Baidurya Bhattacharya Associate Professor Department of Civil Engnineering     Principal Investigator Advanced Facility for Research in Reliability Engineering
Mailing Address:  Department of Civil Engineering Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur West Bengal 721302 India			Office: CE304, Dept. of Civil Engineering Phone: +91 (3222) 28-3422 Fax: +91 (3222) 28-2254 Email: baidurya [at] iitkgp.ac.in
Research Areas	Education	Experience		Publications		Funded Projects
Teaching	Students	Service		Downloads		Announcements

Areas of Research

·         Computational Materials Science

·         continuum damage mechanics

·         fracture mechanics

·         atomistic simulation for fracture

·         spatially random defects and their effects on mechanical behaviour

 

·         Risk and reliability analyses of engineering systems

·         infrastructure disaster management

·         systems risk management – allocation of target reliabilities

·         Reliability-based design and maintenance of structures

·         extremes of time-varying load sequences

·         reliability based design code calibration -load and resistance factor design and rating (LRFD/LRFR)

 

Education

Doctor of Philosophy in Civil Engineering, 1997

The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD

Dissertation: A Damage Mechanics-based Approach to Structural Deterioration and Reliability

Advisor:Bruce R. Ellingwood

 

Master of Science in Engineering, 1994

The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD

 

Bachelor of Technology (honours) in Civil Engineering, 1991

Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India

Experience

Visiting Assistant Professor, Sept – Dec 2005

Department of Civil and Environmental Engnineering

Stanford University

Stanford, CA 94305, USA

 

Assistant Professor, July 2001 – February 2006

Department of Civil and Environmental Engnineering

University of Delaware

Newark, DE 19716, USA

 

Scientist, Sept 2000 – June 2001

Department of Civil and Environmental Engnineering

University of Delaware

Newark, DE 19716, USA

 

Engineer, March 1998 - March 2000

Advanced Analysis Department

American Bureau of Shipping, Houston, TX, USA

 

Post-Doctoral Fellow, 1997

Department of Civil Engineering

The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA

 

Publications

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Funded Projects

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Teaching

At IIT Kharagpur

 

·         MT51032 Applied Reliability Engineering, (last taught Spring 2009)

 

·         CE21005 Solid Mechanics, now teaching (Autumn 2009)

 

·         CE21004 Structural Analysis, (last taught Spring 2009)

 

·         CE13001 Engineering Drawing & Graphics, now teaching (Autumn 2009)

 

At Stanford University

 

·         CEE 203 Probabilistic Models in Civil Engineering

 

At University of Delaware

·         CIEG 315 Probability and Statistics for Engineers

 

·         CIEG 212 Solid Mechanics

 

·         CIEG 415/615 Probability-based Design

 

·         CIEG 667-015 Mechanical Behavior of Materials and Structures

 

·         CIEG 815 Reliabiity of Engineering Systems

 

·         CIEG 865 Emerging Methodologies for Civil and Environmental Engineering Analysis

 

Advisement

·         Doctoral

o   Shantanu Hati, toward PhD

o   Suhas Vhanmane, toward PhD

o   M V D Prasad, toward PhD

o   Ambarish Paul, toward PhD

 

o   Qiang Lu, Ph.D., 2005 Thesis abstract

o   Degang Li, Ph.D. 2004 Thesis abstract

 

 

 

·         Masters (selected)

o   Rudraprasad Bhattacharyya, M. S., expected 2011

o   G. R. Dinesh Kumar , M.Tech. 2009 (co-advised)

o   Sreevathsan R., M.Tech., 2008 (co-advised)

o   Michelle Bensi, M.S. 2006

o   Mark Guzda, M.S. 2006

o   Jinquan Zhong, M.S. 2005

o   Jason Hasting, M.S. 2001 (co-advised)

 

·         Undergraduate (selected)

o   Gunjan Agrawal, B. Tech, expected 2010

o   Abhishek Agarwala, B. Tech, expected 2010

o   Rahul Sarkar, M. S., expected 2011

o   Anirban Pal, B. Tech, expected 2010

o   Puneet Patra, B.Tech 2009

o   Arunima Singh, B.Tech 2009 (co-advised)

o   Andrew Seifried, B. S. 2004

 

 

Professional Service and Activities

Invited Lectures

 

Lectures in short courses

 

Committee Membership

Conference advisement / session organization

 

Interesting downloads

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Announcements

Applications are sought for the position of Consultant (up to Rs 25,000 pm) and Senior Project Officer (up to Rs. 18000 p.m.) in the two following areas:

Computational Materials Science

Candidates must have a Master’s/ Doctoral level degree in Civil/ Mechanical/ Aerospace/ Metallurgical Engineering or in Physics/ Materials Science.  Excellent knowledge in mechanics and Finite Element modeling, along with reasonable knowledge in Materials Science and/or Composite Materials, is required.  Excellent computer programming skills is essential.  Familiarity with materials testing methods and a good publishing record will be given preference.

Risk and Reliability of Infrastructure Systems

Candidates must have a Master’s/ Doctoral level degree in Civil/ Mechanical/ Aerospace/ Engineering or in Mathematics/Statistics. Excellent knowledge in Reliability, along with reasonable knowledge in Mechanics and/or Structural Engineering, is required.  Excellent computer programming skills is essential.  Familiarity with the nuclear power industry and a good publishing record will be given preference.