Academic Profile of Prof. Apurba Das
Academic Profile of Prof. Apurba Das
Apurba Das
Assistant Professor,
Mechanical Engineering Department

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION:
Ph.D.: PhD in Mech Engg, Jadavpur University, Kolkata
Post Graduate: M.E (IIEST, Shibpur, formerly BESU)
Under Graduate: B.Tech (Haldia Institute of Technology, Haldia)

TOTAL EXPERIENCE: 13 Years

YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMhAco-WRrldIXF_pJJsA2A
Personal Homepage: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Apurba_Das9
Official eMail Id: apurba.das@nsec.ac.in
Professional Experience:
Sl. No Organization Designation Period Nature of Work/Subject Taught 1 Netaji Subhash Engineering College, Kolkata Asst. Prof 12th Oct 2017 to till date Machine Design, Strength of Material, Dynamics of m/c Lab, Applied Mechanics Lab, Design Practice Lab. Conducting R&D activity for international collaborative projects and industry sponsored projects. Worked in Indo-Japan DST project. Working NAAC and NBA related activity ( working on different criteria of NBA and proper documentation) 2 TITAGARH AFR, DOUAI, FRANCE, Head Office at KOLKATA. Manager Freight-Design 16th Oct 2015to 11th Oct 2017 New Design and Analysis of Railway Wagons for Africa as well as International Market. R & D Activity on Freight and Coaches. Testing and validation of the designed components. Giving customer solutions for repair and maintenance of the wagon. Close interaction with production and quality team 3 Haldia institute Of Technology, SVIST and NITMAS Asst. Prof 02nd Feb 2011 to 15th Oct 2015 Enng Mechanics, Engg Graphics, Strength of Material, Machine Design, Dynamic of Machine, Robotics, Numerical control of Machine tools. Metrology, Machine Drawing. Material Handling, Production and Operation Management. Conducting research and developments for industry and govt sponsored project. 4 GE India Technology Centre, Bangalore Design Engineer 09thJul 2007 to 31stJan 2011 Finite Element (FE) Model Creation, Thermal and Structural Analysis of Gas Turbine Components, Fatigue and Fracture Analysis, Creep and LCF Analysis. Be part of testing and validation of analyzed components of Gas turbine.


Professional Society Membership:
1.International Association of Engineers (IAENG): Membership #: 148496. 2.HONG KONG SOCIETY OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS: Membership # M20161117003 3. INSTITUTION OF ENGINEERS (INDIA).Corporate Membership # M-1601894 4. INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF ADVANCED MATERIALS: Membership #822241913919


Awards & Honors Received:
Silver Medal for 2nd position in B-Tech, West Bengal University of Technology, Kolkata. 2005. Green Belt “Design for Six Sigma” Certificate for Completing the Six-Sigma Project.


No of Journal Paper Published: 15

No Conference Paper Published: 19

Research Areas:
FGM, Composite, Vibration, Impact, Laser Machining, Applied Mechanics, Mechanical Testing


Resarch Collaboration:
1.Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo Japan 2.Newcastle University, NE1 7RU, United Kingdom


Journal Reviewer:
i. Journal of The Institution of Engineers (India): Series C: Springer Publication ii. Latin American Journal of Solids and Structures: Brazilian Society of Mechanical Sciences iii. Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology: Springer Publication iv. Ain Shams Engineering Journal: Elsevier Publication v. International Journal of Dynamics and Control: Springer Publication vi. Structural Engineering and Mechanics, An International Journal: Techno Press Publication vii. Steel and Composite Structures, An International Journal: Techno Press Publication viii. Journal of the Chinese Institute of Engineers-Taylor & Francis Publication ix. Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science-SAGE Publication x. Advances in Mechanical Engineering-SAGE publication xi. International Journal of Crashworthiness, Taylor & Francis Publication xii. Journal of the Brazilian Society of Mechanical Sciences and Engineering (BMSE), Springer Publication xiii. Australian Journal of Mechanical Engineering- Taylor & Francis Publication


Sponsored Projects:
Sl No Title of the Project Funding Agency/Institute Period Completed/ongoing Role 1 Dynamic behavior and low velocity transverse impact response of fluid-conveying functionally graded shells under mechanical and thermal loads: (as Co-Investigator) INDIA-JAPAN COOPERATIVE SCIENCE PROGRAMME: (DST/INT/JSPS/P-254/2017) Two Years Started Oct 2017: Ongoing Received As Co-PI 2 Dynamic and Failure Characteristics of Multifunctional Reinforced Delaminated Polymer Composites in Hygrothermal Environment MHRD: JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY UNDER RUSA 2.0 1 year Started Oct 2019: Ongoing Received As Co-PI 3 Dynamic failure analysis of composite stiffened shell subjected to low velocity impact. WB DST 1 year Applied Applied as PI


Ph.D. Students Guiding:
One, MAKAUT


No. of M.Tech/MBA/MCA Final Year Projects Handled: 2

No. of B.Tech/BBA/BCA/B.Sc. Final Year Projects Handled: 10

Consultancy Projects Handled: Sl No Title of the Project Funding Agency/Institute Period Completed/ ongoing Role 1 Stress Analysis of 25T Axle load Bogie: Sambre et Meuse (AFR), France Four Months Completed September 2016 As PI 2 Design of Fixture and Experimental Set up for Buffer characterization Test and Wagon Test Rig. NK Instruments, Kolkata 2 Months Completed December 2016 As PI

No of Conferences/Invited Talks/Seminars/ Attended: 8

COURSES UNDERTAKEN:
Undergraduate: Machine Design, Strength of materials, Dynamics of Machines, Tribology, Auto CAD Lab, Engg Graphics Lab, Dynamics of machine lab

Administrative Responsibilities:
Registration Co-Chair, Organizing committee of ICCE2020 MAR and MOOCS coordinator for all ME students (2nd to 4th Year) Students Value added training coordinator


Name of Final Year Projects (Currently Handling):
1. THERMO-STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS OF RAILWAY TRACK 2. PIEZOELECTRICITY DESIGN & APPLICATION IN REAL LIFE


Role as a Mentor:
Name Roll No Email ID Year Avinaba Roy 10900718084 avinabaroy4@gmail.com Second Year Atulit Kumar Mishra 10900718085 mishraatulit@gmail.com Second Year Arunava Jana 10900718086 arunavajana47@gmail.com Second Year Arnab Mukherjee 10900718087 arnabmukherjee005@gmail.com Second Year Arindom Das 10900718088 ari19das@gmail.com Second Year Archisman Patranabis 10900718089 patranabisarchisman@gmail.com Second Year Anup Kumar Mahanty 10900718090 anup7537@gmail.com Second Year Ankush Ghosh 10900718091 ankughosh@gmail.com Second Year Ankur Kumar 10900718092 ankurkumargoldi@gmail.com Second Year Anirban Bhowmik 10900718094 bhowmikkalyanbrata@gmail.com Second Year Anirban Bag 10900718095 anirbanbag101@gmail.com Second Year Anand Jha 10900718096 anand70811@gmail.com Second Year Aditya Ghosh 10900718097 adityaghosh5310@gmail.com Second Year Adarsha Pal 10900718098 adarshapal1998@gmail.com Second Year Abhigyan Mandal 10900718099 abhigyanmandal677@gmail.com Second Year Abdul Tasin 10900718100 abdultasin5@gmail.com Second Year ABHIJIT NANDI 10900719001 nandiabhijit9@gmail.com Second Year ARINDAM BHUNIA 10900719002 arindambhunia802@gmail.com Second Year JOYDEEP PAUL 10900719003 joydeeppaul35@gmail.com Second Year JONMENJOY BHATTACHERJEE 10900719004 rajabhattacherjee2243@gmail.com Second Year RUPAM ISHORE 10900719005 rupamishore123@gmail.com Second Year TANMAY ADHIKARY 10900719006 tanmaytaadhikary@gmail.com Second Year PRATYUSH 10900719007 choubeypratyush4@gmail.com Second Year SUDIPTA MONDAL 10900719008 sudiptamondal354@gmail.com Second Year KOUSTAV RUIDAS 10900719009 koustavruidas2@gmail.com Second Year BANAMALI MUDI 10900719010 banamalimudi002@gmail.com Second Year GOURAV DAS 10900719011 gouravdasofficial@gmail.com Second Year CHIRANTAN BAL 10900719063 chirantanbal0@gmail.com Second Year NILOY MONDAL 10900719064 me.niloymondal16@gmail.com Second Year JAYASHREE SARKAR 10900719065 jayashree.sarkar.js@gmail.com Second Year ANUPAMA BARMAN 10900719066 findanuonline@gmail.com Second Year BIPASHA BHOWMICK 10900719067 bipashabhowmick1998@gmail.com Second Year


List of Publication of Journals Papers:
1. Das. A, Rout. M and Karmakar A “Time dependent response of impact induced functionally graded conical shell considering porosity” Sadhana-Springer. Manuscript ID SADH-S-18-00650 [Accepted, In press]. 2. Das. A and Agarwal G “Compression, Tension & Lifting Stability on a Meter Gauge Flat Wagon- An Experimental Approach” Australian Journal of Mechanical Engineering, Taylor & Francis Publication, doi.org/10.1080/14484846.2020.1775007. 3. Das. A and Agarwal G “Investigation of Torsional Stability and Camber Test on a Meter Gauge Flat Wagon” Advances in Fluid Mechanics and Solid Mechanics, Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering, March 2020, Springer, Singapore Publication, doi.10.1007/978-981-15-0772-4_24 4. Singha. T. D, Das. A, Agarwal G, Bandyopadhyay T and Karmakar A “Free Vibration Characteristics of Sandwich Conical Shells with FGM Face Sheets: A Finite Element Approach” ASME 2019 Gas Turbine India Digital Collection. doi.org/10.1115/GTINDIA2019-2545 5. Das. A, Agarwal G, Inaba K and Karmakar A “Time dependent low velocity impact response of turbo machinery blade made of porous exponential FGM” ASME 2019 Gas Turbine India Digital Collection. doi.org/10.1115/GTINDIA2019-2785 6. Nath S, Das. A, Inaba K and Karmakar A “Simulation of Laser Cutting of Functionally Graded Material used in Aviation Industry” ASME 2019 Gas Turbine India Digital Collection. doi.org/10.1115/GTINDIA2019-2445 7. Das. A and Karmakar A “Temperature Dependent Natural Modes for Sigmoidal Functionally Graded Conical Shell” Materials Today: Proceedings, Elsevier Publication Volume 11, Part 2, Pages A15-A24, May, 2019. doi.org/10.1016/j.matpr.2019.03.053 8. Das. A and Karmakar A “Low Velocity Normal Impact Analysis of Functionally Graded Conical Shell with Simple Power Law” Materials Today: Proceedings, Elsevier Publication Volume 11, Part 2, Pages 729-739, March, 2019. doi.org/10.1016/j.matpr.2019.03.035 9. Saha. A, Das. A and Karmakar A “Parametric Study On The First Ply Failure Load Of Delaminated Shallow Pretwisted Conical Shells – A Finite Element Approach” Materials Today: Proceedings, Elsevier Publication Volume 11, Part 2, Pages 818 to 829, March, 2019. doi.org/10.1016/j.matpr.2019.03.050 10. Das. A and Karmakar A “Free vibration Characteristics of functionally graded pre-twisted conical shells under rotation” J. Inst. Eng. India Ser. C (2017). doi.org/10.1007/s40032-017-0378-6 11. Das. A, Banerjee R and Karmakar A “Transient dynamic analysis of pretwisted functionally graded conical shells subject to low velocity impact: A finite element approach” ASME 2017 Gas Turbine India Digital Collection. doi:10.1115/GTINDIA2017-4611. 12. Das. A, Sarkar. S and Karmakar A “Vibration Characteristics of functionally graded Pre-Twisted turbo machinery blade with rotational effect” Advanced Science Letters. American Scientific Publishers, pp 111-117 January 2016. doi.org/10.1166/asl.2016.6769 13. Saha. A, Das. A and Karmakar A “Effect Of Some Structural Parameters On The Vibration Of Pretwisted Conical Shells – A Finite Element Approach” International Journal of Engineering Science and Technology (IJEST) ISSN: 0975-5462 Vol. 8 No. pp 244- 260, Dec 2016 14. Saha. A, Das. A and Karmakar A “First-ply Failure Analysis of Delaminated Rotating Composite Conical Shells: A Finite Element Approach” J. Inst. Eng. India Ser. C (2017). doi:10.1007/s40032-017-0373-y 15. Dey. S, Sarkar. S, Das. A, Karmakar A, Adhikary. S. “Effect of twist and rotation on vibration of functionally graded conical shells” International Journal of Mechanics and Materials in Design, Springer Publication, pp-425-437, December, 2015. doi: 10.1007/s10999-014-9266-x


List of Publication of Conference Proceedings:
1. Das. A, Agarwal G, Singha. T. D, Bandyopadhyay T and Karmakar A “Free Vibration Study of Cantilever Conical Shell Made of Functionally Graded Sandwich Material” First Online International Conference on Recent Advances in Computational and Experimental Mechanics September 4-6, 2020, IIT Kharagpur, Paper ID: IM-20-003 [Accepted] 2. Su Z, Inaba K, Karmakar A and Das A “Free vibration and thermal fluid structure interaction simulation of functionally graded pipe by modeling as layered structure” ASME Conference on Leading Edge Manufacturing/Materials and Processing (LEMP2020), June 22-26, 2020, Cincinnati, OH, USA, Paper ID-LEMP2020-1064 3. Das. A, Upadhyay S and Kanoje N “Design and Testing of Support Bracket for Holding Air Brake Distribution Valve in 40 feet flat wagon” International Conference on Advancements in Mechanical Engg (ICAME – 2020), January 16-18, 2020, Aliah University, Kolkata, India. Paper ID ICAME_00162. 4. Das. A, Raj H G and Karmakar A “Natural frequencies and mode shape of functionally graded plates with cutouts in the thermal environment” International Conference on Water Energy and Environmental Sustainability (WEES-2020), January 13- 15, 2020, National Institute of Technology Durgapur, India, Paper ID –EN 29. 5. Nath S, Das. A and Karmakar A “Simulation of laser drilling on functionally graded material in different beam mode” International Conference on Energy and Sustainable Development (ICESD-2020), ISBN 978-93-83660-56-8, February 14-15, 2020, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India. 6. Das. A, Karmakar T, Agarwal G and Karmakar A “Harvesting Electric Energy from Regenerative Horn using Piezoelectric Materials” International Conference on Energy and Sustainable Development (ICESD-2020), ISBN 978-93-83660-56-8, February 14-15, 2020, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India. 7. Das. A, Singh P, Mondal P, Saha A and Karmakar A “Experimental study on failure behaviour of natural fiber composite: an engineered laminated bamboo structures” International Conference on Water Energy and Environmental Sustainability (WEES-2020), Jan 13- 15, 2020, National Institute of Tech Durgapur, India, Paper ID–SS 2. 8. Singha. T. D, Banerjee R, Das. A, T Bandyopadhyay and Karmakar A “Free vibration characteristics of pretwisted FGM sandwich conical shells in thermal environment” International Conference on Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (ISTAM-2019), December 09-12, 2019, IIT Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India. Paper ID 226 9. Das. A, Upadhyay S, Banerjee R and Karmakar A “Natural frequencies of porous exponential functionally graded conical shell under rotation”, International Conference on Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (ISTAM-2019), December 09-12, 2019, IIT Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India. Paper ID 190 10. Das. A and Agarwal G “Investigation of Torsional Stability and Camber Test on a Meter Gauge Flat Wagon” International Conference on Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (ISTAM-2018), December 20-23, 2018, Dayanand Sagar University, Bangalore, India. 11. Das. A, Rout. M and Karmakar A “Time dependent response of low velocity impact induced Ni/Cu functionally graded conical shell” 1st International Conference on Mechanical Engineering (INCOM 2018), ISBN: 978-93-83660384, 4th - 6th January, 2018, Jadavpur University, Kolkata. 12. Das. A, Rout. M and Karmakar A “Finite-element multi-point impact performance of functionally graded turbo-machinery blades” Seventh International Conference on Theoretical, Applied, Computational and Experimental Mechanics, ISBN: 978-93-80813615, December 28 – 30, 2017, IIT Kharagpur, India. 13. Das. A, Sarkar. S, Banerjee R and Karmakar A “Parametric Study on Free vibration of Inconel 718-Stainless Steel 316L Functionally Graded Turbo Machinery Blade” International Conference on Advances in Thermal Systems, Materials and Design Engineering ATSMDE-2017, December 21-22, 2017, Mumbai, India. Paper ID DE_29. 14. Das. A, Sarkar. S and Karmakar A “Free vibration of pre-twisted functionally graded conical shells with rotational effect” Sixth International Conference on Theoretical, Applied, Computational and Experimental Mechanics, December 29 – 31, 2014 IIT Kharagpur, India, pp-77-79. 15. Dey. S, Das. A and Karmakar A. “Effect of Contact Stiffness and Twist on Low Velocity Oblique Impact Response of Composite Turbo machinery Blades” International Conference on Smart Technologies for Mechanical Engineering, ISBN: 978-93-83083350, 25-26th October, 2013, DTU, New Delhi, India, pp 27-36 16. Das. A and Karmakar A “Free vibration analysis of rotating porous functionally graded conical shell considering even and uneven porosity” National Conference on Advanced Materials, Manufacturing and Metrology (NCAMMM–2018),February 16-17, 2018, CSIR-CMERI, Durgapur, India. 17. Das. A, Agarwal G and Kanoje N “Impact Stability Test on Railway Freight Transport” National Conference on the Emerging Trends in Automotive Engineering 2020 (NCETAE2020) 3-4 March 2020, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India, Paper ID EVM06 18. Nath S, Das. A, Karmakar A and Roy A “Effect Of Laser Power in FGM Laser Drilling Used in Automobile Industries with Different Beam Mode” National Conference on the Emerging Trends in Automotive Engineering 2020 (NCETAE2020) 3-4 March 2020, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India, Paper ID AE02 19. Nath S, Das. A and Karmakar A “Finite Element Thermal Stress Analysis of Laser Drilling on Functionally Graded Material in Different Beam Mode in Automobile Industries” National Conf. on the Emerging Trends in Automotive Engineering 2020 (NCETAE2020) 3-4 March 2020, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India, Paper ID AE08


List Books / Book Chapters:
3. Das. A and Agarwal G “Investigation of Torsional Stability and Camber Test on a Meter Gauge Flat Wagon” Advances in Fluid Mechanics and Solid Mechanics, Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering, March 2020, Springer, Singapore Publication, doi.10.1007/978-981-15-0772-4_24
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