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Ashwini Kumar
Visiting Professor
 

B.E.: University of Roorkee, India,1969
M.A.Sc.: University of Waterloo, Canada, 1971
Ph.D.: University of Waterloo, Canada, 1974

Email: ashwini@iitgn.ac.in
Phone: +91-79-23972324
Fax: +91-79-23972622
 
Research Interest
  • Stability and large deformation of structures
  • Theoretical stress analysis
  • Post-buckling and non-linear response of laminated plates

Work Experience
  • Professor, IIT Kanpur (Aug-1985 to till date)
  • Assistant Professor, IIT Kanpur (Apr-1977 to July-1985)
  • Lecturer, IIT Kanpur (Oct-1975 to Mar-1977)
  • Post Doctoral Fellow, University of Cambridge, England (March to Oct-1975)
  • Post Doctoral Fellow, University of Waterloo, Canada (Apr-1974 to Feb-1975)
  • Deputy Director, IIT Kanpur (1998-2001)
  • Dean of Faculty Affairs, IIT Kanpur (1997-1998)
  • Dean of Academic Affairs, IIT Kanpur (1988-1990)
  • Coordinator, QIP, IIT Kanpur (1987)
  • Vice Chairman/Chairman, JEE, IIT Kanpur (1984-1985)
Selected Recent Publications
  • "Stability of Structures", Allied Publishers Ltd., New Delhi, 1998.
  • A. Kumar and H.P. Shrivastava, "Free vibration of square laminates with delamination around a central cutout using HSDT", Composite Structures, Vol.70, 2005.
  • A.Kumar and A.Samanta, "Distortional Buckling in monosymmetric I-beams: Reverse curvature bending", Thin-Walled Structure, Vol.44(7), 2006.
  • A. Samanta and A. Kumar, "Distortional buckling in braced cantilever I-beams", Thin-Walled Structures, Vol.46(6), 2008.
  • A.Kumar, "Response of axially compressed square laminates having a rectangular/square cut-out", Proc. US National Congress of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, College Park, 2010.