Dr. Nitesh Kumar
Associate Professor
Department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering
Qualification: BE, MTech, PhD
CURRENT ACADEMIC ROLE & RESPONSIBILITIES
- Associate Professor - Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, MIT, Manipal.
- Associate Incharge: Design Engineering Lab
- Coordinator: Department Undergraduate Project Committee.
- Coordinator: NBA CAAD
AREAS OF INTEREST, EXPERTISE AND RESEARCH
Area of Interest
Cardiovascular and Vascular Biomechanics; Mechanobiology and Disease Modeling; Medical Imaging, Radiological Analysis, and Computer Vision; Tissue‐Mimicking Materials and Bi-axial/Mechanical Characterization;Physiological Flow Modeling and Hemodynamic Simulation; AI/ML Applications in Healthcare and Biomedical Engineering
Area of Expertise
Biomechanics and Tissue Mechanics; Structural Mechanics and Solid Mechanics; Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML)–based Image Processing; Computational Biomechanics and Finite Element Modeling; Medical Image Analysis and Computer-Assisted Diagnostics; Experimental Mechanics and Biomechanical Testing
Area of Research
Cardiovascular and Vascular Biomechanics; Computational Biomechanics and Finite Element Modeling (FEM); Mechanobiology of Disease Progression, including Pulmonary Hypertension and Vascular Remodeling; Medical Image Analysis using Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) Tissue-Mimicking Material Development and Mechanical Characterization; Hemodynamics and Physiological Flow Simulation; AI/ML-based Diagnostic Systems for Radiological and Biomedical Applications
Work Experience
| Organisation | Role | Tenure |
|---|---|---|
| Manipal Institute of Technology, MAHE, Manipal | Associate Professor (Current role) | 2024 - Present |
| Manipal Institute of Technology, MAHE, Manipal | Assistant Professor – Senior Scale | 2011 - 2023 |