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Akram P. A.

Assistant Professor


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Department of Ship Technology, Cochin University of Science and Technology

Akram P. A.

Mr. Akram holds a B. Tech. Degree in Civil Engineering from School of Engineering CUSAT and then joined NIT Calicut for M.Tech. in Civil Engineering - Offshore Structures. Soon after the convocation, he joined Smart Engineering and Design Solutions Ltd., where, he was the part of the division Hull, Outfit and FEA for 8 years. Since late 2020, Mr. Akram is working as a consultant in the Department. His area of expertise includes Finite Element Modelling and Analysis, Ship Structural Analysis and Design, Shock and Vibration Analysis, Computational Fluid Dynamics in OpenFOAM, Computational Programming in Matlab, VBA in Excel, AutoCAD and Siemens FEMAP, and Python, Computational WebApp development, 3D Modelling, animation, photo-realistic rendering and visualisation, stereoscopic spherical rendering - Blender 3D, Autodesk Revit, Game Engine based simulations - Unity 3D.

Field Of Special Interest

Finite Element Analysis
Ship Structural Analysis
Offshore Structures
Computational Fluid Dynamics - OpenFOAM
Hydrodynamics

Experience

Assistant Professor - Department of Ship Technology

Assistant Professor - Applied Mechanics, since October 2020.

Structural Engineer and Finite Element Analyst - Hull, Outfit and FEA

8 Years of experience in Finite Element Analysis of Ship Structures at Smart Engineering and Design Solutions (India) Pvt. Ltd.

Education

M.Tech

Masters in Civil Engineering, specialised in Offshore Structures, from National Institute of Technology, Calicut.

B. Tech. Civil Engineering

Bachelors in Civil Engineering from School of Engineering, CUSAT

Publications

List of publications:

  1. Numerical Model of a Multi-Layer Shock and Vibration Isolator. Abstract accepted in the International Conference OCEANS 2022 Chennai.
  2. Numerical Investigation of Wave Structure Interaction Over a Vertical Wall Using OpenFOAM, Proceedings of SECON'22, Structural Engineering and Construction
    Management.

Funded Projects

Role Project Funding Agency
- Study on Underwater Acoustics due to Structure-borne Noise of the Shipboard Machinery under Seed Money for New Research Initiatives (SMNRI) of CUSAT - (Ongoing as of 01/04/2023)
- Basic Hydrodynamic Research using OpenFOAM, Cochin Shipyard Limited. (Ongoing as of 01/04/2023)