Research
Granular Mechanics
- Additive Manufacturing
- Agricultural Machinery
- Li-Ion Batteries
- Solid Oxide Fuel Cells
Stimuli-Responsive Thin Film Systems
- Light/Heat Responsive Liquid Crystal Polymers
- Solvent/Vapour Responsive Biopolymers
- Soft Robotics, Microfluidics
Cellular and Metamaterials
- Dynamic compression response of honeycomb structures
- Design of auxetic structures for energy absorption
- Auxetic structures as soft actuators
Tools/Techniques used in our research
- Finite Element Method (in-house codes, Abaqus, FEniCS and COMSOL)
- Discrete Element Method (in-house code: DEM_KIT, LIGGGHTS, EDEM)
- Experimental Granular Mechanics
- Fabrication and Characterization of Liquid Crystal Polymer Thin Films
Experimental Facilities in the Lab
- A 50 kN UTM with tension, compression and 3-point bending fixtures (upto 600 C)
- Triaxial test-setp for granular materials
- Direct shear apparatus for granular materials
- UV-Vis Spectrophotometer (UV1000 from Lab India)
- Omnicure S2000 UV Power Source (From Excelitas)
- NIR Laser, LSR808NL-1W
- SLA 3D Printer, Form3 (From Form Labs)
- Spin Coater, EZ Spin A1 (From Apex Instruments)
Research is to see what everybody else has seen, and to think what nobody else has thought.
