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Homepage: Amuthan A. Ramabathiran

I'm a part-time faculty in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at California State University Northridge (CSUN) for the Spring 2024 semester. I'm on extended leave from Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IITB) where I'm an Assistant Professor in the Department of Aerospace Engineering, and an associated faculty with the Center for Machine Intelligence and Data Science (C-MInDS).

I'm broadly interested in understanding, modeling and simulating the mechanics and thermodynamics of solids, at both the atomic and continuum scales. I also work on certain topics in Machine Learning to the extent that they are relevant for science. You can find more information about my research and teaching activities at IIT Bombay, and about the people in my research group, in the following pages. The blog section contains informal and quick thoughts on both my research and topics that I find interesting.

Contact

E-mail: amuthan-arunkumar.ramabathiran _at_ csun.edu, amuthan _at_ aero.iitb.ac.in

Academic Background

Years Degree/Position Affiliation
2024-Present Part-time Faculty (Mechanical Engineering) California State University Northridge
2018-2023 Assistant Professor (Aerospace Engineering) IIT Bombay
2014-2017 Post-doctoral researcher California Institute of Technology
2012-2013 Post-doctoral researcher Ecole Centrale de Nantes
2006-2012 Ph.D. (Aerospace Engineering) Indian Institute of Science
2001-2006 B.Tech/M.Tech Dual Degree (Aerospace Engineering) IIT Madras

About me

I grew up in the small town of Pondicherry in the southern part of India. I love learning and playing with new ideas in mathematics, physics, and scientific computing. Outside academic research, I enjoy listening to Carnatic music (the classical music of south India), and occassionally play it on the fretless electric guitar. I also like hanging out with animals, especially dogs and cats. I currently have two beautiful cats that my wife and I adopted from Cat Cafe Studio in Versova (Mumbai, India). I have been living in Los Angeles since September 2023, and my cats have also happily relocated to La La Land!