Associate Professor

Degrees with fields, institutions and dates

• Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering; University of Cincinnati, 2002.
• M.S. Mechanical Engineering, University of Cincinnati, 1998
• B.E. Mechanical Engineering, MN Regional Engineering College, Allahabad, India, 1996.

Years service on this faculty, including date of original appointment and dates of advancement in rank.

• Associate Professor, 2008-present
• Assistant Professor, 2002-2008

Other related experience-teaching, industrial

• Summer Faculty Fellow, AFRL-VASM, Structural Science Center, WPAFB, OH, Summer 2008.
• ASEE Summer Faculty Fellow, AFRL-Vasm, Structural Science Center, WPAFB, OH, Summer 2007
• Summer Faculty Fellow, AFRL-VASM, Structural Science Center, WPAFB, OH, Summer 2006
• Visiting Research Scientist, Eindhoven Technological University, NL, Summer 2005
• Graduate Research Assistant, Structural Dynamics Research Lab, Mechanical Engineering, University of Cincinnati, 1996-2002
• Ohio Board of Regents Fellow, University of Cincinnati, 1999-2000
• Graduate Teaching Assistant in Mechanical Engineering, University of Cincinnati, 1997-1999
• Design Engineer, Larsen and Toubro India Ltd., 1996
• Teaching Assistant, CAS Lab, M.N. Regional Engineering College, India, 1995-1996

Principal publications

Journal Editorship

• Nonlinear Dynamics, Guest Editor, Fall 2005-Fall 2006: Edited Special Issues: Shukla, A., and Zhao, X., Discontinuous Dynamical Systems: Modeling, Analysis, and Control, a special issue in Nonlinear Dynamics (complete with 22 articles), In Press. Springer Publishing.

Peer-reviewed journals

• Shukla, A., Besselink, B., Fey, R., and Nijmeijer, H., Classification of periodic solutions in systems with backlash, (Accepted for publication in Chaos, Solitons and Fractals, Oct 2007.)

• Beal, J., Shukla, A., Brezhneva, O. and Abramson, M.A., Optimal sensor placement for structural health monitoring, Optimization and Engineering, vol 9, pp119-142, 2008.

• Koo, J-H., Shukla, A. and Ahmadian, M., “Dynamic performance analysis of nonlinear tuned vibration absorbers”, Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation, vol 13, pp. 1929-1937, 2008.

• Jafri, F.A., Shukla, A. and Thompson, D.F., A numerical bifurcation study of friction effects in a slip-controlled torque converter clutch. Nonlinear Dynamics, vol 50, pp. 627-638, 2007.

• Shukla, A. and Thompson, D.F., An investigation of the effect of feedback control on the bifurcation stability of a nonlinear servo-hydraulic system. International Journal of Fluid Power. vol. 6, no.2, 2005.

• Bailey Van-Kuren, M. and Shukla, A., “System design for isolation of a neonatal transport unit using passive and semi-active control strategies”, Journal of Sound and Vibration, vol. 286, no. 1-2, pp. 382-394, 2005.

• Mukherjee, N., Shukla, A., Roseman R. D., and Thompson, D. F., Experimental determination of bending resonances of millimeter size PVF2 cantilevers, Sensors, vol. 3, pp. 263-275, 2003.

• Thompson, D.F., S. Gupta, and A. Shukla, “Tradeoff Analysis in Minimum Volume Design of Multi-Stage Spur Gear Reduction Units,” Mechanism and Machine Theory, V. 35, pp. 609-27, 2000.

• Thompson, D.F., J.S. Pruyn, and A. Shukla, “Feedback Design for Robust Tracking and Robust Stiffness in Flight Control Actuators Using a Modified QFT Technique,” International Journal. of Control, v.72, pp.1480-97, 1999.

   

Peer-reviewed conference proceedings

• Shukla, A., R. Gordon and J. Hollkamp, “ A Numerical Investigation of the Snap-Through Response of a Curved, Clamped Plate with Thermal and Random Loading”, AIAA-2008-2230 49th AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials Conference, Schaumburg, IL, Apr. 7-10, 2008

• Goley, G., B. Zappia, T. Beberniss and A. Shukla, “Effect of Loading on the Snap-Through Response of a Post-Buckled Beam”, AIAA-2008-2234  49th AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials Conference, Schaumburg, IL, Apr. 7-10, 2008

• Buholzer, B., Shukla, A., “Design and analysis of snap-through response in hypersonic aircraft structures”, Proc. Of the COMSOL Conference, Oct 2007, Boston, MA .

• Besselink, B., Shukla, A., Fey, R., and Nijmeijer, H., Classification of periodic solutions in a single degree-of-freedom system with backlash, accepted for the Proc. of ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferencees, Las Vegas, Sept. 2007.
• Singh, K.V., Srinivas, G., Shukla, A. and Pang, S.S., "Detection of minuscule changes in structures from spectral data", proc. of hte SPIE, 14th Annual International symposium on Smart Structures nad Materials & Nondestructive Evaluation and Health Monitoring, March 18-22, 2007, San Diego, California.
• Shukla, A., Gordon, R.W. Hollkamp, J.J. , “Nonlinear Dynamics of a Post-buckled Beam: A Parametric Space Investigation”, Proc. Of International Modal Analysis Conference, Feb 2007, Orlando, Florida.
• White, H.M., Birchfield, N.S., Brezhneva, O. A., Shukla,A., “Parametric Effects on the Periodic Response of a Discontinuous Dynamical System: an Experimental and Numerical Investigation”, Proc. Of International Modal Analysis Conference, Feb 2007, Orlando, Florida.
• Ranatunga,V. and Shukla,A., “Nonlinear dynamics of a rotational system with discontinuous impact”, Proc. Of International Modal Analysis Conference, Feb 2007, Orlando, Florida.
• Shukla, A. and Koo, J.H., “Nonlinear vibrations of a buckled, clamped plate: some results”, Proc. Of ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Nov 2006, Chicago, IL.
• Shukla, A., and Koo, J.H., Detection of debonding in a tile-based thermal protection system via change in stiffness using continuation methods, Proc. of the SPIE Smart Structures and Non Destructive Evaluation Conference, March 2006.
• Shukla, A., and Koo, J.H., Control bifurcations in a nonlinear active suspension system for system design, Proc. of ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Nov 2005, Orlando, Florida.
• Mejia, P. and Shukla, A., Model based damage detection in an automotive exhaust hanger component, Proc. of ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Nov 2005, Orlando, Florida.
• Shukla, A., “Nonlinear dynamics of interconnected structures-an application to DNA dynamics”, Proc. of ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference, Long Beach, CA, September 2005.
• Shukla, A., “Control bifurcations of a magneto-rheological fluid based active suspension system”, Proc. of ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference, Long Beach, CA, September 2005.
• Shukla, A., “Bio inspired design of sensor system for damage prognosis”, Proc. of the SPIE Smart Structures and Non Destructive Evaluation Conference, March 2005.
• Shukla, A., and Mejia, P., “On a bifurcation theory based methodology for characterizing multiple damage mechanisms”, Proc. of the SPIE Smart Structures and Non Destructive Evaluation Conference, March 2005.
• Shukla, A., Bailey Van Kuren, M., Almquist, C., Coffin, D., Kiper, J., and Noble, C., Integrating skills and transforming culture: reforming all engineering curricula in SEAS, Proceedings of the ASEE Annual Conference, Salt Lake City, Utah, June 2004.
• Shukla, A. Nonlinear dynamics of thin film polyvinylidene fluoride cantilevers, Proceedings of the SPIE Smart Structures and Non Destructive Evaluation Conference, San Diego, March 2004.
• Shukla, A. and M. Bailey Van-Kuren, Nonlinear dynamics of a magneto-rheological-fluid-based active suspension system for a neonatal transport, Proceedings of the SPIE Smart Structures and Non Destructive Evaluation Conference, San Diego, March 2004.
• Shukla, A. and Frederick, A. Smart damage detection and prediction: a distance to bifurcation based methodology, Proceedings of the SPIE Smart Structures and Non Destructive Evaluation Conference, San Diego, March 2004.
• Shukla, A., D.F. Thompson, and S. Kowta, “Effect of Feedback Control on the Bifurcation Stability of a Nonlinear Servo-hydraulic System- an Experimental Investigation,” Proceedings of ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference, Chicago, Illinois, September 2003.
• Mukherjee, N., A. Shukla, R.D. Roseman and D.F. Thompson, “Vibrational and Acoustic Studies of Bending Mode Piezoelectricity in Millimeter Size Polyvinylidene Fluoride Cantilevers,” Proceedings of SPIE’s 10th Annual International Symposium on Smart Structures and Materials, San Diego, California, March 2003.
• Shukla, A., and M. Bailey-Van Kuren, “Modeling of system dynamics of redesign of a neonatal transport unit,” Proceedings of the IASTED International Conference on Modeling and Simulation, Palm Springs, California, February 2003.
• Shukla, A. and D.F. Thompson, “Control of Bifurcations in Multidimensional Parameter Space for Servo-Hydraulic Systems,” Proceedings of the 2002 American Control Conf., Anchorage, Alaska, 2002.
• Shukla, A. and D. F. Thompson, “Bifurcation Stability of the Servo-Hydraulic Systems,” Proceedings of the 2001 American Control Conf., Arlington, Virginia, 2001.
• Shukla, A. and D. F. Thompson, “On Dynamics and Control of a Rotor System with Bearing Clearance,” Proceedings of the ISMA25- International Conference on Noise and Vibration Engineering, Leuven, Belgium, 2000.
• Thompson, D.F., J.S. Pruyn, and A. Shukla, “Feedback Design for Robust Tracking and Robust Stiffness in Flight Control Actuators Using a Modified QFT Technique,” Proceedings of the 1999 American Control Conf., San Diego, CA, 1999.
• Thompson, D.F., and A. Shukla, “Robust Multiple-Objective Design Optimization: A Design of Experiments-Based Approach," Proceedings of 3rd World Congress on Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization, Amherst, NY, 1999.

Scientific and Professional societies of which a member

• American Society of Mechanical Engineers
• SPIE-American Society of Optical Engineering

Honors and awards

• Nominated for the SEAS Research Award, 2007
• Miami University Associated Student Government's Honored Professor, 2005
• Miami University Shoupp Award, 2003-04
• Ohio Board of Regents Fellowship, 1999-00
• President's gold medal for first rank in graduating class, MN Regional College, India, 1996

Institutional and Professional Service

Miami University (These are some selected examples)

• Member, MME Chair Search Committee 2006-07
• Member, SEAS Dean's Advisory Council 2005-present
• Mentor to Dr. JH Koo and Dr. K Singh 2005-present
• Member, Faculty Search Committee 2005-06
• Member, MME Academic Petition Committee, 2003-present. Ruled on student petitions.
• Director, Vibrations Laboratory and Computer Aided Design Laboratory 2002-present. Responsible for planning activities in these laboratories as well as planning and carrying out laboratory improvements.
• Member, Course Design Thread Planning Teams, 2002-present. Planned and carried out plans to link content among selected courses.
• Member, Steering Committee for Center for Advancement of Computational Research, 2002 – present.
• Member, departmental ad hoc committee charged with impact of EGR 101, 102 on EGR, EGM and MME curricula, 2002 – present
• Research Publicity Liaison 2002 – present
• Member, Committee of the department, meeting once a week, 2002-present

Professional Development Activities

• Miami University CELT Learning Community – New Faculty Teaching Enhancement, Fall 2003
• Ohio Super Computing Center – Cluster Computing Workshop, Fall 2003
• Mathworks Inc. Data Acquisition and Instrument Control Workshop, Spring 2003
• Miami University OARS Workshop – Research Funding Workshop, Fall 2002