Gaurav Kumar

About

Dr. Gaurav Kumar is currently working as Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, NIT Rourkela. He is an active researcher in the field of advanced manufacturing processes, micromachining, and microwave materials processing for the creation of innovative products for diverse industrial applications. He has more than 9 years of experience in teaching, research and administration. He did B.Tech. in Mechanical Engineering from NIT Jamshedpur in the Year 2014. Further, he completed M.Tech. and Ph.D. from IIT Roorkee in the Year 2020. He has published 50+ research articles in SCI and Scopus indexed journals, International Conferences. He has written various book chapters for Repute publishing houses like Springer, Taylor and Francis etc. He has supervised 01 PhD and 05 Master dissertations and currently supervising 2 Ph.D. research scholars.

Employment

• National Institute of Technology Rourkela Assistant Professor
  2023 - Present
• National Institute of Technology Uttarakhand Assistant professor
  2020 - 2023

Education

• Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee M. Tech.
  2014 - 2015
• National Institute of Technology Jamshedpur B.Tech.
  2010 - 2014

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (47)

• Numerical Prediction of Deflection and Stress Responses of Damaged Hybrid Single-Lap Joint Components and Experimental Verification
  International Journal of Applied Mechanics 2026 DOI: 10.1142/S1758825126500158
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• Numerical and Experimental Modal Analysis of Damaged Soft Panel (Hydrogel) Structure using Nonlinear Material Model
  International Journal of Structural Stability and Dynamics 2026 DOI: 10.1142/S0219455427502932
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• Synthesis and mechanical characterization of hybrid (chitosan–MWCNT-reinforced epoxy) polymeric nanocomposite and low load applications
  Applied Physics A Materials Science and Processing 2026 DOI: 10.1007/s00339-025-09286-0
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• Microwave machining of glass substrate for micro-hole fabrication
  Micro Fluidic and Micro Electromechanical System Applications Subtractive Processing of Glass Substrates 2026 DOI: 10.1201/9781003735908-14
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• Microwave Curing of Biocompatible Polymers for Scaffold Designs
  Materials Horizons from Nature to Nanomaterials 2026 DOI: 10.1007/978-981-95-4005-1_5
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• Microengineering glass substrates: techniques and applications
  Micro and Nano Systems Letters 2026 DOI: 10.1186/s40486-026-00261-9
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• Influence of damage and dynamic loading on deflection responses of hybrid structural composite (fibre-reinforced metal laminates) and experimental verification
  Acta Mechanica 2026 DOI: 10.1007/s00707-025-04528-x
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• Influence of damage (delamination) on modal responses of sandwich composite panel-numerical and experimental analysis
  Journal of Sandwich Structures and Materials 2026 DOI: 10.1177/10996362261446495
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• Experimental Trial-and-Error Optimization of Microwave-Assisted Fabrication Parameters for Hybrid Laminates: Development and Characterization for Smart Structural Applications
  Smart Materials Engineering Data Driven Approaches and Multiscale Modelling 2026 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-032-09540-4_8
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• Computational prediction of hyperelastic constitutive model of damaged hydrogel (soft composite) materials under high-strain loading–a nonlinear FE approach
  Mechanics of Advanced Materials and Structures 2026 DOI: 10.1080/15376494.2026.2695256
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