D. Roy Mahapatra

Assistant Professor

Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore

 

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Department of Aerospace Engineering

Indian Institute of Science,

Bangalore 560012, India

 

e-mail: droymahapatra@aero.iisc.ernet.in

Tel: +91-80-2293-2419; Fax: +91-80-23600134

 

Previous positions held

 

Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India (Since Nov 2006)

CRC Postdoctoral Fellow, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Canada (2005-2006)

 

Academic Background

 

PhD Aerospace Engg. (2004) Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India

BE Civil Engg. (1998) Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India

 

Research Overview

 

Prof. Roy Mahapatra’s research activities are in both theory and experiments related to mechanics and dynamics of solid-state engineering materials and structures and the study of complex systems. Multiscale and multiphysics aspects of new materials, such as multiferroics, micro-magnetics, phase change materials and active polymers, defects and damage process in composite materials, high strain rate behaviour, new phenomena in dynamic materials and structure and function with applications to sensors and devices are in the focus of his research. Several of the research projects being investigated by him are aimed at mathematical modeling of systems, design and integration of software and devices into actual experiments/tests. For further details regarding the research activity click here.

 

 

Research Areas of Interest

 

  • Adaptive structures, structural health monitoring, high density electronics and sensor integration, vibration and wave propagation, and control of high-dimensional dynamical systems
  • Mathematics and computation of complex systems, dynamics of discrete and impulsive systems, scaling law, coupled process, phase transformation and growth in materials, memory and signal coordination in biological and artificial systems
  • Theory, analysis and experiments using micro and nanostructured materials and devices, biomedical engineering including space applications;
  • Hypersonics and shock wave, laser-material interaction.

 

 

Research Center and Laboratory 

 

 

 

Teaching

 

  • Applied and Computational Mechanics (AE239, 3 credits, January)
  • Experimental Techniques (AE276, Core course for ME Program, January)
  • Smart Materials and Structures (AE233, 3 Credits, January/August)

  

  

Publications  

 

Book: Spectral Finite Element Method: Wave Propagation, Health Monitoring and Control in Anisotropic and Inhomogeneous Structures; Series: Computational Fluid and Solid Mechanics; S. Gopalakrishnan, A. Chakraborty, D. Roy Mahapatra; 2007, 430 p., 100 illus., Hardcover, ISBN: 1-84628-355-8 Springer Verlag, London.

 

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