I am currently serving as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Aerospace Engineering and Applied Mechanics at the Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology (IIEST), Shibpur, which I joined in August 2025. Prior to this, I worked as a Senior Engineer – Aircraft Structure at COMRADO Aerospace, ARTPARK, IISc Bengaluru, where I was involved in the structural design and analysis of drones and fixed-wing UAVs. Before that, I served as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Aerospace Engineering at Punjab Engineering College, Chandigarh.
I earned my Ph.D. from the Department of Aerospace Engineering at IIT Kharagpur, where I also completed my B.Tech+M.Tech (dual degree) in Aerospace Engineering. My doctoral research focused extensively on the nonlinear static and dynamic analysis of flat and folded composite structures, including studies on buckling and post-buckling behavior.
- Doctor of Philosophy in Aerospace Engineering (2021), Department of Aerospace Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
- B.Tech + M. Tech in Aerospace Engineering (2015), Department of Aerospace Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
I plan to pursue cutting-edge research in structural mechanics, focusing on advanced composite materials, origami-inspired structures, metamaterials, and the integration of machine learning techniques in structural analysis. Building upon my expertise in static and dynamic analysis of composite structures, I aim to extend my work toward nonlinear and post-buckling behavior of both flat and folded geometries, under conventional as well as hygrothermal environments.
My research includes the development of higher-order shear deformation theories, investigation of functionally graded and CNT-reinforced composites, and application of finite element methods for origami and metamaterial structures. Additionally, I am exploring the use of deep learning for predicting structural responses, which offers significant promise in reducing computational cost while addressing complex physical behavior.
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S. Verma, A Gupta, B. R. Thakur, Donatus Oguamanam, B. N. Singh, A unified buckling formulation for linear and nonlinear analysis of laminated plates using penalty based C0 FEM-HSDT model, 159, 104619, International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics, 2024
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B. R. Thakur, S. Verma, B. N. Singh, D. K. Maiti, Effect of hygrothermal environment on dynamic behavior of folded laminated composite plate, International Conference on Theoretical, Applied, Computational and Experimental Mechanics, ICTACEM-2021, IIT Kharagpur, India., 2021
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S. Verma, B. R. Thakur, B. N. Singh, D. K. Maiti, Geometrically nonlinear flexural analysis of multilayered composite plate using polynomial and non-polynomial shear deformation theories, 112, 106635, Aerospace Science and Technology, 2021
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B. R. Thakur, S. Verma, B. N. Singh, D. K. Maiti, Dynamic analysis of flat and folded laminated composite plate under hygrothermal environment using nonpolynomial shear deformation theory, 274, 114327, Composite Structure, 2021
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B. R. Thakur, S. Verma, B. N. Singh, D. K. Maiti, Effect of folding on dynamic behaviour of laminated composite plate, International Conference, AeSI-2020 on Aviation TechnologyCurrent Scenario, Techno Main Saltlake and IIT Kharagpur, 2020
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B. R. Thakur, S. Verma, B. N. Singh, D. K. Maiti, Dynamic analysis of folded laminated composite plate using nonpolynomial shear deformation theory, 106, 106083, Aerospace Science and Technology, 2020
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B. R. Thakur, S. Verma, B. N. Singh, D. K. Maiti, Geometrically nonlinear dynamic analysis of laminated composite plate using a nonpolynomial shear deformation theory. International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics, 128, 103635, International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics, 2020
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B. R. Thakur, S. Verma, B. N. Singh, D. K. Maiti, Dynamic Analysis of Laminated Composite Plate Using Non-Polynomial Shear Deformation Theory Under Hygrothermal Environment, AIAA/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials Conference (p. 1980), 07th - 11th January 2019, San Diego, California, U.S.A., 2019
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S. Verma, B. R. Thakur, B. N. Singh, D. K. Maiti, Transient analysis of laminated composite plates using new nonpolynomial shear deformation theory, International Conference on Composite Materials and Structures, ICCMS, 27th -29th December 2017, IIT Hyderabad, India., 2017
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B. R. Thakur, S. Verma, B. N. Singh, D. K. Maiti, Nonlinear free vibration of laminated composite plate using inverse hyperbolic shear deformation theory, International Conference on Composite Materials and Structures, ICCMS, 27th -29th December 2017, IIT Hyderabad, India, 2017
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