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ME-311 MACHINE DESIGN-2

ME-221 MACHINE DESIGN-1

ME-212 MECHANICS OF MATERIALS

ME-356 MECHANICS OF DEFORMABLE SOLIDS

ME-216 STRENGTH OF MATERIALS

P.G.

MEMD 1101 CONTINUUM MECHANICS

MERB 1261/AR-551/AR24551 SOFT ROBOTICS

AR-552/AR24552 CONTROL SYSTEM FOR ROBOTS

SV-522 THEORY OF PLASTICITY

AM-502 MECHANICS OF BIO-MATERIALS

Organization

Start Date

End Date

Designation

Nature of Work

MANIT Bhopal 24/12/2024 Till Date Assistant Professor Grade-I Teaching and Research

MANIT Bhopal

16/03/2020 23/12/2024 Assistant Professor Grade-II

Teaching and Research

IIT Delhi

11/07/2019

15/03/2020

Postdoctoral Fellow

Research

IIT Kharagpur

25/12/2018

30/06/2019

Research Associate

Research

Name of the Student

Topic

Year of Award

Co-Supervisor (if any)

Jayant Kumar (Scholar No. 24316011112) Tentative Thesis Title: ROLE OF FIBER-MATRIX COUPLING IN THE MECHANOBIOLOGY OF TISSUES: MODELING WITH EXPERIMENTAL VALIDATIONS Ongoing No
Mohammad Tarique Khan (Scholar No. 25316011106) Robotics Ongoing Dr. Vilas Warudkar
Sankalp Gour (Scholar No. 203116020) Thesis title: REINFORCEMENT AND FAILURE MODELING OF ELASTOMERS: A CONTINUUM MECHANICS APPROACH Completed (Thesis Viva-Voce Date: 10 June 2025) No

Title

Sponsoring Agency

Duration

Amount

Co-PI (if any)

Design and Development of a Human-Friendly Soft Robotic Hand Gripper

ARDE-DRDO Govt. of India

3 Years

59.4044 Lakhs

-

Programmable Automated Field Deployable High-Frequency Rainwater Sampler

Indian Space research Organization (ISRO) Govt. of India

2 Years

8.6 Lakhs

Yes

Calf Stimulation and Foot Drop Exercise Device IHFC-IIT Delhi 2 Years 23.25 Lakhs Yes
Indigenously Developed Ankle CPM BIRAC Govt. of India (BT/EF0362/2.0/24) 1 Years Less than 5 Lakhs Yes

Deformation Mechanics of Electro-magneto-active Polymers: Modeling with Experimental Validation

MANIT Bhopal

(Seed Grant)

2 Years

5.0 Lakhs

No

Title

Sponsoring Agency

Duration

Amount

Co-Investigator                       (if any)

Evaluation of 120 Semi Low Floor Buses

Bhopal City Link Limited (BCLL) Bhopal Govt. of Madhya-Pradesh

Aug 2020-Nov 2020

8.496 Lakhs

Yes

Vetting of the DPR of water supply system under AMRUT 2.0

Cantonment Board, Saugor, Govt. of Madhya-Pradesh

Oct 2022-Nov 2022

2.7612 Lakhs

Yes

Authors

Title

Journal

VOL. NO.,

PAGE NO

YEAR

SCI/

Scopus

IMPACT FACTOR

Deepak Kumar

Material-dependent relations for magneto-active solids undergoing shear and triaxial extension

International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics

175, 105090

2025

SCI

3.336

Deepak Kumar

Universal relations for electro-magneto-active solids in shear and triaxial extension

Mathematics and Mechanics of Solids

10812865251332167

2025

SCI

1.7

Aritra Chatterjee, Deepak Kumar

Role of fiber orientations and invariant coupling in the stress-strain non-coaxiality of bioinspired fiber-reinforced elastomers

Journal of Applied Mechanics: ASME Transaction

92(7), 071010

2025

SCI

3.951

Sankalp Gour, Deepak Kumar, Aman Khurana

Unequal-biaxial taut states of functionally graded dielectric elastomers

International Journal of Engineering Science

214, 104291

2025

SCI

5.7

Sankalp Gour, Deepak Kumar, Aman Khurana, M. M. Joglekar

Thermo-electro-magnetostrictive unequal-biaxial taut domains in thin elastomeric membranes

Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

481(2311), 20240320

2025

SCI

2.9

Ankush Agrawal, Aman Khurana, Deepak Kumar

Dynamics of an electric field vulnerable morpho-elastic biological membranes

Journal of Applied Mechanics: ASME Transaction

92, 041006-1

2025

SCI

3.951

Jayant Kumar, Deepak Kumar

Modeling for the role of fiber-matrix coupling on the torsion-induced Poynting effect in biological tissues

Mechanics of Materials

210, 105470

2025

SCI

4.1

Jayant Kumar, Deepak Kumar

Modeling and experimental validation of Mullins stress-softening in male and female mice skins

Mechanics Research Communications

146, 104406

2025

SCI

2.3

Jayant Kumar, Deepak Kumar

Modeling the role of fiber-matrix coupling on the failure of biological tissues

International Journal of Applied Mechanics

17(10), 2550087

2025

SCI

2.6

Sankalp Gour and Deepak Kumar

Unequal-biaxial taut states of electro-active polymeric composites

Journal of Applied Mechanics: ASME Transaction

91.5

2024

SCI

3.951

Deepak Kumar

Eulerian formulation of the constitutive relation for an electro-magneto-elastic material class

Strength of Materials

56(3), 639-648

2024

SCI

1.0

Asesh Kumar Patra, Aman Khurana, Deepak Kumar, Prashant Saxena

Impact of compliant electrodes on the dynamics of electromagnetoactive membrane

International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics

 167, 104906

2024

SCI

3.336

Asesh Kumar Patra, Aman Khurana

Modeling and analysis of a thermo-electro-magneto-viscoelastic actuator

International Journal of Applied Mechanics

16(02), 2450015

2024

SCI

2.9

Saswath Ghosh, Sankalp Gour, Deepak Kumar, Sitikantha Roy

Tear fracture analysis of fiber-reinforced conducting polymer-based soft actuator

International Journal of Applied Mechanics

16(8), 2450092

2024

SCI

2.9

Dilshad Ahmad, Sankalp Gour, Deepak Kumar, Rafic M. Ajaj, Yahya Zweiri

Innovative Skin Structures: Synthesis, Void Analysis, and Hysteresis Modeling of Zero Poisson’s Ratio Skin for Span Morphing Wing

International Journal of Applied Mechanics

 16(07), 2450074

2024

SCI

2.9

Sankalp Gour and Deepak Kumar

Thermo-electrostrictive unequal-biaxial deformation instability of electro-active polymeric composites

International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics

156, 104481

2023

SCI

3.336

Sankalp Gour and Deepak Kumar

A physics-based failure study of smart artificial tissues in human-like soft robots

European Journal of Mechanics-A/Solids

102, 105087

2023

SCI

4.873

Sankalp Gour, Dilshad Ahmad, Deepak Kumar, Rafic M. Ajaj, Yahya Zweiri

Investigating the tear fracture of elastomeric skins in morphing wings: An experimental and computational study

International Journal of Applied Mechanics

In Press

2023

SCI

3.951

Asesh Kumar Patra, Aman Khurana, Deepak Kumar

Modeling and analysis of a thermo-electro-magneto-viscoelastic actuator

International Journal of Applied Mechanics

In Press

2023

SCI

3.951

Subrat Kumar Behera, Deepak Kumar, Chandra Shekhar Maurya, Somnath Sarangi

Universal rate-dependence in electro-magneto-active polymeric composites

Composites Science and Technology

237, 110015

2023

SCI

9.879

Subrat Kumar Behera, Rashi Aditi Ranjan, Deepak Kumar, Somnath Sarangi, Ranjan Bhattacharyya

Dynamic modelling and analysis of a biological circular membrane

International Journal of Engineering Science

188, 103864

2023

SCI

7.155

Deepak Kumar and Somnath Sarangi

Constitutive modeling of an electro-magneto-rheological fluid

Scientific Reports

12(1), 1-12.

2022

SCI

4.6

Deepak Kumar, Vinod Yadav, Somnath Sarangi

Modeling and analysis of an electro-magneto-elastic rotating cylindrical tube actuator

Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures

33(14), 1862-1876

2022

SCI

2.774

Subrat Kumar Behera, Deepak Kumar, Somnath Sarangi

Constitutive modeling of damage-induced stress softening in electro-magneto-viscoelastic materials

Mechanics of Materials

171, 104348

2022

SCI

4.137

Aman Khurana, Deepak Kumar, Atul Kumar Sharma, M. M. Joglekar

Static and DC dynamic instability modeling of electro-magneto-active polymers with various entanglements and crosslinks

International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics

139, 103865

2022

SCI

3.336

Aman Khurana, Deepak Kumar, Atul Kumar Sharma, Giuseppe Zurlo, M. M. Joglekar

Taut domains in transversely isotropic electro-magneto-active thin membranes

International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics

147, 104228

2022

SCI

3.336

Dilshad Ahmad, Deepak Kumar, Rafic M. Ajaj

Multiaxial Deformations of Elastomeric Skins for Morphing Wing Applications: Theoretical Modeling and Experimental Investigations

Polymers

14(22), 4891

2022

SCI

4.967

Sankalp Gour, Deepak Kumar, Aman Khurana

Constitutive modeling for the tear fracture of artificial tissues in human-like soft robots

European Journal of Mechanics-A/Solids

96, 104672

2022

SCI

4.873

Kriti Arya, Deepak Kumar, Somnath Sarangi

Free radial oscillations of an actuated cylindrical tube

Mechanics of Advanced Materials and Structures

1-11

2022

SCI

3.338

Sankalp Gour, Deepak Kumar, Vinod Yadav

Constitutive modeling for the tear fracture of rubber with filler particles

Sādhanā-Indian Academy Proceedings in Engineering Sciences

47(2), 1-9

2022

SCI

1.214

Sankalp Gour, Deepak Kumar

Constitutive modeling of particle reinforced rubber-like materials

Theoretical and Applied Mechanics Letters

12, 100383

2022

SCI

3.3

Md. Moonim Lateefi, Deepak Kumar, Somnath Sarangi

An alternative form of energy density demonstrating the severe strain-stiffening in thin spherical and cylindrical shells

Theoretical and Applied Mechanics Letters

12, 100361

2022

SCI

3.3

Deepak Kumar and Somnath Sarangi

A novel class of universal relation for incompressible isotropic electro-viscoelastic materials

Mechanics Research Communications

117, 103784

2021

SCI

2.5

Aman Khurana, Deepak Kumar, Atul Kumar Sharma, M. M. Joglekar

Nonlinear oscillations of particle-reinforced electro-magneto-viscoelastomer actuators

Journal of Applied Mechanics: ASME Transaction

88(12), 121002

2021

SCI

3.951

Subrat Kumar Behera, Deepak Kumar, Somnath Sarangi

Modeling of electro–viscoelastic dielectric elastomer: A continuum mechanics approach

European Journal of Mechanics-A/Solids

90, 104369

2021

SCI

4.873

Deepak Kumar, Saswath Ghosh, Sitikantha Roy, Sushma Santapuri

Modeling and analysis of an electro-pneumatic braided muscle actuator

Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures

32(4), 399-409

2021

SCI

2.774

Deepak Kumar and Somnath Sarangi

Dynamic modeling of a dielectric elastomeric spherical actuator: an energy-based approach

Soft Materials

19(2), 129-138

2021

SCI

1.619

Deepak Kumar, Somnath Sarangi, Prashant Saxena

Universal relations in coupled electro-magneto-elasticity

Mechanics of Materials

143, 103308

2020

SCI

4.137

Deepak Kumar, Somnath Sarangi, Ranjan Bhattacharyya

Universal relations in nonlinear electro-magneto-elasticity

Archive of Applied Mechanics

90(7), 1643-1657

2020

SCI

2.467

Deepak Kumar and Somnath Sarangi

Electromagnetostriction under large deformation: modeling with experimental validation

Mechanics of Materials

128, 1-10

2019

SCI

4.137

Deepak Kumar and Somnath Sarangi

Electro-mechanical instability modelling in elastomeric actuators: A second law of thermodynamics-based approach

Soft Materials

17, 1-13

2019

SCI

1.619

Deepak Kumar and Somnath Sarangi

Pre-stretch and frequency variation effect on the dielectric permittivity of a dielectric elastomer: An amended permittivity model

Sādhanā-Indian Academy Proceedings in Engineering Sciences

44, 173

2019

SCI

1.214

Deepak Kumar and Somnath Sarangi

Instability analysis of an electro-magneto-elastic actuator: A continuum mechanics approach

AIP Advances

8(11), 115314

2018

SCI

1.697

Neetu Singh, Deepak Kumar, Anil Kumar Sarma, Mithilesh Kumar Jha

Exergy conceptual-based study for comparative thermodynamic performance of ci engine fueled with petroleum diesel and biodiesel blends

Journal of Energy Engineering

143(1), 04016030

2016

SCI

1.961

Title

Year

Agency

Co-Investigator(if any)

Published/Granted

Automated Drainage Cleaning System 2024 Indian Patent (Design No: 411019-001) Yes Granted
Biaxial Testing Machine 2024 Indian Patent (Design No: 412108-001) Yes Granted
Biaxial Stretching Device for Soft Materials 2023 Indian Patent (Design No: 372333-001) Yes Granted
Calf Stimulation and Foot Drop Exercise Device 2024 Indian Patent (Utility Patent Application No: 202421006974) Yes Published
Automated Biaxial Stretching Device with Scissor Mechanism 2023 Indian Patent (Utility Patent Application No: 202321014425) Yes Published

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