Pardeep Pankaj is coming to Bochum from the Indian Institute of Technology.
Laser Technology
At Ruhr University until May 2028
Pardeep Pankaj is conducting research as a Humboldt Research Fellow at the Chair of Laser Application Technology.
Pardeep Pankaj has been awarded a Humboldt Research Fellowship and will be conducting research over the next two years at the Chair of Laser Application Technology under the supervision of Andreas Ostendorf. We’d like to introduce our guest in the form of a profile.
Name: Dr. Pardeep Pankaj
Specialization: Additive Manufacturing, Topology Optimization, Finite Element Modeling, Machine Learning
Home University: Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (IIT Guwahati), India
Type of Scholarship: Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellowship
Host at Ruhr University: Professor Andreas Ostendorf, Chair of Laser Application Technology
Duration/Period of Stay: June 1, 2026 – May 31, 2028
Research Focus and Main Purpose of Stay at Ruhr University: The research focus and main objective of the stay at Ruhr University is the development and application of innovative computational methodologies that integrate topology optimization, physics-based finite element simulations, machine learning, and laser-based additive manufacturing for the design, optimization, and fabrication of high-performance functionally graded metallic structures.