Department of Robotics & Automation Engineering

5 Years

Surface Engineering of Nanomaterials; Nanocomposite; Smart Materials; Tribology; IoT

• Participated in one day workshop on “Advances in surface engineering and nanotechnology”, organized by Indian Institute of Metals.
• Participated in syllabus implementation workshop for Elective-1 [Advanced Forming & Joining Process, Machining Science & Tech., Digital Manufacturing Lab.] on 28th July, 2021.

• Received a Best Teacher Award in Teaching, Research and Administration at DYPSoE, Pune, Dec-2020.
• Delivered an expert lecture on Nano-Tribology, MITAOE, Alandi, Pune, 10-08-2020.
• Worked as a SPPU final exam paper setter for Thermodynamics and Applied Thermodynamics subjects at UG level.
• Worked as a Coordinator for NAAC reassessment Criteria- III at DYPSoE, Pune.
• Worked as Admission Head for Direct Second Year Admission Cell at DYPSoE, Pune.
• Qualified GATE exam in 2011.

Publications in International Journals

• Ansari, M.I., Thakur, D.G. (2017) “Tribological properties of electroless nanocomposite deposits with influence of Aliquat 336 on 6061 aluminium alloy”, Transactions of the Indian Institute of Metals, (Accepted) (Springer) (SCI) (Impact Factor: 1.14), DOI: 10.1007/s12666-017-1269-5
• Ansari, M.I., Julka, S., Thakur, D.G. (2017) “Enhancement of surface properties with influence of bath pH on electroless Ni-P-ZnO/Al2O3 nano-composite deposits for defence application”, Journal of Molecular Liquids, Vol-247, pp. 22-33, (Elsevier) (SCI) (Impact Factor: 4.53).
• Ansari, M.I., Thakur, D.G. (2017) “Influence of Aliquat 336 on tribological properties of electroless ternary nano-composite coatings on AZ91 alloy”, Part E: Journal of Process Mechanical Engineering, (Accepted) (Sage Publications) (SCI) (Impact Factor: 1.448), DOI: 10.1177/0954408917731937
• Ansari, M.I., Thakur, D.G. (2017) “Improvement of wear resistance of AZ91 magnesium alloy by electroless Ni-P coatings with influence of surfactant” Materials Today: Proceedings, Vol-4, pp. 9870-9874, (Elsevier) (Scopus).
• Ansari, M.I., Thakur, D.G. (2017) “Influence of Surfactant: Using electroless ternary nanocomposite coatings to enhance the surface properties on AZ91 magnesium alloy”, Surfaces and Interfaces, Vol-7, pp. 20-28, (Elsevier) (Scopus)