Dr. Somashekara M A

Head of the Department

Assistant Professor

Department of Mechanical, Materials and Aerospace Engineering (MMAE)

Indian Institute of Technology Dharwad

Welcome to Somashekara's Research Group in the Department of Mechanical, Materials and Aerospace Engineering (MMAE) at IIT Dharwad. This website will be updated from time to time. You may browse through the research and publications page to know more about research activities.



Experience

  • Assistant Professor, April 2019 to Present
    Department of Mechanical, Materials and Aerospace Engineering (MMAE), IIT Dharwad
  • Postdoctoral Research Associate, April 2017 - April 2019
    Division of Material Science and Engineering (DMSE) & Critical Material Institute (CMI), Ames Laboratory, USDOE, Iowa state University, USA.
  • Postdoctoral Research Fellow, July 2016- April 2017 &
    Research Assistant, Feb - July 2016
    Engineering Product Development (EPD), SUTD Singapore.


Education

  • Ph.D. (2016) & M.Tech. (2011)
    Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering,
    IIT Hyderabad
  • B.E Mechanical Engineering (2009)
    Reva University (RITM), Bengaluru
  • PUC (Intermediate 2005)
    The National College, Bagepalli.


Responsibilites

  • Head of Department of MMAE, IIT Dharwad, From Oct 2022-Present
  • Member of the Board of Studies (BoS), Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, at Reva University, Bengaluru and, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, at SDMCET, Dharwad.
  • Faculty associate (CEP/QIP Courses)
  • Department faculty search committee member
  • Eqipment purchase committee member and convenor
  • Warden Keeravani boys wing
  • DPGC MMAE member and secretary
  • UGAPEC member
  • Faculty Advisor for 2020 batch MMAE
  • Manufacturing Processes Lab, Faculty-In-charge
  • Metrology Lab, Faculty-In-charge
  • B.Tech Project (BTP) coordinator 2019-20
  • PG Admissions coordinator 2020-21

Contact Us

Dr. Somashekara M A

IIT Dharwad (WALMI Campus),
Karnataka, India 580011.

Email Me

somashekara@iitdh.ac.in