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General Information

Full Name Arun Kumar
Date of Birth 21st March 1992
Languages English, Hindi

Experience

  • 2022 - 2024
    Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (Europostdoc2) Postdoctoral Fellow
    Ecole Polytechnique, Paris
    • Research focus: Models for predicting instabilities in thin structures.
    • Advisors: Prof. Basile Audoly (LMS, L'X), Prof. Pedro Reis (EPFL)
  • Current
    Research Engineer
    INRIA, Grenoble
    • Research focus: Mechanics of wising and tangling of hairs
    • Advisors: Dr. Florence Descoubes, Dr. Victor Romero

Education

  • 2016 - 2022
    Ph.D in Mechanical Engineering
    Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
    • Research focus: Elastic ribbons
    • Advisor: Prof. Ramsharan Rangarajan
  • 2014-2016
    M.Tech in Machine Design
    National Institute of Technology, Calicut, India
    • Project: Frequency response of base-excited cantilever in fluid medium
    • Advisor: Prof. U B Jayadeep
  • 2010-2014
    B.Tech in Mechanical Engineering
    Jawaharlal Nehru Engineering College, Himachal Pradesh, India

When free, I like to

  • run, hike, swim, dance salsa and tango, and travel.