डॉ. सचिन कुमार

sachin@iitrpr.ac.in

Dr. Sachin Kumar

Associate Professor

Office: 321, Satish Dhawan Block

PhD 2015, Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, India

Broad Area: Design and Analysis

Specialization: Numerical methods, Fracture and Damage Mechanics

Research Areas: Numerical methods: FEM, Extended-FEM, Isogeometric analysis, Meshfree methods, Fracture and damage analysis of composites and Bone/Soft Tissues.

Webpage Link: https://sites.google.com/view/sachiniitrpr/

Research Gate Link: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Sachin_Kumar165

Google Scholar Link:https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=BVN5y1IAAAAJ&hl=en

Dr. Sachin Kumar is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at IIT Ropar. Prior to this, he has worked as a Research Fellow at National University of Singapore and as an Assistant Professor at Indian Institute of Information Technology, Design and Manufacturing Jabalpur. He obtained his Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from Uttar Pradesh Technical University in 2008, Master’s degree from Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology in 2010, and PhD from IIT Roorkee in 2015. During his doctoral degree, he has worked on the development of numerical methods for the failure analysis of engineering structures. His research interests include the development of numerical frameworks for the damage and fracture analysis of metals, composites and soft/hard tissues.


Work Experience:

§ Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Technology Ropar, May 2017 - present

§ Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Information Technology, Design and Manufacturing Jabalpur, Dec. 2016 - 14 May 2017

§ Research Fellow, National University of Singapore, Singapore, April 2016 to Dec. 2016

§ Assistant Professor, BML Munjal University Gurgaon, June 2015 - March 2016


Professional Achievements:

§ Faculty Incharge of Sports Activities, IIT Ropar (Jan, 2019 - present).

§ Faculty Advisor for 2018 B.Tech Mechanical students, IIT Ropar

§ Member of several other Institute and Department level committees at IIT Ropar.

§ Associate warden of a hostel at IIITDM Jabalpur, India.