Ashok Kumar Sahoo

Professor & Director-R&D (Technology), Former Director-School of Mechanical Engineering

Dr Ashok Kumar Sahoo, Professor, KIIT School of Mechanical Engineering & Director, R&D (Technology), KIIT Deemed to be University has extensive teaching, research and administrative experience of 24 years. He was the former Dean and Director of School of Mechanical Engineering from 2014-2020. Dr Sahoo has published more than 150 research articles (more than 80 articles indexed in Web of Science) in peer reviewed Journals of International repute and Conferences with h-index 20 (Scopus), h-index 22 (Google Scholar), i10-index 35 (Google Scholar), Scopus research Citations of 1250+ and 1650+ Google Scholar Citations. Three of his research papers have been cited as Science Direct Top 25 Hottest Articles, Elsevier. He has successfully completed four sponsored research projects from DST, SERB and RPS, AICTE in areas of sustainable machining, composites fabrication & machinability, spray impingement cooling, novel minimum quantity lubrication & cooling strategies for cleaner machining and current a RPS project of AICTE on nano fluid assisted multi-nozzle MQL machining is continuing. Dr Sahoo has filed Eight Patent out of which two patents have been published as national and International patent (PCT) by WIPO. Dr Sahoo is actively engaged in research in the area of Sustainable Machining & Machinability of Advanced materials, Hard machining, MQL machining & Nanofluid assisted machining, High speed hard machining, Spray impingement cooling, Composite development and characterization, Tool condition monitoring, Surface characterization and surface integrity, Non conventional machining etc with the development of Machining research Lab and Production research Lab in the School of Mechanical Engineering, KIIT Deemed to be University. He has attended many national and international conferences, presented papers as keynote speaker, chaired the technical sessions and organized conferences/seminars as chairman in school of Mechanical Engineering. He has supervised already 22 M.Tech & 08 PhD Thesis. He was the recipient of “Best Staff Award” for outstanding contributions in KIIT University, 2010 and “Highly Cited Research Award” from Science Direct in recognition of the contribution to the quality of the journal, Elsevier, Outstanding Reviewer award, and letter of appreciation of reviewing from Elsevier Journals. Dr Sahoo has been the reviewer board member with several Elsevier, Springer, Taylor & Francis and SAGE journals. He was the chairman of the ICAMME-2019, ICAMPD-2019, Thermofluid-2020 international conference held in KIIT University, Bhubaneswar. Dr Sahoo is the fellow member of Institution of Engineers (India), life member of IET (UK), ISTE, Indian Science Congress. He has rich academic administrative experience as FIC (R&D), FIC (Time Table), FIC (Examination), Coordinator (M.Tech programme), Programme Head & Associate Dean (2012-14), Dean (2014-2019), Director of School of Mechanical Engineering (2019-20) and presently continuing as Director, R&D (Technology), KIIT Deemed to be University. He was the President of AICTE-MHRD Institution’s Innovation Council (IIC) of MoE Innovation cell for KIIT Deemed to be University from 2018-20 and currently Convener of AICTE-National Innovation & Start up Policy (NISP), KIIT Deemed to be University. He is the member of Academic council, KIIT University and also member of Board of Studies of school of Mechanical Engineering. He is the Executive Editor of KIIT R&D Newsletter of KIIT Deemed University and member of University level research committee and Ethical committee. He is actively involved sincerely in volunteer service and leadership at professional, community and university levels.

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Email :
[email protected]
Scopus Id :
55211352500
Google Scholar :
https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=nJVflxUAAAAJ&hl=en

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Educational Qualification
Ph. D.

Research Interests
• Machinability of materials: metallic/non-metallic/composite materials • Hard Turning • Composite material fabrication & Machining (Al/SiCp reinforced MMC) • Performance studies on coated carbide cutting tool in machining • Machining process simulation • Studies on Minimum Quantity Lubrication (MQL), pulsed MQL & Nanofluid MQL (NFMQL) in Machining Analysis • Effect of vegetable oil, nano fluid application and solid lubricants in machining • Machining of Titanium alloys. • Cryogenic cooling & Spray impingement cooling in machining • Dry and High Speed Machining • Machining processes: turning, drilling, milling, grinding • Mechanics of cutting, chip formation • Cutting forces, cutting temperatures • Cutting tool material, coatings, tool wear • Surface finish & Surface integrity • Tribology in metal cutting • Nontraditional machining processes: laser, EDM, ECM, USM, water jet cutting • Precision machining, micro/nano machining • Vibration/acoustic emission techniques and Tool condition monitoring • Design of experiments: Taguchi methods, response surface methodology, etc. • Machining simulation: FEM models, etc. • Optimization: GRA, PCA, genetic algorithms, neural networks, etc. • Intelligent machining, integrated manufacturing systems

Projects
1. Title of Modified proposal: “Development of an experimental facility to investigate machinability characteristics during finish hard turning using coated carbide inserts under dry and MQL environments”, DST, New Delhi under SERC, as Principal Investigator, (No: SB/S3/MMER/0054/2013). 2. Title of proposal: Machinability investigation, parametric optimization and economical feasibility study on hard turning of AISI D2 steel using multilayer coated carbide inserts, AICTE, New Delhi under RPS scheme, as Principal Investigator, (Ref No: 8-154/RIFD/RPS/POLICY-4/2013-14). 3. Project titled “Development of an Experimental Facility to Investigate Thermal Characteristics and Process Optimization of Spray Impingement Cooling of Composites during Machining”, DST, Govt. Of India as (Co-Principal Investigator) –(No: SR/S3/MERC/108/2009). 4. Title of proposal: Development of a new class of polymer composites using natural fiber and bio-wastes, AICTE, New Delhi under RPS scheme, 2013 as Co-Principal Investigator, (No: 20/AICTE/RIFD/RPS (POLICY-III) 42/2012-13).

Administrative Responsibility
Director, School of Mechanical Engineering, KIIT Deemed University

Awards & Honours
1. Best Staff Award in the year 2009 (felicitated on 26th January, 2010, Republic day) for outstanding contribution to the service of KIIT University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha. 2. 2nd KIIT International symposium on Advances in Automotive Technology (KIITSAAT), 21-22 Dec, 2014, KIIT University, Bhubaneswar (Chairman). 3. Chairing the Technical Session as chairman on 11th January, 2014 at The Institution of Engineers (India) for All India Seminar on “Recent Advances in Thermal Engineering (RATE-2014)”. 4. Guest of Honour in All India Seminar on “Recent Trends in Mechanical Engineering (RTME-2015)” organized by IE (India), odisha state centre and SME, KIIT University on 21st February, 2015. 5. Guest of Honour in All India Seminar on “Recent Trends in Mechanical Engineering (RTME-2016)” organized by IE (India), Odisha state centre and SME, KIIT University on 9th January, 2016. 6. Participation as a Guest in the panel discussion on “Education Plus” in KALINGA TV, Odisha, 17-05-2016. 7. One paper is one of the 5 most highly cited papers published in Archives of Civil and Mechanical Engineering, Elsevier. Article titled Development and machinability assessment in turning Al/SiCp-metal matrix composite with multilayer coated carbide insert using Taguchi and statistical techniques, published in 2013 is one of the most highly cited papers during 2014, 2015 and up until June 2016. 8. Awarded certificate for Highly Cited Research, December, 2016 in recognition of the contribution to the quality of the journal Archives of Civil and Mechanical Engineering, Elsevier. 9. Chairing the Technical Session as chairman on 16th March, 2018 at GRIET, Hyderabad for 8th International Conference ICMPC 2018. 10. Outstanding Reviewer Award, 2017 in recognition of the contributions made to the quality of the journal Measurement, Elsevier. 11. Received Reviewing certificate from Measurement Journal, Elsevier in recognition of the review made for the journal. 12. Delivered Keynote address in a National conference on “Recent Advances in Production Engineering and Engineering Design” (RAPEED) held on 28th December 2018 at Ajay Binay Institute of Technology (ABIT), Cuttack. 13. Chairman of International Conference on “Advances in Materials & Manufacturing Engineering (ICAMME)”, 15th March-17th March 2019, SME, KIIT, Deemed to be University, Bhubaneswar. 14. Letter of Appreciation from Journal of Engineering Science and Technology, Scopus indexed for reviewing the research paper, 2019. 15. Chairman of International Conference on “Advances in Mechanical Processing & Design (ICAMPD)”, 18th October-20th October 2019, SME, KIIT, Deemed to be University, Bhubaneswar. 16. Guest of Honour in All India Seminar on “Recent Trends in Design, Manufacturing and Thermal Engineering, 2020” organized by IE (India), Odisha state centre and SME, KIIT University on 18th January, 2020. 17. Chairman of International Conference on “Theromofluids”, 23rd-25th January 2020, SME, KIIT, Deemed to be University, Bhubaneswar. 18. Invited as Keynote Speaker and delivered expert lecture on “Sustainable Machining: An experimental investigation and optimization under dry and MQL assisted environment” in the TEQIP-III, BPUT, Odisha sponsored National Seminar on Latest Trends in Mechanical Engineering (LTME-2020) conducted by ABIT, Cuttack, 7th February 2020.

Memberships
1. Member (Life), Indian society of Technical Education (ISTE), INDIA. [Member No: 30212] 2. Fellow (FIE), Institution of Engineers (IE), INDIA, No: F-1215090 3. Member (Life), The Institution of Engineering & Technology (IET), UK [Member No: 1100186694] 4. Member (Life), Indian science congress. [Membership No: L29388]Outreach Activity
PATENT 1. Title of Indian Patent filed: Atomized nano fluid spray impingement cooling system and process for hard turning. Ref. No: 201731000550, Application No: TEMP/E-1/535/2017-KOL Dated: 05/01/2017. Inventors: Ramanuj Kumar, Purna Chandra Mishra, Ashok Kumar Sahoo 2. Title of International Patent (PCT): Atomized nano fluid spray impingement cooling system and process for hard turning. Ref. No: PCT-IN-3583, Application No: PCT/IB2018/050055, Dated: 04/01/2018, published by WIPO (Publication No: WO/2018/127823 dated 12th July 2018). Now it is accessible online through the following link.https://patentscope.wipo.int/search/en/detail.jsf?docId=WO2018127823&redirectedID=true. Inventors: Ramanuj Kumar, Purna Chandra Mishra, Ashok Kumar Sahoo 3. Title of Indian patent filed & Published: An Autonomous Floor Cleaning Robot. Ref. No: 201831017005, Appl. No: TEMP/E-1/17846/2018-KOL dated 04/05/2018, Published date: 8th Nov 2019. Inventors: Anish Pandey, Abhishek Kumar Kashyap, Ashok Kumar Sahoo, Isham Panigrahi 4. Title of Indian patent filed & Published: “UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE WITH GROUND TRAVERSING CAPABILITY”, Ref. No/Appl. No: 201931048949), Appl. No: TEMP/E-1/51468/2019-KOL dated 28/11/2019. Inventors: SHRESTHA, Ramanuj Kumar, Anish pandey, PRATIK SHASHWAT, ABHIJEET MOHAN, Ashok Kumar Sahoo Activities: • AICTE-ISTE sponsored STTP on “Mechanics and control of Robots” (16-21st March 2009), KIIT University, Bhubaneswar, Orissa, India. * Coordinator : T.Mohanty ** Co-cordinator: A.K.Sahoo • Three day National conference on ATMIDPA, Jan 26-28, 2007 organised by department of Mechanical & Civil Engineering, KIIT University, Bhubaneswar, Orissa. (Member of organizing committee). • National conference on Advances in simulation & Optimization Techniques in Mechanical Engineering (NASOME-2012), 18-19 Feb, 2012, KIIT University, Bhubaneswar (Member of organizing committee). • 1st KIIT International symposium on Advances in Automotive Technology (KIITSAAT), 11-12 Jan, 2013, KIIT University, Bhubaneswar (Member of organizing committee). • 2nd KIIT International symposium on Advances in Automotive Technology (KIITSAAT), 21-22 Dec, 2013, KIIT University, Bhubaneswar (Co-Convener). • 3rd KIIT International symposium on Advances in Automotive Technology (KIITSAAT), 21-22 Dec, 2014, KIIT University, Bhubaneswar (Chairman). • National Seminar on Nano Materials & Nano Composites (NMNC-2016), 29-30 Jan, 2016, KIIT University, Bhubaneswar (Member of organizing committee). • Participation as a Guest in the panel discussion on “Education Plus” in KALINGA TV, Odisha, 17-05-2016. • Conducted series of seminar in School of Mechanical Engineering, KIIT University under “Mechanical Engineering Colloquium” from 2014 to till date. • All India Seminar on “Recent Trends in Mechanical Engineering (RTME-2015)” organized by IE (India), odisha state centre and SME, KIIT University on 21st February, 2015. • All India Seminar on “Recent Trends in Mechanical Engineering (RTME-2016)” organized by IE (India), Odisha state centre and SME, KIIT University on 9th January, 2016. • Delivered Keynote address in a National conference on “Recent Advances in Production Engineering and Engineering Design” (RAPEED) held on 28th December 2018 at Ajay Binay Institute of Technology (ABIT), Cuttack. • International Conference on Advances in Materials & Manufacturing Engineering (ICAMME), 15th March-17th March 2019, SME, KIIT, Deemed to be University, Bhubaneswar. (Chairman). • Chairman of International Conference on “Advances in Mechanical Processing & Design (ICAMPD)”, 18th October-20th October 2019, SME, KIIT, Deemed to be University, Bhubaneswar. • Chairman of International Conference on “Theromofluids”, 23rd-25th January 2020, SME, KIIT, Deemed to be University, Bhubaneswar. • Invited as Keynote Speaker and delivered expert lecture on “Sustainable Machining: An experimental investigation and optimization under dry and MQL assisted environment” in the TEQIP-III, BPUT, Odisha sponsored National Seminar on Latest Trends in Mechanical Engineering (LTME-2020) conducted by ABIT, Cuttack, 7th February 2020.
Journals/Conferences :
[1] Subharajit Ray, Arun Kumar Rout, Ashok Kumar Sahoo, A comparative analysis of the abrasion wear characteristics of industrial waste filled glass/polyester composites based on the design of experiment and neural network, Polymer Composites, 42 (1), 424-438, 2021. (SCI/SCOPUS/WoS/Q2 Journal). IF: 2.265.
[2] R.Kumar, A.Pandey, A.Panda, A.K.Sahoo, Analysis of Wiper Tool Failure and Surface Roughness in Turning of Bio-Compatible Ti-6Al-4V ELI Alloy, Journal of Failure Analysis and Prevention, Accepted, 2021. (SCOPUS/ESCI/WoS/Q3 Journal).
[3] Ramanuj Kumar, Ashok Kumar Sahoo, Pulsating minimum quantity lubrication assisted high speed turning on bio-medical Ti-6Al-4V ELI Alloy: An experimental investigation, Mechanics & Industry, 21, 625-638, 2020. (SCI/SCOPUS/Q2 journal). IF: 0.874.
[4] S.Roy, R. Kumar, A.K. Sahoo, A.Pandey, A.Panda, "Investigation on hard turning temperature under a novel pulsating MQL environment: An experimental and modelling approach", Mechanics & Industry, 21 (6), 605, 2020.(SCI/SCOPUS/WoS/Q2 Journal). IF: 0.874.
[5] Soumikh Roy, Ramanuj Kumar, Ashok kumar sahoo, Amlana panda, Cutting tool failure and surface finish analysis in pulsating MQL assisted hard turning, Journal of Failure Analysis and Prevention, 20, 1274-1291, 2020. (SCOPUS/ESCI/WoS/Q3 Journal).
[6] Amlana Panda, Ashok Kumar Sahoo, Isham panigrahi, Arun Kumar Rout, Prediction model for on-line cutting tool and machined surface condition monitoring during hard turning considering vibration signal, Mechanics & Industry, 21 (5), 520-535, 2020. (SCI/SCOPUS/WoS/Q2 Journal). IF: 0.874.
[7] P.K. Swain, R. Das, A.K. Sahoo, K.D. Mohapatra and A. Panda, Experimental investigation into characterization and machining of Al+SiCp Nano Composites using Coated Carbide tool, Mechanics & Industry, 21 (3), 307, 2020. (SCI/SCOPUS/WoS/Q2 Journal), IF: 0.874.
[8] M.Ukamanal, P.C.Mishra, A.K.Sahoo, Effects of spray cooling process parameters on machining performance AISI 316 steel: A novel experimental technique, Experimental Techniques, 44 (1), 19-36, 2020. (SCI/SCOPUS/WoS/Q3 Journal), IF: 1.058.
[9] Rabin Kumar Das, Ashok Kumar Sahoo, Ramanuj Kumar, Sudesna Roy, Purna Chandra Mishra, Tanmaya Mohanty, MQL assisted cleaner machining using PVD TiAlN coated carbide insert: Comparative assessment’’, Indian Journal of Engineering & Materials Sciences, 26, 2019, 311-325. (SCI/SCOPUS/Q2 Journal), IF: 0.521.
[10] Ramanuj Kumar, Ashok Kumar Sahoo, Purna Chandra Mishra, Rabin Kumar Das “ Measurement and machinability study under environmentally conscious spray impingement cooling assisted machining’’, Measurement, 135, 913-927, 2019. (SCI/SCOPUS/WoS/Q1 Journal). IF: 3.364.
[11] Ramanuj Kumar, Ashok Kumar Sahoo, Purna Chandra Mishra, Rabin Kumar Das “Performance assessment of air-water and TiO2 nanofluid mist spray cooling during turning hardened AISI D2 steel’’, Indian Journal of Engineering & Materials Sciences, 26 (3-4), 235-253, 2019. (SCI/SCOPUS/WoS/Q2 Journal). IF: 0.521.
[12] Subhrajit Roy, Arun Kumar Rout, Ashok Kumar Sahoo, Development and characterization of glass/polyester composites filled with industrial wastes using statistical techniques, Indian Journal of Engineering & Materials Sciences, Vol. 25 (2), 2018, pp. 169-182. (SCI/SCOPUS/WoS/Q2 Journal), IF: 0.521.
[13] Santosh Tamang, M Chandrasekharan, Ashok Kumar Sahoo, "Sustainable machining: an experimental investigation and optimization of machining Inconel 825 with dry and MQL approach", Journal of the Brazilian Society of Mechanical Sciences and Engineering, 40 (8), 374, 2018, (SCI/SCOPUS/WoS/Q2 Journal), IF: 1.755.
[14] Ramanuj Kumar, Ashok Kumar Sahoo, Purna Chandra Mishra, Rabin Kumar Das, Comparative investigations towards machinability improvement in hard turning using coated and uncoated carbide inserts: Part-I experimental investigation, Advances in Manufacturing, 6 (1), 52-70, 2018. (SCI/SCOPUS/WoS/Q1 Journal), IF: 2.568.
[15] Ramanuj Kumar, Ashok Kumar Sahoo, Purna Chandra Mishra, Rabin Kumar Das, A comparative study towards machinability improvement in hard turning using coated and uncoated carbide inserts: Part-II (Modeling, Multi-response optimization, Tool life and Economic aspects), Advances in Manufacturing, 6 (2), 155-175, 2018 (SCI/SCOPUS/WoS/Q1 Journal), IF: 2.568.
[16] Ramanuj Kumar, Ashok Kumar Sahoo, Purna Chandra Mishra, Rabin Kumar Das, Manoj Ukamanal, “ Experimental investigation on hard turning using mixed ceramic insert under accelerated cooling environment’’, International Journal of Industrial Engineering Computations, 9 (4), 509-522, 2018, (SCI/SCOPUS/WoS/Q1 Journal).
[17] Amlana Panda, Ashok Kumar Sahoo, Arun Kumar Rout, Statistical regression modeling and machinability study of hardened AISI 52100 steel using cemented carbide insert, Int. J. of Industrial Engineering Computations, 8, 33-44, 2017. (SCI/SCOPUS/WoS/Q1 Journal).
[18] Amlana Panda, Ashok Kumar Sahoo, Arun Kumar Rout “Investigations on surface quality characteristics with multi-response parametric optimization and correlations”, Alexandria Engineering Journal, 55, 1625-1633, 2016, (SCI/SCOPUS/WoS/Q1 Journal). IF: 2.46.
[19] S.K.Sahu, P.C.Mishra, K.Orra, A.K.Sahoo, Performance assessment in hard turning of AISI 1015 steel under spray impingement cooling and dry environment, Proceedings of the IMechE, Part B: Journal of Engineering Manufacture, 2015, 229 (2), 251-265. (SCI/SCOPUS/WoS/Q1 Journal), IF: 1.982.
[20] Ashok Kumar Sahoo, Purna chandra Mishra, A response surface methodology and desirability approach for predictive modeling and optimization of cutting temperature in machining hardened steel, International Journal of Industrial Engineering Computations, 5 (3) (2014), 407-416. (SCI/SCOPUS/WoS/Q1 Journal).
[21] Ashok Kumar Sahoo, Swastik Pradhan, Modeling and optimization of Al/SiCp MMC machining using Taguchi approach, Measurement, Elsevier, 46, 3064-3072, 2013. (SCI/SCOPUS/WoS/Q1 Journal), IF: 3.364.
[22] Ashok Kumar Shoo, Kashful Orra, Bharat Chandra Routra, Application of response surface methodology on investigating flank wear in machining hardened steel using PVD TiN coated mixed ceramic insert, Int. J. of Industrial Engineering Computations, 4 (4) (2013), 469-478. (SCI/SCOPUS/WoS/Q1 Journal).
[23] B.C.Routra, A.K.Sahoo, Akshya K Rout, A.K.Parida, J.R.Behera “Analysis of machining characteristics in drilling of GFRP composite with application of fuzzy logic approach", Int. J. of Industrial Engineering Computations, 4 (2013) 447-456. (SCI/SCOPUS/WoS/Q1 Journal).
[24] A.K.Sahoo and B.D.Sahoo, “A comparative study on performance of multilayer coated and uncoated carbide inserts when turning AISI D2 steel under dry environment’’ Measurement, 46 (2013) 2695-2704, (SCI/SCOPUS/WoS/Q1 Journal), IF: 3.364.
[25] Ashok Kumar Sahoo, Bidyadhar Sahoo, Performance studies of multilayer hard surface coatings (TiN/TiCN/Al2O3/TiN) of indexable carbide inserts in hard machining: Part-I (An Experimental Approach), Measurement, 46 (2013), 2854-2867. (SCI/SCOPUS/WoS/Q1 Journal), IF: 3.364.
[26] Ashok Kumar Sahoo, Swastik Pradhan, Arun Rout, Development and machinability assessment in turning Al/SiCp-metal matrix composite with multilayer coated carbide insert using Taguchi and statistical techniques, Archives of Civil and Mechanical Engineering, 13 (1), 27-35, 2013. [ISSN: 1644-9665, IF: 3.672]. (SCI/SCOPUS/WoS/Q1 Journal), IF: 3.672.
[27] Ashok Kumar Sahoo, Bidyadhar Sahoo, Performance studies of multilayer hard surface coatings (TiN/TiCN/Al2O3/TiN) of indexable carbide inserts in hard machining: Part-II (RSM, Grey relational and Techno economical Approach), Measurement, Elsevier, 46 (2013), 2868-2884. [ISSN: 0263-2241, IF: 3.364]. (SCI/SCOPUS/WoS/Q1 Journal), IF: 3.364.
[28] A.K.Sahoo and B.D.Sahoo, “Experimental investigations on machinability aspects in finish hard turning of AISI 4340 steel using uncoated and multilayer coated carbide inserts’’, Measurement, 45 (8), 2153-2165, 2012. [ISSN: 0263-2241, IF: 3.364]. (SCI/SCOPUS/WoS/Q1 Journal).