Dr. Atanu Banerjee

Assistant Professor

 


Department of Mechanical Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati
Guwahati 781 039
Assam, India
   
Email: atanub@iitg.ernet.in
Phone: +91-0361-258 2679

 

Research interests:

Compliant Mechanism
Smart Materials (Shape Memory Alloy)
Bio-mimetic Devices


Academic:

Qualifications

Ph.D, 2010, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India
M.E (Machine Design), 2005, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India
B.E, 2003, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India

Experience

March 2010-present, Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, IIT Guwahati

Courses taken

ME 308 Dynamics of Machinery(Summer Course)
ME 201 Solid Mechanics

 

Projects:

Theoretical and experimental study of Shape Memory Alloy wire actuated Compliant Links (IITG).

 

Publications:

International Journals:


  • A. Banerjee, B. Bhattacharya, and A. K. Mallik, “Forward and inverse analyses of an SMA actuated complaint link”, ASME Journal fo Mechanisms and Robotics, 2010, (in press).
  • A. Banerjee, B. Bhattacharya, and A. K. Mallik, “Optimum discrete location of a shape memory alloy wire for discrete actuation of a compliant link”, ASME Journal of Mechanical Design,2010, 132, DOI: 10.1115/1.4000643.
  • A. Banerjee, B. Bhattacharya, and A. K. Mallik, “Forward and inverse analyses of smart compliant mechanism for path generation”, Mechanism and Machine Theory, 2009, 44, p. 369-381.
  • A. Banerjee, B. Bhattacharya, and A. K. Mallik, “Large deflection of cantilever beams with geometric non-linearity: Analytical and numerical approaches”, International Journal of Non-linear Mechanics,2008, 43, p. 366-376.
  • P. Sahoo, and A. Banerjee, “Asperity interaction in adhesive contact of metallic rough surfaces”, Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 2005, 38, p. 4096-4103.
  • P. Sahoo, and A. Banerjee, “Asperity interaction in elastic–plastic contact of rough surfaces in presence of adhesion ”, Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics,2005, 38, p. 2841-2847.

Presentations:


  • Shape memory alloy wire actuated compliant mechanisms for pathgeneration, DST-UKIERI project, Department of Automation and Control, University of Sheffield, UK, October 2009.
  • Optimum offset of SMA wires for discrete actuation of cantilever beams, International Conference SMASIS2008, Maryland, USA, October 2008.
  • Forward and inverse analyses of smart compliant mechanism for path generation, NaCoMM, IISc, Bangalore, India, December 2007.

 

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