Upadrasta Ramamurty

Upadrasta Ramamurty
Born	1967 Andhra Pradesh, India
Nationality	Indian
Education	Brown University, 1994, Ph.D Indian Institute of Science, 1991, Master of Engineering Andhra University, 1989, Bachelor of Engineering
Awards	Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize (2011) TWAS Prize (2015)
Scientific career
Fields	Materials science, Mechanical Engineering
Institutions	Nanyang Technological University Massachusetts Institute of Technology University of California, Santa Barbara
Doctoral advisor	Subra Suresh

Upadrasta Ramamurty (born 1967) is currently the President's Chair Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering & Materials Science and Engineering at the Nanyang Technological University. He was a professor in the Department of Materials Engineering at the Indian Institute of Science, from 2000 to 2018.^[1] He is known for his extensive research in the field of mechanical behavior of materials, with a focus on metallic alloys, composites, molecular crystals, and 3D printed metals.

Ramamurty has made pioneering contributions to the understanding of the mechanical behavior of metallic glasses, nano-composites, and molecular crystals. Over his career, which spans nearly three decades, he has published over 400 papers in peer-reviewed international journals, amassing more than 9,000 citations with a Hirsch index (h-index) of 84^[2], according to Google Scholar.

His research primarily addresses the mechanics and materials domains and has direct implications for advanced manufacturing and the reliability of structural components. He has contributed significantly to the understanding of the plastic deformation and fracture behavior of bulk metallic glasses (BMGs)^[3], a class of amorphous materials lacking dislocations present in crystalline metals. His work on nano-indentation^[4] has also enabled new collaborations with chemists and physicists, contributing to the development of nano-composites with enhanced mechanical properties.

Ramamurty has applied his expertise to pharmaceutical manufacturing, establishing crystal structure–mechanical property correlations in organic solids. His research has been supported by major industrial partners such as Boeing^[5], General Motors^[6], and Rolls Royce^[7].

He was awarded in 2011 the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology, the highest science award in India, in the engineering category.^[8] In 2015, he was awarded the TWAS Prize in the engineering category for his fundamental contributions to the understanding of deformation, fatigue and fracture in several classes of new materials.^[9][10]