Research Projects and Fellowships

2025-26

• Integrated Experimental, Reliability, and Data-Driven Failure Analysis of Adhesive Bonding in Stainless-Steel Needle to Polypropylene Hub Assemblies (Henkel Adhesive Technoligies, Pune)

• Data-Driven Reliability and Failure Analysis of Torque Augmentation in M5 Allen Bolts Using Statistical Modeling, AI/ML, and Risk Assessment Techniques (Henkel Adhesive Technoligies, Pune)

2024-25

• Reliability and Maintainability Analysis of Dragline Machine used in Mining Industry: A Data Analytics Approach (Simcad Technologies, Pune)

• Wind-Hydrogen Energy Nexus: Current Status, Challenges, and Prospects (Symbiosis International Deemed University, Pune)

• Transformative Trends in Polymeric Membranes for CO2 Capture: Insights from a Bibliometric Perspective (Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore, Tamil Nadu)

2023-24

• A Data-Driven Study of India's Power Plant Portfolio: Insights from Thermal, Hydro, and Nuclear Power Plants (COEP Technological University, Pune)

• Comparative analysis of methods used to solve class imbalance problem in the dataset for CNN-based fault diagnosis of solar photovoltaic panels (Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (SIRO) and Pimpri Chinchwad College of Engineering, Pune) (Amount: INR 5,00,000)

2022-23

• Reliability analysis and life cycle costing of rooftop solar photovoltaic (PV) system (Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (SIRO) and Pimpri Chinchwad College of Engineering, Pune) (Amount: INR 5,00,000)

• Effect of hydrogen on the degradation of the adhesives (Henkel Adhesive Technologies, Pune)

2021-22

• Reliability and criticality analysis of a large-scale solar photovoltaic system using fault tree analysis approach (Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (SIRO) and Pimpri Chinchwad College of Engineering, Pune) (Amount: INR 5,00,000)

• Design and develop a software for failure data analysis for reliability modeling and predictions (Pimpri Chinchwad College of Engineering, Pune) (Amount: INR 90,000) 

2020-2021

• Development of hybrid reliability model for the analysis of manufacturing system (Research Initiation Scheme, Shivaji University, Kolhapur) (Amount: INR 28,000)

• Reliability analysis of centerless grinding machine (SPM Tools, Ichalkaranji, Kolhapur)

2019-2020

• Post-doctoral research fellowship at the Center for Advanced Life Cycle Engineering (CALCE), University of Maryland, College Park, USA (Fellowship Amount $ 47,000)

• Evaluation of FIDES's reliability methodology for electronics based on IEEE 1413 [National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)] (Amount $ 95,000)

• Application of bathtub model for electronic components, products and systems (CALCE, University of Maryland, College Park, USA)

• Fault tree analysis of Li-ion battery (CALCE, University of Maryland, College Park, USA)

2014-2018

• Reliability analysis of computerized numerical control (CNC) turning center (SPM Tools, Ichalkaranji, Kolhapur)

2013-2014

• Warranty data analysis of air-conditioning system (Mahindra and Mahindra, Pune)

2011-2013 

• Reliability analysis and life cost optimization of band saw cutting machine (SPM Tools, Ichalkaranji, Kolhapur)