Recent Advances in Mechanical Infrastructure

Dr. Ajit Kumar Parwani is Assistant Professor in Mechanical Department of Institute of Infrastructure Technology Research and Management (IITRAM), Ahmedabad, India. Previously, he has taught in many other academic institutes like Guru Prem Sukh Memorial College of Engineering, Oriental Institute of Science and Technology, Bhagwan Parsuram Institute of Technology. He has completed his PhD from Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi in Thermal Engineering.He is actively reviewing papers for many international journals. He has published many papers in reputed journals and conferences. Dr. PL. Ramkumar is an Assistant professor in Mechanical Engineering department at IITRAM, Ahmadabad. He served as a lecturer in the Mechanical Engineering department at the Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, KK Birla Goa campus, Goa, India for 8 years. He has over 12 years of teaching research experience. He has been teaching core mechanical courses like Computer aided design, Mechanicsof solids, Computer aided analysis and design, Product design etc. He completed his graduation in Mechanical Engineering from Madurai Kamaraj University in 2003. He obtained M. E degree in Computer Aided Design from Anna University, Tamilnadu, India in 2008 securing University rank with Gold medal. He received his PhD from BITS PILANI in the year 2016. His area research includes experimental analysis of manufacturing processes, process modeling, computer aided analysis and optimization. He has organized various workshops and conferences. He has published good number of research papers the international journal / conferences of repute. He is life a member of various prestigious societies which includes Institute of Engineers (MIE), Indian Institute Metals (IIM) and Hong Kong Society of Mechanical Engineers (HKMSE).

Experimental Performance Evaluation of Mist Cooling using Bio-Degradable Coconut Oil in Turning of EN24 Steel in minimization of Tool Wear, Surface Roughness and Chip Thickness.- Challenges of Sustainable Manufacturing for Indian Organization: A Study.- Application of Utility Function Approach aggregated with Imperialist competitive algorithm for Optimization of Turning Parameters of AISI D2 Steel.- Optimization of Quality Characteristics in Laser Drilling of Ti6Al4V using VIKOR.- Multi-Objective Optimization and Experimental investigation CNC oxy-Fuel gas Cutting Parameters Using Taguchi Coupled Data Envelopment Analysis.- Utility function approach integrated with Fuzzy for optimization in milling glass fiber reinforced epoxy composites.- Design, Analytical Analysis and Manufacturing of 5-cylinder Hydraulic Fixture with Rotary Table for Machining case on VMC EZ 5.- Multi Material Printing Techniques for Fused Deposition Modelling.- Computational study of mist jet impingement heat transfer on a flat plate with slotted nozzle.- Generation and Characterization of Bio-Oil Through Slow Pyrolysis Process from Jatropha Curcas Shell.- Feasibility Analysis of Photovoltaic (PV) Grid Tied System for Indian Military Station Considering Grid Cyber-Security Aspects.- Effect of condenser and evaporator temperature and an energy analysis of ice manufacturing plant.- Fluid flow study of circular jet impingement on flat plate.- Estimation of time varying heat flux for one dimensional heat conduction problem by hybrid inverse method.- A Study of Occupant Injuries Classification in Automobile Accidents in Relation to Upper Extremities Bones.- Comparative Dynamic Performance of Symmetric and Asymmetric Hole-entry Journal Bearings under Turbulent Regime.