At the Adaptive & Multifunctional Structures Lab, we engineer the future of intelligent structural systems. Our work bridges mechanics, materials, and computation to create adaptive structures that sense, respond, and transform. By integrating material intelligence with advanced manufacturing and cutting-edge computational design, we develop next-generation mechanisms with tunable, high-performance behaviour. Through rigorous theoretical modelling and innovative experimentation, we harness nonlinear phenomena to unlock new possibilities in aerospace, deployable systems, and smart engineering applications.
Research Area(s): Mechanics of Composites, Smart Materials and Structures, Lightweight Aerospace Structures, Buckling, Polymer Processing and Composites, Nonlinear Mechanics
Principal Investigator
- Exploratory Development of Low-Cost Smart Adaptive Molds for Complex Concrete Facades SatiQ Concrete Manufacturer Pvt. Ltd.
- Finite Element Method-Based Numerical Framework for the Design, Simulation, and development of Foldable Composite Booms for Space Applications KCSTC
- Finite Element Method-Based Numerical Framework for the Design, Simulation, and development of Foldable Composite Booms for Space Applications ISRO, IIT KHARAGPUR CELL
- From Failure to Function: Prototyping Instability-Driven Structural Mechanisms SRIC, IIT KHARAGPUR
- Programmable Molds for Advanced Fabrication of Freeform Structures Anusandhan National Research Foundation (ANRF)
Ph. D. Students
Shubhadip Mondal
Area of Research: Space structures, instability driven mechanisms