Assistant Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Tezpur University, Tezpur-784028, Assam, India
Tel: +91-3712-275857(O), +919954604524(M), Fax. +91-3712-267005
E-mail: sushen@tezu.ernet.in, sushen.kirtania@gmail.com
PhD, Mechanical Engineering, IIT Guwahati
M.Tech. (Machine Design), Mechanical Engineering, IIT Guwahati
B.E., Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur, West Bengal
PhD thesis: Finite Element Analysis of Carbon Nanotube (CNT)-Reinforced Composites having a Broken CNT.
M.Tech thesis: Finite Element Based Characterization of Carbon Nanotubes.
B.E. project: Study on Various Industrial Problems of Industries in Howrah and Kolkata.
Carbon nanotubes, Carbon nanotubes-based composites, Graphene, Graphene-reinforced composites, Fiber-reinforced composite materials, Finite element method, Fracture mechanics.
1. Second best paper award in the national conference on Sustainable Mechanical Engineering: Today and Beyond, 2017.
2. Institute fellowship during Ph.D (from July 2007-August 2008)
3. GATE scholarship during M.Tech. (from July 2004- July 2006)
From 2019 to till date: Assistant Professor (Academic Level-12), Department of Mechanical Engineering, Tezpur University
From 2014 to 2019: Assistant Professor (Stage-II), Department of Mechanical Engineering, Tezpur University
From 2008-2014: Assistant Professor (Stage-I), Department of Mechanical Engineering, Tezpur University
Mechanical Design, Solid Mechanics, Theory of Mechanisms & Machines, Machine Drawing, Manufacturing Technology-II
Engineering Mechanics, Engineering Graphics
Advanced Solids Mechanics, Finite Element Methods
Finite Element Method in Engineering, Mechanics of Composite Materials
Theory of Machine Laboratory, Strength of Materials Laboratory, Vibration Laboratory.
1. Kirtania S and Chakraborty D. "Determination of thermoelastic properties of carbon nanotube/epoxy composites using finite element method.” Journal of Material Engineering and Performance, Vol.27, No.7, pp.3783-3788, (2018). (Springer Publications)
2. Gohain BN and Kirtania S. "Evaluation of axial Young’s modulus of CNT-based composites using square, hexagonal and cylindrical representative volume elements.” ADBU Journal of Engineering and Technology, Vol.6, No.1, pp.00610601(6PP), (2017). (ABDU Publications)
3. Saxena M and Kirtania S. "Stiffness analysis of symmetric cross-ply laminated composite plates.” ADBU Journal of Engineering and Technology, Vol.4, No.1, pp.76-81, (2016). (ABDU Publications)
4. Kirtania S and Chakraborty D. "Failure analysis of carbon nanotube/epoxy composites having a broken carbon nanotube.” Journal of Reinf. Plastics and Composites, Vol.34, No.9, pp.1639-1647, (2015). (SAGE Publications)
5. Kirtania S and Chakraborty D. "Analysis of carbon nanotube-reinforced alumina matrix nanocomposites with a broken fiber.” Journal of Reinf. Plastics and Composites, Vol.33, No.3, pp.389-398, (2014). (SAGE Publications)
6. Kirtania S and Chakraborty D. "Fracture behavior of carbon nanotube-based composites with a broken fiber using multi-scale finite element modeling.” Journal of Computational and Theoretical Nanoscience, Vol.11, No.3, pp.676-684, (2014). (American Scientific Publishers)
7. Kirtania S and Chakraborty D. "Multi-scale modeling of carbon nanotube reinforced composites with a fiber break." Materials and Design, Vol.35, pp.498-504, (2012). (Elsevier)
8 . Kirtania S and Chakraborty D. "Finite element based characterization of carbon nanotubes." Journal of Reinf. Plastics and Composites, Vol.26, No.15, pp.1557-1570, (2007). (SAGE Publications)
1. Kirtania S and Chakraborty D. "Stress transfer characterizations at fiber break in carbon nanotube-reinforced composites." Advanced Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology - Springer Proceedings in Physics, Vol.143, pp.331-344, Berlin Heidelberg (2013).
2. Kirtania S, Talukdar RG, Kalita TJ and Medhi P. "Bending analysis of beams using finite element method." Recent Advancements in Mechanical Engineering, pp.127-132, New Delhi, Excel India Publishers (2013).
3. Kirtania S, Kalita K, Gohain AP and Medhi J. "Modeling and simulation of fiber-reinforced composites, and bending tests of bamboo." Recent Advancements in Mechanical Engineering, pp. 231-238, New Delhi, Excel India Publishers (2013).
4. Kirtania S and Chakraborty D. "Finite element based determination of effective Young’s modulus and coefficient of thermal expansion of carbon nanotube-based composites." Modelling and Simulation in Computational Mechanics: Engineering Applications", pp.76-90, LAP Lambert Acad. Publ., Germany (2009).
5. Kirtania S and Chakraborty D. "Finite element based determination of Young’s modulus and axial coefficient of thermal expansion of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs)." Recent Advances in Computational Mechanics and Simulations", Vol.2, pp.2107-2113, I. K. Int. Publ. House Pvt. Ltd, New Delhi (2006).
1. Kapila K, Samanta S and Kirtania S. "Fabrication and charecterization of natural fiber reinforced hybrid composites" In the Int. Conf. on Recent Developments in Mechanical Engineering, February 07-09, 2020; NIT Silchar, Assam, India.
2. Kirtania S and Chakraborty D. "Finite element based studies on elastic properties of carbon nanotube-reinforced metal matrix composites" In the Int. Conf. on Advances in Mechanical Engineering, pp.210-216, January 16-18, 2020; Kolkata, India.
3. Gautam S, Choudhary SA, Das G and Kirtania S. "Fabrication and finite element analysis of L-pin mechanism for gearless power transmission." In the Int. Conf. on on Advances in Mechanical Engineering, pp.415-420, January 16-18, 2020; Kolkata, India.
4. Bora J and Kirtania S. "Comparative study on elastic properties and mode I fracture energy of carbon nanotube/epoxy and carbon fiber/epoxy composite laminates." In the 2nd Int. Conf. on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, December 4-6, 2019; VIT, Tamilnadu, India.
5. Bora J and Kirtania S. "A comparative study on mechanical properties of carbon fiber/epoxy and carbon nanotube/epoxy composite laminates." In the Int. Conf. on New Frontiers in Engineering, Science, Law, Management, Humanities and Social Science, February 23-24, 2019; Gauhati University, India.
6. Kirtania S and Chakraborty D. "Investigation of stress distribution and strain energy release rate in carbon nanotube/aluminum composites having a broken carbon nanotube." In the 4th Int. Conf. on Advanced Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology (ICANN-2015), December 08-11, 2015; IIT Guwahati, Assam, India.
7. Kirtania S and Chakraborty D. "Multi-scale analysis of carbon nanotube (CNT)-reinforced metal matrix composites with a broken fiber." In the 4th Int. Conf. on Recent Advanced in Composites Materials (ICRACM-2013), February 18-20, 2013; Goa, India.
8. Kirtania S and Chakraborty D. "Evaluation of thermoelastic properties of carbon nanotube-based composites using finite element method." In the 8th International Conference on Mechanical Engineering (ICME-2009), Decemebr 26-28, 2009; Dhaka, Bangladesh.
1. Chaliha A, Sarkar A, Brahma S and Kirtania S. "Comparative study between composite and conventional steel shafts using finite element method." In the Proceedings of the Nat. Conf. on Advances in Civil and Infrastructure Engineering, February 16-17, 2018; Tezpur University, India.
2. Kirtania S and Chakraborty D. "Representative volume element based finite element modeling of carbon nanotube (CNT)-reinforced composites with a broken CNT." In the Proceedings of the Nat. Conf. on Sustainable Mechanical Engineering: Today and Beyond, pp.61-67, March 25-26, 2017; Tezpur University, India.
3. Gohain BN and Kirtania S. "Comparison between square and hexagonal representative volume element for evaluation elastic properties of CNT-reinforced composites." In the Proceedings of the Nat. Conf. on Sustainable Mechanical Engineering: Today and Beyond, pp.93-98, March 25-26, 2017; Tezpur University, India.
4. Talukdar S, Das N, Sinha D, Patni S, Kumar G, Meena BK, Dutta PP and Kirtania S. "Fabrication and vibration analysis of shaft of a pedal powered washing machine." In the Proceedings of the Nat. Conf. on Sustainable Mechanical Engineering: Today and Beyond, pp.99-104, March 25-26, 2017; Tezpur University, India.
5. Shukla SS, Kumar B, Kumar A and Kirtania S. "Modeling and analysis of an in-house built tadpole type base structure of a human powered vehicle using finite element method." In the Proceedings of Advances in Civil and Infrastructure Engineering (ACIE-2015). pp.72-77, May 8-9, 2015; Tezpur University, Assam, India.
6. Barua E, Kirtania S and Das A. "Determination of elastic moduli of single layered Graphene sheets using finite element method." In the Proceedings of Advances in Civil and Infrastructure Engineering (ACIE-2015). pp.78-83, May 8-9, 2015; Tezpur University, Assam, India.
Analysis of graphene-reinforced nanocomposites using finite element method. (Ongoing, from 2019)
1. Evaluation of elastic properties and stress analysis of graphene nanoplatelets/epoxy composites. (Ongoing)
2. Delamination analysis of CNT reinforced composite materials. (2018-2019)
3. Experimental investigations on some of the mechanical properties of lime sludge filled coir-jute hybrid reinforced epoxy and polyester composites. (2017-2018) with Dr. Satadru Kashyap
4. Finite element analysis of different types of representative volume elements under thermo-mechanical loading. (2016-2017)
5. Analysis of jute-glass fabric reinforced interply hybrid polymer composite. (2015-2016)
6. Finite element analysis of single-layered graphene sheets and single-walled carbon nanotubes. (2014-2015)
1. Stress analysis of carbon and banana fiber-reinforced composites using finite element method. (Ongoing)
2. Study of power transmission with L-pin mechanism. (2018-2019)
3. Comparative analysis between a conventional and composite drive shaft using finite element method. (2017-2018)
4. Finite element analysis of carbon fiber/epoxy and banana finer/epoxy laminates. (2016-2017)
5. Problem identification and modification for improvement of performance of a pedal powered washing machine. (2015-2016), With Dr. Polash Pratim Dutta
6. Modeling and analysis of an in-house built tdpole type base structure of a human-electric powered hybrid vehicle. (2014-2015)
7. Fabrication and finite element analysis of carbon fiber fabric/polypropylene composites. (2013-2014)
8. Finite element modeling and stress analysis of base frame of a hybrid tricycle. (2013-2014)
9. Fabrication and simulation of fiber-reinforced composite materials. (2012-2013)
10. Bending analysis of circular plates using finite element methods. (2012-2013), With Dr. Ashis Mallick
11. Bending analysis of beams using finite element methods. (2011-2012)
12. Analysis of beams using finite element methods. (2010-2011)
13. Stress analysis using finite element methods. (2009-2010)
1. Joint Coordinator: One week faculty development program on “Recent Trends in Computational and Experimental Mechanics” during 11-15 December, 2017.
2. Treasurer: National Conference on “Sustainable Mechanical Engineering: Today and Beyond” during 25-26 March, 2017.
1. I have delivered a talk on “Investigation of stress distribution and strain energy release rate in carbon nanotube/aluminum composites having a broken carbon nanotube.” in the 4th International Conference on Advanced Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology, December, 2015; IIT Guwahati, India.
2. I have delivered 4 lectures (including two laboratory classes: hand on practice for modeling and analysis of structural component using ANSYS) in one week faculty development program on “Recent Trends in Computational and Experimental Mechanics” during 11-15 December, 2017; Tezpur University, India.
1. Advanced Engineering Materials (Publisher: Wiley)
2. Science and Engineering of Composite Materials (Publisher: De Gruyter)
3. Sadhana (Publisher: Springer)
1. Warden, PMH: From August,2016 to till date.
2. Faculty in-charge, Anti-ragging squad: 2017, 2018 and 2019.
3. Member, Anti-Ragging Committee: 2009-2010, 2017 to till date.
4. Coordinator, B.Tech admission: 2019.
5. Coordinator, AQAR report preparation: 2011, 2019, 2020.
6. Coordinator, M.Tech and PhD Admission: 2019.
7. Coordinator, Academic probation committee: 2013, 2015, 2018, 2019.
8. Member, NBA accreditation: 2014, 2018.
9. Member, Lateral entry of diploma holders: 2018-2019.
10. Faculty in-charge, TOM Laboratory: 2012 to till date.
11. Center in-charge, TUEE: 2012, 2017, 2018.
12. Member, BSSC committee: 2017, 2018.
13. Member, B.Tech curriculum revision committee: 2015, 2018.
14. Departmental coordinator, NBA accreditation of M.Tech program: 2017.
15. Coordinator, New M.Tech program in Mechanical Engineering (Specialization: Machine Design): 2016.
16. Departmental coordinator, Prepared 13th plan proposal: 2016.
17. Member, Students’ Appeal Committee: 2009, 2015, 2016.
18. Faculty in-charge, CAD Laboratory appropriate management: 2014-2019.
19. Departmental coordinator, Semester Examination: 2010, 2014.
20. Faculty in-charge, M.Tech admission: 2014.
21. Member, CCB Committee: 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014.
22. Coordinator, B.Tech project evaluation: 2014.
23. Coordinator, Class time-table preparation: 2012, 2013, 2014.
24. Member, M.Tech laboratory development: 2012.
25. Member, New M.Tech program in Mechanical Engineering (Specialization: Applied Mehanics): 2012.
26. Coordinator, Industrial Summer Training: 2011.
27. Coordinator, Placement Brochure under SoE: 2011.
28. Faculty in-charge, Syllabus oriented visit: 2009.