RESUME
Dr. Poonam Kumari
Assistant Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering
IIT Guwahati
Guwahati-781039, Assam
Email ID: [email protected]
Office 03612583434
At Present:
Assistant Professor at Department of Mechanical Engineering at IIT Guwahati
since July, 2013.
Academic Background
Postdoctoral Fellow: School of Engineering Science of Simon Fraser University, Burnaby
BC Canada (From Aug., 2012 to June 2013)
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Ph.D. Department of Applied Mechanics (Indian Institute of Technology Delhi), (20082012)
Thesis Title: Analytical solutions for micro- and macro-mechanics of smart structures
integrated with piezoelectric composites
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M.Tech. in Design Engineering (CGPA 9.03 out of 10), Department of Applied Mechanics
IIT Delhi, (2005-2007)
Thesis Title: 2D exact solutions and third order zigzag theory for hybrid angle-ply flat
panels
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B.E. in Mechanical Engineering (78% with honors), BRCM CET Bahal, Bhiwani, affiliated
by MDU Rohtak, Haryana, (under top ten Rank in the University almost in every semester)
(2000-2004)
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Professional Background
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Graduate Engineer Trainee in Neel Metal Products Limited, Gurgaon (July 2004 to April
2005).
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Production Engineer in FCC RICO, IMT Manesar, Gurgaon, (April 2005 to Sept. 2005)
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Junior Research Fellow Under Prof. G. N. Tiwari (Center for Energy Studies IIT Delhi)
(Sept. 2005 to Nov. 2006)
Project Title: Optimum design of a low cost green house for indian climate conditions: a
thermal engineering approach
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Junior Research Fellow Under Prof. S Kapuria (Department of Applied Mechanics, IIT
Delhi) (Jan. 2007 to June. 2007)
Project Title: A novel layer-wise theory and smeared tot for thermoelectromechanical
analysis of smart hybrid plates- Sponsored by Deptt. of Science and Technology, India.
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Research Fellow Under Prof. S Kapuria (Department of Applied Mechanics, IIT Delhi)
(Nov. 2007 to Jan 2008 )
Consultancy Project Title: Standarized design of mounded horizontal pressurized LPG
storage vessels- Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd. Noida
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Research Fellow Under Prof. S Kapuria (Department of Applied Mechanics, IIT Delhi)
(June. 2009 to Sept. 2009)
Consultancy Project Title: Finite Element analysis of large diameter miter bends of reactor
regenerator piping for Guru Gobind Singh refinery project at Bhatinda
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Publications (International Journals)
List of Publications in Referred Journals
(Chronological Order)
1. P. Kumari, J.K. Nath, P.C. Dumir, S. Kapuria, 2D exact solutions for flat hybrid piezoelectric
and magnetoelastic angle-ply panels under harmonic load, Smart Materials and Structures,
2007, 16 (5), 1651-1661.
2. P.C. Dumir, S. Kapuria, P. Kumari, J.K. Nath, Two-dimensional benchmark solution for
buckling and vibration of simply supported hybrid piezoelectric angle-ply flat panels,
ZAMM-Zeitschrift Fur Angewandte Mathematik Und Mechanik , 2008, 88 (1), 42-57.
3. P. Kumari, J.K. Nath, S. Kapuria, P.C. Dumir, An improved third order theory and assessment
of efficient zigzag theory for angle-ply flat hybrid panels, Composite Structures, 2008, 83 (2),
226-236.
4. P.C. Dumir, J.K. Nath, P. Kumari, S. Kapuria, Improved efficient zigzag and third order
theories for circular cylindrical shells under thermal loading, Journal of Thermal Stresses,
2008, 31 (4), 343-367.
5. P. Kumari, J.K. Nath, S. Kapuria, P.C. Dumir, Efficient Global Zigzag Theory for Elastic
Laminated Plates, Journal of Reinforced Plastics and Composites, 2009, 28 (9), 1025-1047.
6. S. Kapuria, P. Kumari, J.K. Nath, Analytical piezoelasticity solution for vibration of
piezoelectric laminated angle-ply circular cylindrical panels, Journal of Sound and Vibration,
2009, 324 (3-5), 832-849.
7. P.C. Dumir, P. Kumari, S. Kapuria, Assessment of third order smeared and zigzag theories
for buckling and vibration of flat angle-ply hybrid piezoelectric panels, Composite Structures,
2009, 90 (3), 346-362.
8. S. Kapuria, P. Kumari, J. K. Nath, Efficient modeling of smart piezoelectric composite
laminates-A review, Acta Mechanica, 2010, 214, 31-48.
9. S. Kapuria, P. Kumari, Three-dimensional piezoelasticity solution for dynamics of cross-ply
cylindrical shells integrated with piezoelectric fiber reinforced composite actuators and
sensors, Composite Structures, 2010, 92 (10), 2431-2444.
10. P. Kumari, S. Kapuria, Boundary layer effects in rectangular cross-ply Levy-type plates
using zigzag theory, ZAMM, 2011, 91 (7), 565-580.
11. S. Kapuria, P. Kumari, Three-dimensional iso-field micromechanics for effective
electrothermoelastic properties of piezoelectric composites, Journal of Mechanics of
Materials and Structures, 2011, 6,249-265.
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12. S. Kapuria, P. Kumari, Extended Kantorovich method for three dimensional elasticity
solution of laminated composite structures, Journal of Applied Mechanics (ASME), 2011, 78,
Article No. 061004, 1-8.
13. S. Kapuria, P. Kumari, Multi-term extended Kantorovich method for three dimensional
elasticity solution of laminated plates Journal of Applied Mechanics (ASME) 2012, 79(6),
Article no. 061018.
14. S. Kapuria, P. Kumari, Boundary layer effects in Levy-type rectangular piezoelectric
composite plates using a coupled efficient layerwise theory, European Journal of Mechanics
A, 2012, 36, 1-19.
15. S.Kapuria, P.Kumari, Extended Kantorovich method for coupled piezoelasticity
solution of piezolaminated plates showing edge effects, Proceeding of Royal
Society A, 2013, 469, 20120565.
16. P.Kumari, S.Kapuria, RKND Three-dimensional extended Kantorovich solution for Levy-ype
rectangular laminated plates with edge effects, Compos. Struct. 2013; 107:167-176.
17. P.Kumari, S.Kapuria Extended Kantorovich 3D solution and performance of 2D
laminate theories for edge effects in smart piezolaminated structures, Proceedings of the Indian
National Science Academy, Accepted for Publication, 2013
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List of Publications in International Conferences
(Chronological Order)
1. A. S. Srinivas, S. Kapuria, P Kumari, Efficient layerwise finite element with physical and
electric nodes for flat angle-ply hybrid panels in cylindrical bending, 5th ISSS International
Conference, 24-26 July 2008, IISc Bangalore.
2. P. Kumari, S. Kapuria, 3D solution for dynamics of laminated angle-ply circular cylindrical
shells with piezoelectric fiber reinforced composite actuators and sensors, 3rd
International Congress on Computational Mechanics and Simulation, 1-5 Dec. 2009, IIT
Bombay, Mumbai.
3. P. Kumari, S. Kapuria, three dimensional elasticity solutions of sandwich panels using the
extended Kantorovich method, 16th International Conference on Composite Structures
(ICCS16), 28-30 June, 2011, Porto, Portugal.
4. P. Kumari, S. Kapuria, Directional effect of piezoelectric composite actuators/sensors on
the dynamic response of smart angle-ply composite, XVII NASAS, 22-24 Sept. 2011, IIT
Kanpur, Kanpur.
5. S. Kapuria, P. Kumari, Multi-term extended Kantorovich method for 3D piezoelasticity
solution of piezoelectric panel, XXIII ICTAM, 19-24 August. 2012, Beijing, China
6. P. Kumari, S Kapuria, Assessment of two dimensional theories for boundary layer effect
in smart piezolaminated plates, 3rd ACMFMS IIT Delhi, 5-9 December, 2012, New Delhi,
India
7. *P. Kumari, S Kapuria, Closed form elasticity solutions for laminated plates subjected to
arbitrary boundary conditions using extended Kantorovich method. 7th M.I.T. Conference
on Computational Fluid and Solid Mechanics, 12-14 June, 2013, MIT Boston, USA.
8. *P Kumari, Behera S, Kapuria S. Accurate estimation of interlaminar stresses for the
adhesively bonded piezolaminated plates. Proc. 4th Asian Conference on Mechanics of
Functional Materials and Structures (ACMFMS), October, 2014, Nara, Japan.
9. *P. Kumari, S Kapuria, Mixed-field extended Kantorovich method for accurate
prediction of boundary layer stresses in composite and piezolaminated structures,
Accepted for publication, The Indo-Russian Workshop, IIT Madras, 2013.
10. *S. Behera, P. Kumari, Assessment of IZIGT for boundary layer effects in levy-type smart
piezolaminated plate, 5th International Congress on Computational Mechanics and
Simulation (ICCMS), CSIR-Chennai 10-13 Dec. 2014
11. *P. Kumar, S. K. Dwivedy, P. Kumari Nonlinear Dynamic analysis of piezoelectric based
energy harvester, 6th International Conference on Theoretical, Applied, Computational
and Experimental Mechanics (ICTACEM) , IIT Kharagpur 29-31 Dec. 2014.
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12. *P. Kumar, S. K. Dwivedy, P. Kumari Dynamic analysis of piezoelectric based energy
harvester under periodic excitation, 12th International Conference on Vibration
Problems (ICOVP), IIT Guwahati 14-17 Dec, 2015
13. *P Kumari, S Behera, Natural frequency of orthotropic laminated plate using extended
Kantorovich method. 60th Congress (an International Conference) of Indian Society of
Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (i.e., ISTAM 2015). 16-19 December, 2015. Jaipur,
India.
14. *S Behera, P Kumari, Accurate estimation of the influence of adhesive bonding on the free
vibration of laminated plates. 2nd international conference on Mechanics of Composites
(MechComp2016), 11-14 July, 2016. Porto, Portugal.
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