Ganesh U. Patil, PhD
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Postdoctoral Affiliate, Michigan Institute for Data & AI In Society
University of Michigan Ann Arbor
Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Email: gupatil@umich.edu
Ganesh U. Patil, PhD
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Postdoctoral Affiliate, Michigan Institute for Data & AI In Society
University of Michigan Ann Arbor
Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Email: gupatil@umich.edu
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Education
Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2023
M.S. Mechanical Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2019
B.Tech. Mechanical Engineering, Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute, 2014
L.M.E. Mechanical Engineering, Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute, 2011
Academic Positions
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Oct 2023 - present.
Postdoctoral Affiliate, Michigan Institute for Data & AI In Society, University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Aug 2025 - present.
Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, January 2017 – September 2023.
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, January 2017 – December 2020.
Awards and Fellowships
MIDAS Postdoctoral Affiliate, Michigan Institute for Data & AI in Society (competitive selection; up to 10 postdocs across the University of Michigan) [2025]
1st Place Winner of the 2024 National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine’s (NASEM) USNC/TAM 5MT - PhD Thesis in Mechanics Competition [2024]
1st Place Best Student Paper Award in Structural Acoustics and Vibration, Acoustical Society of America [2020, 2022]
Schaller Travel Fund and Graduate College Conference Presentation Award, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign [2022]
Mavis Future Faculty Fellow, Grainger College of Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign [2020]
MechSE Teaching Fellowship, Mechanical Science and Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign [2020]
James O. Smith Outstanding TAM TA Award, Mechanical Science and Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign [2020]
List of Teachers Ranked as Outstanding (Top 10%) in Fall 2018 - Spring 2019, and Excellent (Top 30%) in Fall 2019, Center for Innovation in Teaching & Learning, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
CK Radhakrishnan Scholarship for academic excellence [2014]
S.Natarajan & Smt.N.Jayalakshmi Charitable Trust Scholarship for academic excellence [2014]
Narottam Sekhsaria Foundation's Merit cum Means Scholarship for academic performance [2011, 2012 & 2013]
World Vision Award for Departmental Scholar, Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute [2009 – 2013]
Lord Reay Gold Medal for academic excellence, Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute [2011]
Dadabhoy Naoroji Gold Medal for academic excellence, Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute [2011]
Industrial Positions
Assistant Manager, Vehicle CAE Group, Research and Development Center, Bajaj Auto Limited, April 2017 – August 2017.
Senior Engineer, Vehicle CAE Group, Research and Development Center, Bajaj Auto Limited, July 2014 – April 2017.
Undergraduate Research Assistant, Research and Development Centre, Hindalco Limited, August 2013 – April 2014
Diploma Intern, Pre-Manufacturing Metalshop, Siemens Limited, Jan 2010 – Dec 2010
Professional Service
Affiliations
Acoustical Society of America (ASA) Student Member (2019-2023)
Society of Engineering Sciences (SES) Member (2020-2023)
Conference Sessions Organization
ASA: Nonlinear Metamaterials and Phononics (May 2022)
ASA: Tunable Metamaterials (Dec 2022)
Workshop Participation
International Committee on Joint Mechanics: Joints Workshop (Sep 2023)
NextProf Engineering Workshop for Future Faculty (May 2025)
Journal Reviewer
AIP Advances, Archive of Applied Mechanics (AoAM), Extreme Mechanics Letters, International Journal of Solids and Structures, International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, Journal of Applied Physics, Journal of Computational and Nonlinear Dynamics, Journal of Mechanics and Physics of Solids, Journal of Mechanisms and Robotics, Journal of Sound and Vibration, Journal of Vibration and Acoustics, Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, NDT&E International, Nonlinear Dynamics, Physical Review Applied, Physical Review B, Physical Review E, Physical Review Letters, Physical Review Materials, Physical Review X, Scientific Reports, The Journal of Acoustical Society of America, Thin-Walled Structures, Wave Motion