Mr Ishant Patil

Ishant Patil is a Postgraduate research student in the School of Engineering within the Faculty of Engineering and Physical Science at the University of Southampton. He graduated from Pune University, India, with a Bachelors in Mechanical Engineering in 2019. Subsequently, he joined deLOGIC Lab (http://delogic.iiitdmj.ac.in) at the Indian Institute of Information Technology, Design and Manufacturing, Jabalpur, India and completed his Master of Technology degree in Mechanical Engineering, specializing in CAD/CAM. Before joining as a postgraduate research student at the University of Southampton, He worked as a research fellow at the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India.

He was interested in computer integrated design and manufacturing during his undergraduate degree. Further, to enhance his skills and knowledge during his master’s degree, he worked on the design and development of an in-house customized 3D printer for advanced ceramics part fabrications. He developed the numerical model for non-oxide ceramic inks during his masters thesis. As a research fellow at IIT Kharagpur, he worked on the digital manufacturing of self-powered flexible and wearable sensors by hybridizing Nanogenerators, solar cells and supercapacitors. His interest in computer-integrated manufacturing for sustainable additive manufacturing motivated him to pursue his doctoral study and explore the domain of printed electronics applications for the fundamental understanding of electromechanical behavior.