Seetha Raghavan

Professor, Aerospace Engineering Program Coordinator

Email: seetha.raghavan@ucf.edu
Phone: 407-823-1737
Office: ENG I, Room 407

Office Hours: Tuesdays and Thursdays, 3-6 p.m.

Seetha Raghavan is an professor at UCF with research interests in aerospace structures and materials. She holds a doctoral degree in aeronautics and astronautics from Purdue University, a master's degree in aerospace engineering from ISAE-SUPAERO in France and a B.S in Mechanical Engineering from Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. She has seven years of experience in the aerospace industry where she was a senior engineer involved in aircraft structural analysis, aircraft maintenance, repair and modifications, as well as research and development in nondestructive structural testing.

As a UCF faculty member since 2008, Raghavan works with her students to engineer materials as sensors to monitor structural integrity and capture the mechanics of high temperature materials for jet engine turbine blades, high speed and re-entry vehicles. She develops innovative characterization techniques that lead to experimental discoveries — from the fundamentals of load transfer with nanoparticle reinforcements to “seeing” strains evolve in high temperature coatings and materials under extreme operating conditions — the outcomes will engineer materials and structures that lead to game-changing technology in aeronautics and space.

Mechanics of aerospace structures and materials
Piezo-spectroscopy
Thermal barrier coatings
Spectral analysis methods using genetic algorithims
In-situ strain measurements using synchrotron radiation
High temperature materials for jet engines
High-speed and re-entry vehicles
Sensing materials for structural integrity
Non-destructive evaluation

Albert Manero II, Kevin Knipe, Janine Wischek, Carla Meid, John Okasinski, Jonathan Almer, Anette M. Karlsson, *Marion Bartsch, and *Seetha Raghavan, “Capturing the Competing Influence of Thermal and Mechanical Loads on the Strain of Turbine Blade Coatings via High Energy X-Rays,” Coatings, 320, Vol. 8, issue 9, 2018
Alex Selimov, +Sanjida Akter Jahan, #Eric Barker, Peter Dackus, Declan Carolan, Ambrose Taylor, and Seetha Raghavan*, “Silane functionalization effects on dispersion of alumina nanoparticles in hybrid carbon fiber composites,” Appl. Opt. 57, 6671-6678 (2018)
Albert Manero II , Alex Selimov, Quentin Fouliard, Kevin Knipe, Janine Wischek, Carla Meid, Anette M. Karlsson, Marion Bartsch, Seetha Raghavan, Piezospectroscopic evaluation and damage identification for thermal barrier coatings subjected to simulated engine environments” Surface & Coatings Technology, 323, 30-38, 2016
Imad Hanhan, Alex Selimov, Declan Carolan, Ambrose Taylor, Seetha Raghavan, “Quantifying Alumina Nanoparticle Dispersion in Hybrid Carbon Fiber Composites Using Photoluminescent Spectroscopy”, Applied Spectroscopy, January 1, 2016.
Gregory Freihofer, Axel Schülzgen, Seetha Raghavan, “Damage Mapping of Composites with a Degrading Elastic Modulus”, NDT & E International, Vol. 75, 65-71, October 2015.

College of Engineering and Computer Science Office of Diversity and Inclusion's Appreciation Award, 2017
Life@UCF Award for UCF Women Excelling at Helping UCF, 2016
UCF Reach for the Stars Award, 2016
International Research and Collaboration Award, University of Sydney, 2015
College of Engineering Excellence in Research Award, 2014
College of Engineering Teaching Incentive Program Award, 2013
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Associate Fellow, 2013
Lockheed Martin Faculty Fellow, 2012

American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Associate Fellow
Chair of the publications awards sub-committee for the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Publications liaison of the awards sub-committee for the, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Structural Dynamics Technical Committee member
Sigma Xi: The Scientific Research Society member
American Ceramics Society member
American Society for Engineering Education member
Society of Women Engineers senior member
Society of the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering member
American MENSA member