- Name Dr. Amar Behera
- Email amarkb@iitk.ac.in
- Phone (+91)
- Website https://home.iitk.ac.in/~amarkb/
Dr. Amar Behera
Associate Professor
Robotics, UI/UX design, Internet of Things (IoT), Industry 4.0 Engineering informatics, Human robot interaction, Smart manufacturing Virtual reality, AI/ML, Product design, Bio-medical devices, Complex engineered systems
Education
Ph.D. (KU Leuven), M.S. (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) M.Tech., B.Tech., Minor (IIT Kharagpur)
Experience
Dr Amar Kumar Behera is an associate professor at the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur. Previously, Dr Behera worked in the United Kingdom at the University of Greenwich and University of Chester as a senior lecturer and program leader. He has extensive international working experience in the US, Belgium, India, Northern Ireland and England. Teaching areas primarily include design and materials, computer aided design and manufacture, mechanics, mechatronics and robotics, manufacturing automation and control systems with research interests in complex engineered systems, biomedical devices, Industry 4.0, digital twins, advanced manufacturing, multi-robot systems, new product development and design informatics. Previously, Dr Behera also worked as a lecturer at Queen’s University Belfast and as a research fellow at the University of Nottingham and University of Leeds. Dr Behera has served on several external and internal academic panels and is an external examiner at different universities. With over 15 years of working experience in the UK, India, USA and Belgium, his research has attracted significant industry interest and he currently has 10+ enlisted partners including PECM Systems, Seagate, GE, Airbus, Magellan, Singapore Aerospace Manufacturing, CUBIS Systems, etc. He has also successfully obtained a number of grants from EPSRC and industrial partners.
AWARDS & RECOGNITION
Fellow of the UK Higher Education Academy Featured in “Materials World” article, April 2022, “Metal forming in minutes”, https://www.iom3.org/resource/sheet-metal-forming-in-minutes.html External Panel Member, Validation event, BEng Mechanical & Mechatronics Engineering, University of Hertfordshire, June 2021 Vice-President, PhD Society Leuven, June 2010-September 2011 Editor, The Voice, Leuven, 2010-2011 Grants – Evolving the designs of functionally resilient complex engineered systems, IIT Kanpur, 08/23 - present Evolving the designs of functionally resilient multi-robot systems, University of Chester, 12/19 – 06/22 Designing functionally resilient multi-robot systems for smart cities and national infrastructure, EPSRC Network + grant, University of Sheffield, 09/18 – 08/19 Desktop hybrid manufacturing system, EPSRC Impact Acceleration grant, 07/18 – 05/19