Faculty

Qualification:

• Ph.D from Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology.
• UGC-NET Qualified.
• M.Sc (Maths Hons.) from Department of Mathematics, Panjab University.
• B.Sc (Maths Hons.) from Department of Mathematics, Panjab University.

Experience:

More than 9 years of Experience

• Assistant Professor: NMIMS (Deemed to be University) from 23^rd Aug, 2022 to Present.
• Instructional Manager: Plaksha University, Mohali from 1^st March, 2022 to 22^nd Aug, 2022.
• Lecturer (Contractual): Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, Patiala from 1^st Aug, 2021 to 31^st Dec, 2021.
• Assistant Professor: IET Bhaddal Technical Campus Ropar from 15^th June, 2010 to 20^th June, 2018.

Research:

• Attended two weeks ISTE workshop on Fluid Mechanics conducted by IIT Kharagpur from 20^th to 30^th May 2014 organised at IET Bhaddal Technical Campus Ropar.
• Attended Patent Awareness workshop organized by IET Bhaddal Technical Campus Ropar in association with Patent Information Centre, Punjab State Council for Science & Technology Chandigarh on 23^rd Aug, 2014.
• Paper presented in International Conference on Mathematics in Space and Applied Sciences (ICMSAS-2019) held at Department of Mathematics, NSCBM Government College, Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh from 29-30^th Nov, 2019.
• Paper presented in 23rd Punjab Science Congress, Emerging Trends in Science and Technology for Sustainable Development held at SLIET, Longowal, Punjab from 7 – 9^th Feb, 2020.
• Attended Conference on Number Theory, Combinatorics, & Special Functions and Symposium on Applied Mathematics and Engineering Applications, Thapar Institute of Engineering &Technology, Patiala during October 11-12, 2019.
• Attended and worked as Lab Tutor in Lecture series on Partial Differential Equations and its Applications organized by Thapar Mathematical Society, Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology, Patiala, India during March 29-30, 2019.

Publications:

7 SCIE and 1 SCOPUS Indexed

1. Vanita Sharma and Satish Kumar (2019), Modelling of Love-type waves in an elastic layer sandwiched between viscous liquid half-space and size dependent couple stress substrate, Journal of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, 57(4), 1009-1019. DOI:10.15632/jtam-pl/112457 (SCIE, I.F = 0.927, ISSN No: 14292955 )
2. Vanita Sharma and Satish Kumar (2021), Microstructural and viscous liquid loading effects on the propagation of Love waves in a piezomagnetic layered structure, Mechanics of Advanced Materials and Structures , 28(16), 1703-1713. DOI:10.1080/15376494.2019.1702235 (SCIE, I.F = 4.030 ISSN No: 15376532)

3. Vanita Sharma and Satish Kumar (2020), Caliberating length scale parameter and micropolarity on transference of Love-type waves in composite of CoFe₂O₄ and Aluminium-Epoxy laden with Newtonian liquid, AIMS Mathematics , 5(3), 1820-1842. DOI:10.3934/math.2020122 (SCIE, I.F = 2.739, ISSN No: 24736988)

4. Vanita Sharma and Satish Kumar (2020), Analysis of size dependency on Love-type wave propagation in a functionally graded piezoelectric smart material, Mathematics and Mechanics of Solids, 25(8), 1517-1533. DOI:10.1177/1081286520909522 (SCIE, I.F = 2.719, ISSN No: 10812865)

5. Vanita Sharma and Satish Kumar (2020), Comparative study of micro-scale size effects on mechanical coupling factors and SH-wave propagation in functionally graded piezoelectric/ piezomagnetic structures, Waves in Random and Complex Media. DOI:10.1080/17455030.2020.1851068 (SCIE, I.F = 4.853, ISSN No: 17455030)

6. Vanita Sharma and Satish Kumar (2022), Bleustein-Gulyaev wave in a nonlocal piezoelectric layered structure, Mechanics of Advanced Materials and Structures , 29(15), 2197-2207. DOI:10.1080/15376494.2020.1854907 (SCIE, I.F = 4.030, ISSN No: 15376532)

7. Vanita Sharma and Satish Kumar (2022), Nonlocal and magneto effects on dispersion characteristics of Love-type waves in piezomagnetic media, Waves in Random and Complex Media. DOI:10.1080/17455030.2022.2035467 (SCIE, I.F = 4.853, ISSN No: 17455030)

8. Vanita Sharma and Satish Kumar (2021), Impact of microstructures and viscous liquid loading on electromechanical coupling factor and surface wave transference in a prestressed piezoelectric smart material layered structure, Engineering Research Express 3(1), 015037. DOI:10.1088/2631-8695/abec29 (Scopus, ESCI, ISSN No: 26318695)

9. Paper presented in International Congress on Industrial and Applied Mathematics (ICIAM), 2023 held at Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan from 20-25th Aug, 2023. Received financial support from the Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), Department of Science and Technology, Government of India, under ITS scheme, file number ITS/2023/002774 to facilitate participation in ICIAM 2023. Paper presented in International Conference on Advancements in Mathematics (ICAM), 2023 held at Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, Patiala from 28-30th Sep, 2023.

Awards

• Awarded Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) by Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), India from 5th Aug, 2018 to 9th Sep, 2020.
• Awarded Senior Research Fellowship (SRF) by Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), India from 10th Sep, 2020 to 31st May, 2021.

Extracurricular Activities:

• Completed a CSIR, New Delhi sponsored Research Project entitled ‘Study of wave propagation phenomena in the context of size dependent elastic theories’ No: CSIR/25(0289)/18/EMR-II worth 16 lacs.