Dr. Tarun Kant is Professor of Civil Engineering
in Indian Institute of Technology Bombay. He received his BSc, BTech
(Hons) in civil engineering and M.Tech in Structural Engineering
from University of Allahabad, IIT, Bombay and IIT, Kanpur respectively
between 1962 and 1969. He obtained his PhD degree from the IIT-Bombay
in 1977.
Dr. Tarun Kant�s research interests lie in the
areas solid mechanics, plates, shells, fibre reinforced polymer
composites, refined higher- order theories, thermal stresses, transient
dynamics, finite element and other numerical methods, use of polymer
composites in construction, composite & computational mechanics.
|
|
He has published over 90 Research Paper in National
and International Journals, edited books and discharged his duties
in editorial board of a number of Technical Journals on his subject.
He has supervised 18 PhD thesis and over 52 M.Tech dissertations
and also carried out 12 sponsored projects. For distinguished contribution
in Engineering, he has been honoured by being elected a member of
a number of National and International Technical Societies.
Being a renowned academician he has been honoured
with vrious prizes, scholarships, and fellowships including FNAE,
FIE, FAeSI etc.
|
1.gif)
