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Our research group is interested in designing futuristic

  • structures and

  • materials

drawing from the ideas of

  • lattice mechanics

  • geometry

  • origami engineering and

  • 3D printing

Using these concepts, we hope to create structural/material systems with superior mechanical performance and multi-functionality that will have applications across many engineering disciplines.

Prof. Phanisri Pradeep Pratapa is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at IIT Madras.

NEWS UPDATES

Last updated 6 Sep 2024.

  • Sep 2024: Prof. Phanisri Pradeep Pratapa is awarded the Teaching Excellence Award for the year 2024 by IIT Madras.

  • Jul 2024: Master's student Raashid Muhammad won Prof Juergen Plaehn Prize for best experimental work and his thesis. His thesis was on structural optimization and non-prismatic reinforced concrete beams.

  • Jul 2024: PhD students Anandaroop and Siva Poornan, and Master's students Raashid and Pratik from our group were awarded degrees during the convocation at IIT Madras.

  • Apr 2024: Second PhD student from our research group, Siva Poornan Vasudevan, successfully defended his thesis.

  • Mar 2024: First PhD student from our research group, Anandaroop Lahiri, successfully defended his thesis.

  • Dec 2023: First Master's student (MS by research) Adarsh Kumar Tiwari graduated from our group. Adarsh's work is related to 3D printing of concrete lattice structures that can be used as metamaterials. His work is published in the Journal of Building Engineering. Link to the journal article.

  • Aug 2023: Prof. Phanisri Pradeep Pratapa is awarded the CSR Changemaker award by IIT Madras for his contributions to concrete 3D printing projects.

  • Jul 2023: Master's student Jayakrishnan graduated from our group.

  • May 2023: Our research group's work is presented at the ASCE EMI 2023 conference held at Georgia Tech, Atlanta, USA.

  • May 2023: Prof. Phanisri Pradeep Pratapa visited Prof. Glaucio Paulino's group at Princeton University and Prof. Sriram Malladi's group at Michigan Tech for research collaboration.

  • Sep 2022: We have presented our theoretical research work on beam shape optimization in the NCMDAO 2022 virtual conference.

  • Jul 2022: Master's students Saurabh and Keerthana graduated from our group.

  • Oct 2021: We have presented our research work on origami metamaterials in the NCMDAO 2021 virtual conference. Prof. Pratapa co-organized the conference as a core committee member. Proceedings can be found here.

  • Aug 2021: We have presented our research work on deployable origami surfaces at the IASS 2021 virtual conference.

  • Aug 2021: We have presented our research work on origami lattice mechanics at the ASME IDETC 2021 virtual conference. Proceedings can be found here.

  • July 2021: The first batch of undergraduate and master's students have graduated from our group. Good luck to Sri Chandana, Kishore, and Abhilash.

  • May 2021: We have presented our research work on origami metamaterials in the ASCE EMI 2021 virtual conference.

  • Jun 2020: PhD research scholar Siva Poornan Vasudevan was selected as the Winner of the ASCE EMI 2020 Elasticity Student Paper Competition held virtually on 27 May 2020, for his work on "Scissor-Hinge Lattice Structure with Programmable Poisson's Ratio over Large Strain". 
    ASCE news article link: Click Here

  • Jun 2020: PhD research scholar Anandaroop Lahiri was selected as one of the four finalists of the ASCE EMI 2020 Elasticity Student Paper Competition held virtually on 27 May 2020, for his work on "Bloch wave analysis of 1D rigid triangulated Miura-ori lattice".

  • Feb 2019: Morphing origami work accepted for publication in Physical Review Letters (PRL). We created a new origami-based pattern that can exhibit extremely tunable Poisson's ratio going theoretically from negative infinity to positive infinity as it folds and that can morph into a hybrid material system with re-programmable combination of contrasting metamaterials. Link to the journal article.

  • Jan 2019: Dr. Phanisri Pradeep Pratapa joins as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras in Chennai, India.

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