Department of Mechanical Engineering

Education:

Experience:

Undergraduate

Postgraduate

UG/PG ​​​​​LAB

• Multiscale material modeling of polycrystalline materials
• Micromechanical formulation of composites
• Crystal plasticity
• Polycrystal machining
• Material modeling using ML and AI
• Polymer composites

Publications:

2026

29. Mayank Singh, Ramkumar Yadav,  S Dodla, R K Gautam, Pankaj Paliwal, The influence of nanoparticle surface coatings on fiber-reinforced polymer composites: A review of mechanical, tribological, and thermal properties, Composite Interfaces, 2026 (in press) (I.F. 2.3).

28. G. Akhila, S. Dodla, S. H. Nandam, Experimental Investigation of Microstructure, Porosity and Machining Behavior of Cast and Semi-solid Processed Al-7Si Alloys, Trans. of Indian Inst. of Metals, 2026 (in press) (I.F. 1.6).

2025

27. V Raghuvanshi,S Dodla, D Khan, Enhanced Long-Term Seawater Aging Resistance in Epoxy/Sisal Fiber Composites using MoS2 Nanoparticles, Iranian Polymer Journal, 2025 (in press) (I.F. 2.8).

26. V Raghuvanshi,S Dodla, D Khan, Synergistic effects of alumina-graphene hybrid coatings on basalt fiber/epoxy composites for long-term saltwater durability, Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance, 2025 (in press) (I.F. 2.0).

25. V Raghuvanshi, S Dodla, D Khan, Mechanical, Thermal and Tribological Response of MWCNT-Silane Coated Basalt Fiber Reinforced Epoxy Composites in Marine Environments, Composite Interfaces, 2025 (in press) (I.F. 2.5).

24. M Singh, S Dodla, RK Gautam, P Jha, Enhancement of mechanical and Thermo-Physical Properties in CTSs/GO-Coated Carbon Fiber-Reinforced Epoxy Composites, Polymers for Advanced Technologies, 36 (8), e70309, 2025 (I. F. 3.4).

23. V Raghuvanshi, M Singh, S Dodla, D Khan, Enhanced Mechanical, Tribological, and Thermal Properties of Basalt Fiber-Reinforced Epoxy Composites via Soft-Rigid Interface Strategy in Marine Applications, Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance, 1-21, 2025 (I. F. 2.2).

22. M Singh, S Dodla, R K Gautam, Effect of GO, CNTs, and hybrid nanoparticles coated carbon fiber reinforced epoxy composite on erosive wear properties using Taguchi orthogonal array, Diamond and Related Materials, 155, 112284, 2025 (I. F. 5.1). 

21. Mayank Singh, Ritendra Yadav, Srihari Dodla, R K Gautam, Analysis of the Frictional Properties of Carbon nanotubes-coated Aramid Fiber-Reinforced Epoxy Composites Using Machine Learning Techniques, Journal of Tribology, 2025 (in Press) (I. F. 2.2).

2024

20. Vatsalya Raghuvanshi, Mayank Singh, Srihari Dodla, Debashis Khan, Investigation of Seawater Environment Effects on Basalt Fiber Reinforced Epoxy Composites and the Influence of Surface Treatment on Performance, Fibers and Polymers, 2024 (in Press) (I. F. 2.2)

19. M. Singh, S. Dodla, R K Gautam, V. Chauhan, Enhancement of Mechanical and Tribological Properties in Glass Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Composites with Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes and ANN-Based COF Prediction, Composite Interfaces, 2024 (in Press) (I. F. 2.5).

18. Jacob Aboudi, S. Dodla, Rivka Gilat, Microscopic Instabilities in Single Crystal Matrix Composites, International Journal of Solids and Structures, 2024 (in press) (I.F. 3.4).

17. Pujari Chinna Peddaiah, Srihari Dodla, Experimental and Numerical Investigations of Aerospace Alloys: Effect of Machining, Journal of Process Mechanical Engineering, Part E, 2024 (in press) (I. F. 2.3).

16. Mayank Singh, Ritendra Yadav, Rupesh Kumar, Srihari Dodla, R K Gautam, Development and Characterization of Hybrid Polymer Composite Materials with Reinforcement of Glass/Carbon Fibers for Enhanced Mechanical Properties: An Experimental and Numerical Approach, The Journal of the Textile Institute, 2024 (in press) (I. F. 1.5).

15. M Singh, S Dodla, R K Gautam, Mechanical and tribological properties of CNTs coated aramid fiber-reinforced epoxy composites, Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing, 179,108061, 2024 (I.F. 8.1).

14. Srihari Dodla, V. Anirudh, Atomistic simulations of Cu-Ag bicrystal for a uniaxial tensile test, Phy. of Met. and Metall., 2024 (in press) (I.F. 1.32).

2023

13. A S Mohammed, S Dodla, J K Katiyar, M A Samad, Prediction of friction coefficient of su-8 and its composite coatings using machine learning techniques, J Engineering Tribology, 237(4), 943-953, 2023 (DOI:10.1177/13506501221138382) (I.F. 1.8).

12. M Singh, S Dodla, R K Gautam, V K Srivastava, Effect of load, sliding frequency, and temperature on tribological properties of graphene nanoplatelets coated carbon fiber reinforced polymer composites, Journal of Composite Materials, 57(1), 121-132, 2023 (DOI: 10.1177/13506501221138382) (I.F. 2.5).

2022

11. S. Dodla, Experimental investigations of tool wear in vibration-assisted turning of Inconel 718, Arch. Metall. Mater., 67(3), 949-953, 2022 (DOI: https://doi.org/10.24425/amm.2022.139687)

10. N K Jha, S Kumar, S Dodla, 3D waviness effect of carbon nanotubes on fundamental natural frequency and modeling of resonance of nanocomposite structure, Inter. J. of Comp. Mat. Sci. and Eng. 11(2), 2150031, 2021.

Before 2021

9. S. Dodla, Micromechanical Analysis for Iron-Based Composites Under Large Deformations, Journal of Electronic Materials,  2021 (I.F. 1.938)

8. Dodla, S., Deformation behavior of nickel-based superalloy predicted by spherical representative volume element approach, Physics of Metals and Metallography, 2021 (DOI:10.1134/S0031918X21140064) (I.F. 1.319)

7. Dodla, S., Microstructural Investigations and Numerical Simulations of Polycrystalline Nickel, Physics of Metals and Metallography, 121(14), 2020, 1418-1423 (I.F. 1.319)

6. Dodla, S., Micromechanical analysis for two-phase copper-silver composites under large deformations, Journal of Composites Science, 2(1), 2018, 1. (I.F. 3.49)

5. Liu, Q., Dodla, S., Roy, A., Silberschmidt, V. V., Crystal-plasticity simulation of micromachining of single-crystal metal: Methodology and analysis, Advanced Structured Materials, 60, 2016, 165-183.

4. Dodla, S., Bertram, A., Numerical study of the deformation behavior of eutectic Cu/Ag polycrystals, Technische Mechanik, 36(3), 2016, 155-165

3. Dodla, S., Thiem, P., Krueger, M., Dietrich, D., Bertram, A., Microstructure, flow behavior, and bulk texture evolution of cold drawn copper-silver composites, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 647, 2015, 519-527. (I.F. 6.371)

2. Dodla, S., Bertram, A., Krueger, M., Simulation of flow behavior and texture evolution of Cu-Ag composites incorporating XRD data, Technische Mechanik, 35(2), 2015, 71-79.

1. Dodla, S., Bertram, A., Krueger, M., Finite element simulation of lamellar copper-silver composites, Computational Materials Science, 101, 2015, 29-38. (I.F. 3.572)

 
Proceedings
 

1. Dodla, S., Kirpalani Idnani, K.J., Katyal, A., Finite element machining simulations of aerospace materials, Materials Today Proceedings, 2021, 46, pp. 991–998
2. Dodla, S., Numerical Investigations of flow behavior for a directionally solidified columnar Inconel 718 super alloy, Materials Today Proceedings, 2020, accepted.
3. Dodla, S., Comparison of lamellar nanostructured cubical and spherical statistical volume elements in terms of crystallographic texture and deformation behavior, IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering, 912(5), 052001, 2020.
4. Dodla, S., M. Anirudh, E Rohith, SVK Reddy, Characterization of fully lamellar Ti6Al-4V alloy, IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering, 912 (2), 022035, 2020.
5. Dodla, S., S Agarwal, R T Reddy, S Sahu, Microstructura characterisation for polycrystalline nickel, IConETech2020.
6. Dodla, S.,  A. Roy, VV Silberschmidt, Characterisation of aerospace alloys:Effect of machining, BSSM's 11th International conference on Advances in Experimental Mechanics, 1-2, 2016.
7. Dodla, S., Experimental characterization and numerical simulation of Inconel 718 under large plastic deformation, ICCM2016.
8. Dodla, S., A. Bertram, M. Krueger, Experimental Identification and Numerical Simulation of Lamellar Cu-Ag Composites under Large Plastic Deformations, ICCMS2014, 1199-1206, 2014.
9. Dodla, S. (2024). Study of representative volume elements in terms of morphology. Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering, Springer, Singapore.

• Faculty In-Charge, Experimental Mechanics Laboratory
• Faculty In-Charge, Strength of Materials Laboratory (2023-24)
• Member, Department Space Committee (2021-22)
• Member, Faculty Forum (2021-2022)
• Warden, S N Bose Hostel 

Research Group

Ph.D. Students (Ongoing)

1. Ms. G. Akhila (Roll No. 21131502)
2. Mr. Vatsalya Raghuvanshi (Roll No. 21131503) (Co-Supervisor)
3. Ms. Srishti Mishra (Part-time) (Roll No. 24131501) 
4. Mr. P. Saivenkata Rakesh (Roll No. 25131002)
5. Mr. Jay Shankar (Roll No. 25131502)

MTech Students (Ongoing)

1. Mr. Vivek Kumar Tiwari
2. Mr. Ashish Kumar Pal
3. Mr. M. Asif Khan

IDD students (Ongoing)

1. Mr. A. Rajput

Former Members

Ph.D. Students (Completed)

2025

     1. Dr. Mayank Singh (Supervisor) [Current position: Postdoc, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden]

2023

1. Dr. Narendra Kumar Jha (Co-Supervisor)

MTech Students (Completed)

2023

Supervisor

1. Name: Anirudh Venkatesan, HPCL, Salem 

Topic: Atomistic simulations

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2. Name: Pujari Chinna Peddaiah, VE Commercial Vehicles Pvt. Ltd., Indore

Topic: Finite element machining analysis

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3. Name: Vishal Chauhan, Bajaj Auto Limited, Pune

Topic: CNT-based  polymer composites

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Co-Supervisor

4. Name: P. Sai Venkata Rakesh, PhD scholar, IIT (BHU)

Topic: Studies on Jute Fiber Composites

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2024

Supervisor

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5. Name: Abhishek Krishna

Topic: Effect of orientation on polymer composites

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6. Vijayant Chauhan, Associate Tech. Professional, Kellogg Brown & Root Eng. and Construction India Pvt. Ltd.

Topic: Design of parts of Rotating Packing Bed 

Co-Supervisor

7. Dhruva Mehrotra (Roll No. 22142007), PhD Scholar, IIT (BHU)

Topic: Deformation behavior of Additively manufactured alloys

IDD Students (Completed)

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2023

1. Name: N Vineeth Kumar, EXL Services, Bangalore

Topic: Study of FCC-FCC bicrystal 

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2024

2. Name: Sai Krishna S, Trainee Analyst, Tiger Analytics, Chennai 

Topic: Study of deformation behavior for Duralumin

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2025

3. Name: Mr. Utkarsh Verma, Senior Business Associate, Meesho Pvt. Ltd., Bangalore

Topic: Material modeling for metals

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1. SERB/SRG grant: 2021-2023 (9,88,900 INR)  - Completed
2. SEED grant, IIT(BHU) Varanasi: 2022-2024  (10,00,000 INR)  - Completed
3. DRDO: 2024-2027 (34,52,000 INR)  - Ongoing
4. UPEIDA: 2026-2028 (24,52,00 INR) - Ongoing

• An ISAM-sponsored research workshop on "Multiscale Modelling in Solid Mechanics", 13th- 14th July 2023. 
• Summer School on Numerical Modeling and Simulations in Manufacturing Technologies (A curtain raiser event for AIMTDR-2023), 4th - 6th May 2023. 
• 8th International Conference on Recent Advances in Composite Materials (ICRACM2025), Dec 2-4, 2025 (Co-Convenor).

• 10/2025, Invited talk, RIC, 2025, IIT Guwahati
• 08/2024, Invited talk, ICTAM2024, Daegu, Republic of Korea
• 06/2019, RTG828/1554: Colloquium in Magdeburg, Germany
• 09/2018, EESTER-2018, SRM IST and IIT Madras, India
• 09/2016, EUROMECH COLLOQUIUM 584-Porto, Portugal
• 09/2016, BSSM-University of Exeter, UK
• 08/2016, ICCM2016, Berkeley, CA, USA
• 10/2014, 24th International Workshop on Computational Mechanics of Materials (IWCMM24), Madrid, Spain
• 07/2014, GAMM Seminar-Multiscale Material Modelling, Technische Universitaet Hamburg-Harburg, Germany
• 02/2014, Mikrostrukturmechanik im Fachaussschuss Computer simulation der DGM, Kassel, Germany
• 08/2012, 38th SOLID MECHANICS CONFERENCE, Warsaw, Poland