Updated on: 21-11-23

CURRICULUM VITAE

Gaurav Kumar (Ph.D.)

Assistant Professor Grade - II
Mechanical Engineering Department
National Institute of Technology Rourkela

Contact Information
Office: Room No. – 240, Mechanical Engineering Department, National Institute of Technology
Rourkela, Sector -1, Rourkela, Odisha - 769008, India
Tel(O): +91 8791675692|Email: [email protected] |ResearchGate |Google Scholar|ORCID
Educational Qualification

Qualification Specialization Year Institution CGPA*/%

Ph.D. Production Engineering ……
M.Tech. Production & Industrial 2014-2020 IIT Roorkee 8.92*, #
Engineering
B.Tech. (Hons) Mechanical Engineering 2010-2014 NIT Jamshedpur 9.35*
Senior High Science Guru Gobind Singh Public
2009 86.60
School School, Bokaro
High School General 2007 P P Public School Jehanabad 89.20

*- on a scale of 10; #- with distinction

Professional Experience

Organization Designation Time Period

NIT Rourkela Assistant Professor (Gr-II) 16-10-2023 – Till date
NIT Uttarakhand Assistant Professor (Gr-II) 14-10-2020 – 16-10-2023
NIT Uttarakhand Trainee Teacher 11-07-2014 – 14-10-2020

Research Focus and Interests

❖ Microwave materials processing
❖ Advance Manufacturing Methods
❖ Micromachining
❖ Composites
Research/Projects/Internship

Publications

[A] Summary of Publications

 Sl. No. Journal/Conference/ Book Chapters Total

1. Peer Reviewed Journals 06

2. Conferences 15

3. Book Chapters 08

[B] Journals

Sl. No. Total: 06

2023
6. Sharma, M. P., Gupta, P. K., & Kumar, G. (2023). Modeling and Simulation of
Electrochemical Discharge Machining for Fabrication of Micro-Channel on Glass.
Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering, Springer 48(3), 2701-2713
(Impact Factor = 2.9).
2022
5. Rampal, Kumar, G., Rangappa, S. M., Siengchin, S., & Zafar, S. (2022). A review of
recent advancements in drilling of fiber-reinforced polymer composites.
Composites Part C: Open Access, Elsevier 100312 (Impact Factor = 4.2).
2021
4. Kumar, G., Mishra R.R. & Sharma, A. K. (2020). On Finite Element Analysis of
Material Removal Rate in Microwave Drilling of Borosilicate Glass. Materials
Today: Proceedings, Elsevier (Scopus Indexed).
2020
3. Kumar, G., Mishra R.R. & Sharma, A. K. (2020). 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, ASME, 13(3): 031021 (Impact Factor = 2.1).
2. Kumar, G., & Sharma, A. K. (2020). On processing strategy to minimize defects
while drilling borosilicate glass with microwave energy. International Journal of
Advanced manufacturing technology, Springer, 108(11), 3517-3536 (Impact
factor = 3.4)
2018
1. Kumar, G., & Sharma, A. K. (2018). Role of dielectric fluid and concentrator material
in microwave drilling of borosilicate glass. Journal of Manufacturing Processes,
Elsevier, 33, 184-193 (Impact factor = 6.2).

[C] Conferences

S.No. Total: 15
2022
15. Kumar, G., Kumar, M., Kukshal, V., Kumar, M. (2023) Finite Element Analysis of
Melting of Bulk Metals Using Microwave Energy at 2.45 GHz. In: Tewari, A., Dhawan,
N., Agarwal, G., Das, S., Mishra, S., Karmakar, A. (eds) Proceedings of the 3rd
International Conference on Advances in Materials Processing: Challenges and
Opportunities. AMPCO 2022, 17 - 19 October 2022. Springer Proceedings in Physics,
 vol 293. Springer, Singapore.

14. Kumar, G., Sharma, M. P., Gupta, P. K., (2022) Process Parameters and their Effect
During Electro-Chemical Discharge Machining: A Review. Proceedings of 5th
International Conference on Emerging Trends in Mechanical & Industrial
Engineering (ICETMIE-2022), Department of Mechanical Engineering, The
NorthCap University, Gurugram, 4 -5 March 2022.
13. Sharma, M. P., Gupta, P. K., Kumar, G., A comprehensive review on modeling and
simulation studies in electro-chemical discharge machining. The Congress on
Research in Engineering, Science & Management, Padre Conceicao College of
Engineering, Verna, Goa, India, March 10-12, 2022.
2021
12. Kumar, G., Sharma, A.K., Kumar, M. Microwave Drilling of Polymer Based Composite:
Challenges and Opportunities. Proceedings of 1st International Conference on
Advanced Manufacturing and Materials Processing (CAMMP-2021)”
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Malaviya National Institute of
Technology Jaipur,24th - 25th July 2021
11. Sharma, M. P., Gupta, P. K., Kumar, G., A review on theories and discharge
mechanisms in electrochemical discharge machining. Proceedings of 1st
International Conference on Advanced Manufacturing and Materials
Processing (CAMMP-2021)” Department of Mechanical Engineering, Malaviya
National Institute of Technology Jaipur,24th - 25th July 2021
2020
10. Singh, A., Kumar, G., and Sharma, A.K. Recent Developments In Microwave-metal
Discharge Based Machining Process and Associated Challenges, Rustum Roy
Symposium, MS&T20, USA.
9. Kumar, G., Sreehari, D., Mishra, R.R. and Sharma, A.K. Joining of mild steel plates
using microwave energy at 2.45 GHz. Proceedings of 1st International
Conference on Innovative Engineering Design - 2020 (ICOIED-2020), NIT
Uttarakhand, IIT Roorkee and Institution of Engineers, Uttarakhand, 18-20 January
2020. (Best Paper Award).
8. Mishra, R.R., Alam, P., Yadav, J., Kumar, G., and Sharma, A.K., (2020). Characterization
of SiC reinforced AZ91 Magnesium Alloy Composites produced using In-situ
Microwave Casting. Proceedings of 1st International Conference on Innovative
Engineering Design - 2020 (ICOIED-2020), NIT Uttarakhand, IIT Roorkee and
Institution of Engineers, Uttarakhand, 18-20 January 2020.
7. Chaudhary S.K., Sharma, H. and Kumar, G., (2020). Moisture and flammability
behaviour of natural fillers-based hybrid epoxy composites. Proceedings of 1st
International Conference on Innovative Engineering Design - 2020 (ICOIED-
2020), NIT Uttarakhand, IIT Roorkee and Institution of Engineers, Uttarakhand, 18-
20 January 2020
2019
6. Kumar, G., & Sharma, A. K. (2019). Analysis on Thermal Characteristics of Micro-
Drilled Glass Using Microwave Energy at 2.45 GHz. 2nd International Conference
on Computational Methods in Manufacturing (ICCMM -2019), IIT Guwahati.
5. Kumar, M., Kumar, G., & Kukshal, V. (2019). On Finite Element Analysis of Melting of
Metallic Powders Using Microwave Energy at 2.45 GHz. 2nd International
Conference on Computational Methods in Manufacturing (ICCMM -2019), IIT
 Guwahati.

4. Kumar, G., Mishra, R.R. and Sharma, A.K. On Material Removal Rate in Microwave
Drilling of Borosilicate Glass. Proceedings of 7th International Conference on
Advancements and Futuristic Trends in Mechanical and Materials Engineering
(AFTMME - 2019), IIT Ropar, 05-07 December 2019.
3. Kumar, M., Kumar, G., and Kukshal, V., Analysis of Microwave Casting of Bulk
Metals., Proceedings of 2nd International Conference on New Frontiers in
Engineering Science and Technology (NFEST - 2019), NIT Kurukshetra, 18-22
February 2019, pp: 61.
2017
2. Yadav, V., Sreehari, D., Kumar, G., Preliminary Simulation Studies on Microwave
Joining of P91 Steel, Proceedings of International Conference on
Nanotechnology: Ideas, Innovation & Initiatives - 2017", IIT Roorkee, 06 - 08
December 2017, pp: 754.

1. Kumar, G., and Sharma, A.K. Defect Minimization in Microwave Drilling of Glass
Using Dielectrics. Proceedings of 10th International Conference on Precision,
Meso, Micro and Nano Engineering (COPEN 10), IIT Madras, 07 - 09 December
2017, pp: 280-283.
[D] Book Chapters

Sl. No. Total: 08

2022
8. Singh, A., Kumar, G., Gupta, P., & Sharma, A. K. (2022). Microwave Drilling: Methods,
Applications and Challenges. Advances in Microwave Processing for Engineering
Materials, 19-34. (ISBN: 9781003248743)
7. Kumar, G., Mishra, R.R., Verma, A. (2022). Introduction to Molecular Dynamics
Simulations. In: Verma, A., Mavinkere Rangappa, S., Ogata, S., Siengchin, S. (eds)
Forcefields for Atomistic-Scale Simulations: Materials and Applications. Lecture
Notes in Applied and Computational Mechanics, vol 99. Springer, Singapore. (ISBN:
9789811930928)
2021
6. Gupta, P. K., Sharma, R., & Kumar, G. (2021). Impact of Water Particles on Fly Ash–
Filled E-Glass Fiber–Reinforced Epoxy Composites. In Advanced Materials and
Manufacturing Processes (pp. 257-267). CRC Press. (ISBN: 9781003093213)
5. Chaudhary, S. K., Sharma, H., & Kumar, G. (2021). Moisture and Flammability
Behaviour of flax Fibre and Natural Fillers-Based Hybrid Epoxy Composites. In
Advances in Engineering Design (pp. 385-392). Springer, Singapore. (ISBN: 978-981-
33-4018-3)
4. Kumar, G., Sreehari, D., Mishra, R. R., Yadav, V., & Sharma, A. K. (2021). Investigation
on Microwave Joining of Mild Steel Plates at 2.45 GHz and Joint Characterization. In
Advances in Engineering Design (pp. 127-136). Springer, Singapore. (ISBN: 978-981-
33-4018-3)
3. Mishra, R. R., Alam, P., Yadav, J., Kumar, G., & Sharma, A. K. (2021). Characterization
of SiC-Reinforced AZ91 Magnesium Alloy Composites Produced Using In situ
 Microwave Casting. In Advances in Engineering Design (pp. 23-30). Springer,
Singapore. (ISBN: 978-981-33-4018-3)
2019
2. Kumar, G., & Sharma, A. K. (2019). Analysis on Thermal Characteristics of Micro-
Drilled Glass Using Microwave Energy at 2.45 GHz. In Advances in Computational
Methods in Manufacturing (pp. 557-568). Springer, Singapore. (ISBN: 978-981-32-
9072-3)
1. Kumar, M., Kumar, G., & Kukshal, V. (2019). On Finite Element Analysis of Melting of
Metallic Powders Using Microwave Energy at 2.45 GHz. In Advances in
Computational Methods in Manufacturing (pp. 703-717). Springer, Singapore.
(ISBN: 978-981-32-9072-3)

[E] Research Students (Total: 01 (ongoing))

Sl. No. Research Area Name of Ph.D. Co-advisor Duration Status

Research Scholar (if any)
1. Fabrication and Hariom Maurya Dr. Lalta July 2021 - On-
characterization of Prasad going
Microwave Cured NIT
Sisal/cocopeat Uttarakhand
reinforced PLA Hybrid
Composite
[F] M. Tech. Students (Total: 05)

Sl. No. Dissertation Topic Name of Student Co-advisor Session Status

(If any)
1. Experimental Viveksheel Yadav Dr. Dungali 2017-18 Awarded
Investigations on Sreehari
Microwave Joining of NIT
Metals Uttarakhand
2. Experimental Sanjul Pratap Dr. Hitesh 2017-18 Awarded
investigation on Effect Singh Sharma
of Natural Fillers NIT
(Orange Peel) on Epoxy Uttarakhand
Composites
3. Experimental and Guru Prasad Dr. Dungali 2018-19 Awarded
Numerical Analysis of Sreehari
Material Removal NIT
Mechanism by Uttarakhand
Ultrasonic Machining
4. Fabrication of Copper Mohit Kumar Dr. Vikas 2018-19 Awarded
Alloy Using Microwave Kukshal
Casting NIT
Uttarakhand
5. Development and Sudhir Kumar Dr. Hitesh 2019-20 Awarded
Characterization of Flax Chaudhary Sharma
Fiber and Natural NIT
Fillers-Based Hybrid Uttarakhand
 Polymer Composite
[G] B.Tech. Students/Internship

Sl. No. Name of Student(s) Project Title Session

1. Rajkumar & Rahul Kumar Automatic Metallic Segregation July-Dec
System 2020
2. Adityram & Kishan Kumar Self-Balancing Two-Wheeler Vehicle July-Dec 2021
Using Gyroscope
3. Adityram, Kishan Kumar, Design and Fabrication of Pedal Jan-July 2022
Sintaj, Prashant Gaurav Powered Washing Machine
Outline of Self Ph.D. Work
Gaurav Kumar did his Ph.D. research work on "Microwave Drilling of Borosilicate Glass" at

the Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee. The study included the development of an

experimental setup for microwave drilling, laying the groundwork for subsequent examinations.

Microwave drilling is an electromagnetic energy-based machining process in which microwaves

at an frequency of 2.45 GHz is concentrated into a narrow region using a thin metallic

concentrator. The process induces plasma formation, leading to ablation and melting of the

target material. Through simulation and experiments, the impact of key process parameters

was explored, revealing an optimal configuration of process parameters that minimizes critical

defects like heat-affected zone (HAZ), overcut, and thermal stresses. Nuanced relationships

between input power and HAZ were uncovered, with decreased power intensifying HAZ in static

conditions, while dynamic setups exhibited reduced HAZ due to enhanced heat dissipation.

Insights into energy distribution during drilling highlighted the allocation of approximately 30%

of input power for material removal, with the remaining 70% absorbed by dielectric and

concentrator materials. Exploration of dielectric properties, concentrator materials, shape, and

immersion depth emphasized their role in shaping plasma characteristics. The study provides a

comprehensive understanding of optimizing microwave drilling for borosilicate glass,

emphasizing the delicate balance required between input power and mitigating thermal

cracking tendencies.
Papers published in journals: 04.
Paper published in conferences: 04.

Publication Metrics
Sl. No. Metrics Value
1. Citations on Google Scholar 83
2. h-index on Google Scholar 05
3. I-index on Google Scholar 04
4. ResearchGate Score 95.1

Teaching Assignments
Sl. No. Course Name UG/PG Role Institute
1. Machining & Machine Tool UG Coordinator
2. Casting, Welding & Forming UG Coordinator
3. Operation Research UG Coordinator
4. Metrology & SQC UG Coordinator
5. Mechanical Workshop UG Coordinator NIT
6. Mechanical Behavior of Material UG Coordinator Uttarakhand
7. Non-Traditional Manufacturing Processes UG Coordinator
8. Operations Management UG Coordinator
9. Material Resource Planning UG Coordinator
10. Mechanical Measurement UG Coordinator

Short Term Courses/Workshops/Conferences Organized

Sl. No. Title Sponsorship Participants Dates Role
number
1. Recent advancement in NIT Uttarakhand 70 23-11-2020 Coordinator
micromanufacturing to 27-11-
2020
2. Microwave Material NIT Uttarakhand 90 14-12-2020 Coordinator
Processing: to 18-12-
Opportunities & Challenges 2020
3. Awareness to Innovation, TEQIP, NIT 40 29-01-2021 Coordinator
Startup and Uttarakhand to 02-02-
Entrepreneurship 2021
4. Pandemic and Socio- TEQIP, NIT 105 08-02-2020 Coordinator
Economic Determinants: The Uttarakhand to 12-02-
Uses, Mathematics and 2021
Computations behind the
Modeling to inform Decision
Makers
5. Sustainable Composites: NIT Uttarakhand 50 22-02-2021 Coordinator
Processing, Characterization to 26-02-
& Applications 2021
6. Micromachining NIT Uttarakhand 65 09-05-2022 Coordinator
Technologies for to 13-05-
Industrial Applications 2022

Institute Administrative Services

Sl. No. Position Time Period
 1. Coordinator, Alumni Association, Mechanical 01-07-2017 to 31-07-2023
Engineering Department, NIT Uttarakhand
2. I/c. Assistant Registrar, Planning & Development, 04-11-2022 to 16-10-2023
NIT Uttarakhand
3. I/c. Assistant Registrar, Academics, NIT Uttarakhand 01-02-2021 to 03-11-2022
4. Coordinator, DPC, Registrar Office, NIT Uttarakhand 01-02-2021 to 03-11-2022
5. Member, AISHE, NIT Uttarakhand 01-02-2021 to 03-11-2022
6. Member, Innovation & Incubation, NIT Uttarakhand 18-12-2020 to 31-01-2021
7. Member, Transportation, NIT Uttarakhand 03-07-2019 to 31-05-2020
8. Member, Convocation, NIT Uttarakhand 03-07-2019 to 31-05-2020
9. Member, Student Admission, Registration & 12-07-2018 to 02-06-2019
Convocation, NIT Uttarakhand
10. Member, Alumni Association, NIT Uttarakhand 24-07-2017 to 11-07-2018
11. Member-Adventure, Sports, NIT Uttarakhand 01-08-2016 to 23-07-2017

Awards/Recognitions
❖ Best Paper Award in International Conference on Innovative Engineering Design - 2020
(ICOIED-2020).
❖ Chaired a technical session in the International Conference on “Advances in Materials
Processing & Manufacturing Applications” (iCADMA 2020).

Outreach Activities
Reviewer Assignments
1. Journal of manufacturing Processes

2. Indian Journal of Engineering and Materials Sciences

Sessions Chaired in Conference

Sl. No. Conference Dates Institution
1. International Conference on “Advances in 5th November MNIT Jaipur
Materials Processing & Manufacturing
Applications” (iCADMA 2020). 2020

Membership of Professional Bodies

Sl. No. Position Professional Body Membership Number
1. Associate Member Institution of Engineers (India) AM3002665
Personal Details
Wife name: Mrs. Rashmi
Father’s name: Mr. Ravindra Kumar Singh
Mother’s name: Mrs. Manju Devi
Date of birth: 14th November 1992

Referees
Prof. Apurbba Kumar Sharma [Ph.D. Supervisor]
Professor
Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Department
Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee, Uttarakhand
Email: [email protected]; [email protected]
Tel: +91 94111 000286

Prof. Inderdeep Singh

Professor
Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Department
Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee, Uttarakhand
Email: [email protected]; [email protected]
Tel: +91 98976 89021
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