Irfan Habeeb

"That's one of the remarkable things about life. It's never so bad that it can't get worse" - Calvin & Hobbes.

Born and bought up in a countryside of India. Had an amazing childhood with a lot of friends and pets. Enthusiastic about most aspects of engineering and stand-up comedy. Found and married my other half and loving the roller coster ride ever since.

Parents wanted me to become a doctor, but I preferred engineering. Came up with a loop hole and did a PhD in Mechanical engineering at Technion-Israel Institute of Technology to become a doctor. Completed undergraduate and graduate studies in Aerospace engineering from IIT Madras, India. Worked as a software engineer for a year to improve programming skills and to obtain industrial experience.

Now, living in Stuttgart with my wife and enjoying German beer.

Interests

These are my addictions (or passion).

Programming
Solid modeling and Design
Machine Learning
Football (one with the round ball)
Movies/documentaries
Standup comedy

Projects

Some of my works in academia and industry are listed below. Detailed description of projects and outputs are documented in Researchgate.

Fracture of brittle materials

This study is to understand the fracture in brittle materials using experiments and numerical analysis. Experiments are designed and carried out to examine the nature of failure and the data is extracted using high-speed camera (upto 5x10⁶ frames per second). CAD, CAE, FEM, image processing and material modeling are used for this project.

Fracture of 3D printed polymers

Properties of 3D printed materials under different loading conditions are studied using experiments. The specimens are fabricated using Verowhite and Tangoplus and are loaed at different strain rates to examine the nature of fracture.

Failure of sheetmetals

Failure of ductile materials are studied using FEM. The forming limits of sheetmetals and the role of environmental parameters are analyzed using GTN damage model.

Material properties of metamaterials

Material properties of Gyroid are examined using finite elements. Solidworks is used to develop the 3D model and FEA is employed to evaluate the Yield curve of this geometry.

Machine Learning

Gained a fundamental understanding of Machine Learning through the online courses (Machine Learning and Deep Learning) at Coursera. This image is developed using Convolutional Neural Network.

Control system of robotic fish

A control system is developed for the motion of the robotic fish. The robot is used for underwater exploration. This project was a collaboration of IIT Madras and NIOT.

Design and fabrication of R/C aircrafts

Coordinated the design and development of fixed wing aircrafts, multi rotor aircrafts and ornithopters (mechanical bird) in the Aeroclub, IIT Madras. Trained nearly 1000 students to build R/C aircrafts in India.

Developed tools

Developed tools and methods are shared in Researchgate and Github.

Education

PhD	Technion - Israel Institute of Technology	Mechanical engineering	2016-2021
Masters	IIT Madras, India	Aerospace engineering	2014-2015
Bachelors	IIT Madras, India	Aerospace engineering	2010-2014

Previous positions

Profile	Organization	Description
Doctoral fellow	Technion - Israel Insitute of Technology (2016-present)	Funded by Marie Skłodowska-Curie ITN-ETN scholarship from European Union (Horizon 2020) involving a collaboration of 3 universities and 5 industries including Airbus Defense & Space and Rafael advanced Defense Systems Ltd. Studied the concept 'Design to Demise' to fail a system in a controlled manner using experimental and numerical methods. Developed and validated an accurate model to predict the damage of materials. Utilized 3D modeling, structural analysis, and image processing.
Intern	Airbus Defense & Space, Madrid, July - Sept 2019	Developed the numerical model of a component in the stage separation unit of the satellite launcher using Abaqus and SolidWorks. Delivered a reliable model to examine the fracture under extreme loading conditions. Implemented a numerical model using finite elements in Abaqus with a custom subroutine.
Researcher	Univeristy of Carlos III Madrid, June - July 2019	Developed multiple material models using FEA and implemented in Abaqus software. Delivered a reliable model to examine the fracture under extreme loading conditions. Learned the finite element programs to implement multiple material models.
Researcher	University of Lorraine, France, Sept - Nov 2018	Developed and implemented a damage model using FEA for brittle materials. Demonstrated capability of the model to predict the fracture pattern even for a complex geometry.
Research assistant	IIT Madras & NIOT, Apr - Sept 2016	Developed the control system for the motion of a robotic fish for underwater exploration. Implemented PID control system design in Matlab Simulink.
Software developer	Moonraft Innovation Labs, India, Sept - Apr 2016	Front end development of websites and android based applications. Developed GUI for applications and modules using HTML/CSS and JavaScript.
UAV Project coordinator	IIT Madras, India, 2011 - 2015	Coordinated the design and development of fixed wing aircrafts, multi rotor aircrafts and ornithopters (mechanical bird) in the Aeroclub, IIT Madras. Organised workshops to teach building RC aircrafts to nearly 1000 students in India.

Curriculum vitae

CV - PDF

Areas of expertise

3D modeling and FEA/FEM
Structural analysis and material modeling
CAD & CAE – SolidWorks, CATIA, AutoCAD and Pro-E
Programming – Matlab, Python, Fortran, and Javascript
Software – Abaqus, Ansys, Autodesk Inventor, and NX
Image processing
Machine learning

Developed tools

Developed programs for material modeling and finite element analysis are shared in Github.

Crack path and SIF evaluation: To detect the crack tip and the Stress Intensity Factor (SIF) from a displacement field during the fracture. The displacement is evaluated using the DIC.
GTN damage model: Numerical impementation of the Gurson model with GTN modification for isotropic materials.
Johnson-Cook model: VUMAT subroutine to implement the Johnson-Cook model for explicit systems.
Viscoelastic material model: Abaqus VUMAT subroutine for viscoelastic isotropic model (Voigt) under explicit analysis.

Scientific articles

C. N. Irfan Habeeb and S. Mahesh - "Strength distribution of planar local load sharing bundles", Physical Review E, 2015. 92(2):022125.

C. N. Irfan Habeeb and S. Osovski. "Experimental and numerical study of the interaction between dynamically loaded cracks and pre-existing flaws in edge impacted PMMA specimens" (submitted).

C. N. Irfan Habeeb, S. Osovski, V. Slesarenko and S. Rudykh. "Effect of strain rate on fracture using 3D printed soft materials" - C. N. Irfan Habeeb, S. Osovski, V. Slesarenko and S. Rudykh (in preparation).
C. N. Irfan Habeeb, S. Osovski. "Effect of strain rate on metal forming using GTN damage model" (in preparation).