Areas of Interest: He has vast experience in the application of evaporative cooling, sprays, ice slurry generation technology, cascaded refrigeration system, biodiesel production techniques, waste heat recovery systems, renewable energy based poly-generation systems and resource assessment of offshore renewable energy(solar, wind and wave).

Brief Profile: Dr. Surendra Singh Kachhwaha is currently engaged with the responsibility of faculty as "Chair Professor Suzlon" in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, School of Technology, PDPU.Dr. Kachhwaha received his PhD and M. Tech. Degree from IIT Delhi and ITBHU, Varanasi respectively. He has teaching experience of more than 30 years in Mechanical Engineering at UG and PG level and have around 60 Technical publications in reputed national and international journals and more than 80 publications in national/international conference proceedings. He has guided five PhDs and 30 M. Tech. Dissertations. Besides, having been conferred with research awards and fellowships, Dr. Kachhwaha has carried out various awards and fellowships, Dr. Kachhwaha has carried out various consultancy/research project (worth 3.5 crores) where the fundamental and applications of mechanical and energy engineering are the main consideration.

Areas of Interest: Solar Desalination, Solar Drying, Solar Cooling, Solar Water Heating, Sustainable water treatment

Brief Profile: Dr. Jatin Patel is serving as a faculty member in Mechanical Engg Dept at Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University since last 9 years. He is graduated from SVNIT, Surat and Ph. D. from HemChandracharya North Gujarat University, Patan, Gujarat. At present, he is associated with Department of Mechanical Engineering, School of Technology, PDPU. He has total 13 years of teaching experience in reputed technical institutions and taught various subjects like Engineering Drawing, Non-Conventional Energy Sources, Thermodynamics, Turbo-machines and Solar Thermal Systems at UG and PG level. He has guided more than 5 post graduated students for their dissertation work. Presently he is involved in the research work towards solar parabolic trough collector for different applications.

Areas of Interest: Desalination, Multi-effect DIstillation, Heat transfer applications of renewable energy for cooling, Food preservation and other sustainable environmental issues

Brief Profile: Dr Anurag Mudgal has pursued a distinguished career path as an industrial engineer, academic researcher and teacher in higher education. After completing B Tech from Bundelkhand Institute of Engineering and Technology he joined paper industry as a GET and then project engineer for four years before returning to academia. He completed his M Tech and then PhD from the prestigious Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi. Before joining PDPU in January 2014 he worked in many prestigious Engineering Institutes and University of Uttar Pradesh. He was invited to work on a collaborative project with Aston University, UK by Royal Academy of Engineering in the year 2015 for three months. He his handling many projects including DST, DBT, EU-INDIA (under Horizon 2020 scheme) and Going Global (Under British Council scheme) on application of renewable energy for cooling and low cost advanced water desalination purposes.

Areas of Interest: Advanced Welding Processes, Friction Stir Welding, Friction Stir Processing- surface composite, super-plasticity, Friction Surfacing, BT-FSW, Hybrid FSW, FSW of dissimilar metals, Narrow Gap-GMAW/FCAW/MCAW. A-TIG welding of P91,RAFM steels, Hybrid Welding and Wear of surface composites.

Brief Profile: Dr Badheka, studied metallurgy at The M.S.University of Baroda, received Bachelor, Master and PhD in Metallurgical Engineering. Presently he working as Professor at Mechanical Engineering as well as Heading the Dept of Mechanical Engineering Dept.

Areas of Interest: Manufacturing and Industrial Engineering.

Brief Profile: Working in the area of Manufacuring, ECM, EDM and Industrial Engineering, with work experience of around 20 years.

Areas of Interest: Project management, Surface Metrology- Image processing applications, Additive manufacturing, Nano-Surface Metrology & Pattern recognition.

Brief Profile: Dr.M.B.Kiran received his Ph.D. in the area of Surface Metrology from the Indian Institute of Technology (I.I.T), Madras, India, in the year 1997. He is a certified project manager (P.M.P. from Pennsylvania, U.S.A.). He has teaching, industry, and research experience of 25 Years. He has worked in many multinational companies. He has more than 15 years of post-Ph.D. experience. He is currently guiding five research scholars pursuing Ph.D. Dr. M.B.Kiran has been working actively in many academic and professional bodies. He has successfully completed many mission-critical projects for clients from U.S.A and U.K. Dr.M.B.Kiran has published many technical papers in National /International Journals/and conferences. He has conducted many training programs for practicing engineers pursuing P.M.P. certification.

Areas of Interest: Enhanced oil recovery, CO2 storage, solar thermal applications, heat transfer

Brief Profile: Dr. Nanji Hadia has joined the department in 2022 as Associate Professor. He earned Ph.D. in 2008 from Indian Institute of Technology Bombay. He did post-doctoral research at Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Norway. He had worked at A*STAR, Singapore as Scientist from 2014 to 2021. He has published 28 research articles in journals and conferences of international repute.

Areas of Interest: Stress Analysis, Design Optimization, Finite element analysis, Composites, Computational mechanics, Impact Analysis

Brief Profile: Dr. Nirav Patel completed his B.E. degree in Mechanical Engineering from Birla Vishwakarma Mahavidhyala Engineering College, Vidhyanagar, Gujarat, India in 2009. He did his M.Tech. in CAD/CAM (2011) and Ph.D. in Computational Mechanics (2015) from Institute of Technology, Nirma University, Gujarat, India. Presently he is working as an Assistant Professor in Mechanical Engineering Department, School of Technology, Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University, India since December 2013. Dr. Patel has a teaching experience of more than 8 years in the field of Mechanical Engineering at under graduate and post graduate level. He worked 3 years at Gandhinagar Institute of Technology, Gujarat Technological University, India. Dr. Patel has published number of research articles in reputed journals and in international/national conferences in the field of computational mechanics. Recently, he has started exploring new areas of research, in stress analysis of plates weakened by complex shaped cut-outs, dynamic stress concentration, impact analysis of plates and optimization of composite materials.

Areas of Interest: Additive Manufacturing / 3D Printing, Bio-Printing, Implants, Medical Aids, Reverse Engineering.

Brief Profile: Dr. Pavan Kumar G has completed his B.Tech in Mechanical Engineering. He has done his ME in Design Engineering and PhD in Additive Manufacturing from BITS Pilani. He works in the area of polymer-based extrusion technologies. His areas of interest are the Design and Manufacturing of Bio-Implants, Medical aids for the needy in collaboration with prominent Orthopedic Surgeons and Dentists.

Areas of Interest: Battery Thermal Management System, Water Desalination and Thermal System Designs.

Brief Profile: Dr. Rajesh Patel has pursued PhD from New Jersey Institute of Technology, NJ, USA in year 2011. After completing PhD, he has joined PDPU as an Assistant Professor in year 2011. He has more than 20 years of teaching, research and administrative experience. Dr. Patel has worked on various key positions such as Head IQAC, Dean - Faculty of Engineering and Technology etc. He has visited many countries like USA, Canada, Australia, Portugal, Dubai and South Korea for International collaboration and professional activities. He has worked as Principal (In Charge) at Gujarat Power Engineering and Research Institute, Mehsana on deputation from PDPU for three years. Dr. Patel has more than 25 research papers in Scopus indexed journals, 01 product patent granted, 02 product patents granted and 06 design patents.

Areas of Interest: CORROSION ENERGY STORAGE (BATTERIES AND SUPERCAPACITORS) NANOMATERIALS SPRAY COATINGS MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR OF MATERIALS SENSORS CARBON DIOXIDE CAPTURE

Brief Profile: Prof. Ramesh obtained his bachelor's and masters' degrees from IIT Roorkee and IIT Madras, respectively. Following that he obtained his PhD from NC State University (USA) in Nanomaterials research. He has completed his postdoc at a navy base in Monterey Bay, California, and then University of Arkansas. Following that he worked at University of Michigan as a Scientist and then became an entrepreneur and started a company "CSquared Innovations LLC" in partnership with his colleagues and sold it off by 2014. He then joined Texas State University - Lamar University as a full time tenure track faculty in the Dept. of Mechanical Engineering. In 2019 July, he moved back to India and joined SOT - PDPU. He has more than 60+ articles published in journals and conference proceedings. He holds four international patents. He is in the process of submitting two more patent applications on - Synthesis of Nanomaterials and Heat Shields. He has guided/graduated more than 20 students for their PhD and MS. Currently he is running research programs with B. Tech Mechanical and Chemical Engineering students. He is the convener/lead of the newly formed Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Research Group at PDPU.

Areas of Interest: Explainable AI, Machine Learning, Fault Diagnosis, Signal Processing Techniques,Pattern Recognition.

Brief Profile: Dr. Vinay Vakharia is a distinguished academic and researcher with deep expertise in mechanical engineering, particularly in the application of advanced signal processing and machine learning techniques for fault diagnosis. He completed his Ph.D. at IIITDM Jabalpur, with a thesis titled "Diagnosis of Bearing Faults Using Vibration Signatures and Machine Learning Techniques," where he innovatively applied wavelets and artificial intelligence for fault diagnosis. Dr. Vakharia holds an M.Tech in CAD/CAM from VIT Vellore and a B.E. in Mechanical Engineering from RGPV Bhopal. His academic excellence was recognized at IIITDM Jabalpur, where he received the award for best academic performance in Mechanical Engineering (PG). His research contributions have been acknowledged internationally, notably receiving the Best Oral Presentation Certificate at the 8th International Conference on Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in Prague, Czech Republic, in 2017. Dr. Vakharia has significantly contributed to academia through numerous expert talks on applied machine learning and artificial intelligence. He has also served as a Session Chair and Co-Chair at various national and international conferences organized by prestigious institutions like NITs. Currently at PDEU Gandhinagar, Dr. Vakharia is engaged in multidisciplinary research, focusing on areas such as Generative Adversarial Networks, Prediction and Characterization of Materials, and Fault Diagnosis using Data Augmentation Techniques. His work continues to advance the fields of mechanical engineering, machine learning, and beyond, pushing the boundaries of applied engineering research.

Areas of Interest: Thermal system design, Soft computing techniques for thermal system design and optimization, Non-conventional refrigeration, Advanced refrigeration and air-conditioning, Cryogenics

Brief Profile: Dr. Vivek Patel has obtained his Ph.D. from S.V. National Institute of Technology, Surat with the specialization in advanced optimization algorithms and its application to thermal system design and optimization. He has published several research papers in the international journals of repute.

Areas of Interest: * Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) * Biomedical simulations * Applications of porous media theory * FEA Analysis related to Human Anatomy

Brief Profile: Dr Anirudh Kulkarni earned his Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering from Walchand Institute of Technology, Solapur (Maharashtra). Further, he registered for doctoral studies at the Indian Institute of Technology Indore, Indore (Madhya Pradesh). He has also worked as a CAD - CAE tutor and Project Consultant at a well-known firm in Solapur for two years, and has undertaken multiple industrial and academic projects. He has published seven research articles in the journal of international repute during his stay at IIT Indore, with a SCOPUS h - index of 7 and total citations of 120. He has active collaborations with faculties from various national and international universities in CFD related topics. For more details related to consultancy or collaboration, feel free to write to him at anirudh.kulkarni@sot.pdpu.ac.in.

Areas of Interest: Molecular dynamics, atomistic modelling, Nanocomposites, Hydrogels, Advanced abrasive finishing processes, composite processing, surface engineering, microwave processing techniques. Design, fabrication and dynamic mechanical characterization of bio degradable composites. High strain rate behavior of polymer based composites, atomistic modelling of polymer based nanocomposites.

Brief Profile: Mr. Ankur Chaurasia received his Master degree from Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee India in the year 2016 in the area of production and industrial systems engineering. He Completed his bachelor in Mechanical engineering. He completed his master and Ph.D degree from IIT Roorkee. Currently, he is serving as Assistant professor in the Mechanical engineering department since June 2016. His research area includes the molecular dynamics, atomistic approach, nanocomposites, hydrogels for bio medical applications, advanced machining processes and abrasive finishing processes. Surface Engineering Technology and challenges in the fabrication of Natural polymer composites. Dynamic mechanical behavior of composites subjected to ballistic impact, High strain deformation of nanocomposites.

Areas of Interest: Climate change Impact on wind energy. Convective heat transfer and heat exchangers, Fluid mechanics, wind and wave energy.

Brief Profile: Dr. Bhasuru Abhinaya Srinivas did B.tech in Mechanical engineering. He did his masters in Thermal power engineering specialization from NIT Trichy. He completed his Ph.D on May 2023 from PDEU in the area of Climate change impact on offshore wind energy.

Areas of Interest: Offshore renewable energy, Wind and Wave resource assessment, GIS-based analysis of Wind and wave farm development, climate change studies, Finite element analysis, Machine design

Brief Profile: Dr. Garlapati Nagababu is presently working as an assistant professor in the mechanical engineering department, PDPU, Gandhinagar since 2013. He completed his PhD in the field of offshore wind energy and M.Tech from IIT Guwahati in machine design specialisation. Dr. Nagababu has a teaching experience of more than seven years in the field of mechanical engineering at UG and PG level. His research mainly focuses on offshore renewable resource assessment and software development, development of small-scale wind turbine and hybrid energy system. He has published several research articles in highly reputed journals and international conferences in the field of energy. He received the best paper award at AEDCEE 2017, Thailand and ICCGE 2018, Paris. He is currently working on different projects funded by ISRO and ORSP.

Areas of Interest: Conventional Diesel Engine Combustion Premixed Charged Compression Ignition (PCCI) Engines Modulated Kinetics (MK) Combustion mode in Diesel Engine Reactivity Controlled Compression Ignition (RCCI) Engines Combustion Chamber Geometry Optimization for Diesel Engines Hydrogen Fueled Diesel Engines

Brief Profile: Dr. Hiren Dave has completed his B. E. in Mechanical Engineering from Gujarat University in the year 2009 and his M. Tech. in Automotive Engineering from VIT University-Vellore in collaboration with Automotive Research Association of India (ARAI) - Pune in 2012. He has completed his PhD from S. V. National Institute of Technology (SVNIT) - Surat in June-2020. His research work is in the domain of diesel engine combustion. He has published research articles in reputed international journals and conferences in the field of internal combustion engines.

Areas of Interest: Wind energy system design and analysis, Wind farm layout optimization, Wind farm cost analysis, Optimization of renewable energy systems, Computational optimization, Multi-disciplinary optimization of mechanical design and systems

Brief Profile: Dr. Jaydeep Patel received his Ph.D degree from Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University with the specialization in renewable system optimization. He had developed the geometric pattern-based approach for turbine placement in a wind farm. He also modified the recently developed meta-heuristics optimization method for the optimization of a turbine positioning in a wind farm and cost optimization. His major areas of research interests are lie in wind energy systems modeling and optimization, wind farm layout optimization, wind farm cost analysis, and multi-disciplinary optimization of mechanical design and systems and R&D. He completed M.Tech from National Institute of Technology, Hamirpur- India, in 2011. He has also work as a nodal officer for Siemens Center of Excellence-PDPU.

Areas of Interest: Advanced Welding technology, Welding metallurgy, Advanced manufacturing processes

Brief Profile: Dr. Jaykumar Vora completed his Ph.D. in the field of advanced welding technology at PDPU. His Ph.D. research project was pivoted to A-TIG welding of RAFM steel. He completed his Masters in welding technology from MSU Baroda. He also worked as a visiting faculty and research scholar at Lamar university, USA. He has extensive industrial experience and completed his masters research project at M/s Larsen & Toubro Limited. He is currently working on techniques to incorporate nanotechnology in welding processes for improving the performance. He is also currently working on multiple projects funded by BRNS, ORSP and other funding bodies.

Areas of Interest: Metal Welding, FSW, Optimization, Non-Conventional Machining, Quality Control,

Brief Profile: Dr. Kishan Fuse has been working in the School of Technology since July 2015. He has completed his Ph.D. in the Solid State Welding area. He received his M.Tech. in Manufacturing Engineering from Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology, Surat in 2015. He completed his B.E. in Mechanical Engineering from the Government College of Engineering, Jalgaon in 2012. His research area includes Metal Welding, Metal Forming, and Non-conventional Machining.

Areas of Interest: Surface Composites, Wear Characterization

Brief Profile: Dr. Krunal Mehta completed his doctoral research work in the domain of 'Tribological characterization of Surface Composites'. He completed his M. E. in Mechanical Engineering (CAD/CAM) from L. D. College of Engineering in the year 2014. He completed his B. E. in Mechanical Engineering from Indus Institute of Technology and Engineering in the year 2012. Dr. Mehta did his M. E. Dissertation at Institute for Plasma Research, Gandhinagar, wherein he was supposed to perform a Structural Analysis of 'Plasma Wakefield Accelerator' Equipment. He is also associated with student activities like 'SAE SUPRA' (Racing Vehicle) and 'Shell Eco-Marathon' (Electric Vehicle Prototype)

Areas of Interest: Vibrations, Dynamical Systems, Vehicle Dynamics and Control Systems, Magnetorheological Fluid (MR) Technology, Machine Learning and Deep Learning, Optimization.

Brief Profile: Dr. Manjeet received his Bachelor's degree from LPU Punjab in Mechanical Engineering. Later, he secured AIR 1648 in GATE 2014 scoring 99.11 percentile through which he got an offer to pursue Direct-PhD in Machine Design specialization in IIT Madras. His research focuses on the application of Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence in smart materials and dynamical systems. He has published his research work in high-impact journals and presented it at international conferences in New Zealand, Canada and Czech Republic. His research collaborations are from IIT Madras and NIT Surathkal. He was also a Visiting Scholar at Concordia University, Montreal (Canada) where he was actively involved in writing a monograph on Magnetorheological (MR) fluid Technology.

Areas of Interest: Phase-change heat transfer, Computational Fluid Dynamics CFD, Multi-scale solidification modeling, hot-cracking prediction, melting heat transfer, direct numerical simulation, grain-structure modeling, Rayleigh-Benard convection, natural convection, turbulence, thermal energy storage system, laser and electron beam based material processing.

Brief Profile: A motivated scientist & academician specialized in thermal engineering & CFD modelling; having more than 4 years of post-PhD experience. He has completed his post-graduation and Ph.D from IIT Kharagpur in Mechanical engineering.  Later, he completed his post-doctoral work at IIT Bombay. Dr Ojas Satbhai was awarded with Teachers Associateship for Research Excellence (TARE) by the Science and Engineering Research Board, Government of India. His core expertise lies in computational heat-transfer and fluid flow, and multi-scale modelling of solidification processes using high performance computing systems. He has numerous publications in the area of multi-scale, multi- physics modelling in manufacturing processes; microstructure modelling; material process optimization, energy storage system and phase-change Rayleigh Benard convection. Dr Ojas Satbhai was the convener for the 1st International Symposium on Battery Technology: Advances and Future Trends held on 19 - 21 January 2024 and jointly organized by Pandit Deendayal Energy University, India, Toronto Metropolitan University, Canada, and McMaster University, Canada.

Areas of Interest: Additive manufacturing/3D Printing, Friction Stir Welding and processing, Experimental and numerical modeling of advanced manufacturing processes, Tool Wear, Microstructural and mechanical characterization of materials and Simulation of heat transfer and fluid flow.

Brief Profile: Dr. Pankaj Sahlot completed his PhD from IIT Gandhinagar and also visited University of North Texas Denton, USA for six months as a visiting researcher during his Ph.D. His research work has been published in various reputed journals and conferences. He has also published 14 patents in the domain of Mechanical Engineering. He did M.Tech from IIT Hyderabad and also received award for Academic Excellence from Prof. C.N.R Rao.

Areas of Interest: Power cycles using waste heat recovery, Organic Rankine Cycles, Thermal Systems Optimization, Heat transfer augmentation, Thermal energy storage

Brief Profile: He is working as Assistant Professor in Department of Mechanical Engineering since July'14. He completed his PhD from Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University in the field of optimization of thermal systems and power cycles using waste heat recovery. He has completed his M.Tech in Mechanical Engineering from Sardar VallabhBhai National Institute of Technology, Surat and B.E in Mechanical Engineering from Government Engineering College, Surat. He has worked at Indian Space Research Organization as a Project Trainee for one year during his dissertation of M.Tech.

Areas of Interest: Mechanical Vibrations, Flexible Robotics, Nonlinear Dynamics, Solid Mechanics

Brief Profile: Dr. Pravesh Kumar has obtained his Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur and is M. Tech in machine design from Indian Insititute of Technology BHU, Varanasi. Dr. Kumar has obtained his B.E. in mechanical engineering from Kumaon Engineering College, Dwarahat, Uttarakhand. Dr. Kumar's interest centers upon Mechanical Vibrations, Flexible robotic manipulator, Nonlinear dynamics, NEMS/MEMS and Solid Mechanics. He has various articles published in reputed international journals and conference proceedings. Dr. Kumar was campus selected and served as a Senior Design Engineer at Larsen & Toubro Construction Limited, MMHIC, Kolkata for 2.5 years. He has additional research experience as Senior Project fellow at IIT Jodhpur and around 3 years of academic experience.

Areas of Interest: Multi Effect Desalination, Heat and Mass Transfer, Computational Fluid dynamics, Thermodynamics

Brief Profile: Dr. Rahul Deharkar has completed his Bachelors in Mechanical Engineering from Y.C.C.E, Nagpur. He has done his M.TECH in Thermal Engineering from NITK Surathkal. He worked as a Project Trainee at BARC, Mumbai during his Masters. His PhD research focus on design and developement of vertical tube evaporator suitable for small scale multi-effect distillation plant employable at rural location.

Areas of Interest: His principal research interest lies in the field of design, implementation, and testing of Latent Thermal Energy Storage (LTES) systems for various solar thermal applications; design, and development of battery thermal management systems; solar cooling through adsorption and absorption; nano enhancement of Phase Change Materials (PCMs) for increasing the rate of heat transfer.

Brief Profile: Dr. Saxena completed his Bachelor's (B.Tech) degree in Mechanical Engineering from U.P. Technical University and did his Master's (M.Tech) and Ph.D. from the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi. Presently he is deputed as Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering. He has won a few laurels to his credit during his research. He was awarded with Best Paper Award at 4th World Congress in International Conference on Heat transfer and fluid flow (HTFF'18) in Madrid, Spain. He has won first prize in Industry Day 2019 for Make in India theme at IIT Delhi. He has also received a runner-up prize in International Conference NFEST 2018 at Delhi Technical University, Delhi in January 2018. He has published several international journal papers, four book chapters and attended more than 15 International and National Conferences in India and abroad.

Areas of Interest: Non-Conventional Machining, Electrical Discharge Machining, Shape memory alloys, Optimization, Wire Electrical Discharge Machining, Design of Experiments, Additive manufacturing, Wire-Arc Additive Manufacturing.

Brief Profile: Dr. Rakesh Chaudhari is presently working as a Assistant Professor in Mechanical Engineering Department, PDPU, Gandhinagar since July 2014. He completed his bachelor degree in Mechanical Engineering from Government college of engineering, Jalgaon. He completed his M.Tech in Mechanical Engineering from SVNIT, Surat in June 2014. Dr. Rakesh Chaudhari has completed his dissertation from IIT, Bombay. He has completed his PhD research at PDPU in the field of Experimental investigations & Optimization of Electrical Discharge Machining Process Parameters of Shape Memory Alloys.

Areas of Interest: Robotics, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Remote Sensing, Computational Fluid Dynamics, Fluid Flow Instability & Control.

Brief Profile: Dr. Ravi has completed his Ph.D degree from IIT Gandhinagar in Jan 2020, in the area of active fluid flow control. His research interests are broadly Robotics, Remote Sensing & GIS, Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), Fluid flow instability and Control. He has received his bachelor's degree from IIT Madras in Aerospace Engineering in 2008. He served as a Design Engineer at TAAL tech, bangalore in 2009. He has completed his M.Tech from IIT Kharagpur in Mechanical Systems Design in 2012. His master's thesis work was on design, dynamics and control of Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV). He later worked as an Assistant Manager in Pinnacle Infotech Solutions, Durgapur (CAD-CAM solution).

Areas of Interest: Industry 4.0, Smart Manufacturing, Additive manufacturing, Sustainable Manufacturing, Multi-Criteria Decision Making, Performance Measurement of Manufacturing Organisations, Optimization, Advanced Manufacturing processes

Brief Profile: Dr. Vishal Ashok Wankhede is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, School of Technology, Pandit Deendayal Energy University (Formerly PDPU), Gandhinagar, Gujarat since March 2022. He worked as an Assistant Professor in Department of Industrial Engineering, School of Technology, PDEU, Gandhinagar from July 2016 to June 2019. Further, he joined Full-Time doctoral programme (Ph.D.) at Department of Production Engineering, NIT Tirchy in July 2019 with MHRD fellowship. He received his Ph.D. in the area of Industry 4.0 from Department of Production Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli in July 2022. He received his B.Tech in Mechanical Engineering from Dr. B. A. Technological University, Lonere (Govt. Autonomous), Maharashtra in 2014. He received his M.Tech in the area of Cloud Manufacturing from Department of Production Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, Tamilnadu in 2016. He was awarded with academic proficiency prize for securing Top Rank in M.Tech by NIT, Trichy. He has published more than 25 peer-reviewed articles in reputed journals, international conference proceedings and book chapters with more than 300 citations and h-index 10. He is also serving as Peer-Reviewer for more than 10 prestigious journals of International repute. He is actively associated with various professional bodies such as Institution of Engineers (India), Indian Society for Technical Education, American Society of Mechanical Engineers and Indian Institution of Industrial Engineering. His research area includes Cloud Manufacturing, Industry 4.0, Additive manufacturing, Circular economy, Advance manufacturing process, Optimization, Multi-criteria decision making. IRINS: https://pdpu.irins.org/profile/123446 Research profile: https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=mynZ-eYAAAAJ&hl=en

Areas of Interest: Droplet Evaporation, Bio-fluid Transport Phenomena, Pattern Analysis, Micro-channel Simulations, Urban Air Quality Improvement, and Electromagnetism.

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Areas of Interest: Condition Monitoring, Signal Processing, Sustainable Manufacturing, Machine Learning.

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