Pankaj Wahi

Pankaj Wahi is a Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (IIT Kanpur).

His educational background includes a PhD in Mechanical Engineering from IISc Bangalore (2005) with a thesis titled "A study of delay differential equations with applications to machine tool vibrations" supervised by Prof. Anindya Chatterjee, and a BE in Mechanical Engineering from GEC Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh (2001).

Dr. Wahi's research focuses on Nonlinear Dynamics, Vibrations and Controls. His specific interests include:

• Reduced order modeling
• Vibration of continuous systems
• Control of self-excited oscillations
• Mechanics of machining
• Time-delayed systems

He has received several prestigious awards including the INAE Young Engineer Award (2013) and the INSA Medal for Young Scientist (2013), as well as the Marie-Curie Fellowship (2005-2006).

Dr. Wahi has extensive professional experience, having served as an Assistant Professor at IIT Kanpur from September 2008 to March 2012, and as Visiting Faculty from September 2007 to August 2008. Prior to that, he was a TEES Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at Texas A&M University, USA, a Research Associate at the Indian Institute of Science, and a Marie-Curie Fellow at the Technical University of Berlin, Germany.

His teaching areas include Dynamics, Mechanics of Solids, Engineering Design and Graphics, Theory of Machines and Mechanisms, Nonlinear Vibrations, Vibrations of Continuous Systems, and Mechanics of Ground Vehicles.