Associate Professor
B.Tech.: IIT-Varanasi, India
M.S.: University of Michigan
PhD: University of Michigan
(734) 576-2200
Research Interests:
- Computational dynamics, mechanics and controls, with applications primarily in micro-scale biological systems
- Continuum-dynamics- and multi-body-dynamics-based modeling, and inverse modeling, of DNA and proteins, and their interactions
- Constitutive law modeling of bio-filaments from their molecular dynamics simulations
School:
School of Engineering
Bylaw 55 Unit:
Mechanical Engineering
Recent Success:
ILTI grant for development of Online course on Strength of Materials
Community Affiliations:
Member of HSRI Executive Committee
Graduate Courses:
Introduction of Multi-body Dynamics, Continuum Mechanics
Undergraduate Courses:
Strength of Materials, Introduction to Multi-body Dynamics
Graduate Student Research:
Inverse Methods for Mapping Constitutive Law of Biological Filaments
Dynamics of Active Filaments
Current Graduate Students:
3
Area Of Expertise:
Dynamics and Controls
Mechanics of Biological Filaments
Human Biomechanics
Field of Study:
Biomechanics
Year Joined UC Merced:
2012
Hometown:
Agra, India
Member Website:
Current Funding Needs:
Graduate student, post-doc research
Collaborative research on Parkinson’s disease
Current Research Focus:
The Biomechanics and Mechano-biology program focuses on research in core areas of Mechanics, Dynamics or Controls with applications to Biology and Medicine:
- Deformations of Biological Filaments
- Constitutive Modeling from Atomistic Details
- Understanding Motor Symptoms of Parkinson’s Disease (PD) from Controls Theory
- Early Diagnosis of Parkinson’s Disease
- Effect of Deep-Brain Stimulation on PD
- Management of Motor Symptoms of PD from the Perspective of Human Biomechanics
