Research
Departmental Faculty members are involved in high-quality research in the field of Mechanical Engineering and Renewable Energy. A wide range of research is conducted in the Mechanical Engineering Department. Faculties and students are conducting research in well-known fields like Production Engineering, Fluid Engineering, Design, Tribology & Vibration, FMEA, Solid Waste Management, Biofuels, Energy, Metal Matrix Composite (MMC), Micromachining, etc. There is a good number of publications in many reputed journals by the faculties of the department.
Research Areas
- Production Engineering
- Fluid Engineering
- Design and Manufacturing
- Tribology & Vibration
- Failure Mode and Effect Analysis (FMEA)
- Solid Waste Characterization
- Solid Waste Management (SWM)
- Biofuels
- Energy
- Surface Modification
- TIG Cladding
- Polymer Composite
- Green Composites
- Processing and Characterization of Composites
- Micromachining
Patent Awarded/Published (Last – 05 Years)
- Rishi Kumar Prajapati “Method and System for Adaptive Cybersecurity Threat Detection” Patent No: 1214675; Awarded date: 29thday of June 2024.
- Mayank Pokhriyal “A Novel Fibre Reinforced Biodegradable Composite and Method of Preparing Same” Patent No. 531351; Awarded year: 2024.
- Sanjeev Kumar Lambha“Coupling of Earth-tube Heat Exchanger with Solar Air Heating Duct” Patent No: 2021103462; Awarded date: 9th day of March 2022.
- Kapil Dev Sharma“Coupling of Earth-tube Heat Exchanger with Solar Air Heating Duct” Patent No: 2021103462; Awarded date: 9th day of March 2022.
- Rishi Kumar Prajapati “Solving the Problem of water logging modern method of irrigation in agriculture with the help of drones” Patent No: 2022/08977; Awarded date: 26thday of October 2022.
- Sunil Kumar “3D Printer with Toolbox Drawer” Patent No: 349046-001; Awarded date: 7thday of September 2021.
- Jasbir Singh “3D Printer with Toolbox Drawer” Patent No: 349046-001; Awarded date: 7thday of September 2021.
- Rishi Kumar Prajapati“Fused Deposition Modelling Process and System” Application No: 202211031403 A; Published date: 10th day of June 2022.
- Praveen Kumar Pandey“Fused Deposition Modelling Process and System” Application No: 202211031403 A; Published date: 10th day of June 2022.
- Kapil Dev Sharma“Process for Treatment of Municipal Solid Waste and Purification of the by- Products Generated” Application No.202211036900 A; Published date: 8th day of July 2022.
- Kapil Dev Sharma“Fused Deposition Modelling Process and System” Application No: 202211031403 A; Published date: 10th day of June 2022.
- Yogesh Kumar “Fused Deposition Modelling Process and System” Application No: 202211031403 A; Published date: 10thday of June 2022.
- Sunil Kumar “Foldable Bridge Assembly” Application No: 202011029142 A; Published date: 21thday of August 2020.
- Sunil Kumar “Smart Hybrid Kitchen” Application No: 202011042085 A; Published date: 23rdday of October 2020.
Research Publications (Last – 05 Years)
| S.No | Name of the Author | Title of Paper | Year of Publication | Name of Journal
(Indexing) |
| 1 | Sanjeev Kumar Lambha | Combined Influence of a Liner Deformation and Couple Stresses on the Partial Bearing Aspect Ratios. | Sept. 2024 | Advances in Science and Technology (Scopus) |
| 2 | Sanjeev Kumar Lambha | Micropolar lubricant effects on the performance of partial journal bearings. | March 2023 | Journal of Engineering Tribology, Sage (SCIE & Scopus) |
| 3 | Sanjeev Kumar Lambha | Performance Characteristics of a Deformed 120-Degree Partial Bearing with Couple Stress Lubrication. | June 2022 | Evergreen (Scopus) |
| 4 | Sanjeev Kumar Lambha | Impact of liner elasticity on couple stress lubricated partial bearing. | March 2022 | Evergreen (Scopus) |
| 5 | Rishi Kumar Prajapati | Design and Fabrication of an Automatic Waste Segregation and Monitoring System. | Dec. 2024 | Current World Environment (WoS) |
| 6 | Sunil Kumar | Production and optimization of soybean biodiesel production at fixed temperature 50 °C with RSM and ANN.
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11356-025-36564-4 |
May 2025 | Environmental Science and Pollution Research (Scopus) |
| 7 | Sunil Kumar | Optimization of Process Parameters and Biodiesel Extraction of Pogamia Pinnata via Response Surface Methodology.
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40819-025-01921-x |
May 2025 | International Journal of Applied and Computational Mathematics (Scopus) |
| 8 | Sunil Kumar | An appraisal of the competence of mathematical fuzzy logic approach via adaptive neuro-fuzzy inference system (ANFIS) in biodiesel production from algae oil.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1088/2631-8695/ada485 |
Jan. 2025 | Engineering Research Express (Scopus) |
| 9 | Sunil Kumar | Analytical investigation of biodiesel production from used frying oil using an Artificial Neural Network technique. | Aug. 2024 | Journal of Computational Analysis and Applications (Scopus) |
| 10 | Sunil Kumar | Performance evaluation of ANFIS and RSM in modelling biodiesel synthesis from soybean oil. | Dec. 2023 | Biosensors and Bioelectronics: X (Scopus) |
| 11 | Sunil Kumar | Performance evaluation of ANFIS, ANN and RSM in biodiesel synthesis from Karanja oil with Domestic Microwave set up.
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11042-023-15253-9 |
April 2023 | Multimedia Tools and Applications (Scopus) |
| 12 | Sunil Kumar | Application of response surface methodology for the optimisation of biodiesel production from Jatropha-algae oil blend. | Feb. 2023 | International Journal of Ambient Energy (Scopus) |
| 13 | Sunil Kumar | Application of adaptive neuro-fuzzy inference system and response surface methodology in biodiesel synthesis from jatropha–algae oil and its performance and emission analysis on diesel engine coupled with generator. | July 2021 | Energy (SCIE/Scopus) |
| 14 | Sunil Kumar | Production and optimization from Karanja oil by adaptive neuro-fuzzy inference system and response surface methodology with modified domestic microwave. | July 2021 | Fuel (SCIE/Scopus) |
| 15 | Sunil Kumar | Experimental Study on Biodiesel Production Parameter Optimization of Jatropha–Algae Oil Mixtures and Performance and Emission Analysis of a Diesel Engine Coupled with a Generator Fueled with Diesel/Biodiesel Blends. | July 2020 | ACS OMEGA (SCIE/Scopus) |
| 16 | Sunil Kumar | Optimisation and prediction of Karanja oil transesterification with domestic microwave by RSM and ANN. | Dec. 2020 | International Journal of Ambient Energy (Scopus) |
| 17 | Jasbir Singh | Production and optimization of soybean biodiesel production at fixed temperature 50 °C with RSM and ANN.
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11356-025-36564-4 |
May 2025 | Environmental Science and Pollution Research (Scopus) |
| 18 | Jasbir Singh | Role of Epithelial-mesenchymal Transition in Utero-cervical Carcinoma: An Immunohistochemical Cross-sectional Study. | March 2024 | Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research (UGC Care) |
| 19 | Jasbir Singh | Performance evaluation of ANFIS, ANN and RSM in biodiesel synthesis from Karanja oil with Domestic Microwave set up.
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11042-023-15253-9 |
April 2023 | Multimedia Tools and Applications (Scopus) |
| 20 | Jasbir Singh | Design, construction and performance testing of a simple low-cost solar dryer for agricultural and food products. | Sept. 2021 | International Journal of Renewable Energy Technology (UGC Care) |
| 21 | Jasbir Singh | Comparative analysis of micrometric and nano-metric WC-10Co-4Cr GTA cladding. | June 2022 | Engineering Research Express (Scopus) |
| 22 | Kapil Dev Sharma | Design and Fabrication of an Automatic Waste Segregation and Monitoring System. | Dec. 2024 | Current World Environment (WoS) |
| 23 | Kapil Dev Sharma | Performance assessment of municipal solid waste operated modified downdraft gasifier for variations of air input and preheated air temperature. | Feb. 2025 | Environmental Health Engineering and Management (ESCI/Scopus) |
| 24 | Kapil Dev Sharma | Effect of different inoculum and substrate inoculum ratios on biogas yield for anaerobic digestion of organic fraction of solid waste. | Sept. 2023 | Global NEST Journal (SCIE/Scopus) |
| 25 | Kapil Dev Sharma | DESIGN OF FLOATING SOLAR PANEL: CASE STUDY. | Aug. 2022 | NEUROQUAN-TOLOGY (Scopus) |
| 26 | Kapil Dev Sharma | Design, construction and performance testing of a simple low-cost solar dryer for agricultural and food products. | Sept. 2021 | International Journal of Renewable Energy Technology (UGC Care) |
| 27 | Mayank Pokhriyal | Processing and characterization of novel Himalayacalamus falconeri fiber reinforced biodegradable composites. | April 2023 | Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery (SCIE/Scopus) |
| 28 | Mayank Pokhriyal | Effect of alkali treatment on novel natural fiber extracted from Himalayacalamus falconeri culms for polymer composite applications. | Feb. 2023 | Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery (SCIE/Scopus) |
Book Publications (Last – 05 Years)
| S.No | Name of the Author | Title of Book | Year of Publication | Name of Publisher |
| 1 | Rishi Kumar Prajapati | Supply Chain Management | Aug. 2022 | GCS Publisher |
| 2 | Sunil Kumar | Research Methodology and Data Analysis | March 2023 | Scientific International Publishing House |
| 3 | Jasbir Singh | Thermal Claddings for Engineering Applications | May 2024 | CRC Pr I Llc |
Book Chapter Publications (Last – 05 Years)
| S.No | Name of the Author | Title of Chapter | Year of Publication | Name of Publisher |
| 1 | Sunil Kumar | Forecasting the biodiesel yield with ANN tool during transesterification of used frying oil. | Oct. 2024 | SYNERGY 2024 |
| 2 | Sunil Kumar | Evaluation of the mathematical fuzzy logic approach’s proficiency in creating biodiesel from Laminaria Digitata algae oil using the adaptive Neuro-fuzzy inference system (ANFIS). | Oct. 2024 | SYNERGY 2024 |
| 3 | Sunil Kumar | A brief account of the ANFIS tools and optimization approaches explored during the manufacturing of biodiesel. | Nov. 2024 | IEEE |
| 4 | Sunil Kumar | Biodiesel from frying oil with Artificial neural networks technique: Methods of production. | Nov. 2024 | IEEE |
| 5 | Sunil Kumar | Optimization of microwave heated conversion of algae bio-oil into biodiesel using RSM. | May. 2025 | Bioenergy conversion, Springer |
| 6 | Sunil Kumar | Artificial Neural Networks and Biodiesel Production: A Review. | July 2024 | IEEE |
| 7 | Sunil Kumar | Comparative study using RSM ANN and SVM modelling for Biodiesel production from Karanja oil by developed microwave set up. | Feb. 2023 | IEEE |
| 8 | Jasbir Singh | Comparative study using RSM ANN and SVM modelling for Biodiesel production from Karanja oil by developed microwave set up. | Feb. 2023 | IEEE |
| 9 | Jasbir Singh | Performance Enhancement of Evaporative Cooling Device Using Silica Gel as an Adsorbent Material. | Dec. 2020 | Springer Nature |
| 10 | Kapil Dev Sharma | A Detailed Analysis of Municipal Solid Waste Generation and Composition for Haridwar City, Uttarakhand, India. | Jan. 2021 | Springer Nature |
| 11 | Mayank Pokhriyal | Machinability characteristics of pine needle fiber-reinforced polylactic acid composites. | Nov. 2024 | DE GRUYTER Brill |
| 12 | Mayank Pokhriyal | Processing on polylactic acid and its applications. | Nov. 2024 | DE GRUYTER Brill |
| 13 | Mayank Pokhriyal | The development of silk fiber-,jute fiber-, Grewia optiva fiber-reinforced biopolymer composites. | Nov. 2024 | DE GRUYTER Brill |
| 14 | Mayank Pokhriyal | Processing and applications of silk fiber-reinforced bio composite for tissue engineering. | Nov. 2024 | DE GRUYTER Brill |
| 15 | Mayank Pokhriyal | The fabrication process of the pine needle fiber-reinforced polylactic acid composites. | Nov. 2024 | DE GRUYTER Brill |
| 16 | Mayank Pokhriyal | Study on mechanical properties of Himalayacalamus falconeri fiber-rein-forced polylactic acid composites. | Nov. 2024 | DE GRUYTER Brill |
| 17 | Mayank Pokhriyal
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Mechanical and microstructural behaviour of NaOH treated Himalayacalamus falconeri fibers as biodegradable reinforcing material in polymer based composites. | April 2022 | Materials Today: Proceedings |