Removal processes:
• Conventional and nonconventional Machining
• Machining of hard and exotic materials
• Precision manufacturing and product development
• Advancements in non-conventional and hybrid machining
• Sustainable and green machining
• Machine tool dynamics and Tool design
• Abrasive finishing operations
• Modelling of machining processes
Advanced manufacturing:
• Laser processing of material
• Laser Assisted Manufacturing
• Powder metallurgy
• Surface engineering
• Thermal spray coatings, Oxyacetylene (LVOF, HVOF), Plasma, and sloid state coatings, Thermal barrier coatings, conductive coatings
Shaping and joining process:
• Bulk and Sheet metal forming
• Incremental forming
• Spin forming and flow forming,
• Severe Plastic Deformation
• Other Advanced forming operations
• Modelling and simulation in manufacturing
• Casting processes
• Mechanical joining processes,
• Adhesive joining
• Advancement in Welding and Casting processes
Material Processing:
• Polymer Composite
• MMCs and CMCs
• Light weight structures
• Material for high temperature applications
• Advanced ceramics
• Material selection
• Smart materials and structures
• Processing and fabrication of composites
Micro manufacturing:
• Micro and nano machining through various routes
• Micro casting
• Micro forming
• Micro welding etc.
Nano finishing processes:
· Magnetic Abrasive finishing process
· Magneto-Rheological finishing process
· Chemo mechanical polishing
· Elastic emission finishing etc.
Additive manufacturing
• Metal 3D printing
• Polymer additive manufacturing
• Post processing of AM alloys
• Biomedical application of AM alloys
• Numerical and mathematical modelling related to AM alloys
CAD/CAM Automation & Robotics:
• Computer Aided Manufacturing
• Reverse engineering
• MEMS/NEMS
• Industrial Robotics
• Manufacturing automation
• Mechatronics
• AI/ML in manufacturing
• Industry4.0 and beyond
Industrial Engineering
• Machine maintenance issues
• Metrology and Quality issues in manufacturing
• Productivity and Industrial Engineering
• Lean manufacturing
• Environmental issues in manufacturing
• Reuse and recycling of industrial waste