Ph.D. Students Mr. Mohammad Zaid Balbale (zaidy23@iitk.ac.in) B.Tech. (ME) – Rizvi College of Engineering, Maharastra Research area: Theoretical and experimental investigation of coupled chemo-mechanical response of pH-sensitive hydrogels. M. Tech. Students Mr. Ankit Gupta (ankitg23@iitk.ac.in) B.Tech. (ME) – The NorthCap University, Haryana Research area: Multiphysics modeling of Na intercalation – adsorption – pore filling phenomena in hard carbon anode particles of Na-ion batteries. Mr. Bharat S. Sabhwani (bharatss23@iitk.ac.in) B. Tech. (ME) – Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani Research area: Snap-through instabilities in magneto-elastic slender beams interacting with rigid obstacles.