Lallit Anand

Lallit Anand is the Warren and Towneley Rohsenow Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). His research focuses on solid mechanics and large deformation plasticity theory. He has received numerous awards and accolades for his significant contributions to the field of applied mechanics and mechanical engineering.

Biography Lallit Anand was born in Delhi, India on June 29, 1948. He completed his undergraduate studies in mechanical engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur in 1970. He went on to earn his doctorate degree from Brown University in 1975. That year he started work as a research scientist at the United States Steel Corporation's Mechanical Sciences Division of the Fundamental Research Laboratory, and was later promoted to senior research scientist. He served in that position until 1981. He joined the faculty in the department of mechanical engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 1982, and has worked there for over thirty six years. From 2008 to 2013, he served as the head of the Area for Mechanics. He currently holds the title of Warren and Towneley Rohsenow Professor of Mechanical Engineering. Professor Anand has mentored over 25 Ph.D. students during his years as an educator at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He was elected as a member to the National Academy of Engineering in 2018

Anand has published over 130 peer-reviewed research papers in academic journals.

Awards and honors 1992: Eric Reissner Medal, 1992 from the International Society for Computational Engineering & Sciences.

2003: Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers , 2003.

2007: Khan International Plasticity Medal, 2007 from the International Journal of Plasticity for outstanding life-long contributions to the field of Plasticity.

2011: Distinguished Alumnus Award from the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur.

2014: Symposium Honoring Professor Lallit Anand on the Occasion of his 65th Birthday at the 17th U. S. National Congress on Theoretical and Applied Mechanics at Michigan State University.

2014: Daniel C. Drucker Medal from the ASME.

2017: J. P. Den Hartog Distinguished Educator Award for excellence in teaching Mechanical Engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

2018: William Prager Medal from the Society of Engineering Science, for outstanding research contributions in Solid Mechanics.