Prof. Prashant K. Purohit — Research Profile
University of Pennsylvania · Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics
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Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics
Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics, Ph.D.
Fall 2027Application deadline
Dec 15, 2026 23:59 EST
Mechanical Engineering & Applied Mechanics, MSE
Fall 2027Early Application Deadline
Nov 1, 2026
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Regular Application Deadline
Feb 1, 2027
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Prof. Prashant K. Purohit at University of Pennsylvania Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics lists Biomechanics, Mechanics of Materials, Micro- and Nanomechanics as their registered research area.
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Recent papers
- Elastic–Plastic Modeling and Experimental Characterization of Granular Jamming ActuatorsAdvanced Engineering Materials · Oct 15
- Sea Cucumber‐Inspired Double‐Network Biopolymer Hydrogels for Programmable Soft MachinesAdvanced Science · Oct 11
- Blood clot contraction depends on spatial distribution of fibrin, red blood cells and plateletsJournal of the mechanical behavior of biomedical materials/Journal of mechanical behavior of biomedical materials · Sep 30
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