Biography Ph.D., University of Michigan, 2008.
M.S., Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, 2001.
B.S.C.E., Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee,1998.

Worked as an Engineer in the Risk Management Group with RMSI, India, from 2001 to 2003 on development of stochastic models for assessment of risk due to natural hazards such as earthquakes, and floods.

Research Interests Professor Khandelwal is interested in how infrastructural systems (e.g., buildings, bridges) behave under extreme loading conditions. These conditions may be man-made or generated by natural hazards, such as seismic excitation, impact and blast. He is currently investigating how to utilize new materials and technologies together with multi-scale structural optimization methods to create innovative structural systems that mitigate effects of extreme loading. Much of his research is focused on the computational and theoretical aspects of structural engineering, with particular emphasis on multiscale computational simulations including finite element methods, structural optimization, constitutive modeling, damage-plasticity formulations, nonlinear solution strategies and advanced visualization techniques.

Recent Papers Tovar, A. and K. Khandelwal (2010). "Control-based topology optimization and applications to linear and nonlinear compliance problems." Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization (Submitted).

Khandelwal, K. and S. El-Tawil (2010). "Pushdown Resistance as a Measure of Robustness in Progressive Collapse Analysis " Engineering Structures (Submitted).

Khandelwal, K., El-Tawil. S., and Sadek, F. (2009). "Progressive Collapse Analysis of Seismically Designed Steel Braced Frames." Journal of Constructional Steel Research, Vol. 65, No. 3, 699-708.

Khandelwal, K., S. El-Tawil, et al. (2008). "Macromodel-Based Simulation of Progressive Collapse: Steel Frame Structures." Journal of Structural Engineering 134(7): 1070-1078.

Khandelwal, K. and S. El-Tawil (2007). "Collapse Behavior of Steel Special Moment Resisting Frame Connections." Journal of Structural Engineering 133(5): 646-655.

Chao, S.-H., K. Khandelwal, et al. (2006). "Ductile Web Fracture Initiation in Steel Shear Links." Journal of Structural Engineering 132(8): 1192-1200.

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