Faculty

6 Years Teaching, Research 5 Years

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

Ansari, M.I., Thakur, D.G. (2017) “Deposition of electroless (Ni-P-ZnO) ternary alloy for adhesion strength on magnesium (AZ91) alloy: Effect of surfactant” RTET-17, Bencoolen St, Singapore.

Ansari, M.I., Thakur, D.G. (2017) , “Comparative study on surface properties of electroless Ni-P-ZnO and Ni-P deposits on AZ91 alloy”, PLMSS-17, DIAT-DRDO, Pune. 

• 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.

• Ansari, M.I., et al. (2024) “Theoretical and Experimental Investigation on Direct Kinematic of Pick and Place 4R Robotic Arm using Algebraic and Software Approach”, International Journal on Interactive Design and Manufacturing, DOI: 10.1007/s12008-024-01884-1 (Springer) (Scopus).
• 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, WoS, Scopus) (Impact Factor: 1.14), DOI: 10.1007/s12666-017-1269-5 

• 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, WoS, Scopus) (Impact Factor: 1.448), DOI: 10.1177/0954408917731937

• Ansari, M.I., Thakur, D.G. (2017) “A high performance of ENi-P coatings on mechanical and tribological properties with influence of bath pH on AZ91 magnesium alloy”, Journal of Failure Analysis and Prevention, Vol-17, pp. 100-106, (Springer) (Scopus).

• Ansari, M.I., Thakur, D.G. (2016) “Effect of bath agitation on surface properties and corrosion behaviour of ENi-P coatings along with annealing temperature”, Engineering Science and Technology, an International Journal, Vol. 19, pp. 2094-2099 (Elsevier) (SCI).

• Julka S., Ansari, M.I., Thakur, D.G. (2016) “Effect of pH on mechanical, physical and tribological properties of electroless Ni-P-Al2O3 composite deposits for marine applications”, Journal of Marine Science and Application, Vol. 15, pp. 484-492 (Springer) (Scopus).

• Ansari, M.I., Thakur, D.G. (2016) “Study of mechanical properties of ENi-P coatings with influence of surfactant on AZ91 magnesium alloy”, Advanced Engineering Forum, Vol. 15, pp. 56-63 (Trans Tech Publications).

• Vikash Ruhela, Mohd. Imran Ansari et al., (2023), An experimental investigation of photo chemical machining process for stainless-steel material by using different etchants, (Accepted), DOI: 10.1016/j.matpr.2023.03.324, (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) (WoS, Scopus). 
• Patil, Chetan, Ansari, M.I., Selvan, R S., Thakur, D.G. (2021), Influence of micro B4C ceramic particles addition on mechanical and wear behavior of aerospace grade Al-Li alloy composites”, Sadhana, [SCI, WoS, Scopus]. 
• Patil, Chetan, Ansari, M.I., Selvan, R S., Thakur, D.G. (2022), Numerical investigation of the effect of fibre volume fraction on the stress distribution of aerospace grade Al-Li 8090 metal matrix composite, International Journal of Materials and Structural Integrity, (Scopus) (Accepted; In-press).
• Dr Farook Sayyad, Dr Shabnam Sayyad, Dr. Md. Imran Ansari, (2022) Experimental study of hardness and corrosion properties of AZ91 magnesium alloy after electroless nano composite coating, Materials Today: Proceedings, vol. 62, pp-2926-29 (Elsevier) (Scopus). 
• Anthoni Sagaya Selvan, R., Thakur, D.G., Seeman, M., Ansari, M.I. (2022), Modelling and optimisation of ENi-P-TiO2 coatings synthesised with zwitterionic surfactant on naval grade AH36 steel, vol. 47(116), Sadhana, [SCI, WoS, Scopus]. 
• 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., 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, WoS, Scopus (Impact Factor: 4.53).