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Sneha Singh
Associate Professor
sneha.singh[at]me.iitr.ac.in
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Acoustics, Noise Control, Vibration Control, Metamaterials, Condition Monitoring, Machine Learning, Deep Learning.
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Educational Details
University of Warwick
2016
Ph.D., Automotive NVH (Mechanical Engineering)
IIT Kharagpur
2011
B.Tech. (Honours), Manufacturing Science and Engineering
Professional Background
Associate Professor
18 Mar 2025 - Present
Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, India
Assistant Professor
05 Mar 2019 - 17 Mar 2025
Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, India
Research
Projects
TOPIC START DATE FIELD DESCRIPTION FINANCIAL OUTLAY FUNDING AGENCY OTHER OFFICERS
6G Short Range Underwater Acoustic Communication based on Meta Learning 21 Mar 2025 Acoustic based communication 30 to 35 lacs Department of Telecommunications, India None
Development of space coiling metamaterials for enhanced noise control and enhanced thermo-fluidic performance in HVAC 06 Dec 2024 Noise Control, Metamaterials 16 to 20 lacs CSIR - HRDG, India None
Sound attenuation through use of Acoustics Meta Material for Trane Technologies’ Products - part 2 15 May 2022 Noise Control 16 to 20 lacs Climate ETC Technology Services Pvt. Ltd None
SMILE-2022 (Bomb Calorimeter) 17 Sep 2022 Green Materials 26 to 30 lacs SRIC, IIT Roorkee Prof. Sonal Thengane (PI). Myself Co-PI
Sound attenuation through use of Acoustics Meta Material for Trane Technologies’ Products 01 Jul 2021 Noise control 11 to 15 lacs Climate ETC Technology Services Pvt. Ltd None
Analysis of occupational noise in Indian industries and understanding their effects on human hearing 15 Oct 2020 Noise and Health 19.5 lacs SRIC, IIT Roorkee None




Publications

Journal Papers

1.     G. Pavan and S. Singh (2025). “A coplanar metamaterial with variable channels for ventilated noise control”, Applied Acoustics. Vol. 234, 110638. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apacoust.2025.110638  

2. G. Pavan and S. Singh (2024). “Porous acoustic metamaterial for controlling both high and low frequency machinery noise: case study of a water pump”, The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, Vol. 156, No. 1, 2794–2804. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0032453.

3.     G. Pavan and S. Singh (2024). “In-depth investigations into symmetrical labyrinthine acoustic metamaterial with two micro-slit entries for low-frequency sound absorption”, The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, Vol. 155, No. 1, 496–510. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0023962

4.    S. Thakur and S. Singh (2024). “An Improved 3-D Sound Source Localization of Varied Sources Using Oblique Square Pyramid Array”, IEEE Sensors Journal, Vol. 24, No. 2, 1772-1783. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1109/JSEN.2023.3336530

5. S. Thakur and S. Singh (2022). “Sound source localization of harmonic sources in entire 3D space using just 5 acoustic signals”, Applied Acoustics, Vol. 201, 109126. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apacoust.2022.109126

6.   G. Pavan and S. Singh (2022). “Near-perfect sound absorptions in low-frequencies by varying compositions of porous labyrinthine acoustic metamaterial”, Applied Acoustics, Vol. 198, 108974. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apacoust.2022.108974

7.   S. Singh (2022). “Determination of fundamental coupled torsional—radial frequency of single-walled carbon nanotubes”, Journal of Vibration and Control, Vol. 28(5-6), 677–688. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1177/1077546320981349

8.    S. Singh, Z. B. Junaid, V. Vyas, T. Singh Kalyanwat, S. S. Rana (2021). “Identification of vacancy defects in carbon nanotubes using vibration analysis and machine learning”, Carbon Trends, Vol. 5, 100091, ISSN: 2667-0569, 1 - 11. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cartre.2021.100091

9.   S. Singh, and V. Dutt (2020). “A reduced form for fundamental transverse modal frequency of carbon nanotubes”, Materials Today Communications, Vol. 25, 101404. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mtcomm.2020.101404

10.  S. Singh, S. Potala, and A. R. Mohanty (2019). “An improved method of detecting engine misfire by sound quality metrics of radiated sound”, Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part D: Journal of Automobile Engineering, Vol. 233, No. 12, 3112–3124. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1177/0954407018818693

11.  S. Singh, and A. R. Mohanty (2018). “HVAC noise control using natural materials to improve vehicle interior sound quality”, Applied Acoustics, Vol. 140, 100-109. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apacoust.2018.05.013

12.  S. Singh, and A. R. Mohanty (2018). “Measurement of boiling liquid levels by decomposition of sound waves in a waveguide”, Applied Acoustics, Vol. 129, 248-257. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apacoust.2017.08.005

13.  S. Singh, S. R. Payne, J. B. Mackrill, and P. A. Jennings (2015). “Do experiments in the virtual world effectively predict how pedestrians evaluate electric vehicle sounds in the real world?”, Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behavior, Vol. 35, 119-131. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trf.2015.10.012

14.  S. Singh, S. R. Payne, and P. A. Jennings (2014). “Toward a Methodology for Assessing Electric Vehicle Exterior Sounds”, IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, Vol. 15, No. 4, 1790-1800. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1109/TITS.2014.2327062

15. S. Singh, and S. Deb (2014). “An intelligent methodology for optimizing machining operation sequence by ant system algorithm”, International Journal of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Vol. 16, No. 4, 451-471. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1504/IJISE.2014.060654

Book chapters

16.  S. Singh, G. Pavan, and C. Chalurkar, (2024). “Acoustic Metamaterials for Noise Control Applications”, In: Handbook of Vibroacoustics, Noise and Harshness. N. Garg, C. Gautam, S. Rab, M. Wan, R. Agarwal, and S. Yadav, Eds. Singapore: Springer. ISBN: 978-981-99-4638-9. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-4638-9_30-1

17.  S. Singh and S. Thakur, (2024). “Acoustic Wave Propagation at Boundaries: Reflection, Absorption, and Transmission”, In: Handbook of Vibroacoustics, Noise and Harshness, N. Garg, C. Gautam, S. Rab, M. Wan, R. Agarwal, and S. Yadav, Eds. Singapore: Springer. ISBN: 978-981-99-4638-9. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-4638-9_6-1

Conference Papers

18.  M. M. M. Thu and S. Singh (2024). “Study of the Acoustic Features and Exposures of some Typical Construction Noise Sources in India”,  INTER-NOISE and NOISE-CON Congress and Conference Proceedings, Inter-Noise 2024, Nantes, France, Pages 6993 - 7998, pp. 7614-7620(7). DOI: https://doi.org/10.3397/IN_2024_3985

19.  S. Thakur and S. Singh (2024). “Moving sound source localization in 3D space based on time delay and energy ratio technique”, INTER-NOISE and NOISE-CON Congress and Conference Proceedings, Inter-Noise 2024, Nantes, France, Pages 6993 - 7998, pp. 7156-7165(10). DOI: https://doi.org/10.3397/IN_2024_3921

20.  C. A. Chalurkar and S. Singh (2024). “Effect of scatterer shape, opening angle and periodicity on sound attenuation by local resonating sonic crystal”,  INTER-NOISE and NOISE-CON Congress and Conference Proceedings, Inter-Noise 2024, Nantes, France, Pages 5995 - 6992, pp. 6869-6878(10). DOI: https://doi.org/10.3397/IN_2024_3880

21.  P. Golakoti and S. Singh (2024). “Centrifugal pump impeller wheel inspired acoustic metamaterial for low frequency sound absorption”,  INTER-NOISE and NOISE-CON Congress and Conference Proceedings, Inter-Noise 2024, Nantes, France, Pages 5995 - 6992, pp. 6804-6813(10). DOI: https://doi.org/10.3397/IN_2024_3873

22.  C. Chalurkar, G. Pavan and S. Singh (2023). “Effect of scatterer geometry and orientation of sonic crystal on sound wave transmission”, 18th International Conference on Vibration Engineering & Technology Of Machinery (VETOMAC 2023), IIT, Roorkee, India, Paper No: 220.

23.  S. Thakur and S. Singh (2023). “Effect of array design and microphone spacing on parameter estimation for accurate sound source localization”, 18th International Conference on Vibration Engineering & Technology Of Machinery (VETOMAC 2023), IIT, Roorkee, India, Paper No: 219.

24.  G. Pavan, C. Chalurkar and S. Singh (2023). “Enhanced low frequency sound absorption using micro slit and micro hole with labyrinthine metamaterial”, 18th International Conference on Vibration Engineering & Technology Of Machinery (VETOMAC 2023), IIT, Roorkee, India, Paper No: 218.

25.  G. Pavan and S. Singh (2023). “Effect of micro-slit entries on the sound absorption and size of a labyrinthine acoustic metamaterial”, INTER-NOISE and NOISE-CON Congress and Conference Proceedings, Inter-Noise 2023 (52nd International Congress and Exposition on Noise Control Engineering), Chiba, Japan, pages 2995-3997, pp. 3873-3881(9). DOI: https://doi.org/10.3397/IN_2023_0553.

26.  S. Thakur and S. Singh (2023). “Counting and localization of multiple unknown harmonic sound sources in entire 3D space using just five microphones”, INTER-NOISE and NOISE-CON Congress and Conference Proceedings, Inter-Noise 2023 (52nd International Congress and Exposition on Noise Control Engineering), Chiba, Japan, pages 1995-2994, pp. 2963-2972(10). DOI: https://doi.org/10.3397/IN_2023_0428. 

27.   S. Singh, V. S. Mukesh, S. Raut, K. Agarwal, and N. Pesricha (2023). “Analysis of vibrational modes of graphene and nanotubes”, 29th International Congress on Sound and Vibration (ICSV29), Prague, Czech Republic, Paper No: 253. Link: https://iiav.org/content/archives_icsv_last/2023_icsv29/content/papers/papers/full_paper_253_20230414191026958.pdf

28.  S. Thakur and S. Singh (2023). “Sound source localization of multiple harmonic sources in entire 3D space using 5 microphones array”, 29th International Congress on Sound and Vibration (ICSV29), Prague, Czech Republic, Paper No:105. Link: https://iiav.org/content/archives_icsv_last/2023_icsv29/content/papers/papers/full_paper_105_20230425111644818.pdf

29.  G. Pavan and S. Singh (2023). “A new labyrinthine acoustic metamaterial for low frequency noise control in HVAC appliances”, 29th International Congress on Sound and Vibration (ICSV29), Prague, Czech Republic, Paper No: 84. Link: https://iiav.org/content/archives_icsv_last/2023_icsv29/content/papers/papers/full_paper_84_20230401034610151.pdf

30.  G. Pavan and S. Singh (2022). “Design and application of labyrinthine acoustic metamaterial for noise control in home appliances”, 20th ISME Conference on Advances in Mechanical Engineering, IIT Ropar, India, Paper ID: 5500.

31.  Shikha and S. Singh (2022). “Complete 3D sound source localization using 6 microphones”, 20th ISME Conference on Advances in Mechanical Engineering, IIT Ropar, India, Paper ID: 9448.

32.  P. Kumari, A. Jain, S. Jain, N. Bhansali, P. Gupta, and S. Singh (2022). “Efficient inventory control techniques for healthcare pharmacies”, 20th ISME Conference on Advances in Mechanical Engineering, IIT Ropar, India, Paper ID: 6049.

33.  S. Singh, S. Potala, and A. R. Mohanty (2018). “Cylinder misfire detection using engine sound quality metrics and random forest classifier”, 25th International Congress on Sound and Vibration (ICSV25), Hiroshima, Japan, Paper No. 931.

34.  S. Singh, and A. R. Mohanty (2017). “Detection of boiling liquid levels by decomposition of acoustic waves measured using a waveguide”, 24th International Congress on Sound and Vibration (ICSV24), London, UK, Paper No. 683.

35.  S. Singh, S. Potala, and A. R. Mohanty (2017). “Support vector machine classifier for engine misfire detection using exhaust sound quality”, 24th International Congress on Sound and Vibration (ICSV24), London, UK, Paper No. 1266.

36.  S. Singh, S. Potala, S. Fatima, and A. R. Mohanty (2016). “Misfiring Identification of a Petrol Engine using Sound Quality Metrics”, International symposium on Acoustics for Engineering Applications (NSA-2016), Acoustical Society of India, Gurugram, India, Paper No. 70.

37.  S. Singh, S. R. Payne, J. B. Mackrill, and P. A. Jennings (2015). “Perceived sound quality of additional alert sounds of an electric vehicle”, INTER-NOISE and NOISE-CON Congress and Conference Proceedings, San Francisco, USA, 250(3), pp. 3975-3982.

38.  S. Singh, S. R. Payne, J. B. Mackrill, and P. A. Jennings (2014). “Evaluation of electric vehicle sounds in a virtual and a real life environment - a comparative study”, Aachen Acoustics Colloquium, Aachen, Germany, 24-26 November, 2014.

39.  S. Singh, S. R. Payne, J. B. Mackrill, and P. A. Jennings (2014). “Using virtual environments as a tool to evaluate electric vehicle sounds”, Hybrid and Electric Vehicles Conference (HEVC 2014), 5th IET, London, UK. doi: http://doi.org/10.1049/cp.2014.0948

40.  S. Singh, S. R. Payne, and P. A. Jennings (2013). “Detection and emotional evaluation of an electric vehicle's exterior sound in a simulated environment”, 42nd International Congress and Exposition on Noise Control Engineering (Inter-Noise 2013), Innsbruck, Austria, paper no. 807.

 

Patents

1.     S. Singh and G. Pavan (2022). “An Acoustic Metamaterial”, Indian Patent Design No. 366050-001. Filing date: 14/06/2022. Award Date: 18/04/2024. India: Controller General of Patents, Designs, and Trademarks, Government of India. Status: Awarded.

2.     S. Singh and G. Pavan (2022). “A metamaterial for absorbing low frequency sounds”, Design No. 366049-001. Filing date: 14/06/2022. Award Date: 10/04/2024. India: Controller General of Patents, Designs, and Trademarks, Government of India. Status: Awarded.

3.    S. Singh and Shikha (2022). “A system and method to localize a sound source and predict its 3 dimensional (3D) spatial coordinates”, Patent No. 508381. Application No. 202211020183. Filing date: 04/04/2022. Award Date: 08/02/2024. India: Controller General of Patents, Designs, and Trademarks, Government of India. Status: Awarded.

4.   S. Singh and G. Pavan (2022). “A MATERIAL FOR ABSORBING LOWER MIDDLE FREQUENCY SOUNDS”, Design No. 366051-001. Filing date: 14/06/2022, Award date: 08/05/2023. India: Controller General of Patents, Designs, and Trademarks, Government of India. Status: Awarded.

5.     G. Pavan and S. Singh (2023). “Symmetrical labyrinthine acoustic metamaterial with unequal slit entries for improved low-frequency sound adsorption”, Indian Patent Ref. No. 202311030173. Filing date: 26/04/2023. New Delhi, India: Controller General of Patents, Designs, and Trademarks, Government of India. Status: First examination report.

6.     S. Thakur and S. Singh (2022). “A slanted square pyramid shaped array consisting of five acoustic sensors for sound source localization”, Indian Patent Design No. 364475-001. Filing date: 20/05/2022. Kolkata, India: Controller General of Patents, Designs, and Trademarks, Government of India. Status: First revision completed.

 

Honors And Awards
Honors
British Council
2022
"20 Young Women Leaders  in India in the year 2022" (selected for Platinum Jubilee Women in Leadership Program in South Asia)
IIT Roorkee, India
2022
Professional Development & Innovation Award, Sponsored by the Class of 1983
International Institute of Noise Control Engineering
2015
I-INCE Young Professional Award
International Congress and Exhibition on Noise Control Engineering (INTERNOISE)
2015
Best Student Paper Award
IIT Kharagpur
2008
Merit cum Means Scholarship
Students
SuperVisions
Noise Control using Acoustic Metamaterials
12 Feb 2021 - 31 Dec 2024
Other Supervisors: , Scholar: Golakoti Pavan
Noise Source Identification & Localization
12 Jul 2019 - 31 Mar 2025
Other Supervisors: , Scholar: Shikha
Supply Chain Engineering
26 Jul 2021 - 31 Dec 2025
Other Supervisors: , Scholar: Pammi Kumari
Noise Control using Sonic Crystals
25 Jul 2022 - 30 Jul 2026
Other Supervisors: , Scholar: Chetan Ashok Chalurkar
Effect of construction noise on human hearing
06 Aug 2022 - 31 Jul 2026
Other Supervisors: , Scholar: Moh Moh Myint Thu
Noise Control using Space Coiling Metamaterials, India
06 Jan 2023 - 03 Jan 2028
Other Supervisors: , Scholar: Siddharth Shrivastava
Condition Monitoring of Bearings using Deep Learning, India
24 Jul 2023 - 31 Dec 2027
Other Supervisors: Prof. S P Harsha, Scholar: Ragita Ojha
Miscellaneous
Events
Research Scholars Day
12 Mar 2022 - 13 Mar 2022
Department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering, IIT Roorkee
Research Scholars Day
24 Mar 2021 - 25 Mar 2021
Department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering, IIT Roorkee
Administrative Positions
Review Editor
01 Jun 2021 - Present
Frontiers in Mechanical Engineering, Switzerland
Member, Institute of Eminence Proposal Committee
19 Jun 2023 - Present
IIT Roorkee, India
Member, DAPC (Departmental Academic Programme Committee)
13 Aug 2024 - Present
IIT Roorkee, India
B.Tech. Course Coordinator Board (Coordinator, Lab Based Project), IIT Roorkee
13 Aug 2024 - Present
IIT Roorkee, India
M.Tech. Seminar Board (Expert/ Examiner, Machine Design)
13 Aug 2024 - Present
IIT Roorkee, India
Member, House Allottment Committee (Group A employees)
21 Jan 2025 - Present
Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee, Uttarakhand, India
Member, House Allotment Committee (Grp A employees)
21 Jan 2025 - Present
Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee, Uttarakhand, India
Member, Diversity and Inclusion Committee
09 May 2022 - Present
IIT Roorkee
Faculty-in-Charge, GSAT (Self Assessment Team for “Gender Advancement for Transforming Institutions” (GATI))
06 Sep 2021 - 05 Sep 2022
DST and IIT Roorkee
Member DAC ( Departmental Administrative Committee)
25 Jan 2022 - 12 Aug 2024
IIT Roorkee
Professor-In-charge, "Mechanics Vibration & Noise Control Lab"
22 Jul 2022 - Present
Department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering, IIT Roorkee
M.Tech. Seminar Committee (Coordinator, Machine Design)
22 Jul 2022 - Present
Department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering, IIT Roorkee
Member DFSC (Department Faculty Search Committee)
24 Jan 2022 - 21 Jul 2022
IIT Roorkee
Member, DRC (Department Research Committee)
26 Aug 2020 - 21 Jul 2022
IIT Roorkee
Anti Ragging Committee
22 Jul 2022 - Present
IIT Roorkee, India
Officer In Charge, CAE - II Laboratory
01 Apr 2019 - 21 Jul 2022
IIT Roorkee
Officer In Charge, Work Science Laboratory
01 Apr 2019 - 21 Jul 2022
IIT Roorkee
Member, B. Tech. Project Assessment Committee
01 Aug 2020 - 30 Sep 2021
IIT Roorkee
Continuing Education Programmes
  1. Course Name: “Noise Control in Mechanical Systems”. Sponsor: NPTEL and SWAYAM, Govt. of India. Year: from Jan 2025 onwards. Link: https://nptel.ac.in/courses/112107619
  2. Course name: “Acoustic materials and metamaterials”. Sponsor: NPTEL and SWAYAM, Govt. of India. Year: from Jan 2020 till date. Link: https://nptel.ac.in/courses/112107290