Avinash Kumar Pandey is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay. His doctoral work focuses on numerical modeling and studying the underlying physics of flow-induced vibrations of flexible/rigid bodies. As a child he would observe leaves swaying on the branches of trees and his country’s national flag fluttering in the wind. These later inspired him to work in his field of study. He has published papers in reputed journals and has participated in various national and international conferences and webinars.
Avinash holds a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from LNCT Bhopal, and a master’s in computational mechanics from the Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati. He has always been a meritorious student and has won numerous awards. His experience also includes working as a senior engineer at Larsen & Toubro Limited, Vadodara, Gujarat, performing the stress analysis of critical (high temperature and pressure) pipelines in a refinery.
As a Fulbright-Nehru Doctoral Research fellow at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, Avinash is developing a fully coupled fluid-structure-electric interaction-based numerical model that can be used to estimate the actual energy output from flow-induced vibrations (FIV) of rigid/ flexible plates. He aims to design FIV-based energy-harvesting devices suitable for inaccessible areas like deep oceans. As a student of mechanical engineering, he likes to learn about new car/ bike technologies. He also likes to play badminton and go for runs. He is fond of travelling, exploring new places, and learning about people of different cultures.