Assistant Professor

Dr Chandan Kumar

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Interests

  • Laser Welding, Laser Cladding, Coating
  • Additive Manufacturing
  • Advanced Manufacturing

Faculty Details

Education

2009

West Bengal University of Technology, Kolkata,
India
BTech

2012

IIEST, Shibpur, West Bengal,
India
ME

2018

IIT Guwahati, Assam,
India
PhD

Experience

  • Sep 2022 to June 2023 – Assistant Professor, Joy University, Tamil Nadu, India
  • March 2020 to March 2023 - Post-Doctoral Fellow (PDF), IIT Delhi, India
  • June 2019 to April 2020 - Assistant Professor, Lovely Professional University, Punjab
  • August 2018 to November 2018 - Assistant Project Engineer

    • Research Interest

  • Laser Beam Welding | Additive Manufacturing | Laser Cladding & Coating | Laser Beam Machining | Laser Based Manufacturing | Laser Bending | Arc Welding | Electron Beam Welding | Solid State Welding like Friction Stir | Welding | Friction Welding | Hybrid Welding | Finite Element Modeling of Welding Processes | Surface Texturing | Advanced Manufacturing | Optimization in Manufacturing Process | Material Science | Material Characterization | Heat Treatment Schedule | Powder Metallurgy | Application of Machine Learning in Manufacturing etc

    • Awards & Fellowships

  • 2020 to 2022- Institute Fellowship for Post- Doctoral Research Position (IIT Delhi)
  • 2012 to 2017 – MHRD for PhD Research Work

    • Publications

    Journals

  • Chandan Kumar, Manas Das, C. P. Paul, B. Singh “Experimental Investigation and Metallographic Characterization of Fiber Laser Beam Welding of Ti-6Al-4V Alloy Using Response Surface Method” Optics and Lasers in Engineering, 95 (2017) 52–68. Impact Factor – 5.666. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.optlaseng.2017.03.013
  • Chandan Kumar, Manas Das, C. P. Paul, K. S. Bindra “Characteristics of Fiber Laser Weldments of Two Phases (α+β) Titanium Alloy” Journal of Manufacturing Processes, 35 (2018) 351-359. Impact Factor – 5.684. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmapro.2018.08.023
  • Chandan Kumar, Manas Das, C. P. Paul, K. S. Bindra “Comparison of Bead Shape, Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Fiber Laser Beam Welding of 2 mm Thick Plates of Ti-6Al-4V Alloy” Optics and Laser Technology, 105 (2018) 306-321. Impact Factor – 4.939. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.optlastec.2018.02.021
  • Chandan Kumar, Manas Das, C. P. Paul, K. S. Bindra “Weld Quality Assessment of Fiber Laser Weldments of Ti-6Al-4V Alloy” Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance, 28 (2019) 3048-3062. Impact Factor – 2.036. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11665-019-04073-4
  • Chandan Kumar, Manas Das, “Exploration of Parametric Effect on Fiber Laser Weldments of SS-316L by Response Surface Method” Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance, 30 (2021) 4583–4603. Impact Factor – 2.036. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11665-021-05761-w
  • Manjesh Kumar, Chandan Kumar, Hari Narayan Singh Yadav, Manas Das, Nan Yu “Material Removal Analysis During MR Polishing of Complex Gear Teeth Profiles” Proceedings of The Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science, (2022) 1-14. Impact Factor – 1.762.
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/09544062221135515
  • Manjesh Kumar, Chandan Kumar, Amit Kumar, Debashish Gogai, Manas Das “Experimental and Theoretical Analysis of Material Removal in Poppet Valve Magnetorheological Finishing” Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part E: Journal of Process Mechanical Engineering, (2022) 1-13 Impact Factor – 1.822. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/09544089221139102
  • Chandan Kumar, Manas Das, Hitesh Vasudev “Microstructure Assessment in Laser Weldment of SS-316L” Think India Journal, 22 (2019) 485-492. ISSN No: 0971-1260.
  • Chandan Kumar, Manas Das, Hitesh Vasudev “Numerical Simulation and Microstructural Explorationin Laser Welding of Ti-6Al-4V” Think India Journal, 22 (2019) 1358-1370. ISSN No: 0971-1260.
  • Chandan Kumar, Mans Das “Laser: A Heat Source For Welding: Critical Review” Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research, 6(1) (2019) 1830-1833. ISSN No: 2349-5162.
  • Hitesh Vasudev, Chandan Kumar “Wear Characteristics of Thermal Spray Nickel Based Coatings” Think India Journal, 22 (2019) 792-798. ISSN No: 0971-1260.
  • Hitesh Vasudev, Chandan Kumar “Microwave Cladding of Ni-based Powder on Stainless Steel SS-316 L” Think India Journal, 22 (2019) 799-806. ISSN No: 0971-1260.

    • Book Chapters

  • Chandan Kumar, Manas Das, P. Biswas “A 3-D Finite Element Analysis of Transient Temperature Profile of Laser Welded Ti-6Al-4V Alloy” Lasers Based Manufacturing, Topics in Mining, Metallurgy and Materials Engineering, (Editors: U. S. Dixit and S. N. Joshi), Publisher- Springer, New Delhi, (2015) 421-440. ISBN/ISSN No.: 978-81-322-2352-8/2364-3307
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-81-322-2352-8_21
  • Chandan Kumar, Manas Das, C. P. Paul, B. Singh “Experimental Study of Fiber Laser Weldments of 5 mm Thick Ti-6Al-4V Alloy” Application of Lasers in Manufacturing (Editors: U. S. Dixit, S. N. Joshi and J. P. Davim), Publisher- Springer Nature Singapore, (2019) 45-67. ISBN/ISSN No. : 978-981-13-0556-6/2522-5030. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-0556-6_3
  • Chandan Kumar, Manas Das “Microstructural Characterization of Ti-6Al-4V Alloy Fiber Laser Weldments” Advances in Mechanical Engineering, (Editors: B. B. Biswal, Bikash Kumar Sarkar and P. Mahanta), Publisher- Springer Nature Singapore, (2020) 475-486. ISBN/ISSN No.: 978-981-15-0124-1/2195-4364, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-0124-1_43
  • Chandan Kumar, C P Paul, Manas Das, K. S. Bindra “Fiber Laser Welding of Ti-6Al-4V Alloy” Advanced Welding and Deforming, (Editors: Kapil Gupta and J. Paulo Davim) Publisher- Elsevier, (2021) 23-66. ISBN No: 9780128220498. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-822049-8.00002-5

    • Referred International Conferences

  • Chandan Kumar, Manas Das, Pankaj Biswas “A 3-D Finite Element Analysis of Transient Temperature Profile of Laser Welded Ti-6Al-4V Alloy” 5th International & 26th All India Manufacturing Technology, Design and Research Conference, IIT Guwahati, Assam, India, December 12–14, (2014) 52/1-52/6. ISBN No. : 978-8-19274-612-8
  • Anwesa Barman, Chandan Kumar, Manas Das “Analysis of Magnetic Field Assisted Finishing (MFAF) Process Parameters For Finishing Brass Workpiece Using Soft-Computing Technique” 5th International & 26th All India Manufacturing Technology, Design and Research Conference, IIT Guwahati, Assam, India, December 12–14, (2014) 45/1-45/6. ISBN No. : 978-8-19274-612-8
  • Chandan Kumar, Manas Das, P. Bhargava, C. P. Paul “Finite Element Method Based Numerical Simulation of Laser Beam Welded Titanium Alloy (Ti-6Al-4V)” International Conference on Precision, Meso, Micro and Nano Engineering, IIT Bombay, India, December 10-12, (2015).
  • Chandan Kumar, Manas Das, P. Bhargava, C. H. Premsingh, C. P. Paul “Effect of Process Parameters on Fiber Laser Welded Titanium Alloy” International Conference on Precision, Meso, Micro and Nano Engineering, IIT Bombay, Maharashtra, India, December 10-12, (2015).
  • Chandan Kumar, Manas Das, C. Premsingh, C. P. Paul, B Singh “Effect of Heat Input and Defocussing Distance on The Weld Quality of Laser Beam Welded Ti-6Al-4V Alloy” 6th International & 27th All India Manufacturing Technology, Design and Research Conference, College of Engineering Pune, India, December 16–18, (2016) 68-72. ISBN No. : 978-93-86256-27-0
  • Chandan Kumar and Manas Das “Finite Element Method Based Transient Thermal Analysis of Laser Beam Welded Titanium (Ti-6Al-4V) Alloy” International Conference on Precision, Meso, Micro and Nano Engineering, IIT Madras, Tamilnadu, India, December 07-09, (2017) 723-726. ISBN No. : 978-93-80689-28-9
  • Chandan Kumar and Manas Das “Microstructural Characterization and Its Effect on Mechanical Properties of Fiber Laser Beam Welded Ti-6Al-4V Alloy” International Conference on Precision, Meso, Micro and Nano Engineering, IIT Madras, December 07-09, (2017) 539-542.ISBN No. : 978-93-80689-28-9
  • Chandan Kumar and Manas Das “Characterization of Microstructure in Fiber Laser Welded Ti-6Al-4V Alloy” International Conference on Recent Innovations & Developments in Mechanical Engineering, NIT Meghalaya, India, November 8–10, (2018).

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