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Dr. Kalpana S. Katti University Distinguished Professor
Department of Civil Engineering, CIE 201B,
Affiliate Faculty, Nanotechnology and Nanomaterials
Affiliate Faculty, Biomedical Engineering
Dept. # 2470 P.O. Box 6050,
NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY, Fargo, ND 58108-6050
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email: [email protected]
Education
Ph.D. 1996, Materials Science and Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA.
M.S. 1989, Solid State Physics, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India.
B.S. 1987, Physics, University of Delhi, New Delhi, India.
Awards:
NDSU 52nd Faculty Lectureship, 2011
NDSU Peltier award for Innovations in Teaching, 2007
Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces 2005-2007 most cited paper
NDSU College of Engineering Researcher of the Year 2003
National Science Foundation CAREER award, 2002
Federation of Societies of Coatings Technology, Roon Award, 1999
Microscopy Society of America Presidential Scholar Award, 1996
Council of Graduate Schools, Nominated for Doctoral Dissertation Award 1996
Materials Research Society, Silver Medal Graduate Student Award, 1995
Society of Women Engineers, Outstanding Engineering Student Award, 1996
Honors:
H index = 36, i10 index = 74.
Chair of Academic Affairs Committee of Materials Research Society, 2008-2010
Chair of Biomechanics Committee Engineering Mechanics Institute 2012-2015
Chair of Properties of Materials Committee, Engineering Mechanics Institute 2014-2017
Member of Materials Research Society Congressional day : science advocacy
Fellow of Faculty Institute for Excellence in Learning, NDSU, 2001.
Founder and President of University of Washington Student Chapter of Materials Research
Society.
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Member of Tau Beta Pi, engineering honor society.
National Science Foundation Engineering Educators Scholar, 1996.
Member of Phi Kappa Phi.
Areas of Expertise:
Nanotechnology and Biomimetics, Biomaterials, Nanocomposites, Bone Tissue Engineering,
Cancer Metastasis, Transmission and scanning electron microscopy, electron energy loss
spectroscopy, vibrational spectroscopy, Photoacoustic spectroscopy, Nanomechanics, Multiscale
properties of biological and synthetic nanocomposites.
Professional Appointments:
University Distinguished Professor, North Dakota State University, Oct 1st 2007-todate
Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND
58105, August 15th 2007-todate
Associate Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, North Dakota State University,
Fargo, ND 58105, August 2004-August 2007
Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, North Dakota State University,
Fargo, ND 58105, August 2001-July 2004
Research Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, North Dakota State
University, Fargo, ND November 1999-August 2001.
Post-Doctoral Researcher, Department of Polymers and Coatings, North Dakota State
University, Fargo, ND 1997-1999
Research/Teaching Assistant, Materials Science and Engineering, University of
Washington, Seattle. 1992-1996
Research Intern, Superconductivity Division, National Physical Laboratory, New Delhi,
May-July 88
Short description of research and educational contributions
Dr. Kalpana Katti is a University Distinguished Professor in the Department of Civil and
Environmental Engineering at North Dakota State University. She joined NDSU in 1997 after
receiving a Ph.D. from University of Washington in Materials Science and Engineering. At
NDSU she has established a state-of-the-art materials characterization laboratory that houses
advanced nanomechanical and infrared spectroscopic equipment as well as a Tissue Engineering
Laboratory. She has served as PI on infrastructure development grants bringing new advanced
electron microscopes with federal funding that have led to significant expansion of the Electron
Microscopy facility at NDSU. She also spearheaded a new doctoral program in Materials and
Nanotechnology at NDSU which is offered since 2006. Through a state sponsored effort, she has
led a team of researchers in the establishment of a Center for Engineered Cancer Test-Beds at
NDSU that includes engineers, pharmaceutical researchers, chemists, business and
communications faculty and serves as its Director.
Contributions to Science: Dr. Katti’s primary area of research is in tissue engineering, cancer
scaffolds, and biomimetics. Her group introduced novel engineered nanoclay nanocomposites for
biomedical applications. The biomineralization routes in nanoclays pave the way for biomimetic
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tissue engineering. Due to the propensity of prostate and breast cancers to metastasize to bone,
her group has introduced for the first time a ‘cancer test-bed’ through tissue engineering that
enables humanoid testing of anticancer drugs and provides a platform for understanding the
incurable metastasized cancer. Her group has made important breakthroughs such as discovery of
third-tier of hierarchy in collagen structure, discovery of interlocking of platelets in nacre and
describing the important role of mineral protein interactions in bone mechanics.
She has received research grants totaling about $5M since 2000. She has published 178
publications including 102 publications in journals. She has received the most cited award from
the journal Colloids and Interfaces for the 2004-2007 years. She is also a NSF CAREER award
grantee. At NDSU she is engaged in promotion and tenure, teaching, NSF ADVANCE as part of
the FORWARD team(NDSUs diversity initiative for recruitment, retention and promotion of
women faculty), high performance computing, faculty and administrator search committees and
several other committees at department, college and university level. She received the Peltier
award for innovations in teaching in 2007 and the 52nd faculty lectureship award in 2011. She is
also the recipient of the Roon award from Federation of Coatings Technologies in 1999 and
Presidential Scholar award from Microscopy Society of America in 1996. She has given over 60
invited, keynote and plenary lectures at national and international conferences.
Leadership and Diversity: Dr Katti is actively involved in several professional societies in
leadership and service roles. At the Materials Research Society, she has chaired the Academic
Affairs committee, chaired subcommittee on University Chapters, been a MRS Bulletin
Organizer, and served on the New Products and Publications subcommittee of the MRS
Publications Committee. Her involvement in other societies includes chairing the Biomechanics
and Properties of Materials committees of Engineering Mechanics Institute of ASCE, as well as
serving on molecular modeling and characterization committee of EMI and the Biomaterials
committee of TMS. She regularly organizes symposia for MRS, TMS, and MS&T. At her
institution, she has spearheaded a new doctoral program in Materials and Nanotechnology that
includes a Biomaterials focus. She gives numerous talks, organizes outreach events and
communicates the scientific advances in bone tissue engineering to North Dakota. She reviews
papers and proposals for several publishers and federal agencies in the US, Europe, Australia,
Asia and South America
Dr. Katti is an advocate for women scientists, and students and has made consistent efforts
towards increasing diversity in the STEM areas. She has also made efforts towards science
promotion in the region. These efforts are focussed at various levels of university, local and
regional outreach as well as one-on-one grassroots efforts in mentoring young female students at
NDSU campus. At NDSU she participated in the core team of faculty that put together a
successful NSF ADVANCE grant. The NSF grant helped create the FORWARD
(https://www.ndsu.edu/forward/) program with goals pertaining to recruitment, retention, and
promotion of women faculty. Dr. Katti belongs to the core FORWARD team participating in
various activities of the program. The FORWARD program has continued on campus after the
end of the NSF funding through the institutionalization of many aspects of the grant. Dr. Katti
routinely gives talks to students in the K-12 schools in the region hosts female students in her
laboratory. She teaches a graduate level course on Preparing Future Faculty (MNT745) on the
numerous issues of a faculty career, from obtaining faculty positions to promotion and
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leadership. She brings case studies on mentorship to the class that always include gender issues.
She has participated in numerous state-wide activities including speaking to diverse groups
around the state about science and technology. She engages in the science advocacy issues of
Materials Research Society through participation in a core group communicating the importance
of supporting science to senators and Members of Congress in Washington DC.
RESEARCH
Patents: 3 US patents filed
Publications: 178 peer reviewed publications including 102 Journal articles.
Books and Book Chapters
1. Katti, D. R.; Sharma, A.; Katti, K. S., Chapter 10 - Predictive Methodologies for Design
of Bone Tissue Engineering Scaffolds A2 - Bose, Susmita. In Materials for Bone
Disorders, Bandyopadhyay, A., Ed. Academic Press: 2017; pp 453-492.
2. Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings Vol 844. Edited with C. Viney, C.
Hellmich and F. Ulm
3. Chapter on “Characterizing Biointerfaces and Biosurfaces in Biomaterials Design” By KS
Katti, D Verma, DR Katt in ‘Nanoscience and Its Applications in Biomedicine’ edited by
Donglu Shi. Springer.
4. Chapter on “Materials and engineering of joint replacement” By KS Katti, D Verma, DR
Katti in Recent developments in joint replacement technology edited by Peter Revel,
Woodhead Publishers
5. Chapter on “Biomimetic Lessons Learnt from Nature”, by KS Katti, DR Katti, B.
Mohanty, in Biomimetics, Learning from nature, Edited by Amitava Mukherjee, I Tech
Education and Publishing KG Vienna, Austria EU
6. Chapter on “Nanocomposites for Bone Tissue Engineering”, by K S Katti, DR Katti and
A. H. Am,bre, Book Series on Nanomaterials for Life Sciences, Wiley Publishers.2010,
Edited by Challa S S R Kumar Chapter 10. P 367-404.
7. Chapter on Simulation Based Design of Polymer Clay Nanocomposites Using Multiscale
Modeling: An Overview, by DR Katti and KS Katti, in Nanostructured Materials and
Nanotechnology III edited by Sanjay Mathur, Mrityunjay Singh, ceramic engineering and
Science Proceedings Vol 30 issue 7, 2009.
8. Chapter on Mesenchymal Stem Cells for Tissue Regeneration, by KS Katti, A H Ambre
and DR Katti, in Biomaterials in Tissue Engineering, edited by M. Ramalingam, Z.
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Haidar, S. Ramakrishna, H. Kobayashi, Y. Haikel, Wiley-Scrivener Publishing, USA
2012
9. Chapter on ‘Biomimetics: Inspiration from Structural Organization of Biological
Systems’ by KS Katti, C. Gu, DR Katti, in “Natural Polymers” editors Dr. Maya John and
Dr. Sabu Thomas, RSC publishers, 2012
Journal Papers
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. T. Anajafi, J. Yu, A. Sedigh, M. Haldar, W. Muhonen, S. Oberlander, H. Wasness, J.
Froberg, MD S Molla, K S Katti, Y. Choi, J. Shabb, DK Srivastava, S. Mallik, Sanku,
(2017) Nuclear Localizing Peptide Conjugated, Redox Sensitive Polymersomes for
Delivering Curcumin and Doxorubicin to Pancreatic Cancer Micro-tumors, to appear in
Molecular Pharmaceutics.
4. 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
5. 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
6. 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.
7. 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
8. 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
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9. C. Gu, D.R. Katti, K.S. Katti, (2016) Insitu SEM and Nanomechanical properties of
human OI bone, Bioinspired, Biomimetic and Nanobiomaterials (BBN). ISSN 2045-
9858 | E-ISSN 2045-9866 DOI: 10.1680/jbibn.15.00008
10. D. R. Katti, Z. R. Patwary, K. S. Katti, (2016) Modelling clay-fluid interactions in
montmorillonite clays, Environmental Geotechnics , E-ISSN 2051-803X, DOI:
10.1680/jenge.14.00027
11. 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's
International Journal of Geomechanics. Volume: 15 Issue: 5 Article Number:
04014073 Published: OCT 2015
12. K. S. Katti, C. Gu, D. R. Katti, (2015) Anisotropic Properties of Human Cortical Bone
with Osteogenesis Imperfecta, Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology
(BMMB), pp 1-13, 10.1007/s10237-015-0727-4
13. K. N Alstadt, K. S Katti, D. R Katti, (2015), Nanoscale Morphology of Kerogen and In-
Situ Nanomechanical Properties of Green River Oil Shale, ASCE Journal of
Nanomechanics and Micromechanics. 10.1061/(ASCE)NM.2153-5477.0000103 ,
04015003.
14. K. S. Katti, A. H. Ambre, S. Payne, D.R. Katti, (2015) Vesicular delivery of crystalline
calcium minerals to ECM in biomineralized nanoclay composites, Materials Research
Express 2 045401
15. D.R. Katti , A. Sharma, S. M Pradhan, K. S Katti, Carbon Nanotube Proximity Influences
Rice DNA (2015), Chemical Physics Volume 455, 9 July 2015, Pages 17–22
16. A. Sharma, S. Payne, K. S. Katti and D. R. Katti, (2015) Evaluating Molecular
Interactions in Polycaprolactone -Biomineralized Hydroxyapatite Nanocomposites using
Steered Molecular Dynamics, Journal of Minerals, Metals and Materials Society, Vol.
67, No. 4,733-743.
17. D. R. Katti, Laxmikanth, K. S. Katti, Molecular Modeling of Initiation of Interlayer
Swelling in Na-Montmorillonite Expansive Clay (2015) Canadian Geotechnical
Journal. Volume: 52 Issue: 9 Pages: 1385-1395.
18. 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
19. R. Nahire, R. Hossain, R. Patel, S. Paul, V. Meghnani, A. H. Ambre, K. N. Gange, K. S.
Katti, E. Leclerc, D. K. Srivastava, K. Sarkar, and S. Mallik, (2015) pH-Triggered
Echogenicity and Contents Release from Liposomes, Molecular Pharmaceutics,
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dx.doi.org/10.1021/mp500186a |
20. 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 Pages: 15-25 .
21. 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 46, 207–217
22. 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], 2015, 198–223 .
23. P. S Kulkarni, M. K Haldar, R. R Nahire, P. Katti, A. H Ambre, W. W Muhonen, John B
Shabb, S. K R Padi, R. K Singh, P. P Borowicz, D K Srivastava, K. S Katti, K.M Reindl,
B. Guo, S. Mallik (2014) MMP-9 Responsive PEG Cleavable Nanovesicles for Efficient
Delivery of Chemotherapeutics to Pancreatic Cancer, Molecular Pharmaceutics, 11,
2390−2399.
24. 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.
25. R. Nahire, M.K. Haldar, S. Paul, A. H. Ambre, V. Meghnani, B.Layek, K. S. Katti, K.N.
Gange, J. Singh, K.Sarkar S. Mallik, (2014) Multifunctional polymersomes for cytosolic
delivery of gemcitabine and doxorubicin to cancer cells, Biomaterials, 35 [ 24] 6482-
6497.
26. 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) special issue
"Computational Mechanobiology of Soft Matters and Cells”.98(2) pp. 181-201.
27. 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.
28. 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), Article Number: 04014099.
29. K. S. Katti (2013) Use of Adult Stem Cells in Biomaterials Research. J Biotechnol
Biomater 3:e121.
30. R. Nahire, M. Haldar, S. Paul, A. Mergoum, A. Ambre, K. Katti, K. Gange, D. K.
Srivastava, K. Sarkar, S. Mallik, Polymer Coated Echogenic Lipid Nanoparticles with
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Dual Release Triggers, (2013), Biomacromolecules 14 (3), pp 841–853
31. 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
32. 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.
33. 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
34. S. M. Pradhan, K. S. Katti, D. R. Katti, Dinesh, (2012), "Structural Hierarchy Controls
Deformation Behavior of Collagen" Biomacromolecules, 13 (8), pp 2562–2569
35. 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.
36. P. Daniel. Russakow, R.Nahire, T.Nandy, A. H. Ambre, K. S. Katti, Sanku Mallik, K.
Sarkar (2012) In vitro measurement of attenuation and nonlinear scattering from
echogenic liposomes, Ultrasonics 52(7), 962-969.
37. 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 Biomolecular Spectroscopy, 8, 105-113
38. 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
39. 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.
40. S. Pramanik, R. Khanna, K. Katti, J. McEnvoy, E. Khan, (2011)Effects of Entrapment on
Nucleic Acid Content, Cell Morphology, Cell Surface Property and Stress of Pure
Cultures Commonly Found in Biological Wastewater Treatment, Applied Microbiology
and Biotechnology. 92 ( 2 ) 407-418.
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41. 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.
42. 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.
43. 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.
44. 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.
45. 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.
46. 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
47. 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.
48. 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
49. 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
50. 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
51. 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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52. 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
53. 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.
54. 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.
55. 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.
56. R. Khanna, K. S. Katti, D.R. Katti, (2009) Nanomechanics of Surface Modified
Nanohydroxyapatite Biomaterials Journal of Engineering Mechanics-ASCE, 135
468-478.
57. 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.
58. 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.
59. 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
60. 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.
61. 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
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62. 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
63. D. Sikdar, S. Pradhan, D. R. Katti, K. S. Katti, B. Mohanty, (2008), Altered Phase Model
for Polymer Clay Nanocomposites, Langmuir, 24, 5599‐5607
64. 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.
65. 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.
66. 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.
67. 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.
68. 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.
69. 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.
70. 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.
71. 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.
72. R. Bhowmik, K.S. Katti, and D.R. Katti, (2007) Molecular Modeling of polyacrylic acid-
hydroxyapatite interface, Polymer, 48, 664-674.
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73. 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.
74. 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.
75. 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.
76. 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.
77. 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.
78. 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.
79. B. Mohanty, K. S. Katti, D. R. Katti, (2006), “Dynamic nanomechanical properties of
nacre”, Journal of Materials Research, 21, 2045-2051.
80. D. Verma, K. S. Katti, D. R. Katti, (2006), Bioactivity in Insitu Polycaprolactone-
Hydroxyapatite composites”, Journal of Biomedical Materials Research78A, 772-780.
81. K. S. Katti, B. Mohanty and D. R. Katti, (2006), Nanomechanical properties of nacre,
Journal of Materials Research, 21,1237-1242.
82. 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
83. 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
84. 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
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85. 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.
86. 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.
87. 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.
88. 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.
89. 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.
90. 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).
91. 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.
92. 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.
93. K. S. Katti, (2004), Biomaterials in total hip replacement, Colloids and Interfaces B.
Invited paper. 39, 133-142.
94. 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.
95. K. S. Katti and M. W. Urban, (2003),Conductivity model and photoacoustic FT-IR
surface depth profiling of heterogeneous polymers, Polymer 44(11) pp. 3319-3325,
(2003)
96. K.S. Katti, M. Qian, F. Dogan, and M. Sarikaya, (2002), Dopant Effect on Local
Dielectric Properties in Barium Titanate-Based Electroceramics Determined by
Transmission EELS”, J. Am. Ceram. Soc., 85[9], 2236-43.
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97. 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.
98. 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.
99. K.S. Katti, and M.W. Urban, (2000), Effect of Carbon black on adhesion to plastics in
solventborne 2K Polyurethanes, J. Coat. Technology, 72[903], (2000) (Paper winner of
Roon Award) 35-43.
100. K.S. Katti, M. Qian, D.W. Frech, and M. Sarikaya, (1999), Electron Energy Loss
Spectroscopy and Dielectric Function of Biological and Geological Polymorphs of
CaCO3, Microscopy and Microanalysis, 5 [5], 358-364.
101. K.S. Katti, M. Qian, M. Sarikaya, and M. Miyayama, (1997), Determination of
local high frequency dielectric function during the cubic-tetragonal phase transformation
in barium titanate, J. Mater. Res. 12, [6] 1582-1586.
102. K.S. Katti, and S.H. Risbud, (1992), Quantum Structural Parameters for Electron
and Hole carrying Superconductors. Physical Review B, 45 [17].10155-10157
Peer Reviewed Conference Papers
1. K. S. Katti, D. R. Katti, Applications of FTIR Spectroscopy in Flow and Swelling
Behavior of Smectite Clays, Proceedings of International Geotechnical Engineering
Conference on Sustainability in Geotechnical Engineering Practices and Related Urban
Issues,September 23-24, 2016, Mumbai, India
2. D. R. Katti and K.S. Katti, Molecular Interactions Control Macroscale Properties in
Swelling Clays, Proceedings of International Geotechnical Engineering Conference on
Sustainability in Geotechnical Engineering Practices and Related Urban Issues,September
23-24, 2016, Mumbai, India
3. D. R. Katti, K. S. Katti, K. Thapa, H. M. Faisal Nasrullah Modeling the Nanoscale
Kerogen Inclusions in Green River Oil Shale, Proceedings of 6th BIOT Conference,
Paris, France, 2017.
4. K. S. Katti, D. R. Katti, MD S Molla, S. Kar, Evaluation of Cancer Tumors in 3D Porous
Bone Mimetic Scaffolds, Proceedings of 6th BIOT Conference, Paris, France, 2017.
5. Chunju Gu, Dinesh R. Katti, Kalpana S. Katti, Microstructure, Spectroscopic Studies and
Nanomechanical Properties of Human Cortical Bone with Osteogenesis Imperfecta,
Proceedings of Materials Research Society (2014) 11/2014; 1621. DOI:
10.1557/opl.2014.284
6. Dinesh R. Katti, Kalpana S. Katti & L. Srinivasamurthy , Molecular modeling of onset of
swelling in expansive clays Proceeding of the 14th IACMAG, Kyoto, Japan, 22-
25/9/2014
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7. K. S. Katti, D. R. Katti, FTIR Investigation of Molecular Interactions in Swelling Clays
and their Role on Swelling and Other Macroscopic Properties, Proceedings of 5th Biot
Conference, Vienna, Austria, 2013
8. D. R. Katti, K. S. Katti, K.N. Alstadt, An Insight into Molecular Scale Interactions and
In-situ Nanomechanical Properties of Kerogen in Green River Oil Shale, Proceedings of
5th Biot Conference, Vienna, Austria, 2013
9. D. R. Katti, L. Srinivasamurthy, and K. S. Katti, Molecular Modeling of Early Stage of
Swelling in Na-Montmorillonite Clay, Proceedings of 5th Biot Conference, Vienna,
Austria, 2013
10. D. R. Katti S. M. Pradhan and K. S. Katti, Collagen Mechanics: Role Of Structural
Hierarchy, at BIOMED 2012 Austria
11. 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.
12. 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.
13. K. S. Katti, D. R. Katti, Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy in clays and oil shales,
Proceedings of Indian Geotechnical Conference 2010 Mumbai.
14. D. R. Katti, K. S. Katti, Multiscale Modeling of Clay Fluid Interactions, Proceedings of
Indian Geotechnical Conference 2010 Mumbai.
15. 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.
16. D.R. Katti, K.S. Katti 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.
17. 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.
18. D. R. Katti, K. S. Katti, and P.M. Amarasinghe, (2009), Interlayer Fluid Flow and the
Role of Clay-Fluid Molecular Interactions on the Swelling Behavior of Montmorillonite
Clays, Proc. 4th Biot Conference, Columbia University, New York, NY, June 2009.
19. 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.
20. 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).
21. D. Verma, K. S. Katti, B. Mohanty, “Mechanical Properties of Biomimetic Composites
for Bone Tissue Engineering” Proc. Materials Research Society Vol 844. (2005)
22. 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. Fall 2004 meeting(2005)
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23. 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. Fall 2004 meeting (2005)
24. 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.
194-200, (2005)
25. P. Ghosh, D. R. Katti, K. S. Katti, “Influence of Protein Structures on Mechanical
Response”, Proc. Materials Research Society Vol 844. Fall 2004 meeting (2005).
26. K.S. Katti, P. Turlapati and R. Bhowmik, Control of Polymer-Mineral Interfacial
Behavior in Poly(Acrylic Acid)-Hydroxyapatite Nanocomposites for Bone Replacement ,
Proc. ASCE Engineering Mechanics Conference, 2003
27. K.S. Katti, A. Bhosle, and D.R. Katti, Experimental Studies In The Failure Mechanisms
Of A Model Bio-Nanocomposite-Nacre, Proc. ASCE Engineering Mechanics
Conference, 2003
28. K.S. Katti and D.R. Katti, Effect of Clay-Water Interactions on Swelling in
Montmorillonite Clay, Proc. ASCE Engineering Mechanics Conference, 2003
29. D.R. Katti, S. Schmidt, P. Ghosh and K.S. Katti, Molecular Modeling of Pyrophyllite
Clay and Modeling Response to Applied Stress Using Molecular Dynamics, Proc. ASCE
Engineering Mechanics Conference, 2003
30. D.R. Katti, S.M. Pradhan and K.S. Katti , Role Of Nanoscale Asperities In Hybrid Bio-
Nanocomposites : A Multiscale Modeling Approach, Proc. ASCE Engineering
Mechanics Conference, Seattle, WA, 2003
31. K.S. Katti, P. Gujjula, Control Of Mechanical Responses In Insitu Polymer-
Hydroxyapatite Composites For Bone Replacement, 15th ASCE Engineering Mechanics
Conference Proceedings, Columbia University, NY, NY.2002.
32. D. R. Katti, K. S. Katti, J. Tang, M. Sarikaya, Effect of Nanostructure in nacre: A
multiscale modeling approach, 15th ASCE Engineering Mechanics Conference
Proceedings, Columbia University, NY, NY. 2002.
33. M.Sarikaya, H.Fong, J. M. Sopp, K. S. Katti, and G. Mayer, Biomimetics:
Nanomechanical Design of Materials Through Biology, 15th ASCE Engineering
Mechanics Conference Proceedings, Columbia University, NY, NY.2002.
34. K. S. Katti, P. Gujjula, A. Ayyarsamy, T. Arens, In-Situ Mineralization Of
Hydroxyapatite For A Molecular Control Of Mechanical Responses In Hydroxyapatite-
Polymer Composites For Bone Replacement. Materials Research Society Symposium -
Proceedings, 711, Pages 219-224, 2002
35. D.R. Katti, K.S. Katti, and V. Shanmugasundaram, Role Of Clay-Solvent Inter And
Intraparticle Interactions On Swelling Characteristics Of Montmorillonite Nano-Meso-
Micro Scale Particulate Systems, Materials Research Society Symposium – Proceedings,
704, Pages 257-262, 2002.
36. D.R. Katti, K.S. Katti, J. Tang, J.M. Sopp, and M. Sarikaya, 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, 2001.
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37. K.S. Katti, and M.W. Urban, Effect of Inclusions in polymeric coatings on quantitative
depth profiling using step-scan photoacoustic spectroscopy, Polymeric Materials Science
and Engineering Proceedings of annual meeting of American Chemical Society, 85. 2001.
38. K.S. Katti, D.R. Katti, J.M. Sopp, W.M. Mercer, and M. Sarikaya, “Nano-Meso_Macro
Scale Response Simulation of Biomimetic Nanocomposites”, Proc. 10th. Conference –
International Association for Computer Methods and Advances in Geomechanics,
Tucson, 2001.
39. K. S. Katti, and M. W. Urban, Effect Of Pigments On Interfacial Behavior Of
Polyurethane Coatings On Plastic Substrates, Polymeric Materials Science and
Engineering Proceedings of annual meeting of American Chemical Society, 84. 2000.
40. J.M. Sopp, W.M. Mercer, H. Fong, M. Sarikaya, K.S. Katti, D.R. Katti, and M. Sarikaya,
(2000) “Nanomechanical properties of a biocomposite , mollusk shell nacre,” Proc.
Microscopy Society of America, 58th Annual Meeting.
41. D.R. Katti, and K.S. Katti, Three Dimensional Finite Element Modeling of
Microstructural Development of Nacre in Seashells and Implication on Mineralization of
CaCO3, Materials Research Society Symposium - Proceedings. 599, Pages 231-236, 2000
42. K.S. Katti, M. Qian, D.W. Frech, and M. Sarikaya, Electron Energy Loss Spectroscopy
and Dielectric Function of Biological and Geological Polymorphs of CaCO3,Proceedings
of Microscopy Society of America, MSA 56th annual meeting, 1998.
43. K. S. Katti, M. Qian, M. Sarikaya, "Determination of Local Dielectric Function in Donor
Doped Barium Titanate", paper winner of Presidential award to K. S. Katti, Proc.
Microscopy and Microanalysis, MSA 54th annual meeting, 1996
44. K. S. Katti, M. Qian, M. Sarikaya, "Low Loss Transmission Electron Spectroscopic
Studies in Donor Doped Barium Titanate", Electrically Based Microstructural
Characterization, Materials Research Society Symposium Proceeding, 411, 191-196,
1996.
45. K. S. Katti, M. Qian, M. Sarikaya, " A Novel Technique to Study the Paraelectric to
Ferroelectric Transformation in Barium Titanate using Transmission EELS", In situ
Electron and Tunneling Microscopy of Dynamic Processes; Materials Research Society
Symposium Proceedings, 404, 101-106, 1996.
46. K.S. Katti, M. Qian, and M. Sarikaya, "Dynamic Behavior of Twins in Barium Titanate"
Structure and Properties of Interfaces in Ceramics: Materials Research Society
Symposium Proceedings, 357, 121-126, 1995.
47. D. R. Katti and K. S. Katti, “Role of Nanostructure on Mechanical Properties of nacre,”
Second MIT Conference on Computational Fluid an Solid Mechanics, June 17-20, 2003,
MIT Cambridge MA 02139 USA.
48. D. R. Katti and K. S. Katti, “Nacre: An Inspiration for Novel Nanocomposite Systems”,
International Conference on Fiber Reinforced Composites, Chennai India, 2003.
49. K. S. Katti, “Biomimetic Nanocomposite Biomaterials for Bone Replacement”,
International Conference on Fiber Reinforced Composites, Chennai India, 2003.
50. 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.
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51. 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.
52. 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.
53. 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.
54. 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
55. 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
56. 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).
57. D. Verma, K. S. Katti, B. Mohanty, “Mechanical Properties of Biomimetic Composites
for Bone Tissue Engineering” Proc. Materials Research Society Vol 844. (2005)
58. 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)
59. 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)
60. 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)
61. P. Ghosh, D. R. Katti, K. S. Katti, “Influence of Protein Structures on Mechanical
Response”, Proc. Materials Research Society Vol 844. (2005)
62. Rahul Bhowmik, Kalpana S Katti and Dinesh R Katti; Investigating the Interfacial
Interactions Between Organic and Inorganic Phases and Their Influence on the Mechanics
of Organic Phase in Natural Bone. Proc. Materials Research Society Fall 2006 meeting
Boston MA.
63. Bedabibhas Mohanty, Devendra Verma, Kalpana S Katti and Dinesh R Katti Time
Dependent Nanomechanical Response of Nacre. At Mechanics of Biological and Bio-
Inspired materials Proc. Materials Research Society Fall 2006 meeting Boston MA.
64. Dinesh R Katti, Kalpana S Katti and Pijush Ghosh Multiscale Mechanics of Nacre: From
Micro Scale to Molecular. At Mechanics of Biological and Bio-Inspired materials Proc.
Materials Research Society Fall 2006 meeting Boston MA.
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65. Pijush Ghosh, Dinesh R Katti and Kalpana S Katti Influence of Mineral on the
Deformation Mechanism of Protein in Natural Biocomposite, Nacre Proc. Materials
Research Society Fall 2006 meeting Boston MA.
66. Devendra Verma, Kalpana S Katti and Dinesh R Katti Biopolymer Polyelectrolyte
Complex-hydroxyapatite Composites for Bone Tissue Engineering. At Mechanics of
Biological and Bio-Inspired materials Proc. Materials Research Society Fall 2006 meeting
Boston MA.
67. Influence of Mineral -polymer Interactions on Molecular Mechanics of Polymer in
Composite Bone Biomaterials. Rahul Bhowmik, Kalpana S Katti and Dinesh R Katti,
Proc. Materials Research Society Fall 2006 meeting Boston MA.
Presentations at Professional Meetings
I have given over 70 presentations at conferences (Materials Research Society, American Society
of Civil Engineers Mechanics Division, Microscopy Society of America, American Ceramic
Society, American Chemical Society, Society of Plastics Engineers, International Conference on
Experimental Mechanics among others). Several of these talks have been invited talks. In
addition, I have given invited talks at Materials Research Society, Materials Science and
Technology, The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (TMS), European congress on fracture,
NDSU (Department of Polymers and Coatings, Department of Physics), International Conference
on Experimental Mechanics Italy, International Conference on Fiber reinforced composites India,
Society of Plastics Engineers conference, Chicago, National Physical laboratory, India, NSF
Advanced Materials workshop in Rio de Janeiro, Indian Institute of technology Mumbai,
Symposium on Biological Materials Science TMS 2005-2017 meeting, Plasticity 2006, 2016,
2017, World Congress on Computation Mechanics 2006, European Congress on Computational
Mechanics 2006, Lisbon Portugal. ASCE Engineering Mechanics Institute 2005-2017, 6th
International Congress on Industrial and Applied Mathematics 2007 Switzerland, American
Ceramic Society 2008, World Congress on Computational mechanics 2008, EUROMAT 2009,
American Ceramic Society Meetings 2008, 2009, Materials Science and Technology Meetings.
Biot 2013(Austria),2017(Paris), ICOMBT2015(Hawaii). IGC 2010,2016.
Funded Research Projects (2000-todate): (about $5M)
1. An innovative approach to heal nonunion bone defects in humans ND Dept. of
Commerce$ 100K
2. Reliable Prediction of Shear Strength of Swelling Clays Mountain Plains Consortium,
$300K
3. Life-cycle Approaches to Understand the Interactions between Crops and Engineered
Nanoparticles at Molecular Level USDA $500K
4. MRI: Acquisition of a field emission gun scanning electron microscope for research and
education NSF ~900K
5. MRI: Acquisition of a Multipurpose Analytical High-Resolution Transmission Electron
Microscope for Research and Education in NDSU's Central Multi-User Microscopy
Facility NSF ~$1M
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6. Modeling Effect of Molecular Interactions on Evolution of Microstructure and Swelling
and Swelling Pressure Responses in Montmorillonite Expansive Clays $210K NSF
7. NSF CAREER: Biomimetic routes to design of biomaterials, research and Education
$375 K NSF
8. Simulation based materials design of biomimetic nanocomposites $250K NSF
9. POWRE: Molecular Control of Interfaces in Insitu Polymer-Hydroxyapatite Composites
For Bone Replacement NSF $75K
10. MRI: Acquisition of fourier transform infrared microspectroscopy instrumentation for
advanced materials and biomaterials research and education $200K NSF
11. IMR: Acquisition of Scanning Probe Microscopy and Nanoindentation Instrumentation
for Nanomaterials and Biomaterials Research and Education $220K NSF
12. Tissue Engineering Laboratory grants from ND EPSCoR $170K
13. Defense Microelectronics Activity (DMEA) $65K
14. NDSU Graduate School Doctoral Dissertation award $128K
15. ND EPSCoR Doctoral Dissertation award $23,400, X 3.
16. NCSA (National center for Supercomputing Applications) MRAC: Investigating Role of
Mineral and nanoscale Confinement on Mechanical Response of protein in a biological
nanocomposite, 100,000 CPU hours (NSF estimates $10/CPU hour)
17. NSF IMR Acquisition of a Twin Screw Extruder for Polymer/Bio Nanocomposite
Research and Education $148K.
18. NSF: Symposium Organizing. Symposium Y: Mechanical Properties of Bio-Inspired and
Biological Materials Materials Research Society Fall 2004 $10K
19. NSF SGER Evaluation and modeling of interlayer forces in montmorrillonite for
development of particulate based model for swelling clays $41K
20. Selection of Cost Effective Non-Flammable Pipe Liners ND DOT $10K
21. A New Approach Towards Multiscale Modeling of Nanocomposites ND EPSCoR $12K
22. NDSU Centennial Development Fund- Bone Composites $2800
Technical Invited talks
1. Invited talk, Evolution of cancer metastasis in a cancer testbed through gene expression
and nanomechanics, at MS&T 2017 meeting in Pittsburgh October 2017.
2. Invited talk, Use of nanoclays for biomaterials design: reducing environmental footprint,
at MS&T 2017 meeting in Pittsburgh October 2017
3. Keynote Invited Talk: Cellular Mechanics in 3D Cancer Tumor Models During
Metastasis to Bone, Plasticity 2017, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico January 2017
4. Invited talk, Engineered Test-Beds for Cancer, Department of Biomedical Engineering,
University of South Dakota. March 2017
5. Invited talk: Evaluating Mechanisms of Metastasis of Cancer Using a 3D Bone-mimetic
Model, Symposium on next generation biomaterials, MS&T 2016 Salt Lake City Utah,
Oct 2016
6. Invited talk, Modeling the organic-inorganic nano interface in nanocomposites in bone
tissue engineering, TMS 2016 Conference Nashville TN, Feb 2016
7. Keynote Invited Talk, Applications of FTIR Spectroscopy in Flow and Swelling Behavior
of Smectite Clays, International Geotechnical Engineering Conference on
Sustainability in Geotechnical Engineering Practices and Related Urban Issues,
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September 23-24, 2016, Mumbai, India
8. Invited Talk, Molecular Characterization and Adhesion Mechanics of Cancer Metastasis
on Humanoid Tissue Engineered Scaffolds, EMI 2016 Meeting, Nashville Tennessee,
June 2016
9. Invited talk. Interfacial Mechanics in Biological Nanocomposites, Plasticity 2016, Kona
Hawaii, January 2016,
10. Invited talk Mimicking structural hierarchy and control of cellular response at the living
non-living interface: Applications of nanocomposites in regenerative medicine, NDSU
KU Conference, Fargo ND, March 2016,
11. Invited talk Mimicking hierarchy and control of cellular response at the living non-living
interface, Department of Chemistry, February 2016, University of New Orleans
12. Plenary keynote talk, Mechanical Manifestations of Hierarchy in Healthy and
Osteogenesis Imperfecta Bone ICOMBT 2015, 6th International conference of
mechanics of biomaterials and tissues, Hawaii 2015
13. Invited talk Molecular Basis of Disease: Experiments and Modeling in Osteogenesis
Imperfecta (OI) of Human Bone: TMS 2015 Orlando Fl
14. Invited talk, Mechanics of collagen molecule of Osteogenesis Imperfecta Origin:
Experiments and Modeling EMI 2015 Stanford University CA
15. Invited talk Engineered cell-biomaterial interfaces for tailored cellular response: from
biomineralization in bone to formation of tumoroids in cancer cells. MS&T
2015Columbus OH
16. Invited talk Nanoclay based composite scaffolds for development of novel humanoid
environment Composites at lake Louis, Lake Louis CA
17. Invited talk Modeling Degradation of scaffolds in Biomineralized nanoclay Scaffolds for
Bone Tissue Engineering Materials Research Society 2015 Fall meeting, Boston MA
symposium M
18. Invited talk at MS&T 2014 on Nanoclay-Polycapralactone Scaffolds for Bone Tissue
Engineering: Experiments and Modeling
19. Invited talk at MS&T 2014 on Evolution of Healthy and cancer cells on Nanoclay-
Polycaprolactone Scaffolds
20. Invited talk at TMS 2014 on Molecular and Ultrastructural Changes in Human Bone with
Osteogenesis Imperfect
21. Invited talk at MRS Fall 2013 on In Silico Design of Biomineralized Hydroxyapatite for
Biomedical Applications
22. Invited talk on Nanoclays influence both mechanics and biological behavior
in composites for biomedical applications at Composites at Lake Louis 2013
23. Plenary Invited Talk on FTIR Investigation of Molecular Interactions in Swelling Clays
and their Role on Swelling and Other Macroscopic Properties at 5th Biot Conference,
Vienna, Austria, 2013
24. Invited talk at TMS 2013 meeting in Biological Materials Science Symposium, on
nanoclay use in regenerative medicine
25. Invited talk at MRS 2012 meeting in Biological Materials Symposium, on Mechanics of
Hierarchical Structures in Bone
26. Invited talk at TMS 2012 meeting in Biological Materials Science Symposium, on
Mechanics of Hierarchical Structures in Bone
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27. Invited talk at MRS Fall 2011 meeting: Symposium on Micro and Nanoscale Processing
of Biomedical Materials
28. Invited talk at Engineering Mechanics Institute Conference, May 2011, North Eastern
University, Boston, MA on bone tissue engineering.
29. Invited talk at Engineering Mechanics Institute Conference, May 2011, North Eastern
University, Boston, MA on cell mechanics.
30. Invited talk at Next Generation Biomaterials Symposium, MS&T Columbus Ohio 2011.
31. Invited talk at Materials Research Society Fall 2010 meeting in Boston on multiscale
mechanics of human bone.
32. Invited talk at Next Generation Biomaterials Symposium, MS&T Houston 2010.
33. Invited talk at 18th European Congress on Fracture, Dresden Germany, Sept 2010.
34. Invited talk at the 1st Global Congress on Nanotechnology in Medicine, Houston TX Feb
2010.
35. Invited talk at Materials research society Fall 2009 meeting. Boston December 2009.
36. Invited talk at EUROMAT 2009 Glasgow Scotland Sept 2009
37. Invited talk at Materials Science and Technology Meeting Pittsburgh October 2009.
38. Invited talk at American Ceramic Society Annual Meeting in Daytona Florida. January
2009.
39. Invited talk at World Congress on Computational mechanics 2008, Venice Italy.
40. Invited talk at ASCE Engineering mechanics annual Conference in Minneapolis 2008.
41. Invited talk at ECCOMAS Multidisciplinary Jubilee Symposium on New Challenges in
materials Structures and Fluids, Vienna, 2008.
42. Invited talk at 32nd International Conference and Exposition on Advanced Ceramics and
Composites, Daytona Beach January 2008 43. Invited talk at Nanotechnology and Nanoscience International conference in Gudgaon
India. 2007
44. Invited talk at 6th International Congress on Industrial and Applied Mathematics ICIAM
2007 in Zurich Switzerland
45. Invited talk at World Congress on Computational Mechanics , LA 2006
46. Invited talk at Plasticity 2006, Halifax Canada
47. Invited talk at European Congress on Computational Mechanics 2006, Lisbon Spain.
48. Invited talk at Materials Science and Technology 2006 meeting, Cincinnati
49. Invited talk at ASME meeting, Ypsilanti MI 2006
50. Invited talk at Indian Institute of technology, Bombay India, December 2005.
51. Invited talk at Materials Science and Technology meeting 2005
52. Invited talk on mechanical behavior in Nacre at the annual meeting of The Metals,
Minerals and Materials Society (TMS)at San Francisco in 2005.
53. Invited to present paper at VIII International Conference on Computational Plasticity
(COMPLAS VIII) to be held in Barcelona, Spain, 5-8 September 2005 at symposium on
Computational Mechanics of Civil and Bioengineering Materials and Structures: The
Multiscale Perspective
54. Invited talk at BIOT 2005 conference Columbia University, NY.
55. Invited talk on Multiscale modeling in biomimetic nanocomposites at the International
conference on experimental mechanica in Bari, Italy, 2004
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56. Invited talk on modeling in bio composites at the annual TMS meeting-Symposium on
biological materials science in February 2005
57. Invited talk at 3rd International conference on Computational and Fluid Mechanics MIT
2004
58. Invited talk at Advanced Materials Workshop in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, May 2003. I was
invited to present my research on Biomaterials at this NSF sponsored workshop. I was
part of a delegation of 10 US scientists that included researchers from Princeton, Brown,
Northwestern, Texas A&M, Univ. of Illinois and others.
59. Invited talk on bone biomaterials at the annual meeting of Society for Plastics Engineers
in Chicago, 2003.
60. Invited talk at the ICFRC (International Conference on fiber reinforced composites) in the
Smart Materials Symposium in Chennai, India January 8-10, 2004.
61. Invited talk on bone biomaterials at MIT in December 2003.
62. Invited talk on research on bone biomaterials at University of Minnesota in April 2004.
63. I have given several invited talks at NDSU in various departments and organizations.
TEACHING ACTIVITIES
Fluid Mechanics CE 309
Fundamentals of Nanotechnology and Nanomaterials CE 686 / CE 486
Biomaterials CE 725
Preparing Future Faculty MNT 745
Materials Characterization MNT 729
Nanotechnology Modules in CE 111 (Introduction to Civil Engineering) and CE
303 (Civil Engineering Materials)
Curriculum Development: I have developed four new graduate courses at NDSU
1. CE-ME 496/686 Fundamentals of Nanotechnology and Nanomaterials
This course reviews principles of nanotechnology, nanomaterials and develops a framework for
their understanding. The basic tools of nanotechnology: nanoscale characterization, physics and
materials design are discussed in the context of current engineering applications.
2. CE 725 Introduction to Biomaterials, Materials in Biomedical Engineering.
This course covers the fundamentals of synthesis, properties, biocompatibility of metallic,
ceramic, polymeric and composite materials that are designed for replacement of biological
materials which includes hard and soft tissues. Biomaterials has been one of the most important
fields of research and development for the past few years. Researchers from very diverse
backgrounds in engineering and sciences participate in the biomedical related industry. New
trends in design of novel materials systems with applications as potential biomaterial candidates
will be discussed. It also includes topics such as response of specific tissues to biomaterials and
tissue engineering.
3. MNT 729 Materials Characterization. This course will cover basic techniques and methods
for characterization of materials. X-ray Diffraction and electron microscopy will be discussed in
detail. Also covered will be spectroscopies, NMR, FTIR and RAMAN. These techniques will be
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discussed in the context of characterization of composites, polymeric, metallic and ceramic
material systems. In addition there will be a laboratory component for this course where students
will do experiments in the electron microscopy and x-ray diffraction laboratories
4. MNT 745 Preparing Future Researchers. Students in the proposed program are expected to
be high quality doctoral students who are potentially employable as faculty in Universities of
high repute and also R&D divisions of large companies. This class will meet one hour per week.
During class times there will be presentations given by invited faculty from various kinds of
institutions ranging from research oriented to teaching oriented and R&D project leaders in
companies. These class sessions will be interactive, and students may have candid discussions
with speakers on their experiences.
Development and Improvement of Instructional materials
I have developed extensive teaching modules and handouts which students download from the
NDSU Blackboard CourseInfo website or are given in class. I have done this for the following
classes: Nanotechnology, Biomaterials and Fluid Mechanics. These handouts are extensive class
notes that students bring to class and can write on. I have found that due to having these handouts
students do not need to copy things from the white/black board and pay more attention in class.
Nanotechnology Modules in Existing Courses on Nanotechnology
I have developed 1-2 lecture modules on nanotechnology for CE 111 (Introduction to Civil
Engineering) and CE 303 (Civil Engineering Materials). This enables freshman and junior level
students in the department get a sense of nanotechnology developments relevant to the
engineering field and helps them stay current.
New Ph.D. program in Materials Science, Engineering and Nanotechnology
I have spearheaded a NDSU wide effort to put together a proposal for a new Ph.D. program in
Materials Science, Engineering and Nanotechnology. I researched the Ph.D. curricula of
nationally renowned Materials Science and Engineering and also Nanotechnology programs and
developed a draft curriculum for NDSU highlighting the strengths within the university. This
program was approved as of Fall 2006 after extensive university wide, state level and legislative
processes. I also served on the search committee for Director of this program.
Advising
I am an advisor to about 45 undergraduate students and 10 doctoral graduate students (out of the
10 I am a co-advisor for five). I serve (or have served) on the graduate committees of about 40
graduate students.
Personal and Professional Development to Improve Teaching Effectiveness
I became a fellow of Faculty Institute for Excellence in Learning in April 2001. I have attended
numerous pedagogical luncheons at NDSU and also teaching seminars and all day workshops
organized by FIEL. I have incorporated several of the new teaching styles presented at these
meetings such as active learning, problem based learning, cooperative learning etc. in all my
courses.
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Professional Affiliations
1. Materials Research Society
2. American Society of Civil Engineers
3. Engineering Mechanics Institute
4. Microscopy Society of America
5. American Ceramic Society.
6. The Metals Minerals and Materials Society (TMS)
7. Society of women engineers (SWE) and Women in Science and Engineering (WISE)
8. Tau-Beta-Pi Engineering honor society
9. Phi Kappa Phi
SERVICE ACTIVITIES
NDSU SERVICE
NDSU committees
1. NDSU Research Council 2015-
2. NDSU Research Development award Task Force 2015
3. ND EPSCoR State Steering Committee
4. NDSU Chair of VP Research Search Committee 2012-13
5. NDSU VP Information technology search committee 2014
6. NDSU VP of Information technology search committee 2011
7. NDSU general Counsel Search committee 2011-12
8. NDSU president search committee member 2009-2010
9. NDSU Budget committee 2010.
10. NDSU CCAST (computing center) Director search committee member 2010
11. NDSU Materials and Nanotechnology Program Director search committee member 2008
12. University Technology fee committee member 2005-2009
13. CEA graduate committee Chair 2005-2006
14. University High Performance Computing Advisory Committee member
15. CE Department Structures positions search committee chair.2012
16. CE departmental webpage development and maintenance.
17. CEA Dean Search Committee 2004.
18. University ADVANCE committee: this committee was put together to prepare a
successful proposal to NSF in response to the institutional reform initiative by NSF called
ADVANCE. This program was funded by NSF and I belong to the NDSU FORWARD
core team that is focused on recruitment, retention and promotion of women faculty at
NDSU.
19. Faculty advisor for Materials Research Society NDSU Chapter
20. CE Department PTE committee chair and CEA PTE committee member 2009-
21. ECE-MEAM faculty search committee member 2008
22. CE department graduate program coordinator. 2006-
23. CEE department faculty search committees 2005-
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New Ph.D. program in Materials science, Engineering and Nanotechnology
I have spearheaded a NDSU wide effort to put together a proposal for a new Ph.D. program in
Materials Science, Engineering and Nanotechnology. I researched the Ph.D. curricula of
nationally renowned Materials Science and Engineering and also Nanotechnology programs and
developed a draft curriculum for NDSU highlighting the strengths within the university. This
program was approved as of Fall 2006 and currently I serve as advisor to Graduate Dean who is
the Interim Director of this Program.
University Mentorship Program
I serve as a mentor to new faculty as part of a university wide mentorship program. I think
that being mentored well and having a good mentor can play a very large role in careers of
new faculty and I am very happy to participate and to contribute to this program.
Mentorship Activities at NDSU
1. Speaker at NDSU student WISMET luncheon on Academic Careers for female graduate
students, 2012
2. Panelist for NDSU ADVANCE programs’ Promotion to Full Professor Panel,
2011Panelist for NDSU NSF CAREER proposal writing workshop -4 times 2004-2008
3. Panelist for student WISMET academic careers workshop 2008.
4. Panelist for WISMET academic careers luncheon meeting 2007
5. Panelist for Brown bag Women’s Week lunch seminars event on “Ideal Leadership in
Minority Women in Academia” 2008
Graduate Program Coordinator for Civil Engineering Department
I serve as the graduate program coordinator for MS and Ph.D programs in the civil
engineering department. I facilitate the admission process of applicants and also coordinate
the examinations of MS and PhD students in the department. For this program I make several
recruitment efforts through emails and presentations. The CE department has a very strong
and robust graduate program with enrollment of over 60 students.
Service to ND community
1. Teach MNT 745- Preparing Future faculty course to NDSU doctoral students in STEM
every spring since 2007.
2. Research Corridor Presentation on Tissue Engineering for a Research Showcase of
NDSU in ND 2013
3. Panel Moderator of panel on Oil and Gas at ND Energy Symposium February 2012
4. Presentation on “Nanoscience: It’s Itsy-Bitsier Than Teeny-Tiny” to 3-6 grade students
at Fargo Public Library June 28 2012.
5. Hosted 6 middle school girls for the WEE –Girls --Women in Electrical Engineering
Summer Camp for Biomaterials
6. Presentation at Red River Research Corridor annual convention in Grand Forks ND in
2010 on highlights of research in my group on biomimetics, nanotechnology and
oil shales.
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7. Keynote speaker at ND science teachers’ convention in 2009 in Bismarck. Presentation
on nanotechnology to make teachers become aware of new advances in
nanomaterials that they can take back to the classrooms.
8. Served as judge for ND science fairs for high school students in 2001 and 2002.
9. Visiting scientist series speaker at ND Society of Professional Engineers annual
convention in 2009.
10. Presentation on nanotechnology to engineers and also in a public forum to bring
knowledge of cutting edge research advances in nanomaterials to the community.
11. Presentation to high school girls as part of Sonia Kovalevsky high school day September
2003 and also served on their career panel.
12. Presentation at Turtle Mountain Community College on Nanotechnology in January
2004 to native American students and faculty.
13. Presentations to
1. Rotary Club,
2. Kiwanis Club and
3. Veterans of Foreign wars in 2001-2005 on nanotechnology with relevance
to medicine, defense and a better quality of life.
4. Presentation on Biomimetics: Inspiration from biology (Engineered
materials design with application in medicine, to Fargo Moorhead Physicians
Association Oct 2008.
National Level Service
1. Science Advocacy: Participate in Materials Research Society Congressional day: visits
to Washington DC to communicate the societal impoact of funding science to senators
and members of congress.
2. Volume Organizer Material Research Society Publication MRS Bulletin 2015
3. Chair of National Materials Research Society Academic Affairs Committee (2008-
2010): This committee oversees the educational activities of the national Materials
Research Society.
4. Chair of Materials Research Society Subcommittee on University Chapters: (2006-
2008) As a chair of this subcommittee I review proposals from University Chapters for
funding, provide regular input to the MRS headquarters on student related issues. As a
chair of this subcommittee I have spearheaded a new effort at MRS that is widely
publicized nationally. This effort is the concept of tailoring the activities of all university
chapters (and there are 30 in the country) towards a globally important theme that has
significant materials component. I have lead a team of technical members (committee
members) and administrative members (from Materials Research Society headquarters)
to create this new concept that is expected to energize the faculty and students in the
university chapters nationwide. The theme that we have selected for this year is
“Sustainability in Materials Science and Engineering”. At NDSU, I serve as a faculty
advisor for the MRS chapter.
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5. Member of Publications Committee of Materials Research Society 2011-
6. Chair (2015-2017)and Vice Chair (2013-2015) of American Society of Civil
Engineers Properties of Materials Committee
7. Chair of Engineering Mechanics Institute (American Society of Civil Engineers)
Biomechanics Committee (2013-2015)
8. Member of Engineering Mechanics Institute (American Society of Civil Engineers)
Molecular Scale Modeling and Experimentation Committee (2014-)
9. Member of TMS (The Mineral, Metals and Materials Society) Biomaterials
Committee (2012-)
10. Member of MRS tutorials review committee (2014-)
Paper Reviewer for about 30 Journals including
Langmuir
Bio-Macromolecules
Acta Materialia, BioActa Materialia
Journal of Materials Science
Journal of Materials Research
Multiscale Computational Engineering
Progress in Organic Coatings
Journal of American Society of Civil Engineers : Construction materials
Polymer
International Journal for Multiscale Computational Engineering
Journal of American Chemical Society
Royal Society of Chemistry-CrystEngComm
Annals of Biomedical Engineering
Royal Society of Chemistry-Soft Matter
Materials Science and Engineering C
Computational Materials Science
Biomaterials
Colloids and Surfaces
International Journal of Nanotechnology
Computer methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering
Editorial Board of
1. International Journal for Multiscale Computational Engineering
2. Journal of Biotechnology & Biomaterials
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Proposal Reviewer for
1. National Science Foundation proposals. (Served onnumerous panels for IGERT,
CAREER, SBIR, single investigator and multi-investigator grants)
2. AFOSR proposals.
3. Reviewer for CRDF (US Civilian Research and Development Foundation)
4. European Commission
5. Government of Chile
6. Health Research Council of New Zealand
7. National Institutes of Health
Symposium Organizing/Chair
1. Co Organizer for Biological Materials Science Symposium at TMS 2017
2. Co Organizer for Biological Materials Science Symposium at TMS 2016
3. Lead Organizer for Biological Materials Science Symposium at TMS 2015
4. Lead Organizer of symposium on Advances in Mechanics of Biological Systems at
Materials Research Society 2013, Boston MA
5. Co Organizer symposium on next generation biomaterials at Materials Science and
Technology Meeting 2012. Pittsburgh
6. Co Organizer symposium on next generation biomaterials at Materials Science and
Technology Meeting 2011. Ohio
7. Co Organizer symposium on next generation biomaterials at Materials Science and
Technology Meeting 2010. Houston.
8. Co Organizer symposium on next generation biomaterials at Materials Science and
Technology Meeting 2009. Pittsburgh.
9. Lead organizing chair of symposium on mechanics of biological materials at the
Materials Research Society Fall 2008 meeting in Boston.
10. Lead organizing chair of symposium on mechanics of biological materials at the
Materials Research Society Fall 2006 meeting in Boston.
11. Lead organizing chair of symposium on mechanics of biological materials at the
Materials Research Society Fall 2004 meeting in Boston.
12. Organizing chair of symposium on Mechanics of Bioreplacement and biological
materials at the Functionally Graded Materials meeting FGM 2006 in Hawaii 2006.
13. Chair sessions
o Session Chair, Biot Conference 2017
o Session convener ICC 2017 (International Clays conference) 2017 Spain
o Session Chair, Next Generation Biomaterials, MS&T2010,
2011,2012,2013,2014,2015
o Session Chair, TMS 2012 ,2013,2014,2015, 2016, 2017
o Session Chair, Next Generation Biomaterials, MS&T2011, Columbus Ohio 2011.
o Session chair, 17th European Congress on Fracture , Dresden, Germany, 2010
o Session chair at Engineering Mechanics Institute 2010 ,2011,2012,2013,2014,2015
o Session chair at 3rd International Conference and Exposition on Advanced Ceramics
and Composites, Daytona Beach January 2009 o Session chair Materials Research Society fall 2008 meeting
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o Session chair at ASCE Engineering Mechanics 2008-2017
o Session chair at World Congress on Computational mechanics, Lido, Venice Italy
2008.
o Session chair at 32nd International Conference and Exposition on Advanced Ceramics
and Composites, Daytona Beach January 2008 o Chair session at International Nanotechnology and Nanoscience Conference in
Gudgaon India 2007
o Session Chair at Session chair for 5 sessions at symposium DD in Materials Research
Society 2006 fall meeting in Boston
o Session chair at World Congress on Computational materials meeting LA 2006
o Session chair at European Congress on computational Materials meeting Lisbon
Spain 2006
o Biopolymers at the Annual Technical Conference of the Society of Plastics Engineers
in Chicago, May 2004.
o 17th ASCE Engineering Mechanics Conference in Delaware June 2004.
o International conference on experimental mechanics ( ICEM12) Bari Italy
o Session chair at Materials Research Society Fall 2004 meeting Symposium Y.
o Session chair at World Congress on Computational Mechanics, LA 2006
Other Service Activities
1. Presentation to civil engineering graduate students on “How to give a technical
Presentation”.
2. External PTE document evaluator for various universities
3. Spearheaded the Ph.D. program in Materials Science, Engineering and Nanotechnology at
NDSU that is offered starting 2007 fall.