Kaushik Das

Academic Qualifications

PhD (Mechanical Engineering), McGill University, Canada, 2012
M.E. (Materials Engineering), Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India, 2007
B.E. (Metallurgical Engineering), Bengal Engineering and Science University, Shibpur, India, 2005

Research Statement

Mechanical Behaviour of Nanomaterials
Micromechanics of Multifunctional Composites
Integration of Nanomaterials to Microelectromechanical Systems

2 Albert Linda; Ankit Singh Negi; Vishal Panwar; Rupesh Chafle; Somnath Bhowmick; Kaushik Das; Rajdip Mukherjee, \{mu}2mech: A software package combining microstructure modeling and mechanical property prediction, 99(5), 055256, Physica Scripta, 2024

3 Kabir Baidya, Amritendu Roy, Kaushik Das, A review of polymer-matrix piezoelectric composite coatings for energy harvesting and smart sensors, Journal of Coatings Technology and Research, 2023

4 Indrajit Dey, Kaushik Das, Rajib Saha, Swarup Kumar Ghosh, Microstructure-based modelling and estimation of mechanical properties of high-carbon steel, Steel Research International, 2023

5 Abhishek Kumar; Neelam Mishra; Kaushik Das; Amritendu Roy, Effective electromechanical properties and energy harvesting response in PMN-0.3PT/PDMS flexible piezoelectric composites: a combined experimental and theoretical studies, 56(36), 365503, Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 2023

6 Neelam Mishra, Kaushik Das, A finite element study of interphase properties and reinforcement size effect on the electro-elastic properties of PMN-0.3PT/PDMS nanocomposite, 34, 105308, Materials Today Communications, 2023

7 Neelam Mishra, Kaushik Das, A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF INCREMENTAL SELF- CONSISTENT AND ESHELBY–MORI–TANAKA MODELS FOR ESTIMATING THE ELECTROELASTIC PROPERTIES OF PIEZOELECTRIC POLYMER COMPOSITES WITH AN ORTHOTROPIC MATRIX, 58 (5), 657-672, Mechanics of Composite Materials, 2022

8 Krishnendu Bhowmik, Niloy Khutia, Mostapha Tarfaoui, Mrinmoy Jana, Kaushik Das, Tarapada Roy, Abhijit Bandyopadhyay, Amit Roy Chowdhury, Influence of multiwalled carbon nanotube on progressive damage of epoxy/carbon fiber reinforced structural composite, Polymer Composites, 2022

9 Braj Krishna; Abhishek Chaturvedi; Neelam Mishra;and Kaushik Das, Quasi-static and Dynamic Nanomechanical Characterization of PMMA/ZnO Nanocomposite Thick Films Synthesized by Ultrasonication and Spin-coating, Polymers and Polymer Composites, 2021

10 N. Mishra and K. Das, A Mori-Tanaka Based Micromechanical Model for Predicting the Effective Electroelastic Properties of Orthotropic Piezoelectric Composites with Spherical Inclusions, 2, 1206, Springer Nature Applied Sciences, 2020

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Research Areas

Integration of Nanomaterials to Microelectromechanical Systems
Micromechanics of Multifunctional Composites
Mechanical Behaviour of Nanomaterials

Teachings

11 B. Krishna, A. Chaturvedi, N. Mishra, and K. Das, Nanomechanical Characterization of SU8/ZnO Nanocomposite Films for Applications in Energy-Harvesting Microsystems, 28(11), 115013, Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering, 2018

12 R. Singh, K. Das, A. K. Mishra, and N. Kalo, An Approach for Estimation of Cathode Voltage Drop in an Aluminum Reduction Cell with an Inclined Carbon Block and a Copper Insert, 70(7), 1795 - 1804, Transactions of the Indian Institute of Metals, 2017

13 N. Mishra, B. Krishna, R. Singh, and K. Das, Evaluation of Effective Elastic, Piezoelectric, and Dielectric Properties of SU8/ZnO Nanocomposite for Vertically Integrated Nanogenerators Using Finite Element Method, 1924651, Journal of Nanomaterials, 2017

14 C. Baddour, K. Das, S. Vengallatore, and J.-L. Meunier, Production and characterization of a novel carbon nanotube/titanium nitride nanocomposite, 3(12), 125023, Materials Research Express, 2016

15 O. Kuter-Arnebeck, A. Labuda, S. Joshi, K. Das, and S.Vengallatore, Estimating Damping in Microresonators by Measuring Thermomechanical Noise using Laser Doppler Vibrometry, 23(3), 592 -599, Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems, 2014

16 B. Ashrafi, K. Das, R. Le Faive, P. Hubert and S. Vengallatore, Measuring the elastic properties of freestanding thick films using a nanoindenter-based bending test, 52, 371 - 378, Experimental Mechanics, 2012

17 G. Sosale, D. Alcemija, K. Das and S.Vengallatore, Mechanical spectroscopy of nanocrystalline aluminum films: effects of frequency and grain size on internal friction, 23, 155701, Nanotechnology, 2012

18 K. Das, G. Sosale and S.Vengallatore, Design, implementation, and application of a microresonator platform for measuring energy dissipation by internal friction in nanowires, 23, 505703, Nanotechnology, 2012

19 G. Sosale, K. Das, L. Fréchette and S. Vengallatore, Controlling damping and Q Factors of silicon microcantilevers by selective metallization, 21, 105010, Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering, 2011

20 K. Das, C. Karthik, K. B. R. Varma, and U. Ramamurty, Nano-and micro-indentation studies on lithium borate-barium bismuth niobate glasses, 354 (32), 3793-3798, Journal of Noncrystalline Solids, 2008

1 N. Mishra and K. Das, Predicting Effective Electromechanical Properties of Pb-Free Polymer Composite using Finite Element Method, 978, 337 -343, Materials Science Forum, 2020

2 N. Mishra and K. Das, Predicting Elastic Properties of Unidirectional SU8/ZnO Nanocomposites using COMSOL Multiphysics, Proceedings of the 2016 COMSOL Conference in Bangalore, 2016

3 K. Das, P. Hubert, S. Vengallatore, Patterning Nanomaterials on Fragile Micromachined Structures using Electron Beam Lithography, 1299(1), Materials Research Society Fall Symposium 2010, Boston, 2011

4 K. Das, C. Park, R. Le Faive, P. Hubert, S. Vengallatore, Synthesis and Characterization of Nanocomposite Thin Films for MEMS Applications, 1222(1), Materials Research Society Fall Symposium 2009, Boston, 2010

Patents

#	Patents	Year

Member

Responsibilities

Faculty Advisor, Animal Welfare Club

February 2022 - ongoing

Secretary of Department Faculty Committee

June 2019 - June 2021

Projects

Study of Piezoelectric Nanomaterial Reinforced Polymer Nanocomposite Films for Applications in MEMS, Sponsored
Completed
Polymer nanocomposites thin films for microelectromechanical systems: synthesis and mechanical characterization, Sponsored
Completed