Balaguru Sethuraman & Pushpdant Jain 
Recent Advances in Mechanical Engineering 
Select Proceedings of STAAAR 2022

This book consists of select proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Sustainable Technologies and Advances in Automation, Aerospace and Robotics (STAAAR 2022). This book focuses on advancements in the fields of robotics and automation, applications of AI, aerodynamics, computational fluid dynamics, material characterization, renewable energy, computer-aided engineering design, rapid prototyping, aerospace engineering, and dynamics and vibrations. The major topics in the book include Industry 4.0, applications of additive manufacturing in biomedical, automotive and aviation industries, implants and prosthesis applications in human body, applications of latest technologies such as machine learning, Io T, static and dynamic balancing, force transmissibility, advanced mechanisms, etc. This book provides vital information to researchers, academicians and industrialists to enhance their knowledge in the field of recent advancements in the field of mechanical engineering.

Table of Content

A Suitable Battery Technology to Integrate with Solar Photovoltaic Panels for Residential Applications.- Design and performance analysis of PLA-based spacer of artificial knee joint using FEA.- Effect of Operating Condition on Permanent Magnet Heating system.- Design, Analysis and Fabrication of Battery-Operated Mobile Rice Thresher Machine.- Design and Analysis of Automated machine for preparation and treatment of viscous fluids.- Design and Analysis of Pallet Transfer Mechanism for Machining Centers.- Optimization of Kitchen Countertop Dimensions for Indian Population.- Manpower Optimisation in Housekeeping Activities employing MOST: A Methodological Approach for Manufacturing Sectors.- Finite Element Analysis on Coconut Tree Climbing Mechanism.- Identification of Reliability for an Automobile Sub-System Maruti Suzuki Alto.

About the author

Balaguru Sethuraman obtained his M.Tech. from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras and Ph.D. from College of Engineering Guindy under Anna University. He carried out his postdoctoral research work at National University of Singapore (NUS). He works as the Dean of School of Mechanical Engineering at VIT Bhopal. He has guided three Ph.D. scholars. He  guided more than 30 M.Tech. projects. He authored several book chapters. He published 50 papers in reputed journals and 30 papers in international conferences. Prof. Sethuraman also has five patents to his credit. He established the Material Advantage student chapter at VIT Bhopal as a faculty advisor. He was invited to Kocaeli University, Turkey, under the Mevlana Mobility Programme with a grant in 2019 to deliver a course on Theory of vibrations. His research fields are cladding, welding, composites and nuclear materials. He is a fellow as well as CEng. of the Institution of Engineers and member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.




Pushpdant Jain has more than ten years of experience including industries and academic institutions. Currently, he is working with VIT Bhopal University as an assistant professor in the School of Mechanical Engineering. Dr. Jain holds Ph.D. in Industrial Design from the National Institute of Technology (NIT), Rourkela. He has published 7 SCI, 3 SCOPUS journal articles, three book chapters and actively participated in more than three international conferences. Dr. Jain also an active reviewer of journals of national and international repute. He is an active member of the European Society of Bio-Mechanics (ESB), Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE), and a life member of the International Association of Engineers (IAENG), Indian Institution of Industrial Engineering (SMIIIE) and Indian Society for Technical Education. In addition to this, he was awarded with Research Scholar of the Year in the year 2018 at NIT Rourkela for his Ph.D. His research interest includes new product development, spinal implant, biomechanics and finite element analysis.




Manoj Gupta obtained his B.E. from Visvesvaraya Regional College of Engineering, Nagpur (presently VNIT Nagpur), M.E from Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore, with gold medal and Ph.D. from the University of California Irvine, USA. He carried out his postdoctoral research work at the University of Alberta, Canada. He works as a Professor at National University of Singapore (NUS). He has over 550 journal publications and 200 conference publications. He has more than 17500 citations and an h-index of 69 to his credit. He has been a visiting professor of King Saud University, Saudi Arabia; Kobe University, Japan; University of Lille, France; and Indian Institute of Science: Brahm Prakash Chair Professor. He has collaborations with the Universities in Qatar, Oman, Egypt and Sweden. He has been an invited professor of Vel Tech University India and Wuhan University China. He is an editor of many reputable journals. His field of research is magnesium-based biomaterials including composite materials, lightweight materials with current focus on nanocomposites and syntactic composite and metastable composites.