BRIEF RESEARCH PROFILE

Dr. Gurinder Singh Brar has received his PhD degree from University of North Carolina at Charlotte, NC, USA. He joined National Institute of Technology, Uttarakhand in July, 2018 as an Associate Professor after serving Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College, Ludhiana for around 17 years. He is also a recipient of the UGC Research Award in Mechanical Engineering (2016-2018).

He has supervised 07 PhD students and 66 M.Tech. students in the field of Manufacturing and Industrial Engineering. He has published more than 125 papers in National and International level. He has delivered more than 29 Invited talks on various topics of his research at Engineering Colleges, Universities, Research Centers and in Conferences.

His current research activities include: (i) Solid state processing and joining of similar/dissimilar materials (Friction stir welding, Friction crush welding etc.). (ii) Development and Manufacturing of advanced materials (Metal matrix composites, Ceramic Matrix Composites); (iii) Material Processing (Friction, Microwave processing etc.); (iv) Recycling and repurposing of plastic waste through Additive Manufacturing technologies.