Based Design of Nanocomposites $12,000 ND EPSCoR
Response of Loading Rate on Soils – Doc.
Dissertation
$24,000 ND EPSCoR
Structure Property Relationships in Expansive
Soils
$20,000 ND EPSCoR
Effect of Strain Rate on Undrained Response of
Clays
$10,000 ND-EPSCoR
PROFESSIONAL LICENSE
Professional Engineer, State of Washington
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CONSULTING ACTIVITIES
Worked on over 125 consulting projects dealing with foundation design, liquefaction
mitigation, site specific seismic analysis, design of retaining structures, earth dams etc. Clients
included, AT&T, Port of Seattle, Boeing Co., Microsoft, U.S. Navy and state and federal
agencies.
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It has been a privilege to serve the department of civil engineering as its chair during one of the most
successful 5 year periods in the history of the department. In the following report, I am presenting
some of the accomplishments in the civil engineering department where the department chair had a
direct or indirect involvement. It should be noted that the accomplishments are typically the combined
effort of the faculty, staff and the chair and in some cases the students. A strong vision developed by the
chair is the foundation for the decisions and direction taken by the chair to help department excel.
Department Chair: September 2004 to December 2009
Vision for Civil Engineering Department
by
Dr. Dinesh R. Katti
A department that:
produces the best graduates in the nation,
is recognized by peers for leadership and excellence in research and creative activities,
is responsive to change,
makes valuable contributions to the profession and for the wellbeing of citizens of the
nation and the world,
empowers individuals to perform at the highest level in an ethical manner, by providing
an inclusive, respectful, caring and nurturing environment.
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ABET reaccreditation
The chair led the effort for ABET reaccreditation that resulted in a successful clean full six year
accreditation for the program without any deficiencies, weaknesses or concerns. The preparation of the
self-study report and subsequent exhaustive response to queries by the visiting team, meetings with the
team members and coordination of the visit at NDSU were the primary tasks undertaken by the chair.
These efforts took over a year and a half to complete. The chair ensured involvement by all faculty, staff
and advisory boards in the reaccreditation process and coordinated the activities. All faculty members in
the department who were present on campus, staff and advisory boards were involved in analyzing
assessment data and providing input to the chair. The chair also tapped the experience of two previous
chairs in the department and a senior faculty member to have the self-study report reviewed by them
prior to submission.
The preparation for the visit was quite challenging due to the first time full implementation of the new
EAC criteria for the program review. The chair took several steps to ensure success. In addition to
thoroughly reviewing the criteria, the chair and several faculty members participated in an ABET
workshop, worked closely with chairs from other departments and the Dean on common issues, kept
the industry advisory board in the loop and frequently requested input from the members, involved
faculty in analyzing assessment data and most importantly starting detailed and quantitative course
level assessment immediately after taking over as department chair and creation of student services
coordinator position to ensure proper advising and adhering to pre-requisites and departmental
standards. This helped mitigate a concern from the previous visit. When questions or issues surfaced
immediately before and after the visit, the chair took a quick action to effectively respond and
coordinated the efforts by faculty and advisory boards that helped with preparing the response. New
program educational objectives were developed. Overall, the visitors were pleased with our program.
Program review
Successful outcome resulted from the program review by the NDSU program review committee with
considerable praise by the committee for accomplishments made by the department across ALL areas
including teaching and advising, employer and professional evaluation of students, faculty and student
honors, grants and contracts, creative endeavors, and service including professional service. Some of the
comments from the review include, “commended for active concern for education of its undergraduate
students”, “success in undergraduate education”, “ faculty recognized for excellence in teaching”, huge
jump in refereed journal articles, “successful in national competitive grant programs”, “faculty and
graduate students recognized for excellence in research”, “actively involved in interdisciplinary teaching
and research programs”.
The chair prepared an exhaustive self-study report for the program with detailed analysis and effective
presentation of details about the department’s accomplishments in undergraduate and graduate
teaching and advising, research and service. Challenges and needs were well articulated in the report
which led to considerable and positive discussion with the committee and the Provost about future
needs of the program to help department continue on its path towards excellence. Request for six new
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faculty lines were made. The chair was involved in extensive meetings with the committee and
responding to questions after the visit. The program review was successful and very positive.
Annual assessment reports
The chair took initiative to develop guidelines for comprehensive quantitative course level assessment
that can be linked to program outcomes and also shorter qualitative assessment summaries for each
course taught in the department. The chair setup an assessment committee to help with coordination of
assessment.
The annual assessment reports prepared by the chair with valuable and critical input from faculty have
received very high marks and compliments from the assessment committee. The reviews mention the
tremendous leap in the quality of assessment reports and assessment procedures used in the
department since taking over as department chair. The quantitative evaluation of our reports by the
assessment committee has consistently been among the highest in the college since becoming a chair.
Annual reports
Every year, the chair has prepared annual report to compile all major departmental activities, enrolment
and other data and highlight of major faculty and student accomplishments. The chair also includes
information about various research activities in the report. This report being one of the important
means of informing the college and upper administration about activities and accomplishments of
people in the department, the chair has placed a special emphasis on preparing and submitting high
quality and accurate reports.
Undergraduate advising
Undergraduate advising was an area of concern in the department (noted as a concern by 2000 ABET)
because of voluntary nature of students setting up appointments with advisors and no tracking system
in place to identify students not advised. The chair took the initiative of getting the college
administration to approve a new staff line dedicated to student services. This staff position (in addition
to other student services activities) has enabled tracking of every student in the program to verify if the
student is advised and provide advisors with student names to setup advisor hold. This has enabled
100% student contact with their advisors every year.
Pre-requisites and academic standards
The pre-requisites for enrolling into civil engineering courses and checking of academic
standards (example “c” requirement) for enrolling into courses that was set by the department
is strictly enforced to improve quality of students in CE classes and to improve student learning.
In the beginning, the chair faced considerable resistance from some students impacted by the
strict adherence to the policy. With firmness and fairness, the chair has managed to enforce
adherence of the policy. The student services coordinator tracks every student for pre-
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requisites and academic standards. These changes appear to be positively impacting the FE
examination passing rates. Further tracking is needed to confirm the correlation.
Recovery of additional program fees
The student tracking system developed in the department by the staff has allowed recovery of
all program fees due to the department. Some students were intentionally or unintentionally
circumventing the central administration program fee recovery process by declaring non-CE
majors or declaring being undecided although the students intended to get a CE degrees.
Development and communication of departmental priorities
The chair has consistently obtained input from faculty for needs and articulated the needs to
the dean and other chairs. The chair has worked closely with dean and other chairs to get
departmental needs on the college priority list. Major departmental requests have made it to
the college priority lists and many of those requests have been approved by the upper
administration.
New faculty lines
Four new faculty lines have been added in the last five years, increasing the number of tenure-
track/tenured faculty from 10 to 14, a 40% increase. The increase which has been long overdue
will allow the department to offer new graduate and undergraduate courses, add new graduate
students (supported by the increased faculty), and get additional resources and funds through
grants.
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New space
Over the past 5 years, new spaces were requested by the department and some of those
requests have been approved. Two new office spaces and a new laboratory for transportation
and micromechanics have been added. In addition, large space allocation has been made for
the department in the Ehly hall and architecture building for 1) structures and geohazard
laboratory, 2) water resources research laboratory, 3) environmental and sustainability
research laboratory, and 4) graduate student office space. This new space allocation will reduce
some of the space pressures felt in the department. The chair has worked hard to articulate the
space need and worked with other chairs and the dean to get approval for the space.
Laboratory equipment and support
The department has made an investment in new laboratory equipment to revamp two large
laboratories, the materials laboratory and the water resources laboratory. New computers
were purchased for the transportation laboratory and two new laboratory benches were
installed in the environmental engineering laboratory and a few pieces of new equipment were
ordered for the environmental laboratory. The student computer clusters were completely
revamped twice during this period and all graduate students in residence have been provided
computers.
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Major research equipment purchases were made by faculty with grant funds that include the
large equipment purchases and upgrades in the advanced materials laboratory (NSF-MRI/IMR
and other NSF grants) and all equipment necessary for building state-of-the art tissue
engineering laboratory (NSF-EPSCoR). Faculty startup grants (proposals written by the chair)
were used to support fully or partially, research equipment purchases by new faculty. A new
transmission electron microscope was obtained by a department faculty through a highly
competitive NSF MRI grant. Specialized pieces of equipment for asphalt research were
purchased through MnDoT grants.
Laboratory support of materials and consumables are done for all laboratories in an equitable
manner and a tracking system to track such purchases is in place.
Growth in undergraduate program
The enrollment in the undergraduate program is strong. In fact, the third week enrollment for
fall 2009 is the highest in the last 29 years (period for which data is available). The department
graduated the largest number of undergraduate students in 28 years in 2006. Strong and stable
student numbers has allowed the department to plan ahead and strengthen resource requests.
The strong numbers reflect the good reputation of the department.
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Growth in graduate programs
Over the last 5 years, the department has seen a tremendous growth in the graduate student
numbers, especially doctoral students (from about 12 to 29). The department has graduated
the most number of doctoral students among any department in the college of engineering.
The department also is among the top departments in the university in terms of number of
doctoral students. The students are supported by fellowships, grants, program fees (for
teaching assistants/graders). The graduate student support via departmental funds is made in
an equitable manner.
The proposal written by the chair for graduate presidential fellows was successful bringing in
two presidential fellows to the department.
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*The 2008 and 2009 numbers are the 3rd week registered student numbers. A number of
students working on their dissertation/research off campus may not show in this count.
Research productivity and excellence
The department has the distinction of having five NSF CAREER awardees as faculty members in
the department. Even a much larger program than ours (University of Minnesota, Civil
Engineering: 45 faculty members compared to 14 at NDSU Civil engineering) has four NSF
career awardees. Other departments at NDSU who have CAREER awardees as faculty are
chemistry-5 and pharmaceutical sciences-1. The department faculty are PIs on 14 NSF grants
and 6 MnDoT grants and several other research grants. Research equipment grants in excess of
$2M have been obtained in recent years leading to state of the art research equipment in the
department. The highly competitive federal research grants show strong competitiveness of the
department nationally.
The chair formed a committee of prior CAREER awardees in the department to review outgoing
proposals from the department and to provide feedback for improving the proposal to the PI.
The current recipient of the CAREER award indicated the usefulness of the feedback from the
committee to submit competitive CAREER proposal. The committee will continue to review
CAREER proposals in the future.
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The department supports travel to conferences and for professional development and tries to
approve all travel requests using indirect pool and other sources. The faculty is encouraged to
present papers and make contact with program managers. The department maintains a healthy
balance of indirect cost recovery and uses it in an equitable manner in support of all faculty.
Special attention is paid to new faculty.
Many faculty in the department work in cutting edge interdisciplinary areas of national interest
and frequently collaborate with other departments and centers on campus.
Faculty members have led the effort and have been successful in obtaining grants to support
outreach activities and broader participation by under representative groups and children with
disabilities.
Major discoveries have been made by faculty in the department that has given national and
international recognition to the department and the university. Faculty members are invited to
give keynote lectures on topics pertaining to these discoveries at conferences and meetings
around the world.
Faculty research productivity has jumped dramatically from about 9 journal papers in 2003-
2004 to 45 peer reviewed journal papers last year. Majority of these papers are written with
graduate students, speaking highly about the quality of their dissertation/thesis work.
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Student organizations
Student organizations in the department have made significant achievements both gaining
national recognition by winning student competitions as well as participating in important
professional and social causes. Examples of student organization accomplishments include two
national championships by the ASCE steel bridge team and a regional championship by the
ASCE canoe team, winning of national challenge by the materials research society, and a first
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place standing by the AWWA/WEF chapter in the national design competition. The department
has provided support to student organizations when requested.
Department financial records
The implementation of Peoplesoft system brought in many challenges in keeping track of
various departmental budgets in a transparent manner. The department staff rose to the
challenge by developing and maintaining spreadsheets to track each and every transaction and
reconciling with the Peoplesoft system to provide an accurate picture of department financials.
These spreadsheets are available for any faculty member to view by contacting the staff.
Summary of expenditures are presented in annual reports and at annual department meetings.
Annual reviews and salary raises
The chair has used a standardized approach to recommend salary raises to the Dean. The raises
are based on guidelines developed by faculty several years ago. This approach allows for
extremely fair and equitable recommendation of raises based on performance and productivity.
The chair has always used a positive approach to communicate performance reviews to
individual faculty. The chair acknowledges and compliments good performance and in areas
that need improvement, the chair has discussed the issues with the intent of helping the faculty
member overcome the problem and for him to succeed.
Reduction in teaching load
Early on, the chair decided to reduce the standard teaching load for faculty members in the
department from four courses per year to three courses per year with the expectation that the
faculty research productivity will increase. I am pleased to report that overall, there has been a
dramatic increase in research productivity in the department while maintaining good teaching.
The quality of teaching appears to have improved with very few instances of students having
negative reaction to teaching for regular department faculty.
Communicating with chairs, dean and upper administration
The chair has always communicated departmental successes and needs with other chairs, the
dean and upper administration. Individual success, success of student organizations and
collective accomplishments has always been reported with pride and enthusiasm.
Departmental needs and priorities have been communicated with good supporting
documents/data/facts to portray the urgency of the requests. The success and needs have also
been communicated consistently in all documents prepared by the chair including annual
reports, program review report, assessment reports etc. The college and upper administration, I
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believe has a very positive opinion about the department and appreciate the accomplishments
by the department. They have supported many of the departmental requests.
Advisory committee
The departmental industrial advisory committee has immensely supported the department,
providing valuable advice and a view into the future about challenges facing the profession. The
committee was an active partner before, during and after the reaccreditation visit, providing
critical information to the department. The student advisory committee has provided candid
opinions about the department which has provided the department valuable information about
perceptions, challenges, and setting priorities for the department.
Web presence
Keeping in mind the importance of web presence to portray the departmental successes and
quality of our program to potential students, current students, parents, employers, alumni,
peers and public, the chair initiated a complete overhaul of the department web pages. With
the help of faculty, the web pages now portray a positive image of a department making big
strides in education and research and a great place to go to school or work.
Other initiatives
On occasions, the chair has stepped in to help solve major issues that would potentially
negatively impact the department. The problems ranged from overload payments made from
grants to faculty by PI without prior authorization by the grantor to a granting agency
threatening to prematurely terminate a grant due to excessive delay in submission of
deliverables by the PI that would have resulted in the department paying tens of thousands of
dollars to NDSU since most of the money had already been spent by the PI. In all situations,
negative financial impact was averted by the chair by coordinating meetings to solve the issues
or by directly negotiating with parties to persuade them not to take negative financial action.
The chair has been a strong advocate for the faculty and staff. On several occasions, the chair
has pleaded their cases with the administration when they have faced personal challenges.
Looking forward
As the department moves forward as a unit in a dynamic research university, the department is
faced with many challenges and opportunities. Planning for challenges, availing opportunities
and following the vision in a sustained manner is the key to success. We have seen from
examples of successes that such a strategy works. Some of the things we are doing include 1)
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reviewing the program to see how it can be updated to better prepare our graduates for
changes to the profession, global competitiveness, expectation by employers and accreditation
agencies, and encouraging our graduates to pursue graduate school, 2) adoption of new
pedagogical and assessment techniques to enhance student learning, 3) sustained funding to
support graduate programs, 4) Increased research and creative activities by all faculty, 5)
Increased faculty lines, 6) space needs planning, 7) identify resources to support professional
graduate program etc.
Closing thoughts
I believe, that in the department, an environment of mutual respect and collegiality exists,
where excellence and hard work is recognized and where conditions are created to allow and
help each and every person in the department to excel. The people in the department are
passionate about the work they do and the chair has attempted to harness their passion to
successfully carry out the mission of the department. Being in the department is large part of
life for most people in the department and every effort is made to make it fruitful, happy and a
satisfying place to be.
The department has made great strides in undergraduate and graduate education, research
and service to the profession. I see true entrepreneurial spirit in many people in the
department who are moving forward and making significant achievements, not waiting for
resources to come by, rather taking charge and bringing in the resources and energy to achieve
the high goals they have set. This sprit has not gone unnoticed, and slowly but surely the
department is seeing resources come in. Recognition has also come in the form of awards to
faculty like the distinguished professorship, Peltier and Odney awards to name a few and in the
form of recognition by peers. The department is gaining reputation for leadership and
excellence in many areas, as a wonderful place to obtain great education and where employers
see the value of hiring our graduates as assets to their companies. The department has gained
tremendous momentum and I am very optimistic about continued success in the future.