I. Joga Rao

I. Joga Rao
(I. J. Rao)
Professor and Chair, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Mechanical and Industrial Engr
(973) 596-3331
203 Mechanical Engineering Center
About Me

Dr. I. Joga Rao is Professor and the Chair of the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering. He joined the MIE department in 2000 after obtaining his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Texas A&M University. Prior to that, he obtained his M.S. from the University of California, Berkeley and B.Tech from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay. His research focuses on continuum mechanics and constitutive modeling. This includes the mechanics of fluids and solids, the modeling of non-linear phenomenon observed in mechanics with an emphasis on applications in polymers, manufacturing processes and biomechanics. Specific areas of research are: Shape Memory Polymers, Multi-Physics Polymer Systems, High Temperature Materials and Growth in Biological Tissues. His research has been supported through grants from the National Science Foundation, Department of Energy and the Air Force.
Prof. Rao has received numerous awards for his teaching. He has received the College of Engineering’s Excellence in Teaching Award and NJIT’s Excellence in Teaching Award. In addition he has received the Robert Van Houten Award from the Alumni Association of NJIT. Prof. Rao has been an Air Force Summer Faculty fellow twice. He is a member of ASME, Pi Tau Sigma and SES
Education
Ph.D.; Texas A&M University; ; 1999

M.S.; University of California-Berkeley; ; 1992

B.Tech.; Indian Institute of Technology; ; 1990

Awards & Honors
2010 Robert W. Van Houten Award for Teaching Excellence 2010, NJIT Alumni Association

2009 Air Force Summer Faculty Fellow, ASEE

2008 NJIT, Excellence in Teaching Award for Upper Division Undergraduate Education, NJIT

2008 Air Force Summer Faculty Fellow, ASEE

2005 Excellence in Teaching Award, Newark College of Engieering

2023 Fall Courses
ME 792B - PRE-DOCTORAL RESEARCH

ME 726 - INDEPENDENT STUDY II

ME 701C - MASTER'S THESIS

ME 790A - DOC DISSERTATION & RES

ME 490 - MECH ENGR PROJECT A

ME 701B - MASTER'S THESIS

ME 614 - CONTINUUM MECHANICS

ME 700B - MASTER'S PROJECT

ME 725 - INDEPENDENT STUDY I

Past Courses
ME 304: FLUID MECHANICS

ME 311: THERMODYNAMICS I

ME 451: INTRO TO AERODYNAMICS

ME 614: CONTINUUM MECHANICS

ME 718: ST:

ME 718: ST:ADVANCED CONTINUUM MECHANICS

ME 794: MECHANICAL COLLOQUIUM

Conference Paper
Constitutive Modeling of Viscoelastic Photo-Adaptable Thermally Activated Shape Memory Polymers
ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2022

Journal Article
Prasad, Aayush , & Moon, Swapnil, & Rao, I. (2021). I. J. Rao Thermo-mechanical modeling of viscoelastic crystallizable shape memory polymers. International Journal of Engineering Science, 167, 30.

Moon, Swapnil, & Moon, I. , & Cui, Fangda (2019). A thermodynamic framework for the modeling of crystallizable triple shape memory polymers. International Journal of Engineering Science, 134, 30.

Cui, fangda, & Moon, Swapnil, & Rao, I. (2017). Modeling the mechanical behavior of crystallizable shape memory polymers: incorporating temperature-dependent viscoelasticity. International Journal of Advances in Engineering Sciences and Applied Mathematics, Springer, 9(1), 21-29.

Cui, Fangda, & Moon, Swapnil, & Rao, I. (2016). Modeling the Viscoelastic Behavior of Amorphous Shape Memory Polymers at an Elevated Temperature. Fluids, 1(2),

Moon, Swapnil, & Rao, I., & Chester, Shawn (2016). Triple Shape Memory Polymers: Constitutive Modeling and Numerical Simulation. Journal of Applied Mechanics, 83(7),

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Conference Abstract
Mechanical Modeling of Viscoelastic Crystallizable Two-Way Shape Memory Polymers (TWSMP)
October (4th Quarter/Autumn) 2019

THERMO-MECHANICAL MODELLING OF VISCOELASTIC MULTI-PHYSICS SHAPE MEMORY POLYMERS
16th Pan-American Congress of Applied Mechanics, May 2019

Conference Proceeding
Stimulate PRIDE* in Freshmen with Reverse Engineering”
ASEE, July (3rd Quarter/Summer) 2018

EFFECTS OF SMALL RANGE COLOR (PIGMENT) CONCENTRATION LEVELS IN COMBINATION WITH GAMMA STERILIZATION ON PLASTIC INJECTION MOLDED PARTS
in the proceedings of SPE-ANTEC, Anaheim CA, May 2017

Constitutive modeling of triple-shape crystallizable shape memory polymers within a thermodynamics framework
Society of Engineering Science 53rd Annual Technical Meeting, October 2-5, Maryland, October (4th Quarter/Autumn) 2016

Modeling the mechanics of multi-shape crystallizable shape memory polymers
Society of Engineering Science 53rd Annual Technical Meeting, October 2-5, Maryland, October (4th Quarter/Autumn) 2016

EFFECTS OF SMALL RANGE COLOR (PIGMENT) CONCENTRATION LEVELS ON PLASTIC INJECTION MOLDED PARTS
in the proceedings of SPE-ANTEC, Indianapolis, May 2016

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