Profile

Dr. Manjesh K. Singh
Associate Professor

Mechanical Engineering Department
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur-208016, Uttar Pradesh, India

Work Phone: (0512) 679 2108
E-mail: manjesh@iitk.ac.in

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IIT Kanpur | ME IIT Kanpur

Area of Interest

The principal areas of research are tribology and rheology-mostly with polymers. He has an interdisciplinary background with education in Mechanical and Materials Engineering and research experience in both computer simulations and experiments.


Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Department of Materials, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH Zurich), Switzerland. 2016

Master in Engineering (M.E.) Materials Engineering, Indian Institute of Science (IISc.), Bangalore, India. 2011

Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology (IIEST) Shibpur, India. 2009

Experience

Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering Department, IIT Kanpur Jan 2023 - Present


Assistant Professor, ME, IIT Kanpur

Sep 2019 - Dec 2022

Postdoctoral researcher, Polymer Theory, MPIP Mainz

Aug 2016 - Sep 2019

Postdoctoral researcher, LSST, ETH Zurich

Feb 2016 - Jul 2016

Research Assistant, LSST, ETH Zurich

Sep 2011 - Jan 2012

Awards and Recognitions

  • Dr. Mahua Menon and Mr. Ranodeb Roy Young Faculty Research Fellowship (2024-27) by IIT Kanpur

  • Invitation to submit article under Soft Matter Emerging Investigator Series (2022), Soft Matter, Royal Society of Chemistry.

  • Young Tribologist Award 2022, awarded by Tribology Society of India and Taiho Kogyo Tribology Research Foundation, Japan.

  • Scholarship covering registration, accommodation and travel assistance to attend International Nanotribology Forum: Thailand 2020, Jan. 12-17, 2020 at Chiang Rai, Thailand.

  • Best Oral Presentation (academia) at IndiaTrib-2019, Dec. 1-4, 2019, at Bangalore, India.

  • Scholarship covering registration, accommodation and travel assistance to attend International Nanotribology Forum: Kerala 2014, Jan. 6-10, 2014 at Cochin, Kerala, India.

  • Travel grant to attend Gordon Research Conference: Tribology, July 8-13, 2012 at Waterville, ME, USA

  • Scholarship covering registration, accommodation and travel assistance to attend International Nanotribology Forum: The Hoi An Discussions, May 23-27, 2011, Hoi An, Vietnam.

Conferences

Keynote Talk

  1. TriboIndia-2023, NIT Srinagar; October 5-7, 2023. Title: Thixotropic colloidal gel based aqueous lubricants.

  2. Annual Mechanical Engineering Symposium, IISc Bangalore; July 30 - 31, 2021. Title: Disentangling the Entangled Polymer Melts.



Invited Talk

  1. Nanoyantrika 2025, Thiruvananthapuram; September 20-22, 2025. Title: Tuning Adhesion behaviour of PDMS Elastomer.

  2. National Workshop on Sustainable Transportation, Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya, Vadodra; September 15, 2025. Title: Development of Eco-friendly Lubricants for Sustainable Transportation.

  3. Expert Talk Series in the Mechanical Engineering Department, IIT Ropar; September 12, 2025. Title: Tribology of Soft Matter.

  4. SPARC Workshop on The Role of Tribology in Industry 4.0, IIT(BHU) Varanasi; September 6-7, 2025. Title: Development of Thixotropic Materials based Eco-friendly Lubricants.

  5. Workshop on Nanoindentation and Nano-mechanics, ACMS and MSE, IIT Kanpur; February 7, 2025. Title: Nano-mechanics of Soft Materials.

  6. IndiaTrib-2024, Fairfield by Marriot, Kolkata; December 19-21, 2024. Title: Adhesion Control at the Interface of the Two Complementary Rough Surfaces of the Elastomer (PDMS).

  7. SPARC Workshop on Materials Tribology, IIT(BHU) Varanasi; November 8-9, 2024. Title: Tribology of Soft Matter.

  8. Engineering Mechanics Unit Colloquium, JNCASR Bangalore; May 17, 2024. Title: Tuning mechanical and thermal properties of polymers.

  9. International Conference on Smart Materials for Sustainable Technology, IIT Bombay; October 13-16, 2022. Title: Tuning Thermal Transport in Crosslinked Polymer Network.

  10. Soft Matter Young Investigators Meet, Mysore, June 14-17, 2022. Title: Computational Indentation in Highly Crosslinked Polymer Network.

  11. International Tribology Research Symposium 2021, Dec. 8-10, 2021; Webinar Organizer: SRM Institute of Science and Technology. Title: Disentangling the Entangled Polymer Melts.

  12. Mechanical Engineering Seminar, IISc Bangalore, October 8, 2021. Title: Polymer Brush based Tribology.

  13. Mechanical Engineering Seminar, IIT Ropar, Sep. 20, 2021. Title: Disentangling the Entangled Polymer Melts.

  14. International Tribology Research Symposium 2020, Nov. 5-7, 2020; Webinar Organizer: SRM Institute of Science and Technology. Title: Polymer Brush based Tribology.

  15. Tribology for Sustainable Development, July 20 -24, 2020; Webinar Organizer: Shri Mata Vaishno University, India. Title: Polymer Brushes and Gels: Imitating Lubrication in Nature.

  16. Advanced Materials Technology, Feb. 1-5, 2020, Webinar Organizer: Malnad College of Engineering. Title: Polymer Brush based Tribology.



Contributed Talk

  1. International Conference on Experimental Mechanics, October 20-23, 2024 at IIT Madras, India. Title: Tribology of Thixotropic Colloidal–gel.

  2. INCAM-2024, July 12-14, 2024 at NIT Warangal, India. Title: Adhesion control at the interface of PDMS Elastomer and Borosilicate Glass-slides: Effect of process parameters.

  3. Compflu-2022, December 19–21, 2022 at IIT Kahragpur Research Park in Kolkata, India. Title: Thermal Conductivity of Semicrystalline Polymer Networks: Crystallinity or Cross-Linking?

  4. IndiaTrib-2022, December 12–14, 2022 at Eros Hotel, Delhi, India. Title: Computational Indentation in Highly Crosslinked Polymer Network.

  5. INCAM-2022, November 11-13, 2022 at NIT Jamshedpur, India. Title: Mechanics of Highly Crosslinked Polymer Networks.

  6. Molecular Simulations of Complex Fluids and Interfaces, Feb. 21-23, 2020 at : IIT Kanpur, India. Title: Rheology of Nonequilibrium Polymer Melt.

  7. International Nanotribology Forum: Thailand 2020, Jan. 12-17, 2020 at Chiang Rai, Thailand. Title: Effect of Crosslinking on Tribological Behavior of Polymer-Brushes.

  8. IndiaTrib-2019, Dec. 1-4, 2019, at Bangalore, India. Title: Tribological Behavior of Polymer Brushes: Effect of crosslinking.

  9. DPG Spring Meeting 2019, 31 March - 05 April, 2019 at Regensburg, Germany. Title: Rheology of Nonequilibrium Polymer Melt.

  10. DPG Spring Meeting 2018, March 11-16, 2018 at Berlin, Germany. Title: Relaxation of Disentangled and Collapsed Polymer Chains in a Melt.

  11. International Tribology Conference, Sep. 16-20, 2015 at Tokyo, Japan. Title: Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Crosslinked Polymer Brushes.

  12. Swiss-Japanese Tribology Meeting, Sep. 8-10, 2014 at Zurich, Switzerland. Title: MD Simulation of Polymer Brushes based Tribology.

  13. AsiaTib-2014, Feb. 17-20, 2014 at Agra, India. Title: Modelling Studies of Interacting Polymer-Brushes under Shear.

  14. International Nanotribology Forum: Kerala 2014, Jan. 6-10, 2014 at Kochi, Kerala, India. Title: Non-equilibrium Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Polymer-Brushes.

  15.  5th World Tribology Congress, Sep. 8-13, 2013 at Torino, Italy. Title: Combined Experimental and Simulation studies of Polymer Brushes under Shear.



Poster Presentation

  1. CompFlu 2019, Dec. 5-7, 2019 at IISER Bhopal, India. Title: Rheology of Nonequilibrium Polymer Melt.

  2. Mainz Materials Simulation Days 2017, June 12-14, 2017 at Mainz, Germany. Title: Relaxation of Disentangled and Collapsed Polymer Chains in a Melt.

  3. Soft Smart Responsive Materials: Fundamentals and Applications, May 11-12, 2017 at Mainz, Germany. Title: Relaxation of Disentangled and Collapsed Polymer Chains in a Melt.

  4. Tribology: Interactions Beyond the Surface: A tribute to Prof. Jean-Marie Georges, March 30-31, 2016 at Lyon, France. Title: Simulation and Experimental Studies of Polymer Brushes under Shear.

  5. Gordon Research Conference: Tribology, July 8-13, 2012 at Waterville, ME, USA. Title: Modeling studies of interacting Polymer Brushes under Shear. 

  6. International Nanotribology Forum: The Hoi An Discussions, May 23-27, 2011, Hoi An, Vietnam. Title: Simulation and Validation of Roll-Separating Forces and Limiting Reduction in Cold Rolling.

  7. 7th International Conference on Industrial Tribology, Dec. 2-4, 2010 at RDCIS, Ranchi, India.

  8. 48th National Metallurgist Day (NMD), Nov. 14-16, 2010 at Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India. Title: Simulation and Validation of Roll-Separating Forces and Limiting Reduction in Cold Rolling.