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Prof. P J Guruprasad
Prof. P J Guruprasad
Email
pjguru[at]aero.iitb.ac.in
Phone
25767142
Room No
208A
Specialization
Structures
Background

Professor: Aerospace Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai, India (2022 - present)

Associate Professor: Aerospace Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai, India (2017 - 2022)

Assistant Professor: Aerospace Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai, India (2011 - 2017)

Post Doctoral Researcher: Centre des Materiaux, Ecole des Mines de Paris (Mines ParisTech), Paris, France (2010 - 2011)

Education:

PhD: Aerospace Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, USA (2005-2010)

MS: Aerospace Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India (2002-2005)

BE: Mechanical Engineering, B.M.S. College of Engineering, Bangalore, India (1998-2002)

Awards & Fellowships

First prize presentation: Materials Science Division, 12th Annual Student Research Week, March 2009, Texas A&M University.

Travel award from US National Congress on Computational Mechanics, May 2009.

Top 25 Hottest Articles: Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids

Top 25 Hottest Articles: Acta Materialia

Young Faculty Award, IIT Bombay, 2011.

R&D Areas/Projects

Mechanics of Materials and Structures

Courses Taught

AE 443/673: Introduction to fiber reinforced composites

AE 639: Continuum Mechanics

AE 715/433: Vibrations and Structural Dynamics

AE 484/649: Introduction to Finite Element Method

Publications

1. Saurav et al. 2025. Optimization of shape memory polymer composite based corrugated morphing wing flap structure. Aerospace Science and Technology (accepted, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ast.2025.110201)

2. Tawqeer Nasir Tak and Guruprasad, P. J. 2025. A discrete dislocation dynamics framework for modeling plasticity in two-phase polycrystals. Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering (accepted, https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-651X/adc590)

3. Patil et al. 2025. Stochastic dynamics of flexbeam like structures. AIAA (accepted, https://arc.aiaa.org/doi/full/10.2514/1.J064711)

4. Punith et al. 2025. Three-dimensional braided composites with auxetic behavior in the transverse plane and equal Poisson’s ratios along principal directions. Polymer Composites (accepted, https://doi.org/10.1002/pc.29248)

5. Priyanka Patil, Susmita Naskar, Guruprasad, P. J. 2024. Multi-scale stochastic dynamic analysis of a damaged pretwisted composite strip. Journal of Composite Materials (accepted, https://doi.org/10.1177/00219983241297095)