Computational Design Lab

Welcome to the home page of Prof. Mohammad Talha

Prof. Talha is a Professor at the School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Mandi (IIT-Mandi), India. Prof. Talha obtained his doctorate from the Department of Aerospace Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur (IIT-Kharagpur) in 2012, under the guidance of Professor B N Singh in the area of functionally graded materials and structures. In his doctoral thesis, he studied the nonlinear deterministic and stochastic structural behavior of functionally graded structures based on the modified higher-order plate model. Prof. Talha has received the prestigious National doctoral fellowship from the Government of India for doing a doctoral degree at IIT Kharagpur. He obtained his Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh.

Professional Experience

• Professor, IIT Mandi, November 2024 to Present

• Associate Professor, IIT Mandi,  March 2020 - November 2024

• Guest Lecturer, School of Mechano-Electronic Engineering, Xidian University, China, 01 - 15 July 2023

• Visiting Professor, UTBM, France, October - December, 2022

• Assistant Professor, IIT Mandi, December 2013- March 2020

• Assistant Professor, International Institute for Aerospace Engineering and Management, Bangalore, India: September 2012- December 2013

Research Interests 

• Aerospace Structures

• Functionally Graded Metamaterials and Structures

• AI and Machine Learning in Structural Analysis and Design 

• Computational Solid Mechanics

• Uncertainty Quantification in Composites

• Modelling and Simulation

• Machine Design