Recent Advances in Manufacturing Modelling and Optimization Select Proceedings of RAM 2021

Dr. Shailendra Kumar is working as a Professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology, Surat, India. He has more than 20 years of teaching, research and administrative experience. He completed five research projects funded by various national and international agencies. More than 140 research papers in various journals and conferences are at his credit. His research areas include manufacturing processes, additive manufacturing, non-conventional machining and sheet metal forming.



Dr. J. Ramkumar is currently working as Professor at the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur. He earned his B.Tech (Production) from NIT, Trichy in 1996 and M.Tech (Mechanical) from IIT, Madras in 1999 and Ph.D. from IIT, Madras in 2002. His current research interests include micro EDM milling, micro electrochemical milling, excimer laser micromachining, abrasive flow finishing, magnetic abrasive finishing, fabrication of composites and machining of composites. He holds 175 publications in reputed journals and 41 patents. Dr. J. Ramkumar has completed several sponsored projects and consultancy work sanctioned by various funding agencies.



Dr. Panagiotis Kyratsis is currently working as Professor at the Department of Product and Systems Design Engineering Technology, University of Western Macedonia. He obtained his Graduation in Mechanical Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, and Ph.D. from Technical University of Crete. His major areas of research interests include CAD-based manufacturing, CAD/CAM/CAE, manufacturing and machining, product design and industrial design engineering, and reverse engineering & prototyping. Dr. Panagiotis Kyratsis holds 12 industrial designs and is Author of 120 refereed publications and 40 books/book chapters.