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DR. DINESH R. KATTI

PROFESSOR
DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING
CIE 201
NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY, FARGO, ND 58105, USA
PHONE: (701) 231-7245 FAX: (701)231-6185
DINESH.KATTI@NDSU.EDU
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http://www.ndsu.edu/pubweb/~dkatti/index.html
PROFESSIONAL PREPARATION

National Institute of Technology (Regional
Engineering College), Srinagar, India
Civil Engineering B.S. 1983
Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay Civil Engineering M.S. 1986
University of Arizona, Tucson Civil Engineering Ph.D. 1991
APPOINTMENTS
Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND, 2002-todate
Chairman, Department of Civil Engineering, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND, Sept. 2004-Dec
2009
Associate Dean of Research, College of Engineering and Architecture, North Dakota State University,
Fargo, ND, Aug. 2004-Dec. 2009
Associate Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND, 1996-
2002
Project Engineer, Terra Associates Inc., Kirkland, Washington, 1992-1996
Staff Engineer, Dames & Moore, Seattle, Washington, 1991-1992
AWARDS & HONORS
(i) John Booker Excellence Award, by the International Association for Computer Methods and
Advances in Geomechanics (IACMAG). The citation for the award is: For major contributions to
geomechanics through development of methodologies for the role of molecular phenomena on
macroscopic mechanical and permeability properties of swelling clays, for bringing molecular

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mechanics and dynamics to the field of geomechanics, for excellent research contributions for
swelling clays, clay liner, and multiscale approach for mechanics of swelling clays and nanoclsys.
(ii) North Dakota State University, Fred Waldron research award, 2013
(iii) North Dakota State University, College of Engineering and Architecture Researcher of the year
Award, 2000-2001
(iv) Fellow, Faculty Institute for Excellence in Teaching, 2001
(v) Best Paper in the area of Earth Structures published in National/International Journals or
Conferences in the year 1988. Award given by the Indian Geotechnical Society.
(vi) Plenary Keynote Lecture at Engineering Mechanics Institute, June 2012 Conference at University
of Notre Dame, Molecular Interactions Impact the Mechanics of Nanomaterials: A Paradigm Shift
in Mechanics
(vii) Plenary Keynote Lecture, BIOMED 2012, Innsbruck, Austria, Molecular Interactions: Role on the
Mechanics of Biological Nanocomposites (Bone) and Tailoring them for Bone Tissue Engineering
(viii) Distinguished Lecture at University of Mississippi Molecular Interactions Control Mechanics of
Nanomaterials: A Multiscale Perspective
(ix) Plenary Keynote Lecture at the 4th Asia-Pacific Conference on Unsaturated Soils held in New
Castle, Australia: What's up with clay and water molecules? A View Into Molecular Interactions
And Molecular Responses In Swelling Clays
(x) Keynote Lecture :. 6th World Congress on Computational Mechanics, Beijing, China
(xi) Guest Speaker: MIT seminar series on geomechanics and geomaterials, MIT, Boston, MA
PROFESSIONAL LEADERSHIP ACTIVITIES
Associate Editor ASCE Journal of Engineering Mechanics
Associate Editor ASCE Journal of Nanomechanics & Micromechanics
Guest Editor- ASCE J. Engg. Mech.: Special issue on Mechanics of Bio and Bio. Inspired Materials.
Chair ASCE technical committee on Poromechanics
Chair ASCE technical committee on Properties of Materials
Chair- NDSPE (North Dakota Society of Professional Engineers) Education Committee

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Organizing chair, Symposium on Biologically Inspired Materials, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006,
2007, 2009, 2010, 2011.
Editorial Board Member: International Journal of Geomechanics
PUBLICATIONS (TOTAL 158)
BOOKS:

1. Katti, R.K.., Katti, A.R., and Katti, D.R., (2000), Influence of Gravity on Granular Soil Mechanics, A.A.
Balkema Inc., Hardcover, 482 pages, ISBN: 9058092178.

2. Katti, R.K.., Katti, D.R., and Katti, A.R., (2002), Behaviour of Saturated Expansive Soil and Control Methods,
Oxford and IBH publishing, Hardcover, 1268 pages, ISBN: 81-204-1519-1.

3. Katti, R.K.., Katti, D.R., and Katti, A.R., (2005), Primer on Construction in Expansive Black Cotton Soil
Deposits with C.N.S.L, Oxford and IBH publishing, 183 pages, ISBN: 81-204-1671-6
BOOK CHAPTERS
1. Chapter on Characterizing Biointerfaces and Biosurfaces in Biomaterials Design in Nanoscience and
Its Applications in Biomedicine by Springer.
2. Chapter on Materials and engineering of joint replacement in Recent developments in joint
replacement technology by Woodhead Publishers
3. Chapter on Biomimetic Lessons Learnt from Nature, in Biomimetics, Learning from nature, I Tech
Education and Publishing KG Vienna, Austria EU
4. Chapter on Nanocomposites for Bone Tissue Engineering, Book Series on Nanomaterials for Life
Sciences, Wiley Publishers.2010, Edited by Challa S S R Kumar Chapter 10. P 367-404.
5. Chapter on Simulation Based Design of Polymer Clay Nanocomposites Using Multiscale Modeling: An
Overview, in Nanostructured Materials and Nanotechnology III edited by Sanjay Mathur, Mrityunjay
Singh, ceramic engineering and Science Proceedings Vol 30 issue 7, 2009.
6. Chapter on Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Tissue Regeneration in Integrated Biomaterials in Tissue
Engineering Wiley-Scrivener Publishing, USA 2012
7. Chapter on Biomimetics: Inspiration from Structural Organization of Biological Systems in natural
Polymers editors Dr. Maya John and Dr. Sabu Thomas, RSC publishers, 2012
JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS

1. C. Gu, D. R. Katti, K. S. Katti, (2013) Photoacoustic FTIR spectroscopic study of undisturbed human
cortical bone, Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, 103, 25-37.

2. A. H. Ambre, D. R. Katti, K. S. Katti, Nanoclays Mediate Stem Cell Differentiation and Mineralized ECM
Formation on Biopolymer Scaffolds (2013) to appear in Journal of Biomedical Materials Research:

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Part A.

3. R. Khanna, D.R. Katti, and K.S. Katti, (2012) In Situ Mechanical Response Of Human Osteoblasts On
Chitosan-Polygalacturonic Acid-Hydroxyapatite Nanocomposites, to appear in CMES- Computer
Modeling in Engineering and Sciences, v87, n 6, pp. 530-555.


4. Shashindra M. Pradhan, Kalpana S. Katti, Dinesh R. Katti, (2012), Structural Hierarchy Controls
Deformation Behavior of Collagen, Biomacromolecules13 (8), pp 25622569.
5. Shashindra M. Pradhan, Kalpana S. Katti, Dinesh R. Katti, (2012), A Multiscale Model of Collagen Fibril
in Bone: Elastic Response, accepted, Journal of Engineering Mechanics posted ahead of print July 30,
2012. doi:10.1061/(ASCE)EM.1943-7889.0000482
6. D. R. Katti, K..S. Katti, M. Raviprasad and C. Gu (2012), Role of Polymer Interactions with Clays and
Modifiers on Nanomechanical Properties and Crystallinity in Polymer Clay Nanocomposites, Journal of
Nanomaterials, vol. 2012, Article ID 341056, 15 pages, 2012. doi:10.1155/2012/341056.
7. K. Alstadt, K. S. Katti and D. R. Katti,(2012) An Insitu FTIR Step Scan Photoacoustic Investigation of
Kerogen and Minerals in Oil Shale, Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular
Spectroscopy, Volume: 89 Pages: 105-113.
8. P. Amarasinghe, K. S. Katti, D. R. Katti, (2012) An Insight Into Role Of Clay-Fluid Molecular Interactions
On Permeability And Consolidation Behavior Of Na-Montmorillonite Swelling Clay ASCE Journal of
Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, Volume: 138 Issue: 2 Pages: 138-146.
9. R. Khanna, K. S. Katti and D. R. Katti, (2011), Experiments in Nanomechanical Properties of Live
Osteoblast Cells and Cell-Biomaterial Interface, ASME Journal of Nanotechnology for Engineering and
Medicine, 2(4), 041005-1-041005-13.
10. A. H. Ambre, K.S. Katti, D. R Katti, (2011) In situ Mineralized Hydroxyapatite with Amino Acid Modified
Nanoclays as Novel Bone Biomaterials Materials Science and Engineering C 31(5) 1017-1029.
11. S. M Pradhan, D. R Katti, K. S Katti, (2011) Steered Molecular Dynamics Study of Mechanical Response
of Full Length and Short Collagen Molecules, ASCE Journal of Nanomechanics and Micromechanics. 1,
104-110.
12. R. Khanna, K. S. Katti and D. R. Katti, (2011) Bone Nodules on Chitosan-Polygalacturonic Acid-
Hydroxyapatite Nanocomposite Films Mimic Hierarchy of Natural Bone, ActaBiomaterialia, 7 (2011)
11731183.
13. Sikdar, Debashis, Katti, Dinesh R., Katti, Kalpana S. and Bhowmik, Rahul, (2010) Tailoring Crystallinity
and Nanomechanical Properties of Clay Polymer Nanocomposites: A Molecular Dynamics Study,
Journal of Multiscale Computational Engineering, 8(6), 561-584.
14. A. H. Ambre, K.S. Katti, D. R Katti, (2010) Nanoclay Based Composite Scaffolds For Bone Tissue
Engineering Applications, ASME Journal of Nanotechnology for Engineering and Medicine 1, 031013.

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15. Katti, Dinesh R., Pradhan, Shashindra M., and Katti, Kalpana S., (2010) Directional Dependence of
Hydroxyapatite-Collagen Interactions on Mechanics of Collagen, Journal Of Biomechanics, 43, 1723-
1730.
16. Khanna, Rohit, Katti, Kalpana S., and Katti, Dinesh R., (2010), In Situ Degradation of Chitosan-
Polygalacturonic Acid/Hydroxyapatite Nanocomposites in Cell Culture Media, International Journal of
Polymer Science, vol. 2010, Article ID 175264, 12 pages, 2010. doi:10.1155/2010/175264
17. K. S. Katti, A. Ambre, N. Peterka and D. R. Katti (2010) Use of unnatural amino acids for design of novel
organomodified clays as components of nanocomposite biomaterials, in press in Philosophical
Transactions A.
18. D. Verma, K. S. Katti, D. R. Katti Osteoblast Adhesion, (2010) Proliferation and Growth on
Polyelectrolyte-Complex-Hydroxyapatite Nanocomposites in press in Philosophical Trasactions A.
19. D. Verma, K. S. Katti and D. R. Katti, (2009), Polyelectrolyte-Complex Nanostructured Fibrous Scaffolds
for Tissue Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering C. 29, 20792084
20. Amarasinghe, Priyanthi, M., Katti, Kalpana S., and Katti, Dinesh R., (2009), Nature of Organic Fluid-
Montmorillonite Interactions: An FTIR Spectroscopic Study, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science,
337, 97-105.
21. Katti, Dinesh R., Matar, Mohamed I., Katti, Kalpana S., Amarasinghe, Priyanthi, M., (2009), Multiscale
Modeling of Swelling Clays: A Computational and Experimental Approach, KSCE Journal of Civil
Engineering, 13(4), 243-255.
22. Debashis Sikdar, Dinesh R. Katti, Kalpana S. Katti and Bedabibhas Mohanty, (2009), Influence of
Backbone Chain Length and Functional Groups of Organic Modifiers on Crystallinity and
Nanomechanical Properties of Intercalated Clay-Polycaprolactam Nanocomposites, International
Journal of Nanotechnology, v6, n5/6 pp. 468-492.
23. Rahul Bhowmik, Kalpana S. Katti, and Dinesh R. Katti (2009), Molecular interactions of degradable and
non- degradable polymers with hydroxyapatite influence mechanics of polymer-hydroxyapatite
nanocomposite biomaterials, International Journal of Nanotechnology, v6, n5/6 pp. 511-529.
24. R. Bhowmik, K.S. Katti, D. R. Katti, (2009), Mechanisms of Load Deformation Behavior of Molecular
collagen Hydroxyapatite-Collagen Molecular System: A Steered Molecular Dynamics Study, to appear
in ASCE J. Engr. Mech. , v 135, n5, 413-421,
25. R. Khanna, K. S. Katti, D.R. Katti, (2009) Nanomechanics of Surface Modified Nanohydroxyapatite
Biomaterials, ASCE J. Engr. Mech., v 135, n5, 468-478,
26. Amarasinghe, Priyanthi, M., Katti, Kalpana S., and Katti, Dinesh R., (2008), Molecular Hydraulic
Properties of Montmorillonite: A Polarized Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopic Study, Applied
Spectroscopy, vol. 62, no. 12, 1303-1313.

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27. Ghosh, Pijush, Katti, Dinesh R., and Katti, Kalpana S., (2008), Mineral and Protein-Bound Water and
Latching Action Control Mechanical Behavior at Protein-Mineral Interfaces in Biological
Nanocomposites, Journal of Nanomaterials, vol. 2008, ID 582973, 8pp, doi:10.1155/2008/582973.
28. Katti, Kalpana S., Katti, Dinesh R. and Dash, Rajalaxmi, (2008), Synthesis and characterization of a novel
chitosan/montmorillonite/hydroxyapatite nanocomposite for bone tissue engineering, Biomedical
Materials, 3, 034122 (12pp)
29. Sikdar, Debashis, Pradhan, Shashindra M., Katti, Dinesh R., Katti, Kalpana S., and Mohanty,
Bedabibhas, (2008), Altered Phase Model for Polymer Clay Nanocomposites, Langmuir, 24, 5599-5607
30. Verma, Devendra; Katti, Kalpana S.; and Katti, Dinesh R., (2008), Effect of Biopolymers on Structure of
Hydroxyapatite and Interfacial Interactions in Biomimetically Synthesized Hydroxyapatite/Biopolymer
Nanocomposites, Annals of Biomedical Engineering, Vol. 36, No. 6, pp. 10241032.
31. Bhowmik, Rahul; Katti, Kalpana S., Katti; Dinesh R., (2008), Influence of Mineral on the Load
Deformation Behavior of Polymer in Hydroxyapatite-Polyacrylic Acid Nanocomposite Biomaterials: A
Steered Molecular Dynamics Study, Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, vol. 8, n. 4, 2075
2084.
32. Sikdar, Debashis; Katti, Kalpana S.; and Katti, Dinesh R.;(2008), Molecular Interactions Alter Clay and
Polymer Structure in Polymer Clay Nanocomposites, Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, 8,
n4, 1638-1557.
33. Verma, Devendra; Katti, Kalpana; Katti, Dinesh; and Mohanty, Bedabibhas, (2008), Mechanical
Response and Multilevel Structure of Biomimetic Hydroxyapatite/Polygalacturonic/Chitosen
Nanocomposites, Materials Science and Engineering C, 28,399-405.
34. Mohanty, Bedabibhas; Katti, Kalpana, S., and Katti, Dinesh R., (2008), Experimental Investigation of
Nanomechanics of the Mineral-Protein Interface in Nacre, Mechanics Research Communications, 35,
17-23.
35. Sikdar, Debashis, Katti, Dinesh R. and Katti, Kalpana S. (2008), The Role of Interfacial Interactions on
the Crystallinity and Nano-mechanical Properties of Clay Polymer Nanocomposites: A Molecular
Dynamics Study, Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 107, 3137-3148.
36. Bhowmik, Rahul; Katti, Kalpana S. and Katti, Dinesh R. (2007), Mechanics of molecular collagen is
influenced by hydroxyapatite in natural bone, Journal of Materials Science, 42, 8795-8803.
37. Bhowmik, Rahul; Katti, Kalpana S.; Verma, Devendra and Katti, Dinesh R. (2007), Probing Molecular
Interactions in Bone Biomaterials: Through Molecular Dynamics and Fourier Transform Infrared
Spectroscopy, Materials Science and Engineering C, C 27 (2007) 352371.
38. Verma, Devendra; Katti, Kalpana and Katti, Dinesh, (2007), Nature of Water in Nacre: A 2D Fourier
Transform Infrared Spectroscopic Study, Spectrochimica Acta Part A, 67, 784-788.

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39. Katti, Dinesh R., Schmidt, Steven R., Ghosh, Pijush and Katti, Kalpana S., (2007) Molecular Modeling of
the Mechanical Behavior and Interactions in Dry and Slightly Hydrated Sodium Montmorillonite
Interlayer, Canadian Geotechnical Journal, 44, 425-435. (DOI: 10.1139/T06-127)
40. Sikdar, Debashis; Katti, Dinesh R.; and Katti, Kalpana S.; and Mohanty Bedabibhas, (2007) Effect of
Organic Modifiers on Dynamic and Static Nanomechanical Properties and Crystallinity of Intercalated
ClayPolycaprolactam Nanocomposites, Journal of Applied Polymer Science,105, 790-802.
41. Ghosh, Pijush; Katti, Dinesh R.; and Katti, Kalpana S., (2007) Mineral Proximity Influences Mechanical
Response of Proteins in Biological Mineral-Protein Hybrid Systems Biomacromolecules, 8, 851-856.
42. R. Bhowmik, K.S. Katti, and D.R. Katti,(2007) Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Hydroxyapatite-
polyacrylic Acid Interfaces Polymer 48, 664-674.
43. Katti, Kalpana S., Turlapati, P., Verma, D., Gujjula, P.K., Katti, Dinesh R. (2006) Static and dynamic
mechanical behavior of hydroxyapatite-polyacrylic acid composites under simulated body
fluid, American Journal of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, 2 (2): 73-79.
44. Ghosh, Pijush; Katti, Dinesh R., and Katti, Kalpana S., (2006), Impact of -sheet Conformations on the
Mechanical Response of Protein in Biocomposites, Materials and Manufacturing Processes, 21, 276-282.
45. Sikdar, Debashis; Katti, Dinesh R.; and Katti, Kalpana S., (2006), A Molecular Model for -Caprolactam-
Based Intercalated Polymer Clay Nanocomposite: Integrating Modeling and Experiments, Langmuir, 22,
7738-7747.
46. Sikdar, Debashis; Katti, Dinesh R.; Katti, Kalpana S.; and Bhowmik, Rahul, (2006), Insight into molecular
interactions between constituents in polymer clay nanocomposites, Polymer, 47, 5196-5205, 2006.
47. Verma, Devendra; Katti. Kalpana; and Katti, Dinesh, (2006), Photoacoustic FTIR spectroscopic study of
undisturbed nacre from red abalone, Spectrochemica Acta, Part A, 64, 1051-1057.
48. Verma, Devendra , Katti, Kalpana and Katti, Dinesh, (2006), Experimental investigation of interfaces in
hydroxyapatite/polyacrylic acid/ polycaprolactone composites using photoacoustic FTIR spectroscopy,
Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part A, Volume 77A, Issue 1, Date: April 2006, Pages: 59-
66
49. Verma, Devendra , Katti, Kalpana and Katti, Dinesh, (2006), Bioactivity in insitu hydroxyapatite-
polycapralactone composites, Journal of Biomedical Materials Research 78A:772-280.
50. Mohanty, Bedabibhas; Katti, Kalpana S.; Katti, Dinesh R.; and Verma, Devendra, (2006), Dynamic
nanomechanical properties of nacre, Journal of Materials Research v21, n8, 2045-2051.
51. Katti, Kalpana S., Mohanty, Bedabibhas and Katti, Dinesh R., (2006), Nanomechanical Properties of
Nacre, Journal of Materials Research v21, n5, 1237-1242.
52. Katti, K.S., and Katti, D.R., (2006), Why is Nacre so Tough and Strong ?, Materials Science and Engineering
C, 26, 1317-1324.

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53. Katti, K.S., and Katti, D.R., (2006), Relationship of Swelling and Swelling Pressure on Silica-Water
Interactions in Montmorillonite, Langmuir, 22, 532-537.
54. Katti, K.S., Sikdar, D., Katti, D.R., Ghosh, P., and Verma, D., (2006), Molecular interactions in intercalated
organically modified clay and claypolycaprolactam nanocomposites: Experiments and modeling,
Polymer, v 47, 403-414.
55. Katti, D.R., Ghosh, P., Schmidt, S., and Katti, K.S., (2005), Mechanical Properties of Sodium
Montmorillonite Interlayer Intercalated with Amino Acids, Biomacromolecules, 6, 3276 - 3282.
56. Schmidt, S., Katti, D., Ghosh, P., and Katti, K., (2005), Evolution of Mechanical Response of Sodium
Montmorillonite Interlayer with Increasing Hydration, Langmuir, 21, August, 8069-8076.
57. Katti, K.S., Katti, D.R., Pradhan, S.M., and Bhosle, A., (2005), Platelet Interlocks are the Key to Toughness
and Strength in Nacre, Journal of Materials Research, v 20, n5, May, 1097-1100.
58. Katti, K.S., Katti, D.R., Tang, J. and Sarikaya, M.,(2005), Modeling Mechanical Responses In A Laminated
Biocomposite, Part II, Nonlinear Responses And Nuances Of Nanostructure, Journal of Materials Science ,
n40, 1749-1755.
59. Katti, D.R., Schmidt, S., Ghosh, P., and Katti, K.S., (2005), Modeling Response of Pyrophyllite Clay Interlayer
to Applied Stress Using Steered Molecular Dynamics, Clays and Clay Minerals, v52,n2, 171-178.
60. Katti, D.R., Pradhan, S.M., and Katti, K.S., (2004), Modeling The Organic-Inorganic Interfacial
Nanoasperities In A Model Bio-Nanocomposite, Nacre, J. Reviews on Advanced Materials Science), n6,
162-168.
61. Katti, D.R., Tang, J. and Yazdani, F., (2003), The Undrained Response of Clays to Varying Strain Rates , ,
ASCE J. of Geotechnical and Geoenviro. Eng., v129, n3, pp 278-282.
62. Padmanabhan, G. and Katti, D.R., (2002), Using Community Based Projects in Civil Engineering Capstone
Courses, ASCE Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering Education and Practice, 128, n.1, pp.12-18.
63. Katti, D.R., Katti, K. S., Sopp, J.M. and Sarikaya, M., (2001), 3D Finite Element Modeling of Mechanical
Response in Nacre-Based Hybrid Nanocomposites, Journal of Computational and Theoretical Polymer
Science, 11 (5), pp. 397-404.
64. Katti, D. R., and Katti, K. S., (2001) Modeling Micro Architecture And Mechanical Behavior Of Nacre Using
3D Finite Element Techniques: Part I, Elastic Properties, Journal of Materials Science, 36, 1411-1417.
65. Katti, D.R., and Shanmugasundaram, V., (2001), Effect of Controlled Swelling on the Microstructure of
Saturated Expansive Soil, Canadian Geotechnical Journal, 38, pp 175-182.
66. Katti ,D.R., and Desai ,C.S., (1995), Modeling and Testing of Cohesive Soil Using Disturbed-State Concept,
Journal of Engineering Mechanics, American Society of Civil Engineers, Vol 121, No. 5, pp 648-658.

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67. Katti ,D.R., Katti , R.K., and Katti , A.R., (1994), Studies on Certain Aspects of Large Scale Caisson
Foundation Models, Journal of The Indian Roads Congress, Vol. 52-2 pp. 207-232.
CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

1. D. R. Katti S. M. Pradhan and K. S. Katti, Collagen Mechanics: Role Of Structural Hierarchy, at BIOMED
2012 Austria

2. Katti, Dinesh R., and Katti, Kalpana, S. (2011), Molecular Interactions Influence Barrier and Mechanical
Properties in Swelling Clays: A Multiscale Modeling and Experimental Investigation, Proc. GeoFrontiers
2011, Dallas, TX.

3. Katti, Dinesh R., Katti, Kalpana, S., and Patwary, Zillur, R. , (2011), Clay Fluid Molecular Interactions in
Na-Montmorillonite Swelling Clays, 5th Asia-Pacific Conference on Unsaturated Soils, Pattaya,
Thailand.

4. K. S. Katti, D. R. Katti, Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy in clays and oil shales, Proceedings of
Indian Geotechnical Conference 2010 Mumbai.

5. D. R. Katti, K. S. Katti, Multiscale Modeling of Clay Fluid Interactions, Proceedings of Indian
Geotechnical Conference 2010 Mumbai.

6. D.R. Katti, K.S. Katti, P.M. Amarasinghe, S.M. Pradhan (2010) An Insight into Role of Clay-Fluid
Molecular Interactions on the Microstructure and Macroscale Properties of Swelling Clays Proceedings
of 5th International Conference on Unsaturated Soils.

7. A. H. Ambre, R. Khanna Mechanics of Tissue Scaffold Interactions (2010) Proceedings of 18th
European Congress on Fracture : Fracture of materials from Micro to Macroscale.

8. D. R. Katti, K. S. Katti, S. M. Pradhan (2010) An Insight into Mechanics of Collagen in the Presence and
Absence of Hydroxyapatite in Human Bone Proceedings of 18th European Congress on Fracture :
Fracture of Materials from Micro to Macroscale.

9. Kalpana S. Katti, Avinash Ambre, Dinesh R. Katti, Design of Novel Polymer Clay Nanocomposite
Biomaterials Using Amino Acids, 33rd International conference and Exposition on Advanced ceramics
and Composites Meeting, Daytona Beach 2009.

10. Dinesh R. Katti, Kalpana S. Katti, (2009) Plenary Keynote Lecture at the 4th Asia-Pacific Conference on
Unsaturated Soils held in New Castle, Australia (paper and presentation) What's up with clay and
water molecules? A view into molecular interactions and molecular responses in swelling clays

11. Dinesh R. Katti, Kalpana S. Katti, Priyanthi Amarasinghe and Shashindra Pradhan, (2009), Interlayer
Fluid Flow and the Role of Clay-Fluid Molecular Interactions on the Swelling Behavior of
Montmorillonite Clays, 4
th
BIOT conference, Columbia University, NY, NY.

12. Kalpana S. Katti, Dinesh R. Katti, and Rahul Bhowmik Influence of Nanoscale Mechanics on Mechanics
of Bone , World Congress on Computational Mechanics ECCOMAS 2008, Venice Italy


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13. Dinesh R. Katti, Kalpana S. Katti, Multiscale Mechanics of Nacre:
from Molecular to Macro World Congress on Computational Mechanics ECCOMAS 2008, Venice Italy

14. Kalpana S. Katti, Dinesh R. Katti, Arundhati Bhosle, Pijush Ghosh, Bedabibhas Mohanty, Shashindra
Man Pradhan, Devendra Verma, Jingpeng Tang, Biology, the next frontier for advanced materials
design: Unearthing the secrets to extraordinary mechanical properties of nacre, a biological
nanocomposite, IACMAG Conference, Goa, India, 2008.

15. Dinesh R. Katti, Kalpana S. Katti, Steven Schmidt, Pijush Ghosh, Mohammad Matar and Priyanthi
Amarasinghe, A Multiscale Computational and Experimental Investigation of Swelling Clay Behavior:
Bridging Scales Using Steered Molecular Dynamics, Modified Discrete Element Method and
Experiments, IACMAG Conference, Goa, India, 2008.

16. M. I. Matar, D. R. Katti, K. S. Katti, Modeling the evolution of Montmorillonite Clay particulate
Structure: A Discrete Element Modeling Study, Geo Denver 2007.

17. K. S., Katti, D. Verma, R. Bhowmik, D. R. Katti, Bioactivity and Mechanical Behavior of Polymer-
Hydroxyapatite Composite Biomaterials for Bone Tissue Engineering Proceedings of MSEC2006, 2006
ASME International Conference on Manufacturing Science and Engineering October 8-11, 2006,
Ypsilanti, MI

18. P. Ghosh, D. Verma, B. Mohanty, K. S. Katti, D. R. Katti, Mechanical Properties of Biological
Nanocomposite Nacre: Multiscale Modeling and Experiments on Nacre from Red Abalone Materials
Research Symp. Proc. Fall Meeting 2005.

19. D. Verma, R. Bhowmik, B. Mohanty, D. R. Katti, K. S. Katti , Role of Interfacial Interactions on
Mechanical Properties of Biomimetic Composites for Bone Tissue Engineering Materials Research
Symp. Proc. Fall Meeting 2005.

20. K. Katti, D. R. Katti, A. P. Bhosle, S. Pradhan, (2005) Experimental Studies on deformation in Nacre.
Proc. Of Microscopy Society of America. 2005 annual meeting of Microscopy and Microanalysis
Hawaii.

21. D. Verma, K. S. Katti, B. Mohanty, Mechanical Properties of Biomimetic Composites for Bone Tissue
Engineering Proc. Materials Research Society Vol 844. (2005)

22. D. R. Katti, P. Ghosh, K. S. Katti, Evaluation of Deformation Mechanisms at Mineral-Protein Composite
Interface Using Steered Molecular Dynamics Simulations, Proc. Materials Research Society Vol 844.
(2005)

23. D. R. Katti, K. S. Katti, Computational Mechanics Routes to Explore the Origin of Mechanical Properties
in a Biological Nanocomposite: Nacre, Proc. Materials Research Society Vol 844. (2005)

24. R. Bhowmik, K. S. Katti, D. R. Katti, Effect of Molecular Interactions at Polymer-Mineral Interfaces on
Mechanical Response, Proc. Materials Research Society Vol 844. (2005)

25. D. R. Katti, K. S. Katti, S. Schmidt and P. Ghosh, An insight into clay-water molecular interactions in
the interlayer of Na-montmorillonite subject to external stress, Proc. Of Poromechanics-Biot
Centennial (1905-2005)-Abousleiman, Cheng & Ulm (eds).2005


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26. P. Ghosh, D. R. Katti, K. S. Katti, Influence of Protein Structures on Mechanical Response, Proc.
Materials Research Society Vol 844. (2005)

27. D. R. Katti, K. S. Katti, S. R. Schmidt, P. Ghosh, Effect of Hydration and External Stress on Mechanical
Behavior and Molecular Interactions in Na-Montmorillonite Interlayer: A Steered Molecular Dynamics
Study, Proc. International Conference on Computational and Experimental Engineering and Sciences,
(ICCES) 2005, Chennai, India.

28. K. S. Katti, D. R. Katti, A. Bhosle, S. Pradhan, Computational Mechanics Routes to Modeling Mechanical
Response in a Biomimetic Nanocomposite, Proc. International Conference on Computational and
Experimental Engineering and Sciences, (ICCES) 2005, Chennai, India.

29. K. S. Katti and P. Turlapati, Mechanical Responses In Biomimetic Polymer Hydroxyapatite
Nanocomposites, Proc. Annual meeting of Society of Plastics Engineers, ANTEC 2004, Chicago, IL.

30. D. R. Katti, K. S. Katti, S. M. Pradhan, Multiscale Modeling of Biological Nanocomposite Nacre, Proc.
Annual meeting of Society of Plastics Engineers, ANTEC 2004, Chicago, IL.

31. Katti, D.R., Ghosh, P., Schmidt S. and Katti,K.S., (2004) Characteristics Of Montmorillonite Clay Amino
Acid Interfaces: Evaluation Using Molecular Dynamics Simulations, 17th ASCE Engineering Mechanics
Conference Delaware.

32. Katti, D.R., Schmidt, S., Ghosh, P., and Katti,K.S., (2004) Steered Molecular Dynamics Simulations Of
Hydrated Montmorillonite Interlayer, 17th ASCE Engineering Mechanics Conference, Delaware.

33. Ghosh, P., Katti, D.R., and Katti, K.S., (2004) Mechanical Response Of -Sheet Conformations In
Protein: A Steered Molecular Dynamics Study, 17th ASCE Engineering Mechanics Conference,
Delaware.

34. K. S. Katti, R. Bhowmik, (2004) Force Field Parameters For Hydroxyapatite To Study Hydroxyapatite-
Polymer Interactions In Nanocomposite Systems, 17th ASCE Engineering Mechanics Conference,
Delaware

35. K. S. Katti, D. R. Katti, S. Pradhan, A. P. Bhosle, Influence Of Nanostructure At Organic-Inorganic
Interfaces In Nacre On The Mechanical Response Of Nacre, ICEM12- 12th International Conference
on Experimental Mechanics 29 August - 2 September, 2004 Politecnico di Bari, Italy

36. Katti, D.R., Katti, K.S., Ghosh, P. and Schmidt, S., (2004), Exploring Mineral Biopolymer Interactions to
Model Mechanical Response of Interfaces in Bio-Nanocomposite, Nacre, Proc. 6
th
World Congress on
Computational Mechanics, Beijing, China, (Keynote Lecture).

37. Katti, D.R., Ghosh, P., and Katti,K.S., (2004) Characteristics Of Montmorillonite Clay Amino Acid
Interfaces: Evaluation Using Molecular Dynamics Simulations, 17
th
ASCE Engineering Mechanics
Conference, Delaware.

38. Katti, D.R., Schmidt, S., Ghosh, P., and Katti,K.S., (2004) Steered Molecular Dynamics Simulations Of
Hydrated Montmorillonite Interlayer, ASCE Engineering Mechanics Conference, Delaware.

39. Ghosh, P., Katti, D.R., and Katti,K.S., (2004) Mechanical Response Of -Sheet Conformations In Protein:
A Steered Molecular Dynamics Study, 17
th
ASCE Engineering Mechanics Conference, Delaware.

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40. Katti, D.R., Schmidt, S., Ghosh, P., and Katti,K.S., (2003) Molecular Modeling of Pyrophyllite Clay and
Modeling Response to Applied Stress Using Molecular Dynamics, Proc. ASCE Engineering Mechanics
Conference, Seattle, WA.

41. Katti, K.S. and Katti, D.R., (2003) Effect of Clay-Water Interactions on Swelling in Montmorillonite Clay,
Proc. ASCE Engineering Mechanics Conference,Seattle, WA.

42. Katti, D.R. and Katti, K.S., (2003), Role of Nanostructure on Mechanical Properties of Nacre, Proc.
Second M.I.T. Conference on Computational Fluid and Solid Mechanics, MIT, MA, (invited)

43. Katti,K.S., Bhosle, A. and Katti, D.R., (2003) Experimental Studies In The Failure Mechanisms Of A
Model Bio-Nanocomposite-Nacre, Proc. ASCE Engineering Mechanics Conference, Seattle,WA.

44. Katti, D.R., Pradhan, S.M. and Katti, K.S. , (2003), Role Of Nanoscale Asperities In Hybrid Bio-
Nanocomposites : A Multiscale Modeling Approach, Proc. ASCE Engineering Mechanics Conference,
Seattle, WA.

45. Katti, D.R., Matar, M., Katti, R.K. and Katti, A.R., (2002) Dynamic Simulation of a Port Embankment on
Liquefiable Ground and Analysis of Mitigation Alternatives: January 2001 Gujarat, India Earthquake,
Proc. 2nd Canadian Specialty Conference on Computing in Geotechnique, Winnepeg, Canada.

46. Katti, D.R., Katti, K.S., Tang, J. and Sarikaya, M., (2002) Effect of Nanostructure in nacre: A multiscale
modeling approach, 15
th
ASCE Engineering Mechanics Conference Proceedings, Columbia University,
NY, NY.

47. Katti, D.R., Katti, K.S., and Shanmugasundaram, V., (2002), Role Of Clay-Solvent Inter And
Intraparticle Interactions On Swelling Characteristics Of Montmorillonite Nano-Meso-Micro Scale
Particulate Systems, Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings, 704, Pages 257-262.

48. Katti, D.R., Katti, K.S., Tang, J., Sopp, J.M., and Sarikaya, M., (2001) Evaluating Effects of
Nanostructural Nuances on Bulk Mechanical Properties of Nacre Using 3D Finite Element Modeling,
Materials Research Society Symposium - Proceedings, 677, Pages AA7.8.1-AA7.8.6.

49. Katti, D.R., Tang, J. and Yazdani, F., (2001), Evaluation and Modeling of Response of Clays to Varying Strain
Rates, Proc. 10
th
. Conference International Association for Computer Methods and Advances in
Geomechanics, Tucson, 2001.

50. Katti, D.R. and Shanmughasundaram, V.,(2001), Evolution of Microstructure During Swelling in
Expansive Clays, Proc. 10
th
. Conference International Association for Computer Methods and
Advances in Geomechanics, Tucson.

51. Katti, K.S., Katti, D.R., Sopp, J.M., Mercer, W.M. and Sarikaya, M., (2001), Nano-Meso_Macro Scale
Response Simulation of Biomimetic Nanocomposites, Proc. 10
th
. Conference International
Association for Computer Methods and Advances in Geomechanics, Tucson.


52. Katti, D.R., Katti, K.S.; Sopp, J., Sarikaya, M, (2000), 3D Finite element Modeling of Mechanical Response in
Nacre-Based Hybrid Nanocomposites, Proc. Materials Research Society, 2000 Annual Spring Meeting,
San Francisco.

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53. Katti, D.R., Yazdani, F., and Tang, J., (2000), Modeling and Experimental Evaluation of Damage in Dense
Sands, ASCE- 14th Engineering Mechanics Division Conference, Austin.

54. Mercer, W. N., Sopp, J.M., Fong, H, Katti, D.R., Katti, K.S. and Sarikaya, M., (2000), Nanomechanical
Properties of a Biocomposite, Mollusk Shell Nacre, Proc. Microscopy and Microanalysis, MSA 58th
annual meeting.

55. Katti, D.R. and Katti, K.S., (1999), Three Dimensional Finite Element Modeling of Microstructural
Development of Nacre in Seashells and Implication on Mineralization of CaCo3, Proc. Materials Research
Society, 1999 Annual Fall Meeting, Boston.

56. Katti, D.R., Yazdani, F., and Tang, J. (1999), Non-Associative Plasticity Model with Damage for Cohesionless
Soils, ASCE- 13th Engineering Mechanics Division Conference, Baltimore.

57. Katti, D.R., and Desai, C.S., (1998), Modeling of Cohesive Soil Subject to Cyclic Loading Using Disturbed
State Concept, ASCE- Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics conference, Seattle.

58. Katti, D.R., (1998), Role of Passive Resistance Phenomenon in Expansive Soils on Equilibrium depth of
Under Reamed Piles Indian Geotechnical Conference -1998, New Delhi, India.

59. Katti, D.R., and Yazdani, F., (1998), Modeling of Sands Using Reference States Coupled with damage,
ASCE- 12th Engineering Mechanics Division Conference, San Diego.

60. Katti ,D.R., Katti ,R.K., and Katti ,A.R., (1997), Effective Depth of Vertical Drain Performance in Soft Marine
Clay Deposits, Indian Geotechnical Conference-1997, Baroda, India.

61. Katti ,D.R., Katti ,R.K., and Katti ,A.R., (1996) Guidelines for Selection of Parameters for Design of Caisson
Foundations for Certain Conditions, Deep Foundation Institute-96 Sixth International Conference and
Exhibition on Piling and Deep Foundations, Bombay.

62. Desai ,C.S., Armaleh ,S.H., Katti ,D.R. and Ma ,Y., (1991), Disturbed State Concept for Modeling Soils and
joints, Proceedings, 7th Conf. of the Int. Assn. for Computer methods and Adv. in Geomech., Australia.

63. Desai ,C.S., Armaleh ,S.H., Katti ,D.R. and Ma ,Y., (1991), Modeling of Solids and Contacts Using Disturbed
State Concept", Proceedings, Third International Conference on Constitutive Laws for Engineering
Materials: Theory and Applications, Tucson.

64. Katti ,R.K., Katti ,D.R. and Katti ,A.R., (1988), Remedial measures to counteract distress to dam near
Bombay", Conf. on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering, St. Louis.

65. Katti ,D.R., (1987), Role of CNS on Passive Resistance of Saturated Expansive Soil," 6thInternational
Conf. on Expansive Soil-87, New Delhi.

66. Katti, D.R., and Katti, R.K., (1987), Studies on Passive Resistance Development in Saturated Expansive
Soil", 6th International Conf. on Expansive Soil-87, New Delhi.

67. Desai , C.S., and Katti , D.R., (1987), Constitutive Modeling With Extension to Expansive Soils," 6th
International Conf. on Expansive Soil-87, New Delhi.


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68. Moza , K.K., Katti , R.K., Katti ,D.R., (1987), Effect of CNS on Active Pressure Development in Expansive
Soil", 6th International Conf. on Expansive Soil-87, New Delhi.

69. Katti, R.K., Moza, K.K. and Katti, D.R., (1987), Active Pressure Studies in Saturated Expansive Soils", 8th
Regional Conf. on SM and FE., Tokyo, Japan.

70. Katti , R.K., Moza , K.K, Katti, D.R., (1986), Design of Retaining Walls with Backfill Consisting of Swelling
Soils ", Proc. Indo-Soviet Workshop on experiences in large canals and hydraulic structures in
Subsident, Swelling and Floating Soils-C.B.I.P, New Delhi.

71. Katti ,R.K., Katti , D.R., Moza,K.K., (1986), Particulate and Cohesion approach to mechanics of saturated
montmorillonite based expansive soil media and on its applications, Proc. Indo-Soviet Workshop on
experiences in large canals and hydraulic structures in Subsident, Swelling and Floating Soils-C.B.I.P ,
New Delhi.

72. Katti , R.K. ,Bansod , P.S. ,Katti , D.R. , and Naresh, D.N.,(1985), Large Scale Instrumented Well
Foundation Studies in Cohesive Soil Media," XIth International Conf. on Soil Mechanics and Foundation
Engineering, San Francisco.

73. Katti , R.K., Moza , K.K. and Katti , D.R.,(1985), Engineering Classification of Rock Mass an Approach
paper , Proc. of Workshop on Engg. Classification of Rocks, C.B.I.P, New Delhi.

74. Katti ,R.K., Sankaran, K.S., Sharada, S.C. and Katti, D.R. , (1985), Well Foundations", State of the art
Paper-Commemorative volume of IGS released during XI ICSMFE , San Francisco.

75. Katti ,D.R., Katti ,R.K.,(1985), Computer Aided Approach to Soil Mechanics Laboratory using Micro
Computer, EPMESC International Conference, Macau.

76. Katti , R.K., Katti , D.R., (1985), Use of Cement treated Stone Columns for Controlling of Sinking of Well
Foundation in a Filled up area, Indian Geotechnical Conference-85, Roorkee, India.

77. Katti , R.K., Thacker, K.C., Katti, D.R., (1985), Shear Strength Behavior of Calcareous Bombay High Soil
Samples Under Cyclic Loading, Indian Geotechnical Conference-85, Roorkee, India.

78. Katti ,R.K., Moza ,K.K. and Katti, D.R.,(1985), Mathematical Models for Saturated Expansive Soils with and
without CNS, Invited Paper,9th Bangkok Geotechnical Symposium, Bangkok, 1985.

79. Katti , R.K. ,Moza , K.K., Katti , D.R., (1984), Unconventional Behavior of Expansive Soils, 6th
Budapest Conf. on Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering, Budapest, Hungary.

80. Katti , R.K. ,Katti ,D.R. ,(1984), Geological Characteristics of Deccan Trap Areas in Relation to foundation
Conditions for Civil Engineering Constructions, Indian Geotechnical Conference-84, Calcutta.

81. Katti , R.K. ,Suresh , B. and Katti ,D.R., (1984), Experimental Studies on Large Scale Instrumented Well
Models with Cohesionless soil at Base and Cohesive Soil around Sides, Indian Geotechnical
Conference-84, Calcutta.
PATENTS (PROVISIONAL)

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1. A new permeability device for swelling clays
2. Unnatural amino acid modified nanoclays for tissue engineered scaffolds
3. Biopolymer-hydroxyapatite composites for bone replacement
SYNERGISTIC ACTIVITIES
1. Civil engineering exposure to high school native American students via hands on laboratory experience
in geotechnical engineering laboratory
2. Research experience for Undergraduates (Funded by National Science Foundation)
INVITED TALKS GIVEN (28)
2012
Plenary Keynote Lecture at Engineering Mechanics Institute, June 2012
Invited talk: BIOMED 2012, Innsbruck, Austria
Plenary Keynote Lecture, BIOMED 2012, Innsbruck, Austria
2011
Distinguished Lecture at University of Mississippi Molecular Interactions Control Mechanics of
Nanomaterials: A Multiscale Perspective
University of Mississippi, Department of Civil Engineering, Molecular Interactions Influence Barrier and
Mechanical Properties in Swelling Clays: A Multiscale Modeling and Experimental Investigation.
Invited talk: MRS Fall 2011 Meeting, Boston, MA
Invited talk: EUROMAT 2011, Montpellier, France
Invited talk: Two Talks: Engineering Mechanics Institute Conference 2011, Boston, MA
Invited talk: Nanotechnology Conference, Fargo, ND
2009
Plenary Keynote Lecture at the 4th Asia-Pacific Conference on Unsaturated Soils held in New Castle, Australia:
What's up with clay and water molecules?
Invited talk: EUROMAT 2009 Glasgow Sept 2009
Invited talk: 4th BIOT Conference, Columbia University, New York, NY
2008

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Invited talk: World Congress on Computational Mechanics 2008, Venice Italy
Invited talk: American Ceramic Society Annual Meeting 2008 Daytona Florida
Invited talk: The 12
th
International Conference of International Association for Computer Methods and
Advances in Geomechanics (IACMAG) October, 2008 Goa, India
2007
Invited talk 6th International Congress on Industrial and Applied Mathematics ICIAM 2007 in Zurich Switzerland
Invited talk at ASCE Engineering Mechanics 2007 meeting at Virginia Tech VA.
Invited talk at Nanotechnology and Nanoscience International conference in Gudgaon India. 2007
Invited to teach workshop on Nanocomposites at Nanoscience International conference in Gudgaon India. 2007
2006
Invited talk: World Congress on Computational Mechanics, LA.
Invited talk: European Congress on Computational Mechanics, Lisbon Portugal.
2004
Keynote Lecture :. 6
th
World Congress on Computational Mechanics, Beijing, China
Invited talk: ANTEC 2004, Chicago
2003
Guest Speaker: MIT seminar series on geomechanics and geomaterials, MIT, Boston, MA
Invited talk: ICFRC International Conference, Chennai, India
Invited talk: 2nd MIT Conference on Computational Solid and Fluid Mechanics
Invited talk: Annual Conference of the Gesellschaft fr Angewandte Mathematik und Mechanik, Padua, Italy
SESSION CHAIR

EUROMAT 2011
EMI 2011, 2010, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001
Chair Session at GeoDenver 2007, Denver, CO.
Chair session at Nanotechnology and Nanoscience International conference in Gudgaon India. 2007

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Chair session at ASCE EM 2007 meeting at Virginia Tech VA.
World Congress on Computational Mechanics, LA.
European Congress on Computational Mechanics, Lisbon Portugal.
10th. Conference International Association for Computer Methods and Advances in Geomechanics, Tucson,
AZ, 2001
Session on Granular Soils 14th ASCE Engineering Mechanics Conference, ,Austin

TEACHING
Courses taught or currently teaching
CE 316 Soil Mechanics
CE 461/661 Foundation Engineering
CE 417/617 Slope Stability and Retaining Walls
CE 462/662 Designing with Geosynthetics
CE 464/664 Advanced Soil Mechanics
ST/ Multiscale Modeling
CE 489 Senior Design
CE 720 Continuum Mechanics (co-taught)
CE 111 Introduction to Civil Engineering (Guest lectures)
Engr 111 Introduction to Engineering (Guest Lectures)
The focus of my teaching is on student learning that includes mastery of key and fundamental aspects, ability
to identify limitations and strengths of a technique or theory, need for further research or innovation and
appreciation for life-long learning. My teaching is continuously evolving as I strive for better student learning. I
enjoy the journey as much as I look with satisfaction at the success of the graduates.
New Courses Developed
CE 462/662 Designing with Geosynthetics : Use of polymeric materials in civil engineering has taken off in a big
way in the last few decades. However, most undergraduate students graduating from civil engineering had
little or no technical knowledge to effectively design civil engineering projects using these materials. This
resulted in ineffective use of these materials that sometimes led to failures. In 1998, I began offering this

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course to undergraduate students (at that time, probably first of the very few programs to offer this course at
the undergraduate level). I also modified this course to teach practicing engineers in the region. In this course,
we discuss the fundamental mechanisms to design for target properties, characteristics of polymeric materials
and their effectiveness and ineffectiveness for conditions expected in the field. The need for additional
research in this field is also emphasized. Current research is discussed in the class.
CE 434/664 Advanced Soil Mechanics: This class deals with advanced topics in soil mechanics. The course
covers unsaturated soil mechanics and evaluation of molecular interactions between clay and fluids using
molecular dynamics. This is possibly the first class anywhere that study of molecular interactions in the context
of geotechnical engineering is taught in an undergraduate or graduate class.
ST/ Multiscale modeling: This class deals with various approaches used to bridge various length and time scales
to predict macroscale behavior of materials and to understand the underlying mechanisms.

NDSU SERVICE
UNIVERSITY
Member: NDSU Strategic planning committee
Member: FORWARD- Promotion to Full Professor Committee
Member: FORWARD- Internal Advisory Board
Member: NDSU Ad hoc committee: Investigation of faculty misconduct allegation
Member, University Senate
Search Committee Member Director of International Programs
Search Committee Member Software Coordinator Center for High Performance Computing
Assisted CNSE for evaluation of computational hardware and software for chip packaging project
Alternate Member on Grade Appeals Board
Member: University High Performance Computing Advisory Committee
Mentor: University New Faculty Mentorship Program
Assisting the office of the President develop collaboration between institutions in India and NDSU
Member, University Senate Library Committee
Member, Selection Committee for an Endowed Chair

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Moderator: FORWARD Panel on Promotion to Full Professor
COLLEGE
Member: CEA Promotion and Tenure Committee
Member: CEA Strategic Planning Committee
Chair: Search Committee for Chair of Mechanical Engineering Department
Member: CEA Executive Committee
Member: CEA Research and Extension Committee

DEPARTMENT
Chair: CE Promotion and Tenure Committee
Member: CE Search committee for transportation faculty
Member: CE Search committee for structures faculty
Member: CE committee to revise faculty evaluation criteria
CE Graduate Program Coordinator
Search Committee Member, Environmental Engineering faculty position
Member: CE Laboratory and Space Committee
SELECTED RECENT PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Associate Editor: ASCE Journal of Engineering Mechanics (JEM)
Associate Editor: ASCE Journal of Nanomechanics and Micromechanics
Editor: ASCE JEM Special Issue on Biological and Biologically Inspired Materials

Chair: ASCE-EMI Molecular Scale Modeling and Experimentation Committee (National/International) (founding
chair)
Chair: ASCE-EMI Properties of Materials Committee (National/International)
Chair: ASCE-EMI Poromechanics committee (National/International)
Chair: NDSPE Education Committee (State)

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Chair, Scholarship committee, FM Engineers Club (Local)

Member: ASCE-Engineering Mechanics Institute Operations Manual Creation Committee (one of three
members). (National/International)
Member: ASCE Inelastic Committee (National/International)
Member: ASCE Biomechanics Committee (National/International)
Member: ASCE-EMI Education Committee (National/International)
Member: ASCE Poromechanics committee (National/International)
ASCE Control Group Member for the EMD Properties of Materials Committee (National/International)
Board Member of the International Association of Computer Methods and Advances in Geomechanics
(International)
Organizing Chair: Organizing Chair, Symposium on Biologically Inspired Materials, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004,
2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011.2012 (created a new focus area on biological and biologically inspired
materials area in the ASCE Engineering Mechanics).
Organizing co-Chair: Nano-Geo, Nanotechnology in Geotechnical Engineering held in conjunction with
GEODENVER 2007, Denver, CO, February 2007
Symposium Organizing Committee Member Constitutive Modeling of Soils, 2001-2002, Columbia University,
New York,

Steering committee member: International Association for Computer Methods and Advances in
Geomechanics conference, Australia, 2011

International Scientific Advisory Board Member: 5
th
Biot Conference, 2013, Vienna, Austria.

Corresponding Member: ASCE Body of Knowledge Committee (National)

Reviewer: National Science Foundation Proposals
Proposal Reviewer Hong Kong Government
Book Reviewer for Wiley Reviewed book on foundation engineering
Reviewer: Journal papers:

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1. Langmuir
2. Journal of Engineering Mechanics
3. ASTM
4. Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering
5. IACMAG
6. International Journal of Nanotechnology
7. Polymer
8. Canadian Geotechnical Journal
9. Journal of Theoretical Biology
10. Journal of American Chemical Society
11. International Journal of Computer-Integrated Design and Construction
12. International Journal of Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics
13. ASME Journal of Engineering Materials Technology

Reviewer: Conference papers for many conferences.
PROFESSIONAL/COMMUNITY
Organized and Presented two workshops on fundamentals of designing with geosynthetics in Fargo and
Bismarck, ND. (2003)
Organized and Presented a workshop on fundamentals of designing with geosynthetics in Carrington ND.(2002)
Organized and Presented a workshop on fundamentals of designing with geosynthetics in Grand Forks and
Minot (2001)
A workshop series on designing with geosynthetics was initiated and conducted by Dinesh Katti to educate
the engineers in the community (Department of Transportation, consulting engineering firms, construction
firms and government officials) to effectively design and build projects using the new technology. The reason
for this outreach activity was the large number of failures and misuse of this emerging technology as a result
of poor knowledge and understanding of this technology by design and construction professionals.
Ph.D. external examiner, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, Mumbai, India.
Developed mitigation alternatives for port facilities at Adani port in India severely damaged by the January
2001 earthquake in western India.
Science fair judge
Presented a seminar on soil mechanics at the Kiwanis meeting
Television interview on our research discoveries on biomimetic nanocomposite nacre and their potential
positive impact on design of new high strength and damage tolerant materials
Radio interview on nacre
Newspaper article on research findings on nacre

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Television interview on the failure of I-35W bridge failure
Extended radio interviews on I-35W bridge failure
Radio interview on our research on oil shales

SELECTED RESEARCH GRANTS (TEACHING/ADMINISTRATIVE/GRADUATE
STUDENT/COMPUTATIONAL SUPPORT GRANTS NOT INCLUDED)

Title Amount Agency Date

MRI: Acquisition of Data-Intensive
Cyberinfrastructure for Research and
Education (DICRE) at North Dakota State
University
$571,429
($400,000
NSF+$171,4
89 matching)
National Science
Foundation
2012

Life-cycle Approaches to Understand the
Interactions between Crops and Engineered
Nanoparticles at Molecular Level $500,000
USDA 2011

Multiscale Modeling and Characterization of
Barrier Coatings for Flexible Electronics $810,000
NSF-EPSCoR 2009

Unlocking oil from Oil Shales $150,000
DoE/VPRCTT 2009

Modeling Effect of Molecular Interactions on
Evolution of Microstructure and Swelling and
Swelling Pressure Responses in
Montmorillonite Expansive Clays $209,922
National Science
Foundation
2006

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Equipment for Cell Culture Laboratory EPSCoR $18,158
ND EPSCoR 2006

Cell Culture Laboratory EPSCoR $55,150
ND EPSCoR 2006
Investigation of stripping in MN class 7 (RAP)
as base materials
$81,656 MN-Department of
Transportation
2005
Acquisition of a Twin Screw Extruder for
Polymer/Bio Nanocomposite Research and
Education
$147,583
with
$103,308
from NSF
and
$44,275
from NDSU
National Science
Foundation
2004
MRI: Acquisition of fourier transform infrared
microspectroscopy instrumentation for
advanced materials and biomaterials research
and education
$192,917
with
$135,041
from NSF
and
$57,876
from NDSU
National Science
Foundation
2003
Acquisition of Scanning Probe Microscopy and
Nanoindentation Instrumentation for
Nanomaterials and Biomaterials Research and
Education
$220,000
with
$150,000
from NSF
and
$70,000
from NDSU
National Science
Foundation
2003
Simulation Based Materials Design of
Biomimetic Nanocomposites
$252,500 National Science
Foundation
2001

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Evaluation and Modeling of Interlayer Forces in
Montmorillonite For Development of a
Particulate Based Model For Swelling Clays
$41,313 National Science
Foundation
2001
Acquisition of Dynamic Mechanical Material
Test System
$97,463 ND EPSCoR 2002
Selection of Cost Effective Non-Flammable Pipe
Liners
$10,500 ND-DoT 2001
Materials for Dowel Bar Retrofit in Pavements $50,000 ND-DoT 2000
Simulation Based Design of Nanocomposites $12,000 ND EPSCoR 2000
Response of Loading Rate on Soils Doc.
Dissertation
$24,000 ND EPSCoR 2000
Structure Property Relationships in Expansive
Soils
$20,000 ND EPSCoR 1998
Effect of Strain Rate on Undrained Response of
Clays
$10,000 ND-EPSCoR 1997

PROFESSIONAL LICENSE
Professional Engineer, State of Washington

CONSULTING ACTIVITIES
Worked on over 125 consulting projects dealing with foundation design, liquefaction
mitigation, site specific seismic analysis, design of retaining structures, earth dams etc.
Clients included, AT&T, Port of Seattle, Boeing Co., Microsoft, U.S. Navy and state and
federal agencies.


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Administrative Accomplishments Dr. Dinesh R. Katti CE Chair

1 of 13

It has been a privilege to serve the department of civil engineering as its chair during one of the most
successful 5 year periods in the history of the department. In the following report, I am presenting
some of the accomplishments in the civil engineering department where the department chair had a
direct or indirect involvement. It should be noted that the accomplishments are typically the combined
effort of the faculty, staff and the chair and in some cases the students. A strong vision developed by the
chair is the foundation for the decisions and direction taken by the chair to help department excel.
Department Chair: September 2004 to December 2009

Vision for Civil Engineering Department
by
Dr. Dinesh R. Katti

A department that:

produces the best graduates in the nation,

is recognized by peers for leadership and excellence in research and creative activities,

is responsive to change,

makes valuable contributions to the profession and for the wellbeing of citizens of the
nation and the world,

empowers individuals to perform at the highest level in an ethical manner, by providing
an inclusive, respectful, caring and nurturing environment.
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ABET reaccreditation
The chair led the effort for ABET reaccreditation that resulted in a successful clean full six year
accreditation for the program without any deficiencies, weaknesses or concerns. The preparation of the
self-study report and subsequent exhaustive response to queries by the visiting team, meetings with the
team members and coordination of the visit at NDSU were the primary tasks undertaken by the chair.
These efforts took over a year and a half to complete. The chair ensured involvement by all faculty, staff
and advisory boards in the reaccreditation process and coordinated the activities. All faculty members in
the department who were present on campus, staff and advisory boards were involved in analyzing
assessment data and providing input to the chair. The chair also tapped the experience of two previous
chairs in the department and a senior faculty member to have the self-study report reviewed by them
prior to submission.
The preparation for the visit was quite challenging due to the first time full implementation of the new
EAC criteria for the program review. The chair took several steps to ensure success. In addition to
thoroughly reviewing the criteria, the chair and several faculty members participated in an ABET
workshop, worked closely with chairs from other departments and the Dean on common issues, kept
the industry advisory board in the loop and frequently requested input from the members, involved
faculty in analyzing assessment data and most importantly starting detailed and quantitative course
level assessment immediately after taking over as department chair and creation of student services
coordinator position to ensure proper advising and adhering to pre-requisites and departmental
standards. This helped mitigate a concern from the previous visit. When questions or issues surfaced
immediately before and after the visit, the chair took a quick action to effectively respond and
coordinated the efforts by faculty and advisory boards that helped with preparing the response. New
program educational objectives were developed. Overall, the visitors were pleased with our program.
Program review
Successful outcome resulted from the program review by the NDSU program review committee with
considerable praise by the committee for accomplishments made by the department across ALL areas
including teaching and advising, employer and professional evaluation of students, faculty and student
honors, grants and contracts, creative endeavors, and service including professional service. Some of the
comments from the review include, commended for active concern for education of its undergraduate
students, success in undergraduate education, faculty recognized for excellence in teaching, huge
jump in refereed journal articles, successful in national competitive grant programs, faculty and
graduate students recognized for excellence in research, actively involved in interdisciplinary teaching
and research programs.
The chair prepared an exhaustive self-study report for the program with detailed analysis and effective
presentation of details about the departments accomplishments in undergraduate and graduate
teaching and advising, research and service. Challenges and needs were well articulated in the report
which led to considerable and positive discussion with the committee and the Provost about future
needs of the program to help department continue on its path towards excellence. Request for six new
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faculty lines were made. The chair was involved in extensive meetings with the committee and
responding to questions after the visit. The program review was successful and very positive.
Annual assessment reports
The chair took initiative to develop guidelines for comprehensive quantitative course level assessment
that can be linked to program outcomes and also shorter qualitative assessment summaries for each
course taught in the department. The chair setup an assessment committee to help with coordination of
assessment.
The annual assessment reports prepared by the chair with valuable and critical input from faculty have
received very high marks and compliments from the assessment committee. The reviews mention the
tremendous leap in the quality of assessment reports and assessment procedures used in the
department since taking over as department chair. The quantitative evaluation of our reports by the
assessment committee has consistently been among the highest in the college since becoming a chair.
Annual reports
Every year, the chair has prepared annual report to compile all major departmental activities, enrolment
and other data and highlight of major faculty and student accomplishments. The chair also includes
information about various research activities in the report. This report being one of the important
means of informing the college and upper administration about activities and accomplishments of
people in the department, the chair has placed a special emphasis on preparing and submitting high
quality and accurate reports.
Undergraduate advising
Undergraduate advising was an area of concern in the department (noted as a concern by 2000 ABET)
because of voluntary nature of students setting up appointments with advisors and no tracking system
in place to identify students not advised. The chair took the initiative of getting the college
administration to approve a new staff line dedicated to student services. This staff position (in addition
to other student services activities) has enabled tracking of every student in the program to verify if the
student is advised and provide advisors with student names to setup advisor hold. This has enabled
100% student contact with their advisors every year.
Pre-requisites and academic standards
The pre-requisites for enrolling into civil engineering courses and checking of academic
standards (example c requirement) for enrolling into courses that was set by the department
is strictly enforced to improve quality of students in CE classes and to improve student learning.
In the beginning, the chair faced considerable resistance from some students impacted by the
strict adherence to the policy. With firmness and fairness, the chair has managed to enforce
adherence of the policy. The student services coordinator tracks every student for pre-
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requisites and academic standards. These changes appear to be positively impacting the FE
examination passing rates. Further tracking is needed to confirm the correlation.

Recovery of additional program fees
The student tracking system developed in the department by the staff has allowed recovery of
all program fees due to the department. Some students were intentionally or unintentionally
circumventing the central administration program fee recovery process by declaring non-CE
majors or declaring being undecided although the students intended to get a CE degrees.
Development and communication of departmental priorities
The chair has consistently obtained input from faculty for needs and articulated the needs to
the dean and other chairs. The chair has worked closely with dean and other chairs to get
departmental needs on the college priority list. Major departmental requests have made it to
the college priority lists and many of those requests have been approved by the upper
administration.
New faculty lines
Four new faculty lines have been added in the last five years, increasing the number of tenure-
track/tenured faculty from 10 to 14, a 40% increase. The increase which has been long overdue
will allow the department to offer new graduate and undergraduate courses, add new graduate
students (supported by the increased faculty), and get additional resources and funds through
grants.
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New space
Over the past 5 years, new spaces were requested by the department and some of those
requests have been approved. Two new office spaces and a new laboratory for transportation
and micromechanics have been added. In addition, large space allocation has been made for
the department in the Ehly hall and architecture building for 1) structures and geohazard
laboratory, 2) water resources research laboratory, 3) environmental and sustainability
research laboratory, and 4) graduate student office space. This new space allocation will reduce
some of the space pressures felt in the department. The chair has worked hard to articulate the
space need and worked with other chairs and the dean to get approval for the space.
Laboratory equipment and support
The department has made an investment in new laboratory equipment to revamp two large
laboratories, the materials laboratory and the water resources laboratory. New computers
were purchased for the transportation laboratory and two new laboratory benches were
installed in the environmental engineering laboratory and a few pieces of new equipment were
ordered for the environmental laboratory. The student computer clusters were completely
revamped twice during this period and all graduate students in residence have been provided
computers.
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Major research equipment purchases were made by faculty with grant funds that include the
large equipment purchases and upgrades in the advanced materials laboratory (NSF-MRI/IMR
and other NSF grants) and all equipment necessary for building state-of-the art tissue
engineering laboratory (NSF-EPSCoR). Faculty startup grants (proposals written by the chair)
were used to support fully or partially, research equipment purchases by new faculty. A new
transmission electron microscope was obtained by a department faculty through a highly
competitive NSF MRI grant. Specialized pieces of equipment for asphalt research were
purchased through MnDoT grants.
Laboratory support of materials and consumables are done for all laboratories in an equitable
manner and a tracking system to track such purchases is in place.
Growth in undergraduate program
The enrollment in the undergraduate program is strong. In fact, the third week enrollment for
fall 2009 is the highest in the last 29 years (period for which data is available). The department
graduated the largest number of undergraduate students in 28 years in 2006. Strong and stable
student numbers has allowed the department to plan ahead and strengthen resource requests.
The strong numbers reflect the good reputation of the department.

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Growth in graduate programs
Over the last 5 years, the department has seen a tremendous growth in the graduate student
numbers, especially doctoral students (from about 12 to 29). The department has graduated
the most number of doctoral students among any department in the college of engineering.
The department also is among the top departments in the university in terms of number of
doctoral students. The students are supported by fellowships, grants, program fees (for
teaching assistants/graders). The graduate student support via departmental funds is made in
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The proposal written by the chair for graduate presidential fellows was successful bringing in
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Research productivity and excellence
The department has the distinction of having five NSF CAREER awardees as faculty members in
the department. Even a much larger program than ours (University of Minnesota, Civil
Engineering: 45 faculty members compared to 14 at NDSU Civil engineering) has four NSF
career awardees. Other departments at NDSU who have CAREER awardees as faculty are
chemistry-5 and pharmaceutical sciences-1. The department faculty are PIs on 14 NSF grants
and 6 MnDoT grants and several other research grants. Research equipment grants in excess of
$2M have been obtained in recent years leading to state of the art research equipment in the
department. The highly competitive federal research grants show strong competitiveness of the
department nationally.
The chair formed a committee of prior CAREER awardees in the department to review outgoing
proposals from the department and to provide feedback for improving the proposal to the PI.
The current recipient of the CAREER award indicated the usefulness of the feedback from the
committee to submit competitive CAREER proposal. The committee will continue to review
CAREER proposals in the future.
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The department supports travel to conferences and for professional development and tries to
approve all travel requests using indirect pool and other sources. The faculty is encouraged to
present papers and make contact with program managers. The department maintains a healthy
balance of indirect cost recovery and uses it in an equitable manner in support of all faculty.
Special attention is paid to new faculty.
Many faculty in the department work in cutting edge interdisciplinary areas of national interest
and frequently collaborate with other departments and centers on campus.
Faculty members have led the effort and have been successful in obtaining grants to support
outreach activities and broader participation by under representative groups and children with
disabilities.
Major discoveries have been made by faculty in the department that has given national and
international recognition to the department and the university. Faculty members are invited to
give keynote lectures on topics pertaining to these discoveries at conferences and meetings
around the world.
Faculty research productivity has jumped dramatically from about 9 journal papers in 2003-
2004 to 45 peer reviewed journal papers last year. Majority of these papers are written with
graduate students, speaking highly about the quality of their dissertation/thesis work.

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Student organizations
Student organizations in the department have made significant achievements both gaining
national recognition by winning student competitions as well as participating in important
professional and social causes. Examples of student organization accomplishments include two
national championships by the ASCE steel bridge team and a regional championship by the
ASCE canoe team, winning of national challenge by the materials research society, and a first
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place standing by the AWWA/WEF chapter in the national design competition. The department
has provided support to student organizations when requested.
Department financial records
The implementation of Peoplesoft system brought in many challenges in keeping track of
various departmental budgets in a transparent manner. The department staff rose to the
challenge by developing and maintaining spreadsheets to track each and every transaction and
reconciling with the Peoplesoft system to provide an accurate picture of department financials.
These spreadsheets are available for any faculty member to view by contacting the staff.
Summary of expenditures are presented in annual reports and at annual department meetings.
Annual reviews and salary raises
The chair has used a standardized approach to recommend salary raises to the Dean. The raises
are based on guidelines developed by faculty several years ago. This approach allows for
extremely fair and equitable recommendation of raises based on performance and productivity.
The chair has always used a positive approach to communicate performance reviews to
individual faculty. The chair acknowledges and compliments good performance and in areas
that need improvement, the chair has discussed the issues with the intent of helping the faculty
member overcome the problem and for him to succeed.
Reduction in teaching load
Early on, the chair decided to reduce the standard teaching load for faculty members in the
department from four courses per year to three courses per year with the expectation that the
faculty research productivity will increase. I am pleased to report that overall, there has been a
dramatic increase in research productivity in the department while maintaining good teaching.
The quality of teaching appears to have improved with very few instances of students having
negative reaction to teaching for regular department faculty.
Communicating with chairs, dean and upper administration
The chair has always communicated departmental successes and needs with other chairs, the
dean and upper administration. Individual success, success of student organizations and
collective accomplishments has always been reported with pride and enthusiasm.
Departmental needs and priorities have been communicated with good supporting
documents/data/facts to portray the urgency of the requests. The success and needs have also
been communicated consistently in all documents prepared by the chair including annual
reports, program review report, assessment reports etc. The college and upper administration, I
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believe has a very positive opinion about the department and appreciate the accomplishments
by the department. They have supported many of the departmental requests.
Advisory committee
The departmental industrial advisory committee has immensely supported the department,
providing valuable advice and a view into the future about challenges facing the profession. The
committee was an active partner before, during and after the reaccreditation visit, providing
critical information to the department. The student advisory committee has provided candid
opinions about the department which has provided the department valuable information about
perceptions, challenges, and setting priorities for the department.
Web presence
Keeping in mind the importance of web presence to portray the departmental successes and
quality of our program to potential students, current students, parents, employers, alumni,
peers and public, the chair initiated a complete overhaul of the department web pages. With
the help of faculty, the web pages now portray a positive image of a department making big
strides in education and research and a great place to go to school or work.
Other initiatives
On occasions, the chair has stepped in to help solve major issues that would potentially
negatively impact the department. The problems ranged from overload payments made from
grants to faculty by PI without prior authorization by the grantor to a granting agency
threatening to prematurely terminate a grant due to excessive delay in submission of
deliverables by the PI that would have resulted in the department paying tens of thousands of
dollars to NDSU since most of the money had already been spent by the PI. In all situations,
negative financial impact was averted by the chair by coordinating meetings to solve the issues
or by directly negotiating with parties to persuade them not to take negative financial action.
The chair has been a strong advocate for the faculty and staff. On several occasions, the chair
has pleaded their cases with the administration when they have faced personal challenges.

Looking forward
As the department moves forward as a unit in a dynamic research university, the department is
faced with many challenges and opportunities. Planning for challenges, availing opportunities
and following the vision in a sustained manner is the key to success. We have seen from
examples of successes that such a strategy works. Some of the things we are doing include 1)
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reviewing the program to see how it can be updated to better prepare our graduates for
changes to the profession, global competitiveness, expectation by employers and accreditation
agencies, and encouraging our graduates to pursue graduate school, 2) adoption of new
pedagogical and assessment techniques to enhance student learning, 3) sustained funding to
support graduate programs, 4) Increased research and creative activities by all faculty, 5)
Increased faculty lines, 6) space needs planning, 7) identify resources to support professional
graduate program etc.
Closing thoughts
I believe, that in the department, an environment of mutual respect and collegiality exists,
where excellence and hard work is recognized and where conditions are created to allow and
help each and every person in the department to excel. The people in the department are
passionate about the work they do and the chair has attempted to harness their passion to
successfully carry out the mission of the department. Being in the department is large part of
life for most people in the department and every effort is made to make it fruitful, happy and a
satisfying place to be.
The department has made great strides in undergraduate and graduate education, research
and service to the profession. I see true entrepreneurial spirit in many people in the
department who are moving forward and making significant achievements, not waiting for
resources to come by, rather taking charge and bringing in the resources and energy to achieve
the high goals they have set. This sprit has not gone unnoticed, and slowly but surely the
department is seeing resources come in. Recognition has also come in the form of awards to
faculty like the distinguished professorship, Peltier and Odney awards to name a few and in the
form of recognition by peers. The department is gaining reputation for leadership and
excellence in many areas, as a wonderful place to obtain great education and where employers
see the value of hiring our graduates as assets to their companies. The department has gained
tremendous momentum and I am very optimistic about continued success in the future.