1. Shiv Sagar, PhD Student

Shiv works on computational modelling of damage and plasticity of anisotropic heterogeneous materials, such as laminated composites using phase-field and gradient-damage based techniques. His work ranges from microscale modelling and development of multiscale techniques in the presence of strain localization, to the laminate scale modelling with multivariate damage profiles and multimodal damage surfaces. His research work also incorporates concepts from information theory to map several damage mechanisms under a single unified variable.

2. Parvez Barkat Khan , PhD Student

Parvez works on plate and shell theories, computational homogenization, and multiscale analysis of pultruded fibre-reinforced polymer (FRP) structural components. He is developing a shell-to-shell homogenization framework to replace explicitly modelled cellular and corrugated-web architectures with equivalent shell representations, enabling computationally efficient and reliable analysis of large-scale structures.

3. Vishnu Priya A, PhD Student

From a background in Aerospace Engineering, Vishnu Priya joined our group in July 2022. Her research focuses on developing thermodynamically consistent, temperature-dependent constitutive models for fibre-reinforced polymer (FRP) composites to understand and predict their behaviour under various loading conditions and temperatures, particularly in the presence of micro-defects.

4. Ayush Kumar Tiwari, PhD Student

His research focuses on the multiscale modelling of fibre-reinforced polymer (FRP) composites, with particular emphasis on their elastoplastic behaviour and progressive damage. Ayush works on developing micromechanics-based constitutive models and thermodynamically consistent formulations to understand how damage initiates and evolves within composite laminates and at their interfaces. His work also includes anisotropic damage modelling, energy-based damage evolution, and gradient regularisation.

5. Swapnil Balasaheb Ghodke, PhD Student

Swapnil works on 3D concrete printing (3DCP), with particular emphasis on the rheological behaviour, printability, and structural performance of coarse aggregate-based printable concrete. He has been exploring the use of natural and recycled coarse aggregates, sustainable and low-carbon binders, to develop mix-design strategies to improve extrudability, buildability, and the sustainability of digitally fabricated concrete structures.

6. Pavini Aroa, PhD Student

Pavini's research focuses on developing data-free, mechanics-driven neural operator learning frameworks for computational solid mechanics. The work integrates variational principles, nonlinear continuum mechanics, and artificial intelligence to model complex material behaviour, fracture, and interface damage, with applications in composite materials and topology optimization.

7. Sarvadnya Pravinkumar Navale, PhD Student

4. Ananya Bijaya, PhD, 2024

Ananya worked on the fracture behaviour of architected lattice materials.  He developed a reduced dimensional phase-field fracture model for efficient simulation of fracture in a lattice and designed schemes to probe anisotropic fracture toughness in lattice materials. He formulated a consistent multi-phase-field model for anisotropic brittle fracture. Additionally, he also worked in the area of finite deformation plasticity and ductile damage modelling through phase-field fracture model.