Vikas Sharma
Assistant Professor at Kyoto University
Kyoto, Japan
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Top SchoolVikas Sharma is an Assistant Professor at Kyoto University with nine years of research and teaching experience in geotechnical and geoenvironmental engineering, specializing in multi-scale and space-time finite element methods for fluid-soil interaction and soil dynamics. His PhD-driven work bridges microscopic and macroscopic behavior in porous media using homogenization and variational multi-scale theory, and he develops numerical tools to simulate erosion, piping, and earthquake response of earthen structures. He has led funded projects employing Hamiltonian Monte Carlo for probabilistic inverse analyses and has published experimental and modeling studies on heat and mass transfer in frozen and deformable soils. Vikas combines hands-on Fortran development and FEM enthusiasm with practical lab innovations—such as a low-cost capacitance method and a temperature-controlled chamber—to validate models against challenging field-relevant conditions. Based in Kyoto, he teaches interdisciplinary courses on water, soil, and ecosystems and collaborates across disaster-resilience and agricultural infrastructure projects. His profile reflects a rare mix of theoretical rigor, numerical implementation, and experimental inventiveness aimed at making infrastructure more resilient to climate and seismic hazards.
9 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Indian Institute of Technology BombayDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, Agriculture Facilities Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, Agriculture Facilities Engineering at Kyoto University
Github Skills (97)
gmsh10
hash10
fortran-package-manager9
pde-solver9
probability-distribution9
strings9
simulation9
fortran9
linear-algebra9
numerical-methods9
derivative9
sorting9
vtk9
statistics8
pde8
Programming languages (14)
Github contributions (5)
easifem/classes
Feb 2021 - Jan 2025
Expandable And Scalable Infrastructure for Finite Element Methods, EASIFEM, is [Modern Fortran](https://fortran-lang.org) framework for solving partial differential equations (PDEs) using finite element methods. EASIFEM "eases" the efforts to develop scientific programs in Fortran.
Contributions:11 releases, 40 reviews, 440 PRs in 3 years 11 months
cfdfinite-element-analysisfinite-element-methodsfluid-dynamicsfluid-mechanics
easifem/lapack95
Apr 2021 - Dec 2022
Fortran 95 interface to NETLIB Lapack
Contributions:1 release, 10 commits, 11 PRs in 1 year 8 months
lapackfortranlinear-algebralapack95
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