Recent Advances in Mechanical Engineering, Volume 1

Vibration Analysis Of Composite Viscoelastic Core Sandwich Beam Using Active Control Techniques.- Parametric Optimization For Material Removal Rate During Face Milling: Using Experimental and Mathematical Modeling Approach.- Performance Prediction Of Electrode Materials On Surface Roughness During Electric Discharge Machining of Hsla Steel.- Effect of Sodium Hydroxide Molarity on the Properties of Metakaolin-Eggshell Based Geopolymer Cured at Ambient Temperature.- A Selection of Renewable Energy using Three Phase Hybrid Fuzzy Model to Attain Sustainable Development Goals.- Design And Fabrication Of Automated Delivery Drone Using 3d Printing.- Numerical Investigation of Fluid Flow and Heat Transfer in Microchannel Heat Sink with Rectangular Grooves and Sine Wavy Channels.- Design And Experimental Analysis Of Additively Manufactured Ortho-Planer-Based Tuned Mass Damper.- Prediction of Depth of Defect from Phased Array Ultrasonic Testing (PAUT) Data using Neural Network.- Experimental Investigation and Its Parametric Analysis of AWJM Process Parameters on Surface Quality of Green Composites.

Dr. G Raghavendra is Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at National Institute of Technology Warangal, India, since 2013. He acquired the B.Tech. degree from Bapatla Engineering College, India.  He completed his M.Tech. and Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Mechanical Engineering at National Institute of Technology Rourkela, India. He has published 140 papers in respected international journals, 16 book chapters, 1 book, and 4 granted patents and is the recipient of several awards and accolades at international/national levels for his excellence in research and academics. He completed one project in DST SERB under ECR successfully of worth 37 lakhs.  His research interests are in the fields of Composites, Biomaterials, Bioglasses, Tribology, Nano-tribology, Synthesis and Characterization of Nanomaterials/Nanoparticles, Analysis/Testing of Materials (mechanical, metallurgical, and morphological properties), etc. He has guided five Ph.D. scholars and nine ongoing Ph.Ds. Dr. Raghavendra received young engineer of the year 2018 by IEI Telangana and Early Career Research Award-2016.

Dr. B B V L Deepak is currently working at National Institute of Technology Rourkela in the Department of Industrial Design. He received his master's and Ph.D. degrees from the National Institute of Technology Rourkela in 2010 and 2015 respectively. He has 11 years of research and teaching experience in Manufacturing and Product Design fields. He produced 3 Ph.D. theses and is supervising 4 Ph.D. scholars. He published more than 100 papers in various peer-reviewed journals and conferences along with 1 patent. He is also currently handling two sponsored research projects in the field of robotics. He received several national and international awards such as Ganesh Mishra Memorial Award-2019, IEI Young Engineer Award-2018, and Early Career Research Award-2017.

Dr. Manoj Gupta was Former Head of Materials Division of the Mechanical