Devendra Patil

Devendra Patil (M’14) received the Ph.D. degree from the Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Houston, in 2014. He is currently a Post-Doctoral Researcher with the Smart Material and Structures Laboratory, University of Houston. He has participated and lead related research funded by National Science Foundation, Department of Energy, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and other industries in the U.S. He has expertise in smart materials and structures, controls, and structural health monitoring. He is a member of ASME, ISA, SPE, and Sigma Xi (professional scientific research society). He is a Co-Inventor of four issued, five pending, and four in-progress U.S. patents. He has been featured in an educational video interview “Impact of Materials on Society-Building Materials about Materials Science and Engineering,” developed through a partnership with the faculty at the University of Florida, the Materials Research Society, and the Department of Defense.