Involved in all the research of the lab as supervisor or principal investigator. The prime area of research: metamaterial, vibration control, seismic performance evaluation, Conventional and High-speed Railway infrastructure, and new and renewable energy sectors focusing on wind, solar, hydro, and wave energy.
Namrata Bhattacharjee
Date of joining: Aug. 2021
Engaged in a methodical examination of ground vibrations caused by operational metro trains over viaducts in Delhi NCR region, utilizing on-site field testing and numerical methodologies.
Muskaan Sethi
Date of joining: Aug. 2021
Currently working on the simulation of contact and impact mechanics-based problems using a linear complementary approach.
Award(s):
1. Research Excellence Travel Award (RETA), IIT Delhi (2024).
Indrajit Pahari
Date of joining: Aug. 2022
Currently working on a metamaterial-based composite railway pad for enhancing vibration control.
Arindam Das
Date of joining: Aug. 2022
Presently working on wave attenuation and vibration Isolation through metamaterial-impregnated thin-walled structural elements.
Award(s):
Prime Minister Research Fellowship (PMRF) (2023).
Mayuresh Salunkhe
Date of joining: Aug. 2022
Research focuses on the critical challenge of mitigating vibrations in urban tunnels, particularly in soft soil conditions induced by metro train operations.
Avisek Mukherjee
Date of joining: Dec. 2022
Research focuses on Uncertainty Quantification in the Dynamics Structural Response
Pranay Singh
Date of joining: Aug. 2023
Working on honeycomb-based damper for vibration mitigation of braced frames.
Shivam Verma
Date of joining: Jan. 2023
Currently working on Finite Element Modelling, Whole-Body Vibration, Human Spinal Vibration and, Biomechanics.
Sabarish Godavarthy
Date of joining: Dec. 2023
Presently working on the repair and rehabilitation of RC structural elements.
Soumendu Saha
Date of joining: July 2024
Vibration Control Of Machine Mount using Metamaterial
Bhavana Meena
Date of joining: July 2024
Nonlinear vibrational analysis of RC columns for applications in WT and bridges.
Tonmoy Kumar Sharma
Date of joining: July 2024
Metamaterials: Theory and Application in Railways
Partha Pratim Banerjee
Date of joining: July 2024
Dynamic analysis of bridges
and viaducts under vehicular/train loading.
Ghulam Sarwar
Date of joining: July 2024
Spacecraft Microvibration Control for onboard sensitive instruments
Parthajit Malla
Date of joining: January 2025
Development of Innovative Vibration Technologies Control Strategies for Sustainable Structures
Lt Col Gaurav Anand Bourai, SM
Date of joining: July 2024
Nonlinear vibrational analysis of RC columns for applications in WT and bridges.
Current position: Assistant Professor, IIT Delhi.
Current position: Assistant Professor, VNIT Nagpur.
Current position: Postdoctoral research fellow, Seoul National University, South Korea.
Current position: Assistant Professor at Hindustan Institute of Technology & Science, India
Supervisor: Dr. Rajendra Varma, Dr. Arnab Banerjee
Start date: 20th July, 2018
Thesis submission: 27th Sept, 2022
Defense date: 27th March 2023
Title: Dynamic Performance Assessment of In-plane Micropolar-Cosserat Panels.
Current position: Postdoctoral research fellow, Brunel University London.
Supervisor: Dr. Arnab Banerjee
Start date: 27th Dec, 2019
Thesis submission: 7th Jun, 2023
Defense date: 15th Dec, 2023
Title: The Passive Vibration Isolation Systems: Analytical Investigations.
Current position: Postdoctoral research fellow, University of Glasgow, UK.
Dr. Susmita Panda
Supervisor: Dr. Arnab Banerjee, Dr. Bappaditya Manna
Start date: July 2019
Thesis submission: Oct. 2023
Defense date: 20 Feb. 2024
Title: Vibration control and Mechanics Driven Machine learning techniques for Design of high-speed Railway Bridges
Current position: Postdoctoral research fellow, Norwegian University of Science and Technology- NTNU, Norway.
Dr. Somya Ranjan Patro
Supervisor: Dr. Arnab Banerjee, Dr. GV Ramana
Start date: July 2019
Thesis submission: April 2024
Defense date: 21 August 2024
Title: Vibration control of wind turbine towers: Analytical studies and reduced scaled experiments
Current position: Postdoctoral research fellow, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea.
Dr. Iqra Latif
Supervisor: Dr. Arnab Banerjee, Dr. Mitesh Surana
Start Date: 19th July, 2019
Thesis submission: 30th August, 2024
Defense date: 19th November, 2024
Title: Explaining Seismic Response and Fragility of RC Frames through Machine Learning.
Award(s):
1. International Travel Support (ITS), SERB Govt. of India (2023).
2. Research Excellence Travel Award (RETA), IIT Delhi (2024).
3. IndoML 2024 Travel Grant IndoML 2024
Abhigna Bhatt
Start Date: 19 Sept. 2020
Thesis Submission: 14th Oct, 2025
Defence Date: 30 Jan, 2025
Thesis in the analytical derivation of Spectro spatial wave propagation in elastic nonlinear discrete and continuous metamaterials.
Award(s):
1. Best paper award in Futuristic Technologies Conference (2021).
2. Research Excellence Travel Award (RETA), IIT Delhi (2024).
3. International Travel Support (ITS), SERB Govt. of India (2024).
Rishab Das
Date of joining: Sept. 2020
Thesis Submission: 13th Jan, 2025
Defence Date: 5th May, 2025
Presently working in the fabrication and characterization of a spring-mass-based resonator integrated within a pile foundation, aiming to enhance the vibration control in response to lateral dynamic loads.
Award(s):
1. Research Excellence Travel Award (RETA), IIT Delhi (2024).
2. International Travel Support (ITS), SERB Govt. of India (2024).
Thesis title: Metamaterial based Passive Vibration Control of High rise coupled shear wall buildings.
Award(s):
1. Shri A.N. Dutta Memorial Cash Award for best M. Tech. Project (2021).
Bharat Singhal
Date of joining: Aug. 2022
Working on the optimization of renewable energy harvesting structures, focused specifically on solar panel mounting structures.
Somraj Sen
(MSR)
Date of joining: Aug. 2022
Presently working on Wave propagation characteristics and dispersion phenomenon through metabeams and 2D lattices.
Souryadeep Biswas
(MSR)
Date of joining: Dec. 2021
The research primarily includes the development of a unified theory for the estimation of overall dissipation from dispersion relation.