Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology

Biography

Dr. Apurbba Kumar Sharma is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering at IIT Roorkee, India. Currently, he is also holding the posts of Associate Dean, Academic Studies in this Institute and Chairman, Institute Academic Performance Evaluation Committee, IIT Roorkee. He has obtained his Bachelor degree from Dibrugarh University, Assam. He has subsequently obtained his Masters and PhD degrees from IIT Madras. Dr. Sharma has five Indian Patents to his credit. He has published more than 80 research papers in International Journals. He has also presented/published more than 110 research papers in various International and National Conferences. Dr.Sharma is also a reviewer of several reputed international journals including Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, Proceedings of the IMechE Part B: Journal of Engineering Manufacture, Proceedings of the IMechE Part E: Journal of Process Mechanical Engineering and Surface and Coatings Technology, Surface Engineering and Kovové Materiály-Metallic Materials. He has also edited one International Conference Proceedings. He has developed a Full Web-based Video Course on “Advanced Manufacturing Processes” under the NPTEL Programme of the Government of India. He has also developed a course as the Principal Developer on “Principles of Industrial Engineering” for undergraduate students under the Pilot Phase of the National Mission Project on Pedagogic Development, Sponsored by the Ministry of Human Resources Development (MHRD), Govt. of India. Dr. Sharma has advised/supervised SIX Ph. D. programs and SEVEN others are in-progress. He has also supervised Thirty Eight Masters Dissertations and Twenty Five Bachelor Dissertations. He was working as a DAAD (Germany) Fellow in the Pulsed Power and Microwave Technique (IHM), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany. He has completed three funded research projects, and two other projects funded by CSIR, and BRNS, Govt of India are in progress. He has also completed few consultancy works. Dr. Sharma is associated with several professional bodies which include- Member of American Society of Mechanical Engineers, USA, Member of Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME), USA, Member of Global Science and Technology Forum (GSTF), Singapore, Member of Materials Research Society of India, Member of Institution of Engineers India, Member of the Indian Institute of Industrial Engineers and a member of ISTE, New Delhi. He has organized SEVEN AICTE (QIP) sponsored Short Term Courses, Four AICTE Sponsored Workshops and Two self-sponsored Courses. Dr. Sharma is also representing IIT Roorkee as the Principal Member in the Pneumatic Tools Sectional Committee, PGD08 of Production and General Engineering Department at the Bureau of Indian Standards, New Delhi. In addition to his normal duties, Dr. Sharma is currently holding the post of Associate Dean, Academic Studies and Chairman, Institute Academic Performance Evaluation Committee of IIT Roorkee and is instrumental in formulating and implementing the new Programme Structures for UG and PG Programmes at IIT Roorkee. He is also a member of Board of Studies of other universities as well. Dr.Apurbba Kumar Sharma has chaired several Technical Sessions in prestigious International Conferences including in ASME sponsored Manufacturing Science and Engineering Conference in the USA.

Research Interest

1.Advance Manufacturing Methods, Hybrid Processes 2.Microwave Material Processing (in particular - Microwave Drilling, Microwave Casting, Microwave joining, Microwave Cladding) 3.Surface Engineering