Photomechanics

Professor Pramod Rastogi received his MSc degree from the University of Lucknow, MTech degree from the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, and doctorate degree from the University of Franche Comté in France. His research activities are principally in the area of holographic interferometry, speckle metrology, fiber optics sensors, phase shifting and moiré. He is the author or coauthor of many scientific papers and the author of book chapters, Encyclopaedia articles, and has edited several books in the field of optical metrology. Professor Rastogi is a Fellow of the Optical Society of America (1993) and a Fellow of the Society of the Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (1995). He is also a recipient of the "Hetényi Award" for the most significant research paper published in Experimental Mechanics in the year 1982.

Optics for Engineers.- to Engineering Mechanics.- Fringe Analysis.- Principles of Holographic Interferometry and Speckle Metrology.- Moiré Methods for Engineering and Science - Moiré Interferometry and Shadow Moiré.- Digital Photoelasticity.- Optical Fiber Strain Sensing in Engineering Mechanics.- Long-Gage Fiber-Optic Sensors for Structural Monitoring.- Techniques for Non-Birefringent Objects: Coherent Shearing Interferometry and Caustics.- Advances in Two-Dimensional and Three-Dimensional Computer Vision.- Laser Doppler and Pulsed Laser Velocimetry in Fluid Mechanics.- Surface Characterization and Roughness Measurement in Engineering.