Pratik Sarker

Pratik Sarker joined Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University’s Prescott Campus as an assistant professor of Mechanical Engineering in Spring 2022. He earned a doctorate in Engineering and Applied Science from the University of New Orleans in 2018.

Prior to joining Embry-Riddle, Sarker served as a lecturer in the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville through 2019. He later worked as a project engineer for Detroit Engineered Products, where he supported aero-thermal and propulsion system projects for vehicles and led light- and heavy-duty truck programs.

His research interests include advanced numerical analysis and simulation involving vibration control, aerodynamics, fluid-structure interaction, thermal analysis and energy harvesting.

Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical. University, Prescott, AZ, USA (January 2022–present)

Project Engineer, Detroit Engineered Products Inc., Troy, MI, USA  (December 2019–December 2021)

Lecturer, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Platteville, Platteville, WI, USA (January 2019–December 2019)

Graduate Assistant, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA, USA (January 2013–December 2018)

Assistant Manager (Technical), Power Grid Company of Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh (May 2012–January 2013)

Lecturer, Primeasia University, Dhaka, Bangladesh (June 2011–April 2012)

Maintenance Engineer, Karnaphuli Fertilizer Company Ltd., Chittagong, Bangladesh (January 2008–April 2011)

Elected Member

ASME Dynamics and Control of Systems and Structures (DCSS) Technical Committee (2019–present) 

Association Member

American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) (2013–present)

American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) (2021–2022)

American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) (2019–2022)

Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) (2019–2021)

Society of Petroleum Engineers (2018–2019)

Bangladesh Student Association (BSA) (President, April 2016–July 2016; Vice President, August 2015–April 2016)

Reviewer

AIP Journal of Physics of Fluids (AIP Journal of Physics of Fluids (2025–present)

MDPI Journals including Applied Sciences, Aerospace, Buildings, Coatings, Drones, Energies, Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, Machines, Sensors, Symmetry, Vibration, and Water (2022–present)

ASCE Journal of Aerospace Engineering (2023)

ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (2016, 2017, 2019–present)

JP Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer (2020)

ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Aerospace Division (2020, 2021)

International Journal of Applied Mechanics (2016)

Class Marshal (Commencement), College of Engineering, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott (2026)

Researcher of the Year, College of Engineering, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott (2024–2025)

Innovative Paper Award, ASME Microelectromechanical Systems Division (2022)

Best Paper Award, ASME Aerospace Division Structures and Materials Technical Committee (2019)

1^st Prize Winner, Oral Presentations, Graduate Division of the 6^th Annual Texas STEM Conference (2018)

Student Leadership Recognition Award for Outstanding Graduate Assistant, University of New Orleans (2018)

Doctoral Dissertation Year Fellowship, University of New Orleans (2017–2018)

Doctoral Award Scholarship, University of New Orleans (2013–2016)

Grant from Student Government Association (SGA), University of New Orleans (2013–2014, 2016)

Haythornthwaite Foundation Student Travel Award for one of the top ten papers, ASME Applied Mechanics Division (2014)

Dean’s list Merit Scholarships and Stipend, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (2004–2006)

Upcoming courses for fall 2026

ES 208-Thermodynamics

Previously taught courses

ES 201-Statics

ES 205/208-Thermodynamics

ES 206-Fluid Mechanics

ME 304-Introduction to Machine Design

ME 305-Machine Design Lab

Book Chapter

Abu B. Siddique, Hosne A. Begum, and Pratik Sarker, “5. Industrial Air-Conditioning,” Introduction to Machine Technology & Maintenance of Textile Machinery, 1^st edition, Books Fair Publications, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2012.

Peer Reviewed Journals

1. Pratik Sarker, Bianca Fernandez, and M Shafiqur Rahman, “Vibration and Aerodynamic Characteristics of Dielectric Elastomer Membranes of Various Shapes,” Aerospace, 13(4), 387 (2026) 1–31.

2. Pratik Sarker, M Shafiqur Rahman, and Uttam K. Chakravarty, “Vibration and Optimal Control of a Composite Helicopter Rotor Blade,” Vibration, 9(1) (2026) 1–35.

3. Prosun Roy, Barış Üstündağ, Coşkun Ayvaz, Ülkü Alver Şahin, Pratik Sarker, Lung-Wen Antony Chen, Fatma Kunt, Zeynep Cansu Ayturan, Sıddık Cindoruk, Nicolas Visez, and Arup Dey, “Insight into Low-Cost-Sensor-Based Air Quality Monitoring Campaign and Computational Fluid Dynamics Modeling in an Organized Industrial Area,” Atmospheric Pollution Research (2025) (Manuscript being revised after review).

4. Pouria Nourian, Kekeli Agbewornu, Ahsanul Alam Kabhi, Md Ashfaq Siddiquee, Hojun Lee, Rifat-E-Nur Hossain, Congyuan Zeng, Hamid Sharifi, Sabbir Alom Shuvo, Mst Nusrat Yasmin, Erica Murray,  Pratik Sarker, Chowdhury Sadid Alam, Leland Weiss, Arden Moore, and M Shafiqur Rahman, “Current Progress and Emerging Trends in Additive Friction-Stir Deposition: Experimental Insights and Computational Modeling of Process, Material, and Performance,” (Manuscript under preparation).

5. Pratik Sarker, and Uttam K. Chakravarty, “On the Dynamic Response of a Hingeless Helicopter Rotor Blade,” Aerospace Science and Technology, 115 (2021) 1–23.

6. Pratik Sarker, and Uttam K. Chakravarty, “A Generalization of the Method of Lines for the Numerical Solution of Coupled, Forced Vibration of Beams,” Mathematics and Computers in Simulation, 170 (2020) 115–142.

7. Pratik Sarker, and Uttam K. Chakravarty, “A Fluid-Structure Interaction Approach to Investigate the Quenching Characteristics of a Steel Tube with Temperature Dependent Properties,” International Journal of Computational Materials Science and Engineering, 5(4) (2016) 1–23.

Peer Reviewed Full Conference Proceedings

1. Ahsanul Alam Kabhi, Md Ashfaq Siddiquee, Pouria Nourian, Abdul Sayeed Khan, Mahathir Mohammad Bappy, Pratik Sarker, and M Shafiqur Rahman, “In-Space Manufacturing: An Overview of Current Technologies, Challenges, and Pathways for Sustainable Deep-Space Exploration,” Proceedings of the ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Memphis, Tennessee, USA; November 2025.

2. Bianca Fernandez, Pratik Sarker, and M Shafiqur Rahman, “An Investigation on the Shape Sensitivity of the Electroactive Membrane with Higher-Order Approximation,” Proceedings of the ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Portland, Oregon, USA; November 2024.

3. Abyaz Abid, Hamid Sharifi, Chowdhury Sadid Alam, Radif Uddin Ahmed, Pratik Sarker, Collin Wick, and M Shafiqur Rahman, “Flexural and Tensile Properties of Cu-Ni-Cr Alloy Processed by Solid-State Additive Manufacturing,” Proceedings of the ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Portland, Oregon, USA; November 2024.

4. Pratik Sarker, and Uttam K. Chakravarty, “Dynamic Analysis of a Cracked Composite Beam,” Proceedings of the ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA; October–November 2023.

5. Pratik Sarker, and Uttam K. Chakravarty, “Numerical Analysis of the Vibration of Slender Beams,” Proceedings of the ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Columbus, Ohio, USA; October–November 2022.

6. Mohammad Khairul Habib Pulok, Pratik Sarker, and Uttam K. Chakravarty, “An Investigation on a Novel Soft Metamaterial For Space Application,” Proceedings of the ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Columbus, Ohio, USA; October–November 2022 (Selected for the Innovative Paper Award from ASME MEMS division).

7. Pratik Sarker, and Uttam K. Chakravarty, “On the Dynamic Response of a Dielectric Elastomer Membrane,” Proceedings of the ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Virtual, Online, November 2021.

8. Pratik Sarker, and Uttam K. Chakravarty, “A Case Study of the Unsteady Response of a Hingeless Helicopter Rotor Blade,” Proceedings of the ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA; November 2019.

9. Mohammad Khairul Habib Pulok, Pratik Sarker, and Uttam K. Chakravarty, “An Analysis of the Aerodynamic Response of an Electroactive Membrane,” Proceedings of the ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA; November 2019 (Selected as the Best Paper from ASME Aerospace Division).

10. M Shafiqur Rahman, Pratik Sarker, and Uttam K. Chakravarty, “A Hybrid Energy Harvester Based on Solar Radiation and Mechanical Vibration,” AIP Conference Proceedings (Proceedings of the 8^th BSME International Conference on Thermal Engineering), Dhaka, Bangladesh; July 2019.

11. Md Mosleh Uddin, Pratik Sarker, Colin R. Theodore, and Uttam K. Chakravarty, “Active Vibration Control of a Helicopter Rotor Blade by Using Linear Quadratic Regulator,” Proceedings of the ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA; November 2018.

12. Pratik Sarker, Colin R. Theodore, and Uttam K. Chakravarty, “Vibration Analysis of a Composite Helicopter Rotor Blade at Hovering Condition,” Proceedings of the ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Phoenix, Arizona, USA; November 2016.

13. Pratik Sarker, and Uttam K. Chakravarty, “A Computational Fluid-Structure Interaction Technique to Observe the Quenching Characteristics of a Steel Part,” Proceedings of the 6^th BSME International Conference on Thermal Engineering (ICTE 2014), Dhaka, Bangladesh; December 2014.

14. Pratik Sarker, and Uttam K. Chakravarty, “Analysis of the Residual Stress and Deformation in a Steel Tube Due to Quenching Process Using Different Media,” Proceedings of the ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Montreal, Quebec, Canada; November 2014 (Selected as One of Top Ten Papers from ASME Applied Mechanics Division, Received the Haythornthwaite Foundation Student Travel Award).

15. Jose E. Rubio, Pratik Sarker, and Uttam K. Chakravarty, “Characterization of the Electromechanical Response of a Dielectric Elastomer Membrane,” Proceedings of the ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Montreal, Quebec, Canada; November 2014.