Kumbakonam Rajagopal
Distinguished Professor
Regents Professor
Forsyth Chair in Mechanical Engineering
Fellow, Michael E. DeBakey Institute, Texas A&M University
Senior Research Fellow, Texas Transportation Institute

• 2019 Honoris Causa, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
• Distinguished Professor Regents Professor Forsyth Chair in Mechanical Engineering
• 2016 President’s award for Distinguished Visitors, Ben Gurion University, Beer Sheva
• 2015 Special issues (3 issues), Mathematics and Mechanics of Solids in honor of K. R. Rajagopal’s contributions to the field of Mechanics
• 2014 TUS President’s Award, Tokyo University of Science, Tokyo
• 2013 Honoris Causa, Technical University “Gheorghe Asachi”, Iasi
• 2012 Honoris Causa, Charles University, Prague
• 2011 Special Issue of Mathematical Models and Methods of Applied Sciences, On the occasion of K. R. Rajagopal’s 60th Birthday, Volume 21, 1
• 2011 Special Issue of Applications of Mathematics, Dedicated to K. R. Rajagopal’s 60th Birthday, Volume 56, 1
• 2011 Special Issue (4 issues) International Journal of Advances in Engineering Science and Applied Mathematics, Dedicated K. R. Rajagopal’s 60th birthday, 3
• 2011 Special Issue of The International Journal of Structural Changes in Solids, On the Occasion of K. R. Rajagopal’s 60th birthday, 3, 3
• 2010 ISI Highly Cited Researcher
• 2010 Fellow, The Indian National Academy of Engineering
• 2010 Honoris Causa, University of Pretoria, Pretoria
• 2006 Memorial Medal, Charles University, Prague
• 2005 Archie Higdon Award, American Society of Engineering Education
• 2004 Eringen Medal, Society of Engineering Science