K.T. Ramesh, the Alonzo G. Decker, Jr., Professor of Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins University, is the Interim Co-Director of the Johns Hopkins Data Science and AI Institute and was the Senior Advisor to the President of Johns Hopkins University. Ramesh is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering, with joint appointments in Materials Science & Engineering and Earth & Planetary Sciences, and was the founding Director of the Hopkins Extreme Materials Institute.
Professor Ramesh is one of the world’s leading authorities on impact, shocks, and materials subjected to extreme conditions. He has done seminal work in discovering and modeling the mechanisms active in materials subjected to high-velocity impact, through a combination of sophisticated experimental methods and physics-based theoretical and computational modeling. His research efforts have been published in over 275 archival journal papers and a textbook, in addition to methods and codes made available in the public domain. His scholarship has had major applications in national defense, the design of protective material systems, the mitigation of traumatic brain injury, and addressing risks from asteroid impact.
Professor Ramesh’s research and scholarship have been recognized through major awards such as the Koiter Medal from ASME; the Murray Medal, the Lazan Award, and the Hetenyi Award from SEM; and the John Rinehart Award of the DYMAT Association in Europe. He has been elected a Fellow of AAAS, ASME, SEM, and the American Academy of Mechanics.
Most recently, Professor Ramesh had an asteroid named after him: (32518) 2001 OZ69, now known as Ktramesh.
