Any form of engineering design must ensure the resulting component performs as intended, without any structural failure in its operational life.  Often, things fail with little or no warning and result in huge financial losses, or worse,  claiming several lives. Therefore,  development of  'fail-safe' design guideline requires a thorough understanding of  the driving mechanisms behind material failure.  I work in the area of computational damage mechanics.  I have developed some damage models for carbon fibre reinforced polymer (CFRP) composites that provide accurate failure predictions when 'virtually' mechanically loaded beyond their capacity in three dimensional finite element simulations .  Such virtual tests  serve as  quick and inexpensive alternative to the otherwise time consuming and costly certification programme  traditionally followed in the industry .  Apart from this work,  I am also interested in  numerical modelling of different manufacturing processes  and  multiscale modelling techniques.  

I am open to all forms of collaboration. If you are interested in my work and want to know more, please feel free to contact me.