Welcome to Ajay's website

NOTE: This website is no longer being updated. Please visit my updated site. I will transition this domain to my new site soon.

I am a post-doc with Prof. Sanjay Govindjee at the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at UC Berkeley and Dr. Frank McKenna at the NHERI SimCenter.

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Continuum mechanics has wide applicability to explain the problems in solid and fluid mechanics. It provides the basic relations to explain all mechanical phenomenon. I have applied computational continuum mechanics ideas to study various problems in natural hazards engineering, deployable space structures, and non-exhaust emissions, among others.

I develop numerical methods and computational models that facilitate the exploration of theories of continuum mechanics at various length and timescales. I use computational techniques like the Finite Element Method (structures) and Finite Volume Method (fluids) to build tools to answer scientific questions that I deem most important. Check out the Research section for more information.

My office is located in the NHERI SimCenter at Richmond Field Station, UC Berkeley. However, due to COVID, the best way to reach me is via email.