D3 Lab | IISc


The Dynamics, Data and Design (D3) Lab is located in the Dept. of Mechanical Engineering at IISc Bengaluru and led by Dr. Akshay Joshi.

The lab focuses on leveraging state-of-the-art machine learning techniques and experimental methods to characterize novel materials to enable the optimized design of better structures and products.

Announcement 📌

Job Posting - 12 Aug, 2025

We’re looking for motivated Research Associates/Research fellows for Computer Vision and Machine Learning for defect classification in 3D printing. Please click the advertisement link below for details.

Latest News

CISM-IISc Workshop @ IISc Bangalore

Title: Emerging Topics in Architectured & Multiscale Materials, Soft Robotics and Data-Driven Model Discovery

CISM-IISc Workshop @ IISc Bangalore
Convocation 2025, IISc Bangalore
Congratulations to all the D3 Lab students receiving their degrees!
Convocation 2025, IISc Bangalore
Mechanical Sciences 3rd Divisional Symposium @ IISc Bangalore

Theme: Applications of AI/ML in Engineering

Mechanical Sciences 3rd Divisional Symposium @ IISc Bangalore
Dr. A. Joshi attended 2nd Mechanical Sciences Young Investigators Meet (MSYIM-2025) @ IIT Kanpur

Title: Machine Learning Surrogates for Constitutive Modelling of Materials

Speaker: Dr. Akshay Joshi, IISc Bangalore

Dr. A. Joshi attended 2nd Mechanical Sciences Young Investigators Meet (MSYIM-2025) @ IIT Kanpur
Dr. A. Joshi invited Prof. Sid Kumar, TU Delft for ME Seminar @IISc

Title: Towards Explainable & Interpretable AI for Materials Design

Speaker: Prof. Sid Kumar, TU Delft, Netherlands

Dr. A. Joshi invited Prof. Sid Kumar, TU Delft for ME Seminar @IISc