Welcome

Dr. Deepak Kumar is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at MANIT-Bhopal.  Prior to joining MANIT-Bhopal, he worked as a Postdoctoral Fellow with a research group on bio-mechanics and soft machines at Applied Mechanics Department of IIT-Delhi. He also worked as a Research Associate at SRIC-IIT Kharagpur. Dr. Kumar received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering  (Specialized in Continuum Mechanics) from IIT-Patna in 2019. His main areas of interest include Soft Materials Mechanics, Electro-magneto-elasticity, Electro-magneto-rheology. Dr. Kumar  is a highly motivated dynamic scholar and fully dedicated to the original research. He regularly writes and reviews articles for various peer-reviewed international journals and conferences.  He is the recipient of AMIE Fellow award 2018 from a premier organization namely the Institution of Engineers India incorporated by Royal Charter 1935. 

Thought

"For a dedicated person, FAILURE should not be counted as a FAILURE. It should be counted as a LEARNING EXPERIENCE"      

Roles and Responsibilities

• E-Cell Coordinator of "For different E-Cell Activities i.e. E-Summit, Seminars, Competitions, etc., MANIT Bhopal"  (Dec 2022 onward)

• Co-Coordinator of "Literacy Club (Hindi & English), MANIT Bhopal"  (March 2022 onward)

• CCMT GATE 2022 M. Tech Admission Committee  of MANIT Bhopal

• Exam Cell Coordinator of "Mechanical Engineering Department, MANIT Bhopal"  (Jan 2022 to Nov 2022)  (Feb 2024 onward)

• President of "IIC MANIT Chapter (MoE Innovation Cell Govt. of India)" IIC Id: IC202013601 (Nov 2021 onward)

• Faculty Coordinator of "NISP Govt. of India"  from MANIT Bhopal (May 2021 onward) 

• Core Coordinator member of "ROLTA INCUBATION CENTER MANIT BHOPAL" (Jan 2021 onward)

• Faculty Coordinator for B. Tech First Year 2020 Batch, MANIT Bhopal 

Research Interests

Soft Robotics, Continuum Mechanics, Soft Materials Mechanics, Electro-magneto-elasticity, Exergy Modeling.

Reviewer of the Well-Reputed Journals

• International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics - Elsevier

• Mechanics of Materials - Elsevier

• Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials-Elsevier

• Journal of Sound and Vibration - Elsevier

•  Materials Research Express-IOP (Institute of Physics)

• Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures

•  Journal of Elastomers & Plastics - SAGE

• Soft Materials - Taylor & Francis

• Microsystem Technologies - Springer

Contact

Dr. Deepak Kumar

Department of Mechanical Engineering

 Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology Bhopal

Link Road Number 3, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India-462003 

Mob: +91 8294918852

email: deepakkumaromre@gmail.com, deepakkumaromre@manit.ac.in 

PG/UG students interested in working in my research area may contact me via email and include their resume/CV as an attachment.

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