Faculty

Areas of Interest: 

Fracture and fatigue, Adhesion and adhesives, Composites, Tissue mechanics

Education

• Ph.D., University of Toronto, Canada
• M.E., Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
• B.Tech., National Institute of Technology, Warangal

Academic/Industrial Experience

• Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering, IIT Delhi, 2019 - present
• Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering, IIT Delhi, 2014-2019
• Postdoctoral Fellow, Mechanical Engineering, Temple University, Philadelphia, USA, 2011-2014
• Research Assistant, Mechanical Engineering, University of Toronto, Canada, 2006-2011
• Scientist, Satellite Structures Group, ISRO, Bangalore, 2004-2006
• Research Assistant, Mechanical Engineering, IISc Bangalore, 2002-2004

Selected Publications

1. Y. S. Pydi, A. Nath, A. Chawla, S. Mukherjee, S. Lalwani, R. Malhotra, N. V. Datla, Strain rate dependent material properties of human lung parenchymal tissue using inverse finite element approach, Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology, 22, 2083–2096 (2023).
2. Mohd. Tauheed and N.V. Datla, Characterization and prediction of hygrothermally aged CFRP adhesive joint subjected to mode II load, Composites Part C, 11, 100357 (2023).
3. A. Chanda, S.K. Sinha and N.V. Datla, Fiber alignment and mode-mixity effects on fracture behavior of CNF/epoxy nanocomposite adhesive joints, Composites Part B, 247, 110341 (2022).
4. V. P. Sharma and N. V. Datla, Fracture behavior and reliability of low-silver lead-free solder joints, Journal of Electronic Packaging, 144, 041016 (2022).
5. A. Dadaniya and N.V. Datla, Degradation prediction of encapsulant-glass adhesion in the photovoltaic module under outdoor and accelerated exposures, Solar Energy, 208, 419-429 (2020).