Twenty years, two universities, one continuing research line

Academic Appointments

20 years in teaching & research · 1 year in industry

Administrative Roles

• Director, IQAC — presently
• Deputy Dean, Accreditations — presently
• Deputy Dean, Freshmen Engineering (Mechanical), 2021–2023
• ABET / NBA Program Coordinator, UG Program, 2017–2023
• Head, Centre for Composite Materials, 2013–2023
• Director, Competitive Training, 2017–2018
• Head, Mechanical Engineering, 2015
• Deputy Director, Students Affairs, 2019–2022
• Deputy Dean, International Relations, 2016–2018
• Department Research Coordinator, 2015–2018

Led NBA accreditation to a full 6-year term and ABET accreditation to a full 5-year term for the B.Tech Mechanical Engineering program. Founded and directed the Indo-Brazil Joint Center for Composite Materials.

Education

Awards & Recognition

• Post-Doctoral Fellowship by CNPq-Brazil (2014)
• Mentor — Student Start-up Award, Compimero Pvt. Ltd. (2018)
• Mentor — Student Project with State Awards (2009 and 2017)

Research Recognition

• Editor, Discover Applied Science, Springer Nature
• Joint Supervisor, Master candidate Alan da Silva, UFRGS Brazil
• Visiting Researcher, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul
• Guest Editor, Pertanika Proceeding (ICATAS 2024), Vol. 4:5, 2025
• Guest Editor, Int. J. Comp. Aided Engg. Tech. (IJCAET), Vol. 10:1-2, 2018
• Guest Editor, Key Engineering Materials, Special Issue, 2020
• Doctoral Committee Member, VTU Bangalore and Anna University Chennai
• Referee, SERB, Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India
• Referee, National Science Centre Poland

Book Chapters (24)

• Investigation on Mechanical and Tribological Performance of Biodegradable PLA-Hemp Composite — Innovation, Sustainability, and Applied Sciences, Springer (2025)
• Statistical Analysis of the Mechanical Properties of FDM 3D-Printed PLA-Based Composites — Springer (2025)
• Characterization of carbon nanotube nanocomposite for aerospace materials to shield electromagnetic interference — Aerospace Materials, Elsevier (2025)
• Nanolubrication for aerospace alloys: interfacial analysis on Al7075 alloy — Elsevier (2025)
• Tribological assessment of two-phase aluminum/zirconia composites for aerospace applications — Elsevier (2025)
• Effect of Fiber Dosage and Chemical Treatment on the Vibrational Behavior of Luffa/USP Composite — Springer (2024)
• Identifying the Effect of Stacking Sequence on Water Absorption, Mechanical and Fracture Properties of Flax/Glass Hybrid Composites — Wiley (2023)
• Abrasive Water Jet Cutting and its Optimization Model for Machining Sheep Wool/Polyester Composites — Elsevier (2022)
• Bamboo Fibers, their Composites and Applications — Plant Fibers, their Composites, and Applications, Woodhead (2022)
• Water Hyacinth Natural Fiber Composite Properties — A Review — Springer (2021)
• Post Impact Behavior and Compression After Impact Properties of Polymers and Composites — A Review — Springer (2021)
• Tribological Studies and Modal Analysis on Bio-Composite/PVC Core Sandwich Panels — Elsevier (2021)
• Effect of adding sisal fiber on the sliding wear behavior of coconut sheath fiber-reinforced composite — Elsevier (2021)
• Tribological Studies of Surface Modified Sansevieria Cylindrica Fibre Reinforced Polyester Composites — Elsevier (2021)
• Mechanical, Structural, Thermal and Tribological Properties of Nanoclay Based Phenolic Composites — Springer (2020)
• Micromechanical modelling and evaluation of PALF composites through Representative Volume Element Method — Springer (2020)
• An overview on plant fiber technology: An interdisciplinary approach — Sustainable Polymer Composite, Springer (2019)
• Bolted joint behavior of hybrid composites — Elsevier (2019)
• Glass fiber hybrid effects in assessing the abrasive wear mechanism of naturally woven fabric/polymer composite — Wiley (2018)
• Mechanical characteristics of tri-layer eco-friendly polymer composites for interior parts of aerospace applications — Elsevier (2018)
• The Development of Bio-Sandwich Structures with Brazilian Curaua Fiber/Polyester — Biocomposites, Nova, USA (2017)
• Wear and frictional behavior of natural fiber composite — Tribo Look, Edufrn Publishers, Brazil (2015)

Patents (3)

Professional Service & Membership

Memberships: ISTE, ECI, SAE, iSAMPE

Reviewer for: Composites Part B (Elsevier), Materials & Design (Elsevier), Journal of Reinforced Plastics and Composites (SAGE), Journal of Composite Materials (SAGE), Journal of Sandwich Structures and Materials (SAGE), and others.

Organized 31 conferences, seminars and workshops (6 international, 25 national) between 2008 and 2024, including the bilateral Indo-Brazil International Conference on Advanced Materials & Processing (amp17) and an International Conference on Advances in Technologies and Applications for Sustainability (2024).

Subjects Taught

• Materials Science and Engineering
• Composite Materials
• Surface Engineering
• Advances in Material Characterizations
• Mechanical Behavior of Materials
• Engineering Mechanics
• Advanced Machine Tools
• Manufacturing Processes
• Metrology and Measurements
• Statistical Quality Control
• Engineering Visualization
• Sustainable Design & Manufacturing