This book presents the select proceedings of the International Conference on Advances in Sustainable Technologies (ICAST 2020), organized by Lovely Professional University, Punjab, India. This book caters to the industrial and production engineering aspects. It covers the industrial and production engineering areas such as sustainable manufacturing systems, decision sciences, supply chain management, Just in Time (JIT), logistics and supply chain management, rapid prototyping and reverse engineering, quality control and reliability, six sigma, smart manufacturing, time and motion study, six sigma, ergonomics, operations management, manufacturing management, metrology, manufacturing process optimization, machining and machine tools, casting, welding, and forming. This book will be useful for industry professionals and researchers working in the area of mechanical engineering, especially industrial and production engineering.
Dr. Avanish Kumar Dubey is currently a Professor at the Department of Engineering/Mechanical Engineering, Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology. He has authored and co-authored multiple peer-reviewed scientific papers and presented works at many national and international conferences. His contributions have acclaimed recognition from honorable subject experts around the world. He is also actively associated with different societies and academies. His academic career is decorated with several reputed awards and funding. His research interests include production (manufacturing), advanced machining processes, laser materials processing, design of experiments, micro-manufacturing processes. He has authored nearly 100 research articles, chaired numerous technical sessions and delivered many lectures.
Dr. Anish Sachdeva is a Professor in the Industrial and Production Engineering Department at Dr. B. R. Ambedkar National Institute of Technology Jalandhar, India. His areas of interest are reliability and maintenance engineering, supply chain management, optimization and simulation of production systems, and quality management. He obtained his B.Tech from Dr b R Ambedkar National Institute of Technology (erstwhile REC Jalandhar), M.Tech from Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College Ludhiana and Ph.D. from Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee (India). He has guided 65 M.Tech and 14 Ph.D. students. He has over 150 publications in international and national journals and proceedings of international conferences to his credit. He has organized five international conferences at NIT Jalandhar as organizing secretary and around 20 short-term courses in his area of expertise. He has organized several workshops and training programs for academic institutes and companies. He has edited a number of journal papers of repute as guest editors as well as volumes of books with reputed publishers. He also shares responsibilities of editorial board member in various international journals.
Dr. Munish Mehta is presently working as an Associate Professor in the School of Mechanical Engineering, Lovely Professional University, Phagwara, Punjab. He completed his Ph. D. from I.K. Gujral Punjab Technical University in 2018 and M. Tech. from National Institute of Technical Teachers Training and Research (NITTTR) Chandigarh in 2010. He obtained his B.E. from Nagpur University in 1997. His research interests include reliability engineering, optimization, stochastic modeling, mechatronics and genetic algorithm etc. A lifetime member of ISTE, he has published various research papers and book chapters in different national/international journals and conferences of repute. His academic achievements include serving as reviewer of many reputed journals. He has supervised and guided various dissertations and projects at PG and UG level. He has organized a national conference as organizing secretary. He has 7 years of industrialand 16 years of teaching experience to his credit.
