Friction Based Additive Manufacturing Technologies (PDF)

Dr. Sachin Maheshwari is currently serving Netaji Subhas Institute of Technology as a senior professor and Head of Department in the division of manufacturing processes and automation engineering. Additionally, he is also the nominated Dean, Faculty of Technology (Delhi University) and IRD (NSIT). He is a known name in field of advanced welding and manufacturing processes. He has completed his PhD from Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi in the field of welding and ME in industrial metallurgy from Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee. His areas of interest include all variants of welding, advanced manufacturing especially additive manufacturing, optimization techniques and unconventional manufacturing processes. He has over 80 research papers in international journals and refereed conferences. He has guided several Ph.D. thesis. About ten Ph.D. thesis have been awarded and equal numbers are under progress. He has two patents. He has a total teaching and research experience of around 23 years and has taught a wide assortment of subjects during his teaching career. He is a seasoned academician who has marked his mark in Mechanical Engineering during last decade. He has rich experience of working on the statutory authorities & experience of handling academic assessment and accreditation procedures. He is associated with many research, academic and professional societies in various capacities.

Dr. T.K Kundra has served Indian Institute of Technology Delhi as Professor and Head of Department of Mechanical Engineering Department and continues to serve the same world-renowned institution. His areas of interest are optimal mechanical system design including micro systems and computer integrated manufacturing systems including additive manufacturing. His experience of teaching, research and design is spread over 48 years and includes teaching at AIT Bangkok, Addis Ababa University and studies at Loughborough University, Imperial College, Ohio State University, TU Darmstadt. He has been consulted by several organizations such as Hero Motors, BHEL, Eicher, ONGC, DRDO, British council, etc. He is a Chartered Engineer and Fellow Inst. of Engineers. He is author/co- author of about 100 technical papers, co-author of two text books on Numerical Control and/Computer aided Manufacturing and a book on Optimum Dynamic Design. He has also been awarded the honour of "Mechanical Engineer of Eminence". He has introduced/ developed/taught a wide spectrum of subjects (around 40) in his teaching career at Graduate /Post graduate level including mechanical design & optimization, plant equipment design including CNC manufacturing. He is associated with many profession societies in different capacities.

Arshad Noor Siddiquee is working as a Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Jamia Millia Islamia (A Central University), Delhi, India. He received his Ph.D. and M.Tech from Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, India after graduating from Government Engineering College, Jabalpur, India. His research areas include welding, conventional, and nonconventional manufacturing processes. He has taught wide spectrum of subjects in his teaching career of more than 20 years. He has authored/Co-authored over 100 research papers in reputed international journals. He has authored five books, four monographs and three patents. He is guiding several Ph.D. Scholars. He is leading a funded research project worth several million Indian rupees on friction stir welding/ processing. He is associated with many professional societies.