Value Stream Mapping, Advance Machining, Design of Experiments, Ultrasonic Machining and Friction Stir Welding

Experience :
Total teaching Experience : 12 Years
Worked for 2 years from July 28, 2008  to August 2, 2010 at N.C. College of Engineering, Israna, Panipat.
Worked for 8 months at National Institute of Technology Kurukshetra from November 2012 to June 2013.
Working as an Assistant Professor at National Institute of Technology Kurukshetra  since August 30, 2013.

Publications:

Chetan Sharma and Vikas Kumar “Quantification of Sugar Content Loss in various Byproducts of the Sugar Industry” International Journal of Advance Industrial Engineering, 2015 , ISSN 2320 –5539.
Chetan Sharma and Vikas Kumar “Analysis of the Volume of the Main Water and Wastewater in a Sugar Manufacturing Process followed by the Suggestion Regarding the Reutilization of the Waste Water” International Journal of Current Engineering and Technology, 2015, ISSN 2347 – 5161
Pankaj Suraj Mittal, Dinesh Khanduja, Vikas Kumar “Recent Approaches for Solving Scheduling Problems: A Review”Journal of Basic and Applied Engineering Research 2015 ISSN: 2350-0255
Mahesh, Dinesh Khanduja, Vikas Kumar, Rajeev Rathi “Effect of Process Parameters on Cutting Rate in WEDM of Incoloy 825” IOSR Journal of Mechanical and Civil Engineering, 2016, ISSN: 2278-1684
Vikas kumar, Vishal saini, Devendra singh, ravindra meena “Rotary Ultrasonic Drilling : A Review” National conference on recent advances in mechanical engineering (NCRAME 2017), 2017 ISBN: 978-93-86256-88-1
Vikas Kumar, Vishal Saini, Devendra singh, ravindra meena “Effects of Machining Parameters in Rotary Ultrasonic Drilling: A Review” National conference on recent advances in mechanical engineering (NCRAME 2017,) 2017 ISBN: 978-93-86256-88-1
Vikas Kumar and Hari Singh “Machining optimization in Rotary Ultrasonic Drilling of BK-7 through response surface methodology using desirability approach”, Journal of the Brazilian Society of Mechanical Sciences and Engineering (SCIE; IF 1.743), 2018, Vol 40, Issue 2; article number 83, DOI: 10.1007/s40430-017-0953-z
Vikas Kumar and Hari Singh “Regression analysis of surface roughness and micro- structural study in rotary ultrasonic drilling of BK7”, Ceramics International (SCI; IF 3.45), 2018, Vol 44, Issue 14; pp 16819-16827, DOI: 10.1016/j.ceramint.2018.06.117
Munna Dahiya and Vikas Kumar “A state of art review on friction stir welding of dissimilar alluminium alloys” in 6th National Conference on Nano-science and Instrumentation Technology, National Institute of Technology Kurukshetra, March 29-30, 2018
Munna Dahiya and Vikas Kumar “Experimental Analysis of FS wlded dissimilar alluminium alloys (AA5083 & AA 6082) Using taguchi technique” in 2nd International conference on frontiers engineering, applied science and technology, NIT Trichy, 27-28 April 2018
Deepak Sharma, Hari Singh and Vikas Kumar, “Process Parameters and Their Effects on Mechanical Properties of Similar and Dissimilar Friction Stir Welded Joints- A critical Literature Review, 6th National Conference on Nano-science and Instrumentation Technology, National Institute of Technology Kurukshetra, March 29-30, 2018
Surender, Hari Singh and Vikas Kumar, “A review of Literature on Friction Stir Welding”, 6th National Conference on Nano-science and Instrumentation Technology, National Institute of Technology Kurukshetra, March 29-30, 2018
Vikas Kumar and Hari Singh “Effect of parameters and optimization of Rotary Ultrasonic Drilling through desirability and PSO”, International Journal of Manufacturing Research (Inderscience; Scopus; Accepted)
Book Chapter : Munna Dahiya, Vikas Kumar, Shubham Verma (2019) A Critical Review on Friction Stir Welding of Dissimilar Aluminium Alloys. Advances in Industrial and Production Engineering: Select Proceedings of FLAME 2018 Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering. Springer, Singapore, ISBN 978-981-13-6412-9, pp. 707-719
Vikas Kumar and Hari Singh “Investigation of hole quality in rotary ultrasonic drilling of borosilicate glass using RSM”, Journal of the Brazilian Society of Mechanical Sciences and Engineering (SCIE; IF 1.743), 2019, Vol 41, Issue 1, article number 36; DOI:10.1007/s40430-018-1524-7
Vikas Kumar and Hari Singh “Rotary Ultrasonic Drilling of Silica Glass BK-7: Microstructural Investigation and Process Optimization Through TOPSIS”, Silicon (SCIE; IF 1.235), 2019, Vol 11, Issue 1; pp- 471-485, DOI: 10.1007/s12633-018-9933-x
Vikas Kumar and Hari Singh “Optimization of Rotary Ultrasonic Drilling of optical glass using Taguchi method and utility approach”, Engineering Science and Technology, an International Journal (Elsevier, Scopus) Volume 22, Issue 3, June 2019, pp. 956-965.
Vikas Kumar and Hari Singh “Parametric Optimization of Rotary Ultrasonic Drilling using Grey Relational Analysis”, International Conference on Materials, Manufacturing and Modelling (ICMMM), Vellore Institute of Technology, March 29-31, 2019 (To be published in Materials Today: Proceedings, Scopus indexed)
Himanshu Kumar, Vikas Kumar, Gourav Singh (2019) Feasibilty Study of Joining copper Plate using Friction Stir Welding, 6th Intenational Conference on Production and Industrial Engineering (CPIE 2019), National Institute of Technology Jalandhar, June 8-10, 2019
Himanshu Kumar, Vikas Kumar, “A critical review on Fiction stir welding Technique” 7th National Conference on Nano-science and Instrumentation Technology, National Institute of Technology Kurukshetra, Mach 9-10, 2019
Vikas Kumar and Hari Singh “Parametric optimization in Rotary Ultrasonic Drilling of BK7 through RSM based PSO” 4th International Conference on Design and Manufacturing Engineering (ICDME2019), Deakin University, Geelong, Australia, July 15-17, 2019. (Accepted, to be published in IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering, Scopus Indexed)
Satnam Singh, Surjit Angra, Vikas Kumar “Optimization of Joint Strength of Adhesively Bonded Glass Fibre Epoxy Based Double Strap Butt Joint” International Journal of Innovative Technology and Exploring Engineering (Scopus Indexed), ISSN: 2278-3075, July 2019.

Hari Singh, Vikas Kumar  “Parametric optimization in Rotary Ultrasonic Drilling of BK7 through RSM based PSO” IOP Conference Series: Material Science and Engineering, 2019

Vikas Kumar, Rupesh Kumar “Investigation of Surface Roughness in Incremental Sheet Forming of AA 2014-T6 using Taguchi’s Method” Journal of Physics: Conference Series (Scopus Indexed), 2020

Vikas Kumar, Hari Singh ” Parametric Optimization of Rotary Ultrasonic Drilling using Grey Relational Analysis” Materials Today: Proceedings (Scopus Indexed), 2020

Lalit Prasad, Aditi Bansal, Surender, Niraj Srivasatava, Vikas Kumar “Crushing Behavior of Thin Walled Tubes Under Impact Loading – Review” International Conference on Industrial and Manufacturing Systems (CIMS-2020), NIT Jhalandhar

Lalit Prasad, Surender, Niraj Srivasatava, Vikas Kumar “Numerical Simulation of Crushing Phenomenon of Circular Tubes Against High Velocity Impact” International Conference on Industrial and Manufacturing Systems (CIMS-2020), NIT Jhalandhar

Ph.D. Supervision:

05 in progress

M.Tech. Dissertations:

Completed: 08

In Progress: 03