Akshay Joshi
Assistant Professor
Ph.D. Aeronautical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, 2021
M.S. Aeronautical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, 2018
B.Tech. Aerospace Engineering, IIT Madras 2017
Research Interests
Machine learning and data-driven mechanics,
High strain-rate and pressure behavior of materials,
Wave propagation and Shock physics,
Mechanical Computing,
Fracture and Fatigue
Selected Recent Publications
- Z. Wang, A. Joshi*, S. Das*, A.J.D. Shaikeea, and V.S. Deshpande ,“3D observations discover a new paradigm in rubber elasticity”, Accepted for publication in PNAS, Arxiv preprint (2024) https://arxiv.org/abs/2312.16994
- A. Joshi, S. Ravindran, V. Gandhi, G. Ravichandran, “An investigation of shock-induced phase transition in soda-lime glass”, Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 131, 205902 (2022) https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0086627
- A. Joshi, P. Thakolkaran, Y. Zheng, M. Escande, M. Flaschel, L. de Lorenzis, S. Kumar, Bayesian-EUCLID: discovering hyperelastic material laws with uncertainties, Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cma.2022.115225
- P. Thakolkaran, A. Joshi, Y. Zheng, M. Escande, M. Flaschel, L. de Lorenzis, S. Kumar, NN-EUCLID: deep-learning hyperelasticity without stress data, Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmps.2022.105076
Selected News Mentions, Honors and Awards
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Donald-Coles award for best experimental design in Ph.D. thesis (2021), GALCIT, Caltech.
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HAL silver medal for best academic performance in Aerospace Engineering batch of 2017, IIT Madras.
- Singapore Technology scholarship award for best academic performance, 2015, IIT Madras.