Alok Paranjpye

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Education:

Ph.D. (Jan 2001-Dec 2004) in Mechanical Engineering,
University of California, Santa Barbara

Dissertation Title: A Nanoscale Composite Material for Enhanced Damage Tolerance in Micro and Nano-Electro-Mechanical Systems and Structures

M.S. (Sep 1999-Dec 2000) in Mechanical Engineering,
University of California, Santa Barbara

M.S. Project: Developing a Finite Element formulation for applying STZ theory at a crack tip

B.Tech. (1995-1999) in Materials and Metallurgical Engineering,
Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India

B.Tech Project: Electrophoretic Remediation of Cr2+ contaminated soils

Research:

I am working on developing a shock and impact resistant architecture for MEMS devices using a laminated material scheme. The motivation arises out the brittleness of silicon, which makes it unsuitable for making MEMS for applications where the device is incompletely packaged,e.g. microsurgery tools, which I am also interested in developing

You can see my resume here.

Professional Experience:

Oil Field Services Engineer for Schlumberger Wireline and
Testing. Rajahmundry, India

Finite Element Analysis and Consulting for Advanced Bionics Inc on the design of their Bion (TM) implant.

Teaching assistant: Department of Mechanical Engineering, UCSB. Statics, and Finite Element Analysis

Teaching assistant: Campus Learning and Assistance Services, UCSB

Publications and Presentations:

  1. On the Passivation of Iron Aluminides by Addition of Tungsten, S. Astha, R. Balasubramaniam and A. Paranjpe, Journal of Materials Science Letters, 18 (1999) 1555-1556.
  2. Understanding seasonal variation of bioavailability of residual NAPL in the vadose zone, A. Paranjpye, B. Bierwagen, S. Sirivithayapakorn, A. A. Keller and P. A. Holden, EPA/600/R-99/092, 1999 Bioremediation Research Program Review, 1999, pp. 29-30.
  3. Exopolymer production by Pseudomonas aeruginosa utilizing hexadecane in sand and liquid culture, Steinberger, R. E., A. Paranjpye, and P. A. Holden, Abstracts of the 100th General Meeting for the American Society for Microbiology, 2000, 100, 555
  4. Simulations of the Failure Modes of Model Metallic Glasses, Fabio Albano, Bin Hu, Michael L. Falk, University of Michigan, Dept of Materials Science and Engineering, Ann Arbor, MI; Alok Paranjpye, Glenn Beltz, University of California, Santa Barbara, Dept of Mechanical and Environmental Engineering, Santa Barbara, CA. Best Poster award at Material Research Society Fall 2002 Meeting, Boston.
  5. A composite material for robust MEMS architectures, A. Paranjpye, G. Beltz, N.C. MacDonald, Research Presentation at Department of Mechanical Engineering Graduate Symposium 2003, Santa Barbara, June 2003
  6. An Analytical Model for the Effect of Elastic Modulus Mismatch on Laminate Threshold Strength , Alok Paranjpye, Glenn E. Beltz, and Noel C. MacDonald, Materials Research Society, Fall 2003, Boston, Q8.37
  7. A Nanoscale Composite Material for Enhanced Damage Tolerance in MEMS Applications, A. Paranjpye, N.C. MacDonald and G.E. Beltz, Nanotech 2004, Boston

You can email me at: alokp@engineering.ucsb.edu