Dr. Subrat Kumar Jena

Postdoctoral Researcher at University of Cagliari, Italy

Dr. Subrat Kumar Jena is a Postdoctoral Researcher in the Department of Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering (DICAAR) at Università degli Studi di Cagliari, Italy. Previously, he was an Institute Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Applied Mechanics at the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IIT Delhi), India, where he worked under the mentorship of Prof. S. Pradyumna for two years. Prior to that, he served as an Honorary Postdoctoral Fellow at the Nonlinear Multifunctional Composites – Analysis & Design (NMCAD) Lab, Department of Aerospace Engineering, Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bengaluru, India, under Prof. Dineshkumar Harursampath. Dr. Jena also holds a PhD in Applied Mathematics from the National Institute of Technology (NIT) Rourkela, India, supervised by Prof. S. Chakraverty.

Dr. Subrat Kumar Jena

Research Interests

Dr. Jena's research interests include Computational Solid Mechanics, Applied Mathematics, Mathematical Modelling, and Uncertainty Quantification.

Computational Solid Mechanics Applied Mathematics Mathematical Modelling Uncertainty Quantification

Citation Metrics

1364 Total Citations
24 h-index
34 i10-index

Source: Google Scholar

88
2019
163
2020
262
2021
281
2022
171
2023
205
2024
187
2025

Technical Skills

  • C, C++
  • MATLAB
  • Maple
  • Mathematica
  • Microsoft Office

Professional Skills

  • Scientific Writing & Publishing
  • Peer Review & Journal Editing
  • International Research Collaboration
  • Mentoring & Supervision
  • Multilingual in Odia, Hindi and English

Education and Research Experience

Postdoctoral Researcher

Department of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering, Università degli studi di Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy

[February, 2025 - Till date]

Project: Modelling, Dynamic Analysis and Wave Propagation in Metamaterials

Mentor: Prof. Victor A. Eremeyev

MGR25 Youth Researchers Mobility Program

Faculty of Mathematics, Universität Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany

[September, 2025 - November, 2025]

Project: Wave Propagation and Stability in Architectured Metamaterials: A Multiscale Continuum Approach

Mentor: Prof. Patrizio Neff

Institute Post-Doctoral Fellow

Department of Applied Mechanics, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IIT-D), New Delhi, India

[February, 2023 - January, 2025]

Project: Modelling and Computation of Nano and Functionally Graded Structures with Complicating Effects in Uncertain Environments

Mentor: Prof. S. Pradyumna

Honorary Postdoctoral Fellow

NMCAD Lab, Aerospace Engineering, Indian Institute of Science (IISC), Bangalore, India

[June, 2022 - January, 2023]

Project: Computational Solid Mechanics via Numerical Solution

Mentor: Prof. Dineshkumar Harursampath

Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics

Department of Mathematics, National Institute of Technology Rourkela (NITR), India

[July, 2016 - June, 2022]

Dissertation: Dynamical Behaviours of Size Dependant and Functionally Graded Beams via Numerical Solutions

Supervisor: Prof. S. Chakraverty

M.Sc. in Mathematics and Scientific Computing

Department of Mathematics, MNNIT Allahabad (NIT Allahabad), India

[2013 - 2015]

B.Sc. in Physics, Mathematics

B.J.B Autonomous College, Bhubaneswar, India

[2008 - 2011]

Teaching History

Teaching Assistant

Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, New Delhi, India

[Feb 2023 - Jan 2025]

  • Assisted in teaching Engineering Mechanics and Strength of Materials Lab, guiding undergraduate and graduate students in fundamental engineering concepts.
  • Mentored PhD students under the guidance of my postdoctoral supervisor, offering research support and technical insights.

Teaching Assistant

National Institute of Technology Rourkela, Odisha, India

[Jul 2017 - Jun 2021]

  • Taught Engineering Mathematics to undergraduate students and conducted lab sessions and lectures on Numerical Analysis, Differential Equations, C, C++, and MATLAB for MSc students.
  • Assisted teachers with classroom management and document coordination to maintain a positive learning environment.

Publications

Journal Papers

Conference Proceedings

Authored Books

Gallery

Book Collage

Book Chapters

Conference Presentations

  • "Uncertainty Quantification in Free Vibration Analysis of Porous FG Micro-beams Using Double Parametric Navier's Method," 4th International Conference on Steel and Composite for Engineering Structures (4th ICSCES), held in Piacenza, Italy, on July 9-12, 2025.
  • "Vibration Characteristics of Functionally Graded Porous Beam Embedded in Elastic Foundations using Refined Higher Order Shear Deformation Theory and Boundary Characteristics Orthogonal Polynomial," International Conference on Composites: Design, Processing, Manufacturing and Health Monitoring (CDPMHM-2024), held at IIT Mandi, India, during June 20-21, 2024.
  • "Analytical and Monte Carlo Simulation Methods for Uncertainty-Driven Stability Analysis Problem," International Conference on Computations and Data Science (CoDS-2024), IIT Roorkee, India during March 08-10, 2024.
  • "Boundary Characteristic Orthogonal Polynomials for free Vibration of Euler-Bernoulli Nanobeam exposed to Hygro-Magnetic Environment Embedded in Elastic Foundation," 68th International Conference of the Indian Society of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (ISTAM), NIT Warangal, India during December 07-09, 2023.
  • "Shifted Chebyshev Polynomials based Rayleigh-Ritz Method for Hygro-Magneto Vibration of Euler-Bernoulli Nanobeam resting on Winkler-Pasternak Elastic Foundation," International Conference on Applied Mathematics and Mechanics (ICAMM-2023), IIT Indore, India during October 18-20, 2023.
  • "Application of HOHWM in the Stability Analysis of Nonlocal Euler-Bernoulli Beam", 17th International Conference of Numerical Analysis and Applied Mathematics (ICNAAM -2019), Rhodes, Greece. (With S. Chakraverty, Mart Ratas, Maarjus Kirs)
  • "Stability analysis of nanobeam with uncertain structural parameters", 2nd International Conference on Processing and Characterization of Materials (ICPCM-2019), 2019, NIT Rourkela, Odisha, India. (With S. Chakraverty)
  • "Free Vibration Analysis of Non-Homogeneous Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Resting on Winkler Elastic Foundation", 8th National Conference on Wave Mechanics and Vibrations, 2018, NIT Rourkela, Odisha, India. (With S. Chakraverty)

Awards and Achievements

MGR25 Youth Researchers Mobility Program

Selected for the MGR25 (Programma Mobilità Giovani Ricercatori) Youth Researchers Mobility Program (University of Cagliari), earning one of the highest scores (27/30) among 60 early-career researchers. Funded by the Autonomous Region of Sardinia (L.R. n. 7/2007) to foster international research collaboration.

Harry Bloomfield Postdoctoral Matching Scholarship

Awarded Harry Bloomfield Postdoctoral Matching Scholarship, at Tel Aviv University (2025-26) in recognition of outstanding academic achievements and research potential for postdoctoral studies at Tel Aviv University.

Best Paper Award (ICAMM-2023)

Awarded the Best Paper Award in the Oral Presentation category at the International Conference on Applied Mathematics and Mechanics (ICAMM-2023), hosted by Indian Institute of Technology, Indore.

Mathematics 2022 Best PhD Thesis Award

Honoured with the "Mathematics 2022 Best PhD Thesis Award" by the Mathematics Journal, Basel, Switzerland, for his outstanding PhD thesis titled "Dynamical Behaviours of Size Dependant and Functionally Graded Beams via Numerical Solutions." This recognition included a prize money of CHF 500 and a certificate.

IOP Publishing Top Cited Paper Awards

Awarded the IOP Publishing Top Cited Paper Award in 2021 and 2022 from India, with his papers among the top 1% most cited in the Materials subject category.

ZAMM Top Cited Paper

Work published in ZAMM - Journal of Applied Mathematics and Mechanic (Wiley) was recognized as one of the top cited papers for the year 2020-2021.

Curved and Layered Structures Best-Cited Papers

Three papers have been recognized as the Best-Cited Papers published in Curved and Layered Structures Journal (De Gruyter).

Professional Activities

Role as a Reviewer

IEEE Access Engineering with Computers Acta Mechanica Mathematical Methods in Applied Sciences International Journal of Mechanical Sciences Frontiers in Built Environment Engineering Research Express SIMULATION Journal Journal of Mechanics of Materials and Structures Physica Scripta Journal of Applied and Computational Mechanics Beni-Suef University Journal ZAMM Mechanics of Advanced Materials and Structures Metrology and Measurement Systems Nanotechnology Journal of Vibration and Control Journal of Brazilian Society Mechanics Based Design Zeitschrift für Naturforschung A

Workshop/Webinar Attended

  • Advance Structural Material and Multiscale Modelling (ASMMM-2023) from June 26th to June 30th, 2023, NIT Rourkela, Odisha, India.
  • One-week Short Term Training Program on Computational Software (MATLAB & MATHEMATICA) organized by Applied Mathematics and Humanities Department (AMHD), Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology (SVNIT), Surat during October 05-09, 2020 in online mode.
  • International Five-Day Online Workshop on New Trends in Fuzzy and Rough Set Theory and its Applications organized by Department of Mathematics & Statistics, Manipal University Jaipur, India during September 25-29, 2020.
  • 1-Day Webinar on Numerical Simulation using Maple 2020, NSUM-2020 organized by Centre for Applied Mathematics & Computing and Department of Mathematics, FE&T (ITER), Siksha 'O' Anusandhan (Deemed to be University) in collaboration with Binary Semantics Limited on 19th September 2020.
  • Fundamentals of Publishing & Effective Research Article Writing Skills at National Institute of Technology Rourkela, on Wednesday 16th September, 2020.
  • GIAN Course on "Structural Dynamics: Analysis and Control" at National Institute of Technology Rourkela, during October 1-5, 2018.

Invited Talk

  • "Uncertainty Quantification and Its Application to Vibration Analysis Problems", presented at the Chair of Structural Mechanics, Faculty of Architecture and Civil Engineering, Technical University Dortmund, Germany, on 11 November 2025.

Conference Organized

  • Organizing committee member of International Conference on Recent Trends in Applied Research (ICORTAR2020)
  • Organizing committee member of 2nd International Conference on Recent Trends in Applied Research (ICORTAR2021)
  • Organizing committee member of 3rd International Conference on Recent Trends in Applied Research (ICORTAR2023)

Memberships

Professional Memberships

Life Member of Indian Society of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics

(ISTAM/LM/2024: L/1285)

Life Member of Indian Mathematical Society

(IMS-L/2022/117)

Life Member of International Association of Engineers

(IAENG-324589)

References

Prof. S. Chakraverty

PhD Supervisor

Department of Mathematics, NIT Rourkela, Odisha-769008, India

sne_chak@yahoo.com

chakravertys@nitrkl.ac.in

Prof. Dineshkumar Harursampath

Postdoc Mentor

Department of Aerospace Engineering, IISc, Bangalore-560012, India

dineshkumar@iisc.ac.in

harursampath@gmail.com

Prof. S. Pradyumna

Postdoc Mentor

Department of Applied Mechanics, IIT Delhi, New Delhi-110016, India

pradyum@am.iitd.ac.in

Prof. Victor A. Eremeyev

Postdoc Mentor

Department of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering, University of Cagliari, via Marengo 2, Cagliari 09123, Italy

victor.eremeev@unica.it

eremeyev.victor@gmail.com

Get In Touch

Contact Information

I'm always open to discussing research, new projects, or potential collaborations. Feel free to reach out through any of the channels below.

University Email

subratkumar.jena@unica.it

Personal Email

sjena430@gmail.com

Office Location

University of Cagliari
via Marengo 2, Building A
09123 Cagliari, Italy

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