Sustainable Machining Strategies for Better Performance

Dr. Srinivasa Pai P. is currently working as Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at NMAMIT, Nitte, Karnataka.  He obtained his B.E. in Industrial and Production Engineering from NMAMIT, Nitte ,in 1993 and M.Tech in Maintenance Engineering from SJCE, Mysore, in 1996. He obtained his PhD in Mechanical Engineering from Mysore University in 2004. He went to Utah State University, Utah, USA, as a Post-Doctoral Research Scholar in Metal Machining for a period of 1 year during 2009–10. Some of his areas of interests are high speed machining, surface integrity studies, difficult to machine materials, condition monitoring, artificial neural networks, signal processing, optimization techniques and engineering education. He has 195 papers in various national and international journals and conference proceedings. He has won the following awards: Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE) – SGSITS National Award for the research work done by young teachers (Below 35) of engineering colleges for the year 2005 and Air India BOLT (Broad Outlook – Learner Teacher) Award for the District of Udupi for the year 2006.  He won the Appreciation Certificate for guiding the II Best M. Tech Thesis in Mechanical Engineering during 2012. He won the “Best Researcher Award”, instituted by NMAMIT, Nitte, in 2013.  Currently, he is in the editorial advisory board of International Journal of COMADEM and section editor (Mechanical & Materials Engineering) of Indian Journal of Engineering.  Dr. V. Krishnaraj is currently working as Professor in Production Engineering and Head of Advanced Tool & Die Center, PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu. He obtained his B.E. in Mechanical  Engeering from CIT, Coimbatore, in 1994 and M.E in Production Engineering from PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore, in 1999. He obtained his PhD in Machining of Composites from Anna University, Chennai, in 2007. He did hisPost-Doctoral Research Fellowship in Machining for a period of 1 year during 2008–09 from University Paul Sabatier, France, and was also a research fellow in UNSW Australia. His areas of research interests are composite materials, metal cutting and tool design. He has more than 90 publications in international journals.  He has several books and book chapters to his credit and has guided 9 Phd thesis.