Sourav Chandra

Principal Project Scientist,

Department of Civil Engineering,

Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi, 

India. 

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Greetings!!!

Presently, I am a post-doctoral researcher, serving in the capacity of the Principal Project Scientist in the Department of Civil Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi, India, since March 2022, wherein I am advised by Prof. Dr. Vasant Matsagar. My research at IIT Delhi has primarily focused on the study of the dynamic behavior and reliability of fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) composite structures under extreme hazards, e.g., blast and elevated temperature.

I obtained my doctorate (Ph.D.) degree from Technical University of Munich (TUM), Germany in 2023 in the area of computational mechanics, numerical and experimental dynamics, and stochastic analysis with application to FRP composite structures in multi-physics domain under the guidance of Prof. Dr.-Ing. Steffen Marburg. My Ph.D. thesis is titled “Dynamic Analysis of Composite Plates in Thermal Environments: Numerical and Experimental Studies”.

Prior to joining Ph.D., I served as an Assistant Professor at the Department of Civil Engineering at Haldia Institute of Technology, West Bengal, India (2016-2017) and JIS College of Engineering, West Bengal, India (2013-2016).

Here is my recent version of CV.

My research interests include computational mechanics, numerical and experimental structural dynamics, finite element methods, stochastic methods, and inverse methods. In particular, I am interested in studying the dynamic and failure behaviors of engineered composites exposed to extreme hazards and associated reliability by developing efficient stochastic frameworks.

Apart from research, I enjoy traveling, visiting festivals, and photography.