Ganesh Balasubramanian
Ganesh Balasubramanian
Department Chair; Lambrakis Endowed Associate Professor, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of New Haven
Elected to the Academy in 2026

Education

Jadavpur University, B.S., Mechanical Engineering; Virginia Tech, Ph.D., Engineering Mechanics

Professional Areas

Internationally recognized expert in computational engineering for high-entropy alloys and chalcogenide perovskites with significant contributions to atomistic and first-principle modeling of materials for mechanical properties, and predictive characterization for their design and manufacturing.

Citation

For outstanding technical contributions to the predictive design, discovery, and synthesis of high-entropy materials using data-enabled simulations and computational characterization of material structures, manufacturing optimization, and experimentally validated high-temperature properties.