The 4th International Conference on Recent Advances in Mechanical Infrastructure (ICRAM-2022) was organized by the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Institute of Infrastructure Technology Research and Management, Ahmedabad in collaboration with Indian Institute of Technology, Bhilai during December 16-18, 2022.
The purpose of the conference was to provide a platform for academicians, researchers, and industry professionals to exchange their views, ideas, experiences and collaborate for expediting progress in the field of thermal, manufacturing, infrastructure planning, design, and controls.
The program consisted of keynote sessions with eminent speakers: Dr. Hamid Reza Karimi, MAE, Distinguished Fellow IIAV, Fellow ISCM Department of Mechanical Engineering, Politecnico dibMilano, Milan, Italy, Dr. Debajyoti Bhaduri, School of Engineering, Cardiff University, Dr. Seshasai Srinivasan, Chair, Software Engineering Technology W. Booth School of Engineering Practice & Tech., McMaster University Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, and Dr. Lailesh Kumar, Senior Research Scientist, Pinetreepos Magnesium Co. Ltd., Suncheon-Si, Jeollanam-do, South Korea. Also, technical paper presentations covering a wide range of topics in Mechanical Infrastructure were held.
The received manuscripts of the conference went through a peer-review process by at least two reviewers. Forty-four manuscripts were selected for presentation in the following three different tracks: (1) Recent Advances in Thermal Infrastructure; (2) Recent Advances in Manufacturing Infrastructure; and (3) Recent Advances in Infrastructure Planning, Design and Control.
The six best-presented papers on track “Recent Advances in Thermal Infrastructure” were invited to submit an extended version of their papers after the conference which was again reviewed by two reviewers. This special issue of HTE is brought out for the publication of those selected six papers that contain cutting-edge information on heat transfer advancements. We hope it will motivate many academicians and industrial professionals.
We would like to thank all the reviewers for their time and effort in reviewing the papers for this special issue. We are honored to work with Editor-in-Chief of Heat Transfer Engineering, Professor Afshin J. Ghajar. We are indebted to him for his careful editing of the final versions of the papers published in this special issue, for the opportunity to publish this special issue, and for his dedicated support for the entire process, without which this special issue would not exist.
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Ajit Kumar Parwani
Ajit Kumar Parwani is the former Department Coordinator and Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at the Institute of Infrastructure Technology Research and Management (IITRAM), Ahmedabad, India. He has completed his Ph.D. at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi, India, in 2013. He has over 15 years of teaching and research experience. His research interests include heat transfer, inverse heat transfer, computational heat transfer, renewable energy, and internal combustion engines. He has delivered several invited talks, keynote speeches and conference presentations. He has published over 30 papers in international journals and conferences. He has also filed an Indian patent title “Simultaneous reduction of NOx and CO2 using exhaust gas recirculation and carbon capture”. He has conducted several workshops, short-term training programs, and seminars. He has two ongoing research projects on inverse heat transfer funded by SERB-DST, Government of India, and Institute of Plasma Research, Government of India. He is the editor of three books on Recent Advances in Mechanical Infrastructure part of the Lecture Notes in Intelligent Transportation and Infrastructure book series published by Springer Nature, Switzerland.
Palaniappan Ramkumar
Palaniappan Ramkumar is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Institute of Infrastructure Technology Research and Management (IITRAM), Ahmedabad, India. He served as a lecturer in the Mechanical Engineering Department at the Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, KK Birla Goa campus, Goa, India for 8 years. He has over 15 years of teaching and research experience. He completed his graduation in Mechanical Engineering from Madurai Kamaraj University in 2003. He obtained M.E. degree in Computer Aided Design from Anna University, Tamilnadu, India in 2008 securing University rank with Gold medal. He received his Ph.D. from BITS PILANI in the year 2016. His area of research includes experimental analysis of manufacturing processes, process modeling, computer aided analysis and optimization. He has published several research papers in the international journals/conferences. He has filed two Indian patents titled “Vibration Assisted Multi-Purpose Cutter” and “Fabrication of Implant Screw Required in Dental Prosthesis using Rotational Moulding Mechanism”. He has written/edited a book titled “Recent Advances in Mechanical Infrastructure” in the Lecture Notes in Intelligent Transportation and Infrastructure published by Springer Singapore. He has an ongoing research projects funded by SERB-DST, Government of India. He is a life member of various prestigious societies which includes Institute of Engineers (MIE), Indian Institute of Metals (IIM) and Hong Kong Society of Mechanical Engineers (HKMSE).