This book presents the outcomes of the International Conference on Intelligent Manufacturing and Automation (ICIMA 2018) organized by the Departments of Mechanical Engineering and Production Engineering at Dwarkadas J. Sanghvi College of Engineering, Mumbai, and the Indian Society of Manufacturing Engineers. It includes original research and the latest advances in the field, focusing on automation, mechatronics and robotics; CAD/CAM/CAE/CIM/FMS in manufacturing; product design and development; DFM/DFA/FMEA; MEMS and Nanotechnology; rapid prototyping; computational techniques; industrial engineering; manufacturing process management; modelling and optimization techniques; CRM, MRP and ERP; green, lean, agile and sustainable manufacturing; logistics and supply chain management; quality assurance and environment protection; advanced material processing and characterization; and composite and smart materials.
Hari Vasudevan is Principal, Professor and Head of the Department of Production Engineering at Dwarkadas J. Sanghvi College of Engineering, Mumbai, India. He completed his Ph.D. at the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, his M.E. in Production Engineering at VJTI and B.E. from GIT, Karnatak University, India. His areas of specialization are manufacturing engineering, manufacturing systems & strategy, market orientation of manufacturing firms and world class manufacturing. Dr. Vasudevan has published 35 journal papers, 43 conference papers, 3 book chapters and 1 book.
K. N. Vijaya Kumar is a Professor and Head of the Mechanical Engineering Department at Dwarkadas J. Sanghvi Collegeof Engineering, Mumbai, India. He completed his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering at Mumbai University (2008), M.E. in Machine Design at SPCE, Mumbai (2001), M.E. in Management from SJCE Mysore (1990) and B.E. (Mech.), P.D.A. College of Engineering, Gulbarga (1987). His areas of specializationare total quality management (TQM), world class manufacturing (WCM), research methodology (RM), and the design of experiments (DOE). He has 26 years of teaching experience in respected engineering colleges at the Universities of Mumbai and Pune. Dr. Kumar has published papers in national and international journals and conferences.
Amool A. Raina completed his Ph.D. and Master of Science in Aerospace Engineering at The University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS in 2011 and 2016, respectively. He received his Bachelor of Engineering in Production Engineering from the University of Mumbai, India in 2007. He is currently heading the Aerospace group at RWTH – Institute for Textile Technology, Aachen, Germany. He is responsible for developing aerospace applications and negotiating and managing aerospace, automotive and composite application projects. Dr. Raina has published numerous papers in international journals.
