Education

• Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Guwahati, Assam, India,  (2013-August, 2018). Thesis title "Three dimensional static and dynamic analysis of hybrid plate using multi-term multi-field extended Kantorovich method "

• M. Tech. in Machine Design,  Mechanical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, , Guwahati, Assam, India, (2011-2013). Thesis Title: Preparation and characterization of copper-carbon nanotube nanocomposites via powder metallurgy technique"

• B. Tech. in Mechanical Engineering from Indira Gandhi Institute of Technology, Sarang, Dhenkanal, Odisha affiliated to Biju Patnaik University of Technology, Rourkela, Odisha, (2003-2007)

Professional Experience

• Working as Assistant Professor in Department of Mechanical Engineering, Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology (SVNIT), Surat, Gujarat, India (25/05/2021 - Present).

• Worked as Assistant Professor (NPIU) in Department of Mechanical Engineering, Parala Maharaja Engineering College, Brahmapur, Odisha, India  from 05th January, 2018 to 30th April, 2021 (3 years 4 months).

Research Interests

• •   Smart Materials and Structures: 3D and 2D solutions for  composite elastic and smart structures. 

  •  Nanocomposites: Metal and polymer matrix nanocomposites formulation, characterization and application.

Publications

Journal Articles

• Kumari, P., Behera, S., Kapuria, S., "Coupled three-dimensional piezoelasticity solution for edge effects in Levy-type rectangular piezolaminated plates using mixed field extended Kantorovich method", Composite Structures, 2016, 140, 491-505.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compstruct.2015.12.029

• Kumari, P., Behera, S., "Three-dimensional free vibration analysis of levy-type laminated plates using multi-term extended Kantorovich method", Composites Part B: Engineering, 2017, 116, 224-238. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compositesb.2017.01.057

• Behera, S., Kumari, P., "Free vibration of Levy-type rectangular laminated plates using efficient zig-zag theory", Advances in Computational Design, 2018, 3(3), 213-232. http://dx.doi.org/10.12989/acd.2018.3.3.213

• Behera, S., Kumari, P., "Analytical piezoelasticity solution for natural frequencies of Levy-type piezolaminated plates", International Journal of Applied Mechanics, 2019, 11(3), 1950023. https://doi.org/10.1142/S1758825119500236

Book Chapters

• Behera, S., Kumari, P., "Free vibration analysis of levy-type smart hybrid plates using three-dimensional extended Kantorovich method", Structural Integrity Assessment, Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd., 2020, pp 467-477. https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-981-13-8767-8_39 

Conference Articles (National/International)

• Kumari, P., Behera, S., Kapuria, S., "Accurate estimation of interlaminar stresses for the adhesively bonded piezolaminated plates". Proc. 4th Asian Conference on Mechanics of Functional Materials and Structures (ACMFMS 2014), 449-452, 10-13 October 2014, Nara, Japan.

• Behera, S., Kumari, P., "Assessment of IZIGT for boundary layer effects in levy-type smart piezolaminated plate". Proc. 5th International Congress on Computational Mechanics and Simulation (ICCMS 2014), 616-625, 10-13 December 2014, CSIR, Chennai, India.

• Kanagaraj, S., Behera, S., Babu, R.V., "Preparation and characterization of copper-carbon nanotube nanocomposites via powder metallurgy technique". Proc. International conference on powder metallurgy & particulate materials, PM 15, 19-21 January 2015, IIT Mumbai, India.

• Kumari, P., Behera, S., "Natural frequency of orthotropic laminated plate using extended Kantorovich method". Proc. 60th Congress of Indian Society of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (ISTAM 2015), 16-19 December 2015, MNIT, Jaipur, India. 

• Behera, S., Kumari, P., "Accurate estimation of the influence of adhesive bonding on the free vibration of laminated plates", 2nd International Conference on Mechanics of Composites (MechComp2016), 34, 11-14 July 2016, FEUP, Porto, Portugal.

• Behera, S., Kumari, P., "Free vibration analysis of piezoelectric plate using mixed-field extended Kantorovich method", 3rd Indian Conference on Applied Mechanics (INCAM 2017), 37-38, 5 -7 July 2017, MNNIT Allahabad, India.

• Behera, S., Kumari, P., "Effect of adhesive thickness on the free vibration of arbitrary supported smart plates", 13th International Conference on Vibration Problems (ICOVP 2017), 29th November-2nd December 2017, IIT Guwahati, India.

• Behera, S., Kumari, P., "Free vibration analysis of levy-type smart hybrid plates using three-dimensional extended Kantorovich method", 2nd  International Conference on Structural Integrity (ICONS 2018), 14-17 December, 2018, IIT Madras, Chennai, India.

Reviewer

• •   International Journal of Mechanical Sciences

Invited Talk

1. "Extended Kantorovich Method for Analysis of Laminated Plate Structures", Recent Computational Techniques in Mechanical Engineering and its Applications (RCTMEA-2025), 11-18th April, 2025, NIT Manipur, India.

2. "Analysis of smart composite rectangular plates using three dimensional Extended Kantorovich method", 8th Asian Conference on Mechanics of Functional Materials and Structures (ACMFMS-2022), 11-14th December, 2022, IIT Guwahati, Assam, India.

3. "Smart materials and structures and its application in engineering", Skill development program on Recent Advancements in Materials and Digital Manufacturing, 05-09th October, 2021, SGT University, Gurgaon, Delhi NCR, India. 

Software Skills

• •   ABAQUS, FORTRAN, MATLAB, LaTeX 

Workshop/STTP/FDP Attended

• • Attended a five-day Workshop on Empowering Educators: Student-Centric Teaching Pedagogy from 9th to 13th June, 2025, at SVNIT, Surat.

  • Attended a two-day National Open Workshop on Getting Aligned to the Publishing Process- Scopus + ScienceDirect on 26th and 28th September, 2020.

  • Participated in a five-day MHRD-TEQIP III KITE activity summer training program on Advanced pedagogies: Active learning and digital tools under the Knowledge Incubation initiative of the MHRD Govt. of India at IIT Bombay from 03rd June, 2019 to 7th June, 2019.

  • Participated in a five-day workshop under MHRD-TEQIP (KITE) initiative of the MHRD Govt. of India on the theme Pedagogy, Research and TEQIP execution at IIT Bombay from 29th January, 2018 to 2nd February, 2019.

STTP: Short Term Training Programme; FDP: Faculty Development Programme

Subjects Taught

PMEC, Brahmapur, Odisha 

• • Basic Mechanical Engineering

  • Engineering Mechanics

  • Mechanics of Solids

  • Workshop Technology

  • Mechanics of Composite Materials

SVNIT, Surat, Gujarat 

• • Engineering Drawing (ME 110) [1st year, 7 times]

  • Engineering Mechanics (ME103) [1st year, 2 times]

  • CAD/CAM (ME403) [4th year, 3 times, PS]

  • Product Design and Development (ME 366) [3rd year, 1 time, PS]

  • Risk, Reliability and Life Testing (ME 374) [2nd year, 1 time, PS][3rd year, 2 times, PS]

  • Mechanics of Composite Materials (ME433) [3rd year, 1 time]

Countries Visited

• • Portugal, Bhutan

Contact Address

Department of Mechanical Engineering, Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology (SVNIT), Ichhanath, Surat-Dumas Road, Keval Chowk, Surat, Gujarat 395007

Mobile No.: +91-6370201543

Email: susanta.b@med.svnit.ac.in ; susantabc@gmail.com