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Champaign, Il, Us

Bhubaneswar, Orissa, India

Champaign, Illinois, United States

Urbana-Champaign, Illinois Area

Greater Pittsburgh Area

Project title:Heat/UV Controlled Robotic Elements with Liquid Crystal Based PolymersKnowledge acquired: i) Soft Robotics ii) Liquid Crystal Based Polymers iii) Photopatterning iv) Thermal/Photoactuation of Liquid Crystal Polymer Films v) MATLAB programmingAchievements/responsibilities:• Designed blue-prints and demonstrated novel soft-robotic actuation with stimuli responsive polymer films• Synthesis and fabrication of Liquid Crystal based polymer films• Building sophisticated structural motifs from precisely excised polymer stripes• Exposing the motifs to heat or UV irradiation and imaging the response• Writing codes for the analysis of the dynamic response• Collaborating with colleagues in related projects

Newark, De

Project title:Development of Methodologies for Determining the Elastic and Plastic Material Properties of Small Scale Structures using Indentation TestingKnowledge acquired: i) Modeling in ABAQUS ii) MATLAB programming iii) Material Characterization iv) Uncertainty Quantification v) Nano-Indentation Achievements/responsibilities:• Developed innovative indentation protocols for reliable determination of material properties for a wide range of material systems.• Developing high performance software for evaluation of indentation test data in MATLAB.• Developing models of indentation tests in ABAQUS.

Kharagpur Area, India

Project title:Bending, Vibration and Buckling Analyses of Nano-beams and Nano-plates using Nonlocal Continuum MechanicsKnowledge acquired: i) Modeling in PATRAN/NASTRAN and ANSYS ii) MATLAB and FORTRAN programming iii) Semi-Continuum Theories iv) Molecular Structural Mechanics Method v) Modeling of Graphene/CNT vi) Modeling of micro/nano-scale materialsAchievements:• Implemented Molecular Structural Mechanics Method in PATRAN/NASTRAN and ANSYS for predicting structural behaviors of Graphene and CNT.• Developed mathematical/numerical models for predicting structural behaviors of small scale structures using nonlocal continuum mechanics.• Developed finite element formulation for solving the arising differential equations.

Auckland, New Zealand

Project title: Rotational and Injection molding of Micro-fibrillar Composites2Knowledge acquired: i) Various stages of Micro-fibrillar composite manufacturing process ii) Various characterization methods for compositesResponsibilities:• Preparing LLDPE/PET composite for molding through Mixing, Extrusion, Drawing and Pelletization processes.• Performing injection and rotational molding using the pellets.• Conducting tensile test, impact test and three-point bending test on the samples.

Bengaluru Area, India

Project title: Failure Analysis of Adhesively Bonded Composite Repair using Finite Element Method2Knowledge acquired: i) Failure theory of plates ii) Composites manufacturing steps iii) Modeling in ALTAIR HYPERMESHResponsibilities:• Building simulation model of the adhesively bonded system in ALTAIR HYPERMESH• Provided criteria for effective crack arrest• Performing preliminary experiments for validating the theoretical conclusions

Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Mechanical Engineering

Bachelor Of Technology (B.Tech.), Aerospace, Aeronautical And Astronautical/Space Engineering