CV

Get to know me a little better

Basics

Name Bibekananda Datta
Label PhD student in Mechanical Engineering
Url https://bibekanandadatta.com
Summary Mechanical engineer with interests in understanding material behaviors through computation and experiments.

Education

  • 2020.08 - Present

    Baltimore, MD

    PhD
    Johns Hopkins University
    Mechanical Engineering
  • 2017.08 - 2019.08

    Pullman, WA

    MS
    Washingon State University
    Mechanical Engineering
  • 2012.05 - 2017.02

    Dhaka, Bangladesh

    BS
    Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology
    Mechanical Engineering

Awards

Interests

Mechanics
Continuum mechanics
Micromechanics
Computational mechanics
Materials
Active soft materials
Hydrogels
Biological tissues
Characterization

Skills

Programming
C
Fortran
MATLAB
Python
Computational tools
Abaqus
ANSYS
LS-DYNA
FEniCSx
Characterization
Universal testing (UTM)
Dynamic mechanical analyzer (DMA)
Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC)

Work

  • 2020.08 - Present
    Graduate Research Assistant
    Johns Hopkins University
    Conducting research on understanding the multiphysics behaviors of soft hydrogel materials for soft sensing/ robotics, energy and water harvesting applications.
    • Soft material
    • Computational methods
    • Applied mechanics
  • 2019.08 - 2020.07
    Instructor and Research Assoiciate
    Washington State University
    Developed continuum dislocation plasticity model for additively manufactured metals and taught classes on numerical method-based engineering analysis.
  • 2017.08 - 2019.08
    Graduate Research Assistant
    Washington State University
    Performed research on failure mechanisms of Cu interconnects and growth of intermetallics in Cu-Sn micro solder joints in 3D electronic packagings.

Publications

Volunteer

  • 2023.08 - 2024.04
    Organizer, Mechanics and Materials Seminar
    MechE, Johns Hopkins University
    Organized student-run seminar classes, managed communication, presentation schedule, speaker invitations, and food distribution.
  • 2012.05 - 2016.12
    Blood Donor
    Bandhan, Bangladesh Univ. Engg. and Tech.

Projects

  • 2020.08 - Present
    Modeling Stimuli-responsive Behaviors of Hydrogels
    Developing multiphysics framework, constitutive models, and numerical implementation to study stimuli-responsive behaviors of hydrogels for soft robotics and water harvesting applications
    • Continuum mechanics
    • Finite element