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Curiosity is
a team effort.

IMMPACT Lab group photo, Fall 2025
IMMPACT LAB · FALL 2025Trying to pose like a 90’s metal band!
Sourav Saha, lab director
LAB DIRECTOR

Sourav Saha

Assistant Professor

Prof Ella Atkins Junior Faculty Fellow

Kevin T. Crofton Department of Aerospace and Ocean Engineering
Virginia Tech · 2024–present

Education

Ph.D., Theoretical and Applied Mechanics
Northwestern University · 2024

M.Sc., Mechanical Engineering
BUET · 2017

Previous appointments

Visiting Researcher, Sandia National Laboratory · 2023–2024

Assistant Professor, BUET · 2018
Lecturer, BUET · 2015–2018

OUR TEAM

Graduate students

Reza T Batley

Reza T Batley

PhD Student

MSc, University College London

Apurba Sarkar

Apurba Sarkar

PhD Student

BSc, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology

Suyash S. Bare

Suyash S. Bare

PhD Student

MS, University of Southern California

Liam Nelson

MS Student

Dual BS in Aerospace Engineering and Materials Science, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Rajib Mostakim

Incoming PhD Student

BS Mechanical Engineering, BUET

Badhon Kumar

Incoming PhD Student

BS Mechanical Engineering, BUET

Undergraduate students

Matthew McCollum

Junior, VT AOE

Dylan Macey

Freshman, VT AOE

Manas Sharma

Junior, VT AOE

Evani Saipranav

Junior, VT AOE

Andrew Kichline

Junior, VT AOE

Former students

Sk Md Ahnaf Akif Alvi

Graduate Student, Texas A&M University

Abrar Faiyad

Graduate Student, University of California Merced

Khayrul Islam

Postdoctoral Researcher, LLNL

Nandita Chakrabarty Jhumur

Graduate Student, Rutgers University

Tawfiqur Rakib

Postdoctoral Research Assistant, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Bibekananda Datta

Graduate Student, Johns Hopkins University

Owen Huang

Graduate Student, Georgia Institute of Technology

Jubaer Jami

University of California Merced

Taskin Mehereen

Texas A&M University