Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Acoustic metamaterials, thermal nondestructive evaluation, soft robotics, multifunctional materials, instrumentation, computer vision.
Office
211, Northern Laboratories I
Office Phone: 0512-259-6743
Email: chindamc@iitk.ac.in
Computation: Wave mechanics and thermal diffusion; Experiments: Characterization
2017: PhD in Engineering Science and Mechanics, Penn State
2010: M. Tech in Product Design, Mechanical Engg, IIT Madras
2008: B. Tech in Mechanical Engineering, IIT Madras
ME222A
Nature and properties of materials
ME321A
Advanced mechanics of solids
ME698E
Fabrication and mechanics of thin films (new modular course)
ME621A
Introduction to solid mechanics
ME683A
Techniques in non-destructive evaluation (new course)
ME723A
Wave propagation in solids
Agar-based composite films as effective biodegradable sound absorbers, ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 2022.(https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.2c00168)
Quasi-superhydrophobic microscale two-dimensional phononic crystals of stainless steel 304, Journal of Applied Physics, 2022.(https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0079375)
Thermomechanical phenomenon: A non-destructive evaluation perspective, Transactions of the Indian Institute of Metals, 2019.(https://doi.org/10.1007/s12666-019-01656-6)
Parylene-C microfibrous thin films as phononic crystals, Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering, 2017. (https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6439/aa717f)
Relative permittivity of bulk Parylene-C polymer in the infrared regime, Journal of Electromagnetic Waves and Applications, 2015. (https://doi.org/10.1080/09205071.2015.1074875)
Relative permittivity of bulk Parylene-C polymer in the infrared regime, Journal of Electromagnetic Waves and Applications, 2015. (https://doi.org/10.1080/09205071.2015.1074875)
Microfiber inclination, crystallinity, and water wettability of microfibrous thin-film substrates of Parylene C in relation to the direction of the monomer vapor during fabrication, Applied Surface Science, 2015. (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsusc.2015.03.165)
Theory and experiment on resonant frequencies of liquid-air interfaces trapped in microfluidic devices, Journal of Applied Physics, 2013. (https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4827425)
Thermomechanical response of metals: Maxwell vs. Kelvin–Voigt models, Material Science and Engineering A, 2013. (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.msea.2012.08.152)
Best PhD thesis award 2017 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4lR6WbUrdWc&t=)
Distinguished Teaching Fellow 2015-16 during PhD
2010: Project Officer, Centre for Non-Destructive Evaluation, IIT Madras
2010-11: Technical Manager, Engineering Research Centre, TATA Motors
2011-17: Graduate Assistant, ESM Department, Penn State
2017: Visiting Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering, IIT Kanpur
2018: Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering, IIT Kanpur