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Dr. Sharma specializes in continuum mechanics, constitutive modeling, finite element analysis, and failure analysis of engineering materials and structures. He has applied his expertise to the stress and life analysis of aviation engine components, solid state lighting products, medical devices, and consumer electronics. Since he joined Exponent in September 2011, Dr. Sharma has applied his skills to stress and deformation analysis of consumer electronics and medical devices, constitutive modeling of geomechanical materials, and stress analysis of flywheels. Prior to joining Exponent, Dr. Sharma worked as Mechanical Engineer in General Electric Global Research, where he contributed to the life analysis of aviation engine components, and also contributed to the design and reliability assessment of actively cooled solid state lighting products under a program funded by the Department of Energy. In his doctoral dissertation, Dr. Sharma investigated toughening mechanisms in micro-layered and particulate polymeric composites. As part of his dissertation, he developed constitutive models and implemented them within a finite element framework by writing user material subroutines for several polymeric materials.
Song BM, Han B, Bar-Cohen A, Arik M, Sharma R, Weaver S. Life prediction of LED-based recess downlight cooled by synthetic jet. Microelectronics Reliability, May 2011, in press. Song BM, Han B, Bar-Cohen A, Sharma R, Arik M. Hierarchical life prediction model for actively cooled LED-based luminaire. IEEE-Components and Packaging Technologies 2010; 33(4):728–737. Arik M, Sharma R, Jackson J, Prabhakaran S, Seeley C, Utturkar Y, Weaver S, Kuenzler G, Han B. Development of a high-lumen solid state down light application. IEEE-Components and Packaging Technologies 2010; 33(4):668–679. Sharma R, Socrate S. Micromechanics of uniaxial tensile deformation and failure in high impact polystyrene (HIPS). Polymer 2009; 50:3386–3395. Sharma R, Boyce MC, Socrate S. Micromechanics of toughening in ductile/brittle polymeric microlaminates: Effect of volume fraction. International Journal of Solids and Structures 2008; 45(7–8):2173–2202. Sharma P, Sharma R. On the Eshelby’s inclusion problem for ellipsoids with non-uniform dilatational Gaussian and exponential eigenstrains. Journal of Applied Mechanics 2003; 70(3): 418–425.
Conference ProceedingLi R, Sharma R, Arik M. Energy conversion efficiency of synthetic jets. Proceedings, ASME 2011 Pacific Rim Technical Conference and Exhibition on Packaging and Integration of Electronic and Photonic Systems (InterPACK2011), 2011, pp. 115–122. Song BM, Han B, Bar-Cohen A, Sharma R, Arik M. Hierarchical reliability model for life prediction of actively cooled LED-based luminaire. MEMS and Nanotechnology, Volume 4, Conference Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Mechanics Series, 2011, Volume 999999, pp. 189–190. Sharma R, Boyce MC, Socrate S. Modeling ductile/brittle behavior in polymeric microlaminates: Effect of volume fraction. Processing-Structure-Mechanical Property Relations in Composite Materials. Thilly L, Moody NR, Misra A, Anderson PM, Kumar M (eds), Mater. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. 977E, Warrendale, PA, 2007), 0977-FF11-06, 2006.
BooksSharma R, Bansal D, Srinivasan P, Pecht M. Electronics Industry of India. CALCE-EPSC Press, University of Maryland College Park MD 20742 [ISBN 0-9707174-0-7], 2001.
- Mechanical Engineer, Lifing Technologies, General Electric Global Research, 2006–2011
- Graduate Research/Teaching Assistant, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2000–2006
- Graduate Research Assistant, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1998–2000
- American Society of Mechanical Engineers (member)
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- Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), 2006
- M.S., Mechanical Engineering, University of Maryland, 2000
- B.E., Mechanical Engineering, Birla Institute of Technology and Science, India, 1998
- Six Sigma Green Belt Certification, 2007
Patent US 12/908948: Lighting System With Thermal Management System Having Point Contact Synthetic Jets, April 2012.
Arik M, Weaver S, Kuenzler G, Wolfe C, Sharma R.Patent US 2012/0051058: Thermal Management Systems for Solid State Lighting and Other Electronic Systems, March 2012. Sharma R, Weaver S, Kuenzler G, Arik M, Allen G, Nall J.
Patent US 2011/0204790: Lighting System with Thermal Management System, August 2011. Arik M, Weaver S, Stecher T, Seeley C, Kuenzler G, Wolfe C, Utturkar Y, Sharma R, Prabhakaran S, Icoz T. [International patent WO/2011/106069, September 2011].
Patent US 2011/0162823: Method and Apparatus for Removing Heat from Electronic Devices Using Synthetic Jets, July 2011. Sharma R, Weaver S, Seeley C, Arik M, Icoz T, Wolfe C, Utturkar Y. [International patent WO/2011/084203, July 2011].
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