National Institute of Technology Rourkela

राष्ट्रीय प्रौद्योगिकी संस्थान राउरकेला

ଜାତୀୟ ପ୍ରଯୁକ୍ତି ପ୍ରତିଷ୍ଠାନ ରାଉରକେଲା

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EXPERTISE INFORMATION

Research Group
  • Manufacturing Science: [Production Engineering Division]
Areas of Interest
  • Microwave Materials Processing
  • Advanced Manufacturing Processes
  • Composites

Gaurav Kumar
ଗୌରବ କୁମାର | गौरव कुमार Assistant Professor Grade-II

Mechanical Engineering

kumarg@nitrkl.ac.in

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CONTINUING EDUCATION

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Gaurav Kumar

Assistant Professor Grade-II

Mechanical Engineering

Room Number: ME-240

Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Institute of Technology Rourkela, Sundargarh, Odisha, India - 769008

2020

Ph.D.
Production Engineering
IIT Roorkee

2020

M.Tech
Production and Industrial System Engineering
IIT Roorkee

2014

B.Tech
Mechanical Engineering
NIT Jamshedpur

Teaching Experience
  • Mechanical Engineering,  NIT Rourkela,   18 Oct 2023 - Present
  • Mechanical Engineering,  NIT Uttarakhand,   15 Oct 2020 - 16 Oct 2023

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Total Publications: 15
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G. Kumar, P. Gupta, T. P. Naik, A. K. Sharma, and I. Singh,"Drilling of natural fiber reinforced thermoplastic composite laminates using microwave energy at 2.45 GHz", Materials Today Communications, vol.38, pp.108419, Elsevier, February 2024, View Details       Article

. Rampal, G. Kumar, S. M. Rangappa, S. Siengchin, and S. Zafar,"A review of recent advancements in drilling of fiber-reinforced polymer composites", Composites Part C: Open Access, vol.9, pp.385-392, Springer Singapore 2022, 10.1016/j.jcomc.2022.100312       Article

G. Kumar, R. R. Mishra, and A. K. Sharma,"On defect minimization during microwave drilling of borosilicate glass at 2.45 GHz using flowing dielectric and optimized input power", Journal of thermal science and engineering applications, vol.13, no.3, pp.031021 (14 s), ASME 2020, 10.1115/1.4048667       Article

G. Kumar and A. K. Sharma,"On processing strategy to minimize defects while drilling borosilicate glass with microwave energy", The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, vol.108, pp.3517 - 3536, Springer London 2020, 10.1007/s00170-020-05563-9       Article

G. Kumar and A. K. Sharma,"Role of dielectric fluid and concentrator material in microwave drilling of borosilicate glass", Journal of Manufacturing Processes, vol.33, pp.184-193, Elsevier 2018, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmapro.2018.05.010       Article

Sustainable Manufacturing & Industry 4.0: Special emphasis on 3D printing & microwave material processing (SMI 4.0) Mechanical Engineering (Short-term Course)

  • ME3231 : Metrology, Quality Control and Reliability {Theory}
  • ME4232 : Production and Operations Management {Theory}
  • ME6142 : Fundamentals of Tribology {Theory}
  • ME6226 : Automation in Manufacturing {Theory}
  • ME1000 : Workshop Practice {Practical}
  • ME3072 : Advanced Mechanical Engineering Laboratory {Practical}

Ph.D. Students [2]
Microwave Processing of Polymer Composites
Ritesh Barkey
Enrolled: Jul 2024
Continuing
Supervisor
Microwave Processing of Polymer Nanocomposites
Abnish Abhishek
Enrolled: Jul 2024
Continuing
Supervisor

Awards And Honours
  • Best Paper Award in International Conference on Innovative Engineering Design - 2020 (ICOIED-2020).,   2020
Memberships / Fellowships
  • Associate Member(Membership No: AM3002665), Institution of Engineers (India),   2021