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    Meet the Assistant Professor - II

    Srikanth K

    Assistant Professor - II,
    School of Engineering & Technology

    Srikanth K

    Email : srikanth.k@bmu.edu.in

    Dr. Srikanth K has been associated with BMU since 2024. Prior to joining BMU, he was a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Center for Responsive Soft Matter, IIT Madras. He earned his PhD from the Department of Mechanical Engineering, IIT Madras, where his research focused on constitutive modeling of viscoelastic solids, and associated computational analysis. Dr. Srikanth has also served as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Kerala.

    His current research interests include constitutive modeling of soft materials, AI-driven material discovery, applied differential geometry, and computational epidemiology. His research has applications in predictive medicine, aerospace engineering, and automotive engineering. He also serves as a reviewer for several esteemed international journals in the fields of mechanics and applied mathematics.

    • Graduation In: B.Tech (Mechanical Engineering)
    • Graduation From: Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Kollam
    • Graduation Year: 2010
    • Post Graduation In: M.Tech (Engineering Design)
    • Post Graduation From: Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore
    • Post Graduation Year: 2012
    • Doctorate In: PhD (Mechanical Engineering)
    • Doctorate From: Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai
    • Doctorate Year: 2023
    From - To (Year) Designation & Organization Core Competency Additional Exp. Details
    July 2023 - January 2024 Postdoctoctoral Fellow Center for Responsive Soft Matter, IIT Madras.
    February 2013 - July 2013 Assistant Professor-I Department of Mechanical Engineering at Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Amritapuri Campus
    1. Development of constitutive theories.
    2. Multiscale modeling of materials.
    3. Data-driven constitutive modeling of biological tissues.
    4. Digital-twin development using Finite Element Methods and CFD.
    5. Additive manufacturing of polymers for biomedical applications.
    6. Synthesis of soft-robots for surgical applications.
    7. Polymers for battery applications in electric vehicles.

    Journal Publications

    1. K Srikanth, P Sreejith, K Arvind, K Kannan & M Pandey,  An efficient mode-of-deformation dependent rate-type constitutive relation for multi-modal cyclic loading of elastomers, International Journal of Plasticity, 163, 103517. (IF: 9.8) (2023)
    2. K Srikanth, M Pandey & K Kannan, On the explicit dynamics implementation and validation of partitioned rate-type constitutive relation for dampers, Mechanics of Advanced Materials and Structures, 30(2), 284-302.(IF: 3.6)(2021)
    3. P Sreejith, K Srikanth, K Kannan & K R Rajagopal, A thermodynamic framework for additive manufacturing of crystallizing polymers, Part II: Simulation of the printing of a stent. International Journal of Engineering Science, 184, 103790. (IF:7.1). (2023)
    4. K Srikanth,  M Pandey, K Kannan, Development and finite element implementation of a novel viscoelastic constitutive model for elastomeric dampers, ISME Journal of Mechanics and Design, 7(2) 29-38. (2023)
    5. H Upreti, K Srikanth, A K Pandey, Y Rao, OpenFOAM simulation of hydrodynamic characteristics of non-Newtonian green nanofluid flow over a flat plate, Next Materials, 13, 102547, (IF: 4.7), (2026)

    Conference Publications/Presentations

    1. K Srikanth, M Pandey K Kannan, Development and finite element implementation of a novel viscoelastic constitutive model for elastomeric dampers, 20th ISME conference on Advances in Mechanical Engineering, IIT Ropar, India. (19 – 21 May 2022)
    2. K Srikanth, K Kannan M Pandey, A novel rate-dependent viscoelastic constitutive model for filled elastomers and its FE implementation, EMI 2018, ASCE, MIT, Boston, USA. (29 May – 01 Jun 2018)
    3. K Srikanth, S Mukherjee, P Ravindran, An initial stress-based Arruda-Boyce model for soft-solids and its FE implementation to study surface instabilities, 14th European Conference on Mathematical and Theoretical Biology (ECMTB 2026), University of Graz, Graz, Austria, (13–17 July 2026)
    • Received best poster award in Research Day organized by Machine Design Section, IIT Madras.
    • Member of American Mathematical Society.
    • Reviewer in esteemed international journals.
    • Delivered lectures/research talks at University of Graz (Austria), MIT (Boston), IIT Roorkee, IIT Ropar, IIT Palakkad.
    • Organized various research talks and seminars.
    • Served as a jury member for various academic and technical events.
    • Participated in several FDPs/workshops/seminars/webinars.