After about 8 years of work experience in Nuclear Industry, Doctor Chandra completed his Doctor of Philosophy in Mechanical Engineering in 1986 at Texas Agricultural and Mechanical University. He finished his Mississippi from University of Houston in 1983 and Doctor of Philosophy from Texas Agricultural and Mechanical University in 1986.
From 1986 to 2006, he was at Department of Mechanical Engineering at the Florida State University. In 2006, after about 20 years as a research professor, Doctor Chandra became the Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies at University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He also served as Elmer East. Koch Professor of Engineering Mechanics at College of Engineering in University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Chandra"s research interests include materials science, mechanics of materials and structures, molecular dynamics, superplasticity, composites, and thermal properties of composites.
He is the director of the Trauma Mechanics Research Initiative and the BioMechanics and Materials Laboratory at University of Nebraska-Lincoln. His research concerns the mechanics of improvised explosive devices (IEDs) and their effects on brain tissue.
Chandra"s study of traumatic brain injury (TBI) is primarily for the United States military, a major sponsor of the research initiative. Chandra is currently advising two Doctor of Philosophy students.
G. East. H. Factors that Facilitate or Inhibit Enrollment of Domestic Engineering Doctor of Philosophy Students. A Mixed Methods Study, National Science Foundation, $149,851, Principal Investigator: North. Chandra, 9/1/2009 to 8/30/2011.
University of Nebraska-Lincoln-Army Center for Trauma Mechanics, Army Research Office, $3,261,250, Principal Investigator: North. Chandra, 9/1/2008 to 8/31/2010.
Adaptive heat sinks: alloyed copper/carbon nanofibers, Cooperation Program between Midi-Pyrenees and Aquitaine (FRANCE), € 306, 900, co-Principal Investigator: North. Chandra, 2006 to 2009 for Amelie Veillere. Heat sinks with controlled architecture and carbon nanotubes and/or nanofibers, € 657, 550, Research Foundation for aeronautics and space, co-Principal Investigator: North. Chandra, 2006 to 2009 for Guillaume Lacombe. University of Nebraska-Lincoln-Advance, National Science Foundation, $3, 181, 000, Principal Investigator: B. Couture, Company-Principal Investigator: North. Chandra, M. Holmes, J. McQuillan, Doctorate. Mandersheid, 7/01/2008 to 8/31/2013.
