Tribikram Kundu
Professor
Department of Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics
The University of Arizona

Phone: (520) 621-6573
Fax: (520) 621-2550
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Education:

• Ph.D. Solid Mechanics, U.C.L.A., 1983
• M.S. Solid Mechanics, U.C.L.A., 1980
• B.Tech. Mechanical Engineering, I.I.T. Kharagpur, India, 1979

Research Interests:

Dr. Kundu has made significant and original contributions in both basic and applied research in computational mechanics and nondestructive evaluation (NDE) techniques - material characterization by ultrasonic and acoustic microscopy techniques, elastic wave propagation in multilayered solids, fracture mechanics and numerical methods. He has applied his techniques to both engineering and biological materials. Dr. Kundu is currently involved in a number of research projects. He has recently completed a research project, funded jointly by the National Science Foundation and Electric Power Research Institute, on Infrastructure inspection. The project title is “Lamb Wave Sensors for Inspecting Civil Infrastructures.” His current research grants are “Ultrasonic Evaluation of Delamination Defects at FRP/Concrete Interface,” and "Development of Non-Contact Sensors for Pipe Inspection by Lamb Wave". Under these projects Dr. Kundu is developing techniques to use Ultrasonic Lamb waves to detect damages in large plates, pipes and slabs." His paper on the near Lamb mode imaging received the Best Paper Award in the SPIE's 2000 Conference on NDE. He has recently completed a Phase I research project on the remaining life prediction of concrete slabs. The Transportation Research Board of FHWA has funded this project. The title of this research project is “A Novel Approach for Prediction of Remaining Life of Concrete Bridge Structures.” His research on pipe inspection technique has been broadcast in Tucson TV News.

Dr. Kundu has collaborated with European scientists on theoretical and experimental research on engineering and biological materials. Most of his European collaborations have been funded by foreign funding agencies in Germany (Alexander von Humboldt Foundation), Belgium (NATO, North Atlantic Treaty Organization), France (French Ministry of Education), Denmark (Aarhus University Medical School), Sweden, Switzerland, and so on. Recently NSF has funded his project entitled "US-France-Sweden Cooperative Research: Ultrasonic Sensors Design, Fabrication and Testing." His collaborative research with biologists and medical doctors involves biological cell, tissue and bone characterization.

Courses:

• CE204 - Numerical Analysis and Computer Programming
• CE215 - Mechanics of Solids
• CE 214 - Statics
• CE 217 - Mechanics of Materials
• CE/EM 402/502 - Introduction to Finite Element Analysis
• EM 505 - Continuum Mechanics
• EM 508 - Fracture Mechanics
• CE/EM 606/AME 660 - Elastic Waves
• EM 511 - Advanced Finite Element Analysis
• EM 603 - Theory of Elasticity
• EM 604 - Theory of Plasticity and Applications

Links:

• Kundu's Homepage (opens in new window)