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Degree Major Emphasis Institution Year
Ph.D. Mechanical Enginering Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge 2011
M.S. Mechanical Engineering Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge 2005
B.Tech Mechanical Engineering Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, India 2002

 

Dinesh Pinisetty joined the California State University Maritime Academy (CSUM) School of Engineering faculty in 2013 and currently serves as the Dean for the School of Engineering. He is also a Professor in the Department of Engineering Technology. After receiving a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, he worked as a Research Associate and Adjunct faculty in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at New York University.

 

 

Dinesh Pinisetty research interests include light weight composite materials, nanomaterials, and molecular dynamics simulations of biological materials.

Books and Book Chapters -

  1. N. Gupta, V. C. Shunmugasamy, and D. Pinisetty. “Reinforced polymer matrix syntactic foams: Effect of Nano and Micro-scale Reinforcement”, Springer Briefs in Materials, (2013). [https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9783319012421]
  2. D. Pinisetty and R.V. Devireddy. “Microscale thermoelectric devices for use with Biosystems”, Chapter 6, Multiscale Technologies for  Cryomedicine,  Eds.  X.  He and J. C. Bischof, World Scientific Publications, (2016). [https://doi.org/10.1142/9789814733199_0006]
  3. D. Pinisetty, V. C. Shunmugasamy, and N. Gupta. “Hollow glass microspheres in thermosets”, Chapter 6, Hollow Glass Microspheres for Plastics, Elastomers, and Adhesives Compounds, Eds. B. Yalcin and S. E. Amos, Elsevier, (2015). [https://www.elsevier.com/books/hollow-glass-microspheres-for-plastics- elastomers-and-adhesives-compounds/amos/978-1-4557-7443-2]
  4. N. Gupta, D. D. Luong, and D. Pinisetty. “Weight saving potential of metal matrix syntactic foams”, Chapter 11, Metal Matrix Syntactic Foams, Eds. N. Gupta and P.K. Rohatgi, DEStech Publications, (2015).

 

Journal Articles -

  1. R. K. Behera, D. Pinisetty, and D. D. Luong. “Modeling and Simulation of Composite Materials,” Journal of the Minerals, Metals and Materials Society (JOM), Vol. 71 (11), pp. 3949-3950 (2019).
  2. V. C. Shunmugasamy, Harish Anantharaman, D. Pinisetty and N. Gupta. “Unnotched izod impact characterization of glass hollow particle/vinyl ester syntactic foams,” Journal of Composite Materials, Vol. 49 (2), pp. 185-197 (2015).
  3. N. Gupta, S. E. Zeltmann, V. C. Shunmugasamy and D. Pinisetty. “Applications of polymer matrix syntactic foams,” Journal of the Minerals, Metals and Materials Society (JOM), Vol. 66, pp. 245-254, (2014).
  4. V. C. Shunmugasamy, D. Pinisetty and N. Gupta. “Electrical properties of hollow glass particle filled vinyl ester matrix syntactic foams,” Journal of Materials Science, Vol. 49, pp. 180-190, (2014).
  5. V. C. Shunmugasamy, D. Pinisetty and N. Gupta. “Viscoelastic properties of hollow glass particle filled vinyl ester matrix syntactic foams: effect of temperature and loading frequency,” Journal of Materials Science, Vol. 48, pp. 1685-1701, (2013).
  6. J. Lao, M. Naghdi, D. Pinisetty and N. Gupta. “Molecular dynamics simulation of FCC metallic nanowires-A Review,” Journal of the Minerals, Metals and Materials Society (JOM), Vol. 65, pp. 175-184, (2013)
  7. N. Gupta and D. Pinisetty. “A review of thermal conductivity of polymer matrix syntactic foams-Effect of hollow particle wall thickness and volume fraction,” Journal of the Minerals, Metals and Materials Society, Vol. 65, pp. 235-245, (2013).
  8. Kun-Lin Lee, Michael Sobieraj, Marta Baldassarri, Nikhil Gupta, D.  Pinisetty, Nick Tovar and Paulo G. Coelho. “The effects of loading conditions and specimen environment on the nanomechanical response of canine cortical bone,” Materials Science Engineering C, Vol. 33, pp. 4582-4586, (2013).

 

Courses taught at Cal Maritime:

ET 340: Fluid Mechanics

ET 340L: Fluid Mechanics Lab

ET 344: Thermodynamics

ET 330: Dynamics

ET 232: Statics

ET 250: Electrical Circuits

ET 332: Strength of Materials

 

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