Ashutosh Kumar Upadhyay

Associate Professor
Department of Applied Mechanics
Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad, Prayagraj, India-211004
E-mail: ashutosh[at]mnnit[dot]ac[dot]in
Telephone: 5322271213(O) 5322271758(R)

Other Academic Achievements

Keynote Address/Invited Talks in Conferences & Workshops:

Failure and Design of Laminates in Short term course “Advances in Composite Materials” (ACM-2016), MED, MNNIT Allahabad; Oct. 21-26, 2016

Conferences/ Workshops/Symposium/ Short-term Courses Organized:

Third Indian Conference on Applied Mechanics (INCAM2017): July 5-7, 2017 - Organizing secretary

Pre-conference workshop on High-Temperature Design and Analysis (HTDA): July 4, 2017- Organizing secretary

One-week course “Material Behaviour and Characterization under Dynamic Loading” under GIAN scheme: September 03-07, 2019

Virtual Seminar on Applied Mechanics (VSAM3) in association with ISAM: May 28-29 and June 4-5, 2021 – Coordinator

One week short term course on "Modeling and Simulation in Solid and Fluid Mechanics-I (MSFM-2021)" : November 15-19, 2021

On-going Projects:

PI: Computational modeling for design-sympathetic detonation, funded by HEMRL Pune (DRDO) under Contract for Acquisition of Research Services (CARS) scheme, July 2024 to July 2026, Funding amount: Rs. 3964800/-. Co-PIs: Dr. A.K. Tiwari, Dr. A. Mishra, Prof. K.K. Shukla.

Co-PI: Light-weight wagon for transporting commodities like Salt, funded by the Ministry of Railways under IR innovation policy, November 2022, 1.5 years, Funding Amount: Rs. 2.6Cr. Other members: Prof. Mukul Shukla (PI), Dr. Ashutosh Mishra (Co-PI)

Projects Completed:

PI: Modeling of Shock induced sympathetic detonation, funded by HEMRL Pune (DRDO) under Contract for Acquisition of Research Services (CARS) scheme, October 2022 to September 2023, Funding amount: Rs. 993560/-. Other members: Dr. A.K. Tiwari (Co-PI), and Prof. K.K. Shukla (Co-PI).

Reviewer for Transactions / Journal / Conferences:

Applied Mathematical Modelling, Int. J. of Mechanical Sciences, Int. J. of Crashworthiness, ASCE J. of Aerospace Engineering, Advances in Materials Research (Techno Press), JMES Journal of Mechanical Engg. Sciences, Wind and Structures, Smart Structures and Systems, Thin-Walled Structures, International Journal of Materials and Structural Integrity (IJMSI), Int. J. of Structural Stability and Dynamics (IJSSD), J. of The Institution of Engineers (India) Series A, Mechanics of Advanced Materials and Structures (MAMS), International Journal of Impact Engineering, Journal of Structural Engg. (CSIR-SERC), Journal of Applied Mechanics, Journal of Sandwich Structures and Materials (SAGE)

Other Significant Achievements:

Guest Editor of Special Issue in NMIMS Engineering and Technology Review, Volume III | Issue 1 | January 2021

Ph.D. Thesis Examiner: Mr. Vineet Kumar Bhagat (2021; NIT Jamshedpur) - Investigation and Characterization of Coir and Luffa Fibers Reinforced Epoxy Based Hybrid Composites

Guest Editor of Special Issue: International Conference on Advancements in Interdisciplinary Research (Air-2022); Guest Editors: Ashutosh Mishra, Abhishek Kumar Tiwari, A.K. Upadhyay