Research Projects

Biomechanics of acute appendicitis (Notre Dame). Layer-resolved, nonlinear finite element models of the human appendix wall that compare stress and strain across normal and inflamed disease stages, with volumetric growth to capture lumen-narrowing tissue growth.

Clinical biomarkers and tissue mechanics (Notre Dame). Linking routine clinical markers and imaging measurements to tissue stiffness and growth parameters, toward earlier detection of acute appendicitis. Supported by an Indiana CTSI (NIH) Postdoc Challenge Award.

Growth mechanics of mouse brain development (with Washington University in St. Louis). Continuum growth models of telencephalic development, in collaboration with Prof. David Van Essen and Prof. Maria Holland.

Mechanics of cephalic furrow formation (Ph.D., Texas Tech). Advanced and curvature-based vertex models of epithelial folding in the Drosophila embryo, including an automated multi-node lateral vertex model that relates membrane curvature to cell pressure.

Physics-informed machine learning. Bayesian physics-informed neural networks (B-PINNs) for inferring mechanics in neutrophil swarming.

Transport modeling. Hydrodynamics of particle transport by cilia arrays and metachronal waves (Texas Tech), and reduced-order models of solute transport in solid tumor microenvironments.

Awards and Honors

• Postdoc Challenge Award, Indiana Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute (CTSI, NIH)

• Doctoral Dissertation Completion Fellowship, Texas Tech University (2023–2024)

• Research Assistantship, Provost's Office, Texas Tech University

• Dean's Scholarship, College of Engineering, Texas Tech University

• Travel awards, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Graduate School, Texas Tech University

• Dean's Merit Award, BUET

Professional Affiliations

• Member, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2025 – present

• Student Member, American Physical Society (APS), 2021 – 2024, including the Division of Biological Physics, Forum on Graduate Student Affairs, Forum on International Physics, Forum on Industrial and Applied Physics, Data Science Topical Group, and the Texas Section

• Member, Mechanical Engineering Graduate Students' Association (MEGA), Texas Tech University, 2018 – 2024

• Member, Mechanical Engineering Association, BUET, 2013 – 2017

Service and Outreach

• Judge, South Plains Regional Science and Engineering Fair (multiple years)

• Mentor to graduate students at Notre Dame and Texas Tech, and to four undergraduate thesis students at BUET

• Organizer, Mechanics Olympiad and ME Fest, BUET (2017)

Undergraduate Projects (BUET)

Champion, Project Show, Mechanical Festival 2015. As a sophomore, I worked with two peers on "The Quadmonster," a surveillance unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) that we designed, built and flew. The project won the Mechanical Festival 2015 project show.

Product Design and Project Completion

At my junior year, I have designed a product as per the fulfillment of my undergrad projects along  with my fellow mates. The purpose of the project is to design a mechanism so that it can uplift an object with ease. I have used CAM mechanism here using some simple indigenous materials. I have also tried to mount an electric motor to give it an automatic motion.

In order to know more, please click here: Project

Runners Up (Fury Race Competition, ME Fest, 2017)

In my senior year, I along with my some enthusiast mates, designed and built a R/C bot for the competition of ME Fest 2017 fury race, which was awarded by the Runner's up prize, it was a very exciting event, as we made the bot in just 1 day!!!