Assistant Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Biography
After graduating with a B.Tech.(Hons.) from IIT Kharagpur in 1997, Dr. Jitendra Prasad worked with an Indian multinational (viz. Indian Register of Shipping) at Mumbai for 4 years. He then did his M.Eng. at Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore. With a Ph.D. degree in Mechanical Engineering from Michigan State University (MSU), he worked as a postdoctoral fellow in Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine at the University of Washington at Seattle. In April 2011, Dr. Prasad joined IIT Ropar as an Assistant Professor in Mechanical Engineering.
Over the period of two years at NTU Singapore, Dr. Prasad taught two laboratory courses – engineering mechanics and machine design to first and second year undergraduate students, respectively. At Michigan State University, he taught control systems laboratory to undergraduate seniors for one year. At the University of Washington in Seattle, he taught finite element analysis (in the context of computational methods in biomechanics) to graduate students in Winter 2009.
Dr. Prasad's research is focused on computational engineering applied
to design, analysis, innovation and discovery. In particular, he is
interested in areas spanning applied mechanics, engineering design,
optimization, bone biology and biomechanics. His interest in
computational engineering is motivated by the fact that computer
simulations are integral to current scientific research and
development; computer simulations can explore areas that are otherwise
inaccessible to traditional approaches.
Research Interests
Biomechanics, Biomaterials, Biomechanical Design Analysis, Bone Fracture Healing, Agent Based Modeling, Bone Adaptation to Mechanical Stimuli, Computer Aided Design Engineering (CAD/CAE), Structural Multidisciplinary Design Optimization, Genetic Algorithms, Compliant Mechanisms, Bistable Structures, Negative-Stiffness Materials, Vibration Isolation Analysis, Numerical Methods, Computational Mechanics, Finite Element Analysis (FEA), Nonlinear FEA, Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS)
Education
- Ph.D., Michigan State University, 2007
- M.S., Nanyang Technology University, Singapore - Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, 2003
- B.S., Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, 1997
Work Experience
- Senior Fellow, Department of Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, USA, 06/2007 - 04/2011
- Assistant Ship Surveyor, Indian Register of Shipping, Head Office, Powai, Mumbai, 07/1997 - 06/2001
Selected Publications
1. Srinivasan, S., Ausk, B.J., Prasad, J., Threet, D., Bain, S.D., Richardson, T.S. and Gross, T.S., 2010, “Rescuing loading induced bone formation at senescence,” PLoS Computational Biology, Vol. 6 (9), e1000924. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1000924.2. Prasad, J., Wiater, B.P., Nork, S.E., Bain, S.D. and Gross, T.S., 2010, “Characterizing gait induced normal strains in a murine tibia cortical bone defect model,” Journal of Biomechanics, Vol. 43 (14), pp. 2765-2770. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jbiomech.2010.06.030.
3. Gross, T.S., Poliachik, S.L., Prasad, J., and Bain, S.D., 2010, “The effect of muscle dysfunction on bone mass and morphology,” Journal of Musculoskeletal and Neuronal Interactions, Vol. 10, No. 1, pp. 25-34. http://www.ismni.org/jmni/pdf/39/04GROSS.pdf.
4. Prasad, J. and Diaz, A.R., 2009, Viscoelastic material design with negative stiffness components using topology optimization, Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization, Vol. 38(6), pp. 583-597. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00158-008-0308-6.
5. Prasad, J. and Diaz, A.R., 2008, A concept for a material that softens with frequency, Journal of Mechanical Design, Vol. 130, No. 9, pp. 1298-1306.http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/1.2965596.
6. Tai, K. and Prasad, J., 2007, Target-matching test problem for multiobjective topology optimization using genetic algorithms, Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization, Vol.34, No.4, pp.333-345. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00158-006-0082-2.
7. Prasad, J. and Diaz, A.R., 2006, Synthesis of bistable periodic structures using topology optimization and a genetic algorithm, Journal of Mechanical Design, Vol. 128, pp. 1298-1306.http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/1.2338576.
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