Department of Mechanical Engineering

Pranav Shrotriya

Virginia and William Binger Assistant Professor

3023 BlackEngineering Building
Iowa State University
Ames, IA 50011
515-294-9719
e-mail: shrotriy@iastate.edu

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Personal Page

Education
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, Ph.D., Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, January 2001
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, M.S., Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, May 1997
Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai, India, Bachelor of Technology, Mechanical Engineering, May 1995

Honors
National Science Foundations Career Development Award 2006

Areas of Interest
Mechanical response of micro/nano scale structures
Experimental and computational mechanics at small length scales
Mechanics of surface stress sensors and molecular adsorption
Stress-assisted dissolution and damage of biomedical implants
Mechanics of Manufacturing Processes

Selected Publications

  • Zhou, J., J. Mah, P. Shrotriya, C. Mercer, and W.O. Soboyejo, Contact damage in an yttria stabilized zirconia: Implications. Journal of Materials Science-Materials in Medicine, 2007. 18(1): p. 71-78.

  • Yu, H.H., P. Shrotriya, Y.F. Gao, and K.S. Kim, Micro-plasticity of surface steps under adhesive contact: Part I - Surface yielding controlled by single-dislocation nucleation. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 2007. 55(3): p. 489-516.

  • Shrotriya, P., K.K.S. Karuppiah, R. Zhang, A. Chandra, and S. Sundararajan, Surface stress generation during formation of alkanethiol self-assembled monolayer (SAM). Mechanics Research Communications, 2007. In Press, Uncorrected Proof.

  • Ryu, J.J., V. Dayal, and P. Shrotriya, Onset of surface damage in modular orthopedic implants: Influence of normal contact loading and stress-assisted dissolution. Experimental Mechanics, 2007. 47(3): p. 395-403.

  • Mitchell, A. and P. Shrotriya, Onset of nanoscale wear of metallic implant materials: Influence of surface residual stresses and contact loads. Wear, 2007. 263: p. 1117-1123.

  • Mitchell, A. and P. Shrotriya, Mechanical load-assisted dissolution of metallic implant surfaces: Influence of contact loads and surface stress state. Acta Biomaterialia, 2007. In Press, Corrected Proof: p. 1123.

  • Barnes, C., P. Shrotriya, and P. Molian, Water-assisted laser thermal shock machining of alumina. International Journal of Machine Tools & Manufacture, 2007. 47(12-13): p. 1864-1874.