Dr. Arka Chattopadhyay

Assistant Research Professor - Department of Civil Engineering
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WAEC 3217
304- 696-5654

Biography

Dr. Arka Chattopadhyay is an assistant research professor at the Department of Civil Engineering, Marshall University. He received his Ph.D. in Engineering Mechanics from Virginia Tech and a Master’s in Mechanical Engineering from Kansas State University. Prior to joining the Department of civil engineering, Dr. Chattopadhyay worked as Research Scholar and Adjunct Professor at the College of Science and the College of Engineering, Marshall University. His research interests primarily focus on mechanics of materials and systems, mathematical modeling, numerical methods and computational mechanics using the finite element analysis.

Ph.D. Engineering Mechanics, Virginia Tech, 2018,
M.S. Mechanical Engineering, Kansas State University, 2011,
B.S. Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, India, 2008
Continuum Mechanics, Mechanics of Solids, Numerical Methods, Finite Element Method: Theory and Applications, Linear and Nonlinear Elasticity
Mathematical and Numerical Modeling, Computational Solid Mechanics, Finite Element Method (FEM), Finite Deformations and Nonlinear Elasticity, Problems of Fluid Structure Interaction
Bryce, J., Chattopadhyay, A., Esmaeilpour, M., Ihnat, Z. (2021). Revisiting Thermal Models for Pavements. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine.
Batra, R. C., Chattopadhyay, A. P., & Shah, P. H. (2020). Response of Sandwich Structures to Blast Loads. Advances in Thick Section Composite and Sandwich Structures (pp. 281-320). Springer, Cham.
Chattopadhyay, A. P., & Batra, R. C. (2019). Free and forced vibrations of monolithic and composite rectangular plates with interior constrained points. Journal of Vibration and Acoustics, 141(1).
Chattopadhyay, A. P., & Batra, R. C. (2017). Load’s temporal characteristics for annulling forced vibrations of linear elastic plates. Mechanics Research Communications, 85, 5-11.
Chattopadhyay, A. P., Frink, E., Xin, X. J., & Lease, K. B. (2012). Elastic buckling characteristics of triangular tubes under uniaxial loading. Thin-walled structures, 52, 29-41.
Society of Engineering Sciences 52nd Annual Meeting, Travel Grant.
Davenport Scholarship, Virginia Tech.
Phi-Kappa-Phi Honor Society, Kansas State University Chapter.