[1] Ramesh is a specialist in the areas of impact physics and the behavior and failure of materials under extreme conditions.

He pioneered experimental methods for characterizing the dynamic failure mechanisms in metals and ceramics using high-speed visualization and in situ measurements with high temporal resolution.

In 1988, he earned a PhD in engineering from Brown University, under the guidance of advisor Rodney Clifton.

[2] Following his doctorate, Ramesh was briefly a postdoctoral researcher at the University of California, San Diego under Siavouche Nemat-Nasser.

He is also a member of the Principal Professional Staff at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory.