Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur
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Principal Investigator (FERN Lab, IITJ)
PI: Dr. Shrutidhara Sarma
Education
2017-2018: Post Doctoral Fellow at Kunsan National University, South Korea
2015-2016: Erasmus Mundus Fellow at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece, EU
2012 - 2017: PhD Graduate Student in Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, India
2008-2012: B. Tech in Mechanical Engineering, Tezpur University, India
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Student Achievements
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Heartiest Congratulations to Saket Phadkule for winning the prestigious Commonwealth Split-Site Scholarship for the year 2023-24, funded by the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission (CSC), UK! This scholarship will provide him with a unique opportunity to further his studies in the field of Smart Bandages at the University of Surrey for a year.
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Conference paper entitled "Designing a Printed Strain Sensor Array with minimal Cross-Sensitivity and Orientation Independence" led by Gitansh Verma and Tushar Tirtha Sarmah is accepted at IEEE APSCON conference 2024.
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Heartiest Congratulations to Kunj Golwala for winning the prestigious Mitacs Globalink Research Internship at University of Alberta, Canada . He worked on soft actuators for robotics and is planning a publication with the group.
Current Students
PhDs
SAKET PHADKULE (2020 Aug-)
Email: phadkule.1@iitj.ac.in
Area: Flexible temperature sensors from nanocomposites
PARUL THAPA (2021 Aug-)
Email: thapa.2@iitj.ac.in
Area: Hierarchical microstructure based pressure sensors, Laser ablation synthesis in solution
GITANSH VERMA(2023 Aug-)
Email: p23me0007@iitj.ac.in
Area: Strain sensing patch for respiration monitoring, Arduino based strain monitoring systems
M. Tech
Tushar Tirtha Sarmah (2022-23)
Email: m22me058@iitj.ac.in
JRF
MOHAMMAD ARQAM (2024 Jan-)
Email: mohammadarqam@iitj.ac.in
Area: Wireless transmission, flexible sensing skin for health monitoring of morphing structures
B. Techs
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​Kunj Golwala (2020-24): golwala.1@iitj.ac.in
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Chaitanya Gaur (2023-): gaur.10@iitj.ac.in
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​​Khushal Manojkumar Damor (2023-): damor.1@iitj.ac.in
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Divyanshu Raj (2024-): raj.34@iitj.ac.in
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Piyush Jhamnani (2024-): jhamnani.1@iitj.ac.in
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Chiluvuri Praneeth (2024-): praneeth.1@iitj.ac.in
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Nikita Sewda (2024-): b22me042@iitj.ac.in
Graduated Students
M. Techs
B. Techs
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Taniya Ashok Garud (2021-22): Placed at Reliance
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Ritu Srivastava (2021-22): Placed at G
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Shivam K Singh (2020-21) : Placed at ISRO, SAC, Ahmedabad
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Abhay Pratap Singh (2019-20): Placed at IITB
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Shivam Thakur (2018-19)
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​Akarshit (2019-23): Placed at Zomato
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Raveen (2019-20): Placed at BARC
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Suresh (2019-20): Placed at BARC