Dr. Deepak Kumar
I am currently serving as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at IIT (BHU), Varanasi. My research primarily focuses on the domain of solid mechanics. During my Ph.D. at IIT Madras, I focused on the mechanics of crushing honeycomb structures and using random spring network model (RSNM) to study the fracture behavior of silica-epoxy composites. As a Research Associate at IMSc, Chennai, I examined the effect of silica particles on the fracture of ice under compressive load and also investigated the stress-microstructure relationships in deer antler bones. At the University of Trento, my postdoctoral research centered on the design and testing of lattice structures used for prosthetic hands, optimizing their strength and durability for biomedical applications.
1. MS+PhD in Solid Mechanics, IIT Madras, Chennai (2023)
2. B.Tech in Mechanical Engineering, School of Engineering, CUSAT, Kochi (2014)
1. Assistant Professor (Gr. II), Department of Mechanical Engineering, IIT (BHU), Varanasi (Oct 2024- present)
2. Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Trento, Italy (Apr 2024 - Sept 2024)
3. Research Associate, The Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai (Nov 2022 - Mar 2024)
4. Course Instructor, IIT Madras BS Degree in Data Science (Oct 2020 - Oct 2022)
1. Kumar, D., Banerjee, A., Rajesh, R. (2022). Interplay between disorder and strain hardening exponent in tensile fracture of quasi-brittle solids, Proceedings of Royal Society A, 478.
2. Kumar, D., Banerjee, A., Rajesh, R. (2021). Crushing of square honeycombs using disordered spring network model, Mechanics of Materials, 160.
3. Kumar, D., Banerjee, A. (2020). Effect of heterogeneity on crushing failure of disordered staggered- square honeycombs, Composite Structure, 240.
1. Kumar, D., Benedetti, M., DeBiasi, R., Corrado, A., Simone, M., Santus, C., Controzzi, M. (2024). Design of Lattice-Based Ultra-Light Sensorized Upper Limb Prosthesis, 53rd Conference of AIAS, The Italian Scientific Society of Mechanical Design and Machine Construction, Naples, Italy.
2. Kumar, D., Banerjee, A., Rajesh, R. (2022). Interplay between disorder and hardening exponent in tensile failure of quasi-brittle solid, Avalanche 2022, Debrecen, Hungry.
3. Kumar, D., Banerjee, A., Rajesh, R. (2021). Crushing response of staggered square heterogeneous honeycombs using spring network model, 14th World Congress on Computational Mechanics (WCCM XIV) and 8th European Congress on Computational Methods in Applied Sciences and Engineering (ECCOMAS 2021), Paris, France.
4. Kumar, D., Banerjee, A. (2018). Role of filleting on macroscopic response of brittle honeycomb cellular solid, 2nd International Conference on Structural Integrity (ICONS 2018), IIT Madras, Chennai, India.
5. Kumar, D., Banerjee, A. (2018). Deformation and failure of brittle heterogeneous honeycomb solids, 10th European Solid Mechanics Conference (ESMC 2018), Bologna, Italy.
6. Kumar, D., Banerjee, A. (2017). Quasi-brittle behavior of heterogeneous honeycomb cellular solids, International Conference on Composite Materials and Structures (ICCMS 2017), IIT Hyderabad, India.
Dr. Deepak Kumar,
Mechanics of Machinery Lab
Department of Mechanical Engineering,
IIT (BHU), Varansi 221005
Email: deepakkr.mec@iitbhu.ac.in
Mob: +91 86680 40202
I welcome inquiries for collaboration, as well as prospective master's and PhD candidates interested in working on topics related to my research areas.