Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in the Thermal Spray Industry (PDF)

Dr. Lalit Thakur is currently working as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the National Institute of Technology (NIT) in Kurukshetra, India. He has obtained his M.Tech. (Welding Engineering) and Ph.D. degrees from the Indian Institute of Technology (I.I.T.) Roorkee, India. For the last 13 years, he is continuously exploring new possibilities in Welding Engineering and Thermal Spray Technology. He has guided many Ph.D. and Master candidates in the area of Welding and Thermal Spraying. He has authored more than 80 research publications in various international journals, books, and conferences of repute.

Prof. (Dr.) Hitesh Vasudev is working as a full-time Professor in the School of Mechanical Engineering and Division of Research and Development at Lovely Professional University, Jalandhar, India. He has received Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College, India. His area of research is surface engineering, bimodal coatings, and additive manufacturing. He has more than 10 years of teaching and research experience. He has authored more than 100 research papers, and 3 books, and has organized International conferences.

Dr. Jashanpreet Singh is currently working at the University Centre of Research and Development, Chandigarh University as an Assistant Professor. He obtained his Ph.D. degree from the Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, Patiala in 2019. He has authored more than 55 research publications in various international journals (SCI/Scopus), books, and conferences of repute. He has a teaching experience of more than three years and industrial experience of more than two years. His area of research is tribology-solid particle erosion, thermal spray coatings, CFD simulation, artificial intelligence, machine learning and regression tools, process optimization, composites, and materials characterization.

Dr. Gaurav Prashar is an Associate