Ramesh Babu Jangala

Ramesh Babu Jangala (Jay)

Assistant Professor

Email: jay.jangala@ou.edu
Phone: (405) 325-6797
Office: Engineering Lab 126
Office Hours: M/W 11:00am-12:00pm and
T/R 2:00pm-3:00pm

Education
Ph.D., Aerospace Engineering (2023)
Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India
M.Tech, Aerospace Engineering (2017)
Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India
B.Tech, Aeronautical Engineering (2014)
Malla Reddy College of Engineering and Technology

Research Focus

Computational mechanics
Corrosion-fatigue in structural systems
Fatigue and fracture modeling
Short-crack growth
Nonlocal theories (peridynamics)
Surrogate modeling for materials behavior
Additive manufacturing metals
Uncertainty quantification
Digital twin frameworks.

Experience and Awards

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Vanderbilt University (2023-2025)
Project Associate, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur (2017-2017)
Project Scientist, Aeronautical Development Agency, Bangalore (2014-2015)

Recipient of the A. K. Rao Medal for outstanding doctoral research, Department of Aerospace Engineering, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore, 2025
Academic Excellence Award for exceptional performance, Department of Aerospace Engineering, IIT Kanpur, India, 2015
Best Academician Gold Medal for outstanding performance, Department of Aeronautical Engineering, MRCET, JNTUH, India, 2014

Teaching Interests

Statics, Dynamics, and Vibrations
Mechanics of Materials (Solid Mechanics)
Aerospace Structural Analysis
Computational Mechanics
Fracture Mechanics
Finite Element Methods
Advanced Simulation Methodologies in Fracture and Materials Engineering (including Cellular Automata, FEM, XFEM, Phase-field Modeling, and Peridynamics)

Recent Publications

Synergistic Approach: Peridynamics and Machine Learning Regression for Efficient Pitting Corrosion Simulation, Ramesh Babu Jangala, S. Gopalakrishnan, Computers and Structures (Manuscript Number:CAS‑D‑24‑00888, under review) ()
Probabilistic prediction of external corrosion fatigue life in buried steel pipelines, Ramesh Babu Jangala, M. Pranav Karvea, Sankaran Mahadevan, International Journal of Pressure Vessels and Piping (Manuscript under preparation) ()
Thermal diffusion in discontinuous media: A hybrid peridynamics‑based machine learning model, Ramesh Babu Jangala, S. Gopalakrishnan, Computers and Structures 290 (Jan. 2024). 2024
Modelling fatigue‑assisted pitting in pipeline steel with PCA‑XFEM, Ramesh Babu Jangala, S. Gopalakrishnan, O.O. Fatoba a, R. Leiva‑Garcia, Robert Akid, Corrosion Science 228 (Mar. 2024). 2024

Additional Links

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0695-6391
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ramesh-jay-jangala-19106271/
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=Lymi6PQAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=sra