IIT Gandhinagar | Faculty | Mechanical

Sachin Goyal

Assistant Professor

	B. Tech.: Banaras Hindu University, India, 1997. M.S. & Ph.D.: University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 2006.
	Email: sgoyal@iitgn.ac.in Phone: +91-79-23972622 Fax: +91-79-23972622

Research Interest

Computational Dynamics, Mechanics and Controls with applications primarily in micro-scale biological systems
Continuum-dynamics and multi-body-dynamics based modeling (and inverse modeling) of DNA (Deoxy-ribo nucleic acid), proteins and their interactions
Constitutive law modeling of bio-filaments from their Molecular Dynamics simulations
Mechanical characterization of bio-filaments from single-molecule experiments and atomic force microscopy

Work Experience

Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar (Dec. 2011 to present)
Post-doctoral Fellow, Emory University, Atlanta, GA (Jan-2010 to Nov-2011)
Visiting Assistant Professor, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY (Aug-2007 to Dec-2009)
Post-doctoral Scholar, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA (Oct-2006 to July-2007)
Research Fellow, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (June-2006 to Sept-2006)
Research Assistant, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (Sept-2001 to April-2006)
Teaching Assistant, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (Jan-2005 to April-2005)
Executive Engineer, Larsen & Toubro Limited, Mumbai, India (July-1997 to July-2000)

Selected Recent Publications

Hinkle A. R., S. Goyal and H. J. Palanthandalam-Madapusi, “Constitutive-law Modeling of Microfilaments from their Discrete-Structure Simulations - A Method based on an Inverse Approach Applied to a Static Rod Model”, ASME Journal of Applied Mechanics, in press, 2012.(Arxiv Preprint)
Haeusler A., K. Goodson, T. Lillian, S. Goyal, N. C. Perkins and J. D. Kahn, “FRET Studies of a Landscape of Lac Repressor Mediated DNA Loops”, Nucleic Acids Research, in press, 2012. (Full Text)
Shao Q., S. Goyal, L. Finzi and D. Dunlap, “Physiological Levels of Salt and Polyamines Favor Writhe and Limit Twist in DNA”, Macromolecules, in press, 2012.
Palanthandalam-Madapusi, H. J. and S. Goyal, “Is Parkinsonian Tremor a Limit Cycle?”, Journal of Mechanics in Medicine and Biology, Vol. 11 (5), pp. 1017–1023, 2011.(Full Text)
Palanthandalam-Madapusi H. J. and S. Goyal, “Robust estimation of nonlinear constitutive law from static equilibrium data for modeling the mechanics of DNA”, Automatica, vol. 47 (6), pp. 1175-1182, 2011.
Naderman N., A. Kumar, S. Goyal, C. Hui, “Buckling of sheared rods and friction of microfibril arrays”, Journal of the Royal Society Interface, vol. 7 (52), pp. 1581-1589, 2010.(Full Text)