Sanjana Shinde

1. Damage Mechanics of SMA-based composites

Dual Degree Project - Stage 1 (AA grade) | Guide: Prof. Krishnendu Haldar [May’25 - Present]

• She is conducting a literature review and developing computational models for damage mechanics

• She is currently analysing damage initiation in SMA–matrix interfaces under high-velocity impact and ballistic loading and developing analytical and FEM models to study interfacial debonding and damage progression

• She is also assessing failure modes, damage patterns, and structural integrity under high-velocity impact

2. Thermomechanical Analysis of nanosatellites  

(S. Shinde, K. Haldar, ”Thermomechanical Effect on the Satellite’s Structures due to Thermal Radiations”, (paper to be submitted for Journal publication)

Awarded Undergraduate Research Award - URA02 and URA01 for exemplary research [2025,2024]

Bachelor Thesis Project (AA grade) | Guide: Prof. Krishnendu Haldar [Jan’23 - May’25]

• She worked on the finite satellite structure and analysed the effects of solar radiation, along with the consideration of different composite materials 

• She also performed an extensive literature survey on space weather effects on thermo-mechanical analysis

• She also studied the surface charging phenomena, their effects on the structure and tried to mitigate them, solved Maxwell’s equations and the surface current charging equation numerically and performed a numerical analysis on a plate, cubical satellite, and cylindrical satellite of different thicknesses and analysed the temperature, current, and voltage at different time instances

3. Supervised Learning Project (AA grade) | Guide: Prof. Krishnendu Haldar [Jan’23 - May’23] 

(6th Indian Conference on Applied Mechanics 2024 (INCAM) by ISAM, (paper submitted) S. Shinde, K. Haldar, ”Thermomechanical Effect on the Satellite’s Structures due to Thermal Radiations” [July 2024]

Received an award for commendable research at the UG level and the best presentation at INCAM 2024

• She performed an extensive literature survey on thermo-mechanical analysis of nanosatellites

• She also solved mathematically and analytically the differential equations using the software MATLAB, and plotted the various parameters to beta angles and a 3-D plot of temperature variation

• She also animated heat transfer and stress-strain problem with flux boundary condition for a side of the satellite using COMSOL and benchmarking it to increase the confidence level of the solution

4. Cantilever Beam Analysis [Aug’22 - Nov’22]

Course: Solid Mechanics | Guide: Prof. Krishnendu Haldar

• She solved the boundary value problem of a cantilever beam using Finite Element Analysis and also analysed the problems of a hole in the plate, a slit in the plate, and pressure on the annular ring

• She visualised the results using ANSYS Workbench software and compiled the observations in a report

5. Teaching Assistant, Solid Mechanics [Aug 25’ - Nov ’25]

Prof. Krishnendu Haldar | Dept. of Aerospace Engineering

She is appointed as Head TA to assist the professor with a batch of 80+ UGs and PGs

• She conducted tutorials, proctored exams, evaluated answer sheets and graded students

6. Teaching Assistant, Solid Mechanics [Aug 24’ - Nov ’24]

Prof. Krishnendu Haldar | Dept. of Aerospace Engineering

• She volunteered to be part of the TA team to assist the professor with a batch of 100+ UGs and PGs

• She gained initial insights into the teaching assistantship by conducting tutorials, doubt-clearing sessions,