Anil Misra, PhD, PE

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Bio

Dr. Anil Misra serves as the director of the Granular Micromechanics Research Laboratory. He also serves as the Chair and Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Florida International University, Miami. He was previously the Glenn L. Parker-James L. Tyson Professor of Engineering Mechanics in the Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering Department of the University of Kansas, Lawrence, and Associate Director of KU Institute for Bioengineering Research (IBER). From 1990 to 2007 he served as a faculty member at the University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC). He received his bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India in 1985, and his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst in 1988 and 1991, respectively. His teaching portfolio includes undergraduate and graduate courses in engineering mechanics, materials engineering, computer methods and geotechnical engineering. He has a broad research interest that spans topics covering both basic and applied aspects of civil engineering, particularly engineering mechanics, materials, and geotechnical engineering.

Dr. Misra’s research has focused upon the analytical, computational and experimental micro-mechanics of granular materials. In particular, he has pioneered the granular micromechanics approach (GMA) with which he seeks to develop generalized (micromorphic) continuum model of a range of granular materials and materials with granular texture, including geomaterials, biomaterials, cement/asphalt concrete, polymers, and architectured/metamaterials. He is deeply interested in interdisciplinary research at the intersection of mechanics and material science. He has also published on soil thermal properties; soil stabilization using coal combustion products; and application of numerical methods in geotechnical design and analysis. He is continuing his work in granular micromechanics, mechanics of dental interfaces; and multi-modal material characterization using high-resolution techniques.

Dr. Misra has co-edited four books, guest edited six journal special issues, and authored more than 350 papers in journals, edited books, and conference proceedings. He has made more than 200 presentations of his research results at national and international fora. His research has been funded by a variety of sources including governmental agencies and private industry. He is active in various professional societies. He serves on a number of society technical committees, on editorial boards of major journals, and as a reviewer for journal articles and grant proposals. He has also provided consulting service to the industry on technical issues.

Education & Experience

EDUCATION

  • Ph.D. Civil Engineering, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, February 1991
  • M.S. Civil Engineering, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, February 1988
  • B.S. Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, May 1985

EXPERIENCE

  • October 30 2023 - present, Chair and Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, Florida International University, Miami.
  • September 2022 - October 2023, Glenn L. Parker-James L. Tyson Professor of Engineering Mechanics, CEAE Department, University of Kansas, Lawrence.
  • January 2008 - August 2022, Professor of Civil Engineering, CEAE Department, University of Kansas, Lawrence.
  • January 2008 - October 2023, Professor of Mechanical Engineering (by Courtesy), University of Kansas, Lawrence.
  • September 2002 - December 2007, Professor of Civil Engineering, University of Missouri-Kansas City.
  • September 1996 - August 2002, Associate Professor of Civil Engineering, University of Missouri-Kansas City.
  • January 1997 - July 1997, Consultant (on sabbatical), Grace Construction Products, W.R. Grace, Cambridge, MA.
  • September 1990 - August 1996, Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering, University of Missouri-Kansas City.
  • September 1985 - August 1990, Graduate Assistant, Civil Engineering Department, University of Massachusetts at Amherst.

Honors & Awards

  • Eugenio Beltrami Senior Scientist Prize (2017), International Research Center on Mathematics & Mechanics of Complex Systems (M&MoCS), Universita dell’Aquila, Italy, (Misra Laudatio)
  • Fellow, American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) (2013)
  • Leading Light Award, University of Kansas (2013)
  • Chair Professor, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China
  • Chair Professor, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
  • Fellow, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) (2017)
  • Fulbright Specialist (roster February 2018), Warsaw University Technology (May 2018)