Associate Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus
Computational Mechanics, Damage analysis of laminated composite structures, Linear and nonlinear finite element analysis, Nonlinear Dynamics, dynamic instability in laminated composite stiffened and unstiffened structures
Department of Civil Engineering, Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani- 333031, Rajasthan. India.
Title: Postbuckling analysis of CNT-Reinforced composite plates under different types of in-plane mechanical loads. Amount- 2 lakh, Research Initiation Grant BITS Pilani, Duration-2-years(Dec. 2017- Dec. 2019), Role-Co-PI, Status-Completed.
Title: Development of Semi-Analytical Methodology as a Design Aid for Small-Scale Structures using Non-Classical Continuum Mechanics. Amount- INR 14.784 lakhs, DST,SERB (SURE) India, Duration-3 years, Role-Co-PI, Status- (ongoing).
Title: Development of Low-Cost Federated Learning-Empowered Digital Twin Framework for Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) of Civil Structures built under PMGSY. Amount-INR 11.88 lakhs. I-DAPT HUB FOUNDATION, IIT (BHU), Varanasi, under the scheme 'National Mission on Interdisciplinary Cyber Physical Systems (NM-ICPS) National Mission', SERB, DST, India, Duration-2 years, Role-Co-PI, Status- (ongoing).
Title: Development of Transfer Learning-Based Smart Structural Damage Assessment Controller for Autonomous Prediction of Damage Scenarios in Digital Twin-Generated Population of Civil Structures, Amount- INR 30 lakhs, BITS-Cross Disciplinary Research Forum (CDRF), Duration-2 years, Role-Co-PI, Status- (ongoing).