Dr. Abhijit Gupta
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Engineering Building - Room 212
Northern Illinois University
DeKalb, IL 60115, U.S.A.
Phone: (815) 753-9379, Fax: (815) 753-0416
E-mail: gupta@niu.edu
B.S., Mech. Eng., Jadavpur University, Calcutta, India, 1979
M.S., Mech. Eng., Michigan Technological University, 1982
Ph.D., Mech. Eng., Pennsylvania State University, 1986
Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, 1986-1995.
Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, 1995 – 2008.
Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, 2008 – present.
Design Engineer, Development Consultants Pvt. Ltd., Calcutta, India, 1979-1980.
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, Michigan, USA, 1980-1982.
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Dept. of Engineering Science and Mechanics, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, USA, 1982-1984.
Summer Faculty Research Participant, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois, USA, 1995-1998, 2000-2005,
Biomerix Corp, Caterpillar.
Honored at the ceremony honoring teachers for contribution to education and significant influence in a student’s life, NIU (2007)
Mechanical Engineering Department Service Award presented by Mechanical Engineering Students in Recognition of Service to Students (2002)
Purna Chandra Laha Memorial Silver Medal for best all-around graduate of the year at the Bachelor of Engineering Examination, Jadavpur University (1979)
M.N. Chakraborty Memorial Medal for securing the highest percentage of aggregate marks at the Intermediate Engineering Examination, Jadavpur University (1977)
PE registration in State of Illinois, 1992-date.
Member, American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Member, Society of Experimental Mechanics
Measurement of Dynamic Modulus of Viscoelastic Materials, Correlation of Experimental and Analytical Vibrations, Fatigue failure under Random Vibrations, Accelerated Life Testing, Damage Detection, Active and Passive Vibration Control, Finite Element Model Updating.
Gupta, A. and Foster, J. E., “Finite Elements”, Stipes Publications, Champaign, IL, ISBN 1-58874-429-9, 2005.
Gupta, A., Yandamuri, S., and Kuo, S. M., “Active Vibration Control of a Structure by Implementating Filtered-X LMS Algorithm”, Noise Control Engineering Journal, Vol. 54, No. 6, 2006, pp 396-405.
Gupta, A., Jendrzejczyk, J. A., Mulcahy, T. M., and Hull, J. R., “Design of Electromagnetic Shock Absorbers”, International Journal of Mechanics and Materials in Design, Vol. 3, No. 3, 2006, pp. 277-284.
Kuo, S. M., Gupta, A., and Mallu, S., “Development of Adaptive Algorithm for Active Sound Quality Control”, Journal of Sound and Vibration, Vol. 299, No. 1-2, 2007, pp 12-21.
Rudroju, S., Gupta A., and Yandamuri, S., “Operational Modal Analysis of Aluminum Beams”, Journal of Institute of Environmental Science and Technology, Vol. 50, No. 1, 2007, pp. 74-85.
Gupta, A. and Zhou, X., “Damage Quantification using Modal Parameters”, Journal of Vibroengineering, Vol. 9, No. 2, 2007, pp. 1-5.
Gupta, A., Yandamuri, S., and Kuo, S. M., “Digital Implementation of Active Vibration Control of a Structure”, Journal of Low Frequency Noise, Vibration and Active Control, Vol. 26, No. 2, 2007, pp. 135-141.
Carvalho, J., Datta, B. N., Gupta, A., and Lagadapati, M., “A Direct Method for Matrix Updating with Incomplete Measured Data and Without Spurious Modes”, Journal of Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, Vol. 21, No.7, 2007, pp. 2715-2731.
Yang, F., Gupta, A., and Kuo, S. M., “Analysis of Narrowband Active Noise and Vibration Control Systems Using Parallel Adaptive Notch Filters”, Accepted for publication (July 2007) in International Journal of Vibration and Control.
Kuo, S. M., Chakravarthy, S. R., Gireddy, R., and Gupta, A., “Active Snore Noise Control Systems”, Accepted (Nov 2007) for Noise Control Engineering Journal.
Zhou X., and Gupta, A., “A Damage Identification Method Using Vibration Modal Parameters Through Finite Element Discretization”, Proceedings of International Mechanical Engineering Conference and Exposition, 2003, paper# 42800, pp. 1-8.
Gupta, A., Gadi, S., Kathawate, G. R., Fey, F., and Larson, D., “Effectiveness of a Sprayable Damper Studied Using Multiple Test Methods”, Proceedings of International Modal Analysis Conference XXIII, 2005, paper# 244, pp. 1-6.
Carvalho, J., Datta, B.N., Gupta, A., and Lagadapati, M., “Finite Element Model Updating: A Close-Look at the Computational Aspects of Direct Methods”, Invited presentation and paper at International Modal Analysis conference XXIV , St Louis, Mo, Jan 2006.
Nagulapalli, V. K., Gupta, A., and Fan, S., “Estimation of Fatigue Life of Aluminum Beams subjected to Random Vibration”, Proceedings of International Modal Analysis Conference XXV, 2007, paper# 268.
Chalumuri, S. and Gupta, A., “Detection of self-loosening of bolted joints under vibration”, Proceedings of International Modal Analysis Conference XXVI, 2008, paper# 33.