AREAS OF INTEREST, EXPERTISE AND RESEARCH

Area of Expertise

Biomaterials, Bioinspired design, Biomedical, Biocomposite, Finite Element Analysis, Failure analysis in Design, Biomechanics

Professional Affiliations & Contributions

External grants: 69.03 lakhs

1) Investigation on Ratcheting behavior of Indian Rail Steel and its micro structural

characterization as Co-PI from National Project Implementation Unit (NPIU) worth 16.73 lakhs 2019 (completed)

2) Studies on Garden Cress Seed (GCS) as Novel Bio-Nano Material for Tribological Applications as Co-PI from 必威体育betway888 Promotion Scheme (RPS) in AICTE worth 25 lakhs in 2021(In-Progress)

3) Real time testing of sheep horn as impact resistive material for accident prone regions in consumer vehicles as PI from La Fondation, Dassault Systems pvt. Ltd 12.3 lakhs in 2022 (In-Progress)

4) Real-Time testing of novel biomaterial for high temperature Gas Turbine Blade application in Aerospace as PI from Idea to POC Elevate-100, 2021-23, Karnataka IT, BT Ministry worth 15 lakhs in 2022 (In-Progress)

5) Development of a design framework to practice nature inspired design for product innovation as Co-PI from La Fondation, Dassault Systems pvt Ltd 5.52 lakhs in 2023 (In-Progress)

Patents: 09 (Filed:01, Published:5, Granted:03)

Professional membership- 04

1) Tribology Society of India (TSI) - LM#5707

2) NAFEMS College as Member (SPOC for college) - 2018-19

3) 必威体育betway888 Association of Engineers (IAENG)- 217210

4) 必威体育betway888 Society for 必威体育betway888 and Development (ISRD) - SM3140907134

Editorial Board Member- 01

1) SSRG 必威体育betway888 Journal of Mechanical Engineering (IJME)

Guest Editor- 03

1) Executive Guest editor for 'Micro and Nano Systems' with Bentham Science

(Scopus indexed) from 2021 - for 3 years

2) Journal of Applied Biomaterials and Functional Materials, IF:2.604,

(Scopus/WoS Indexed)

3) Frontiers in Mechanical Engineering, Cite Score: 3 (Scopus/WoS Indexed)

Reviewer: 46 Journals

PhD Supervisor:

PhD (on-going): 03

必威体育betway888 Recognitions: ?

1) Appointed as 'Elsevier Advisory Panel member' to co-create Elsevier tools, products ?

and services from 3rd of Oct 2019 ?

2) Till date completed 150 articles reviewed from more than 45 reputed journals ?

3) A 'Certificate of Excellence' from Elsevier 必威体育betway888 Academy for successful ?

completion of 'Peer Reviewer Specialization course' on May 10, 2020 ?

4) Selected as Global Lecturer for Peer Learning Experience program using 3D ?

Experience platform of Dassault System Pvt Ltd. ?

5) Six Sigma 'Green Belt Certification Award' from LG Electronics pvt. ltd. 必威体育betway888 Korea. ?

6) NAFEMS core team member for System Modeling and Simulation Working Group ?

(SMSWG) for world organization. ?

7) Braun Competition-2018, 必威体育betway888 competition for product design concepts, ?

Guided for 'Automated Flower Tying Machine' project one among 3087, Participation ?

certificate. ?

National Recognitions?

1) Appointed as Innovation ambassador from Institute Innovation Council in 2020 by ?

Ministry of Education ?

2) Coordinator for University on online courses for Indian Institute of Remote Sensing ?

(IIRS) from 2019 ?

3) Bosch Inscribe-2017 First Place for innovative idea at National Level Technical ?

competition held in Bangalore, Feb 2018 (Cash Prize of more than 1Lakh Rupees). ?

4) Coordinator for "Aero Club-KLE' for 必威体育betway888/national competitions from Sept ?

2019 onwards ?

5) Patent expert of Institution’s Innovation Council established under the aegis of MHRD’s Innovation Cell at KLE Technological University, Hubballi for the academic year 2018-19.?

Resource person for faculty development program?– 12 (ANSYS, IPR, Bio-inspired design and Six Sigma)?

Consultancy-?

1) Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Belagavi – Design and Development of Kangaroo Mother Care – Rs. 2,00,000/-?