My research interests span the broad area of computational solid mechanics. The specific research interests include:
Mechanics of Soft Active Materials
Finite Element Methods for Coupled Field Problems
Stability Analysis and Control of Electrically Driven Mechanical Structures
Wave Propagation in Soft Active Composite Materials
Topology Optimization
Ongoing
Oct 2020: Oct 2025: Input Shaping Control Strategies for Mitigating Residual Vibrations and Viscoelastic Creep in Electrically Driven Dielectric Elastomer Actuators.
Funding Agency: Department of Science and Technology, New Delhi, India.
Amount: INR 35 Lakhs.
Nov 2022: Nov 2025: Design and Development of Electro-Mechanically Tunable Wide Band Gap Soft Phononic Structures using Topology Optimization.
Funding Agency: Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur, India.
Amount: INR 25 Lakhs.
Completed
Dec 2021: Dec 2023: Numerical Modeling and Experimental Characterization of Dynamic Behavior of Soft Dielectric Elastomer Minimum Energy Structures.
Funding Agency: Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), Department of Science and Technology, New Delhi, India.
Amount: INR 32.98 Lakhs.
