Dr. Dinesh R. Katti

DR. DINESH RAMANATH KATTI, P.E., F. EMI

JORDAN A. ENGBERG PRESIDENTIAL PROFESSOR DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL & ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING

CIE 201 NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY, FARGO, ND 58105, USA

PHONE: (701) 231-7245 FAX: (701)231-6185 [email protected]

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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 Jordan A. Engberg Presidential Professor, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND, 2015-todate

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, 2013-August 2017

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) Fellow - Engineering Mechanics Institute, 2015

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(ii) 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

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.”

(iii) North Dakota State University, Fred Waldron Research Award, 2013

(iv) Jordan A. Engberg Endowed Presidential Professor, 2015

(v) North Dakota State University, College of Engineering and Architecture Researcher of the year

Award, 2000-2001

(vi) Fellow, Faculty Institute for Excellence in Teaching, 2001

(vii) 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.

(viii) 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”

(ix) Plenary Keynote Lecture, BIOMED 2012, Innsbruck, Austria, “Molecular Interactions: Role on the

Mechanics of Biological Nanocomposites (Bone) and Tailoring them for Bone Tissue Engineering”

(x) Guest Speaker (2013) : Warren Lecture, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN “Mechanics of

Nanomaterials: The Pivotal Role of Molecular Interactions”

(xi) Distinguished Lecture at University of Mississippi 2011, “Molecular Interactions Control Mechanics

of Nanomaterials: A Multiscale Perspective”

(xii) Plenary Keynote Lecture at the 4th Asia-Pacific Conference on Unsaturated Soils held in New

Castle, Australia: 2009, What's up with clay and water molecules? A View Into Molecular

Interactions And Molecular Responses In Swelling Clays”

(xiii) Keynote Lecture :6th World Congress on Computational Mechanics, Beijing, China, 2004,

Exploring Mineral Biopolymer Interactions to Model Mechanical Response of Interfaces in Bio-

Nanocomposite, Nacre

(xiv) Distinguished lecture at University of Minnesota, Duluth, 2014, Molecular Interactions Influence

Swelling, Barrier, and Mechanical Properties of Swelling Clays: A Multiscale Modeling and

Experimental Investigation

(xv) Guest Speaker: MIT seminar series on geomechanics and geomaterials, MIT, Boston, MA 2003.

Dr. Dinesh R. Katti

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 – ASCE EMI technical committee on Molecular Scale Modeling and Experimentation Committee

Chair- NDSPE (North Dakota Society of Professional Engineers) Education Committee

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 ABOUT 180)

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 10 - Predictive Methodologies for Design of Bone Tissue Engineering Scaffolds, Katti, D. R.;

Sharma, A.; Katti, K. S., A2 - Bose, Susmita. In Materials for Bone Disorders, Bandyopadhyay, A., Ed.

Academic Press: 2017; pp 453-492.

2. Chapter on “Characterizing Biointerfaces and Biosurfaces in Biomaterials Design” in ‘Nanoscience and

Its Applications in Biomedicine’ by Springer.

3. Chapter on “Materials and engineering of joint replacement” in Recent developments in joint

replacement technology by Woodhead Publishers

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4. Chapter on “Biomimetic Lessons Learnt from Nature”, in Biomimetics, Learning from nature, I Tech

Education and Publishing KG Vienna, Austria EU

5. 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.

6. 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.

7. Chapter on ‘Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Tissue Regeneration’ in “Integrated Biomaterials in Tissue

Engineering” Wiley-Scrivener Publishing, USA 2012

8. Chapter on ‘Biomimetics: Inspiration from Structural Organization of Biological Systems’ in “natural

Polymers” editors Dr. Maya John and Dr. Sabu Thomas, RSC publishers, 2012

9. Chapter on “ Design of Wells”; Otto Helweg, Zohrab Samani, Jorge Garcia, Rao Govindaraju, Dinesh R.

Katti; Hydraulics of Wells: Design, Construction, Testing, and Maintenance of Water Well Systems,

Edited by Nazeer Ahmed, Stewart W. Taylor, and Zhuping Sheng, pp 83-121, Publisher ASCE, ISBN (print):

9780784412732|

JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS

1. MD S Molla, D. R. Katti, K. S. Katti, (2017) In vitro design of mesenchymal to epithelial transition of

prostate cancer metastasis using 3D nanoclay bone-mimetic scaffolds, to appear, Journal of Tissue

Engineering and Regenerative Medicine.

2. D. R. Katti, K. S. Katti, (2017) Cancer cell mechanics with altered cytoskeletal behavior and substrate

effects: A 3D finite element modeling study, to appear in Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of

Biomedical Materials

3. A. Sharma, MD S. Molla, K. S Katti, D. R Katti, (2017) Multiscale Model of Degradation and Healing of

Bone Tissue Engineering Nanocomposite Scaffolds, to appear in Journal of Nanomechanics and

Micromechanics

4. D. R. Katti, K. Thapa, K. S. Katti, (2017), Modeling molecular interactions of sodium montmorillonite clay

with 3D kerogen models, Fuel, Volume 199, pp. 641–652

5. S. A. Payne, D. R. Katti and K. S. Katti, (2016) Probing Electronic Structure of Biomineralized

Hydroxyapatite inside Nanoclay Galleries, Micron, Volume 90, pp.78-86.

6. K.S. Katti, MD S. Molla, F. Karandish, M. K. Haldar, S. Mallik, D. R. Katti,(2016) Sequential culture on

biomimetic nanoclay scaffolds forms three dimensional tumoroids, Journal of Biomedical Materials

Research: Part A, Volume 104, Issue 7, July 2016, Pages: 1591–1602

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7. C. Gu, D. R. Katti, K. S. Katti, (2016) Microstructural and Photoacoustic Infrared Spectroscopic Studies of

Human Cortical Bone with Osteogenesis Imperfecta, Journal of Minerals, Metals and Materials Society

Volume: 68 Issue: 4 Pages: 1116-1127 Published: APR 2016

8. C. Gu, D.R. Katti, K.S. Katti, (2016) Insitu SEM and Nanomechanical properties of human OI bone, to

appear in Bioinspired, Biomimetic and Nanobiomaterials (BBN).

9. K. S. Katti, C. Gu, D.R. Katti, (2015), Anisotropic properties of human cortical bone with osteogenesis

imperfecta, J Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology, DOI 10.1007/s10237-015-0727-4, (in-

press) (available online)

10. K. N. Alstadt, K.S. Katti and D. R. Katti, (2015), Nanoscale Morphology of Kerogen and In Situ

Nanomechanical Properties of Green River Oil Shale, Journal of Nanomechanics and Micromechanics,

in-press.

11. K. S. Katti, A. H. Ambre, S. Payne, D.R. Katti, Vesicular delivery of crystalline calcium minerals to ECM in

biomineralized nanoclay composites (2015). Materials Research Express 2 045401

12. C. Hellmich and D.R. Katti, (2015), Multiscale Mechanics of Biological, Bioinspired, and Biomedical

Materials, Materials Research Society Bulletin, 40, 309-313.

13. D.R. Katti, Z.R. Patwary and K.S. Katti, (2015), Modeling Clay-Fluid Interactions in Montmorillonite Clays,

Environmental Geotechnics, E-ISSN 2051-803X, DOI: 10.1680/jenge.14.00027

14. K. S. Katti; A.H. Ambre; S. Payne; and D.R. Katti, (2015), Vesicular delivery of crystalline calcium minerals

to ECM in biomineralized nanoclay composites, Materials Research Express, 2, 045401

15. A. Sharma, S. Payne, K. S. Katti, and D. R. Katti, (2015), Evaluating Molecular Interactions in

Polycaprolactone- Biomineralized Hydroxyapatite Nanocomposites using Steered Molecular Dynamics,

JOM, Vol. 67, No. 4,733-743. DOI: 10.1007/s11837-015-1361-4.

16. D.R. Katti, A. Sharma, S.M. Pradhan, K.S. Katti, (2015), Carbon nanotube proximity influences rice DNA,

J. Chemical Physics, 455, 17-22.

17. D. R. Katti, L. Srinivasamurthy, K. S. Katti. (2015),Molecular Modeling of Initiation of Interlayer-Swelling

in Na-Montmorillonite Expansive Clay, Canadian Geotechnical Journal, accepted, available online.

18. M. M. Yallapu, K. S. Katti, Dinesh R. Katti, Sanjay R. Mishra, S. Khan, M. Jaggi, and S. C. Chauhan, (2015), The Roles of Cellular Nanomechanics in Cancer, Medicinal Research Reviews, 35 (1), 198-223.

19. D. R. Katti, A. Sharma, A. H. Ambre and K. S. Katti, (2015), Molecular Interactions in Biomineralized Hydroxyapatite Between Amino Acid Modified Nanoclay: Insilico Design of Bone Biomaterials” Materials Science and Engineering C , Materials for biological applications, 46, 207-217.

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20. A. H. Ambre, D. R. Katti, and K. S. Katti, (2015), Biomineralized Hydroxyapatite Nanoclay Composite Scaffolds with Polycaprolactone for Stem Cell Based Bone Tissue Engineering, Journal of Biomedical Materials Research: Part A. 103 [ 6] 2077-2101

21. C. Gu, D. R. Katti, K. S. Katti, (2015), Dynamic nanomechanical behavior of healthy and OI human

cortical bones, to appear in Bioinspired, Biomimetic and Nanobiomaterials. Volume 4 Issue 1, pp. 15-25

22. S. M. Pradhan, K. S. Katti, D. R. Katti, (2015), Evolution of Molecular Interactions in the Interlayer of Na-Montmorillonite Swelling Clay with Increasing Hydration , ASCE International Journal of Geomechanics, DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)GM.1943-5622.0000412

23. S. M. Pradhan, K. S. Katti, D. R. Katti, (2014), Multiscale Modeling of Collagen Fibril in Bone at Various Crosslink Densities: An Insight into its Deformation Mechanisms, CMES (Computer Modeling in Engineering and Sciences) SI: "Computational Mechanobiology of Soft Matters and Cells”, 98(2) pp. 181-201

24. D. R Katti, H. Upadhyay, K. S Katti, (2014), Molecular Interactions of Kerogen Moities with Na- Montmorillonite: An experimental and modeling study, Fuel, 130, 34–45.

25. M. Abdelrahman, D. R. Katti, A. Ghavibazoo, H. B. Upadhyay, K. S. Katti, (2014), Effect of nanoclay-asphalt interactions on physical properties of asphalt, ASCE Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, 26(12).

26. S.M. Pradhan, K. S. Katti and D. R. Katti (2014), A Multiscale Model of Collagen Fibril In Bone: Elastic Response, ASCE J. of Engineering Mechanics , 140, pp 454-461.

27. A. H. Ambre, D. R. Katti, K. S. Katti, Nanoclays Mediate Stem Cell Differentiation and Mineralized ECM Formation on Biopolymer Scaffolds (2013) Journal of Biomedical Materials Research: Part A ,101A:2644–2660

28. 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.

29. R. Khanna, D.R. Katti, and K.S. Katti, (2012) In Situ Mechanical Response Of Human Osteoblasts On Chitosan-Polygalacturonic Acid-Hydroxyapatite Nanocomposites, CMES- Computer Modeling in Engineering and Sciences Vol.87, No.6, 2012

30. S. M. Pradhan, K. S. Katti, D. R. Katti, Dinesh, (2012), "Structural Hierarchy Controls Deformation

Behavior of Collagen" Biomacromolecules, 13 (8), pp 2562–2569

31. D. R. Katti, K. S. Katti, R. Muniyamuthu 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.

32. K. Alstadt, Kalpana S. Katti and Dinesh R. Katti,(2012) An Insitu FTIR Step Scan Photoacoustic

Investigation of Kerogen and Minerals in Oil Shale, Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and

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Biomolecular Spectroscopy, 8, 105-113

33. R. Khanna, K. S. Katti and D. R. Katti, (2012), Experiments in Nanomechanical Properties of Live

Osteoblast Cells and Cell-Biomaterial Interface, ASME Journal of Nanotechnology in Engineering

and Medicine, 2011, Vol. 2, 041005-5

34. 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, 138 (2), 138-146.

35. 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.

36. 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.

37. 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)

1173–1183.

38. 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.

39. D. R. Katti, S. M. Pradhan, K. S. Katti, (2010) Directional Dependence of Hydroxyapatite-Collagen

Interactions on Mechanics of Collagen, Journal of Biomechanics, 43, 1723-1730.

40. R. Khanna, K. S. Katti and D. R. Katti, (2010) In situ Degradation of Chitosan-Polygalacturonic

acid/Hydroxyapatite Nanocomposites in Cell Culture Media, International Journal of Polymer

Science, 2010, 175264, 12pages

41. D. Sikdar, D. R. Katti, K. S. Katti, R. Bhowmik (2010) Tailoring Crystallinity and Nanomechanical

Properties of Clay Polymer Nanocomposites: A Molecular Dynamics Study, International Journal of Multiscale Computational Engineering, 8(6), 561-584.

42. D. Verma, K. S. Katti, D. R. Katti, (2010) Osteoblast Adhesion Proliferation and Growth on

Polyelectrolyte-Complex-Hydroxyapatite Nanocomposites, Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A 368, 2083–2097

43. 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, Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A 368,

1963–1980

44. P. M. Amarasinghe, K. S. Katti, D. R. Katti, (2009), Nature of Organic Fluid-Montmorillonite

Interactions: An FTIR Spectroscopic Study, Journal of Colloids and Interface Science. 337, Pages 97-

105

45. D. Verma, K. S. Katti and D. R. Katti, (2009), Polyelectrolyte-Complex Nanostructured Fibrous

Scaffolds for Tissue Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering C. 29, 2079–2084.

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46. D. R. Katti, P. Amarasinghe, K. S. Katti, M. Matar, (2009), Multiscale Modeling of Swelling Clays: A

Computational and Experimental Approach, KSCE Journal of Civil Engineering, 13(4), 243-255

47. R. Bhowmik, K. S. Katti, D. R. Katti, (2009), Molecular interactions of degradable and non-degradable

polymers with hydroxyapatite influence mechanics of polymer-hydroxyapatite nanocomposite

biomaterials', International Journal of Nanotechnology. 6, 511-529.

48. D. Sikdar, Dinesh R. Katti, K. S. Katti and B. 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,6, 568-592

49. 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, Journal

of Engineering Mechanics-ASCE, 135 413-421.

50. R. Khanna, K. S. Katti, D.R. Katti, (2009) Nanomechanics of Surface Modified Nanohydroxyapatite

Biomaterials Journal of Engineering Mechanics-ASCE, 135 468-478.

51. P. M. Amarasinghe, K.S. Katti, D. R. Katti, (2008), Molecular Hydraulic Property of Montmorillonite:

A Polarized FTIR Spectroscopic Study, Applied Spectroscopy. 62, no. 12,1303-1313.

52. K. S. Katti, D. R. Katti, R. Dash, (2008), Synthesis and characterization of a novel

chitosan/montmorillonite/hydroxyapatite nanocomposite for bone tissue engineering, Biomedical

Materials, 3, 034122.

53. P. Ghosh, D. R. Katti, K. S. Katti, (2008), Mineral and Protein-Bound Water and Latching Action

Control Mechanical Behavior at Protein-Mineral Interfaces in Biological Nanocomposites Journal of

Nanomaterials. Volume 2008, Article ID 582973, 8 pages

doi:10.1155/2008/582973

54. R. Bhowmik, K. S. . Katti, D. R. Katti, (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, No 4, 2075-2084.

55. D. Sikdar, K. S. Katti, D. R. Katti, (2008), Molecular Interactions Alter Clay and Polymer Structure in Polymer Clay Nanocomposites, Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology. Vol 8, No.4, 1638-1657

56. D. Verma, K.S. Katti, D.R. Katti, (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, 1024–1032

57. D. Sikdar, S. Pradhan, D. R. Katti, K. S. Katti, B. Mohanty, (2008), Altered Phase Model for Polymer

Clay Nanocomposites, Langmuir, 24, 5599‐5607

58. B. Mohanty, K. S. Katti, D. R. Katti, (2008), Experimental Investigation of Nanomechanics of the

Mineral-Protein Interface in Nacre, Mechanics Research Communications.35, 17-23.

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59. D. Verma, R. Dash, K. S. Katti, D. Schulz, A.N. Caruso, (2008), Role Of Coordinated Metal Ions On

The Orientation Of Phthalocyanine Based Coatings. Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and

Biomolecular Spectroscopy, 7, 1180-118.

60. D. Sikdar, K. S. Katti, D. R. Katti, (2008), The Role of Interfacial Interactions on the Crystallinity and

Nano-mechanical Properties of Clay Polymer Nanocomposites: A Molecular Dynamics Study, J. Appl.

Pol. Sci. 107, 3137-3148.

61. D. Verma, K.S.Katti, D.R. Katti, B. Mohanty, (2008), Mechanical Response and Multilevel Structure of

Biomimetic Hydroxyapatite/ Polygalacturonic /Chitosan Nanocomposites, Materials Science and Engineering C. 28 , 399–405.

62. R. Bhowmik, K. S. Katti, D. R. Katti, (2007), Mechanics of Molecular Collagen is Influenced by Hydroxyapatite in Natural Bone, J. Mater. Sci. 42, 8795–8803.

63. D. Sikdar, D. R. Katti, K. S. Katti, , and B. Mohanty, (2007), Effect of Organic Modifiers on Dynamic and Static Nanomechanical Properties and Crystallinity of Intercalated Clay-Polycaprolactam Nanocomposites, Journal of Applied Polymer Science. 105, 790-802.

64. Katti, D.R., Schmidt, S., Ghosh, P., and Katti, K.S ., (2007), Steered Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Dry and Hydrated Sodium Montmorillonite Interlayer, Canadian Geotechnical Journal. 44, 425-435.

65. P. Ghosh, D. R. Katti, K. S. Katti, (2007), Mineral proximity influences mechanical response of proteins

in biological mineral-protein hybrid system, Biomacromolecules, 8, 851-856. 66. R. Bhowmik, K.S. Katti, and D.R. Katti, (2007) Molecular Modeling of polyacrylic acid- hydroxyapatite

interface, Polymer, 48, 664-674.

67. R. Bhowmik K.S. Katti, D. Verma and D.R. Katti, (2007), Probing Molecular Interactions in Bone Biomaterials: Through Molecular Dynamics and Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy”, MATER. SCI.

ENG C 27(3), 352-371.

68. D. Verma, K. S. Katti, D. R. Katti, (2007), Nature of water in Nacre: a 2D FTIR spectroscopic study, SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA PART A 67 (2007) 784–788.

69. Sikdar, D., Katti, D. R., and Katti, K. S., (2006), Molecular Model for -caprolactam Based Intercalated Polymer Clay Nanocomposite: Integrating Modeling and Experiments, Langmuir, 22, 7738-7747.

70. P. Ghosh, D. R. Katti, K. S. Katti, (2006), Impact of -sheet conformations on the mechanical response of protein in biocomposites, Materials and Manufacturing Processes, 21, 676-682.

71. K. S. Katti, Phanikumar Turlapati, Devendra Verma, Praveen Kumar Gujjula, Dinesh R. Katti, (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.

72. 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.

73. B. Mohanty, K. S. Katti, D. R. Katti, (2006), “Dynamic nanomechanical properties of nacre”, Journal of

Materials Research, 21, 2045-2051.

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74. D. Verma, K. S. Katti, D. R. Katti, (2006), Bioactivity in Insitu Polycaprolactone-Hydroxyapatite

composites”, Journal of Biomedical Materials Research78A, 772-780.

75. K. S. Katti, B. Mohanty and D. R. Katti, (2006), Nanomechanical properties of nacre, Journal of Materials Research, 21,1237-1242.

76. K. S. Katti, D. Sikdar, D. R. Katti, P. Ghosh, D. Verma, (2006) Molecular Interactions In Intercalated

Organically Modified Clay In Clay-Polycaprolactam Nanocomposites: Experiments And Modeling, Polymer, 47, 403-414

77. K.S. Katti and D. R. Katti, (2006), Silica-Water Interactions In Montmorillonite Using Fourier Transform

Infrared Spectroscopy: Relationship To Swelling And Swelling Pressure, Langmuir, 22, 532-537 78. D. VERMA, K. S. KATTI, D. R. KATTI, (2006), PHOTOACOUSTIC FTIR SPECTROSCOPIC STUDY OF

UNDISTURBED NACRE FROM RED ABALONE, SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA, 64(4), 1051-1057

79. D. VERMA, K. S. KATTI, D. R. KATTI, (2006), MOLECULAR INTERACTIONS IN

HYDROXYAPATITE/POLYACRYLIC ACID /POLYCAPROLACTONE COMPOSITES: A PHOTOACOUSTIC FTIR

SPECTROSCOPY STUDY, JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL MATERIALS RESEARCH A, 77, 59-66.

80. K. S. KATTI AND D. R. KATTI, (2006), WHY IS NACRE SO STRONG AND TOUGH? INVITED PAPER: MATERIALS

SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING C, 26, (8), 1317-1324.

81. 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.

82. 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. 83. D.R. Katti, P. Ghosh, S. Schmidt and K.S. Katti, (2005) Mechanical properties of sodium

montmorillonite interlayer intercalated with amino acids, Biomacromolecules, 6, 3276-3282. 84. K.S. Katti, D.R. Katti, J. Tang and M. Sarikaya, Modeling Mechanical Responses In A Laminated

Biocomposite, Part II, Nonlinear Responses And Nuances Of Nanostructure, Journal of Materials Science 40, pp 1749-1755 (2005).

85. 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.

86. K.S. Katti, D.R. Katti, S. M. Pradhan, A. P. Bhosle, (2005), Platelet interlocks are the key to toughness

and strength in nacre, Journal of Materials Research 20 (5) 1097-1100.

87. K. S. Katti, (2004), Biomaterials in total hip replacement, Colloids and Interfaces B. Invited paper. 39, 133-142.

88. Katti, D. R., Pradhan, S. and Katti, K. S., (2004), Modeling The Organic-Inorganic Interfacial Nanoasperities In A Model Bio-Nanocomposite, Nacre, Reviews on Advanced Materials Science 6 pp. 162-168.

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89. 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.

90. 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.

91. D.R. Katti, K.S. Katti, J. Sopp, and M. Sarikaya, (2001), 3D Finite Element Modeling of Mechanical Response in Nacre-Based Hybrid Nanocomposites, J. Theo. Comp. Poly. Sci. 11 (5), pp. 397-404.

92. D.R. Katti, and K.S. Katti, (2001), Modeling Microarchitecture and Mechanical Behavior of Nacre Using 3D Finite Element Techniques, Part I: Elastic Properties, J. Mater. Sci., 36(6), 1411-1417.

93. 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.

94. 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.

95. 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, K.S. Katti and L. Srinivasamurthy, Molecular modeling of onset of swelling in expansive clays, IACMAG Conference, Kyoto 2014, Japan.

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

3. 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.

4. 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.

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

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

7. 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.

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8. 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.

9. 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.

10. 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.

11. 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”

12. 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, 4th BIOT conference, Columbia University, NY, NY.

13. 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

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

15. 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.

16. 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.

17. 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.

18. 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

19. 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.

20. 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.

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21. 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.

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

23. 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)

24. 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)

25. 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)

26. 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

27. P. Ghosh, D. R. Katti, K. S. Katti, “Influence of Protein Structures on Mechanical Response”, Proc.

Materials Research Society Vol 844. (2005)

28. 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.

29. 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.

30. 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.

31. 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.

32. 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.

33. 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.

34. 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.

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35. 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

36. 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

37. 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. 6th World Congress on Computational Mechanics, Beijing, China, (Keynote Lecture).

38. Katti, D.R., Ghosh, P., and Katti,K.S., (2004) Characteristics Of Montmorillonite Clay Amino Acid

Interfaces: Evaluation Using Molecular Dynamics Simulations, 17th ASCE Engineering Mechanics Conference, Delaware.

39. 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.

40. 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.

41. 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.

42. 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.

43. 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)

44. 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. 45. 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.

46. 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.

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

48. 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

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Systems, Materials Research Society Symposium – Proceedings, 704, Pages 257-262.

49. 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.

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

51. Katti, D.R. and Shanmughasundaram, V.,(2001), Evolution of Microstructure During Swelling in

Expansive Clays, Proc. 10th. Conference – International Association for Computer Methods and Advances in Geomechanics, Tucson.

52. 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. 10th. Conference – International Association for Computer Methods and Advances in Geomechanics, Tucson.

53. 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.

54. 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.

55. 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.

56. 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.

57. 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.

58. 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.

59. 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.

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

61. 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.

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62. 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.

63. 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.

64. 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.

65. 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.

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

67. 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.

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

69. 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. 70. 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.

71. 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.

72. 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.

73. 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.

74. 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.

75. 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.

76. Katti ,D.R., Katti ,R.K.,(1985), Computer Aided Approach to Soil Mechanics Laboratory using Micro

Computer, EPMESC International Conference, Macau.

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77. 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.

78. 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.

79. 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.

80. 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.

81. 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.

82. 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) 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 2014

Distinguished lecture at University of Minnesota, Duluth, 2014, Molecular Interactions Influence Swelling,

Barrier, and Mechanical Properties of Swelling Clays: A Multiscale Modeling and Experimental Investigation

2013

Guest Speaker (2013) : Warren Lecture, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN “Mechanics of Nanomaterials:

The Pivotal Role of Molecular Interactions”

Invited talk, MRS fall 2013 meeting Boston MA

Invited talk EMI 2013

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2012

Plenary Keynote Lecture at Engineering Mechanics Institute, June 2012

Invited talk: BIOMED 2012, Innsbruck, Austria

Plenary Keynote Lecture, BIOMED 2012, Innsbruck, Austria

Invited talk EMI 2012

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

Invited talk: World Congress on Computational Mechanics 2008, Venice Italy

Invited talk: American Ceramic Society Annual Meeting 2008 Daytona Florida

Invited talk: The 12th 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.

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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 :. 6th 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 für Angewandte Mathematik und Mechanik”, Padua, Italy

SESSION CHAIR

EUROMAT 2011

EMI 2013,2012, 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

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

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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 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.

Dr. Dinesh R. Katti

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

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

Dr. Dinesh R. Katti

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)

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)

Dr. Dinesh R. Katti

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, 2013, 2014 (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: 5th Biot Conference, 2013, Vienna, Austria.

Organizing Chair: Symposium in BIOT-5 : New Frontiers in Mechanics of Cohesive Soils

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:

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

Dr. Dinesh R. Katti

13. ASME Journal of Engineering Materials Technology

Reviewer: Conference papers for many conferences.

PROFESSIONAL/COMMUNITY Presentation: Why are Properties of Nanomaterials so Unique?, KLJ-Engineers, 2013

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

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

Dr. Dinesh R. Katti

SELECTED RESEARCH GRANTS (TEACHING/ADMINISTRATIVE/GRADUATE

STUDENT/COMPUTATIONAL SUPPORT GRANTS NOT INCLUDED)

Title Amount Agency

Reliable Prediction of Shear Strength of

Swelling Clays

$200,000

+$200,000

matching

Mountain plains consortium

An innovative approach to heal nonunion bone

defects in humans $100,000

ND Department of

Commerce

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

Life-cycle Approaches to Understand the

Interactions between Crops and Engineered

Nanoparticles at Molecular Level $500,000

USDA

Multiscale Modeling and Characterization of

Barrier Coatings for Flexible Electronics $810,000

NSF-EPSCoR

Unlocking “oil” from Oil Shales $150,000

DoE/VPRCTT

Dr. Dinesh R. Katti

Modeling Effect of Molecular Interactions on

Evolution of Microstructure and Swelling and

Swelling Pressure Responses in

Montmorillonite Expansive Clays $209,922


Equipment for Cell Culture Laboratory EPSCoR $18,158

ND EPSCoR

Cell Culture Laboratory EPSCoR $55,150

ND EPSCoR

Investigation of stripping in MN class 7 (RAP) as

base materials

$81,656 MN-Department of

Transportation

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


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


Acquisition of Scanning Probe Microscopy and

Nanoindentation Instrumentation for

Nanomaterials and Biomaterials Research and

Education

$220,000

with

$150,000

from NSF

and


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$70,000

from NDSU

Simulation Based Materials Design of

Biomimetic Nanocomposites

$252,500 National Science Foundation

Evaluation and Modeling of Interlayer Forces in

Montmorillonite For Development of a

Particulate Based Model For Swelling Clays

$41,313 National Science Foundation

Acquisition of Dynamic Mechanical Material Test

System

$97,463 ND EPSCoR

Selection of Cost Effective Non-Flammable Pipe

Liners

$10,500 ND-DoT

Materials for Dowel Bar Retrofit in Pavements $50,000 ND-DoT

Simulation Based Design of Nanocomposites $12,000 ND EPSCoR

Response of Loading Rate on Soils – Doc.

Dissertation

$24,000 ND EPSCoR

Structure Property Relationships in Expansive

Soils

$20,000 ND EPSCoR

Effect of Strain Rate on Undrained Response of

Clays

$10,000 ND-EPSCoR

PROFESSIONAL LICENSE

Professional Engineer, State of Washington

Dr. Dinesh R. Katti

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.

Administrative Accomplishments Dr. Dinesh R. Katti CE Chair

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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 department’s 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

an equitable manner.

The proposal written by the chair for graduate presidential fellows was successful bringing in

two presidential fellows to the department.

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*The 2008 and 2009 numbers are the 3rd week registered student numbers. A number of

students working on their dissertation/research off campus may not show in this count.

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.

Dr. Dinesh R. Katti

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