Dr. Vikas Chaudhari

Dr. Vikas Chaudhari is working as Assistant Professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department at BITS Pilani, K K Birla Goa Campus. He has over 18 years of teaching experience. He has been teaching core mechanical courses like Fracture mechanics, Mechanics of solids, Materials technology and testing, Structure and properties of material etc. He completed his graduation in Mechanical Engineering from University of Pune in 2000. He obtained M. Tech degree in Machine Design from Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University (IT-BHU), Varanasi in 2003. He completed his PhD from BITS Pilani in 2013. His research areas are Fracture Mechanics & Material Testing and Characterization (Metals, Polymers, Polymeric Composites, 3-D Printed Plastics). He has published/ presented over 36 research papers in the International and National journal / conferences of repute (ASME, Journal of Materials Processing Technology, Polymer Composites, Journal of Materials: Design and Applications (Part L), Journal of Natural Fibers, Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance, International Journal of Fracture, Fatigue and Fracture of Engineering Materials and Structures etc). He is a life time member of The Indian Institute of Metals (IIM) and Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE).