Karanvir Saini

EDUCATION:

• Ph.D. : School of Mechanical Material and Energy Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Ropar (2010-onwards)
  
• M.Tech : Design Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (2009)
• B.Tech. : Mechanical Engineering, Punjab Technical University Jalandhar (2005)
  
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CONFERENCES/ JOURNALS/ SYMPOSIUMS

• 1. Saini K. and Kumar N., "Mechanical Response of Collagen under Hydrostatic Compression", Material Science and Engineering C, 2015 (49) 720-726.
• 2.Saini K. and Kumar N., "Effect of surface crack and its size on mechanical characteristics of Gold nano-wires", Procedia Material Science 2014 (6) 161-700.
• 3. Saini, K. and Kumar, N., “Torsional deformation behavior of cracked gold nano-wires”, Acta Mechanica, (2014) 225 (3) 687-700.
• 4. Saini K. and Kumar N., “Structural changes in Collagen protein molecules under high hydrostatic pressures”, Mechanical Manipulations (MM-2013) 15^th-26^th April, 2013, National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS) Bangalore, India.
• 5. Saini K. and Kumar N., “Intrinsic compressibility and volume compression in Collagen proteins by Molecular Dynamics Simulation at high pressures”, International Conference on Design of Biomaterials (BIND), 09^th-11^th December, 2012, IISc Bangalore, Bangalore, India.
• 6. Saini, K. and Kumar N., “Effect of crack length on torsional mechanical characteristics of Gold nano-wires”, NMC 2012 – 9^th International Workshop on Nano-mechanical Sensing, 6^th -8^th June, 2012, IIT Bombay, Mumbai, India.
• 7. Saini K. and Kumar N. and Singh S. “Torsional characteristics of defected Gold nano-wire”, Research Scholar’s Day at IIT Ropar, 2^nd Feb., 2012, Punjab, India.
• 8. Saini K. and Kumar N., “Effect of axial relaxation on the torsional behavior of cracked nano-wires”, Fourth International Conference on Structural Stability and Dynamics (ICSSD-2012),  4^th -6^th January, 2012, Malaviya National Institute of Technology (MNIT) Jaipur, India.
• 9. Saini K. and Kumar N., “Mechanical characteristics of cracked gold nano-wires under torsional loading”, Materials Science & Technology 2011, Conference & Exhibition, 2011, 16^th-20^th Oct., 2011, Columbus, Ohio, United States.
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WORKSHOPS ATTENDED

• 1. Participated in Mechanical Manipulations and Responses at the Scale of the Cell and beyond (MM-2013) workshop at National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS) Bangalore, India (15^th–26^th April, 2013).
• 2. Participated in Fundamentals and Advances in Biomaterials Science and Bio-Engineering (BIOMAT-12) workshop at Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bangalore, India (6^th-8^th December, 2012).
• 3. Participated in NRC-M Summer Workshop on Mechanical Property Characterization at Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bangalore, India (25 June- 14 July 2012).
• 4. Participated in 9^th International Workshop on Nano-mechanical Sensing 2012 at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay, India (6^th–8^th June 2012).