Name:   Dr. Luoyi Tao Designation:   Associate Professor Office Address:   ASE 104 Department of Aerospace Engineering Indian Institute of Technology Madras Chennai, 600036 Office Hours:   Phone Number:   +91-44- 2257 4003 (Office) Email Address(es):   luoyitao@ae.iitm.ac.in Personal Home Page:   http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/~luoyitao

	Education:
	B.Tech., Turbomachinery, HUST, Wuhan, China, 1982 M.S., Engineering Thermophysics, HUST, Wuhan, China, 1985 Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, University of Pittsburgh, PA, 1992
	Professional Experience:
	Associate Professor, Department of Aerospace Engineering, IIT Madras (2006 -- present) Research Associate, Texas A & M University (1996 -- 2006)
	Areas of expertise:
	Continuum mechanics and its applications (fluids, solids, multiphase flows, etc.)
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	Research Interests:
	Foundation of continuum mechanics Turbulence modeling Elastoplasticity and nanomaterials Statistical mechanics, information and complex systems simulation Gas Dynamics
	Most recently published papers:
	Rajagopal, K. R., Tao, L. and Chen, G. Q., Some issues in constitutive modeling. Communications in Nonlinear Science & Numerical Simulation, 9, 305-312, 2004. Rajagopal, K. R. and Tao, L., On the propagation of waves through porous solids. International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics, 40, 373-380, 2004. Rajagopal, K. R. and Tao, L., On the response of non-dissipative solids. Communications in Nonlinear Science & Numerical Simulation, doi:10.1016/j.cnsns. 2006.09.010.
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	Enjoying reading poetry and books in humanities, etc. Interested in Taoism and Zen Buddhism Enjoying questioning, pondering, exploring and daydreaming