Dr. Vikash Kumar
Dr. Vikash Kumar
Assistant Professor
Office Address:
Room No- 203 Production Engineering Block, NIT Calicut
Ph.D.: Mechanical Engineering, IIT Guwahati (July 2015- May 2020)
M.Tech: Mechanical Engineering (Manufacturing), IIT ISM Dhanbad (July 2013- May 2015)
B.Tech.: Mechanical Engineering, WBUT, (July 2009 - May 2013)
Educational Qualifications
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Ph.D.: Mechanical Engineering, IIT Guwahati (July 2015- May 2020)
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M.Tech: Mechanical Engineering (Manufacturing), IIT ISM Dhanbad (July 2013- May 2015)
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B.Tech.: Mechanical Engineering, WBUT, (July 2009 - May 2013)
Journals
- Vikash Kumar and Uday S. Dixit, 2020, "Estimation of Temperature-Dependent Yield Strength and Modulus of Elasticity during Laser Bending", Measurement, Vol. 154, p. 107515. DOI: 10.1016/j.measurement.2020.107515. (SCI, Impact factor: 3.927).
- Vikash Kumar, Uday S. Dixit and Jian Zhang, 2019, "Determination of thermal conductivity, absorptivity and heat transfer coefficient during laser-based manufacturing", Measurement, Vol. 131, pp. 319-328. DOI: 10.1016/j.measurement.2018.08.072. (SCI, Impact factor: 3.927).
- Vikash Kumar, Uday S. Dixit and Jian Zhang, 2019, "Determining thermal conductivity, specific heat capacity and absorptivity during laser based materials processing", Measurement, Vol. 139, pp. 213-225. DOI: 10.1016/j.measurement.2019.03.019. (SCI, Impact factor: 3.927).
- Vikash Kumar and Uday S. Dixit, 2018, "A model for the estimation of hardness of laser bent strips", Optics & Laser Technology, Vol. 107, pp. 491-499. DOI: 10.1016/j.optlastec.2018.06.029. (SCI, Impact factor: 3.867).
- Vikash Kumar and Uday S. Dixit, 2018, "Selection of process parameters in a single-pass laser bending process", Engineering Optimization Vol. 50(9), pp. 1609-1624. DOI: 10.1080/0305215X.2017.1405395. (SCI, Impact factor: 3.23).
- B. N. Fetene, Vikash Kumar, Uday S. Dixit and R. Echempati, 2018, "Numerical and experimental study on multi-pass laser bending of AH36 steel strips ", Optics & Laser Technology, Vol. 99, pp. 291-300. DOI: 10.1016/j.optlastec.2017.09.014. (SCI, Impact factor: 3.867).
- Vikash Kumar, M. Hussain, M. S. Raza, A. K. Das and N. K. Singh, 2017, "Fiber laser welding of thin nickel sheets in air and water medium", Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering, Vol. 42(5), pp. 1765-1773. DOI: 10.1007/s13369-016-2305-1. (SCI, Impact factor: 2.334).
- M. S. Raza, M. Hussain, Vikash Kumar and A. K. Das, 2017, "In situ production of hard metal matrix composite coating on engineered surfaces using laser cladding technique", Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance, Vol. 26(1), pp. 76-83. DOI: 10.1007/s11665-016-2427-3. (SCI, Impact factor: 1.819).
Conferences
- Dixit, U., Kumar, V., Petrov, P., & Saprykin, B. (2021). Determining Friction and Flow Stress of Material during Forging. Paper presented at ESAFORM 2021. 24th International Conference on Material Forming, Liège, Belgique. doi: 10.25518/esaform21.1977.
- Kumar, V., and Dixit, U.S. (2021). Optimization of Process Parameters in Laser Bending Process Considering Microhardness. Paper presented in virtual mode during at AIMTDR 2021. 8th international and 29th national conference on Transformational Changes in Manufacturing, Dec 9th-Dec 11th, PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore, India.
Professional Experience
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• Worked as a Temporary Faculty in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, IIEST Shibpur, Howrah from October 27th, 2020 to August 02nd 2022.
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• Worked as a Senior Research Fellow (Direct) in a project entitled “Experimental and numerical research on contact friction in the process of plastic deformation by means of compression with torsion" with Prof. Uday S. Dixit as principal investigator at the department of Mechanical Engineering, IIT Guwahati from June 9th, 2020 to Oct 25th, 2020.
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• Worked as a Consultant in “Beta Tank Robotics Private Limited” Bangalore from Jan 20th, 2020 to Sep 30th, 2020.
- Laser based manufacturing (forming, welding, cladding)
- Modeling of forging process
- Advanced manufacturing processes