Ashif Iquebal - Publications

Journal papers

Iquebal, A. S., Sagapuram, D., & Bukkapatnam, S. T. S.(2019). Surface plastic flow in polishing of rough surfaces. Scientific reports, 9, 10617.
Iquebal, A. S., Pandagare, S., & Bukkapatnam, S. T. S. (2019) Learning acoustic emission signatures from a nanoindentation-based lithography process: Towards rapid microstructure characterization. Tribology International (accepted with minor revision).
Iquebal, A. S., Botcha, B., & Bukkapatnam, S. T. S. (2019). Machine learning-enabled high throughput synthesis and microstructure characterization of low carbon stainless steel within a hybrid manufacturing platform. Manufacturing Letters (resubmitted with minor revision).
Jin, S., Iquebal A. S., Bukkapatnam, S., Gaynor, A., Ding, Y. (2019) A Gaussian Process Model-Guided Surface Polishing Process in Additive Manufacturing. Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering (accepted with pending revision).
Iquebal, A. S., & Bukkapatnam, S. T. S. (2019) Consistent estimation of the max-flow problem: Towards unsupervised image segmentation, IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence (under review).
- Finalist, Best Student Paper Award- Quality Control & Reliability Eng., IISE May 2019
- Winner, Best Student Poster Award- Quality, Statistics, and Reliability, INFORMS November 2018
- Finalist, Best Student Paper Award- Data Mining & Decision Analytics, INFORMS November 2018
Iquebal, A. S., Botcha, B., Panda, I., & Bukkapatnam, S. T. S. (2019) Automated identification and tracking of multiple surface defect types in additive manufacturing using a novel P-spline based image analysis. Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering (under review).
- Ipshita Panda was an Indo-U.S. S.N.Bose undergraduate research intern from Indian Institute of Technology, Tirupati
Botcha, B., Iquebal, A. S., & Bukkapatnam, S. T. S. (2019). Instrumenting a smart manufacturing multiplex for custom manufacturing. Manufacturing Letters (under review).
Iquebal, A. S., Bukkapatnam, S. T. S, & Srinivasa, A. (2018) Change detection in complex dynamical systems using intrinsic phase and amplitude synchronization, IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing (revised and resubmitted).
- Finalist, Best Paper Award- SAS Data Mining, INFORMS November 2016
- Runner-up, Best Student Poster Award - Southeastern Texas Chapter of the American Statistical Association , Texas A&M University, April 2017.
Bukkapatnam, S. T. S., Iquebal, A. S., & Kumara, S. R. (2018). Planar random graph representations of spatiotemporal surface morphology: Application to finishing of 3-D printed components. CIRP Annals, 67(1), 495-498.
El-Amri, I., Iquebal, A. S., Srinivasa, A., & Bukkapatnam, S. (2018). Localized magnetic fluid finishing of freeform surfaces using electropermanent magnets and magnetic concentration. Journal of Manufacturing Processes, 34, 802-808.
Afrin, K., Iquebal, A. S., Kumar, S. K., Tiwari, M. K., Benyoucef, L., & Dolgui, A. (2016). Towards green automated production line with rotary transfer and turrets: a multi-objective approach using a binary scatter tabu search procedure. International Journal of Computer Integrated Manufacturing, 29(7), 768-785.
Iquebal, A. S., Pal, A., Ceglarek, D., & Tiwari, M. K. (2014). Enhancement of Mahalanobis–Taguchi system via rough sets based feature selection. Expert Systems with Applications, 41(17), 8003-8015.
Iquebal, A. S., & Pal, A. (2014). Artificial bee colony optimisation-based enhanced Mahalanobis Taguchi system for classification. International Journal of Intelligent Engineering Informatics , 2(2/3), 181-194.
Chang, P. C., Chen, M. H., Tiwari, M. K., & Iquebal, A. S. (2013). A block-based evolutionary algorithm for flow-shop scheduling problem. Applied Soft Computing, 13(12), 4536-4547.

Working papers

Iquebal, A. S., Cline, D. and Bukkapatnam, S. T. S. (2019+) Planar graph representation of surface morphology: A copula-based approach for modeling spatial random fields. To be submitted to Technometrics.
Iquebal, A. S., Botcha, B. and Bukkapatnam, S. T. S. (2019+) Autonomous experimental design via active learning: Application to surface grinding. To be submitted to IISE Transactions, 2019.
Iquebal, A. S., Yoon, D., King, K., and Bukkapatnam, S. T. S. (2019+) Synthesis and characterization of magnetorheological abrasive fluids (MARF) for localized polishing of freeform surfaces. To be submitted to International Journal of Machine Tools and Manufacture.
- Daniel Yoon and Kyle King are the undergraduate students via NSF-REU
**Afrin, K., Iquebal, A. S., Karimi, M., Souris, A., Lee S. Y., & Mallick, B. K. (2019+) Directionally dependent multi-view clustering using copula model. To be submitted to Bioinformatics.
- The manuscript was an outcome of course project mentored by Professor Bani Mallick at Texas A&M University.
- **All authors equally contributed in developing the model and preparing the manuscript.

Referred conference proceedings

Iquebal, A. S., Wang, Z., Ko, W. H., Wang, Z., Kumar, P. R., Srinivasa, A., & Bukkapatnam, S. T. S.(2018). Towards Realizing Cybermanufacturing Kiosks: Quality Assurance Challenges and Opportunities. Procedia Manufacturing, 26, 1296-1306.
Wang, Z., Iquebal, A. S., & Bukkapatnam, S. T. S.(2018). A vision-based monitoring approach for real-time control of laser origami cybermanufacturing processes. Procedia Manufacturing, 26, 1307-1317.
Iquebal, A. S., El Amri, S., Shrestha, S., Wang, Z., Manogharan, G. P., & Bukkapatnam, S. (2017). Longitudinal milling and fine abrasive finishing operations to improve surface integrity of metal AM components. Procedia Manufacturing, 10, 990-996.
Iquebal, A. S., Shrestha, S., Wang, Z., Manogharan, G. P., & Bukkapatnam, S. (2016). Influence of Milling and Non-Traditional Machining on Surface Properties of Ti6Al4V EBM Components. In Proceedings of the 2016 Industrial and Systems Engineering Research Conference.

Book chapters

Iquebal, A. S. & Bukkapatnam, S. T. S. (2018) A case study in the development of a smart manufacturing platform for discrete part manufacturing applications. In S. K. Gupta (Ed.), Advanced Manufacturing. (Accepted)
Iquebal, A. S., & Bukkapatnam, S. T. S.(2018). Change Detection and Prognostics for Transient Real-World Processes Using Streaming Data. In Recent Advances in Optimization and Modeling of Contemporary Problems (pp. 279-315). INFORMS.
- Presented during the TutORial session at the INFORMS Annual Conference November 2018 (video link)
Thomas, N., Iquebal, A. S., Bukkapatnam, S. T. S. & Srinivasa, A. (2017) Nanofinishing of Biomedical Implants. In V. K. Jain (Eds.), Nanofinishing Science and Technology (549-596). Boca Raton, FL 33487-2742: CRC Press.

Selected presentations

Consistent estimation of the max-flow problem: Towards unsupervised image segmentation, Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineering Annual Conference, FL, May 2019 (Finalist, Best Student Paper award in Quality Control and Reliability Engineering)
Unsupervised image segmentation via maximum a posteriori estimation of continuous max-flow, INFORMS, Phoenix, AZ, Nov. 2018 (Finalist, Best Student Paper award in Data Mining and Decision Analytics Workshop)
INFORMS TutORials on change detection and prognostics for transient real-world processes using streaming data, INFORMS, Phoenix, AZ, Nov. 2018 (with Dr. Satish Bukkapatnam)
Towards realizing cybermanufacturing kiosks: quality assurance challenges and opportunities, SME - North American Manufacturing Research Conference, Texas A&M University, TX, June 2018
Localized magnetic fluid finishing of freeform surfaces using electro-permanent magnets and magnetic concentration, SME - North American Manufacturing Research Conference (NAMRC), Texas A&M University, TX, June 2018 (Fast track to Journal of Manufacturing Processes)
Planar random graph representations of spatiotemporal surface morphology: Application to finishing of 3-D printed components, Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineering Annual Conference, Orlando, FL, May 2018 (Invited presentation)
Mechanism and effect of post-processing on the topography and surface integrity of metal AM components, Materials Science and Technology Conference, Pittsburgh, PA, Oct. 2017 (Keynote presentation)
Longitudinal milling and fine abrasive finishing operations to improve surface integrity of metal AM components, SME - North American Manufacturing Research Conference (NAMRC), University of Southern California, CA, June 2017
Evolution of random planar graph network in mechanical polishing, IMS/ASA Spring Research Conference, Rutgers, NJ, May 2017 (Invited presentation)
Change detection in complex dynamical systems using intrinsic phase and amplitude synchronization, INFORMS, Nashville, TN, Nov. 2016 (Finalist, SAS Data Mining Best Paper Award)
Influence of milling and non-traditional machining on surface properties of Ti-6Al-4V EBM components, Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineering Annual Conference, Anaheim, CA, May 2016 (Invited presentation)
Change detection in complex dynamical systems using intrinsic phase and amplitude synchronization, INFORMS, Philadelphia, PA, Nov. 2015
Lecture series on decision support modeling of naval operations to the officers of Indian Navy along with Dr. M. K. Tiwari, IIT Kharagpur organized by Dr. Ravi Shankar, Department of Management Studies, IIT Delhi, India, June 2014
Multi-echelon supply chain network design, Invited talk along with Dr. M. K. Tiwari, IIT Bhubaneswar, India, April 2014