Research

Research Interests

• Sustainable Design and Manufacturing

• Computer-aided Design and Manufacturing (CAD/CAM)

• Additive manufacturing

• Customized medical devices

• Design Automation, Design for Manufacturing and Assembly (DFMA)

• Product Design and Development

• Novel/Hybrid Manufacturing Processes

Funded projects

• Design and development of an automated modular car parking system for the city if Chandigarh (Funded by DST Chandigarh), Rs. 3.00 lac (2019-20)

• System for automated design of a die-casting die, AICTE funded, Rs, 9.00 lac (2009-12)

• Up-gradation of CAD/CAM laboratory for research and training to industry people, MHRD funded, Rs. 7 lac (2003-05)

Mentoring students group activities

1. Advisor, ASME Student Section (at CCET, 2017) This was started by me in the college

2. Founded and mentored Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Start-up Cell (at CCET, 2016)

3. Founded and mentored Mechanicus, a society of the Mechanical Engineering students (at CCET, 2016)

4. Faculty advisor, Formula Student India (FSI) students team (2017, 2016, 2015)

5. Founded and mentored, interdisciplinary Robotics club for participation in E-Yantra and World Robotics Olympiad (WRO) competitions (CCET 2016, 2017)

Research and academics committees

• Member, Research Degree Committee, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India (2014 onwards)

• Member, Board of Studies for Mechanical Engineering, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India (2015 onwards)

• Member of the Departmental Research Committee (DRC), SLIET, Longowal, India (2007-2014)

Reviewer and Other Services

1. Review coordinator

• ASME IDETC/CIE 2013 Conference

2. Reviewer assignments

• Journal of Cleaner Production (JCLP) [IF 5.715]

• International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology (IJAMT) [IF 2.209]

• Computer- aided Design (CAD) [IF 2.444]

• Computer -aided Design and Applications (CAD & A) [Indexed in Scopus and Cross-ref]

• ASME-IDETC/CIE Conference (2012)

• ASME-MSEC Conference (2012, 2013)

3. Expert lectures/Presentations

• CAD in 3D Printing: Current state and research issues, Online FDP on Research in Modern Era, J. C. Bose University of Science and Technology, YMCA, Faridabad, June 1 - 5, 2020 (June 5, 2020)

• Sustainability of Design and Manufacturing , FDP on Green Manufacturing, Mechanical Engineering Department. NITTTR Chandigarh, Feb. 3 - 7, 2020. (Feb. 6, 2020)

• CAD in 3D Printing, AICTE Training & Learning (ATAL) one week Workshop on 3D Printing and Design, Mechanical Engineering Department, UIET, Panjab University, Chandigarh, Nov. 25-29, 2019 (Nov. 25, 2019)

• Sustainability of unit manufacturing process, energy performance evaluation and improvement, FDP on Green Manufacturing, Mechanical Engineering Department. NITTTR Chandigarh, Feb. 11-15, 2019.

• Decision making in product design and manufacturing, QIP short term course on Decision making strategies in Industrial Environment, GNDEC, Ludhiana, Dec. 4-8, 2018. (Dec. 6, 2018)

• Decision making in Product Design nd research challenges, Chandigarh Science Congress (CHASCON), Panjab University, Chandigarh, March 9 - 11, 2017. (March 10, 2017)

• Smart Manufacturing and Design-Manufacturing Integration

• (Near net shape Manufacturing), UIET-Panjab University Regional Campus, UIET, Panjab University SSG Regional Centre, Hoshiarpur, India. (Nov 7, 2015)

• Automated die design and process planning for near net shape manufacturing processes, Sri Balaji College of Engineering & Technology, Jaipur. (Jan 18, 2014)

• Automated Die Design and Process Planning for Die-casting, Invited talk at System Integration Division, NIST, USA (2012)

• Automated Determination of Parting Direction and Line, Staff Development Program on CAD/CAM: Technology & Applications, SLIET, Longowal, India (2009)

• CAD/CAM: Introduction & Applications, Staff Development Program on CAD/CAM: Technology & Applications, ME Department, Longowal, India (2009)

• NC Part Program Generation and Simulating the Tool Path with MasterCAM, Short Term Course on System Modeling and Simulation, SLIET, Longowal, India (2001)

• NC Part Program Generation and Simulating the Tool Path with MasterCAM, A workshop on System Modeling and Simulation, SLIET, Longowal, India (2000).

Conferences and Short Term Courses Organized

• Organizing Secretary of the 2^nd National Conference on Precision Manufacturing (NCPM 2010), held at SLIET, Longowal, Punjab, India.

• Recent Trends in Automobile Engineering, 2016 (at CCET, one week)

• CAD/CAM: Technology & Applications, 2009 (at SLIET, two weeks)

• Ideas: Design, Drafting & Analysis, 2003 (at SLIET, one month)

• Ideas: Design, Drafting & Analysis, 2003 (at SLIET, one month)

• Design &: Drafting with AutoCAD, 2003 (at SLIET, one month)

• Design & NC Part Program Generation with MasterCAM, 2002, (at SLIET, one month)

• AutoCAD: Design & Drafting, 2001 (at SLIET, one month)