Past Postdoctoral Research Scholars
1. S. Gouripriya (December 2019--February 2020). Junior Research Associate. Presently an Assistant Professor at Mahindra University, Hyderabad.
2. Debabrata Gayen (July 2019--July 2021). Institute Postdoctoral Fellow. Topic: Mechanics of STZ in metallic glasses. Presently an Assistant Professor at NIT Durgapur.
3. Devashish Rajpoot (September 2022--November 2022). Institute Postdoctoral Fellow. Research Topic: Deformation and Fracture in BMG composites. Presently an Engineer at SLB, Pune.
4. Arun Pandurang Kamble (July 2024--March 2025). Topic: Modelling and Simulation of Hypervelocity Impact on Spacecraft Shields and Dynamic Compression of Bulk Metallic Glasses.
Past Ph.D students:
S. Gouripriya (July 2013—December 2019). Thesis defended on 16th December 2019. PhD Thesis: Three Dimensional Finite Element Investigations of Mechanics and Mechanisms of Deformation and Failure in Porous Bulk Metallic Glasses and Ex-situ Bulk Metallic Glass Composites. Presently an Assistant Professor at Mahindra University, Hyderabad.
Tanushree Roy (Jan. 2014—August 2015) with Prof. Ambarish Kunwar as co-guide. Thesis: Monte-Carlo simulations of intracellular cargo transport by multiple Dynein molecular motors. (Left project after 1.5 years.)
Devaraj Raut (June 2015—June 2018) from IISc Bangalore, unofficially co-supervised with Prof. U. Ramamurty of IISc Bangalore as main guide. Ph.D Thesis: Experiments and Finite Element Simulations of mechanical behavior of bulk metallic glasses. Presently a Research Engineer at Boeing Research & Technology, Bangalore, India.
Devashish Rajpoot (February 2018—September 2022). Thesis defended on 2nd November 2022. Thesis: Studies on Fracture of Bulk Metallic Glasses and their Composites. Presently an Engineer at SLB, Pune.
Arun Kamble (February 2019—November 2024). Thesis defended on 6th November 2024. Thesis: Modeling and Simulation of Hypervelocity Impact on Spacecraft Shields and Dynamic Compression of Bulk Metallic Glasses.
Amit Kumar Thawait (March 2019—May 2025). Co-supervised with Prof. Abhilash Chandy. Thesis defended on 9th May 2025. Thesis: Nonlinear Aerothermoelastic Analysis of Deployable Missile Control Fins in Supersonic and Hypersonic Flows. Presently an Assistant Manager R&D at Solar Industries India Limited, Hyderabad.
Past M.Tech students:
Saumya Singh Pareta (Jan. 2013—June 2014). M.Tech Thesis: Finite element investigation of 3D crack tip fields and shear banding in bulk metallic glasses. Presently an ETLP (Eaton Technical Leadership Program) Participant at Eaton, Pune.
Vinay Bawane (Jan. 2014—June 2015). M.Tech Thesis: Finite element implementation of constitutive equations for BCC single crystal plasticity. Presently an Engineer at General Electric (GE), Bangalore, India.
Arshdeep Singh (Jan. 2014—June 2015). M.Tech Thesis: Finite element implementation of a constitutive model for NiTi shape memory alloys. Presently a Researcher at Tata Research Development and Design Center (TRDDC), Pune, India.
Rahul Baburao Hajare (Jan. 2015—June 2016). M.Tech Thesis: Mechanics of Fracture of Porous Bulk Metallic Glasses.
Unnikrishnan Yesodharan (Jan. 2015—June 2016). M.Tech Thesis: Computational studies on indentation of polymeric materials. Presenty preparing for UPSC.
Ajinkya Patil (Jan. 2015—June 2016) with Abhishek Gupta as co-guide. M.Tech Thesis: Experimental biomechanics of human squatting.
Akash Kumar (Jan. 2018—July 2019) with Prof. Sushil Mishra as co-guide. Thesis: Effect of notch root radius on the fracture toughness of Ti-6Al-4V alloys: Experiments and Simulations. Presently a PhD student at Michigan Technological University, USA.
Beestriti Pandit (July 2019--June 2020) from NIT Calicut with Prof. Sushil Mishra as co-guide. Thesis: Fracture and Fatigue of Ti6Al4V alloy.
R Nitin Iyer (July 2019--June 2022). Thesis: Modelling and Simulation of Dynamic Behaviour of Bulk Metallic Glasses. Presently at Eaton, Pune.
Arunkumar Tarsing Vasava (January 2021--June 2022). Co-supervised with Prof. Sushil Mishra. Thesis: Fracture in Titanium alloys. Presently at TVS Motors, Chennai.
Rohan Manohar Kulkarni (July 2021 -- July 2024). Thesis: Modeling and Simulation of impact behaviour of Bulk Metallic Glasses and other pressure sensitive materials. Presently at Eaton, Pune.
Past Dual Degree (B.Tech+M.Tech) students:
Pinkesh Malhotra (May 2013—July 2014) with Prof. Asim Tewari as co-guide. M.Tech Thesis: Fatigue crack initiation in Ti-6Al-4V. Presesntly an Engineer at Apple Computers, USA.
Sanjay Bharadwaj (Jan. 2014—June 2015). M.Tech Thesis: Computational studies on fluid structure interaction problems. Presently a Mechanical Designer at Philips HealthTech, Pune, India.
Pritam Pawase (May 2015—June 2016). M.Tech Thesis: Finite element investigation of crack tip constraint effect in bulk metallic glasses. Presently an Engineer at Coal India Limited, India
Abhijit Singh Tomar (May 2017—June 2018). M.Tech Thesis: Finite element implementation of a constitutive model for polycrystalline shape memory alloys. Presently a Software Development Engineer at Microsoft, Hyderabad, India.
Durgesh Ahirwar (May 2017—June 2018). M.Tech Thesis: Finite element implementation of a constitutive model for FCC single crystal plasticity. Presently a Business Analyst at BYJU'S (Think and Learn Pvt. Ltd.), Bengaluru, India.
Kanishk (August 2020--June 2021). Co-supervised with Prof. Soham Mujumdar. Thesis: Modeling of Hot Embossing Process to Fabricate Micro-lens Arrays. Presently a consultant at Boston Consulting Group.
Past B.Tech Project students:
Vishal Kansal (June 2013—May 2014) with Prof. Ambarish Kunwar as co-guide. B.Tech Thesis: Dynamic model of contractile ring. Presently a Management Consultant at Areté Advisors, Gurgaon, India.
Saurabh Gupta (June 2013—May 2014). B.Tech Thesis: Molecular Dynamics simulations of uniaxial tension in amorphous alloys. Presently a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Georgia Institute of Technology, USA.
Sakshi Ajit Sinha (June 2014—July 2015). B.Tech Thesis: Finite element simulations of uniaxial loading of fiber reinforced ex-situ bulk metallic glass matrix composites. Presently a Mechanical Engineer at Aura Systems Inc., Illinois, USA.
Past Project Assistants:
Mithil Kamble (June 2013—July 2014). Project: Crack tip constraint effects in bulk metallic glasses. Presently a Material Scientist at ExxonMobil, USA.
Shyamal Kishore (August 2014—July 2015). Project: Molecular Dynamics simulations of uniaxial tension of amorphous alloys. Presently an Engineer at Apple Computers, USA.
Past Interns:
Aman Yadav (summer 2013). Topic: Wave propagation phenomenon in layered metamaterials. Presently a Software Development Engineer at AMD, California.
Soumya Sen (summer 2013). Topic: Constitutive modeling of shape memory alloys: a critical review. Presently an Automotive Research Analyst at CaRPM, Gurgaon, India.
Arpit Gupta (summer 2013). Topic: Monte Carlo simulations of molecular motors. Presently a Co-Founder of Loktra, Bangaluru, India.
Parth Dalal (summer 2013). Topic: Monte Carlo simulations of molecular motors. Presently a Trader at Optiver Europe, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Vinay Bhajantri (summer 2013). Topic: Generation of Pole Figures for Representing Orientations of BCC, FCC and HCP Polycrystalline Microstructures. Presently a Product Design Engineer, INDEED Innovation, Hamburg, Germany.
Rhythima Shinde (summer 2013). Topic: Generation and Finite Element Meshing of Artificial Polycrystalline Microstructures in a Notched Body. Presently a PhD student at ETH, Zurich, Switzerland.
Prabhakar Pal (summer 2014). Topic: Finite element analysis using Calculix. Presently a Graduate Student Researcher at McMaster University, Canada.
Nitin Vasisth (summer 2014). Topic: Generation of 2D synthetic microstructures around a notch using Voronoi tessellation.
Dibya Ranjan Das (winter 2014). Topic: Literature survey on human foot and cell biomechanics. Presently a Project Officer at Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited, Bhubaneshwar, India.
Akash Supe (winter 2014). Topic: Fatigue life prediction of welded joints. Presently a Senior Mechanical Design Engineer at Robert Bosch Engineering and Business Solutions Private Limited, Bengaluru, India.
Pritam Pawase (summer 2014). Topic: 3D Finite element simulations of centrifugal loading of Impeller of heat treatment furnaces. Presently an Engineer at Coal India Limited, India
Harsh Agarwal (Jan. 2015—July 2015). IRCC Intern. Topic: Finite Element Simulation of Fracture Initiation and Crack propagation in bulk metallic glasses. Presently a student at IIM Ahmedabad.
Subodh Chavan (summer 2015). Topic: Structural Optimization.
Mitali Medhe (summer 2015). Topic: RBC biomechanics. Presently a Consultant at Factivate, North Carolina, USA.
Kshetrimayum Saounkisor Singh (summer 2015). Topic: Literature survey on Hydrogels.
Danish Khan (summer 2015). Topic: Literature survey on High entropy alloys.
Manas Singh (summer 2015). Topic: Literature survey on shape memory polymers. Presently an Associate at PwC US Advisory, Mumbai, India.
Onkar Salunkhe (Jan. 2018—June 2018). IRCC Intern. Topic: Finite element analysis study of bulk metallic glass composite structures. Presently a Masters student at Michigan Technological University, USA.
Akash Kumar (May 2018—August 2018). Topic: Biomechanics of biological cell pattern formation around a stiff glass bead embedded in a soft elastic gel. Presently a Design Engineer at ADOR welding Ltd. Pune, India.
Pranjal Shiva (June 2018—August 2018). Topic: Biomechanics of interaction between biological cells and their viscoelastic substrates.
Aayushi Agrawal (August 2018—November 2018). Topic: Finite Element modeling of effect of substrate properties on durotaxis of biological cells.
Dhvaneel Visaria (November 2018--April 2019). Topic: Mechanics of STZ in metallic glasses.
Ayush Agrawal (November 2018--April 2019). Topic: Mechanics of STZ in metallic glasses.
Thanish Abraham C. (January 2019--June 2019). IITB Research Awards Intern. Topic: Finite Element Analysis and Design of novel 3D BMG Cellular Structures for High Ductility and Energy Absorption Capability.
Soumith Udatha (August 2018—April 2019). Topic: Finite Element Simulation of micro-pipette aspiration of biological cells.
Athul C D (August 2018—July 2019). Topic: Mechanical characterization of a nonlinear viscoelastic hydrogel.
Debanjali Chatterjee (August 2018—April 2019). Topic: Biomechanics of interaction between biological cells and their viscoelastic substrates. Prospective PhD student at Purdue University, USA.
Aryaman Dhoot (May 2019--July 2019). Topic: Structural Optimization through FEM.
Aditya Paspunurwar (August 2018—December 2019). Topic: Biomechanics of biological cell pattern formation around a stiff glass bead embedded in a soft elastic gel.
Avadhoot Sinkar (May 2019--December 2019). Topic: Mechanics of STZ in metallic glasses.
Shubham Varankar (December 2019). Topic: Analysis of Tubulane structures.
Kuber Sharma (January 2020--March 2020). IITB/IRCC Research Award Intern. Topic: Finite Element Analysis of Mechanics of Fracture in Elastomeric Gels Using a Coupled Diffusion Deformation Theory.
Abhijeet Singh (January 2020--June 2020). Topic: Numerical Implementation of a high temperature constitutive model for Bulk Metallic Glasses.
Pawan Patel (June 2019--September 2020). Topic: Fatigue and Fracture of Titanium alloys. Presently pursuing Master's degree in TU Dresden, Germany.
Gourav Chopra (December 2019 and December 2020). Topic: Analysis of Gyroid structures.
Aman Kumar (January 2021--June 2021). Topic: Analysis of Tubulane structures.
Mukund Srivastava (July 2019--August 2021). Topic: Biomechanics of interaction between biological cells and viscoelastic substrates.
Kartikey Srivastava (June 2022—September 2024). Topic: Mechanics of STZ in metallic glasses. Presently a PhD student at UCLA.
Tekeshwar Sahu (December 2023—June 2023). Topic: Finite Element Simulation of Fracture in Titanium Alloys.
Malay Patel (January 2024—June 2024). IRCC Intern. Topic: Finite Element investigation of negative strain rate sensitivity of yielding in bulk metallic glasses or amorphous alloys