Alumni
Ph.D Student
Name: Manoj Kumar Maurya
Education (affiliation): Ph.D(ME IIT Kanpur 2018-2024)
Research Area/Topic: Tuning mechanical and thermal properties of polymers
Email: manoj@dgist.ac.kr
Current status/position and affiliation: Postdoc Fellow at Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology, Daegu, South Korea.
Name: Qurat Ul Ain
Education (affiliation): Ph.D (External Student, NIT Srinagar 2019-2025)
Research Area/Topic: Tribology, Polymer Nanocomposites, Molecular Simulations
Email:curatulayn@gmail.com qurat.ulain@kfupm.edu.sa
Current status/position and affiliation: Postdoc Fellow at King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia.
M.Tech Student
manoj@dgist.ac.kr
Name: Biju S. Ratish
Education (affiliation): M. Tech (ME IIT Kanpur 2019-2021)
Research Area/Topic: Solid Mechanics And Design
Name: Dhruv Patel
Education (affiliation): M. Tech (ME IIT Kanpur 2021-2023)
Research Area/Topic: Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Polymer Chains and Rings in Implicit Solvent Conditions (at IITK)
Email: dhruvss174@gmail.com
Current Status/Position: Associate Consultant, Advisory - One Consulting - Data and Analytics Engineering, PwC India
Name: Suneet Mungali
Education (affiliation): M.Tech (IIT Kanpur Jul 2023 to Jul 2025)
Research Area/Topic: Mechanical and Tribological Behavior of PDMS
Email: suneetm22@iitk.ac.in
Current Status/Position: Aeronautical Development Agency, Bangalore
Name: Vikash Kumar
Education (affiliation): M.Tech (IIT Kanpur Jul 2023 to Jul 2025)
Research Area/Topic: molecular dynamics simulations, fracture mechanics behavior, dislocation studies
Email: kvikash23@iitk.ac.in
MS (R) Student
Name: Harsh Rachwani
Education (affiliation): MS (R) (ME IIT Kanpur 2020-2022)
Research Area/Topic: Mechanical and Tribological Behavior of coatings
Email: harsheng1996@gmail.com
Name: Anil K. Pappu
Education (affiliation): MS (R) (ME IIT Kanpur 2020-2022)
Research Area/Topic: Mechanical and Tribological Studies of Polymer Gels and Films
BT-MT Student
Name: Anmol Gupta
Education (affiliation): BT-MT (ME IIT Kanpur 2022-2023)
Research Area/Topic: Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Phase-change in LJ Fluid
Name: Kislay Raj
Education (affiliation): BT-MT (ME IIT Kanpur 2020-2021)
Research Area/Topic: Solid Mechanics And Design
Staff
Name: Sayma Ayaz
Program/position:Project Scientist (Sep 2023 - Jul 2025)
Education (affiliation):B.Sc., M.Sc. (Physics)- CSJM Kanpur University
Research Area/Topic: Polymers, Soft matters, Micro/Nano Fabrications and Photolithography
Email: saymaa@iitk.ac.in
