!!!Vikram Deshpande \\ %%(float:left;margin-left:20px;margin-right:30px;) [{Image src='Deshpande_Vikram.jpg' alt='Vikram Deshpande' height='220'}] %% [{AcadMemberDataPlugin}] \\ \\ \\ \\ \\ __Present and Previous Positions__ * 2010 - present Professor, Dept. of Engineering, University of Cambridge, UK * 2009 - 2017 Visiting Professor, Mech. Engg., Technical University of Eindhoven, The Netherlands * 2008 - 2010 Reader, Dept. of Engineering, University of Cambridge, UK * 2007 - 2008 Assoc. Professor, Mech. Engg., University of California, Santa Barbara, USA * 2004 - 2008 Senior Lecturer, Dept. of Engineering, University of Cambridge, UK * 2003 - 2004 Lecturer, Dept. of Engineering, University of Cambridge, UK * 2000 - 2001 Visiting Professor, Brown University, USA and Lindemann Trust Fellow * 2000 - 2003 Assistant Lecturer, Dept. of Engineering, University of Cambridge, UK * 1999 - 2000 Maudslay Research Fellow, Pembroke College, Cambridge, UK * 1997 - 1999 Research Associate, Dept. of Engineering, University of Cambridge, UK \\ __Fields of Scholarship__ [{AcadMemberFOScholarshipPlugin}] \\ __Honours and Awards__ *2024 Zdeněk P. Bažant Medal for Failure and Damage Prevention, American Society of Civil Engineers *2023 Fellow, Royal Academy of Engineering, UK *2023 International Member US National Academy of Engineering *2022 Warner T. Koiter Medal, American Society of Mechanical Engineers *2022 European Research Council (ERC) Advanced Grant *2022 William Prager Medal, Society of Engineering Science *2022 Fellow, Euromech *2021 Gili Agostinelli Prize for pure or applied mechanics or classical mathematical physics awarded by Accademia delle Scienze, Torino, Italy *2021 Distinguished Alumnus Award, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (IITB) *2020 Fellow, Royal Society of London *2020 Rodney Hill Prize in Solid Mechanics *2020 Fellow, Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining *2018 Sir William Hopkins Prize in Mathematical and Physical Sciences *2017 Werner Koester Award. Presented by the German Society of Materials Science (DGM) for the best paper published in the International Journal of Materials Research *2003 Philip Leverhulme Prize. Awarded by the Leverhulme Trust to researchers whose work has had an international impact at an early stage of their careers *2000 - 2001 Lindemann Research Fellowship. Awarded by the English-Speaking Union to conduct research at Brown University, USA *1999 - 2000 Maudslay Research Fellowship: Pembroke College, Cambridge \\ %%columns-900 %%coolborders-140-70 [{Image src='User/paper_content_pencil_48.png' width='48px' class='image_left'}] [Curriculum Vitae |User/Deshpande_Vikram/CV] %% ---- %%coolborders-140-70 [{Image src='User/book_48.png' class='image_left'}] [Publication list|User/Deshpande_Vikram/Publications] %% ---- %%coolborders-140-70 [{Image src='User/camera_noflash_48.png' width='48px' class='image_left'}] [Highlights of my work and anecdotes|User/Deshpande_Vikram/Highlight] %% ---- %%coolborders-140-70 [{Image src='User/database_48.png' class='image_left'}] [Other information|User/Deshpande_Vikram/OtherInformation] %% %% [{ALLOW view All}][{ALLOW edit vdeshpande}][{ALLOW upload vdeshpande}][{ALLOW comment All}]