Karan S. Surana
- Deane E. Ackers Distinguished Professor
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Biography —
Dr. Surana joined KU's Department of Mechanical Engineering in 1984 after working at Structural Dynamics Research Corporation as a Special Consultant, Engineering Mechanics Research Corporation as Director of Research and Development, and McDonnell Douglas as Principal Consultant. Over this period, he was the principal architect, originator and developer of the commercial finite element software systems IDEAS, NISA and FINESSE.
Dr. Surana's research interest is in computational mathematics, computational mechanics, and continuum mechanics, including development of constitutive theories. He has focused on theoretical research in classical and non-classical continuum theories, including ordered-rate constitutive theories in addition to fundamental and applied topics in computational mechanics and computational mathematics. Notable contributions include work on the k-version of the finite element method, operator classification, and variationally consistent integral forms.
He is a member of the International Association for Computational Mechanics and is a fellow and life member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME).
Learn more about Karan S. Surana on KU's Department of Mechanical Engineering website.