Ajit Kelkar PhD

Dr. Ajit D. Kelkar is a Professor and Chair of Nanoengineering Department at Joint School of Nanoscience and Nanoengineering. For the past twenty five years he has been working in the area of performance evaluation and modeling of polymeric composites and ceramic matrix composites. He has worked with several federal laboratories in the area of fatigue, impact and finite element modeling of woven composites including US Army, US Air force, NASA-Langley Research Center, National science Foundation, Office of Naval Research, FAA and Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

His expertise are in the area of low cost fabrication and processing of woven composites using VARTM process, fatigue and impact testing of composites, analytical modeling of woven composites. Presently he is involved in the development of nano engineered multifunctional materials using CNTs, BNNTs and electro spun fiber materials, nanoengineered radiation shielding materials. He has published over two hundred fifty papers in these areas. In addition he has edited two books in the area of Nanoscience and Nanoengineering. He has two patents in the area of composite manufacturing.