1.0Nanomechanics Research Group/nanomechanicscuthemeedtr5/nanomechanics/author/cuthemeedtr5/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="Ljl2ammJTe"><a href="/nanomechanics/2025/arnav-rana-successfully-defends-phd-thesis/">Arnav Rana successfully defends PhD thesis</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="/nanomechanics/2025/arnav-rana-successfully-defends-phd-thesis/embed/#?secret=Ljl2ammJTe" width="600" height="338" title="“Arnav Rana successfully defends PhD thesis” — Nanomechanics Research Group" data-secret="Ljl2ammJTe" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=/nanomechanics/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js /* ]]> */ </script> Congratulations to Arnav Rana, who successfully defended his PhD thesis today.  Arnav’s work, entitled “Studies of Anisotropic Ductile Fracture Behaviour in Pipeline Steels,” is an important and practical extension of fracture models for anisotropic materials.  The work lead to three publications in excellent journals.  Great work, Arnav