Rudra Pratap

Rudra Pratap

Founding Vice Chancellor, Plaksha University

PhD, Cornell University

Area of Expertise:

MEMS Technology Mechanics and Mechanobiology

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About Rudra Pratap

Prof Rudra Pratap is the Founding Vice Chancellor of Plaksha University. Prior to joining Plaksha University, he served as the Deputy Director of Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, Founding Chairperson of the Centre for Nano Science and Engineering (CeNSE) and a Professor in the Centre, as well as of Mechanical Engineering at IISc, Bengaluru. 

A pioneer in the field of Micro and Nano-Electro-Mechanical Systems, Prof Pratap has been associated with the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru for almost 25 years (1996- 2021) and is credited for establishing the globally recognized Centre for Nano Science and Engineering at IISc. He was also an invited Professor at EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland in 2004-05. Prior to joining IISc in 1996, he taught at the Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Cornell University, for 2.5 years. 

Prof Pratap holds a BTech (Hons) degree from IIT Kharagpur, MS from the University of Arizona and PhD from Cornell University.

Research

Prof Pratap’s research areas include microelectromechanical systems (MEMS), sensor technology, computational mechanics and mechanobiology. He headed India's first research lab in the field of microelectromechanical systems, the CranesSci MEMS Lab, at the IISc, Bengaluru. He is an elected Fellow of the National Academy of Engineering and National Academy of Science.

Research papers

Journal Publications
  1. Antony Jeyaseelan et al., "Surface Engineering of TiPt Bottom Electrodes for Precise Texture Control of PZT Thin Films on Si," ACS Applied Electronic Materials, 2026.
  2. Gomathi Sankar et al., "Selective killing of cancer-associated fibroblasts by ultrasound-mediated mechanical forces," Biomaterials, May 2026.
  3. Alka Kumari et al., "Confinement Suppresses Mechanical Force-Mediated Cancer Cell Apoptosis," Small, June 2025.
  4. Sri Harsha Paladugu et al., "Boosting quality factor of resonant sensors in fluids," Applied Physics Reviews, June 2025.
  5. SM Veena et al., "Nanoscale Ligand Spacing Regulates Mechanical Force-Induced Cancer Cell Killing," Nano Letters, Jan 2025.
  6. V Kumar et al., "Synchronized Opto-Electro-Mechanical Measurements for Estimation of Energy Dissipation in Thin-Film-Piezoelectric-on-Substrate MEMS/NEMS Devices," Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems, Dec 2024.
  7. K Roy et al., "Pmut-powered photoacoustic detection: Revolutionizing microfluidic concentration measurements," IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, 2024.
  8. A Paramanick et al., "Photoacoustic imaging with single-element, low-frequency thin-film PMUT," IEEE Sensors Letters, 2024.
  9. N Arora et al., "Mixed Nonlinear Response and Transition of Nonlinearity in a Piezoelectric Membrane," ACS Applied Electronic Materials, 2024.
  10. M Mitra et al., "Low-cost scalable PCB-based 2-D transducer arrays for volumetric photoacoustic imaging," IEEE Sensors Journal, 2023.
  11. Meera V. Garud and Rudra Pratap, "MEMS Audio Speakers," Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering, 2023.
  12. S. Tiwari, A. Dangi, and R. Pratap, "A tip-coupled, two-cantilever, non-resonant microsystem for direct measurement of liquid viscosity," Microsystems and Nanoengineering, 2023.
  13. V Shastri et al., "Electric current-assisted manipulation of liquid metals using a stylus at micro-and nano-scales," Nanotechnology, 2023.
  14. V Shastri et al., "Manipulating liquid metal flow for creating standalone structures with micro-and nano-scale features in a single step," Nanotechnology, 2023.
  15. V Shastri et al., "Spontaneous formation of structures with micro-and nano-scopic periodic ripple patterns," ACS Omega, 2023.
  16. P Kumar et al., "Ultrasensitive pressure sensor based on an integrated circular piezoelectric MEMS resonator and diaphragm structure," IEEE Sensors Letters, 2023.
  17. H. Gupta et al., "Data-over-Sound with PMUTs," IEEE Open Journal of Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control, 2022.
  18. Vamsi Godthi, Rohini Balakrishnan, and Rudra Pratap, "The mechanics of acoustic signal evolution in field crickets," Journal of Experimental Biology, 2022.
  19. Sudhanshu Tiwari et al., "Low cost, contamination-free, and damage-free fabrication of PZT MEMS on SOI substrate," Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering, December 2021.
  20. Sumit Kumar et al., "Introducing Water Electrolithography," ACS Omega, September 2021.
  21. Kaustav Roy et al., "A PMUT Integrated Microfluidic System for Fluid Density Sensing," Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems, June 2021.
  22. Murugappan Ramanathan et al., "A Parametric Analysis based Design Framework for MEMS g-Switch Accelerometers," Sensors and Actuators: A. Physical, December 2021.
  23. Jayaprakash Reddy et al., "A method for realizing robust micro-scale electromagnetic actuators for high current density applications," ISSS Journal of Micro and Smart Systems, April 2021.
  24. S Kumar et al., "Introducing water electrolithography," ACS Omega, 2021.
  25. Suresh et al., "Quantification of curcuminoids in turmeric using visible reflectance spectra and a decision-tree based chemometric approach," Journal of The Electrochemical Society, December 2020.
  26. Viphretuo Mere et al., "Photonics Integrated PiezoMEMS-PipMEMS: A Scalable Hybrid Platform for Next-Generation MEMS," IEEE Sensors Letters, 2020.
  27. Behera et al., "An ultra-portable Vis-NIR spectrometer with an integrated light source for chemometric applications," Journal of The Electrochemical Society, October 2020.
  28. Sumit Kumar et al., "Electric Field Induced Patterning in Cr Film under Ambient Conditions," SN Applied Sciences, 2020.
  29. Parikshit Moitra et al., "First example of engineered β-cyclodextrinylated MEMS devices for volatile pheromone sensing of olive fruit pests," Biosensors and Bioelectronics, October 2020.
  30. Viphretuo Mere et al., "On-chip silicon photonics based grating assisted vibration sensor," Optic Express, September 2020.
  31. Randhir Kumar et al., "Growth of Ultrafast, Super Dense ZnO Nanorods Using Microwaves for Piezoelectric MEMS Applications," Material Chemistry and Physics, July 2020.
  32. Bhuvana N., Soma Dutta, and Rudra Pratap, "Development and performance evaluation of a piezoceramic coated flapping wing," Smart Materials and Structures, July 2020.
  33. Sudhanshu Tiwari et al., "Fully Differential Actuation and Sensing in Piezoelectric Diaphragm Resonators for High Signal to Background Resonant Sensing," Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems, October 2020.
  34. Meera Vikas Garud and Rudra Pratap, "A Novel MEMS Speaker With Peripheral Electrostatic Actuation," Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems, August 2020.
  35. M. Sharma et al., "Melting and Electromigration in Thin Chromium Films," Physics of the Solid State, 2020.
  36. Ajay Dangi et al., "A Photoacoustic Imaging Device Using Piezoelectric Micromachined Ultrasound Transducers (PMUTs)," IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control, 2020.
  37. Amruta Ranjan Behera et al., "A Technique for Estimation of Residual Stress and Young's Modulus of Compressively Stressed Thin Films," Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems, October 2019.
  38. Kaustav Roy et al., "Fluid Density Sensing using Piezoelectric Micromachined Ultrasound Transducers," IEEE Sensors Journal, August 2019.
  39. Krishna Balasubramanian et al., "Reversible Defect Engineering in Graphene Grain Boundaries," Nature Communications, March 2019.
  40. Christopher Cheng et al., "Thin Film PZT-Based PMUT Arrays for Deterministic Particle Manipulation," IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control, 2019.
  41. Jayaprakash Reddy and Rudra Pratap, "Design, fabrication and on-the-die characterization of a MEMS tuning-fork gyroscope," ISSS Journal of Micro and Smart Systems, October 2018.
  42. Nadur L. Naveena et al., "Microwave assisted greener synthesis of silver nanoparticles using Karanjin and their antifungal properties," Journal of Material NanoScience, 2018.
  43. A. R. Behera, A. Dangi, and R. Pratap, "An Experimental Study of Residual Stress Induced Modulation of Vibration Characteristics in 1-D MEMS Resonators," ASTM Material Performance and Characterization, 2018.
  44. Rammohan Sriramdas and Rudra Pratap, "Performance Analysis of Hybrid Vibrational Energy Harvesters with Experimental Verification," Smart Materials and Structures, 2018.
  45. Rammohan Sriramdas and Rudra Pratap, "An Experimentally Validated Lumped Circuit Model for Piezoelectric and Electrodynamic Hybrid Harvesters," IEEE Sensors Journal, March 2018.
  46. P. Krishna Menon, Jagannath Nayak, Rudra Pratap, "Sensitivity Analysis of an In-plane MEMS Vibratory Gyroscope," Microsystem Technologies, 2018.
  47. Subhajit Kundu et al., "Crumpled Sheets of Reduced Graphene Oxide as a Highly Sensitive, Robust and Versatile Strain Sensor," Nanoscale, 2017.
  48. Ajay Dangi and Rudra Pratap, "System level modeling and design maps of PMUTs with residual stresses," Sensors & Actuators: A. Physical, August 2017.
  49. Sumit Kumar, Praveen Kumar and Rudra Pratap, "A model for electromigration induced flow in liquid metals," Journal of Applied Physics D: Applied Physics, 2017.
  50. Rammohan Sriramdas and Rudra Pratap, "Scaling and Performance Analysis of MEMS Piezoelectric Energy Harvesters," Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems, 2017.
  51. Jayaprakash Reddy and Rudra Pratap, "Si-gold-glass hybrid wafer bond for 3-D MEMS and wafer level packaging," Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering, 2017.
  52. V Seena et al., "A novel piezoresistive polymer nanocomposite MEMS accelerometer," Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering, 2017.
  53. Parikshit Moitra et al., "A novel bio-engineering approach to generate an eminent surface-functionalized template for selective detection of female sex pheromones of Helicoverpa armigers," Scientific Reports, 2016.
  54. S. D. Vishwakarma et al., "Size modulated transition in the fluid-structure interaction losses in nano mechanical beam resonators," Journal of Applied Physics, 2016.
  55. Meera Garud et al., "Design and fabrication of single wafer capacitors for MEMS devices," Journal of the Acoustical Society of India, 2016.
  56. Krishna Bharadwaj et al., "Intrinsic Limits of Channel Transport Hysteresis in Graphene-SiO2 Interface," Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 2016.
  57. Krishna Bharadwaj et al., "Making Consistent Contacts to Graphene: Effect of Architecture and Growth Induced Defects," Nanotechnology, 2016.
  58. Shishir Kumar, Rudra Pratap, and Srinivasan Raghavan, "Ultrahigh fluid diffusivity in graphene-lined nanochannels," Applied Physics Letters, 2016.
  59. Charanjeet Kaur Malhi and Rudra Pratap, "On the Equivalence of Acoustic Impedance and Squeeze Film Impedance in Micromechanical Resonators," Journal of Vibration and Acoustics, ASME, February 2016.
  60. Rammohan Sriramdas et al., "Design Considerations for Optimal Absorption of Energy from a Vibration Source by an Array of Harvesters," Energy Harvesting and Systems, 2016.
  61. Santanu Talukder, Praveen Kumar and Rudra Pratap, "Electrolithography — A New and Versatile Process for Nano Patterning," Nature Scientific Reports, December 2015.
  62. Ajay Dangi et al., "Complete development of a single cell PMUT transducer," Journal of ISSS, March-September 2015.
  63. Kaveri Rajaraman et al., "A novel acoustic-vibratory multimodal duet," Journal of Experimental Biology, 2015.
  64. Charanjeet Kaur Malhi and Rudra Pratap, "On the method of extraction of lumped parameters for the radiation impedance of complex radiator geometries," Microsystem Technologies, 2015.
  65. Santanu Talukder et al., "Controlled material transport and multidimensional patterning at small length scales using electromigration," Current Science, June 2015.
  66. Rudra Pratap et al., "Understanding and Exploiting Extremely Small Scale Mechanical Oscillations," Annals of the Indian Academy of Engineering, April 2015.
  67. Vamsy Godthi et al., "A Study of Pressure Dependent Squeeze Film Stiffness as a Resonance Modulator," Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems, 2015.
  68. Vamsy Godthi and Rudra Pratap, "Dynamics of the Cricket Sound Production," Journal of Vibration and Acoustics, ASME, August 2015.
  69. Kumar et al., "Graphene on Paper: A simple, low-cost chemical sensing platform," ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2015.
  70. A. Roychowdhury et al., "Hybrid elements for modelling squeeze film effects coupled with structural interactions in vibratory MEMS devices," Computer Modeling in Engineering and Sciences, 2015.
  71. S. Rammohan et al., "Performance Enhancement of Piezoelectric Energy Harvesters using Multilayer and Multistep Beam Configurations," IEEE Sensors Journal, June 2015.
  72. Parween R. and Pratap R., "Modelling of Soldier Fly Halteres for Gyroscopic Oscillations," Biology Open, December 2014.
  73. A. Roychowdhury et al., "Analytical and numerical modeling of the effects of variable flow boundaries on the squeeze film behaviour in MEMS," Journal of ISSS, September 2014.
  74. Shishir Kumar et al., "Graphene Field Emission Devices," Applied Physics Letters, 2014.
  75. Rizuwana Parween et al., "Modeling Strain Sensing by the Gyroscopic Halteres in the Dipteran Soldier Fly," Mechanics Based Design of Structures and Machines, 2014.
  76. Santanu Talukder et al., "Film Thickness Mediated Transition in the Kinetics of Electric Current Induced Flow of Thin Liquid Metal Films," Applied Physics Letters, May 2014.
  77. Srinivasan Raghavan et al., "Transfer free suspended graphene devices on silicon using electrodeposited copper," Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology, 2014.
  78. S. D. Vishwakarma et al., "Evaluation of Mode Dependent Fluid Damping in a High Frequency Drumhead Microresonator," Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems, 2014.
  79. A V S S Prasad et al., "Extraction of modal parameters of micro machined resonators in higher modes," Topics in Modal Analysis II, Volume 8, Springer, May 2014.
  80. S. Rammohan et al., "Low frequency vibration energy harvesting using arrays of PVDF piezoelectric bimorphs," Journal of ISSS, March 2014.
  81. A. Roychowdhury et al., "A Monolithic FEM-Based Approach for the Coupled Squeeze Film Problem of an Oscillating Elastic Micro-Plate Using 3D 27-Node Elements," Journal of Applied Mathematics and Physics, 2013.
  82. S. Talukdar, P. Kumar, and R. Pratap, "Electric Current Induced Mass Flow in Very Thin Infinite Metallic Films," IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, September 2013.
  83. F. Jiang et al., "Process control of cantilever deflection for sensor application based on optical waveguides," Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems, June 2013.
  84. Thejas et al., "Fringe Field Junctionless FET as a Sensitive Displacement Sensor," Journal of ISSS, April 2013.
  85. S. M. Mohanasundaram et al., "A cantilever resonator with integrated actuation and sensing fabricated using a single step lithography," IEEE Sensors Journal, February 2013.
  86. S. M. Mohanasundaram et al., "Two orders of magnitude increase in metal piezoresistor sensitivity through nanoscale inhomogenization," Journal of Applied Physics, 2012.
  87. Santanu Talukder et al., "Nanoscale Control of Electro-migration for Resistance Tuning of Metal Lines," Journal of ISSS, 2012.
  88. K. Jayaprakash Reddy et al., "Stiction Free Fabrication of MEMS Devices with Shallow Cavities Using a Two-Wafer Anodic Bonding Process," Journal of ISSS, 2012.
  89. S. M. Mohanasundaram et al., "Tuning the sensitivity of a metal-based piezoresistive sensor using electromigration," Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems, December 2012.
  90. S. M. Mohanasundaram et al., "Electromigration: A Unique Tool for Microstructure Engineering in Metal Films," International Journal of Applied Physics and Mathematics, 2012.
  91. Babar Ahmad and Rudra Pratap, "Analytical Evaluation of Squeeze Film Forces in a CMUT with Sealed Air-filled Cavity," IEEE Sensors Journal, October 2011.
  92. Babar Ahmad and Rudra Pratap, "The effect of evacuated backside cavity on the dynamic characteristics of a capacitive micromachined ultrasound transducer," International Journal of Advances in Engineering Sciences and Applied Mathematics, 2010.
  93. Babar Ahmad and Rudra Pratap, "Elasto-Electrostatic Analysis of Circular Microplates Used in Capacitive Micromachined Ultrasonic Transducers," IEEE Sensors Journal, November 2010.
  94. Jaya Thakur et al., "Realization of a Solid Propellent based Microthruster Using Low Temperature Co-fired Ceramics," Sensors & Transducers Journal, 2010.
  95. C. Malhi, R. Pratap and N. Bhat, "Design of a High Sensitivity FET Integrated Microphone," Procedia Chemistry, 2009.
  96. Balaji Jayaramana et al., "Thermal characterization of microheaters from the dynamic response," Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering, 2009.
  97. K P Venkatesh et al., "Design and characterization of an in-plane MEMS yaw rate sensor," Sadhana, August 2009.
  98. Balaji Jayaramana et al., "Thermal Analysis of Microheaters using Mechanical Dynamic Response," International Journal of Micro and Nano Systems, June 2009.
  99. A K Pandey et al., "Effect of metal coating and residual stress on the resonant frequency of MEMS resonators," Sadhana, August 2009.
  100. K P Venkatesh and Rudra Pratap, "Capturing Higher Modes of Vibrations of Micromachined Resonators," Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 2009.
  101. K A Lohar et al., "Effect of Process Induced Variations on Performance Characteristics of a Dual Mass Vibratory MEMS Gyroscope," International Journal of Micro and Nano Systems, June 2009.
  102. Ashok Kumar Pandey and Rudra Pratap, "Modelling the Effect of Residual Stress and Perforations on the Dynamic Characteristics of MEMS Devices," Advances in Vibration Engineering, 2009.
  103. Ashok Kumar Pandey and Rudra Pratap, "A Semi-Analytical Model for Squeeze-Film Damping Including Rarefaction in a MEMS Torsion Mirror with Complex Geometry," Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering, 2008.
  104. Suhas S Mohite et al., "A Compact Squeeze-film Model including Inertia, Compressibility and Rarefaction Effects for Perforated 3D MEMS Structures," Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems, June 2008.
  105. Anil Arora et al., "Fabricating Capacitive Micromachined Ultrasonic Transducers with Wafer Bonding Technique," Journal of Sensors & Transducers, June 2008.
  106. A K Pandey et al., "Effect of Pressure on Fluid Damping In MEMS Torsional Resonators with Flow Ranging from Continuum to Molecular Regime," Experimental Mechanics, February 2008. (Winner of M. Hetényi Award, Society for Experimental Mechanics, USA)
  107. A K Pandey and R Pratap, "A Comparative Study of Analytical Squeeze-Film Damping Models in Perforated MEMS Structures with Experimental Results," Microfluidics and Nanofluidics, March 2008.
  108. Ashok Kumar Pandey and Rudra Pratap, "Effect of Flexural Modes on Squeeze Film Damping In MEMS Cantilever Resonators," Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering, 2007.
  109. Ashok Kumar Pandey et al., "Influence of Boundary Conditions on the Dynamic Characteristics of Squeeze Films in MEMS Devices," Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems, August 2007.
  110. A K Pandey et al., "Analytical Solution of Modified Reynolds Equation for Squeeze Film Damping in Perforated MEMS Structures," Sensors and Actuators A, 2007.
  111. R Pratap and A Arunkumar, "Material Selection for MEMS Devices," Indian Journal of Pure and Applied Physics, 2007.
  112. R Pratap et al., "Squeeze-Film Effects in MEMS Devices," (Invited paper), Journal of Indian Institute of Science, Jan-May 2007.
  113. S S Mohite et al., "Design, Modelling and Simulation of Vibratory Micromachined Gyroscopes," Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 2006.
  114. S Kumar and R Pratap, "Partitioning Design Space for Linear Tuning of Natural Frequencies in Planar Dynamic MEMS Structures," Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, January 2006.
  115. S K Jalan and Rudra Pratap, "Design of LTCC Micromachined Vibratory Rate Gyroscope Through Finite Element Analysis," Advances in Vibration Engineering, 2006.
  116. S S Mohite et al., "A Comparative Study of the Equivalent Circuits for MEMS Capacitive Microphones," Advances in Vibration Engineering, 2005.
  117. S S Mohite et al., "Analytical Solutions for the Stiffness and Damping Co-efficients of Squeeze Films in MEMS Devices Having Perforated Back Plate," Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering, 2005.
  118. C Venkatesh et al., "A Torsional MEMS Varactor with Wide Dynamic Range and Low Actuation Voltage," Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, 2005.
  119. A Sarkar et al., "A Coupled FEM-BEM Formulation in Structural Acoustics for Imaging a Material Inclusion," Journal of Acoustics and Vibration, 2005.
  120. A K Pandey and R Pratap, "Coupled Nonlinear Effects of Surface Roughness and Rarefaction on Squeeze Film Damping in MEMS Structures," Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering, 2004.
  121. S Jagan Mohan and R Pratap, "A Natural Classifications of Vibration Models of Polygonal Ducts Based on Group Theoretic Analysis," Journal of Sound and Vibration, 2004.
  122. A K Pandey and R Pratap, "Studies in Nonlinear Effects of Squeeze Film Damping in MEMS Structures," International Journal of Computational Engineering Science, 2003.
  123. S Patil et al., "Voltage Controlled Oscillator using Tunable MEMS Resonator," International Journal of Computational Engineering Science, 2003.
  124. C K Reddy and R Pratap, "Multimodal Map and Complex Basin of Attraction of a Simple Hopper," Physical Review E, 2003.
  125. S J Mohan and R Pratap, "A Group Theoretic Approach to the Linear Free Vibration Analysis of Shells with Dihedral Symmetry," Journal of Sound and Vibration, 2002.
  126. A Chatterjee et al., "Persistent Passive Hopping and Juggling is Possible Even with Plastic Collisions," International Journal of Robotics Research, July 2002.
  127. C K Reddy and R Pratap, "Can a Hopper Hop for Ever?," Current Science, 2000.
  128. C K Reddy and R Pratap, "Equivalent Viscous Damping for a Bilinear Hysteretic Oscillator," ASEE Journal of Engineering Mechanics, 2000.
  129. S Kulkarni and R Pratap, "Studies on the Dynamics of a Supercavitating Projectile," Applied Mathematics Modelling, 2000.
  130. J Judge and R. Pratap, "Asymptotic States of a Bilinear Hysteretic Oscillator in a Fully Dissipative Phase Space," Journal of Sound and Vibration, 1998.
  131. R Pratap and P J Holmes, "Chaos in a Mapping Describing Elastoplastic Oscillations," Nonlinear Dynamics, 1995.
  132. R Pratap, S Mukherjee, and F C Moon, "Dynamics Behaviour of a Bilinear Hysteretic Elastoplastic Oscillator, Part I: Free Oscillations," Journal of Sound and Vibration, 1994.
  133. R Pratap, S Mukherjee and F C Moon, "Dynamics Behaviour of a Bilinear Hysteretic Elastoplastic Oscillator, Part II: Free Oscillations," Journal of Sound and Vibration, 1994.
  134. R Pratap, S Mukherjee and F C Moon, "Limit Cycles in an Elastoplastic Oscillator, Part I: Free Oscillations," Physics Letters A, 1992.
  135. R Pratap and T Kundu, "A Least Square Finite Element Formulation for Elastodynamic Problems," International Journal of Numerical Methods in Engineering, 1988.

Conference Papers 

  1. A Paramanick et al., "Deep-learning-based photoacoustic image reconstruction using a single-element low-frequency PMUT," Photons Plus Ultrasound, 2025.
  2. M Mitra et al., "Volumetric photoacoustic imaging using low-cost and easily fabricated planar array ultrasound transducers," Photons Plus Ultrasound, 2024.
  3. N Javed et al., "Dummy device-based feedthrough cancellation for PZT on Silicon microcantilever for viscosity sensing," IEEE EDTM, 2024.
  4. P Kumar et al., "A wide-range resonant pressure sensor with enhanced sensitivity based on an indirect coupling scheme," IEEE MEMS, 2024.
  5. N Javed et al., "PZT-based Multi-Mode Cantilever for Viscosity Sensing," EFTF/IFCS, 2023.
  6. A Paramanick et al., "Image quality enhancement of PMUT-based photoacoustic imaging," Photons Plus Ultrasound, 2023.
  7. SH Paladugu et al., "Non-Linearity Switching in PMUTs for Enhanced Sensitivity," IEEE APSCON, 2023.
  8. K Roy et al., "A PMUT based photoacoustic system as a microfluidic concentration detector," Photons Plus Ultrasound, 2022.
  9. N Arora et al., "Investigating Nonlinear Dynamic Response of Zinc Oxide Piezoelectric Micromachined Ultrasonic Transducers," APS March Meeting, 2022.
  10. H Gupta et al., "High-Performance PMUTs with Bossed Diaphragms For Acoustic and Near-Ultrasound Applications," IEEE MEMS, 2022.
  11. S Kumar et al., "Reliability Failure in Microelectronic Interconnects by Electric Current Induced Chemical Reaction," IOP Conference Series, 2021.
  12. Kaustav Roy et al., "Towards the development of backing layer for piezoelectric micromachined ultrasound transducers," SPIE Photons Plus Ultrasound, March 2021.
  13. H. Suresh et al., "Evaluation of a miniaturized NIR spectrometer for estimating total curcuminoids in powdered turmeric samples," IEEE-ICEE 2020.
  14. A.R. Behera et al., "Detection of spent turmeric adulteration using Vis-NIR spectroscopy and machine learning," IEEE-ICEE 2020.
  15. Bibhas Nayak et al., "An Experimental Study of the Acoustic Field of a Single-Cell PMUT," IEEE-ICEE 2020.
  16. Kaustav Roy et al., "A Single Cell PMUT as a Bio-Fluid Density Sensor," IEEE IUS 2020.
  17. Harshvardhan Gupta et al., "Development of Micromachined Piezoelectric Near-Ultrasound Transducers for Data-over-Sound," IEEE IUS 2020.
  18. Kaustav Roy et al., "Body Conformal Linear Ultrasound Array for Combined Ultrasound and Photoacoustic Imaging," IEEE IUS 2020.
  19. Amruta Ranjan Behera et al., "An Ultra-Portable Vis-NIR Spectrometer with an Integrated Light Source for Quality Analysis," ECS Meeting, May 2020.
  20. Hasika Suresh et al., "A Chemometric Study of Vis-NIR Reflectance Spectra of Turmeric Powders," ECS Meeting, May 2020.
  21. Ajay Dangi et al., "A modular approach to neonatal whole-brain photoacoustic imaging," SPIE BiOS, 2020.
  22. Sudhanshu Tiwari et al., "On the Realization of Self-Sensing Piezoelectric MEMS Actuators," MARSS, Helsinki, 2019.
  23. Ajay Dangi et al., "Ring PMUT array based miniaturized photoacoustic endoscopy device," SPIE BiOS, 2019.
  24. Maneesha Sharma et al., "Electric Current Driven Formation of Micro-and Nano-sized Beads in Thin Cr Films," IEEE 3M-NANO, 2019.
  25. S. Kumar et al., "Effect of Ambient Parameters on Electric Field Induced Localized Chemical Etching of Cr Film," MST 2019, Portland.
  26. Murugappan Ramanathan and Rudra Pratap, "Integration of a Compliant Thermal Actuator for Unlatching in a MEMS Latch Accelerometer," TRANSDUCERS & EUROSENSORS, Berlin, 2019.
  27. Sudhanshu Tiwari et al., "Integrating PZT in MEMS Fabrication Using a Novel Combination of Wet and Dry Etch Processes," ISAF-ICE-EMF-IWPM-PFM, EPFL Lausanne, 2019.
  28. Randhir Kumar et al., "Process control for preferential growth of ZnO nano rods," ISAF-ICE-EMF-IWPM-PFM, EPFL Lausanne, 2019.
  29. Viphretuo Mere et al., "On-chip silicon-photonics based integrated vibrometer," SPIE MOEMS, March 2019.
  30. Praveen Kumar et al., "Patterning Cr Film by Passing Electric Current through a Traversing Pointy Stylus: Introduction to Electrolithography," IEEE 3M-NANO, Hangzhou, 2018.
  31. Praveen Kumar et al., "Electrical Jointing at Micro- and Nanoscale by Electromigration and Mechanical Nano-Manipulation," IEEE 3M-NANO, Hangzhou, 2018.
  32. Murugappan Ramanathan and Rudra Pratap, "Energy Based Design And Validation of Latch MEMS g-Switch," IEEE ICEE, Bangalore, 2018.
  33. Sumit Kumar et al., "Micro Electrolithography System Development," IEEE ICEE, Bangalore, 2018.
  34. A. R. Behera et al., "Experimental Investigation of Dynamic Characteristics of Metal Coated Buckled Micro-Beams," IEEE ICEE, Bengaluru, 2018. (Best Paper Award)
  35. Shubham Jadhav et al., "Optimization of platinum thin film as a bottom electrode for aluminum nitride thin films," IEEE ICEE, Bangalore, 2018.
  36. Sudhanshu Tiwari et al., "Enabling Fabrication of PZT Based PiezoMEMS Devices," IEEE SENSORS, New Delhi, 2018.
  37. Ajay Dangi et al., "Evaluation of High Frequency Piezoelectric Micromachined Ultrasound Transducers for Photoacoustic Imaging," IEEE SENSORS, New Delhi, 2018.
  38. Viphretuo Mere et al., "Silicon Photonics Based On-Chip Cantilever Vibration Measurement," IEEE SENSORS, New Delhi, 2018.
  39. Viphretuo Mere et al., "Silicon photonics based on-chip vibrometer," SPIE MOEMS, February 2018.
  40. Kaustav Roy et al., "Fluid Density Sensing Using PMUTs," IEEE SENSORS, New Delhi, 2018.
  41. Amruta Ranjan Behera and Rudra Pratap, "On the Threshold of Stress Invariant Second Mode Excitation in Buckled MEMS Resonators," IEEE SENSORS, New Delhi, 2018.
  42. Meera Garud et al., "Live Demonstration: Singing Photo Frame," IEEE SENSORS, New Delhi, 2018.
  43. Sudhanshu Tiwari et al., "Development of piezo-mems process flow with PZT thin films," 10th Annual International Workshop on Advanced Materials, UAE, 2018.
  44. Randhir Kumar and Rudra Pratap, "Ultra-fast, highly oriented, and stress free ZnO thin film growth by microwave assisted hydro-thermal method," 10th Annual International Workshop on Advanced Materials, UAE, 2018.
  45. Rudra Pratap, "Probing the world with micro and nano resonators," NanoS-E3 Conference, Brisbane, September 2017. (Keynote)
  46. Ajay Dangi and Rudra Pratap, "Effect of Geometric and Material Nonlinearities on the Dynamic Behaviour of PMUTs," ENOC 2017, Budapest.
  47. Meera Garud et al., "Cricket inspired high efficiency MEMS speakers," Eurosensors 2017, Paris.
  48. Sudhanshu Tiwari et al., "Development of Piezo-MEMS Process Flow with PZT Thin Films," ISSS 8th International Conference, Bangalore, 2017.
  49. Randhir Kumar and Rudra Pratap, "Ultra-Fast Microwave Synthesis of Dense ZnO Nanorods," ISSS 8th International Conference, Bangalore, 2017.
  50. Rammohan Sriramdas et al., "Contribution of Inertia to the Power Developed by MEMS Piezoelectric Energy Harvesters," ISSS 8th International Conference, Bangalore, 2017.
  51. Rudra Pratap, "Nanoengineering: The Harder Path Beyond Nanoscience," Keynote, International Conference on Frontiers in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, SASTRA University, February 2017.
  52. Santanu Talukder et al., "Nanoscale patterning in ambient conditions using liquid electromigration," SPIE Advanced Lithography, San Jose, February 2016.
  53. Rammohan Sriramdas and Rudra Pratap, "Equivalent Circuit Analysis of Piezoelectric and Electromagnetic Hybrid Energy Harvesters," 3rd International Conference on Emerging Electronics, IIT Bombay, December 2016.
  54. K. Jayaprakash Reddy and Rudra Pratap, "Fabrication of Stress-Free MEMS Structures with a Modified SOI-on-Glass," IEEE-SENSORS 2016, Orlando.
  55. Rudra Pratap et al., "Effect of Microfabrication Induced Stresses on the Sensing Characteristics of Dynamic MEMS Devices," ECS PRiME, Honolulu, October 2016. (Invited)
  56. Rudra Pratap, "Bio-inspired Engineering: The Realm of Endless Possibilities," Keynote, ICRAES-2016, MSRIT, Bangalore, September 2016.
  57. Amruta Rajan Behera and Rudra Pratap, "A Study of Higher Modes of Buckled SiC Beams for Stress Based Sensing Applications," Eurosensors 2016, Budapest.
  58. Ajay Dangi et al., "Dynamics of Strongly Coupled Fluid-filled Micro-cavities and PMUTs in Integrated Microfluidic Devices," ASME IDETC2016, Charlotte, August 2016.
  59. Rudra Pratap, "Vibratory MEMS and NEMS Devices," Plenary talk, ICNANO, VTU, Bangalore, April 2016.
  60. Santanu Talukder et al., "Nanoscale patterning in ambient conditions using liquid electromigration," SPIE Alternative Lithographic Technologies VIII, April 2016.
  61. Rudra Pratap, "The Future of Sensors and Actuators," Keynote, International Conference on Smart Sensors and Systems, MSRIT, December 2015.
  62. Rudra Pratap et al., "Sensor Application Driven Material Research," International Conference on Frontiers in Material Science and Technology, NIST, Berhampur, December 2015.
  63. Rudra Pratap, "The World of MEMS: Shrinking Sensors, Exploding Applications," Intel India Academic Forum, New Delhi, October 2015.
  64. Rudra Pratap, "Study of Natural Transducers: A Must for Next Generation MEMS Devices," Plenary lecture, 7th National Conference, ISSS, CUSAT Kochi, September 2015.
  65. Rudra Pratap, "Leading the Charge of Technology Development in Nanotechnology," IISc Alumni Global Conference, June 2015.
  66. Rudra Pratap, "Nanotechnology: From Science to Systems," National Conference on Advanced Nanotechnology, Maharani Science College, Bangalore, January 2015.
  67. Rudra Pratap, "MEMS and NEMS Sensors," National Symposium on Microsystem Technologies, NITK Surathkal, January 2015.
  68. Rudra Pratap, "Development of MEMS Sensors for Agriculture," 28th International Conference on VLSI Design, Bangalore, January 2015.
  69. Rammohan Sriramdas et al., "Design Considerations for optimal absorption of Energy from a Vibration Source by an Array of Harvesters," 10th Energy Harvesting Workshop, Virginia Tech, September 2015.
  70. Ajay Dangi and Rudra Pratap, "The effect of acoustic-structure interaction in confined spaces on the performance of PMUTs," International Congress on Ultrasonics, Metz, May 2015.
  71. A. Roychowdhury et al., "Development of Microsystems Analysis (µsys) Software Using Hybrid Finite Elements," 6th International Conference on Computational Methods, Auckland, July 2015.
  72. Rudra Pratap and Venkatesh K. P., "Experimental Investigation of the Effect of Substrate Adhesion on the Vibration Signature of a Micro-Droplet," US National Congress on Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Lansing, June 2014.
  73. Rudra Pratap and Vamsy Godthi, "The Dynamics of Cricket Song Production," US National Congress on Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Lansing, June 2014.
  74. Rudra Pratap, "Taming Electromigration for Nanotransport," International Workshop on Physics of Semiconductor Devices, Amity University, December 2013.
  75. Rudra Pratap, "Design of Natural Smart Transducers: A Study of Sound Production Mechanism in Field Crickets," ISSS Sixth National Conference, Pune, September 2013.
  76. Rudra Pratap, "The Power of Intangibles in Project Management," Project Management Practitioners Conference, NIMHANS, Bangalore, September 2013.
  77. Rudra Pratap, "India's Giant Strides in Nano Science and Engineering Powered by IISc," IISc-AANA Global Conference, Chicago, July 2013.
  78. Rudra Pratap, "Exploiting Oscillations of Micro and Nano Scale Structures," Emerging Technologies: Micro to Nano, BITS Goa, February 2013.
  79. Rudra Pratap, "Micro and Nano Fabrication and Characterization at IISc," International Conference on Micro and Nano Manufacturing, CMTI Bangalore, January 2013.
  80. Rudra Pratap, "Nanotechnology beyond Nano Particles," NASI Annual Session, BHU Varanasi, November 2012.
  81. Vijay Mishra et al., "Micro and Nano Characterization Facility: Operations Methodology and Technical Management," UGIM, 2012.
  82. TUMS Murthy et al., "National Nanofabrication Centre at IISc Bangalore: A Chronicle of Design, Construction and Management," UGIM, 2012.
  83. C Venkatesh et al., "Effect of FIB milling on MEMS SOI cantilevers," IEEE COMMAD, 2012.
  84. P Prakash et al., "Optical read-out scheme based on grated waveguide cantilever cavity resonance," IEEE COMMAD, 2012.
  85. Rudra Pratap, "1+1 = 11 When Academia and Industry Join Hands Very Early in the Valuation Cycle," International Conference on Technology Management, July 2012.
  86. Rudra Pratap et al., "Realization of Self-sensing MEMS Structures with a Very High Gauge Factor Metal Piezoresistor," ICONN2012/ACMM22, Perth, February 2012.
  87. Rudra Pratap et al., "Vibratory Gyroscopes Cranefly Halteres and MEMS Dual Mass Gyros: A Study in Contrast," Microactuators and Micromechanisms, CSIR-CMERI, Durgapur, January 2012.
  88. Santanu Talukder et al., "Nanoscale control of Electromigration for enhancing metal piezoresistivity," International Conference on Smart Materials Structures and Systems, Bangalore, January 2012.
  89. K Jayaprakash Reddy et al., "Stiction Free Fabrication of MEMS Devices with Shallow Cavities Using Two-Wafer Anodic Bonding Process," ISSS-2012, January 2012.
  90. Thejas et al., "Fringe Field Junctionless FET as a Sensitive Displacement Sensor," International Conference on Smart Materials Structures and Systems, India, January 2012.
  91. K Jayaprakash Reddy et al., "Coupled numerical analysis of suspended gate Field Effect Transistor (SGFET)," ISPTS-2012.
  92. Santanu Talukder et al., "Creation by destruction with an Electron Tsunami," Bangalore-Nano 2012, December 2011.
  93. K P Venkatesh and Rudra Pratap, "Nano Dynamic Studies of Cells," 3rd Bangalore Nano Conference, December 2010.
  94. Thejas et al., "High Resolution Inertial MEMS Sensors," ISSCC SRP 2010, San Francisco, 2010.
  95. Rudra Pratap, "Resonant MEMS Sensors," IUTAM Symposium on Multifunctional Material Structures and Systems, Springer, 2010.
  96. C Malhi et al., "High Sensitivity FET Integrated MEMS Deflection Sensor," IEEE Sensors, 2009.
  97. K P Venkatesh and R Pratap, "Capturing Higher Modes of Vibrations of Micromachined Resonators," MPSVA 2009, Cambridge University, September 2009.
  98. Malhi Charanjeet Kaur et al., "Design of a high sensitivity FET integrated MEMS microphone," Eurosensors XXIII, 2009.
  99. S Sam Baskar et al., "Design of Piezoelectric MEMS Cantilever for High Speed AFM," ICMEMS 2009, IIT Madras, January 2009.
  100. Hara Krishna and Rudra Pratap, "Elasticity Effects of the Biomolecule in the Mass Detection Using Resonance of a MEMS Cantilever," ICMEMS 2009, IIT Madras, January 2009.
  101. Babar Ahmad and Rudra Pratap, "The Effect of Evacuated Backside Cavity on the Dynamic Characteristics of a CMUT," ICMEMS 2009, IIT Madras, January 2009.
  102. Malhi Charanjeet Kaur et al., "MOSFET based MEMS Microphone with Wide Frequency Band," ICMEMS 2009, IIT Madras, January 2009.
  103. K M Anil et al., "Low Level Signal Measurements for Piezoresistive and Capacitive MEMS Sensor," ICMEMS 2009, IIT Madras, January 2009.
  104. Thejas et al., "High Accuracy Angular Rate Sensing using GyroFET," ICMEMS 2009, IIT Madras, January 2009.
  105. Navakanta Bhat et al., "Integrated CMOS Gas Sensors," IEDST'09, 2009.
  106. B Jayaraman et al., "Thermal analysis of microheaters using mechanical dynamic response," ICMEMS 2009, IIT Madras, January 2009.
  107. Rudra Pratap and Ashok Kumar Pandey, "Compact Modelling of Inertial and Rarefaction Effects on Quality Factor of MEMS Torsional Structures," SPIE, February 2008.
  108. K A Lohar et al., "Effect of Process Induced Variations on the Performance Characteristics of Dual Mass Vibratory MEMS Gyroscope," International Conference on Smart Materials, IISc, July 2008.
  109. K P Venkatesh et al., "Experimental and Computational Studies on the Effect of Complex Air Gap Geometry on Squeeze-film Damping," International Conference on Smart Materials, IISc, July 2008.
  110. Babar Ahmad and Rudra Pratap, "Static and Dynamic Analysis of a Capacitive Micromachined Ultrasonic Transducer," Conference on Applications and Design in Mechanical Engineering, Malaysia, October 2007.
  111. Anil Arora et al., "Fabrication of a Capacitive Micromachined Ultrasonic Transducers with Wafer Bonding Technique," ISSS-MEMS, CEERI, Pilani, November 2007.
  112. A K Pandey et al., "Effect of Metal Coating and Residual Stress on the Resonant Frequency of MEMS Resonators," International Conference on Applied Materials, Bangalore, October 2007.
  113. K P Venkatesh et al., "Design and Characterization of an In-Plane MEMS Yaw Rate Sensor," International Conference on Applied Materials, Bangalore, October 2007.
  114. Shishir Kumar et al., "System Integration Design In MEMS-Case Study of A Micromachined Load Cell Sensor," International Conference on Applied Materials, Bangalore, October 2007.
  115. A K Pandey and R Pratap, "Squeeze Film Damping in Perforated MEMS Torsion Mirror," EMTM2N-2007, BITS Pilani, February 2007.
  116. A K Pandey et al., "Effect of Residual Stress and Perforations on The Dynamic Characteristics of MEMS Devices," National Conference on Research in Mechanical Engineering, IIT Kanpur, March 2007.
  117. S S Mohite et al., "Design, Modelling and Simulation of Vibratory Micromachined Gyroscopes," iMEMS-2006, Singapore, May 2006.
  118. A K Pandey et al., "Modeling of Thermoelastic Damping in Complex MEMS/NEMS Structures," NANO2006, Bangalore, August 2006.
  119. A K Pandey and R Pratap, "Squeeze-Film Damping Characterization of a MEMS Resonator," 1st National Conference on Smart Structures and MEMS, Hyderabad, November 2006.
  120. A K Pandey and R Pratap, "Effect of Boundary Condition on Squeeze-Film Damping in Torsional Motion of a MEMS Device," 1st National Conference on Smart Structures and MEMS, Hyderabad, November 2006.
  121. A K Pandey and R Pratap, "Comparison of Numerical and Experimental Results of Squeeze-film Damping in Micro Cantilever Beam," ANSYS India Conference, August 2006.
  122. S S Mohite et al., "Modelling and Simulation of a MEMS Microphone," MEMSNANO, December 2005.
  123. S S Mohite et al., "Analytical model for squeeze-film effects in perforated MEMS structures including open border effects," XX EUROSENSORS, 2006.
  124. S S Mohite et al., "A Comparative Study of the Equivalent Circuits for MEMS Capacitive Microphones," VETOMAC, December 2004.
  125. S Jairam et al., "A Quasi Static Model for a Simply Supported Beam in a Circuit Simulation Framework," 17th International Conference on VLSI Design, IEEE, 2004.
  126. A K Pandey and R Pratap, "Studies In Nonlinear Effects of Squeeze Film Damping in MEMS Structures," 2nd International Conference on Materials for Advanced Technologies, Singapore, 2003.
  127. R Pratap and A K Pandey, "Energy Dissipation, Squeeze Film Damping, and Quality Factor in Microstructures," Invited paper, INAE Conference on Nanotechnology, Chandigarh, December 2003.
  128. S Patil et al., "Voltage Controlled Oscillator Using Tunable MEMS Resonator," 2nd International Conference on Materials for Advanced Technologies, Singapore, 2003.
  129. R Pratap, "Use of Groups, Symmetries, and Energy Distribution in the Design of Dynamic MEMS Structures," 12th International Workshop on Physics of Semiconductor Devices, IIT Madras, December 2003.
  130. R Arunkumar et al., "Modelling and Simulation of Thermalization Profile of Sputtered Atoms in a Glow Discharge Cell," 12th International Workshop on Physics of Semiconductor Devices, IIT Madras, December 2003.
  131. R Pratap and A K Pandey, "Energy Dissipation, Squeeze Film Damping, and Quality Factor in Microstructures," INAE Conference on Nanotechnology, Chandigarh, December 2003.
  132. S Kumar and R Pratap, "Dimensional Reduction of Design Parameter Space for Dynamic MEMS Structures," INAE Conference on Nanotechnology, Chandigarh, December 2003.
  133. S Singh et al., "Role of Symmetry in the Design of a Complex Microstructure for Angular Rate Sensing," INAE Conference on Nanotechnology, Chandigarh, December 2003.
  134. R Pratap, "MEMS Sensor Technology: Design and Development," Invited paper, MCA 03, KIIT Bhubaneshwar, February 2003.
  135. R Pratap et al., "Uncoupling Mass and Stiffness in MEMS Pressure Transducers," 10th National Conference on Machines and Mechanisms, IIT Kharagpur, December 2001.
  136. R Pratap, "Design of Non-membrane MEMS Pressure Transducers," International MEMS Workshop, Singapore, July 2001.
  137. S R Binu et al., "Energy Dissipation in Coal Pulverising in a Tube Mill," International Tribology Conference, Nagasaki, 2000.
  138. S Jagan Mohan and R Pratap, "A Group Theoretic Approach to the Linear Free Vibration Analysis of Corrugated Shells," 1st International Conference on Vibration Engineering, Bangalore, October 2000.
  139. S Kumar et al., "Exploring the Fourth Dimension: Animation in MATLAB," MATLAB Millennium Conference, Bangalore, November 2000.
  140. V V Sesha Sai and R Pratap, "Separatrix Induced Chaos in a Two-Point Boundary Value Problem," International Conference on Mathematical Modelling of Nonlinear Systems, IIT Kharagpur, December 1999.
  141. S P Nath and R Pratap, "Frequency Shift Analysis for Combdrive Structures," Indo-Russian Workshop on Micromechanical Systems, SPIE, 1999.
  142. R Pratap and S Kulkarni, "Insight Oscillations of a Supercavitating Projectile," 8th National Seminar on Aerospace Structures, IIT Chennai, October 1998.
  143. R Rand et al., "Impact Dynamics of a Supercavitating Underwater Projectile," ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference, Sacramento, September 1997.
  144. R Pratap and John Judge, "Predicting Plastic Deformation in a Damped Elastoplastic Beam," 7th National Seminar on Aerospace Structures, August 1997.
  145. R Pratap and J Cipolla, "Penalty Weights in Least-Square Finite Element Analysis," SIAM Annual Meeting, Kansas City, July 1996.
  146. R Pratap et al., "Bifurcations and Chaos in a Bilinear Hysteretic Oscillator," SIAM Conference on Applications of Dynamical Systems, Snowbird, Utah, October 1992.
Awards
  • ISSS Distinguished Service Award, 2025
  • Qimpro Gold Standard (Education) Award, 2024
  • Distinguished Lecturer, IEEE Sensors Council, 2018–2021
  • Fellow of the National Academy of Science, Elected 2016
  • Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering, Elected 2013
  • Rustom Choksi Award for Excellence in Research, 2016
  • VASVIK Award for Industrial Research, India, 2012
  • M. Hetényi Award, Society for Experimental Mechanics, USA, 2010
  • Invited Professor, Institut de Microtechnique, EPFL Lausanne, Switzerland, 2004–05
  • H. D. Block Prize for Excellence in Teaching, Cornell University, 1988
Publications

An avid writer, Prof Pratap’s book Getting Started with MATLAB: A Quick Introduction for Scientists and Engineers is popular among engineering students around the globe. He is also an Associate Editor of the IEEE Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems and a member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering. He has published more than 280 papers in peer-reviewed journals and conference proceedings.

Books

  1. Introduction to Statics and Dynamics Andy Ruina and Rudra Pratap Pre-release publication, Beta version available at: http://ruina.tam.cornell.edu/book/index.html
  2. Getting Started with MATLAB: A Quick Introduction for Scientists and Engineers Rudra Pratap Eighth Edition, Oxford University Press, New York, USA, 2016
  3. Micro and Smart Devices and Systems K. J. Vinoy, G. K. Ananthasuresh, Rudra Pratap, S. B. Krupanidhi (Eds.) Springer, 2014

Book Chapters 

  1. "Dynamics of MEMS Devices" Vamsy Godthi, K. Jayaprakash Reddy and Rudra Pratap Chapter 9 in Materials and Failures in MEMS and NEMS Edited by Atul Tiwari and Baldev Raj Scrivener Publishing LLC, Wiley, Salem Massachusetts, 2015
  2. "MATLAB" Pratap, R. Book chapter in SRC Handbook of Software for Engineers and Scientists Editor: P.W. Ross, CRC Press, 1995
Patents

Prof Pratap is an author on 18 patents.

Granted: 14, Pending: 4

  1. A Semiconductor Device for Audio Playback and Sound Generation Indian Patent No.: 557610 | Filed: 04/09/2020 Inventors: Meera Vikas Garud, Rudra Pratap Organisation: Indian Institute of Science
  2. Metal oxide nanoneedle array, method of fabrication and applications thereof Indian Patent No.: 555989 | Filed: 14/02/2023 Inventors: Srinivasarao A. Shivashankar, Rudra Pratap, Nagendra Pratap Singh Organisation: Indian Institute of Science
  3. Microfluidic Device for Fluid Density Sensing Indian Patent Application No.: 414686 | Filed: 13/04/2021 Inventors: Kaustav Roy, Kritank Kalyan, Anuj Ashok, Vijayendra Shastri, Rudra Pratap Organisation: Indian Institute of Science
  4. A Device To Determine Viscosity of a Fluid and a Method Thereof Indian Patent No.: 478254 | Filed: 13/06/2020 Inventors: Sudhanshu Tiwari, Rudra Pratap Organisation: Indian Institute of Science
  5. A Micro-Scale Actuator Indian Patent No.: 475449 Inventors: J.P. Reddy, R. Pratap, M. M. Nayak, P. P. Mohanlal, Joji J. Chaman, Pradeep K. Organisation: Indian Institute of Science & ISRO
  6. Process for microfabricating microelectromechanical systems devices Indian Patent No.: 378757 | Date of Grant: 07/10/2021 Inventors: Jayaprakash Reddy, Rudra Pratap Organisation: Indian Institute of Science
  7. A system and method for pattern generation on a substrate by electromigration Indian Patent Application No.: 441916 | Filed: 31/07/2023 Inventors: Santanu Talukder, Praveen Kumar, Rudra Pratap Organisation: Indian Institute of Science
  8. Optical Nanosensor for Early Stage Detection of Bactocera Oleae Infestation Indian Patent No.: 316092 | Date: 16/07/2019 Inventors: Santanu Bhattacharya, Rudra Pratap, Parikshit Moitra, Deepa Bhagat Organisation: Indian Institute of Science
  9. A Pheromone Detector Indian Patent No.: 307528 | Date: 17/10/2014 Inventors: Santanu Bhattacharya, Rudra Pratap, Parikshit Moitra, Deepa Bhagat Organisation: Indian Institute of Science
  10. Enhancement of sensitivity of metallic piezoresistor using controlled electromigration Indian Patent Application No.: 425423 | Filed: 08/12/2010 Inventors: Mohanasundaram, Arindam Ghosh, Rudra Pratap Organisation: Indian Institute of Science
  11. A sub-threshold elastic deflection FET sensor for sensing pressure/force, a method and system thereof Patent No.: US 2011/0023632 A1 | Date: 3/2/2011 Inventors: Charanjeet Malhi Kaur, Navakanta Bhat, Rudra Pratap Organisation: Indian Institute of Science
  12. A sub-threshold forced plate FET sensor for sensing inertial displacements, a method and system thereof Patent No.: US 2011/0050201 A1 | Date: 3/3/2011 Inventors: Thejas, Navakanta Bhat, Rudra Pratap Organisation: Indian Institute of Science
  13. A sub-threshold CAPFET sensor for sensing analyte, a method and system thereof Patent No.: US 20110031986 A1 | Date: 10/2/2011 Inventors: Balaji Jayaramana, Navakanta Bhat, Rudra Pratap, Shivashankar S A Organisation: Indian Institute of Science
  14. A MEMS based electrostatic acoustic transducer and method of sensing sound pressure Patent No.: 205188 | Date: 22/3/2007 Inventors: Dr. Rudra Pratap and Shishir Kumar Organisation: Indian Institute of Science & Cranes Software International Limited
  15. An Electrochemical Lithography Tool for High Throughput Pattern Generation Indian Patent Application No.: 202041016120 | Filed: 14/04/2020 Inventors: Sumit Kumar, Ebinesh Abraham, Praveen Kumar, Rudra Pratap Organisation: Indian Institute of Science
  16. Method and Apparatus for Detecting Muscular Disorders Based on Vibration Signature of Muscle Cells Indian Patent Application No.: 4161/CHE/2015 Inventors: Venkatesh K. P. R., Mohan Jayaram, Upendra Nongthomba, Rudra Pratap Organisation: Indian Institute of Science
  17. MEMS Speaker Indian Patent Application No.: 201741010624 Inventors: Vamsy Godthi, Jayaprakash Reddy, Rudra Pratap Organisation: Indian Institute of Science
  18. Sensors based on crumpled sheets of reduced Graphene oxide and a method thereof Indian Patent Application No.: 201641037892 A | Date: 31/08/2018 Inventors: Subhajit Kundu, S. Rammohan, Kazi Rafsanjani Amin, Avik Bid, Rudra Pratap, N. Ravishankar Organisation: Indian Institute of Science
Services

Committees

  • Member, HGB, Quantum Sensing & Metrology Hub, IIT Bombay, 2025–present
  • Convenor, INAE Section-X (Interdisciplinary Engineering & Special Fields), 2018–2021
  • Chairman, DST PAC on Advanced Manufacturing Technology, 2015–2021
  • Founder and Chairman (Non Executive), i2n Technologies Pvt. Ltd., Bangalore, 2011–present
  • Member, Research Council, CSIR-CIMFER Dhanbad and CSIR-CSIO Chandigarh, 2020–2023
  • Member, IEEE Executive Committee, Bangalore Chapter, R10, 2016–2018
  • Member, Vision Group on Nanotechnology, Government of Karnataka, India, 2007–2018
  • Member, Governing Council, CMMACS (CSIR Lab), Bangalore, India, 2006–2015
  • Member, Governing Council, KJS College of Engineering, Mumbai, India, 2008–2026
  • Member, Academic Council, IIT Bhubaneswar, 2009–2015
  • Chairman, Vidyalaya Management Committee, Kendriya Vidyalaya, IISc Bangalore, 2009–2018

Editorial Services

  • Editorial Board Member, Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering, 2020–present
  • Associate Editor, IEEE Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems, 2014–2024
  • Associate Editor, Journal of ISSS, 2013–2018
  • Associate Editor, International Journal of Shock and Vibration, 2007–2010

Conference Organization

  • TPC Chair, IEEE Sensors 2018, New Delhi, October 28–31, 2018
  • Conference Chair, IEEE CONECCT, Bangalore, March 16–17, 2018
  • Conference Chair, 8th ISSS International Conference, Bangalore, July 5–7, 2017
  • Conference Chair, IEEE-ICEE, IISc Bangalore, December 3–6, 2014
  • Conference Co-Chair, ICEE, IIT Bombay, December 15–17, 2012
  • MEMS Symposium Chair, IUMRS-ICAM, Bangalore, October 8–13, 2007
Memberships
  • Senior Member, IEEE, 2015–present
  • Member, IEEE, 2002–2014
  • Member, ASME, 2014–2020
  • Member, ECS, 2014–2020
  • Member, AAAS, 2017–2020
Research Interests
  • Micro & Nano Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS/NEMS)
  • Nonlinear Dynamics & Applied Dynamical Systems
  • Structural Vibration & Vibroacoustic
  • Mechanobiology
  • Sensor Technology
  • Bioacoustics
  • Computational Mechanics
Past Associations
  • Deputy Director, IISc Bengaluru
  • Founding Chairperson & Professor, Centre for Nano Science and Engineering (CeNSE), IISc Bengaluru
  • Lecturer, Cornell University, USA, 1994 – 1996
Education
  • PhD in Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Cornell University
  • MS , University of Arizona
  • BTech (Hons), IIT Kharagpur
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