Principal Investigator
Dr. Sid Kumar
Assistant Professor, Principal Investigator
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
Delft University of Technology
Postdoc, ETH Zürich, Switzerland, 2019-21
Ph.D., California Institute of Technology, USA, 2019 (Aeronautics)
M.S., École Polytechnique, France, 2017 (Multiscale modeling)
M.S., California Institute of Technology, USA, 2016 (Aeronautics)
B.Tech., Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, 2014 (Mechanical Engineering)
Office: 34 H-4-200, Mekelweg 2, 2628 CD Delft
PhD & Postdoc researchers
Prakash Thakolkaran
PhD Student
Research Topics: machine learning, metamaterial design, design optimization
M.Sc., ETH Zürich, Switzerland, 2021 (Mechanical Engineering)
B.Sc., ETH Zürich, Switzerland, 2018 (Mechanical Engineering)
Tarakram Ramgopal
PhD Student
Research Topics: metallic microstructures, machine learning, cellular automata
M.Tech., Indian Institute of Technology - Madras, India, 2022 (Computational Engineering)
B.Tech., Indian Institute of Technology - Madras, India, 2021 (Metallurgical and Materials Engineering)
Email: T.Ramgopal@tudelft.nl
Elyas Nasimdoust
PhD Student
Research Topics: photoacoustic imaging, metamaterials
M.Sc., Institute for Advanced Studies in Basic Sciences, Zanjan, Iran, 2023 (Physics, Optics, and Laser)
B.Sc., Guilan University, Rasht, Iran, 2019 (Atomic Physics)
Bharadwaj Tallapragada
PhD Student
Research Topics: extreme mechanics, computational sciences
M.Sc., Delft University of Technology, Netherlands, 2023 (Aerospace Engineering)
B.Tech., Vellore Institute of Technology, India, 2020 (Mechanical Engineering)
Email: B.Tallapragada@tudelft.nl
Riccardo Brambilla
PhD Student
Research Topics: fracture mechanics, computational sciences
M.Sc., Delft University of Technology, Netherlands, 2024 (Aerospace Engineering)
B.Sc., University of Parma, Italy, 2021 (Mechanical Engineering)
Email: R.Brambilla@tudelft.nl
Ishank Jain
PhD Student
Research Topics: phase field modeling, polymers, composites
M.S., Indian Institute of Technology - Madras, India, 2023 (Aerospace Engineering)
B.Tech., Vellore Institute of Technology, India, 2018 (Mechanical Engineering)
Email: I.Jain@tudelft.nl
Anuj Joshi
PhD Student
Research Topics: vibration damping, shape memory materials, metamaterials, mechanochemistry
M.Sc., Delft University of Technology, Netherlands, 2024 (Mechanical Engineering)
B.Tech., Indian Institute of Technology - Roorkee, India, 2021 (Mechanical Engineering)
Email: A.K.Joshi@tudelft.nl
Yaqi Guo
Postdoctoral scientist
Research Topics: machine learning, metamaterials, moelcule design
Ph.D. Tongji University, China, 2023 (Mechanics)
B.Sc., Central South University, China, 2017 (Engineering Mechanics)
Email: Y.Guo-4@tudelft.nl
Jianing Zhu
Postdoctoral scientist
Research Topics: thermoelectric materials, machine learning, additive manufacturing
Ph.D. Delft University of Technology, Netherlands, 2023 (Materials Science and Engineering)
M.Sc., Jilin University, China, 2018 (Materials Processing Engineering)
B.Sc., Jilin University, China, 2015 (Materials Science And Engineering)
Graduate students
Fabian Braun
Master student
Research Topics: physical neural networks, optics, photonics
B. Mech.. Eng., University of Applied Sciences Kaiserslautern, Germany, (Mechanical Engineering)
Email: F.Braun-1@student.tudelft.nl
Amanullah Mahmood
Master student
Research Topics: multiphysics metamaterials
B.Tech., Jamia Millia Islamia, India (Mechanical Engineering)
Divakar Vetriveeran
Master student
Research Topics: microstructures, machine learning
B.Tech., Kongu Engineering College, India (Mechanical Engineering)
Shivam Saini
Master student
Research Topics: machine learning, constitutive modeling
B.E., Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, India (Mechanical Engineering)
Email: S.Saini-1@student.tudelft.nl
Alumni
Researchers:
Yaqi Guo, Visiting PhD Student
Saurav Sharma, Postdoc Scientist
Akshay Joshi, Postdoc Scientist
Students:
Anuj Joshi, MSc thesis (Cum Laude)
Miquel Ayllón García, MSc thesis
Julia Czarnecka, MSc thesis
Lucy Seager, MSc thesis
Efthymios Koutsounanos, MSc thesis
Sikko van 't Sant, MSc thesis (Cum Laude)
Yiwen Zheng, Research Assistant
TU Delft, Mekelweg 2, Delft 2628 CD, Netherlands
