Bibekananda Datta

As of October 2025, I am a postdoctoral research associate in Theoretical Division (Fluid Dynamics and Solid Mechanics group) at Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM. Before joining LANL, I completed my PhD in Mechanical Engineering (mechanics and materials track) in Nguyen Lab at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD. Before Hopkins, I got my MS from Washington State University, Pullman, and BS from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Dhaka, all in Mechanical Engineering.

My research interests lie at the intersection of solid mechanics, computational methods, and materials modeling. At LANL, I am working on additively manufactured polymers and polymer composites; developing constitutive models to evaluate material behaviors in extreme environment and their numerical implementatons to run large scale finite element simulations of structures. During my PhD, I worked on developing multiphysics framework, constitutive models, and numerical implementations for stimuli-responsive hydrogels for soft sensing and robotics applications as well as water harvesting. Previously, I worked on the thermomechanical failure of 2.5D/3D microelectronics packaging and continuum dislocation plasticity modeling.

Besides engineering, I have always found anthropology, mythology, and sociology very fascinating. In leisure, I love watching standup comedies and sitcoms, listening to music, going on road trips, reading comics, and sometimes writing blogs.