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{{short description|American physicist}}
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| education = B.Sc., 1966, M.Sc., 1968, Physics, [[Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani]] <br> PhD, Physics, 1972, [[Washington State University]]
| thesis_title = Stress relaxation in shock loaded lithium fluoride single crystals.
| thesis_year =1973
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| workplaces = Washington State University
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'''Yogendra M. Gupta''' is an Indian-American physicist. He is a Regents Professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at [[Washington State University]] (WSU).

==Education==
Gupta attended the [[Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani]] in India before emigrating to the United States to attend [[Washington State University]] (WSU) in 1968.<ref>{{cite web |title=Yogi Gupta's Smashing Success |url=https://www.rediff.com/news/1999/jun/07us.htm |website=rediff.com |access-date=April 9, 2020 |date=June 7, 1999}}</ref> His teacher at WSU was [[George E. Duvall]], an early researcher of shock physics.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hatch |first1=Sharon |title=George E. Duvall, gentleman scholar |url=https://magazine.wsu.edu/2009/10/08/george-e-duvall-gentleman-scholar/ |website=magazine.wsu.edu |access-date=April 9, 2020 |date=2003}}</ref> After completing his PhD, Gupta conducted two years of postdoctoral research before joining the Stanford Research Institute as a Physicist, Senior Physicist, and Assistant Director in the Poulter Laboratory.<ref name = "bio">{{cite web |title=Yogendra Gupta profile |url=https://shock.wsu.edu/yogendra-gupta/ |website=shock.wsu.edu |access-date=April 9, 2020}}</ref>

==Career==
In 1981, Gupta joined the faculty of Physics and Astronomy at Washington State University and was shortly promoted to Full Professor.<ref name = "bio"/> He was also appointed the Westinghouse Distinguished Professor in Materials Science and Engineering<ref>{{cite news |last1=Fernandez |first1=Maisy |title=Yogendra Gupta Named Distinguished Professor |url=https://www.spokesman.com/stories/1996/aug/03/yogendra-gupta-named-distinguished-professor/ |access-date=April 9, 2020 |publisher=The Spokesman Review |date=August 3, 1996}}</ref> and served as Chairman of the APS Topical Group on Shock Compression of Condensed Matter.<ref>{{cite web |title=2001 George E. Duvall Shock Compression Science Award Recipient |url=https://www.aps.org/programs/honors/prizes/prizerecipient.cfm?first_nm=Yogendra&last_nm=Gupta&year=2001 |website=aps.org |access-date=April 9, 2020}}</ref> Afterward, Gupta became the founding director of the WSU Institute for [[Shock wave|Shock Physics]] which was established in 1997 with a $10 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy.<ref>{{cite web |title=Washington State University Selected To Establish Shock Physics Institute |url=https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/1997/06/970623133417.htm |website=sciencedaily.com |access-date=April 9, 2020 |date=June 23, 1997}}</ref> As a result of his academic achievements, he earned the 2001 Shock Compression Science Award from the [[American Physical Society]] for "his contributions to understanding condensed matter and nonlinear physics through shock-wave compression."<ref>{{cite web |title=WSU Physicist Yogendra Gupta to Receive National Award |url=https://news.wsu.edu/2001/04/06/wsu-physicist-yogendra-gupta-to-receive-national-award/ |website=news.wsu.edu |access-date=April 9, 2020 |date=April 6, 2001}}</ref>

In 2005, Gupta was promoted to a Regents Professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy for his "sustained accomplishment in teaching, scholarship and public service."<ref>{{cite web |title=Three faculty named 2005 Regents Professors |url=https://news.wsu.edu/2005/03/18/three-faculty-named-2005-regents-professors/ |website=news.wsu.edu |access-date=April 9, 2020 |date=March 18, 2005}}</ref> He also received the 2005 Eminent Faculty Award for his contributions to shock-wave compressions<ref>{{cite web |title=Gupta named Eminent Faculty Award winner |url=https://news.wsu.edu/2005/02/18/gupta-named-eminent-faculty-award-winner/ |website=news.wsu.edu |access-date=April 9, 2020 |date=February 18, 2005}}</ref> and was named to a National Research Council committee on body-armor testing.<ref>{{cite web |title=Shock physics prof on board to review body-armor testing |url=https://news.wsu.edu/2009/12/17/shock-physics-prof-on-board-to-review-body-armor-testing/ |website=news.wsu.edu |access-date=April 9, 2020 |date=December 17, 2009}}</ref> In 2007, Gupta co-published ''Stiff Response of Aluminum under Ultrafast Shockless Compression to 110 GPA'' with Raymond F. Smith, Jon H. Eggert, Alan Jankowski, Peter M. Celliers, M. John Edwards, James R. Asay, and Gilbert W. Collins.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Smith |first1=Raymond F |last2=Eggert |first2=John H. |last3=Jankowski |first3=Alan |last4=Celliers |first4=Peter M. |last5=Edwards |first5=John M. |last6=Gupta |first6=Yogendra M. |last7=Asay |first7=James R. |last8=Collins |first8=Gilbert W. |title=Stiff Response of Aluminum under Ultrafast Shockless Compression to 110 GPA |journal=Physical Review Letters |date=February 2007 |volume=98 |issue=6 |url=https://journals.aps.org/prl/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevLett.98.065701 |access-date=April 9, 2020 |publisher=American Physical Society}}</ref> The following year, Gupta and researchers at WSU’s’s Applied Sciences Laboratory received an $8.5 million research contract to "develop and demonstrate reactive materials to be used in a new generation of national security applications".<ref>{{cite web |title=Scientists land $8.5 million contract |url=https://news.wsu.edu/2008/10/01/scientists-land-8-5-million-contract/ |website=news.wsu.edu |access-date=April 9, 2020 |date=October 1, 2008}}</ref> In 2013, Gupta received the Distinguished Faculty Award from WSUs College of Arts and Science.<ref>{{cite web |title=Faculty and staff earn honors from newest college |url=https://news.wsu.edu/2013/04/26/faculty-and-staff-earn-honors-from-newest-college/ |website=news.wsu.edu |access-date=June 13, 2020 |date=April 26, 2013}}</ref>

In 2015, Gupta was recruited by the [[United States Army]] to construct lighter yet still protective body armor for its soldiers.<ref>{{cite web |title=Scientists develop lighter weight body armor to protect U.S. soldiers |url=https://research.wsu.edu/2015/09/14/research-with-impact/ |website=research.wsu.edu |access-date=June 13, 2020 |date=September 14, 2015}}</ref> He also received his second WSU Eminent Faculty Award.<ref>{{cite web |title=Yogendra M. Gupta receives Eminent Faculty Award |url=https://timeline.wsu.edu/timeline/yogendra-m-gupta-receives-fifth-eminent-faculty-award/ |website=timeline.wsu.edu |access-date=June 13, 2020 |date=April 6, 2015}}</ref> The following year, he led a team of researchers in watching a material change its crystal structure in real-time, leading to a new concept of discerning the makeups of various materials.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Sorensen |first1=Eric |title=Researchers ‘watch’ crystal structure change in real time |url=https://news.wsu.edu/2016/07/25/researchers-watch-crystal-structure-change-real-time/ |website=news.wsu.edu |access-date=June 13, 2020 |date=July 25, 2016}}</ref>

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