Ph.D. (Mechanical Engineering) - 2012 S. V. National Institute of Technology, Surat
M.E. (Production Engineering) - 2003 Faculty of Tech. & Engg., M. S. University, Vadodara
B.E. (Mechanical Engineering) - 2001 L. E. College, Morbi; Saurashtra University, Rajkot
Professor, Mechanical Engineering, SVNIT, Surat December 2023 - Till date
Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering, SVNIT, Surat January 2019- December 2023
Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering, SVNIT, Surat March 2009 – January 2019
Lecturer, Mechanical Engineering, SPCE, Visnagar July 2004 – November, 2007
Pipe leakage detection & repair robot ( 379440 )
Agriculture monitoring drone with land traversing feature (330201-001)
Pipe climbing robot (337173-001)
Lower limb exoskeleton (343881-001)
Autonomous quadruped robot (344242-001)
Industrial robot (346262-001)
Prosthetic arm (348495-001)
1. Dave H.K., Dixit U.S., Nedelcu D., (eds) “Recent Advances in Manufacturing Processes and Systems: Select Proceedings of RAM 2021”, Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering, Springer, Singapore, ISBN 9789811677861.
2. Dave H.K., Davim J. Paulo, (eds) “Fused Deposition Modeling Based 3D Printing” Springer Nature,Switzerland, ISBN 978-3-030-68024-4.
3. Dave H.K., Nedelcu D., (eds) “Advances in Manufacturing Processes; Select Proceedings of RAM 2020”, Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering, Springer, Singapore, ISBN 978-981-15-9116-7.
1. J Kumar, P K Kharwar, H K. Dave and R K Verma, "The Machining Potential and Damage Modeling of Carbon/Polymer Composites for High-Performance Applications," in Trends in Applications of Polymers and Polymer Composites, edited by Vinay Kumar Patel, Rishi Kant, Pankaj Singh Chauhan and Shantanu Bhattacharya (AIP Publishing, Melville, New York, 2022), Chapter 3, pp. 3-1–3-24
2. Sudhanshu Kumar, Harshit K. Dave, Keyur P. Desai, “Parametric study of Electro Discharge Boring of Inconel 718 with Radial Tool Movement using Taguchi Method”. In: P. Kyratsis, J. P. Davim (eds.) Experiments and Simulations in Advanced Manufacturing, Materials Forming, Machining and Tribology, pp. 253-276
3. Dave H.K., Sandip Patel “Introduction to Fused Deposition Modeling Based 3D Printing Process”. In: Dave H.K., Davim J. Paulo, (eds) “Fused Deposition Modeling Based 3D Printing” Springer Nature, (pp. 1-22) Switzerland, ISBN 978-3-030-68024-4.
4. Rajpurohit, S.R., Dave, H.K. “Optimization and Prediction of Tensile Strength in FDM based 3D Printing using ANFIS”. In: Gupta K., Gupta M.K. (eds) Optimization of Manufacturing Processes, Springer, (pp. 111-128). Cham, Switzerland. eISBN:978-3-030-19638-7
5. Mathai V.J., Dave H.K. (2019), “Micro-EDM with Translational Tool Motion: The Concept of Micro-Electro-Discharge-Slotting.” In: Kibria G., Jahan M., Bhattacharyya B. (eds) Micro-electrical Discharge Machining Processes. Materials Forming, Machining and Tribology. Springer, Singapore. eISBN:978-981-13-3074-2
6. Dave H. K., Raval H. K., Desai K. P., (2015), “Orbital Electro Discharge Machining”, In: Electrical Discharge Machining – Types, Technologies & Applications, Edited by M. P. Jahan, Nova Science Publishers, Inc., ISBN: 978-63483-591-6
1. H. K. Dave, P. K. Kottapalli, H. V. Patel, A. R. Prajapati, S. R. Rajpurohit (under publication), “Mechanical testing of hybrid natural flax/jute fiber reinforced composite”, International Journal of Materials Engineering Innovation, under publication process
2. Dave, H.K., Patadiya, N.H., Rajpurohit, S.R., Prajapati, A.R. and Raval, H.K., (under publication), “Investigation on impact strength of 3D printed PLA: effect of part orientation, infill pattern and infill percentage”, Int. J. Manufacturing Technology and Management, under publication process
3. Harshit Dave, Ashish Prajapati, Ankit Nikam, Mihir Panchal, Sagar Macwan, Hardeep Singh, Saptarishi Pandey (article available online). “Experimental analysis of compressive properties of arrowhead auxetic structure made by FDM process”, International Journal of Materials Engineering Innovation doi: 10.1504/IJMATEI.2023.10048815
4. Patel, H & Dave, H. K. (2023), “The effect of stacking sequence and fiber orientation on tensile and flexural strength of fiber reinforced composite fabricated by VARTM process”, Engineering Solid Mechanics, 11(1), pp. 47-62.
5. Prajapati, A.R., Dave, H.K. and Raval, H.K. (2023), "Impact energy absorption and fracture mechanism of FFF made fiberglass reinforced polymer composites", Rapid Prototyping Journal, 29(2), pp. 275-287
6. Kesarwani, S., Verma, R & Dave, H. K., (2022). An integrated approach of VIKOR and teaching learning-based optimization algorithm for milling machinability computations. Management Science Letters, 12(4), 263-282. https://doi.org/10.5267/j.msl.2022.5.001.
7. Dave H.K., Ravi Teja Karumuri, Prajapati A.R., Rajpurohit S.R., (2022), “Specific energy absorption during compression testing of ABS and FPU parts fabricated using LCD-SLA based 3D printer”, Rapid Prototyping Journal, 28(8), pp.1530-1540
8. S.R. Rajpurohit, Dave H.K., K.P. Rajurkar,(2022) “Prediction of tensile strength of fused deposition modeling (FDM) printed PLA using classic laminate theory”, Engineering Solid Mechanics 10(1) pp. 13-24.
9. Dave H.K., Patadiya N.H., Prajapati A.R., Rajpurohit S.R., (2021), “Effect of infill pattern and infill density at varying part orientation on tensile properties of FDM printed PLA part”, Proceeding of the Institution of Mechanical Engineering, Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science, 235(10), 1811-1827.
10. Prajapati A.R., Dave H.K., Raval H.K., (2021) “An Experimental Study on Mechanical, Thermal and Flame-Retardant Properties of 3D-Printed Glass-Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Composites”, Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance, 30(7), pp. 5266 - 5277
11. Patel H.V., Dave H.K., (2021) “An Experimental and Simulation-based analysis of resin flow front during fabrication of lightweight composite components using VARTM process”, International Journal of Materials Engineering Innovation, 12(2), pp. 149-164.
12. Dave H.K., Patel B. H., Rajpurohit S.R., Prajapati A.R., Nedelcu D., (2021) “Effect of multi-infill patterns on tensile behavior of FDM printed parts”, Journal of the Brazilian Society of Mechanical Sciences and Engineering, (43)1, pp. 1-15.
13. Dave H.K., Prajapati A.R., Rajpurohit S.R., Patadiya N.H. Raval H.K., (2020), “Investigation on tensile strength and failure modes of FDM printed part using in-house fabricated PLA filament”, Advances in Materials and Processing Technologies, (15)1, pp. 1-22.
14. Rajpurohit S.R., Dave H.K., (2020) “Impact strength of 3D printed PLA using open source FFF-based 3D printer”, Progress in Additive Manufacturing, 6(1), pp. 119-31.
15. Prajapati A.R., Dave H.K., Raval H.K., (2020) “Influence of fiber rings on impact strength of 3d printed fiber reinforced polymer composite”, International Journal Of Modern Manufacturing Technologies, XII (1), pp.157-163.
16. Patel H.V., Dave H.K., (2020) “Study of permeability and resin flow front during the fabrication of thin composite using VARTM process”, International Journal Of Modern Manufacturing Technologies, XII (1), pp.125-130.
17. Sudhanshu Kumar, Dave H. K., Desai K. P., (2020), “Development of a model to compensate overcut during Electro Discharge Boring process” International Journal of Manufacturing Research,14(4), pp. 373-393.
18. Dave H.K., Prajapati A.R., Patadiya N.H. Rajpurohit S.R., Raval H.K., (2020), “Open hole tensile testing of 3D printed part using in-house fabricated PLA filament”, Rapid Prototyping Journal, 26(1), pp. 21-31
19. Mathai V. J., Dave H. K., Desai K. P., (2020), “Characterization and modeling of Tool Electrode Wear during Planetary EDM of Titanium Grade 5 alloy”, International Journal of Manufacturing Technology and Management, 34(5), pp. 445-466.
20. Rajpurohit S.R., Dave H.K., (2019) “Fused deposition modeling using Graphene/PLA nanocomposite filament”, International Journal of Modern Manufacturing Technologies, XI (2), pp.96-104.
21. Dave H.K., (2019) “Optimization of orbital electro discharge machining parameters using TLBO and PSO algorithms”, International Journal of Modern Manufacturing Technologies, XI (2), pp.19-24.
22. Dave H. K., Rajpurohit S. R., Patadiya N. H., Dave S. J., Sharma K. S., Thambad S. S., Srinivas V.P. and Sheth K. V., (2019) “Compressive Strength of PLA based Scaffolds: Effect of Layer Height, Infill Density and Print Speed”, International Journal of Modern Manufacturing Technologies. XI (1), pp.21-27
23. Rajpurohit S. R., Dave H. K., (2019), “Analysis of tensile strength of a fused filament fabricated PLA part using an open-source 3D printer”, International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, 101 (5-8), pp. 1525-1536 (2017 Impact Factor 2.601)
24. Rajpurohit S. R., Dave H. K., (2018), “Flexural strength of fused filament fabricated (FFF) PLA parts on an open-source 3D printer”, Advances in Manufacturing, 6(4), pp. 430-441. (2017 Impact Factor 1.706)
25. Rajpurohit S. R., Dave H. K., (2018), “Effect of process parameters on tensile strength of FDM printed PLA part”, Rapid Prototyping Journal, 24(8), pp. 1317-1324 (2017 Impact Factor 2.346)
26. Mathai V. J., Dave H. K., Desai K. P., (2018), “End wear compensation during planetary EDM of Ti–6Al–4V by adaptive neuro fuzzy inference system”, Production Engineering, 12(1), pp.1-10.
27. Sudhanshu Kumar, Dave H. K., Desai K. P., (2018) “Methodology for database development for electro discharge boring of aerospace material”, International Journal of Materials and Product Technology, vol. 56(4), pp. 295-312
28. Mathai V. J., Dave H. K., Desai K. P., (2018), “Analysis of Dimensional Inaccuracies in square cavities generated on Ti-6Al-4V using Planetary EDM”, International Journal of Materials and Product Technology Vol. 56 (1-2), pp.108 -134
29. Mathai V. J., Dave H. K., Desai K. P., (2017) “Experimental investigations on EDM of Ti6Al4V with planetary tool actuation”, Journal of the Brazilian Society of Mechanical Sciences and Engineering, vol.39(9), pp. 3467-3490
30. Sudhanshu Kumar, H. K. Dave, K. P. Desai, (2016), “Experimental investigation on performance of different tool movement strategies in EDM process for boring operation”, International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, vol 87 (5-8), pp. 1609 - 1620
31. Dave H. K., Mathai V. J., Mayanak M. K., Raval H. K., Desai K. P., (2016), “Study on effect of process parameters on overcut and tool wear rate micro electro discharge slotting process”, International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology vol 85 (9), pp. 2049-2060
32. Kagzi S. A., Gandhi A. H., Dave H. K., Raval H. K., (2016) “An analytical model for bending and spring back of bimetallic sheet”, Mechanics of Advanced Materials & Structures, Vol. 23 (1), pp. 80-88
33. Mathai V. J., Dave H. K., Desai K. P., (2016), “Study on effect of process parameters on end wear of tool electrode during planetary EDM of Ti-6Al-4V”, International Journal of Materials, Mechanics & Manufacturing, vol. 5 (3), pp. 159-163
34. Sudhanshu Kumar, Harshit K. Dave, K. P. Desai (2016), “Application of radial tool movement in electrical discharge machining process for boring operation”, International Journal of Materials, Mechanics & Manufacturing, vol. 5 (3), pp. 178 - 182 (Awarded Best Paper during 7th International Conference on Material & Manufacturing Technologies at Chiang Mai University, Thailand, May 14-16, 2016)
35. Mathai V. J., Dave H. K., Desai K. P., (2016), “Study on effect of process parameters on responses during planetary EDM of Titanium grade 5 alloy”, International Journal of Modern Manufacturing Technologies, vol. 8 (1), pp. 53- 60
36. Dave H. K., Banker M., Kumar S., Mathai V. J., Vyas A., (2016), Investigation on the effect of different tool work piece combinations on MRR and TWR during EDM process”, Journal of Machining and Forming Technology, Vol. 7 (3-4), pp. 01 - 11
37. Sudhanshu Kumar, Harshit K. Dave, K. P. Desai (2015), “A parametric study of radial tool actuation in Orbital EDM”, Advances in Materials & Processing Technologies, Vol. 1, issue 3-4, pp. 394-403
38. Mathai V. J., Dave H. K., Desai K. P., (2015), “Study of effect of tool motion strategies on tool wear characteristics during generation of non circular cavities by EDM process”, International Journal of Machining & Machinability of Materials, Vol. 17, issue 2, pp. 150 - 164
39. Dave H. K., Mathai V. J., Desai K. P., Raval H. K., (2015) “Studies on quality of microholes generated on Al 1100 using micro electro discharge machining process” International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, vol. 76, issue 1-4, pp. 127-140
40. Mathai V. J., Dave H. K., Desai K. P., (2014) “Generation of square cavity using planetary EDM” Advanced Materials Research, vol. 1036, pp. 314-319 (conference)
41. Dave H. K., Desai K. P., Raval H. K., (2013) “Development of Semi empirical model for predicting Material Removal Rate during orbital electro discharge machining of Inconel 718”, International Journal of Machining and Machinability of Materials, vol. 13, issue 2/3, pp. 215-230
42. Raval H. K., Gandhi A. H., Makwana M. M., Dave H. K., Shrivastav Y. K., (2013) “Thinning analysis for hot forming of single piece hemispherical dish end using finite element simulation and its empirical modeling”, Journal of Metal Forming, vol. 6, issue 1, pp.115-124
43. Dave H. K., Desai K. P., Raval H. K., (2013) “A Taguchi approach-based study on effect of process parameters in electro discharge machining using orbital tool movement”, International Journal of Machining and machinability of materials, vol. 13, issue 1, pp.52-66
44. Dave H. K., Mathai V. J., Raval H. K., (2013) “Study of micro hole characteristics on AL100 during MEDM – An empirical approach”, International Journal of Advanced Materials Manufacturing & Characterization, vol. 3, issue 1, pp. 321-327
45. Dave H. K., Desai K. P., Raval H. K., (2012) “Optimization of multiple response characteristics in orbital electro discharge machining of inconel 718 using Taguchi’s loss function”, International Journal of Manufacturing Technology and Management, vol 25, issue 1-3, pp. 78-94
46. Dave H. K., Desai K. P., Raval H. K., (2012) “Experimental investigations on orbital electro discharge machining of Inconel 718 using Taguchi technique”, International Journal of Modern Manufacturing Technology, vol. 4, issue 2, pp. 53-58
47. Dave H. K., Desai K. P., Raval H. K., (2012) “Modeling and Analysis of Material Removal Rate during Electro Discharge Machining of Inconel 718 under orbital tool movement”, International Journal of Manufacturing Systems, vol. 2, issue 1, pp. 12-20
48. Dave H. K., Desai K. P., Raval H. K., (2012) “A decision support system for tool electrode selection for electro discharge machining process using Analytic Hierarchy Process”, Internal Journal of Analytic Hierarchy Processes, vol. 4, issue 2, pp. 89 - 103
49. Dave H. K., Patel L. S., Raval H. K., (2012) “Effect of machining conditions on MRR and surface roughness during CNC turning of different materials using Ti-N coated cutting tools – A Taguchi approach”, International Journal of Industrial Engineering Computation, vol.3, issue 5, pp. 925-930
50. Dave H. K., Raval H. K. (2010), “Modeling of cutting forces as a function of cutting parameters in milling process using regression analysis and artificial neural network”, International Journal of Machining and Machinability of Materials, vol. 8, issue 1-2, pp. 198-208
51. Patil A. S., Dave H. K., Balasubramaniam R., Desai K. P., Raval H. K., (2010), “Some preliminary metallurgical studies on grain size and density of work material used in micro machining operation”, Journal of Minerals and Materials Characterization & Engineering, vol. 9, issue 9, pp. 845-853.
1. Krunalkumar N. Patel Anirudh Manoj, Mohammed Shams H. Sayed, Shah Kaushal K., Swayam J. Shah, Dave H.K. (2021), “Post processing 3D Printed UAV Wing enabling Trailing Edge”, In International Conference in Recent Advances in Manufacturing, SVNIT, India. In Recent Advances in Manufacturing Processes and Systems, pp. 791-802. Springer, Singapore.
2. Prasanth Kumar Kottapalli, Sai Kumar Balla, Himanshu V Patel, Dave H.K. (2021), “Study on Impact properties of Hybrid Composites fabricated by VARTM process for Structural Applications”, In International Conference in Recent Advances in Manufacturing, SVNIT, India. In Recent Advances in Manufacturing Processes and Systems, pp. 927-934. Springer, Singapore.
3. Kaushik Agarwal, Shishir Joshi, Divyansh Asudani, Dixit Savani, Deep Patel, Prajapati A. R., Keyur P. Desai, Dave H.K. (2021), “Optimization of Electro Discharge Machining Parameters Using Non-Traditional Optimization Techniques”, In International Conference in Recent Advances in Manufacturing, SVNIT, India. In Recent Advances in Manufacturing Modelling and Optimization, pp. 329-340. Springer, Singapore.
4. Dave H.K. Mihir D. Chanpura, Sanket J. Kathrotiya, Dixit D. Patolia, Dhaval D. Dodiya, Paresh S. Kharva (2021), “Design, Development and Control of SCARA for Manufacturing Processes”, In International Conference in Recent Advances in Manufacturing, SVNIT, India. In Recent Advances in Manufacturing Modelling and Optimization, pp. 551-567. Springer, Singapore.
5. S. M. Basha, Dave H.K., H. V. Patel (2021), “A preliminary investigation on different tool wears in Sustainable Electrical Discharge Machining of Ti-6Al-4V”, In International Conference in Recent Advances in Manufacturing, SVNIT, India. In Recent Advances in Manufacturing Processes and Systems, pp. 23-36. Springer, Singapore
6. Patel H. V., Dave H.K. 2021,” Effect of fiber orientation on tensile strength of thin composites”, In International Conference on Materials, Manufacturing and Modelling, VIT, Vellore, India. In Materials Today: Proceedings, Elsevier.
7. Prajapati A.R., Dave H.K., Raval H.K., 2021, “Effect of fiber reinforcement on the open hole tensile strength of 3D printed composites” In International Conference on Materials, Manufacturing and Modelling, VIT, Vellore, India. In Materials Today: Proceedings, Elsevier.
8. Prajapati A.R., Dave H.K., Raval H.K., 2020, “Effect of fiber volume fraction on the impact strength of fiber reinforced polymer composites made by FDM process” In International Conference Material Processing and Characterization, IIT Indore, India. In Materials Today: Proceedings, Elsevier.
9. S.M. Basha, Dave H.K., and Patel H. V., 2020,” Experimental investigation of jatropha curcas bio-oil and biodiesel in electric discharge machining of Ti-6Al-4V”, In International Conference & Exposition on Mechanical, Material and Manufacturing Technology, CVR College of Engineering, Hyderabad, India. In Materials Today: Proceedings, Elsevier.
10. S.M. Basha, Dave H.K., and Patel H. V., 2020,” Experimental investigation on the quality of electric discharge machined Ti-6Al-4V using bio-oil and biodiesel”, In International Conference & Exposition on Mechanical, Material and Manufacturing Technology, CVR College of Engineering, Hyderabad, India. In Materials Today: Proceedings, Elsevier.
11. Vijay Dodiya, Sarthak Bhavsar, Naman Kansara, Nikhil Murarka, Desai K.P., Dave H. K. and Patel H. V., (2020), “Acoustic Emission System for Monitoring Mechanical behavior during Ultrasonic Metal”, In International Conference in Recent Advances in Manufacturing, SVNIT, India. In Advances in Manufacturing Systems, pp.1-17. Springer, Singapore.
12. Naisarg H. Sagathiya, Prajapati A. R., Desai K.P., and Dave H. K., (2020), “ANFIS based prediction model for tool wear criteria during orbital electrical discharge machining of Ti6Al4V”, In International Conference in Recent Advances in Manufacturing, SVNIT, India. In Advances in Manufacturing Systems, (pp. 277-291). Springer, Singapore.
13. Prajapati A. R., Patadiya N.H., Rajpurohit S. R., and Dave H. K., (2020), “Analysis of compressive strength of 3D Printed PLA part”, In International Conference in Recent Advances in Manufacturing, SVNIT, India. In Advances in Manufacturing Processes, (pp. 295-304). Springer, Singapore.
14. Prasanth Kottapalli, Rahul Narkhede, Dave H.K., Patel H.V., Rajesh Kumar Verma, (2020), “Experimental and Simulation Study on Permeability of Hybrid composite” In International Conference in Recent Advances in Manufacturing, SVNIT, India. In Advances in Manufacturing Processes, (pp. 397-410). Springer, Singapore.
15. Rahul Narkhede, Ravi Teja Karumuri, Prajapati A.R., Dave H.K., (2020), “Application of Neural Network to Predict Printability of Polycaprolactone using FDM” In International Conference in Recent Advances in Manufacturing, SVNIT, India. In Advances in Manufacturing Systems, (pp. 263-276). Springer, Singapore.
16. Ravi Teja Karumuri, Dave H.K., Rajpurohit S. R., Prajapati A.R., (2020), “Study on compression properties of ABS and FPU parts printed using SLA” In International Conference in Recent Advances in Manufacturing, SVNIT, India. In Advances in Manufacturing Processes, (pp. 329-328). Springer, Singapore.
17. Patel C.B., Dave H.K., Patel H.V., (2020), “Impact and Flexural Testing of Jute and Flax Fiber Reinforced Composites Fabricated by VARTM Process” In International Conference in Recent Advances in Manufacturing, SVNIT, India. In Advances in Manufacturing Processes, (pp. 411-420). Springer, Singapore.
18. Patel H.V., Shripal M. Patel, Dave H.K., (2020), “Influence of fiber orientation and number of layer on tensile and flexural strength of carbon fiber reinforced composites fabricated by VARTM process” In International Conference in Recent Advances in Manufacturing, SVNIT, India. In Advances in Manufacturing Processes, (pp. 421-430). Springer, Singapore.
19. Sudhanshu Kumar, Dave H.K., (2020), “A Comparative Study of Electro Discharge Drilling Process using Solid and Tubular Electrodes” In International Conference in Recent Advances in Manufacturing, SVNIT, India. In Advances in Manufacturing Processes, (pp. 29-36). Springer, Singapore.
20. Prajapati A. R., Dave H. K., Rajpurohit S. R. and Raval H. K., 2019,” Surface Roughness and Circularity Error Analysis of 3D Printed Part”, In Proceeding of 11th International Conference on Precision, Meso, Micro and Nano Engineering (COPEN 11) held at IIT Indore during December 12-14, 2019.
21. Patel B. H., Dave H. K., Rajpurohit S. R., Prajapati A. R. and Kumbhani C. B., 2019,” Experimental and Simulation study on Tensile behavior of FDM printed parts”, In Proceeding of 11th International Conference on Precision, Meso, Micro and Nano Engineering (COPEN 11) held at IIT Indore during December 12-14, 2019.
22. Dave H. K., Prajapati A. R., Rajpurohit S. R., Wadhwana M., Bhatia A., Amarya S., Hardikar A. And Mistry D., 2019,” Enhancement of flame-retardant properties of 3D printed ABS parts”, In Proceeding of 11th International Conference on Precision, Meso, Micro and Nano Engineering (COPEN 11) held at IIT Indore during December 12-14, 2019.
23. Kumbhani C. B., Dave H. K., Patel H. V., Patel B. H., 2019,” Fabrication and Tensile Testing Of Jute and Flax Fiber Reinforced Composites Using VARTM Process”, In Proceeding of 11th International Conference on Precision, Meso, Micro and Nano Engineering (COPEN 11) held at IIT Indore during December 12-14, 2019.
24. Patel H. V. and Dave H. K., 2019,” Permeability Study in VARTM Process”, In Proceeding of 11th International Conference on Precision, Meso, Micro and Nano Engineering (COPEN 11) held at IIT Indore during December 12-14, 2019.
25. Rajpurohit S. R., Dave H. K., (2018), “Tensile Strength of 3D Printed PLA Part”, In 7th International and 28th AIMTDR, Anna University, Chennai, India. In Advances in Additive Manufacturing and Joining 2020 (pp. 103-114). Springer, Singapore.
26. Prajapati A. R., Dave H. K., Rajpurohit S. R., (2018), “Investigation on quality of in-house fabricated PLA filament for 3D printing application”, In 7th International and 28th AIMTDR, Anna University, Chennai, India. In Advances in Additive Manufacturing and Joining 2020 (pp. 277-285). Springer, Singapore.
27. Patadiya N. H., Dave H. K., Rajpurohit S. R., (2018), “Effect of Build Orientation on Mechanical Strength of FDM Printed PLA”, In: Proceedings of 7th International and 28th AIMTDR, Anna University, Chennai, India. In Advances in Additive Manufacturing and Joining 2020 (pp. 301-307). Springer, Singapore.
28. Patel S. K., Dave H. K., Patel H.V., (2018), “Ultrasonic Welding of Molybdenum using Aluminium interlayer”, In: Proceedings of 7th International and 28th AIMTDR, Anna University, Chennai, India. In Advances in Additive Manufacturing and Joining 2020 (pp. 669-677) Springer, Singapore.
29. Rajpurohit S. R., Dave H. K., (2018), “Impact of Process Parameters on Tensile Strength of Fused Deposition Modeling Printed Crisscross Polylactic Acid”, Presented at 20th International Conference on Manufacturing Science and Engineering (ICMSE 2018) at Sydney, 29 -30 March, 2018, Published In: World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology, International Journal of Materials and Metallurgical Engineering Vol. 12(2), pp.52-57. (Best paper awarded)
30. Rajpurohit S. R., Dave H. K., (2018), “Tensile Properties of 3D Printed PLA under Unidirectional and Bidirectional Raster Angle: A Comparative Study”, Presented at 20th International Conference on Manufacturing Science and Engineering (ICMSE 2018) at Sydney, 29 -30 March, 2018, Published In: World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology, International Journal of Materials and Metallurgical Engineering Vol. 12(1), pp. 6-11.
31. Rajpurohit S. R., Dave H. K., (2017), “Effect of Raster Angle on Tensile Properties of PLA Part Fabricated Using Fused Deposition Modeling Process”, In: Proceedings of 10th International Conference on Precision, Meso, Micro and Nano Engineering (COPEN10), IIT Madras, India, pp.103-106
32. Rajpurohit S. R., Dave H. K., (2016), “Parametric Studies on Quality of PLA Parts Produced using Fused Deposition Modelling”, In: Proceedings of 6th International and 27th AIMTDR, CoE, Pune, India, pp. 59-62
33. Sudhanshu Kumar, H. K. Dave, K. P. Desai, (2016), “Development of Mathematical Model for Surface Roughness during Radial Orbital Electro Discharge Machining Process of Inconel 718” In: Proceedings of 6th International and 27th AIMTDR, CoE, Pune, India, pp. 329-333
34. Mathai V. J., Dave H. K., Desai K. P., (2016), “Investigation on effect of process parameters on dimensional accuracy of features generated by Planetary EDM”, In: Proceedings of 6th International and 27th AIMTDR, CoE, Pune, India, pp. 324-328
35. Mathai V. J., Dave H. K., Desai K. P., (2016), “Study on Effect of Process parameters on End Wear of Tool Electrode during planetary EDM of Ti-6Al-4V”, In: Proceedings of 7th International Conference on Materials and Manufacturing Technology (ICMMT2016), Ching Mai, Thailand
36. Dave, H. K., Mayanak, M. K., Rajpurohit, S. R. and Mathai, V. J. (2016) “Micro Slot Generation by μ-ED Milling”, ModTech International Conference – Modern Technologies in Industrial Engineering IV, Published in IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering, Vol. 145(7), pp. 072009
37. V. J. Mathai, H. K. Dave, K. P. Desai (2015), “Effect of flushing strategies on responses during planetary EDM of Ti – 6Al – 4V”, Proceedings of 9th International conference on Precision, Meso, Micro and Nano Engineering (COPEN9), December 10-12, 2015, IIT Bombay
38. Sudhanshu Kumar, H. K. Dave, K. P. Desai (2015), “Effect of depth variation on machining responses during tool movement in EDM process”, Proceedings of 9th International conference on Precision, Meso, Micro and Nano Engineering (COPEN9), December 10-12, 2015, IIT Bombay
39. H. V. Patel, H. K. Dave, V. J. Mathai (2015), “Weld Strength modeling in Ultrasonic welded parts of Al-Cu using Adaptive Neuro Fuzzy Inference System”, Proceedings of 9th International conference on Precision, Meso, Micro and Nano Engineering (COPEN9), December 10-12, 2015, IIT Bombay (presented as poster)
40. S. R. Rajpurohit, H. K. Dave (2015), “Some studies on the quality of feature generated on GFRP by CO2 Laser cutting”, Proceedings of 9th International conference on Precision, Meso, Micro and Nano Engineering (COPEN9), December 10-12, 2015, IIT Bombay (presented as poster)
41. Sudhanshu Kumar, Himanshu V. Patel, Harshit K. Dave (2015), “Some preliminary study on ultrasonic welding of Copper & Aluminum sheets”, Proceedings of 17th ISME Conference, October 03-04, 2015, IIT Delhi, paper ID – ISME-M-115
42. Patel R., Dave H. K., Raval H. (2015), “Study of earing defect during deep drawing process with finite element simulation”, Proceeding of 15th Sheet Metal conference (SHEMET), March 15 – 17, 2015, FAU, Erlangen, Germany (published in Key Engineering Materials, vol. 639, pp. 91-98)
43. Mathai Vishal, Sudhanshu kumar, Dave H. K., (2015), “ANFIS based prediction model for radial overcut in micro holes generated using micro EDM process”, Proceedings of International conference on Advances in Materials and Product Design, January 10-11, 2015, SVNIT, Surat, India pp. 268-274
44. Dave H. K., Mathai V. J., Mayanak M. K., Raval H. K., Desai K. P., (2014), “Study on tool wear characteristics in micro electro discharge slotting process”, paper no. 295, Proceedings of 26th AIMTDR, December 12 – 14, 2014, IIT Guwahati
45. Dave H. K., Sudhanshu Kumar, Rana N. C., Raval H. K., (2014), “Electro discharge machining of AISI 304 using solid and bundled electrodes”, paper no. 296, Proceedings of 26th AIMTDR, December 12 – 14, 2014, IIT Guwahati
46. Mathai V. J., Dave H. K., Desai K. P., (2014), “Investigations on the effect of tool motion strategies in EDM on surface quality”, Proceeding of Advances in Materials & Processing Technologies, paper no. 719, November, 16 – 20, 2014 Dubai, UAE
47. Sudhanshu Kumar, Dave H. K., Desai K. P., (2014), “A parametric study on radial tool actuation in orbital EDM”, Proceeding of Advances in Materials & Processing Technologies, paper no. 720, November, 16 – 20, 2014 Dubai, UAE
48. Dave H. K., Raval H. K., Desai K. P., Rajurkar K. P., (2014), “Performance evaluation of orbital EDM along helical path over cavity sinking EDM of Inconel 718”, In: Transactions of the NAMRI of SME, Vol. 42 pp. 81 – 87, Presented at 42nd NAMRC, June 9-13, 2014, Detroit, Michigan, USA
49. Kagzi S. A., Raval H. K., Gandhi A. H., Dave H. K., (2014), “Springback study of bimetallic material during bending”, Proceeding of 42nd North American Manufacturing Research Conference, June 9-13, 2014, Detroit, Michigan, USA
50. Mathai V. J., Patel P. K., Dave H. K., Raval H. K., Desai K. P., (2013), " A study on the effects of machining parameters on surface roughness of a micro milled 3D cavity", Proceedings of Eighth International Conference on Precision, Meso, Micro & Nano Engineering (COPEN-8: 2013), NIT Calicut, Kerala, December 13-15, 2013, pp. 96 - 101
51. Mathai V. J., Vaghela R. V., Dave H. K., Raval H. K., Desai K. P., (2013), " Study of the effect of cryogenic treatment of tool electrodes during electro discharge machining", Proceedings of Eighth International Conference on Precision, Meso, Micro & Nano Engineering (COPEN-8: 2013), NIT Calicut, Kerala, December 13-15, 2013, pp. 680 - 684
52. Maniya K. D., Dave H. K., Bhatt M. G., (2013), " A selection of plant location using Preference Selection Index Method", Proceedings of International Conference on Industrial Engineering, SVNIT, Surat, November 20-22, 2013, pp. 1043 – 1045
53. Dave H. K., Sudhanshu K., Mathai V. J., Desai K. P., Raval H. K., (2013) “Application of ANN for predicting multiple responses during EDM process”, Proceedings of 3rd International Conference on Production & Industrial Engineering, NIT Jalandhar, March 29-31, 2013, pp. 104-109
54. Dave H. K., Mathai V. J., Sudhanshu K., Desai K. P., Raval H. K., (2013) “Study on micro hole accuracy and electrode depletion during micro EDM process through Grey based Taguchi approach”, Proceedings of 3rd International Conference on Production & Industrial Engineering, NIT Jalandhar, March 29-31, 2013, pp. 999-1004
55. Dave H. K., Mathai V. J., Raval H. K., (2012) “Analysis of micro holes generated during micro electro discharge machining of al1100 using tungsten electrode”, Proceedings of 4th International and 25th AIMTDR, Kolkata, Dec. 14-16, 2012, pp. 1073-1078
56. Dave H. K., Sudhanshu Kumar, Raval H. K., (2012) “Electro discharge drilling through holes under different flushing conditions”, Proceedings of 4th International and 25th AIMTDR, Kolkata, Dec. 14-16, 2012, pp. 417-422
57. Patel L. S., Dave H. K., (2011), “Investigation on various output quality characteristics during CNC turning process of different materials”, Proceedings of International conference on Industrial Engineering, Surat, India, 743-746
58. Dave H. K., Desai K. P., Raval H. K., (2011), “Effect of orbital tool movement on MRR during electro discharge machining”, Proceedings of 9th International conference on Advances & Trends in Engg. Materials & their applications, Montreal, Canada, 365-370
59. Dave H. K., Patel B. B., Desai K. P., Raval H. K., (2011), “Parametric optimization of cutting forces during CNC end milling of Incolon 825 using Response Surface Methodology”, Proceedings of 9th International conference on Advances & Trends in Engg. Materials & their applications, Montreal, Canada, 371-376
60. Dave H. K., Chaudhari D. R., Desai K. P., Raval H. K., (2011), “Investigation on the effect of machining parameters on MRR and taper angle in electro chemical machining”, Proceedings of 9th International conference on Advances & Trends in Engg. Materials & their applications, Montreal, Canada, 377-382
61. Nigam Y. M., Dave H. K., Balasubramaniam R., Desai K. P., Raval H. K., (2010), “Design and analysis of flexural based micro gripper”, proceedings of 3rd International & 24th All India Manufacturing Technology Design and Research Conference, Visakhapatnam, India
62. Dave H. K., Desai K. P., Raval H. K., (2008), “Investigations on improvement of output quality characteristics in EDM process through optimization of process parameters using Taguchi method”, Proceedings of International conference on Advances in Mechanical Engineering, Surat, India
63. Dave H. K., Desai K. P., Raval H. K. (2008), “Investigations on prediction of MRR and surface roughness on EDM using regression analysis and ANN programming”, Proceedings of the World Congress on Engineering & Computer Science, San Francisco, USA, 884-889.
1. Mathai V. J., Dave H. K., Desai H. K., (2017), “Study on effect of planetary and diagonal tool actuation strategies on distortion of features machined by EDM process”, Journal of Manufacturing Engineering, Vol. 12, issue 2, pp. 62-67
2. Patel, H. V., Dave H. K. (2016) “Effect of parameters on weld strength during ultra sonic welding of Al Al strip”, Journal of Manufacturing Engineering, vol. 11 issue 3, pp. 121-125.
3. Sudhanshu Kumar, Harshit K. Dave, Keyur P. Desai (2015), “Influence of orbital parameters with tool actuation on radial path in EDM process”, Journal of Manufacturing Engineering, Vol. 10 (3), pp. 144 - 150
4. Sudhanshu Kumar, Harshit K. Dave, Keyur P. Desai (2015), “Effect of orbital tool actuation during electro discharge machining process – a critical review”, Journal of the Association of Engineers, vol. 85 issue 1&2, pp. 49-71
5. Dave Harshit K., Patil Yatish K., Sudhanshu Kumar, (2014), “An Experimental Study of Cutting Forces During Angular Milling Process” IUP Journal of Mechanical Engineering, Vol. 7, issue 2, pp. 52-62
6. Dave H. K., Desai K. P., Raval H. K., (2011), “Study of surface integrity of a surface machined by electro discharge machining”, Journal of Manufacturing Engineering, vol. 6 issue 1, pp. 36-40
7. Dave H. K., Desai K. P., Raval H. K., (2010), “Optimization of milling operation using combined grey taguchi relational method and ANOVA”, Journal of Manufacturing Engineering, vol. 5 issue 3, pp. 190-196
1. Rana P. U., Mathai V. J., Dave H. K., (2016), “Electrode Wear Compensation in EDM: An ANFIS approach”, Proceedings of 6th National Conference on Recent Advances in Manufacturing, May 12- 14, 2016, SVNIT, Surat, India, pp. 190-195
2. Ghoghalia D. P., Rajpurohit S. R., Dave H. K., (2016), “Experimental study on effect of process parameters in orbital electro discharge machining”, Proceedings of 6th National Conference on Recent Advances in Manufacturing, May 12- 14, 2016, SVNIT, Surat, India, pp. 213-218
3. Akhil Vyas, Chirag Satwani, Alap Thakkar, Dave H. K., (2016), “Optimization of Energy Consumption during Ultrasonic Welding of AL1100”, Proceedings of 6th National Conference on Recent Advances in Manufacturing, May 12- 14, 2016, SVNIT, Surat, India, pp. 539 - 543
4. Mathai V. J., Sudhanshu Kumar, Dave H. K., Desai K. P., (2015), “Machining/processing of shape memory alloy – A Review” Proceedings of 5th National Conference on Recent Advances in Manufacturing, May 15- 17, 2015, SVNIT, Surat, India, pp. 160-165
5. Sudhanshu Kumar, Dave H. K., Desai K. P., (2015), “Effect of pulse duration on machining of AISI 304 utilizing radial tool orbiting technique in EDM process” Proceedings of 5th National Conference on Recent Advances in Manufacturing, May 15- 17, 2015, SVNIT, Surat, India, pp. 166 - 170
6. Bhakar G., Khandagale P., Joshi S. S., Dave H. K., (2015), “Dynamic analysis during peripheral milling of thin Ti-6Al-4V alloy”, Proceedings of 5th National Conference on Recent Advances in Manufacturing, May 15- 17, 2015, SVNIT, Surat, India, pp. 350 - 355
7. Jainil Bhatt, Taha S. Khot, Jitesh Vasavda, Harshit Dave, Aseem Tewari, (2013), “Multi-gate resin infusion simulation in liquid composite molding process” Proceedings of ISAMPE National Conference on Composites, Bengaluru, pp. 398-406
8. Dave H. K., Sudhanshu K., Mathai V. J., Raval H. K., (2012), “Investigation on the optimization of machining parameters in EDM using different tool electrode materials”, Proceedings of 3rd National conference on Recent Advances in Manufacturing, Surat, India, pp.
9. Patel L. S., Dave H. K., Raval H. K., (2011), “Optimization of MRR and surface roughness in CNC turning process using Taguchi Method”, Proceedings of 2nd National conference on Recent Advances in Manufacturing, Surat, India, pp. 89-93
10. Dave H. K., Desai K. P., Raval H. K., (2010), “A Decision Making Framework Model For EDM Electrode Material Selection Based On Combined Multi Attribute Decision Making Method”, Proceedings of National conference on Advances in Materials & Product Design, SVNIT, Surat, India, pp. 74-84
11. Dave H. K., Desai K. P., Raval H. K., (2010), “Optimization of MRR in EDM process using Response Surface Method”, Proceedings of 1st National conference on Recent Advances in Manufacturing, Surat, India, pp. 103-107
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