Department of Robotics & Automation Engineering

Faculty

Department of Robotics & Automation Engineering College of Engineering

Experience 5 Years

B.Tech, M.Tech (CIM) [MMMUT, Gorakhpur], PhD [Defence Institute of Advanced Technology-DRDO, MoD, Pune]

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)