Department of Mechanical Engineering
Faculty Achievements:
| Faculty Name | Notable Achievements |
|---|---|
| H. B. Naik | • Best paper award to a coauthored paper entitled “Performance of Double Inlet Pulse Tube with and Without Buffer Volumes” at 23rd National Symposium on Cryogenics held at NIT, Rourkela, October, 2010. • Sponsored research project sanctioned by BRNS title Development of Thermo acoustically driven pulse tube refrigerator for the year 2013. • Sponsored research project sanctioned by DST title Design, Development and Investigations on Two Stage GM Type Pulse Tube Cryocooler for 10 K Applications for the year 2011. |
| R. V. Rao | • Deputed by MHRD New Delhi to Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) Bangkok, Thailand for 16 weeks during September-December 2010.
• Deputed by MHRD New Delhi to attend a Asian Regional Programme for Principals and Instructors conducted by CPSC Manila in association with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Singapore during 7-11 March 2011 in Singapore. • Received “Best Paper Award” by the Journal of Non-Destructive Evaluation of ISNT India during December 2010. • Appointed as Associate Editor of the following international Journals: • Int. J. of Applied Evolutionary Computation (IGI Global, USA) • Int. J. of Manufacturing, Materials and Mechanical Engineering (IGI Global, USA) • Appointed as a Member, Editorial Board of the following international Journals: • Int. J. of Engineering, Project, and Production Management (NUS, Singapore) • Int. J. of Network and Mobile Technologies (HPU, Hong Kong) • Appointed as a Member, Board of Studies (Production Engg.) of the University of Pune, Pune • Publication of Book: Teaching learning optimization algorithm and its engineering applications, Springer-Verlag London, UK • Indo-slovenian bi-lateral research project from DST New Delhi on Optimization of sustainable manufacturing processes. The counterpart is University of Maribor, Slovenia • Appointed as an Associate Editor of the International Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing ISSN: 0956-5515, Springer Science+ Business Media, Thomson Reuters 5-Year Impact Factor (Thomson Reuters) 2005 + 2.159 (covered by Thomson Reuters and Scopus) • Appointed as a Member of Mechanical Engineering Editorial Board of the international journal of “Engineering Optimization”, ISSN: 0305-215X,Taylor & Francis, UK, Thomson Reuters 5-Year Impact Factor (Thomson Reuters) 2015 = 1.38 (covered by Thomson Reuters and Scopus) • Acted as an expert in National Board of Accreditation (NBA) visits. • Acted as an Advisor in UPSC interviews conducted for IES aspirants. • He has been awarded the Habilitation “DOKTORA HABILITOWANEGO” (“Habilitated Doctor” in English) in Technical Sciences from Cracow University of Technology (called “Politechnika Krakowska” in Polish), Poland with the approval from Poland Government’s Central Commission for the Higher Academic Degrees and Titles. • He has been deputed by MHRD of Govt. of India as a Visiting Professor to teach a course at Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) Bangkok, Thailand for January – May 2018 semester. • Guest Editor of a special issue entitled “Advanced Optimization Techniques and Their Applications in Civil Engineering” of Hindawi Publishers (Egypt) Journal of “Advances in Civil Engineering”(https://www.hindawi.com/journals/ace/si/893072/cfp/). • He has been appointed as the Member, Editorial Board of Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Systems, World Scientific, USA (Scopus Indexed Journal). • He has been appointed as the Member, Editorial Board of “International Journal of Research on Industrial Engineering” published from Iran (http://www.riejournal.com/). • Sponsored research project sanctioned by DST title: Optimization of sustainable advanced manufacturing processes for the year 2015 • Sponsored research project sanctioned by GUJCOST title: Process Parameters Optimization of Submerged arc welding for modified Cr-Mo Steel using advanced optimization techniques for the year 2011 • Sponsored research project sanctioned by GUJCOST title: Parameter optimization of submerged arc welding of modified Cr-Mo Steels for the year 2010 • Sponsored research project sanctioned by DST India and BMWF title Development of Decision Support Models for Environmentally Conscious Design and Manufacturing of Products for the year 2010 |
| Dr. H. K. Raval | • Patent Filed Title: band saw machine having adjustable inclination of top arm, 201621014415, 26/04/2016 Published (on date 13/05/2016) with ref. no 20/2016
• Patent Filed Title: A device to adjust the distance and angle of nozzle block for improved variable quantity lubrications, 201621021714, 24/06/2016 • Patent filed title: Method and Apparatus for Measuring conical and cylindrical geometry, 201621039014 A, 16/11/2016, Date of Publication 09/12/2016 • Sponsored research project sanctioned by GUJCOST title Study of effect of tooling on formability of 6XXX Aluminum Alloys during single point Die-less Rapid prototyping (Incremental Forming) for the year 2014 • Sponsored research project sanctioned by DST title Investigation of Bending Forces & Friction coefficient during continuous bending of Conical shells on 3 – roller bending machine for the year 2012 • Sponsored research project sanctioned by DST title Investigation on Metal Removal Rate in Electro Discharge Machining Process under Orbital Tool Movement for the year 2011 |
| Dr. K. P. Desai | • Sponsored research project sanctioned by GUJCOST title Study of effect of tooling on formability of 6XXX Aluminum Alloys during single point Die-less Rapid prototyping (Incremental Forming) for the year 2014
• Sponsored research project sanctioned by GUJCOST title Generation of Non-Circular Cavity Using Planetary EDM for the year 2014 • Sponsored research project sanctioned by DST title Investigation on Metal Removal Rate in Electro Discharge Machining Process under Orbital Tool Movement for the year 2011 • Sponsored research project sanctioned by DST title Design, Development and Investigations on Two Stage GM Type Pulse Tube Cryocooler for 10 K Applications for the year 2011 |
| Dr. Jyotirmay Banerjee | • Guest Editor, Special Issue on Fluid Mechanics and Fluid power Sadhana, Indian Academy of Science, Springer, Vol. 42, No. 4, April 2017,
• ARDB sanctioned project entitled “Parametric Investigations on Upward Swirl Gas Turbine Combustor”; sanction letter no. ARDB/01/1041742/M/I dated 07 October 2014, Amount: 20.12 lakhs, to be completed by 31st Aug 2017. • BRNS project entitled “Mathematical Modeling of Thermal Dispersion of Effluent released into Moticher Lake at KAPS, Sanction letter: no. 36(4)/14/22/2014-BRNS/1143, Sanction date: 21st July 2014, Amount Rs. 24, 99,600 /-, to be completed by June 2018. • Sponsored research project sanctioned by CARS (DRDO) title Analysis of generated heat flow through linear motor and cooling solutions for project MFME-MK-II for the year 2011 • Sponsored research project sanctioned by ARDB title Towards development of an upward swirl can type gas turbine combustor for the year 2010 • Sponsored research project sanctioned by BRNS title Development of a dispersion model for radianucliods for Motichar lake at Kakrapara nuclear power station for the year 2020 |
| A. A. Shaikh | • Patent Filed Title: Roller bending machine for continuous bending of blanks in to constant and varying cross section shells/sections Inventors : Gandhi Anish hasmukhlal, Raval Harit Kishorbhai, Shaikh Abdulhafiz Abdulkhalik, Kagzi Shakil abdulQayyom
• Patent Filled title: Synchronized rotary and linear microprocessor based table top attachment”, Ref. No. 201721042869 dtd. 29/11/2017 • Sponsored research project sanctioned by PSA title Design, Development and Demonstration of an Aerodynamically Advanced Un-Manned Air Vehicle for Stealth and Heavy Payload Applications for the year 2017 |
| Dr. Shailendra Kumar | • Patent filed, title “Design of a fixture for shear testing of sandwich structures on universal testing machine (UTM)”, Application no. 332670-001, Date: 03/09/2020.
• Member of Technical Committee of 9th Int. Conf. on Mechatronics and Manufacturing (ICMM2018), Jan 27-29, 2018, Phuket, Thailand. Delivered one Key-note lecture and Chaired one session, and also received award for Best Paper • Member of Technical Committee of 8th Int. Conf. on Mechatronics and Manufacturing (ICMM2017), Jan 20-22, 2017, Tokyo, Japan • Member of Advisory Committee of many International and National Conferences. • Acting as REVIEWER of reputed International Journals (published by Elsevier, Inderscience, SAGE, SME), National Journals and for various International & National Conferences. • Chaired sessions in various reputed International and National Conferences. • Delivered Key-note lectures in various reputed International Conferences. • Editorial member of American Journal of Intelligent Systems. • Young Scientist Award (2008-2011) from Dept. of Science & Technology, Govt. of India: This award carries a grant for a fast track research project • Sponsored Research project "Development of an intelligent system for selection of materials for press tool components" funded by the Department of Science and Technology (DST), New Delhi. Project Duration: 2008-11, Budget: Rs. 3.60 Lakh • National Mission Project “Developing suitable pedagogical methods for various classes, intellectual calibers and research in e-learning" funded by MHRD, New Delhi and headed by IIT Kharagpur. Project Duration: 2014-2018, Budget: 91 Lakh, Role: Institute Coordinator. Also developed pedagogy based e-course on “Introduction to manufacturing processes” under this project. • Sponsored Research project "Automation of design of compound dies for sheet metal industries" funded by the Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), New Delhi. Project Duration: 2014-2016, Budget: Rs. 24.10 Lakh. • Sponsored Research project "Investigation on the influence of machining parameters in the machining of carbon epoxy composite with AWJM to improve surface finish and minimize defects" funded by the Naval Research Board,Directorate of Naval R&D (DNRD), New Delhi. Project Duration: 2015-2018, Budget: Rs. 22.95 Lakh. • Sponsored Research project "Intelligent workshop in sheet metal dies" funded by the National Plan for Science and Technology (NPST), Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Riyad. Project Duration: 2014-2016, Budget: 1651000 Saudi Riyals (Approx. Rs. 2.95 Crores), Role: Co - Principal Investigator |
| Dr. T. N. Desai | • Organized “4th International Conference on Industrial Engineering on the theme “Digital India, Smart India, Make in India- Innovative role of Industrial Engineering” during December 21-23, 2017 at SVNIT, Surat.
• Best Paper Award for paper entitled “Development of enabler based hierarchical structure to facilitate the implementation of Lean Six Sigma” at National Conference on Innovative Trends in Mechanical Engineering” (NCITME-2017)organized at Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University, Katra, J&K during 3-4 March, 2017. • Member- Steering Committee at 21st CEOs conference on theme “Digital India- Smart Strategies for Business Excellence” organized by IIIE in association with Rashtriya Ispat Nigam limited and Vishakhapatnam Steel Plant at Vishakhapatnam during February 25- 27, 2017. • Honorary Treasurer of Indian Institution of Industrial Engineering (IIIE) for duration 2016-2018 • Member- Indian Institution of Industrial Engineering (IIIE) National Council for duration 2016-2020 • Best Paper Presenter Award was awarded to my FIR candidate at SVNIT for presenting his paper entitled “Identification and Hierarchical Structuring of Enablers of Integrated Lean Six Sigma” at 13th International Conference on Science and Engineering Research” (ICSER) organized at Bangkok, Thailand during 16-17 December, 2015 • Dr. J.M. Mahajan Award 2014-2015 for contributing substantially to the spread of Industrial Engineering & Management discipline in the field of Education. Best Case Study Award from Indian Institution of Industrial Engineering(IIIE) (Non Traditional Area) for Paper entitled “Perspectives of Insurance Companies Regarding Service Quality Management and Improvement” ( Mahesh R. Shukla, Dr. R. L. Shrivastava, Dr. Tushar N.Desai) published in Industrial Engineering Journal Vol. VIII Issue No. 2, February 2015 • Fellowship Award from Indian Institution of Industrial Engineering (IIIE) conferred in October, 2012. • Certified Six Sigma Green Belt from Dr. R L Shrivastava (Certified Six Sigma Master Black Belt from Indian Institution of Industrial Engineering, Bangalore), Yeshwantrao Chavan College of Engineering, Nagpur |
| Dr. B. M. Sutaria | • Best paper session award in 4th International conference on Mechanical, Production and Automobile Engineering (ICMPAE’2013) at Dubai during 6 -7 Oct. 2013 |
| Dr. A.D. Parekh | • Received ISTE National Award for guiding the Best M.Tech dissertation entitled “Thermodynamic Analysis and Optimization of R507A-R23 cascade refrigeration system” in Mechanical Engineering at 40th ISTE National Annual Convention 2010, Mepco Engineering College, Sivakashi, TamilNadu, 2-4 December -2010.
• Patent filled entitled “Device for Application of Ranque Hilsch Vortex Tube to Utilize Pressure Energy of LPG Cylinder”, App. No. 201621043182 A Date of Filling – 18/12/2016, Publication Date- 22/06/2018 • Sponsored Research Project sanctioned by SERB title: Performance Optimization of Air Conditioning System for Automotive Sector using new low GWP-R1234yf refrigerant for the year 2018. |
| Dr. J. V. Menghani | • Sponsored Research Project sanctioned by SERB title: Study of Slurry Erosion Behavior of High Entropy Alloy coatings for the year 2017. |
| Dr. Beena Baloni | • Smt. Sheela Baya National Award 2017; Institute of Engineers, Udaipur
• Sponsored research project sanctioned by DST tittle Analysis, Design and Experimental Investigations on Radial Inflow Micro Gas Turbine for the year 2013 • Sponsored research project sanctioned by PSA title Design, Development and Demonstration of an Aerodynamically Advanced Un-Manned Air Vehicle for Stealth and Heavy Payload Applications for the year 2017 |
| Dr Purnanand V Bhale | • Developed the online course on Energy Conservation and Management and the same is released under Main Phase on National Mission on Education through ICT funded under the NMEICT scheme approved by MHRD Govt of India with IIT Kharagpur as Anchor Institute
• Establishment of New Lab titled Renewable and Sustainable Energy Laboratory in Mechanical Engineering Department • Sponsored Research Project sanctioned by GUJCOST title: Towards higher generation Biofuel: Characterization, Material Compatibility, Storage Stability & Engine Performance for the year 2016 • Associated with Public Service Commission for confidential assignments • Member – Internal Complaints Committee (ICC) –An institute level committee formed in accordance with the Govt of India Gazzette, The Sexual Harassment of the Women at workplace Act 2013 (Tenure 2016-2019) • Faculty Coordinator for the Project (2009-12) on Anchor Institute in Engineering and Auto promoted by Government of Gujarat for imparting training to Industry. Approx Cost of Project Rs 10 Crore ( $1619302) • On the panel of consultant to National Horticulture Board (Ministry of Agriculture) for technical inspection of cold storages 2012-15 (With Prof H B Naik) • Nodal Officer: National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF Ranking 2017; 2020; 2021) • Lectures Delivered outside SVNIT at various STTP, Workshops • Member/ Member secretary of key committees at Institute Level : IPR Policy Committee ; Institute Perspective Plan Committee ; Committee for Center for Interdisciplinary Research ; Committee for Review of NIRF Rankings ; Committee for Reforms in Research and Consultancy; Task Force Committee at Institute to tackle with COVID-19; Committee to decide Financial/Administrative and Academic power at Institute Level ; Institute Health Policy; Committee for revision of consultancy distribution; Committee for framing guidelines to use Director Discretionary Fund ; Committee for framing Rules and Regulations of PhD Programme; Member Advisory Committee SVNIT Surat (2019-21) • Instructor: Essar Steel and Essar Refinery for Management Trainees in the area of Energy Conservation, Management and Audit (2011-12) • Certified Energy Auditor by Bureau of Energy Efficiency, Ministry of Power, Govt. Of India. • Outstanding Reviewer (2015) for the Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews by Elsevier for reviewing highest number of articles in last two years (Top 10 percentile) • Member of the editorial board committee, Journal of Biofuels and Bioenergy published by National Institute of Renewable Energy, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy Govt of India. • Reviewer of various reputed journals of Elsevier, Taylor Francis, American Institute of Physics, ASME etc. • Reviewer: Books by Tata McGraw Hill • On the panel of reviewer of R & D proposals to the R & D Management Division, Central Power Research Institute Bangalore (Under Ministry of Power, Govt. of India. |
| Dr. H. B. Mehta | • Appointed as a fiend supervisor for Mr. Master Student Mr. Muhammad Zufar Bin Ahmad Faudji, Universiti Tenaga Nasional (UNITEN), The National Energy University, Malaysia for the period of 3 years (2017-2020).
• Awarded IASTEM Excellent Paper Award for the category Best Presentation/Best Content at the IASTEM International Conference held in Cape Town, South Africa during 24th to 25th December, 2018. • Patent filled entitled “A liquid cooled Variable Channel Width Double Layered Minichannel Heat Sink (VWC DL-MCHS) with zero overlap” No. 201821021270 patent journal No. 32/2018 dated 10th Aug 2018. • Patent filled entitled “Stacked Minichannel Heat Sink” App. No. 303545, CBR No. 4566, CBR Date: 14/03/2018 • Sponsored Research Project sanctioned by SERB title: Investigation on a Novel Stacked Minichannel Heat Sink using Efficient Coolants for the year 2017 |
| Dr. H. K. Dave | • Sponsored research project sanctioned by GUJCOST title Generation of Non-Circular Cavity Using Planetary EDM for the year 2014
• Sponsored research project sanctioned by DST title Investigation on Metal Removal Rate in Electro Discharge Machining Process under Orbital Tool Movement for the year 2011 |
| Dr. R. D. Shah | • Sponsored research project sanctioned by ARDB title Parametric Investigation on Upward Swirl Can Type Gas Turbine Combustor for the year 2014
• Sponsored research project sanctioned by ARDB title Towards development of an upward swirl can type gas turbine combustor for the year 2010 |
| Dr. Dinesh Singh | • Sponsored research project sanctioned by DST title Development of outcome based e-course on “Introduction to manufacturing processes” for the year 2013
• Sponsored research project sanctioned by DST India and BMWF title Development of Decision Support Models for Environmentally Conscious Design and Manufacturing of Products for the year 2010 |
| Dr. M. K. Rathod | • Certificate of Merit for the 2012 International Conference of Mechanical Engineering in the World Congress on Engineering (WCE 2012) London, U.K., 3-5 July, 2013.
• Best paper award for the research paper entitled “constructal enhancement of fins design integrated to phase change materials” presented at 20th International Conference on Energy Efficiency Management and Renewable Energy, Sydney, Australia, March 29-30, 2018 • Patent Filled entitled “PCM Integrated Solar Steel With water Sprinkler Arrangement” App. No. 323395-001, Dtd. 06/11/2019 • Patent Filled entitled “Constant Temperature water bath for thermal cyclic test together with the complete” CBR No. 14522, Dtd. 29/06/2019 • Outstanding Scientist in Mechanical Engineering’ by 4th Venus International Research Awards. |
| Dr. Achchelal | • Sponsored research project sanctioned by ARDB title: Stochastic Progressive failure response of Piezoelectric laminated composite shell panels cutouts for the year 2015
• Sponsored research project sanctioned by DRDO title: Probabilistic Fracture response of laminated panels comprising functionally graded materials with cutouts for the year 2014 • Sponsored research project sanctioned by DST title: Stochastic Hygrothermal buckling response of piezoelectric laminated composite plates based on micro mechanical model for the year 2010 |
| Dr. V. D. Kalyankar | • IEI Young Engineer Award in Mechanical Engineering Discipline 2014-15 given by Institution of Engineers (India).
• Sponsored research project sanctioned by GUJCOST title: Parameter optimization of submerged arc welding of modified Cr-Mo Steels for the year 2010 • Sponsored research project sanctioned by DST India and BMWF title Development of Decision Support Models for Environmentally Conscious Design and Manufacturing of Products for the year 2010 |