Dr. Bimal Das (PI)
Education:
Ph.D.: Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Patna (2016-2020)
M.Tech.: Applied Mechanics, Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology (IIEST) Shibpur, W.B, India (2014-2016)
B.Tech.: Mechanical Engineering, West Bengal University of Technology, India (2009-2013)
Professional Experience:
2023- Present: Assistant Professor, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Ahmedabad University, India
2023-2023: Senior Engineer , General Motors (GM), Bangalore, India
2020-2022: Postdoctoral Fellow, IIT Bombay, India
Collaborators:
I had the fortune to collaborate with very bright academics and their contributions cannot be acknowledged enough. These include,
1. Dr. Ricardo Branco- Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Coimbra, Portugal
2. Prof. (Dr.) Sushil Mishra- Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, IIT Bombay, India
3. Dr. Akhand Rai- Assistant Professor, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Ahmedabad University, India
4. Dr. Akhilendra Singh- Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, IIT Patna, India
5. Mr. Ravi K Varma- Scientist SF, Space Applications Centre (SAC), Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), Ahmedabad, India.
PhD Students
Name: Devyanshi Patel
Theme: Defect Sensitive Fatigue Life Assessment of Additively Manufactured Inconel 718
Duration: 2024 - Present
Masters Students
Name: Vivek J Panchal
Theme: Aerodynamic and Structural Analysis of Sandwich Composite Propeller for Drone
Duration: 2024- 2026
Undergraduate Students
Tatva Vyas- Understanding the failure mechanism of bidirectional glass fiber reinforced composites under tensile loadingthrough micro-mechanical modeling
Nihar Kalolia- Development of a Motorised Pulley for Bulk Handling Applications
Vansh Narania- Design and Development of a New Fixture for Forging Pump Heads on Double Column VMC to Reduce Load on Small VMC
Devya Vinchi- Fatigue behaviour of wire arc additively manufactured stainless steel 308L.