{"id":80,"date":"2017-04-24T16:58:33","date_gmt":"2017-04-24T21:58:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ykulkarni.me.uh.edu\/?page_id=80"},"modified":"2025-05-20T09:40:16","modified_gmt":"2025-05-20T14:40:16","slug":"biography","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ykulkarni.me.uh.edu\/?page_id=80","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"
Yashashree Kulkarni<\/strong>\"\"<\/a><\/h5>\n

Bill D. Cook Professor
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
<\/strong>Director of Research Computing
<\/strong>ykulkarni@uh.edu
University of Houston<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Education\u00a0<\/strong><\/h5>\n

Ph.D., Applied Mechanics, 2007
<\/strong>Division of Engineering and Applied Science, California Institute of Technology<\/p>\n

M.S., Applied Mechanics, 2002
<\/strong>Division of Engineering and Applied Science, California Institute of Technology<\/p>\n

B.Tech., Civil Engineering, 2001
<\/strong>Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India<\/p>\n

Academic Positions<\/strong><\/h5>\n

Director of Research Computing, 2019 - present
<\/strong>Cullen College of Engineering, University of Houston<\/p>\n

Professor, 2020 - present
<\/strong>Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Houston<\/p>\n

Associate Professor, 2015 - 2020
<\/strong>Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Houston<\/p>\n

Assistant Professor, 2009 - 2015
<\/strong>Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Houston<\/p>\n

Postdoctoral Researcher, 2007 - 2009
<\/strong>Department of Structural Engineering, University of California San Diego<\/p>\n

Awards and Honors<\/strong><\/h5>\n