Nishant Kumar
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
MECHANICAL AND AEROSPACE ENGINEERING
Missouri University of Science and Technology
United States of America
Biography
Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM, 2008. M.S. Mechanical Engineering, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Tx, 2003. B.S. Mechanical Engineering, B.I.T. Sindri, India, 1998. Assistant Teaching Professor of MAE, Missouri S&T, Rolla, MO, 2010- present. Lecturer, University of Denver, CO, 2009 – 2010. Visiting faculty for LMCO – DU (Lockheed Martin Corporation – University of Denver) graduate program, University of Denver, CO, 2009 – 2010.
Research Interest
Nonlinear Dynamics and Vibrations, study of deterministic and random dynamical systems, model order reduction, theoretical modeling and numerical computation, structural dynamics.
Publications
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Kumar, N., Burton, T.D., “On the use of Ritz Vectors to augment the optimal basis vector to perform POD based parameterized model order reduction of systems with isolated nonlinearityâ€, 2009 ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conference (IDETC), San Diego, California (Paper No. DETC2009-87416).
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Kumar, N., Burton, T.D., “Use of random excitation to develop POD based Reduced Order Models for Nonlinear Structural Dynamicsâ€, Proceedings of the 2007 ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conference (IDETC), Las Vegas, Nevada, pp. 1627-1634.
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Kumar, N., Burton, T.D., “Model Reduction of Large Structural Dynamic Models using Proper Orthogonal Decompositionâ€, 11th Nonlinear Vibrations, Stability and Dynamics of Structures Conference, 2006, Virginia Tech, VA.
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Kumar, N., “Order reduction using Proper Orthogonal Decompositionâ€, White Sands Missile Range – ITEA, Modeling & Simulation Conference, 2005.
