Dr. Kaushik Dayal

Biography

Kaushik Dayal is a professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University. His research focuses on theoretical computational multiscale methods applied to materials science problems, particularly bridging atomic and continuum scales in the context of functional behavior, non-equilibrium response, and electromagnetic effects. Dayal received his B.Tech. degree from the Indian Institute of Technology Madras in 2000 and earned both his M.S. and Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the California Institute of Technology in 2001 and 2007, respectively. His work has included projects related to the behavior of heterogeneous materials under extreme conditions, funded by the Department of Defense's Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative. Dayal often collaborates with researchers across various fields, contributing to the development of functional soft materials using machine learning techniques. He is an active participant in interdisciplinary projects and has received recognition for his contributions to advancing technologies in materials science, particularly in applications related to energy-absorbing and resilient materials.

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