Rate My Professor Aditya Shankar Khanna

Dr. Aditya Shankar Khanna is a Lecturer in Applied Mechanics in the School of Mechanical and Mining Engineering at the University of Queensland, commencing in 2023. He earned a Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering (Honours) and a Doctor of Philosophy in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Adelaide. Before joining UQ, he served as an engineering consultant in dynamics and vibration at Vipac Engineers & Scientists Ltd and as an adjunct lecturer at the University of Adelaide. An affiliate of the Centre for Advanced Materials Processing and Manufacturing (AMPAM), his research focuses on stress analysis, fatigue and fracture assessment, structural dynamics, vibration control, and non-destructive testing. These interests span composite and hybrid materials, dynamics, geomechanics, materials engineering, numerical modelling, resources engineering, solid mechanics, and extractive metallurgy. He supervises PhD projects on dental crown failures, offshore wind-turbine dynamic failures, vibration instabilities, and chaotic flutter control. Current funding includes an NHMRC Ideas Grant (2025-2028) for tooth-mimicking zirconia crowns, an ARC Discovery Project (2025-2026) on fatigue life assessment, and the Grassie Rail Research Initiative (2024-2029) on railway squats and studs.