Upadrasta Ramamurty (born 1967) is an Indian engineering scientist. He holds a position as a professor in the Department of Materials Engineering at the

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Background

He has a Ph.D. (1994) from Brown University, a master's degree in engineering (1991) from the Indian Institute of Science, and a bachelor's degree in engineering (1989) from

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Awards

He was awarded in 2011 the

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, the highest science award in

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, in the engineering category. In 2015, he was awarded the

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in the engineering category for his fundamental contributions to the understanding of deformation, fatigue and fracture in several classes of new materials.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ramamurty, Upadrasta Living people Engineers from Andhra Pradesh Recipients of the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award in Engineering Science 1967 births People from West Godavari district Indian Institute of Science alumni 20th-century Indian engineers Indian materials scientists TWAS laureates Brown University School of Engineering alumni