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Gupta N. and Hunt W. H. (Editors).
Proceedings of the symposium “Solidification Processing of Metal Matrix Composites”,
TMS Annual Meeting-2006, March12-16, 2006,
ISBN:978-0-87339-625-7. San Antonio, TX.
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Dr. Nikhil Gupta
 | Dr. Nikhil Gupta
Room #RH 502A
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department
Polytechnic University, Brooklyn, NY 11021
Phone: 718-260 3080
Fax: 718-260 3532
Email: ngupta@poly.edu
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Education
Ph.D., 2003, Engineering Science (Mechanical Engineering)
Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge
M.E., 1998, Metallurgical Engineering
Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
B.E., 1996, Metallurgical Engineering
M. Regional Engineering College, Jaipur
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Experience
09/04 – Assistant Professor, Mechanical, Aerospace and Manufacturing Eng. Dept., Polytechnic University, Brooklyn
08/03 – 08/04 Research Associate, Mechanical Engineering, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge
08/99 – 08/03 Research/Teaching Assistant, Mechanical Engineering, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge
06/98 – 06/99 Lecturer, Metallurgical Engineering, Punjab Engineering College, Chandigarh
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Research Interests
Nanoparticulate composites, functionally gradient materials, light weight composites, smart composites, sandwich structures, Materials characterization, structure property correlation, ultrasonic non-destructive evaluation.
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Awards and Professional Honors
- ASM/IIM visiting lecturership award 2007.
- Editor,Composites Part B, Elsevier Science
- Junior Faculty Fellow, Othmer Institute of Interdisciplinary Studies, Polytechnic University, Brooklyn (2005-07).
- Journal of Cellular Plastics, The 50 Most Read Articles: “Microballoon wall thickness effects on properties of syntactic foams,” Published in Vol. 40, 2004, pp. 461-480. (Listed throughout 2005).
- Journal of Sandwich Structures and Materials, The 50 Most Read Articles: “Effect of microballoon radius ratio on syntactic foam core sandwich composites,” Vol. 7, No. 2, 2005, pp. 95-111. (Listed throughout 2005).
- Journal of Sandwich Structures and Materials, The 50 Most Read Articles: “Response of syntactic foam core sandwich structured composites to three-point bending,” Published in Vol. 4, No. 3, 2002, 249-272. (Listed throughout 2005).
- Journal of Composite Materials, The 50 Most Read Articles: “Characterization of Flexural Properties of Syntactic Foam Core Sandwich Composites and Effect of Density Variation,” Published in Vol. 39, 2005, pp. 2197-2212. (Listed from December 2005-present)
- LSU College of Engineering Exemplary Dissertation Award – 2003.
- American Society for Composites Ph.D. Research Scholarship Award, 2002. Received at 17th ASC Technical Conference at Purdue University, IN, on Oct 22, 2002.
- Included in Who’s Who of AcademicKeys.
- Cover page micrograph on Journal of Materials Science Vol. 37, No. 15: 1 Aug 2002 selected from our paper published in this issue.
- Vice-President, ASM/TMS Joint student’s chapter, Louisiana State University (1999-2003).
- Member ASTM D30- Standards Coordination and Globalization Initiative (SCGI).
- BEST PAPER-1998 award from Indian Society of Non-Destructive Evaluation for research paper published in Journal of Non-Destructive Evaluation.
- Received Govt. of India sponsored GATE scholarship from Aug. 1996-Jan. 1998 for M.Eng.
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Selected Publications
- Compressive energy absorption characteristics of a novel functionally graded syntactic foam structure. Gupta, N. and Ricci, W. Materials Science and Engineering A. Vol. 427, No. 1-2, 2006, pp. 331-342. 2.
- Investigation of flexural strength properties of rubber and nanoclay reinforced hybrid syntactic foams. Maharsia, R., Gupta, N. and Jerro, H.D. Materials Science and Engineering A, Vol. 417, No. 1-2, 2006, pp. 249-258.
- Compression properties of syntactic foams: effect of cenosphere radius ratio and specimen aspect ratio. Gupta, N. Woldesenbet, E. and Mensah P. Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing, Vol. 35, No. 1, 2004, 103-111
- Hygrothermal studies on syntactic foams and compressive strength determination. Gupta, N. and Woldesenbet, E. Composite Structures, Vol. 61, No. 4, 2003, 311-320.
- Compression properties of syntactic foams: effect of cenosphere radius ratio and specimen aspect ratio. Gupta, N. and Woldesenbet, E. Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing, Vol. 35, No. 1, 2004, 103-111.
- Studies on compressive failure features in syntactic foam material. Gupta, N., Kishore, Woldesenbet, E. and Sankaran, S. Journal of Materials Science, Vol. 36, No. 18, 2001, 4485-4491.
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Professional Affiliations
- American Society for Composites (ASC): Member since 2000.
- ASM-International: Member since 1999.
- The Minerals Metals and Materials Society (TMS): Member since 1997.
- American Society for Mechanical Engineers (ASME): Member since 2006.
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