Prof. Dr. Sanjay Govindjee

Profile

Academic positionFull Professor
Research fieldsMechanics,Applied Mechanics, Statics and Dynamics
Keywordssolid mechanics, mechanics of polymers, numerical mechanics, plasticity, phase-transformations
Honours and awards

2016: Horace, Dorothy, and Katherine Johnson Endowed Professor in Engineering, UC Berkeley

2015: Fellow of the US Association for Computational Mechanics

2006: Chancellor's Professor, University of California Berkeley (2006-2011)

1999: Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Fellowship

1998: National Science Foundation Career Award

1998: Zienkiewicz Medal and Prize

Current contact address

CountryUnited States of America
CityBerkeley
InstitutionUniversity of California, Berkeley
InstituteCollege of Engineering

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Christian MieheInstitut für Mechanik (Bauwesen), Universität Stuttgart, Stuttgart
Prof. Dr. Klaus HacklLehrstuhl für Allgemeine Mechanik, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Bochum
Start of initial sponsorship01/09/1999

Programme(s)

1999Humboldt Research Fellowship Programme
2018Humboldt Research Award Programme

Publications (partial selection)

2024G. Jezdan, S. Govindjee, K. Hackl: A variational approach to effective models for inelastic systems. In: International Journal of Solids and Structures, 286-287, 2024, 112567
2019S. Govindjee, M.J. Miklos, K. Hackl: A fully-relaxed variationally-consistent framework for inelastic micro-sphere models: Finite viscoelasticity. In: Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 127, 2019, 1--19
2002G. J. Hall, Sanjay Govindjee: Application of a Paritally Relaxed Shape Memory Free Energy Function to Estimate the Phase Diagram and Predict Global Microstructure Evolution. In: Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 2002, 501-530
2002Sanjay Govindjee, A. Mielke, G. J. Hall: The Free-Energy of Mixing for n-Variant Martensitic Phase Transformations using Quasi-Convex Analysis. In: Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 2002, 1897-1922
2001Sanjay Govindjee, C. Miehe: A Multi-Variant Martensitic Phase Transformation Model: Formulation and Numerical Implementation. In: Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 2001, 215-238