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Dr. Krishna Mohan Kumar

Faculty Name: Dr. Krishna Mohan Kumar

Designation: Assistant Professor

Research:  Mechanical System Design

Email:   kmkumar@iiti.ac.in                                        Office: +91 731-6603359

Research Areas:

Biosketch:

Dr. K.M. Kumar is an Assistant Professor in the department of Mechanical Engineering atIndian Institute of Technology Indore. He received his B. Tech degree in Mechanical Engineering from Jalpaiguri Government Engineering College, in 2010 and M. Tech degree in Mechanical Engineering with Machine Design specialization from Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, in 2012. He was awarded Ph.D. degree from Indian Institute of Science in 2019 for his thesis entitled “Direct Estimation of Acoustic Source Characteristics of the Internal Combustion Engine Exhaust System and Analysis of Complex Muffler Configurations.”

During his Ph.D., he has worked as project assistant on 5 industrial consultancy projects related to design and analysis of automotive and DG set silencers/mufflers. After his Ph.D. thesis submission, he worked on 3industrial consultancy projects as co-consultant with Prof. M. L. Munjal of Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru.In 2018-19, Dr. Kumar delivered lectures as a co-instructor with Prof. Munjal on Acoustics of Ducts and Mufflers and Industrial Noise Control to train the practicing engineers of Faurecia Clean Mobility Centre, Bengaluru. He has published several papers in peer-reviewed international journals as well as conferences. His research interests are Acoustics of Ducts and Mufflers; Automotive Noise and Vibration Control; Industrial Noise and Vibration Control; and Designing for Quietness

 

RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS:

  1. L. Munjal and K. M. Kumar, “State of the art of rational design of efficient mufflers”, Noise Control Engineering Journal, 71(3), 169-179, 2023.
  2. M. Kumar, C. D. Gaonkar and M. L. Munjal, “Double-tuning and Experimental Validation of Rotated-Offset Inlet-Outlet Circular Chamber Muffler”, Applied Acoustics, 197, 1-16, Aug 2022, Paper Number: 108948.
  3. D. Gaonkar, D. R. Rao, K. M. Kumar and M. L. Munjal, “End Corrections for Double-Tuning of the Same-End Inlet-Outlet Muffler,”Applied Acoustics, 159, 1-10, Feb 2020, Paper Number: 107116.
  4. M. Kumar and M. L. Munjal, “Direct estimation and experimental validation of the acoustic source characteristics of turbocharged diesel engine exhaust system,”Applied Acoustics, 149, 171-180, 2019.
  5. M. Kumar and M. L. Munjal, “Direct estimation and experimental validation of the acoustic source characteristics of two-cylinder naturally aspirated diesel engine exhaust system,” Applied Acoustics, 135, 70–84, 2018.
  6. M. Kumar and M. L. Munjal, “On development of rational design guidelines for large side-inlet side-outlet perforated element mufflers,” Noise Control Engineering Journal, 66(4), 308–323, 2018.
  7. M. Kumar and M. L. Munjal, “On the crucial role of mean flow in the design ofmultiply-connected coaxial perforated element mufflers,” Noise Control Engineering Journal, 65(5), 462–481, 2017.
  1. M. Kumar, “Double-Tuning of Co-Axial Inlet-Outlet Elliptical Chamber Muffler”29th International Congress On Sound and Vibration, Prague, Czech Republic,9–13 July2023,1–8.
  2. M. Kumar and M. L. Munjal, “Improved Parametric Expressions for Acoustic Source Strength Level and Impedance of Turbocharged Diesel Engine Exhaust System”, Symposium on International Automotive Technology (SIAT) 2019, Pune, India, 16–18January 2019,1–10.
  3. M. Kumar and M. L. Munjal, “Direct estimation and experimental validation of the acoustic source characteristics of 4-cylinder turbocharged diesel engine exhaust system,” 13th Western Pacific Conference on Acoustics (WESPAC-2018), New Delhi, India, 11–15 November 2018, 1–6.
  4. M. Kumar and M. L. Munjal, “A Simple Novel Method for Direct Evaluation of the Acoustic Source Impedance of the Exhaust System of a Single Cylinder Engine,” 24th International Congress On Sound and Vibration, London, 23–27 July2017,1–8.
  1. M. Kumar,“On the crucial role of higher order evanescent modes for double-tuning of same-end inlet-outlet and opposite-ends inlet-outlet elliptical chamber mufflers” 50thNational Symposium on Acoustics, VSSUT Sambalpur, India, 24–26February 2023, 1–10.
  2. D. Gaonkar,K. M. Kumarand M. L. Munjal, “Evaluation of End-corrections for a Double-tunedRotated-Offset Inlet-Outlet Muffler,”47th National Symposium on Acoustics (NSA-2019), Cuttack, 17–19October 2019,1–6.
  3. M. Kumar and M. L. Munjal, “1-D Acoustical Analysis of a Typical Double Flow-Reversal Commercial Muffler of a Motorcycle Engine and 3-D Validation Thereof,” 4thAutomotive Noise and Vibration Congress, Pune,8–9 November2017,1–11.
  4. M. Kumar and M. L. Munjal, “Direct Evaluation of the Engine Acoustic Source Characteristics and Validation Thereof,” 3rd Automotive Noise and Vibration Congress, Pune,28–29 January2016,1–17.

Sponsored project:

  1. Development of Numerical Model to Compute the Flow and Acoustic Field Inside and Outside of the Gun Barrel for Practice Ammunitions and Actual Rounds

Role: Principal investigator

Sponsoring Agency: Defence Research and Development Organization

Cost: ₹ 44,62,089

Prof. Anand Parey

Faculty Name: Dr. Anand Parey

Designation: Professor

Research: Mechanical System Design

Laboratory: Solid Mechanics Lab (UG), Noise and Vibrations Control Lab (PG), Gear Fault Diagnosis Lab,

Email:   anand.parey@iiti.ac.in                                         Office: +91 731-6603234

Research Areas: Condition monitoring, Signal processing of mechanical systems, Noise and vibration control

Educational Qualifications:

Ph. D.              Research Topic: “Dynamic Modeling and Signal Processing of Spur Gear Vibration for the Detection of Faults”. From Industrial Tribology Machine Dynamics and Maintenance Engineering Center, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, New Delhi, INDIA in 2005.

M.Tech.          In “Maintenance Engineering” from “Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology”, Bhopal, India, in 2001, Project Topic: “Condition Monitoring of Diesel Locomotive using Vibration Analysis and Echo Pulse Measurement.”

B.E.                  In “Mechanical Engineering” from “Madhav Institute of Technology and Science”, Gwalior, India, in 1998.

 

Research Areas:

Condition monitoring, Signal processing of mechanical systems, Noise and vibration control

Work Experience:

Professor:         Working as Professor in Department of Mechanical Engineering at IIT Indore, from Dec 18, 2017 till date.

Associate Professor:    Worked as Associate Professor in Department of Mechanical Engineering at IIT Indore, from Sep 2012 to December 17, 2017.

Assistant Professor:     Worked as Asst Prof. in Department of Mechanical Engineering at IIT Indore from Aug 3, 2009 to Sep 2012.

Assistant Manager:      Worked as  Asst Manager in Larsen and Toubro Ltd. Mumbai from Sep. 2008 in Heavy Engineering Division to July 2009.

Manager:                        Worked as Manager-Technology in Crompton Greaves Ltd. Global R&D Centre, Mumbai from April 2008 to August 2008.

Post Doctoral Fellow:  Post Doctoral Fellow in University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada from Dec 2006 to Dec 2007.

Lecturer:                         Worked as Lecturer in BITS-Pilani, Goa campus, Goa, India, from August 2005 to November 2006 in Mechanical Engineering Division.

Papers in peer reviewed, Scopus indexed journals

  1. A. Parey and N. Tandon, “Dynamic modeling and empirical mode decomposition of spur gear vibration for early detection of crack”, International Journal of COMADEM, Volume 12, Number 4, October 2009, PP.2-9.

 

Papers in peer reviewed, scopus indexed conferences

 

 

Books, book chapters and monographs

 

5 in Condition Monitoring and Control for Intelligent Manufacturing, Ed. Wang,

L and Gao, R.X., Springer_Verlag, 2006, pp 109-136.

Monitoring, LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing GmbH & Co. KG,            Saarbrucken,    Germany, 2010, ISBN 978-3-8383-9034-5

 

PhD Guidance

 

S# Name of research scholar Title of thesis Co-guide Year of completion
1. Yogesh Pandya Mesh stiffness studies of spur gear pair with tooth root crack None 2013
2. Vikas Sharma Gearbox fault diagnosis under fluctuating speed conditions using vibration analysis None 2017
3. Ankur Saxena Investigation of mesh stiffness and modal characteristics of geared rotor system with defects Dr. Manoj Chouksey 2017
4. Naresh Raghuwanshi Experimental techniques for the measurement of gear mesh stiffness None 2017
5. Ram Bihari Sharma Modelling of acoustic emission generated in spur gear pair and rolling element bearing None 2017
6. Amandeep Singh Ahuja Gear fault diagnosis using artificial intelligence None 2019
7. Palash Dewangan Dynamic modelling of wind turbine planetary gearbox None 2022
8. Pavan Gupta Noise and Vibration control of gearbox None 2022
9. Vinod Singh Thakur Force and Vibration Analysis in Mechanical Preparation of Root Canals Using Endodontic Files Dr. Pavan Kankar 2022
10. Dada Saheb Ramteke Gear fault diagnosis using advanced signal processing techniques Dr. Ram Bilas Pachori 2023
11. Anupam Kumar Fault diagnosis of plastic gears Dr. Pavan Kankar 2023
12. Pallavi Gautam Gear fault diagnosis using acoustic emission technique None Ongoing
13. Sonu Paroche Failure analysis of automotive gearboxes None Ongoing
14. Santosh Yadav Dynamic modelling for gearbox fault detection None Ongoing
15. Yogesh Andhale Gear fault diagnosis using AI and ML techniques None Ongoing

 

M Tech Guidance

 

S# Name of research scholar Co-guide Year of completion
1. Pravin Rai Prof. Neelesh Kumar Jain 2016
2. Rajat Kasliwal Prof. Neelesh Kumar Jain 2017
3. Gaurav Kumar Prof. Neelesh Kumar Jain 2017
4. Rahul Kashyap Prof. Neelesh Kumar Jain 2017
5. Vivek Rana Prof. Neelesh Kumar Jain 2018
6. KUSHAGRA KASTWAR None 2020
7 SHASHANK CHOUDHARY None 2020
8 SHIVAM KUMAR None 2020
9 PANKAJ CHAURASIA None 2022
10 DESAI UMESH DHANAJI None 2022
11 Utkarsh Saxena None 2022
12 IGAVE SAYALI DINESH None 2022
13 GAIKWAD AKSHAY JAGANNATH None 2022
14 SHUBHAM KUMAR

 

None 2023
15 AMARPRAKASH CHANDRAKANT SINGH None 2024

 

 Sponsored Research

 

S# Name of the Project Funding Agency Amount (Rs) Duration Role
1.  Centre of Excellence  in Gear Engineering DST FIST 2,95,00,000 2015-2020 Member
2. Internal noise measurement, analysis, source identification and design counter measures for trucks and buses. DST UAY

 

65,00,000 2017-2020 PI
3. Design, modeling and diagnostic of wind turbines for sustainable energy efficiency DST 10,80,000 2017-2020 PI
4. Development of a flexible fault diagnosis technique for induction motor based on artificial intelligence TEQIP 12,90,000 2019-2020 Co-PI
5. Analysis and control of noise pollution in hospitals TEQIP 21,83,000 2019-2020 Co-PI
7. Fault detection of gearbox using vibration and acoustic emission analysis DST (WOS-A) 19,40,000 2019-2022 Mentor
6. Force and vibration analysis in biomechanical preparation of root canals using endodontic file system: In-vitro study SERB 3403400 2021-2024 Co-PI
8. Noise control of Drones  SwaYaan Drone/UAS

 

2,50,000 2023-2024 PI

 

Industrial consultancy  

 

S# Organization Title Amount Year
1. AIMIL Ltd. Mumbai Noise control of HVAC system 50000 2012
2. Kores (India) Ltd. Pithampur Preparation of a report on existing test facilities and testing procedure for drilling rigs 50000 2013
3. Philips India Ltd Vibration measurement and reduction of Philips JMG 300000 2014
4. Shree Cement, Ajmer Root cause analysis of Gear Failure 300000 2014
5. Simplex Engg & Foundary Works Pvt. Ltd., Bhilai, CG. Opinion regarding the rolling mill and auxiliary equipment 100000 2014
6. AVTEC, Pithampur Opinion regarding manufacturing accuracy of gearbox 100000 2015
7. Liu Gong, Pithampur Engine vibration isolation of excavator 40000 2016
8. Volvo Eicher Commercial Vehicles, Pithampur Noise and vibration measurement of gearbox 40000 2017
9 Sagar Institute of research and Technology Analysis of Stress stairs group for tension and compression.   9,080 2018
10 VE Commercial Vehicle Ltd. Vibration mesurement & analysis of truck and Vibration mesurement & analysis of Buses 42480 2019
11 VE Commercial Vehicle Ltd. Vibration mesurement & analysis of hood & Pod 47200 2021
12 Shri G.S.Institute Of Technology & Science (SGSITS) Microhardness Analysis. 11800 2021
13 Aimil Ltd Torsion Analysis 3540 2022

 

Continuing education  programs  conducted

 

S# Name of the Course/ Conference Duration
1.  Materials Science and Engineering for Automobile Dec 22-23, 2011
2. Advances in Gear Engineering Nov 19-23, 2012
3. Bearing and Gear Fault Diagnosis Mar 21- 2014
4. Condition Monitoring of Rotating Machine Elements Dec. 21-23, 2015
5. Condition Monitoring of  Mechanical Systems using Advance Signal Processing Jun 27-28, 2016
6. Condition Monitoring of Mechanical and Electrical Systems using Advanced Signal Processing Techniques 06-07 March 2017
7. Advanced Signal Processing Techniques for Fault Detection of Mechanical and Electrical Systems 10-11 March 2018
8. Bearing and Gear Fault Diagnosis 26-27 March 2018
9. Artificial Intelligence and Advanced Signal Processing Techniques for Engineering Applications 05-07 October 2018
10. Research and Development in Condition Monitoring of Rotating Machines 10-12 December 2018
11. Vibration Monitoring Techniques for Machinery Fault Diagnosis 18-19 March 2019
12. Vibration Monitoring of Mechanical Systems 29-31 Oct’ 2020
13. Industrial Noise & Vibration Control 26-28, Nov 2020
14. Condition Monitoring of Rotating Machines using Advanced Signal Processing Techiques 21-23, Dec 2020
15. Advance in Condition Bases Maintenance using Vibration and Noise Monitoring 19-21, Feb 2021

 

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Dr. Suhas S. Joshi

Faculty Name: Dr. Suhas S. Joshi

Designation: Professor, Director

Email: ssjoshi@iiti.ac.in                                   Office Contact: +91 731-6603130

 

Research Areas: 

  1. Modeling machining of ‘difficult-to-machine’ materials (MMCs, Inconel, Titanium)
  2. Modeling and development of micro-machining processes.
  3. Laser micro-machining, LIGA and Nano-polishing.

Biosketch:

Dr. Suhas Joshi is currently the Director, IIT Indore. He is a Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering, and the National Academy of Sciences.

Prior to joining IIT Indore as the Director, Dr. Joshi served as a Rahul Bajaj Chair Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at IIT Bombay. He also served as the Dean of Alumni and Corporate Relations (2017-2022) and the Head of Mechanical Engineering Department (2014-1207) at IIT Bombay. He served as a Visiting Faculty in Mechanical Science and Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA (2005-06).

Dr. Joshi has been a recipient of BOYSCAST fellowship of Govt. of India (2002), ‘Best Faculty’ award of Mech. Eng. Dept., IIT Bombay (2007), and ‘Dr. P. K. Patwardhan Technology Development Award’ of IIT Bombay (2008).

Dr. Joshi works on improving the productivity and quality of multi-scale machining processes through physics-based modeling and characterization. He has undertaken over 38 research, consultancy, and infrastructure development projects sponsored by aerospace, nuclear, defense, and private organizations in India. He has established excellent research infrastructure for micromachining, laser micro-machining, and titanium machining. During 2009-14, he spearheaded the establishment of ‘National Centre for Aerospace Innovation and Research (NCAIR)’, at IIT Bombay as its founding Principal Investigator. The centre is an industrial consortia mainly sponsored by Govt. of India, The Boeing Company, and IIT Bombay.

Dr. Joshi has served as an Associate Editor of Trans. ASME, Journal of Manuf. Sci. and Eng. (2007-14). He is presently an Associate Technical Editor of Machining Sci. and Technol. (Taylor and Francis) (2010-) and, the Editorial Board Member of International Journal of Machine Tools and Manuf. (Elsevier) (2013-2018) and Indian Journal of Engineering & Materials Sciences, CSIR-NISCAIR (India) (2015-).

Dr. Joshi has supervised a post-doctoral and 18 doctoral students. He is presently guiding another 6 doctoral students for their Ph.D. He also has supervised more than 112 masters dissertations at IIT Bombay. Dr. Joshi has over 300 publications including 179 in referred international journals and five book chapters to his credit. He has a phenomenal h-index of 41 (Google Scholar).

Faculty Information

Faculty Name: Dr. Suhas S. Joshi

Designation: Professor, Director

Email: ssjoshi@iiti.ac.in                                    Office Contact: +91 731-6603130

 

Research Areas: 

 

 

Biosketch:

Dr. Suhas Joshi is currently the Director, IIT Indore. He is a Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering, and the National Academy of Sciences.

Prior to joining IIT Indore as the Director, Dr. Joshi served as a Rahul Bajaj Chair Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at IIT Bombay. He also served as the Dean of Alumni and Corporate Relations (2017-2022) and the Head of Mechanical Engineering Department (2014-1207) at IIT Bombay. He served as a Visiting Faculty in Mechanical Science and Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA (2005-06).

Dr. Joshi has been a recipient of BOYSCAST fellowship of Govt. of India (2002), ‘Best Faculty’ award of Mech. Eng. Dept., IIT Bombay (2007), and ‘Dr. P. K. Patwardhan Technology Development Award’ of IIT Bombay (2008).

Dr. Joshi works on improving the productivity and quality of multi-scale machining processes through physics-based modeling and characterization. He has undertaken over 38 research, consultancy, and infrastructure development projects sponsored by aerospace, nuclear, defense, and private organizations in India. He has established excellent research infrastructure for micromachining, laser micro-machining, and titanium machining. During 2009-14, he spearheaded the establishment of ‘National Centre for Aerospace Innovation and Research (NCAIR)’, at IIT Bombay as its founding Principal Investigator. The centre is an industrial consortia mainly sponsored by Govt. of India, The Boeing Company, and IIT Bombay.

Dr. Joshi has served as an Associate Editor of Trans. ASME, Journal of Manuf. Sci. and Eng. (2007-14). He is presently an Associate Technical Editor of Machining Sci. and Technol. (Taylor and Francis) (2010-) and, the Editorial Board Member of International Journal of Machine Tools and Manuf. (Elsevier) (2013-2018) and Indian Journal of Engineering & Materials Sciences, CSIR-NISCAIR (India) (2015-).

Dr. Joshi has supervised a post-doctoral and 18 doctoral students. He is presently guiding another 6 doctoral students for their Ph.D. He also has supervised more than 112 masters dissertations at IIT Bombay. Dr. Joshi has over 300 publications including 179 in referred international journals and five book chapters to his credit. He has a phenomenal h-index of 41 (Google Scholar).

 

 

 

 

 

Events, Awards and Achievements of Mechanical Engineering Department.

 

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COPEN-11

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