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)
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.
Mechanics of Materials and Structures
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
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)