Basant Lal Sharma

PhD (Cornell University)

Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering

Specialization


Research Interests

 

Education

  • PhD (in Mechanics with minor in pure Maths, Cornell University, 2004)
  • B. Tech. (ME, IIT Bombay , 1999)

Website(s)

CV


  • Sharma BL, "On linear waveguides of zigzag honeycomb lattice strips”Waves in Random and Complex MediaVolume , May 2017, Pages - (link) (preprint) DOI 10.1080/17455030.2017.1331061 [43 pages]
  • Sharma BL, "On linear waveguides of square and triangular lattice strips: an application of Chebyshev polynomials”SadhanaVolume , June 2017, Pages - (link) (preprint) DOI 10.1007/s12046-017-0646-4 [27 pages]
  • Sharma BL, "Continuum limit of the discrete Sommerfeld problems on square lattice”SadhanaVolume , Apr 2017, Pages - (link) (preprint) DOI 10.1007/s12046-017-0636-6 [16 pages]

    (--Detailed list--)

  • Apr 2015: "Dislocation kinetics in lattice models" Invited talk in Pravartana'15, April 25-27, 2015, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur, U. P., India,

  • Apr 2015: "Scattering of waves by line defects on two dimensional lattices" Invited talk in Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur, U. P., India,

  • Feb 2015: "Fourier Series" Invited talk in "Mechanics School @ IITK" under the TEQIP program of the Technology Knowledge Incubation Cell, 20-24 February, 2015, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur, U. P., India,

  • Oct 2014: "Discrete Sommerfeld Problems" Invited talk in Mathematics Colloquium, Department of Mathematics, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur, U. P., India,

  • Mar 2011: "Liouville-Arnold Theorem" Invited talk in Analysis Seminar of Department of Mathematics, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur, U. P., India,

  • Oct 2009: "On Nonlinear Elastostatics" Invited talk in Analysis Seminar of Department of Mathematics, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur, U. P., India,

  • Oct 2007: "On a hypothesis concerning slowly moving steps along a phase boundary" Invited talk in Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, New Delhi, Delhi, India,

  • Mar 2007: "On Fracture in a Bar" In workshop on Mechanics of Interaction, Impacts and Separation of Solids, 2nd - 4th March 2007, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur, U. P., India,

  • Nov 2006: "Fast Motion of Dislocation in a Lattice Model" Invited talk in Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur, U. P., India,

  • Mar 2006: "Kinetics of a Dislocation: Discrete Models" Invited talk in Laboratoire de Mechanique des Solides, Ecole Polytechnique, Palaiseau, France,

  • Nov 2005: "Kinetics of a Dislocation: Continuum Models" Invited talk in Laboratoire de Mechanique des Solides, Ecole Polytechnique, Palaiseau, France,

  • Nov 2005: "On the motion of a Peierls' Dislocation" Invited talk in Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, L69 7ZL, England, UK,

  • Oct 2005: "Kinetics of a Dislocation in Peierls-Nabarro and Frenkel-Kontorowa Models" In Theories of Microstructures and Defects, 8-10 October 2005, Society for Natural Philosophy Meeting, Politecnico di Bari, Polignano a Mare - Bari, Italy,

  • Sep 2005: "Energy Landscape for Phase Boundaries and Step formation" In Multi-scale problems: modelling, analysis and applications, 12th - 14th September 2005, University of Bath, Bath, BA2 7AY, UK,

  • Sep 2005: "Dispersive Continuum and Peierls Dislocation" In Successes and Failures of Continuous Models for Discrete Systems, 5-8 September 2005 at the University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 1TR, UK,

  • Aug 2005: "On the motion of a Peierls' Dislocation" Invited talk in Institute of Mathematical Sciences, University of Bath, Bath, BA2 7AY, UK,

  • July 2005: "Dislocations and Plasticity" Invited talk in Dynamical Problems in Mathematical Materials Science, July 17-23, 2005 at the International Centre for Mathematical Sciences, Edinburgh, UK,

  • July-August 05: Visiting Institute of Mathematical Sciences, University of Bath, Bath, BA2 7AY, UK ,

  • May-June 05: Visiting Department of Mathematics, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA ,

  • March 05: Visiting Division of Applied Mathematics for a week, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA ,

  • March 05: Synchronization of Globally Coupled Oscillators without Symmetry in the Distribution of Natural Frequencies, Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Cornell University, USA ,

  • October 2004: " Unstable Solitary Waves in One Dimensional Lattice'' in the session on ``Waves in Lattices and Arrays''; First SIAM Nonlinear Waves and Coherent Structures, October 2-4, 2004 at the University of Central Florida in Orlando,

  • June 2004: Discussions on " Phonon Emission, Dispersive Continuum models and the Kinetic Relation for a Dislocation , Visiting the Department of Applied Mathematics, University of Crete, Greece

  • May 2004: "Dispersion, Dissipation and the Kinetic Relation for a Dislocation" in the mini-Symposium on Dynamics of Microstructure and Defects in Solids: Discrete and Continuum Models'', SIAM Conference on Mathematical Aspects of Material Science, May 23-26 2004, LA

  • December 2003: "Unstable Solitary Waves in One-Dimensional Lattice: Discrete Model" in Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Cornell University.

  • August 2003: "Solitary Waves in One-Dimensional Lattice: Continuum Models" in Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Cornell University

  • EGIDE Fellowship '05-'06, Ecole Polytechnique, Palaiseau, France

  • SIAM Student Travel Award for the SIAM Conference on Nonlinear Waves and Coherent Structures, 2004; SIAM Student Travel Award for the SIAM Conference on Mathematical Aspects of Materials Science, 2004

  • State Merit Award for P.E.T. 1995 distributed by the state Governor, MP, India, 1996; All India Talent Search Award'93 and Scholarship distributed by the Prime Minister of India, 1993 – 94; National Talent Search Scholarship, 1992 Merit Scholarship for Highest Marks, 1990 – 92

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Office FB-356,
Department of Mechanical Engineering
IIT Kanpur,
Kanpur 208016

Office Phone: 0512-259-6173 (O)

Fax: 0512-259-7408

Email: bls[AT]iitk.ac.in

   
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