Dr. Chandrakant Kumar Nirala
Assistant Professor
Mechanical Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Ropar
India
Biography
Dr. Chandrakant K Nirala is currently working as Assistant Professor in the School of Mechanical, Materials and Energy Engineering, IIT Ropar. Prior to working at IIT Ropar, he was working in the Department of Mechanical-Mechatronics Engineering at The LNM Institute of Information Technology, Jaipur. During his Ph.D., he worked on Sensors based Tool Condition Monitoring and Wear Compensation in µEDM variants. He has one year of experience in development of lighter metallic materials by Severe Plastic Deformation technique, for engineering applications. The experience was gained at National Metallurgical Laboratory (CSIR), Jamshedpur after completion of B.tech in 2008.
Research Interest
Conventional and Non-conventional manufacturing, EDM, µEDM and varients Micro Manufacturing Tool condition monitoring through virtual instrumentation
Publications
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C.K. Nirala, P. Saha. Precise μEDM-drilling using real-time indirect tool wear compensation. Journal of Materials Processing Technology, 2017, Vol. 240 (1), pp176-189. DOI:10.1016/j.jmatprotec.2016.09.024
