Dr. RAJESH GHOSH

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Phone: 01905-267903
EMail: rajesh@iitmandi.ac.in
Address: School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering
Building: A-11.04.41, North Campus, IIT Mandi,
Kamand, Mandi - 175075
India

Research interests

  • Biomechanics
  • Design of Orthopedic Implants
  • AI/ML for Design and Selection of Orthopedic Implants
  • Biomedical Devices
  • Finite Element Analysis
  • Fracture of Bones and Biomaterials
  • Multiscale Modeling

Education

  • Ph.D. 2013: Department of Mechanical Engineering,IIT Kharagpur.
  • Master's 2009: Applied Mechanics, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Jadavpur University.
  • B.Tech. 2007: Mechanical Engineering, Kalyani Government Engineering College.

Work Experience

Teaching and Research Experience
  • Associate Professor, School of Mechanical and Material Engineering, IIT Mandi, August 2021 - Present.
  • Assistant Professor, School of Engineering, IIT Mandi, February 2015 - July 2021.
  • Associate Professor, Academy of Technology, December 2013 - January 2015.
  • Assistant Professor, Academy of Technology, August 2013 - November 2013.
  • Visiting Researcher: From June - August 2011, University of Southampton.
  • Visiting Researcher: From June - September 2010, University of Southampton.

Awards, Honors, and Invited Talks

  • Editorial Board Member, BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders (Springer Nature), 2021 - Present.
  • Teaching Honour Roll Award for outstanding contribution in teaching during the academic year 2019 - 2020, IIT Mandi.
  • Early Career Research (2016 - 2019), SERB.
  • Chaired a session on Solid Mechanics in 67th Congress of the Indian Society of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (ISTAM 2022), 14th - 16th December, 2022, IIT Mandi, Mandi.
  • Chaired a session on Biomechanics in 7th International Congress on Computational Mechanics and Simulation (ICCMS 2019), 13th - 15th December, 2019, IIT Mandi, Mandi.
  • Chaired two sessions on Biomedical Engineering in 4th International and 19th National Conference on Machines and Mechanisms (iNaCoMM, 2019), 5th - 7th December, 2019, IIT Mandi, Mandi.
  • Invited Talk: Impact of implant design, implant-bone interfacial conditions and bone quality on performance of tibial component for Total Ankle Replacement: 13th August, 2022. 13th Lecture of ASTHI (Anabolic Skeletal Targets in Health and Illness) Webinar Series. CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow.
  • Invited Talk: Application of Solid Mechanics in Orthopaedic Biomechanics: TEQIP-III sponsored five days online Faculty Development Programme on 'Modeling, Simulation and Experimental Approaches of Mechanical Systems' (MSEAMS-2020) organized by Government College of Engineering, Kalahandi, Odisha from 24th to 28th August, 2020.
  • Reviewer: Acta Biomaterialia, Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine, Computers in Biology and Medicine, Heliyon, Tribology International, Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part B: Applied Biomaterials, BioMedical Engineering OnLine, BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering, Clinical Biomechanics, Trans. ASME - Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, European Journal of Mechanics / A Solids, Medical Engineering & Physics, Journal of Biomechanics, Journal of Orthopaedic Research, International Journal for Numerical Methods in Biomedical Engineering, Proc. IMechE, Part H: J. Engineering in Medicine, Computers and Mathematics with Applications, Noise & Vibration Worldwide, Journal of Computational Design and Engineering, International Journal of Systems Assurance Engineering and Management.
  • Awarded Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) fellowship, Government of India, during Ph.D. research study at Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India.
  • Awarded Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) fellowship, Government of India, during Master of Mechanical Engineering at Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India.

Publications

Journal Publications (published)
  • Jyoti, Ghosh, R. 2023. The role of the depth of resection of the distal tibia on biomechanical performance of the tibial component for TAR: A finite element analysis with three implant designs. Medical Engineering and Physics. 119, 104034.
  • Chaurasiya S. P., and Ghosh, R. 2023. A new mathematical model of compressive stress-strain behaviour of low viscosity and high viscosity bone cement with different strain rates. Medical Engineering and Physics. 117, 104001.
  • Jyoti, Ghosh, R. 2023. A combined FE-hybrid MCDM framework for improving the performance of the conical stem tibial design for TAR with the addition of pegs. Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine. 237. 107574.
  • Chaurasiya S. P., and Ghosh, R. 2023. Low viscosity versus high viscosity PMMA bone cement for total joint arthroplasty: Influence of glass transition temperature, residual monomer content, transmittance of chemical functional groups, and crystallinity index on quasi-static flexural strength. Forces in Mechanics. 10. 100176.
  • Kumar, A., Mondal, S., Ghosh, R. 2022. Biomechanical performance of the cemented acetabular cup with combined effects of bone quality, implant material combinations and body weight. Proc. IMechE, Part H: J. Engineering in Medicine. 236 (9), 1309 - 1327.
  • Sneha, Ghosh, R. 2022. Microstructural analysis to understand the strength of teak wood using experimental methods. Materials Today Communications. 32, 104064.
  • Jyoti, Mondal, S., Ghosh, R. 2022. Biomechanical analysis of three popular tibial designs for TAR with different implant-bone interfacial conditions and bone qualities: A finite element study. Medical Engineering and Physics. 104, 103812.
  • Kumar, A., Ghosh, R. 2022. A review on experimental and numerical investigations of cortical bone fracture. Proc. IMechE, Part H: J. Engineering in Medicine. 236, 297 - 319.
  • Kumar, A., Ghosh, R. 2021. Particularly Optimized Enriched Element-Free Galerkin Method (POE-EFGM) for Orthotropic Fracture Analysis of Cortical Bone. Engineering Fracture Mechanics. 254, 107943.
  • Kumar, A., Ghosh, R. 2021. Fracture Toughness of Acrylic PMMA Bone Cement: A Mini-Review. Indian Journal of Orthopaedics. 55. 1208 - 1214.
  • Kumar, A., Shitole P., Kumar, R, Ghosh, R. 2021. Experimental Investigation of the Effect of Bone Surface Macro-Groove Preparation on the Strength of Bone-Cement Interface. Materials Today Communications. 28, 102702.
  • Shitole P., Choubey A., Mondal P., Ghosh R. 2021. LDN Protects Bone Property Deterioration at Different Hierarchical Levels in T2DM Mice Bone. ACS Omega. 6, 20369 - 20378.
  • Shitole P., Choubey A., Mondal P., Ghosh R. 2021. Influence of low dose naltrexone on Raman assisted bone quality, skeletal advanced glycation end-products and nano-mechanical properties in type 2 diabetic mice bone. Material Science & Engineering C: Materials for Biological Applications. 123, 112011.
  • Mondal S., Ghosh, R. 2021. Influence of Cancellous Bone Material and Dead Zone on Bone Stimulus, Bone Remodelling and Potential Causes of Failure of the Tibial Component due to Total Ankle Replacement: A Finite Element Study. Proc. IMechE, Part H: J. Engineering in Medicine. 235, 185 - 196.
  • Mondal, S., Ghosh, R. 2020. Experimental and finite element investigation of total ankle replacement: A review of literature and recommendations. Journal of Orthopaedics. 18, 41 - 49.
  • Shitole, P., Gupta, A., Ghosh, R. 2019. Fracture Mechanism and Fracture Toughness at the Interface between Cortical and Cancellous Bone. Trans. ASME, J. Biomech. Eng., 141 (11), 114502 (1 - 6).
  • Kumar, A., Shitole, P., Ghosh, R., Kumar, R., Gupta, A. 2019. Experimental and Numerical Comparisons between FEM, EFGM, and XFEM Predicted Stress Intensity Factor and Energy Release Rate of Cortical Bone Considering Anisotropic Bone Modelling. Proc. IMechE, Part H: J. Engineering in Medicine, 233 (8), 823 - 838.
  • Mondal, S., Ghosh, R. 2019. Bone Remodelling around the Tibia due to Total Ankle Replacement: Effects of Implant Material and Implant - Bone Interfacial conditions. Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering, 22 (16), 1247 - 1257.
  • Mondal, S., Ghosh, R. 2019. Effects of implant orientation and implant material on tibia bone strain, implant - bone micromotion, contact pressure, and wear depth due to total ankle replacement. Proc. IMechE, Part H: J. Engineering in Medicine, 233 (3), 318 - 331.
  • Awasthi, A., Sharma, R., Ghosh, R. 2019. Monte Carlo type Simulations of Mineralized Collagen Fibril based on Two Scale Asymptotic Homogenization. Trans. ASME, J. Biomech. Eng., 141 (4), 041002 (1 - 11).
  • Mondal, S., Ghosh, R. 2019. The Effects of Implant Orientations and Implant - Bone Interfacial Conditions on Potential Causes of Failure of Tibial Component Due to Total Ankle Replacement. Journal of Medical and Biological Engineering, 39 (4), 541 - 551.
  • Sanjay, D., Mondal, S., Bhutani, R., Ghosh, R. 2018. The effect of cement mantle thickness on strain energy density distribution and prediction of bone density changes around cemented acetabular component. Proc. IMechE, Part H: J. Engineering in Medicine, 232, 912 - 921.
  • Mondal, S., Ghosh, R. 2017. A numerical study on stress distribution across the ankle joint: Effects of material distribution of bone, muscle force and ligaments. Journal of Orthopaedics, 14 (3), 329 - 335.
  • Ghosh, R. 2016. Assessment of failure of cemented polyethylene acetabular component due to bone remodeling: A finite element study. Journal of Orthopaedics, 13 (3), 140 - 147.
  • Ghosh, R., Pratihar, D. K. and Gupta, S. 2015. Towards the Optimal Design of an Uncemented Acetabular Component Using Genetic Algorithms. Engineering Optimization, 47 (12), 1587 - 1601.
  • Ghosh, R., Pal, B., Ghosh, D., and Gupta, S. 2015. Finite element analysis of a hemi-pelvis: the effect of inclusion of cartilage layer on acetabular stresses and strain. Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering, 18 (7), 697 - 710.
  • Ghosh, R. and Gupta, S. 2014. Bone Remodelling around Cementless Composite Acetabular Components: Effects of Implant Geometry and Implant-bone Interfacial Conditions. Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Material, 32, 257 - 269.
  • Ghosh, R., Mukherjee, K., and Gupta, S. 2013. Bone remodelling around uncemented metallic and ceramic acetabular components. Proc. IMechE, Part H: J. Engineering in Medicine, 227(5), 490 - 502.
  • Ghosh, R., Gupta, S., Dickinson, A., and Browne, M. 2013. Experimental validation of numerically predicted strain and micromotion in intact and implanted composite hemi-pelvises. Proc. IMechE, Part H: J. Engineering in Medicine, 227(2), 162 - 174.
  • Ghosh, R., Gupta, S., Dickinson, A., and Browne, M. 2012. Experimental validation of finite element models of intact and implanted composite hemi-pelvises using digital image correlation. Trans. ASME, J. Biomech. Eng., 134(8), 081003(1 - 9).
  • Ghosh, R., Gupta, S., Dickinson, A., and Browne, M. 2012. Verification of the digital image correlation technique for bone surface strain measurements. J. Biomechanics, 45, S277.
  • Ghosh, R., Saha, A., Nandi, A., Neogy, S. 2010. Stability analysis of a flexible spinning and precessing rotor with non-symmetric shaft. Journal of Vibration and Control., 16(1), 107 - 125.
Book Chapter
  • Kumar A., Ghosh R., Kumar R. 2022. Effect of Implant Materials on Bone Remodelling Around Cemented Acetabular Cup. In: Kumar R., Chauhan V.S., Talha M., Pathak H. (eds) Machines, Mechanism and Robotics. Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-0550-5_3.
  • Kumar, A., Ghosh, R., Kumar, R. 2022. Effect of Interfacial Crack on the Prediction of Bone - Cement Interface Failure of Cemented Acetabular Component. Kumar R., Chauhan V.S., Talha M., Pathak H. (eds) Machines, Mechanism and Robotics. Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering. Springer, Singapore. pp 17 - 26. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-0550-5_3.
  • Mondal, S., Ghosh, R. 2020. Pre-clinical Analysis of Implanted Ankle Joint Using Finite Element Method. Advances in Fluid Mechanics and Solid Mechanics, Maity, D et al. (eds). Springer, Lecture notes in Mechanical Engineering.
  • Saha A, Ghosh R, Nandi A, Neogy S. 2011. Unbalance response analysis of a spinning rotor mounted on a precessing platform. IUTAM Symposium on Emerging Trends in Rotor Dynamics, Ed. Gupta, K., IUTAM Bookseries, Springer, Volume 1011, 2011, pp 135-142.
Proceedings
  • Shitole, P., Gupta, A., Ghosh, R. 2019. Fracture Toughness at the Interface Between Cortical and Cancellous Bone. Orthopaedic Proceedings, 101-B, No. SUPP_5.
  • Ghosh, R., Paul, S., Rubel, Y., Paul, A., Saha, D. 2018. Effect of Implant Orientation on Implant-Bone Micromotion around Uncemented Metallic Acetabular Component. Orthopaedic Proceedings, Vol. 98-B, No. SUPP_1, 155.
  • Ghosh, R., Mukherjee, K., Gupta, S. 2013. Bone remodelling around uncemented acetabular prosthesis. Orthopaedic Proceedings, 95, No. SUPP_15, 184.

Conferences and Symposia

  • Jyoti, Ghosh, R. 2022. Biomechanical Performance of Improved Designs of Tibial Component for Mobility Total Ankle Replacement. 33rd Annual congress of International Society for Technology in Arthroplasty (ISTA), August 31 - September 3. Hyatt Regency in Maui, Hawaii.
  • Sanjay, D., Mondal, S., Ghosh, R. 2019. A study of Bone Remodelling around Cemented Acetabular Cup due to Un-uniform Cement Thickness. 7th International Congress on Computational Mechanics and Simulation (ICCMS 2019), IIT Mandi, Mandi, India, December 11 - 13.
  • Kumar, A., Ghosh, R., Kumar, R. 2018. Fracture Toughness of Cortical Bone: Experimental and Numerical Investigations, and Comparison. 8th World Congress on Biomechanics (WCB), Dublin, Ireland, July 8 - 12.
  • Sanjay, D., Mondal, S., Ghosh, R. 2018. Effect of Cement Mantle Thickness on Stress-Strain Distribution around Acetabular Region. 8th World Congress on Biomechanics (WCB), Dublin, Ireland, July 8 - 12.
  • Mondal, S., Ghosh, R. 2018. Stress and strain distributions of tibia due to Total Ankle Replacement: The effects of implant orientation and implant-bone inter-facial condition. 8th World Congress on Biomechanics (WCB), Dublin, Ireland, July 8 - 12.
  • Ghosh, R., Pratihar, D. K., Gupta, S. 2014. Towards an optimal design of uncemented acetabular component, 7th World Congress of Biomechanics (WCB), Boston, MA, USA, July 6 - 11.
  • Ghosh, R., Mukherjee, K., Gupta, S. 2014. Bone remodelling around cementless composite acetabular components, 7th World Congress of Biomechanics (WCB), Boston, MA, USA, July 6 - 11.
  • Ghosh, R., Pal, B., Ghosh, D., Gupta, S. 2011. Pre-clinical evaluations on uncemented acetabular component designs, 24th Annual congress of International Society for Technology in Arthroplasty (ISTA), Bruges, Belgium, September 20 - 23.
  • Ghosh, R., Gupta, S., Dickinson, A., and Browne, M. 2011. Experimental measurements and numerical predictions of strain and micromotion in natural and implanted composite hemi-pelvises, 24th Annual congress of International Society for Technology in Arthroplasty (ISTA), Bruges, Belgium, September 20 - 23.
  • Ghosh, R., Pal, B., Ghosh, D., Gupta, S. 2011. Load transfer across the pelvic bone during normal walking, 35th Annual meeting of the American Society of Biomechanics (ASB), Long Beach, California, August 10 - 13.
  • Ghosh, R., Gupta, S., Dickinson, A., and Browne, M. 2011. Experimental validation of a finite element model of the composite pelvis using digital image correlation, 35th Annual meeting of the American Society of Biomechanics (ASB), Long Beach, California, August 10 - 13.
  • Ghosh, R., Pal, B., Ghosh, D., Gupta, S. 2010. Three-dimensional finite element analyses of a natural pelvis and an uncemented acetabular replacement, International conference on theoretical, applied, computational and experimental mechanics, IIT Kharagpur, India, December 27 - 29.
  • Ghosh, R., Pal, B., Ghosh, D., Gupta, S., New, A. M. R. 2010. Finite element analysis of uncemented acetabular component designs, 6th World Congress of Biomechanics (WCB), Singapore, August 1 - 6.
  • Ghosh, R., Pal, B., Ghosh, D., Gupta, S., New A. M. R. 2010. Pre-clinical analysis of uncemented metallic acetabular component. 17th Congress of the European Society of Biomechanics (ESB), Edinburgh, Scotland, July 5 - 8.

Alumni (Ph.D.) and Current Position

  • Dr. Subrata Mondal (2020): Current Position - Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Bath, Bath, England, U.K.
  • Dr. Pankaj Shitole (2021): Current Position - Postdoctoral Scientist, Rush University Medical Center,Chicago, Illinois, USA.
  • Dr. Ajay Kumar (2022): Current Position - Postdoctoral Research Associate, Vienna University of Technology, Vienna, Austria.

Current Openings

  • Ph.D. and M.Tech (R) positions are available in my group.If you are from Mechanical Engineering/Biomedical Engineering/Bioengineering/Material Engineering background and willing to work in this interdisciplinary area,please drop me an email with your CV and a Cover Letter.
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