MECHE PEOPLE: Rohan Abeyaratne | MIT Department of Mechanical Engineering

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Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139

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Education

2014, Keynote Lecture, 11th International Congress on Advances in Civil Engineering, Istanbul, Turkey
2010, Drucker Medal, ASME
2007 - 2008, President, American Academy of Mechanics
2001, Quentin Berg Professorship
2000, MacVicar Faculty Fellow
1998, Fellow, ASME
1995, Den Hartog Distinguished Educator Award
2003 - 2004 - Midwest Mechanics Lecturer
2002 - Southwest Mechanics Lecturer

2018 - Editorial Board, Journal of Peridynamics and Nonlocal Mechanics
2011 - Editorial Board, Acta Mechanica Sinica
2005 - 2011 Associate Editor, Continuum Mechanics and Thermodynamics
2005 - Editorial Board, International Journal of Solids and Structures
1995 - Editorial Board, Journal of Mathematics and Mechanics of Solids
1991 - 1996 Editorial Board, ASME Journal of Applied Mechanics
1989 - Editorial Board, International Journal of Mechanical Engineering Education
2010 - co-Chair, Scientific Advisory Board on Education, Mechanics Department, Tsinghua University
2007 - Chair, Visiting Committee, Georgia Tech, Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering
2005 - Scientific Advisory Board, Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in Sciences, Leipzig, Germany
2003 - Member, U.S. National Committee on Theoretical and Applied Mechanics
2003 - External Review Committee, John's Hopkins University: School of Engineering
2001 - Visiting Committee, Cornell University, Department of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics

2009 - 2013 - CEO & Director, Singapore MIT Alliance for Research & Technology (SMART) Centre
2008 - 2009 - co-Director, Singapore MIT Alliance for Research & Technology (SMART) Centre
2001 - 2008 - Head of Department, MIT Mechanical Engineering
1996 - 2001 - Associate Head of Department, MIT Mechanical Engineering