Gundabathula Venkateswara Rao | |
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Born | (1944-11-09)9 November 1944 (age 80) Krishna District,Andhra Pradesh, India |
Nationality | Indian |
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Gundabathula Venkateswara Rao (born 9 November 1944 inKrishna District) is an Indian materials engineer, known for his studies in the field ofStructural mechanics.[1] Focusing his researches onFinite element method,Structural analysis andSmart materials, he and his colleagues developedFEAST, a medium-sized program for laboratory research and industrial applications including design and analysis of rocket systems.[2] An alumnus of theIndian Institute of Science from where he secured a PhD, his researches have been documented in several peer-reviewed articles and his work has been cited by several scientists.[3][4][5]Google Scholar, an online article repository of scientific articles, has listed a number of his articles.[6] TheIndian Academy of Sciences elected him as a fellow in 2003.[7] TheCouncil of Scientific and Industrial Research, the apex agency of the Government of India for scientific research, awarded him theShanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology, one of the highest Indian science awards for his contributions to Engineering Sciences in 1989.[8]