Avishek Chanda
Assistant Professor
- About
- Education
- Awards & Honors
- Selected Research
Current Courses
MEC 210.001 Mechanics of Materials
MEC 210.002 Mechanics of Materials
MEC 210.003 Mechanics of Materials
MEC 140.004 Computer-Aided Design and Prototyping
EGR 120.002 Engineering Explorations
EGR 120.006 Engineering Explorations
PhD Mechanical Engineering with specialization in natural fiber composites and fire performance analyses
University of Auckland
Other Mechanical Engineering
University of Auckland
BS Mechanical Engineering
SRM University
Top Downloaded Article
Wiley
2024
Marquis Who’s Who Honored Listee
Marquis Who's Who
2023
Marie Curie Fellowship
Horizon Europe
2022
Best Paper Award
ANTEC ® 2021: Australia-New Zealand Chapter
2021
Ministry of Business Innovation and Entrepreneurship Grant
MBIE
2018
Australian Research Centre Grant
ARC
2016
Best final year project
Mechanical Engineering Department, SRM University
2014
Grants and Contracts
A non-woven bamboo-based strand composite process to manufacture low-cost roofing
Alexa Bednarz, Vikram Yadama, Avishek Chanda.
NSF STTR Phase IIB and TECP Supplement. - 2026
Decorative Architectural Panels from Agricultural Byproducts
Vikram Yadama, Avishek Chanda, Muhammad Khusairy Bin Bakri.
USDA SBIR Phase II. - 2025
Decorative Composite Panels - A Value-Added Option for Byproducts of Pecan Processing
Vikram Yadama, Avishek Chanda, Muhammad Khusairy Bin Bakri.
USDA NIFA AFRI. - 2028
Decorative composite panels from agricultural waste byproducts
Vikram Yadama, Avishek Chanda, Muhammad Khusairy Bin Bakri.
NIFA AFRI Foundational Program. - 2027
Development of a Prototype of a Molded Wood Strand Composite Voxel
Avishek Chanda.
Broad Industrial Project Agreement with Metavoxel. - 2024
Development of fiberboard from hemp fiber/hurd
Hui Lee, Avishek Chanda.
Broad Industrial Project Agreement with B&S Woodwork. - 2023
Establishing the feasibility of producing Oriented Strand Boards from small diameter logs of Ponderosa and Sugar Pine
Avishek Chanda.
Sierra Pacific Limited. - 2025
Evaluation of using veneer byproducts (veneer clipping waste) as structural composite lumber (SCL)
Hui Lee, Avishek Chanda, Karl Englund.
Broad Industrial Project Agreement with Metsa Group. - 2025
Fire-SMART Residential Dwellings in Wildland-Urban Interface
Avishek Chanda, Pouria Bahmani, Hongtao Dang.
WSU CEREO ENGAGED Interdisciplinary Proposal Development Seed Funding. - 2026
Framed vacuum bagging technique for resin transfer molding of decorative natural fiber panels
Avishek Chanda, Vikram Yadama, Muhammad Khusairy Bin Bakri.
WSU Office of Commercialization and Washington Research Foundation. - 2025
GEN-3E bamboo-based strand composite panel for roofing: improved thermal insulation
Vikram Yadama, Avishek Chanda, Muhammad Khusairy Bin Bakri.
WSU Office of Commercialization and Washington Research Foundation. - 2027
Infrastructure Smart Forestry linked Mass Timber Military Construction Solution
Karl Englund, Hui Lee, Avishek Chanda.
US Army Corps of Engineers (DoD). - 2027
Natural fiber reinforced nylon-based composites for under-the-hood applications – Sustainability Analysis
Vikram Yadama, Manuel Raul Garcia-Perez, Avishek Chanda, Muhammad Khusairy Bin Bakri.
NSF Center of Bioplastics and Biocomposites, IUCRC. - 2025
Prefabricated panelized wall construction with nested corrugated wood-strand modules made from small-diameter timbers
Avishek Chanda, Vikram Yadama.
Neumayr Design (Safe Arbor). - 2025
nvestigating the behavior of continuous multi-span timber-concrete rPET composite (TCC) floor systems for mass timber applications
Pouria Bahmani, Avishek Chanda.
WSU Office of Commercialization and Qbic Materials. - 2026