Recent Trends in Industrial and Production Engineering

The book presents the select proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Computational and Experimental Methods (ICCEMME 2021). It covers the broad topic of  industrial and production engineering such as sustainable manufacturing systems, rapid prototyping, manufacturing process optimization, machining, and machine tools, casting, welding, forming, machining, machine tools, computer-aided engineering, manufacturing management, automation and metrology. This book will be useful for the researchers and professionals working in the in the field of industrial and production engineering.

​Dr. Akshay Dvivedi is an Associate Professor in the Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Department of the Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee, Uttarakhand, India. Dr. Dvivedi has 20 years of experience in academics and industry. Dr. Akshay Dvivedi was a Visiting Associate Professor at AIT Bangkok. The Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India, seconded this assignment. Before joining IIT Roorkee, he has worked as Principal Scientist, Centre of Excellence in Manufacturing at Research Technology and Innovation Centre, Thermax, India. He has authored more than 120 research papers published in reputed international journals and conference proceedings. Based on his research work, he has authored 16 books/book chapters and filed seven patents. He is a member of several national and international advisory committees. He has handled several sponsored research projects with funding support from MHRD, DST, CSIR, etc. He has worked on severalindustrial consultancy projects. He has supervised 38 M.Tech Dissertations and 10 Ph.D. theses. Currently, 12 research scholars are working in his research group. He is currently involved with research projects on micro-fabrication, development of hybrid manufacturing processes, rapid prototyping, product development, quality management, value stream management, and development of Lab-on-a-Chip Devices. Dr. Dvivedi is actively engaged in research work on the process as well as product development to fulfill the industrial viability. He has developed more than 30 research and experimentation facilities at IIT Roorkee. He is the recipient of several technical awards and social recognitions that includes Editor’s Choice Paper by Precision Engineering, Outstanding Teacher Award by IIT Roorkee, India, and multiple best paper awards.
 
Dr. Anish Sachdeva is a Professor in Industrial and Production Engineering Department at Dr.B. R. Ambedkar National Institute of Technology Jalandhar, India. His areas of interest are reliability and maintenance engineering, supply chain management, optimization and simulation of production systems, and quality management. He obtained his B.Tech from Dr B R Ambedkar National Institute of Technology (erstwhile REC Jalandhar), M.Tech from Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College Ludhiana and Ph.D. from Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee (India). He has over 23 years of industry and teaching experience. He has guided 65 M.Tech and 12 Ph.D. students, presently supervising 02 M.Tech. and 06 Ph.D. scholars. He has over 140 publications in international and national journals and proceedings of international conferences to his credit. He has organized five international conferences at NIT Jalandhar as Organizing Secretary. He has organised around 20 short term courses in his area of expertise. He has also conducted several workshops and training programs for academic institutes and companies. He has published three special issues of International Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management (Emerald Publications) as guest editors and has also edited three volumes of books published by Springer.    
 
Dr. Rahul Sindhwani received his Ph.D. degree in Mechanical Engineering (Industrial Engineering & Management) in 2017; M.Tech. degree in Mechanical Engineering (Industrial Engineering & Management) with distinction and Gold Medal in 2010; and B.Tech. degree in Mechanical Engineering in 2008, from Kurukshetra University, India. Currently, he is an Assistant Professor-III in the Mechanical Engineering Department, Amity School of Engineering and Technology, Amity University, Noida, India. He is an active lifetime member of the Indian Society of Technical Education and a fellow member of Institution of Engineering and Technology. He is having teaching, research, and administrative experience of more than 10 years. He has published 26 papers in reputed international journals and books in the area of industrial engineering and management. His area of expertise is industrial engineering and management, supply chain management, lean, green and agile manufacturing system along with analysis of problems using structural equation modelling, statistical analysis, interpretive structural modelling and multi-criteria decision modelling, etc.
 
Mr. Rohit Sahu is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering, G. L Bajaj Institute of Technology and Management, Greater Noida, U.P. He obtained his B.Tech (Mechanical) from Uttar Pradesh Technical University (Presently Known as AKTU), M.Tech (Manufacturing Science and Technology) from Bundelkhand Institute of Engineering and Technology, Jhansi and Pursuing Ph.d from Delhi Technological University, Delhi. His major areas of research interests include composite materials, unconventional machining, and manufacturing process optimization etc. He has published more than 15 papers in national & international journals and conferences. He is Guest Editor of SCI Journal Process in Mechanical Engineering, Materials Today: Proceedings and IOP Conference Series Material Science and Engineering.