Dr. Pavan Kumar

Assistant Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Email:
pavankr.mec@iitbhu.ac.in
Phone(s):
+91-829-481-6822
Area of Interest:
Applied Mathematics, Solid Mechanics, Computational Mechanics, Moving Boundary Problems, Physics Informed Neural Network

Ph.D. in Engineering Science and Mechanics, Pennsylvania State University, USA, 2024 

M.A. in Mathematics, Pennsylvania State University, USA, 2023

M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, University of Tennessee Knoxville, USA, 2017 

M.Tech. in Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India, 2009 

B.Tech. in Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India, 2007

Kumar, P., Segall, A. and Drapaca C., 2025. “Dynamics of thermoelastic stresses in finite width slab and hollow cylinder with a growing or receding boundary under an arbitrary tem perature transient”. ASME Journal of Pressure Vessel Technology, 148(1), 12, p. 011302. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4070088 

 

Kumar, P., Segall, A. and Drapaca C., 2025. “Finite-width slab and hollow cylinder un der an arbitrary temperature transient on a growing or receding boundary: forward and 1 inverse formulations”. ASME Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 03, pp. 1–38. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4068292  

 

Kumar, P., Segall, A. and Drapaca C., 2025. “Evolution of thermoelastic stresses in a finite-width slab or thick cylinder with a growing or receding boundary”. ASME Journal of Pressure Vessel Technology, 147(3), 03, p. 031302, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4067761 

 

Kumar, P., Segall, A. and Drapaca C., 2024. “Semi-analytical solution for a single-phase thermal conduction problem of a hollow cylinder with a growing or receding inner radius”. ASME Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 146(8), 06, p. 081401, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4065742 

 

Kumar, P., Segall, A. and Drapaca C., 2024. “Semi-analytical solution for a single-phase conduction problem of a finite-slab with a growing or receding boundary”. ASME Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 146(6), 03, p. 061001, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4064829

 

Dr. John T. Frasier Graduate Fellowship, Pennsylvania State University, 2023 

Dr. John T. Frasier Graduate Fellowship, Pennsylvania State University, 2022 

Dale and Jeanne Mosier Scholarship, Pennsylvania State University, 2021 

Longenecker and Associates Scholarship, Pennsylvania State University, 2019