Dr. Rakesh Sharad Chaudhari

PhD (Mechanical Engineering) SVKM’s NMIMS Mumbai, India

M.S. (Mechanical Engineering), University of Texas at Arlington, U.S.A.

M.E. (Mechanical Engineering), SVNIT Surat, GJ, India

B. E. (Mechanical Engg.), North Maharashtra University, MH, India

Area of Specialization-

Fracture Mechanics, Material Characterization, Welding Metallurgy, Additive Manufacturing, Product Design and Optimization, Project Based Learning, Education Technology

Work experience (23+ Years)

INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE

Professional Membership

·Life Member of Indian Society of Technical Education

Awards & Achievements:

• Received Best Research Paper Award, International Conference on Design for Product Life Cycle, BITS Pilani, RJ, India, February, 16-17, 2006
• Received Masters Graduate Fellowship, University of Texas at Arlington, U.S.A., 2007,
• Received ‘Certificate of Exemplary Contribution’, NMIMS, MPSTME Shirpur Campus, MH, India, 2012
• Received ‘Certificate of Exemplary Contribution’, NMIMS, MPSTME Shirpur Campus, MH, India , 2013
• Received ‘Certificate of Outstanding Teaching’, NMIMS, MPSTME Shirpur Campus, MH, India ,2014
• Appointed as Member Technical Committee, 10th International Conference on Education Technology and Computers, Tokyo, Japan, 26-29, October 2018
• Appointed as Member Technical Committee, 11th International Conference on Education Technology and Computers, Amsterdam, Netherland, 26-29, October 2019
• Appointed as Member Technical Committee, 10th International Conference on Distance Learning and Education (ICDLE 2019) in Amsterdam, Netherlands, 26-28, October 2019
• Received ‘Best Faculty Award’, NMIMS, MPSTME Shirpur Campus, MH, India , 2019

Publications:

·BOOK

"Engineering Thermodynamics”, Technical Publications, Pune, First Edition, 2006

·RESEARCH PAPERS

1. R. Chaudhari and R. Katawala, "Rapid Prototyping: An Effective Product Development Technique” National conference at COE, Pandharpur, MH, India, 2005

2. R. Chaudhari and D Shah , "Selective Laser Sintering (SLS) as an iterative product development RP Technique” National Conference on Rapid Prototyping at V.N.I.T. Nagpur, MH, India, 2006

3.R. Chaudhari and R. Katawala, "Fused Deposition Modeling: An innovative technique for tangible prototypes‟, National Conference on Rapid Prototyping at V.N.I.T. Nagpur, MH, India, 2006
4.Chaudhari R and Chauhan S,"Vibration diagnosis and Analysis” National conference at Pravara Rural Engineering College, Loni, MH, India, 2007

5.R. Chaudhari and Patil P,"Effect of Grain Size Variation on Mechanical and sliding wear Properties of AISI 304 Austenitic Stainless Steel, National Conference on Product Life Cycle at BITS, Pilani, RJ, India, 2006

6. R. Chaudhari, R., R. Parekh, R., & A. Ingle, A. ‘’Reliability of dissimilar metal joints using fusion welding: A Review.’ InInternational Conference on Machine Learning, Electrical and Mechanical Engineering (ICMLEME: 2014) Jan. 8-9, 2014 Dubai, UAE.

7.R. Chaudhari, A. Ingle, and K. Kalita, "Stress Analysis of Dissimilar Metal Weld between Carbon Steel and Stainless Steel formed by Transition Grading Technique,”Materials Today: Proceedings, vol. 2, no. 4-5, pp. 1657–1664, 2015

(Indexed by Scopus, Conference Proceedings Citation Impact Factor-0.71)

8.R. Chaudhari, A. Ingle, and K. Kalita, "Experimental Investigation of Correlation of Grain Size and Mechanical Properties in 304 Stainless Steel,”Materials Focus, vol. 5, no. 5, pp. 440–445, Jan. 2016.

(Indexed by Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Web of Science (Thomson Reuter))

9.R. Chaudhari, A. Ingle, and K. Kalita, "Tribological Investigation of Effect of Grain Size in 304 Austenitic Stainless Steel,”Transactions of the Indian Institute of Metals, vol. 70, no. 9, pp. 2399–2405, 2017.

(Indexed by Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE), SCOPUS, Google Scholar, Impact factor- 0.910)

10.R. Chaudhari and A. Ingle, "Finite Element Analysis of Dissimilar Metal Weld of SA335 P11 and SA312 TP304 Formed By Transition Grading Technique,”Materials Today: Proceedings, vol. 5, no. 2, pp. 7972–7980, 2018

(Indexed by Scopus, Conference Proceedings Citation Impact Factor-0.71)

11.R. Chaudhari and A. Ingle, "Experimental analysis of dissimilar metal weld of SA335 P11 and SA312 TP304 formed by GTAW welding” Transactions of the Indian Institute of Metals, vol. 70, no. 9, pp. 2399–2405, 2017.

(Indexed by Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE), SCOPUS, Google Scholar, Impact factor- 0.910)

12.R. Chaudhari and A. Ingle, "An Empirical Investigation of Dissimilar Metal Weld of SA335 P11and Sa312 TP304 Formed By Metal Inert Gas (MIG) Welding” International Journal of Recent Technology and Engineering (IJRTE), ISSN: 2277-3878, Volume-8 Issue-2, July 2019

Seminars/ Workshops/Conferences Attended :

TRAINING AND WORKSHOPS

1. PLC and Automation, Two Weeks Training at D. N. Patel College of Engineering, Shahada, MH, India, 03-20 May 2000
2. Technical Teachers Empowerment, Two Weeks Workshop at VNIT Nagpur, MH, India, 5-17 July 2004
3. Advance engineering optimization through intelligent Techniques,, One Week Workshop at SVNIT Surat, GJ, India, 14-18, May 2012
4. Outcome Based Accreditation Process, 3 Days Orientation Programe, NMIMS MPSTME, Shirpur, MH, India, 15-17 March 2013
5. Engineering Mechanics, Two Weeks ISTE Workshop,, I.I.T. Bombay, MH, India, 26^th November– 06^th December, 2013
6. Fluid Mechanics, Two weeks ISTE Workshop, I.I.T. kharagpur, India, 20-30, May 2014
7. Integrated Projects and Design into Core Engineering Courses: Enhancing Learning and prospering Professionals, One Day, IUCEE Design Workshop conducted in collaboration with EPICS, Purdue University, U.S.A at GTU, GJ, India, 11 July 2015
8. Innovations towards Learner Centric Pedagogy – II” in NMIMS MPSTME Mumbai, MH, India, 21- 25, November 2016
9. Attended faculty development programme (FDP) on "Role of faculty in Accreditation, Ranking and Quality education” held at Shobhaben Pratapbhai Patel School of Pharmacy & Technology Management, SVKM’s NMIMS Mumbai. April 23-25, 2019

CONFERENCE ATTENDED

1. Presented paper entitled "Rapid Prototyping” in national conference on recent development in mechanical engineering at College of engineering, Pandharpur, MH, India, 2005

2. Presented paper entitled "Effect of Grain Size Variation on Mechanical and sliding wear Properties of AISI 304 Austenitic Stainless Steel” at International Conference on Product Life Cycle at BITS, Pilani, RJ, India, 2006

3. Presented paper entitled ‘’Fused Deposition Modeling: An innovative technique for tangible prototypes‟ in National Conference on Rapid Prototyping at V.N.I.T. Nagpur, MH, India, 2006

4. Presented paper entitled "Selective Laser Sintering (SLS) as an iterative product development RP Technique " in National Conference on Rapid Prototyping at V.N.I.T. Nagpur, India (2006)

5. Presented paper entitled "Mechanical vibrations - diagnosis and analysis’’ in Seminar at Pravara Rural Engineering College, Loni, MH, India. 2007

6. Presented paper entitled, "Reliability of dissimilar metal joints using fusion welding: A Review” International Conference on Machine Learning, Electrical and Mechanical Engineering (ICMLEME: 2014), Dubai.

7. Presented paper entitled, "Stress Analysis of Dissimilar Metal Weld between Carbon Steel and Stainless Steel formed by Transition Grading Technique” in International Conference in Material processing and Characterization at Gokaraju Rangaraju Institute of Engineering and Technology, Hyderabad, Telangana, India, 2015,

8.Presented paper entitled, "Finite Element Analysis of Dissimilar Metal Weld of SA335P11 and SA312 TP304 Formed By Transition Grading Technique” in International Conference on Emerging Trends in Materials and Manufacturing Engineering at National Institute of Technology, Trichy, TN, India, 2017

9.Presented paper entitled, "Tribological Investigation of Effect of Grain Size in 304 Austenitic Stainless Steel” in International Conference on Emerging Trends in Materials and Manufacturing Engineering at National Institute of Technology, Trichy, TN, India, 2017

10.Presented paper entitled "An Empirical Investigation of Dissimilar Metal Weld Of SA335 P11 and SA312 TP304 Formed By Metal Inert Gas (MIG) Welding” Fifth World Congress conference in Engineering and Technology Pune, India, on 27-28, February 2019 (Received Best Paper Award)

11.Presented paper entitled "Compatibility of Rapid Prototyping With Medical Applications” Fifth World Congress conference in Engineering and Technology Pune, India, on 27-28, February 2019

Official Email Id

rakesh.chaudhari@nmims.edu