Yashashree Kulkarni
Bill D. Cook Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Director of Research Computing
ykulkarni@uh.edu
University of Houston
Education
Ph.D., Applied Mechanics, 2007
Division of Engineering and Applied Science, California Institute of Technology
M.S., Applied Mechanics, 2002
Division of Engineering and Applied Science, California Institute of Technology
B.Tech., Civil Engineering, 2001
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India
Academic Positions
Director of Research Computing, 2019 - present
Cullen College of Engineering, University of Houston
Professor, 2020 - present
Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Houston
Associate Professor, 2015 - 2020
Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Houston
Assistant Professor, 2009 - 2015
Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Houston
Postdoctoral Researcher, 2007 - 2009
Department of Structural Engineering, University of California San Diego
Awards and Honors
- ASME Fellow, 2022
- Associate Editor, ASME Journal of Applied Mechanics, 2018-2024.
- Young Observer, US National Committee on Theoretial and Applied Mechanics, 2022.
- Diversity Advocate, Applied Mechanics Reviews, 2021-2022.
- Bill D. Cook Professorship, Mechanical Engineering, UH, 2020 - present.
- Sia Nemat-Nasser Early Career Award, ASME, 2017.
- Elected board member of the Society of Engineering Science (2018-2021).
- W. T. Kittinger Teaching Excellence Award, Cullen College of Engineering, UH, 2016.
- Junior Faculty Research Excellence Award, Cullen College of Engineering, UH, 2014.
- Larry Witte Faculty Fellowship, Mechanical Engineering, UH, 2014.
- Bill D. Cook Professorship, Mechanical Engineering, UH, 2012 - 2017.
- Outstanding Teacher Award, Cullen College of Engineering, UH, 2012.
- DARPA Young Faculty Award, 2010.
- Charles D. Babcock Teaching Assistant Award, Caltech, 2005.
- Robert T. Knapp fellowship, Caltech, 2001 - 2002.
- Institute Silver Medal, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, 2001.