Personal Information
Full Name: Prof. P J Guruprasad
Room No: 208A, Department of Aerospace Engineering
Phone: 25767142
Email: pjguru[at]aero.iitb.ac.in
Website: http://www.aero.iitb.ac.in/~pjguru/

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
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)

R&D Areas/Projects: 

    Mechanics of Materials and Structures

PhD TA Topics: 

    Mechanics of Materials and Structures

Teaching
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