Authors are invited to submit two-page abstracts in one of Mini Symposia listed below. All submissions must adhere to the given guidelines and follow the conference template, available for download below.
Authors of selected presentations in the conference will be invited to submit full-page manuscripts. These will be considered for publication in special issues of recognized journals. (Post conference)
Mini Symposia
Mechanics of Composite Materials
Prof. P. M. Mohite (IIT Kanpur)
Focus: Homogenization, damage, failure modeling, aerospace, automotive & defence applications, low velocity impact, thermal & hygroscopic effects
Advances in Computational Fluid Dynamics
Prof. Niranjan Ghaisas (IIT Hyderabad)
Focus: Turbulence modeling, flux schemes, novel method development, shock, transition, FVM, FDM, FEM
Mechanics of Highly Deformable Bodies & Materials
Prof. Debashish Das (IISc Bengaluru)
Focus: Biomechanics, stretchable electronics, energy harvesting, mechanics of strings & tubes
Extreme Mechanics
Prof. Siladitya Pal (IIT Roorkee)
Focus: High velocity impact, high temperature, corrosion, neutron irradiation, hydrogen embrittlement
Advances in Computational Solid Mechanics
Prof. A. Chandrasekhar (IIT Madras)
Prof. Shantanu S. Mulay (IIT Madras)
Focus: Multi-scale methods, FEM, P-FEM, Iso-geometry, DEM, SPH, mesh-less methods, non-local methods, optimization
Turbulent and Complex Flows
Prof. Rajaram Lakkaraju (IIT Kharagpur)
Focus: Aerodynamics, combustion, turbo-machinery, fundamental flows, transition, relaminarization, blood flow, rheology
Fatigue and Fracture
Prof. Sabyasachi Chatterjee (IIT Delhi)
Prof. Arpit Agrawal (IIT Delhi)
Focus: LEFM, EPFM, HCF, VHCF, LCF, crack initation and growth, microstructure senstitive modeling
AI and HPC for Applied Mechanics
Prof. Aditya Konduri (IISc Bengaluru)
Focus: Machine learning, data driven modeling, PINN, Generative AI, Surrogate mode, GPU
Mechanics for Sustainability
Focus: Battery, fuel cell, wind energy, solar energy, hydro energy, hydrogen storage, urban air mobility, weather model
Mechanics of Smart Materials and Structures
Prof. Krishnendu Haldar (IIT Bombay)
Focus: Metamaterials, phase change, piezo-electric, acoustic devices, magneto-mechanic devices
Design of Engineering Structures
Prof. Arghya Das (IIT Kanpur)
Focus: Bridge, buildings, health-monitoring, aircraft structure, optimization
Mechanics in Bio-applications and Sports
Prof. Sandeep Saha (IIT Kharagpur)
Focus: Aerodynamics, drug delivery, bio implants, soft robotics
Geomechanics and Planetary Science
Prof. Ramesh Kannan Kandasami (IIT Madras)
Focus: Landslide, earthquake, granular flows, porous media flow, tectonics
Fluid-structure Interaction
Prof. Chandan Bose (University of Birmingham)
Prof. Rajesh Ranjan (IIT Kanpur)
Focus: Aeroelasticity, buffets, flutter, instability
Plasticity and Creep
Prof. Anirban Patra (IIT Bombay)
Focus: Classical plasticity, crystal plasticity, discrete dislocation density, homogenization, damage initiation & propagation, instability
Mechanics of Soft and Biological Matter
Prof. Ratna Kumar Annabattula (IIT Madras)
Focus: Hydrogels, Liquid crystals, Biological materials, Constitutive Modelling of Polymers, Experimental Mechanics of Soft and Biological Matter
Numerical simulations for static and dynamic studies
Prof. Srihari Dodla (IIT BHU)
Focus: Microstructure materials, Aerospace design, Defense components, Numerical simulations, Microstructural analysis, Micromechanical modeling, Atomistic simulations
Contact, Adhesion & Friction
Prof. Manjesh K. Singh (IIT Kanpur)
Prof. Preetika Karnal (IIT Indore)
Focus: Tribology, Contact mechanics, Thin films, Coatings, Bearing design
Understanding Ayurveda Through Modern Science
Profs. V. Srinivasa Chakravarthy & C. Lakshmana Rao (IIT Madras)
Focus: Measurements, data analysis, and prediction of biomedical signals to study the mechanical effects. Devices for diagnostics and treatment, and physics-based theories used in Ayurveda.
Undergraduate Research Program (URP)
Prof. Sri Krishna Sudhamsu Kambhammettu (NIT Jamshedpur)
Focus: URP is a special symposium meant to encourage research presentations by undergraduates working in mechanics. Teams of maximum two members along with their advisors can submit abstracts.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
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