Salil S. Kulkarni
Professor,
Dept. of Mechanical Engineering,
IIT Bombay, Powai
Mumbai 400076
Ph: 022 2576 7513
email: FirstName.Surname@iitb dot ac dot in

Educational Background
BE, Mechanical, Government College of Engineering, Pune
ME, Mechanical, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
PhD, Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Cornell University
Postdoctoral Fellow, Northwestern University

Research Interests
I have a broad interest in computational and applied mechanics, with a particular focus on:
1. Development of reduced order modeling techniques for nonlinear finite element problems to enhance computational efficiency
2. Mathematical modeling of mechanical systems
3. Development of novel boundary integral formulations to increase computational efficiency
4. Development of algorithms for coupled analysis of multiphysics problems

Teaching: Courses Taught
ME119-Engineering Graphics and Drawing
ME201-Solid Mechanics
ME202-Strength of Material
ME354-Analytical Mechanics
ME423-Machine Design
ME472-Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos
ME601-Stress Analysis
ME613-Finite Element and Boundary Element Methods
ME664-Advanced Finite Element and Boundary Element Methods
ME613-Fracture Mechanics
ME621-Mathematical Methods for Mechanics and Dynamics
ME782-Design Optimisation
ME6106-Computational Structural Dynamics

Sponsored Projects (completed/ongoing)
1. Development of robust and accurate techniques for measurement of damage induced ultrasonic nonlinearity in solids (PI).
2. Development of weakly singular integral formulations for mixed boundary value problems in linear elasticity (PI).
3. Development of software on MATLAB etc. for optimization of freight car parameters in dynamic condition (PI).
4. Design and development of harmonic drives (Co-PI).
5. Phase-field method based simulation of fracture in layered composite plates under impact loading (Co-PI).

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