Arnob holds a Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering from IIT Guwahati and a Master’s in Physics and Engineering in Medicine from University College London. His research focuses on the design, simulation, and testing of mechanical systems, particularly in biomedical applications such as medical devices, prosthetics, and orthotics. He has worked on projects involving metamaterials, including serving as Co-Investigator on a study developing origami-inspired auxetic metamaterial composites for orthotic insoles. His Master's thesis explored Physics-Informed Neural Networks for modeling organ motion.
With experience in project management, database organization, and recruitment, Arnob has contributed to an NIHR-funded UK-wide project aimed at improving prosthetic control. He has presented at international conferences and holds a published patent in metamaterials. Currently, he is pursuing a PhD at CNRS/University of Lille within the MetacMed project, focusing on the development of metamaterial-based devices for energy harvesting and their application in orthotic insoles.
Project objectives
- Develop a hybrid semi-analytical (integrating Boundary/FEM and analytical models) to include the coupled piezoelectric wave equations
- Conversion of mechanical energy into electrical energy through the piezoelectric element: to model the equivalent electrical circuit satisfying the Bloch-Floquet condition with integrated electrical circuits
- AM-realisation of a auxetic MM-based insole with energy harvesting embedded device network
- Manufacture and measure the efficiency of the designed piezoelectric MM
Supervision and secondments
Hosted at
CNRS – IEMN, Villeneuve d'Ascq Cedex, FR
Supervisors
Dr. Marco Miniaci
Prof. Jerome Vasseur
PhD enrolment
PhD in Engineering Science, Universitè de Lille, Lille, FR
Secondments
EPFL, Univ. of Messina, EMPA