Conferences, Workshops and Academic Engagement
My academic journey includes participation in national and international conferences, research presentations, specialised technical workshops and invited guest lectures. These activities have provided opportunities to exchange research ideas, interact with the scientific community and share knowledge in civil engineering, computational mechanics and artificial intelligence.
1. International Conference Presentations
2024 – ECCOMAS Congress, Lisbon, Portugal
On Exploiting Coupled Physical and Artificial Intelligence for Enhancing the Strength of Lattice Metamaterials
Authors: B. R. Isanaka, T. Mukhopadhyay, R. K. Varma and V. Kushvaha.
9th European Congress on Computational Methods in Applied Sciences and Engineering (ECCOMAS Congress 2024), Lisbon, Portugal.
2024 – EMI/PMC Conference, Chicago, USA
Design of Architected Materials for Failure Strength and Enhanced Energy Absorption
Authors: B. R. Isanaka, T. Mukhopadhyay, R. K. Varma and V. Kushvaha.
Engineering Mechanics Institute and Probabilistic Mechanics & Reliability Conference (EMI/PMC 2024), ASCE, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
2023 – EMI International Conference, Palermo, Italy
Machine Learning Assisted Design of Honeycomb Lattices for Enhanced Energy Absorption and Failure Strength
Authors: B. R. Isanaka, T. Mukhopadhyay, R. K. Varma and V. Kushvaha.
ASCE Engineering Mechanics Institute International Conference (EMI IC 2023), University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy, August 2023.
2. National and International Conferences in India
2025 – IIT Roorkee
Impact of Structural Imperfections on the Mechanical Behaviour of Honeycomb Lattices
Authors: B. R. Isanaka, S. Meena and R. K. Varma.
14th International Symposium on Plasticity and Impact Mechanics (IMPLAST 2025), Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee, India.
IIT Jammu – Advances in Coupled Processes in Porous Media
Reinforced Voronoi Porous Architectures: Coupled Geometric-Mechanical Enhancements Guided by ML
Authors: B. R. Isanaka, T. Mukhopadhyay, R. K. Varma and V. Kushvaha.
Advances in Coupled Processes in Porous Media: Applications to Energy, Environment, and Health, IIT Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir, India.
2022 – IIT Madras
13th International Symposium on Plasticity and Impact Mechanics (IMPLAST 2022), organised by the Department of Aerospace Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Tamil Nadu, India.
2019 – Medi-Caps University, Indore
International Conference on Recent Trends and Innovations in Civil Engineering, Springer Conference, Medi-Caps University, Indore, India, October 2019.
2018 – ISRO, Chennai
Third National Finite Element Developers’ / Users’ Meet, organised by Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC) and Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), Chennai, India, December 2018.
3. Workshops and Technical Training Programmes
June 2024: Non-Destructive Testing of Concrete and Other Civil Engineering Laboratory Tests, Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Jammu, India.
March 2023: Defence Aerospace Systems, organised by Aeronautics Research and Development Board (AR&DB) and IIT Jammu, India.
November 2019: Innovative Construction Machineries, Materials and Methods, IIT Jammu, India.
Short-term Training Course: Road Safety, Asian Institute of Transport Development and IIT Jammu, India.
December 2018: One-Day Workshop on Finite Element Analysis of Structures (FEAST), Madanapalle Institute of Technology & Science, Madanapalle, India.
4. Invited Talks and Guest Lectures
January 2026 – RSR Engineering College, Andhra Pradesh
AI-Driven Metamaterials for Advanced Engineering Applications
Invited academic presentation on the applications of artificial intelligence in advanced engineering and metamaterial design.
December 2025 – Madanapalle Institute of Technology & Science (MITS), Andhra Pradesh
Application of AI in Civil Engineering
Alumni Guest Lecture highlighting emerging applications of artificial intelligence in civil engineering and research.
January 2023 – Sree Venkateswara College of Engineering, Nellore, Andhra Pradesh
Research Career in Civil Engineering
Invited talk discussing research opportunities, academic pathways and career development in civil engineering.