STUDENTS UNDER GUIDANCE

Ph.D. Scholars 

Completed

[1] Sankalp Gour (Scholar No. 203116020), Department of Mechanical Engineering, MANIT Bhopal

• Project Area of Research: "MECHANICS OF SOFT MATERIALS" Joined on: January 2021 

• Thesis title: "REINFORCEMENT AND FAILURE MODELING OF ELASTOMERS: A CONTINUUM MECHANICS APPROACH" 

• Ph.D. Thesis Submission Date: 28 January 2025,  Ph.D. Viva-Voce (Thesis Defense) Date: 10 June 2025

• Currently employed as a Postdoctoral Fellow at DRDO Centre, IIT Hyderabad 

Ongoing

[2] Jayant Kumar (Scholar No. 24316011112), Department of Mechanical Engineering, MANIT Bhopal

• • Project Area of Research: "MECHANICS OF SOFT TISSUES" Joined on: July 2024 

  • Proposed thesis title: "TO BE PROPOSED"

[3] Mohammad Tarique Khan (Scholar No. 25316011106), Collaboration with Dr. Vilas Warudkar, Department of Mechanical Engineering, MANIT Bhopal

• • Project Area of Research: "SOFT ROBOTICS" Joined on: July 2025 

  • Proposed thesis title: "TO BE PROPOSED"

Ph.D. Student Publications

Peer-reviewed Refereed Journals (SCI Indexed-Web of Science Core Collection)

Published by Jayant Kumar (Ongoing)

1. Jayant Kumar, Deepak Kumar: Modeling for the role of fiber-matrix coupling on the torsion-induced Poynting effect in biological tissues, Mechanics of Materials,  Elsevier, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mechmat.2025.105470 

2. Jayant Kumar, Deepak Kumar: Modeling and experimental validation of Mullins stress-softening in male and female mice skins, Mechanics Research Communications, Elsevier, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mechrescom.2025.104406 

3. Jayant Kumar, Deepak Kumar: Modeling the role of fiber-matrix coupling on the failure of biological tissues, International Journal of Applied Mechanics, World Scientific, DOI:  10.1142/S1758825125500875  

4. Jayant Kumar, Deepak Kumar: Modeling for the role of fiber-matrix coupling on the shear-induced Poynting effect in biological tissues, Mathematics and Mechanics of Solids, SAGE (Under Review) 

Published by Sankalp Gour (Thesis Submitted)

5. Sankalp Gour, Deepak Kumar, Aman Khurana, M. M. Joglekar: Thermo-electro-magnetostrictive unequal-biaxial taut domains in thin elastomeric membranes, Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, The Royal Society Publishing, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1098/rspa.2024.0320 

6. Sankalp Gour, Deepak Kumar, Aman Khurana: Unequal-biaxial taut states of functionally graded dielectric elastomers, International Journal of Engineering Science, Elsevier, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijengsci.2025.104291

7. Sankalp Gour, Deepak Kumar: Unequal-biaxial taut states of electro-active polymeric composites, Journal of Applied Mechanics, ASME, ISSN: 2379-0431,  DOI: 10.1115/1.4064256 

8. Sankalp Gour, Deepak Kumar: Thermo-electrostrictive unequal-biaxial deformation instability of electro-active polymeric composites, International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics, Elsevier, DOI: 10.1016/j.ijnonlinmec.2023.104481

9. Sankalp Gour, Deepak Kumar: A physics-based failure study of smart artificial tissues in human-like soft robots, European Journal of Mechanics - A/Solids, Elsevier, DOI:  10.1016/j.euromechsol.2023.105087  

10. Sankalp Gour, Deepak Kumar, Aman Khurana: Constitutive modeling for the tear fracture of artificial tissues in human-like soft robots, European Journal of Mechanics - A/Solids, Elsevier, ISSN: 0997-7538, DOI: 10.1016/j.euromechsol.2022.104672

11. Sankalp Gour, Dilshad Ahmad, Deepak Kumar, Rafic M. Ajaj, Yahya Zweiri: Investigating the tear fracture of elastomeric skins in morphing wings: An experimental and computational study, International Journal of Applied Mechanics, World Scientific, DOI:  10.1142/S1758825123500965 

12. Sankalp Gour, Deepak Kumar, Vinod Yadav:  Constitutive modeling for the tear fracture of rubber with filler particles, Sādhanā | Indian Academy of Sciences, Springer, ISSN: 0973-7677, DOI: 10.1007/s12046-022-01858-7

13. Sankalp Gour, Deepak Kumar: Constitutive modeling of particle reinforced rubber-like materials, Theoretical and Applied Mechanics Letters,  Elsevier, DOI:  10.1016/j.taml.2022.100383 

14. Dilshad Ahmad, Sankalp Gour, Deepak Kumar, Rafic M. Ajaj, Yahya Zweiri: Innovative Skin Structures: Synthesis, Void Analysis, and Hysteresis Modeling of Zero Poisson’s Ratio Skin for Span Morphing Wing,  International Journal of Applied Mechanics, World Scientific, DOI:  10.1142/S1758825124500741  

15. Saswath Ghosh, Sankalp Gour, Deepak Kumar, Sitikantha Roy: Tear fracture analysis of fiber-reinforced conducting polymer-based soft actuator, International Journal of Applied Mechanics, World Scientific, DOI:  10.1142/S1758825124500923 

16. Sankalp Gour, Aman Khurana, Deepak Kumar, Somnath Sarangi: Dynamic instability modeling of electro-active polymeric composites, Journal of Applied Mechanics, ASME (In Preparation)

17. Sankalp Gour, Deepak Kumar: An emerging phenomenological crack modeling of elastomeric polymers, Journal of Applied Mechanics, ASME (In Preparation)

Peer-reviewed Refereed Proceedings (SCOPUS Indexed)

18. BOOK CHAPTER: Sankalp Gour, Deepak Kumar, Vinod Yadav: Electromechanical instability modelling of particle-reinforced dielectric elastomeric actuators,  Presented at ICFAMMT 2022 IITRAM Gujrat in Springer Book on Advances in Material Science and Metallurgy, ISBN: 2978-981-19-4918-0  

19. Sankalp Gour, Deepak Kumar, Vinod Yadav: Charge-controlled electromechanical instability modeling of a dielectric plate actuator,  IEEE Conference Proceedings, DOI: 10.1109/MASCON51689.2021.9563434  in MAS-CON 2021 at IEEE Madras Section Chennai, 08/2021

20. Deepak Kumar, Vinod Yadav, Sankalp Gour, Ayush Srivastav: A study of buckling phenomenon in dielectric elastomeric actuator with different potential energy functions,  AIP Conference Proceedings; American Institute of Physics in iCRAFT 2020 at BITS Pilani, Dubai campus, 03/2021

21. BOOK CHAPTER: Hridwin Vishaal, Sankalp Gour, Deepak Kumar, R.K. Dwivedi: Biofabrication: Artificial Organs and Soft Tissues, in Taylor & Francis Book on Biomedical Implants: Materials, Design, and Manufacturing, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003375098

22. Jayant Kumar, Deepak Kumar, Sankalp Gour, Aman Khurana: An Analytical Model to Predict Morpho-elastic Behaviors in Bamboo, in CHEMCON 2024 at NIT Jalandhar, 12/2024

M. Tech Scholars 

[1] Abhishek Singh (Scholar No. 222116611), Department of Mechanical Engineering, MANIT Bhopal

Thesis Title: "MODELING AND ANALYSIS OF CONTRACTION-EXTENSION PNEUMATIC ARTIFICIAL MUSCLE ACTUATOR", Year: June 2025

[2] Ambika Prajapati (Scholar No. 2321606110), Department of Mechanical Engineering, MANIT Bhopal

Thesis Title: "INCLUSIVE AUTOMOTIVE THERMAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM USING MACHINE LEARNING", Year: June 2025 

[3] Bhavesh Agrawal (Scholar No. 222116607), Collaboration with Dr. R. K. Pateria (CSE Dept), Department of Mechanical Engineering, MANIT Bhopal

Thesis Title: "SMART PROSTHETIC HAND EMPOWERED BY AI, IOT, AND INNOVATIVE MATERIAL SELECTION", Year: Aug 2024

[4] Sanjeev Yadav (Scholar No. 212116501), Collaboration with Dr. Vijay Panchore, Department of Mechanical Engineering, MANIT Bhopal

Thesis Title: "FREQUENCY RESPONSE ANALYSIS ON DESIGN OF TRUCK CHASSIS", Year: May 2023

[5] Deepu Kumar Singh (Scholar No. 202116410), Department of Mechanical Engineering, MANIT Bhopal

Thesis Title: "CONSTITUTIVE MODELING OF RUBBER-LIKE MATERIALS", Year: May 2022

[6] Kuldeep Kandra (Scholar No. 202116408), Collaboration with Dr. Sanjay Soni, Department of Mechanical Engineering, MANIT Bhopal

Thesis Title: "DEVELOPMENT AND DRY SLIDING WEAR ANALYSIS OF AA7068 COMPOSITE REINFORCED WITH SOLID LUBRICANT PARTICLE (Gr)p", Year: May 2022

[7] EXTERNAL GUIDE: Ankit Upadhyay (Roll No. 0101ME19ME03), Collaboration with Dr. Aseem Chandra Tiwari, Department of Mechanical Engineering, UIT-RGPV Bhopal, Project Area of Research: "EXERGY MODELING IN HEAT EXCHANGER DESIGN" 

M. Tech Student's Publications

1. Deepu Kumar Singh, Deepak Kumar, Vinod Yadav: Constitutive modeling of rubber-like materials: An alternative material model,  Indian Chemical Engineer,  Taylor & Francis, DOI: 10.1080/00194506.2022.2119893  through ACMS-2022 at HIT Kolkata, 04/2022

2. Ankit Upadhyay, Sankalp Gour, Ankul Kumar, Deepak Kumar, Aseem Chandra Tiwari: Exergy modeling and simulation of a horizontal concentric tube heat exchanger,  IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering,  IOP Science in IC-MAME 2021 at UIET-Punjab University, 10/2021

B. Tech Project Guidance

ONGOING

• BTP Minor and Major Group Project entitled "Biaxial Testing Mchine for Soft Materials" at MANIT Bhopal, Student Team Members: ADITI KAUSHIK, ANSHUL PARMAR, TRISHANT DWIVEDI, ISHALI PATEL, Year: 2024

COMPLETED

Major Projects

• BTP Major Group Project entitled "Soft Gripper Fabrication" at MANIT Bhopal, Student Team Members: PRATEEK GUPTA (Scholar No. 201116206), NIKHIL SHER (Scholar No. 201116205), NAMRATA DWIVEDI (Scholar No. 201116209), SATVIKI SHUKLA (Scholar No. 201116238)  Year: 2024

• BTP Major Group Project entitled "Pneumatic Muscle Fabrication" at MANIT Bhopal, Student Team Members: USHA MEEL (Scholar No. 201116048), PRATIKSHA KUMARI (Scholar No. 201116069), GARIMA BISEN (Scholar No. 201116243), ABHINAV PUNJABI (Scholar No. 201116248), RIYA JAIN (Scholar No. 201116256)  Year: 2024

• BTP Major Group Project entitled "Design, Fabrication and Testing of Dielectric Elastomer Generator" at MANIT Bhopal, Student Team Members: RUDRAKSH SHARMA (Scholar No. 191116440), SHARAD SINGH (Scholar No. 191116428), SHIVAM PATEL (Scholar No. 191116428) at MANIT Bhopal Year: 2023

• BTP Major Group Project entitled "A Wearable Soft Fabric Sleeve for Arm Actuation" at MANIT Bhopal, Student Team Members: HARSHIT MOURYA (Scholar No. 191116247), PRINSHU SINGH (Scholar No. 191116021), VIKAS SAKESH (Scholar No. 191116063), SACHIN GOYAL (Scholar No. 191116243) Year; 2023

• BTP Major Group Project entitled "STUDY OF HYPERELASTIC MATERIALS" at MANIT Bhopal, Student Team Members:  [1] Shubham Prajapati (Scholar No. 181116072), [2] Kushagra Singh Thakur (Scholar No. 181116075), Year: 2022

• BTP Major Group Project entitled "MODELING AND ANALYSIS OF ROLLING PROCESS" at MANIT Bhopal, Student Team Members:  [1] Mohit Harode (Scholar No. 181116073), [2] Arpit Rai (Scholar No. 181116254), Year: 2022

• BTP Major Group Project entitled "MICRO-FLUIDIC REACTOR FOR WATER PURIFICATION" at MANIT Bhopal, Student Team Members:  [1] Mayank Pandey (Scholar No. 171116013), [2] Abhijeet Jain (Scholar No. 171116020), [3] Ayush Singh (Scholar No. 171116083), [4] Sunil (Scholar No. 171116084) Year: 2021

• Hridwin Vishaal (Roll No. 160119735058), Area of Research: Experimental Testing of Soft DE Actuator at CBIT Hyderabad (Internship) Year: 2022

• Ayush Srivastav (Scholar No. 181116002), Disha Murali, Guiding with Dr. Vinod Yadav, Area of Research: HYPERELASTIC MATERIAL SIMULATION, FGM MATERIAL MODELING at MANIT Bhopal Year: 2021

Minor Projects

• BTP Minor Group Project entitled "STAIR CLIMBING ROBOT at MANIT Bhopal, Student Team Members:  [1] Mahak Jain (Scholar No. 191116003), [2] Somil Sharma (Scholar No. 191116006), [3] Aditya Kumar (Scholar No. 191116001), [4] Rohit Sadanand Lende (Scholar No. 191116050) Year: 2022

• BTP Minor Group Project entitled "ENERGY HARVESTING USING DIELECTRIC ELASTOMERS" at MANIT Bhopal, Student Team Members: [1] Rudraksh Sharma (Scholar No. 191116440), [2] Snehal Prajapati (Scholar No. 191116421), [3] Kajal Meena (Scholar No. 191116229), [4] Hrishank Soni (Scholar No. 191116409) Year: 2022 

• BTP Minor Group Project entitled as "FABRICATION OF SOFT GRIPPER" at MANIT Bhopal, Student Team Members: [1] Dhairya Verma (Scholar No. 191116261), [2] Syed Azin Ali  (Scholar No. 191116227), [3] Vansh Kapoor  (Scholar No. 191116264) Year: 2022

• BTP Minor Group Project entitled "SOFT MATERIAL MODELING" at MANIT Bhopal, Student Team Members:  [1] Shivam Mishra (Scholar No. 181116048), [2] Amol Mishra (Scholar No. 181116046), [3] Govind Prajapat (Scholar No. 181116047), [4] Abhishek Pandey (Scholar No. 181116053) Year: 2021

B. Tech Student's Publications

3. Disha Murali, Ayush Srivastav, Vinod Yadav, Deepak Kumar, Rajesh Purohit: Modeling and FEM simulation of a pressurized and rotated functionally graded thick cylinder, Advances in Materials and Processing Technologies,  Taylor & Francis, DOI: 10.1080/2374068X.2021.1945274

4. Deepak Kumar, Vinod Yadav, Sankalp Gour, Ayush Srivastav: A study of buckling phenomenon in dielectric elastomeric actuator with different potential energy functions,  AIP Conference Proceedings; American Institute of Physics in iCRAFT 2020 at BITS Pilani, Dubai campus, 03/2021

5. BOOK CHAPTER: Rudraksh Sharma, Kajal Meena, Snehal Prajapati, Hrishank Soni, Deepak Kumar: Parametric study on the maximum efficiency of dielectric elastomer generators for micropower generation,  Presented at  ICON-NSLE 2022 at BITS PILANI in Springer Book on Recent Trends in Nanotechnology for Sustainable Living and Environment, DOI: 10.1007/978-981-99-3386-0

6. Namrata Dwivedi, Satviki Shukla, Prateek Gupta, Nikhil Sher, Deepak Kumar: Design and fabrication of a three finger soft gripper,  in iNaCoMM 2023 at NIT Raipur, 12/2023

7. Abhinav Punjabi, Garima Bisen, Pratiksha Kumari, Riya Jain, Usha Meel, Deepak Kumar: Upper-limb exoskeleton robot design driven by a pneumatic artificial muscle actuator,  in iNaCoMM 2023 at NIT Raipur, 12/2023

8. BOOK CHAPTER: Hridwin Vishaal, Sankalp Gour, Deepak Kumar, R.K. Dwivedi: Biofabrication: Artificial Organs and Soft Tissues, in Taylor & Francis Book on Biomedical Implants: Materials, Design, and Manufacturing, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003375098

Opportunity Under My Guidance

• PG/UG students interested in working with our research group may contact me via email on deepakkumaromre@gmail.com and include their resume/CV as an attachment. 

• If you wish to do Summer/Winter internship under my guidance (4-8 weeks), at MANIT-Bhopal, drop me an email  with your probable dates for the internship. Students willing to do their master thesis can also write an email with their dates. 

• Preferred background: Mechanical Engineering/Civil Engineering/Biomedical Engineering; Candidates from other domain with prior related experience are also encouraged to apply. 

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