Expertise

Research Areas

  • Additive Manufacturing
  • Advanced Materials
  • Aerospace Systems
  • Composite Materials
  • Computational Materials and Mechanics
  • Data-Driven Design
  • Finite Element Analysis
  • Machine Vision
  • Materials Characterization/Microscopy
  • Mechanical Testing
  • Solid Mechanics

Dr. Rajan Kattil’s research focuses on developing physics-informed machine learning approaches for material modeling and property identification.

He is particularly interested in the rapid characterization of additively manufactured materials and in modeling processes such as automated fiber placement in aerospace composites.

Degrees
PhD, University of South Carolina, Mechanical Engineering, 2022
MS, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mechanical Engineering, 2010
BS, University of Calicut, Mechanical Engineering, 2007