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MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

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Mr. Sunny Akhtar Assistant Professor / MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

Email : sa.mech@aliah.ac.in

Address : 1st Floor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Aliah University, II-A/27, Action Area-II, Newtown, Kolkata, West Bengal, India, 700160.

Joined : July 8, 2013

Education

1. Ph.D., Dept. of Aerospace Engg., I.I.T. Kharagpur. (Pursuing)

2. M.E., Dept. of Mechanical Engg., I.I.E.S.T. (erstwhile B.E.S.U), Shibpur.

3. B.Tech. Dept. of Mechanical Engg., M.A.K.A.U.T. (erstwhile W.B.U.T.).

Teaching Experience

1. Assistant Professor, Dept. of Mechanical Engg.,  Aliah University from July 08, 2013 to till date.

2. Assistant Professor, Dept of Mechanical Engg., Budge Budge Institute of Technology from January, 2013 to July, 2013.

Field of Specialization

  • Applied Mechanics
  • Mechanics of Materials
  • Machine Design

Courses Taught/Teaching

  • Engineering Mechanics
  • Machine Design
  • Mechatronics
  • Mechanics of Composite Materials
  • Finite Element Analysis

Research Area

Composite Materials, Dynamics, Wave Propagation, Adaptive Structure

Conference Papers Published

International Conference:

Akhtar S., Sunny M.R., “Wave Propagation Through Class-2 Planar Periodic Tensegrity Structure", 31st International Congress of Sound and Vibration (ICSV31) held at Incheon, Korea, 6-11 July 2025.https://icsv31.org/

 

National Conference:

Akhtar S., Sunny M.R., “Towards the Design of a Tensegrity Lattice Metamaterial with Tunable Wave Propagation Characteristics”, 6th National Conference on Multidisciplinary Design, Analysis and Optimization (NCMDAO 2023) held at IIT Guwahati, Assam, India, 6-8 December 2023. https://event.iitg.ac.in/ncmdao/

Journal Papers Published

Akhtar, S. and Sunny, M. R. (2024) ‘Rest length controlled tunable band structure in periodic tensegrity metastructure – a numerical study using a novel consistent stiffness and mass formulation’, Mechanics of Advanced Materials and Structures, pp. 1–15. doi: 10.1080/15376494.2024.2375755.

Awards

GATE: 2010 and 2011.

MASTER Thesis Guidance

  1. Asifur Rahaman (2016): Solar tracking system design for optimal operational efficiency.
  2. Sohel Rana (2022): Analysis of Muffle furnace using ANSYS simulation

Membership Of Learned Societies

  1. Member of the Institute of Engineers (India).
  2. Life-member of the Indian Society of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics.

Orientation/Refresher/QIP CourseAttended/Organized

  1. Attendant Orientation Course "UGC sponsored 115th Orientation Programme" held from 08th August to 28th August, 2019, organized by UGC-Human Resource Development Centre, The University of Burdwan, Burdwan.
  2. Attended AICTE-QIP short-term course on "Analysis and Design of FRP Composite Structures" held from 2nd September to 8th September, 2019, organized by the Department of Aerospace Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur, W.B.
  3. Attended UGC sponsored Inter-disciplinary Refresher Course on "Instrumentation and Automation" held from 09th December to 21st December, 2019, organized by UGC-Human Resource Development Centre, Jadavpur University, Kolkata.




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