Active — 2023 – Ongoing

Hygroflax

M-ERA.NET EU consortium project on hygroscopic behaviour and mechanical performance of flax-fibre reinforced composites. Coordinates a 10-partner international consortium including TU Wien (Austria) as key partner.

Active — 2023 – Ongoing

Wood multiphase modeling

Development of custom user element subroutines (UEL) for multiphase modeling of wood drying and infiltration phenomena, with transition to open-source FEniCSx platform. Collaboration with TU Wien Structural Simulation and Timber Engineering group.

Active — 2023 – Ongoing

Short-fibre RVE automation

Automated simulation workflow for short-fibre composites covering CAD import, representative volume element (RVE) generation, and full finite element analysis using Python and Julia (Ferrite.jl), with an intuitive Python-based UI.

Completed — 2018 – 2023

FibreNet (H2020 MSCA)

Marie Skłodowska-Curie H2020 Innovative Training Network on natural fibre composites. Designed and implemented experimental and numerical models for single-fibre interfacial testing. Contributed to FIBDATA, ABCModels, and Numobio EU subprojects.

Completed — 2021

Micro-composite durability — KU Leuven

Durability study of flax fibre micro-composites using hygrothermal cycling, performed in collaboration with Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium as part of the Marie Curie H2020 secondment programme.

Completed — 2019

FBG sensor integration — Textechno

Adapted an industrial pull-out testing machine at Textechno Herbert Stein GmbH (Germany) to integrate Fibre Bragg Grating optical fibres for high-resolution strain measurement during single-fibre pull-out tests.

Completed — 2013 – 2015

Piezoelectric 2-DOF microgripper

Design and development of a piezoelectric actuated 2 DOF compliant microgripper at NIT Karnataka, India. Master thesis work resulting in a Best Paper Award at ICMRE 2017.