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Prof. Prabhu Rajagopal

Dean - School of Engg. & Science

Director-in-Charge

director@iitmz.ac.in

prajagopal@iitmz.ac.in

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Educational Qualifications

PhD 2007

Ultrasonic Non-Destructive Evaluation

Imperial College London

Dual Degree 2003

Mechanical Engineering

IIT Madras

Awards

  • Elected Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE)

    Foremost forum for Engineers in India

  • Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award

    India’s highest award for mid-career scientists (2024)

  • Honorary Fellow

    Indian Society for Non-Destructive Testing (2024)

  • Swarnajayanti Fellowship (Govt. of India, 2020)

    Highest national recognition for scientists <40

Research Interests

Automation & Data Management with applications in Engineering, Biomedicine and e-Governance

Selected Papers

2025

Edge detection for dimensional characterization in AI-enhanced gamma tomography of reinforced concrete

WM Kairu

R Outayad

SW Mumenya

K Njoroge

P Rajagopal

Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, 1-7

2025

Enhanced structural evaluation of reinforced concrete using first generation gamma computed tomography and super-resolution imaging

WM Kairu

SW Mumenya

KD Njoroge

P Rajagopal

NDT & E International 154, 103387

2025

Labyrinthine type acoustic metamaterial with micro-slit wave entry of varying cross section for low frequency and broadband sound absorption

VP Ramachandran

P Rajagopal

Journal of Applied Physics 137 (23)

2025

Defect identification using sampling and outlier analysis in passive guided wave structural health monitoring

RK Pandit

A Khan

K Balasubramaniam

B Srinivasan

P Rajagopal

Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures 36 (8), 543-560

2025

Quantum machine learning for recognition of defects in ultrasonic imaging

A Dubey

T Gantala

A Ray

A Prabhakar

P Rajagopal

NDT & E International 150, 103262

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