Postdoctoral Scholar
Email: naresh@usc.edu
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Chemical Engineering & Materials Science
VHE 416
3651 Watt Way
University of Southern California,
Los Angeles, CA 90089
Research Interest
+ Design, Manufacturing, and Characterization of synthetic and bio-composites
+ Fracture Mechanics of composites
+ Additive manufacturing of composites
+ Non-destructive testing of composites
+ Viscoelastic modeling of composites
Publications (Selected)
+ Senthilrajan S, Venkateshwaran N, Naresh K, Parametric Study of different Fiber Parameters and their Influence on Acoustics and Vibration Behavior of Jute Fiber/Polyester resin Composites, Journal of natural fibers, pp.1-13, June 2022.
+ Naresh K, Khan KA, Cantwell WJ, Umer R, Rate and temperature dependent compaction-creep-recovery and void analysis of compression molded prepregs, Compos Part B Eng, 235, pp. 109757, April 2022. DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesb.2022.109757.
+ Alahmed N, Naresh K, Khan KA, Cantwell WJ, Umer R, In-situ X-ray computed tomography characterization of compaction-creep-recovery response and statistical void analysis of carbon/epoxy prepregs, Compos. Commun., 31, pp. 101117, April 2022. DOI: 10.1016/j.coco.2022.101117.
+ Naresh K, Cantwell WJ, Khan KA, Umer R, Single and Multi-layer Core Designs for Pseudo-Ductile Failure in Honeycomb Sandwich Structures, Composite Structures, 256, pp. 113059, January, 2021. DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruct.2020.113059.
Education
+ M.S. and Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, India
Awards
+ Best Research Paper award 2021, “High strain rate studies for different laminate configurations of bi-directional glass/epoxy and carbon/epoxy composites using DIC” Structures, Volume 27, pp. 2451-2465
Positions
+ August 2022- Present: Postdoctoral Scholar, Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Southern California
+ October 2021- August 2022: Postdoctoral Scholar, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of California, Irvine
+ March 2019- October 2021: Research Staff/Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Aerospace Engineering, Khalifa University of Science and Technology, Abu Dhabi, U.A.E.