Professional Me

I am a joint PhD student at IIT Delhi and The University of Queensland through the UQ–IITD Research Academy.

My affiliations are with the Department of Textile and Fibre Engineering at IIT Delhi and the School of Mechanical and Mining Engineering at UQ.

Current Research

PhD thesis:

Harnessing Architected Nonwovens to Design and Develop Multifunctional Composites.

My PhD explores second-life applications for recycled carbon fibres through nonwoven and composite material routes. I investigate how material structure governs mechanical behaviour and electrical conductivity, with the aim of making these properties more predictable.

I develop micromechanics-based theoretical models for the mechanical behaviour of recycled carbon-fibre nonwovens. Alongside this, I use computational modelling and simulation to study percolation and electrical conductivity in filler-based conductive composites. Together, these approaches establish structure–property relationships to support the design of functional materials from recycled carbon fibres.

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Research Interests

Fibrous materials and architecture

Structure–property relationships in fibrous materials and assemblies.
Effects of fibre orientation, architecture and structural heterogeneity on material behaviour.
Woven fabrics, nonwovens, braids and other engineered fibrous structures.

Modelling and characterisation

Analytical and micromechanics-based models of mechanical behaviour.
Microstructural characterisation and quantitative analysis using X-ray micro-computed tomography.
Computational modelling of percolation and transport behaviour.

Sustainability and applications

Second-life material and application routes for recycled carbon fibres.
Modelling and analysis of microplastic fibre generation and release from textile materials.
Design and evaluation of fibrous materials for functional and engineering applications.