Education

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D) : Department of Aerospace Engineering; Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, 2011.

Dissertation: Mixed Finite Element Analysis of Smart Composite Shell using Higher Order Zig-Zag Shear Deformation Theory. 

Advisors: Prof. P. K. Dutta & Late Prof. P. K. Sinha

Master of Engineering (Structural Engineering) : Department of Civil Engineering, Bengal Engineering College (DU), Shibpur, 2002.   

Dissertation: Probabilistic  Analysis of Random Short Fiber Composites.   

Advisor: Prof. Subrata Chakraborty

Bachelor of Engineering (Civil Engineering): Department of Civil Engineering, Bengal Engineering College (DU), Shibpur, 2000.

Teaching Experience

Assistant Professor (November 2010 - Till date), Department of Civil Engineering, Aliah University

Lecturer (December 2009 - November 2010), Department of Civil Engineering, Aliah University

Field of Specialization

Structural Engineering

Solid Mechanics

Courses Taught/Teaching

UG Level

Engineering Mechanics

Engineering Drawing

Mechanics of Materials

Surveying and Geomatics

Fluid Mechanics & Hydraulics

Structural Analysis

Construction Planning and Management

Concrete Laboratory

PG Level

Theory of Elasticity and Plasticity

Finite Element Analysis

Research Area

Refined HSDT Models for Composite Shells accounting for Inter-Laminar Stress Continuity

Theoretical Model of Electro-Elastic Shells

Mixed/Hybrid FEM

Smart Structure

Energy Harvesting

Experience

Research Experience

Post-doctoral Research Fellow (Nov 2017 – Nov 2019)

Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur

Research Associate (August 2007 – December 2009)

Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur           

Research Scholar (January 2003 – July 2010)

Department of Aerospace Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur       

Conference Papers Published

1. Latifa Sk and P.K. Sinha, ‘Free Vibration Analysis of Laminated Composite Shell Dishes’, Proceedings of ICCES, 2005, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, India. 
2. S. J. Hossain, Latifa Sk. and Sinha, P.K., ‘A doubly curved element for composite shells undergoing finite rotation’, XXI International Congress of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (ICTAM04), 2004, Warsaw, Poland, Europe.
3. Latifa Sk, S. J. Hossain and Sinha, P.K, ‘A general doubly curved element for bending and free vibration analysis of multilayered composite shell dishes’, International Congress on Computational Mechanics and Simulation (ICCMS), 2004, I.I.T, Kanpur.
4. Latifa Sk and Sinha, P. K., “Free Vibration of Multilayered Composite Shells”, Proceedings of Structural Engineering Convention: An International Meet (SEC), 2003, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India.
5. Latifa Sk and Sinha, P. K., “An Improved Finite Element Analysis of Multilayered Composite Shell Dishes”, Proceedings of Second ISAMPE National Conference on Composites (INCCOM-2), Twelfth National Seminar on Aerospace Structures (XII NASAS)’2003, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India.
6. S. J. Hossain, Latifa Sk and P.K. Sinha, ‘A refined finite element analysis of laminated piezothermoelastic composite shells’, Proceedings of Second ISAMPE National Conference on Composites (INCCOM-2), Twelfth National Seminar on Aerospace Structures (XII NASAS), 2003, pp-307-317, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore.
7. Latifa Sk and Subrata Chakarborty, “Reliability of Random Short Fiber Composite”, Proceedings of Structural Engineering Convention: An International Meet (SEC), 2003, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India.

Journal Papers Published

1. S. J. Hossain, B. Barman and Latifa Sk, ‘On a variationally formulated higher order shear deformable C⁰ element for the analysis of laminated composite plates’ Computers & Structures, 87(2009), pp: 1331-1348.
2. Latifa Sk and Sinha, P.K., “Improved finite element analysis of multilayered, doubly curved composite shells”, International Journal of Reinforced Plastics and Composites, vol-24, pp: 385-404, 2005.
3. Latifa Sk and Subrata Chakraborty, “Effective Moduli of Random Short Fiber Composite: A Probabilistic Study’, International Journal of Reinforced Plastics and Composites, vol-23 (7), pp: 751-760, 2004.

Awards

Postdoctoral Research Fellowship: Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur (2017)

Research Associateship: CSIR, New Delhi (2007)

Institute Fellowship for Ph.D: Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur (2002)

University Medal for securing 1^st Position in Master of  Engineering Examination in the Department of Civil Engineering, Bengal Engineering College (DU), Shibpur, 2002.   

GATE Scholarship for Master of  Engineering  (2000)

Silver Medal for securing highest marks in Higher Secondary Examination in School Level

MASTER Thesis Guidance

M. Tech Thesis Guidance 

1 (Ongoing)

B. Tech Project Guidance

5 (Ongoing)