Education and Expertise | Employment History | Theses Supervision | Publications | Current Research Projects | Lectures Delivered | Additional Details
Education and Expertise
Education
- Ph.D (Mech Engg), Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, 1986. Introduced new research area of System identification and Structural Dynamic Modification in frequency domain in India. Two research papers awarded.
- M.Tech(Design Engg), Indian Inst. of Technology, Delhi, 1971, First Div. Ist rank
- B.Sc.Engg(Mech), Panjab Engg College, Chandigarh, 1967, First Division, Merit Scholarship holder.
Special Expertise and Skills
- Expertise of finding/ advising Technology solutions by using strategies of Engineering Design & System Design including Concurrent Engg and CAE.
- Laser Vibrometry, Modal testing skills & FE Model updating algorithms to control vibrations of mechanical equipment and improve their design like that of Automobiles, Machine tools etc.
- Co-authored two books in the area of Vibration Engg/ Dynamic Design
- Computerised Manufacturing technology including CADCAM equipment. Special training in NC /CNC/ FMS and Microprocessor applications in UK for more than a year. Co-authored two books in the area of CAM. Details included in the Additional Details page.
Courses introduced, taught and developed
- Recently courses namely Design for Manufacturing and Assembly, Optimum Design of Mechanical Systems, Advanced Design of Mechanical Systems have been introduced, taught and developed during last three years. A record number of 30 courses have been introduced/ taught and developed at UG/ PG level. A list is included in the additional details page.
Computer Experience
- Personal computer, Work station, Laptop, Mainframe, MS-VISTA, XP Windows, MS-Word, EXCEL, Power Point, e-mail, Internet. Can touch type at +30 wpm.
- Software packages like ANSYS, MATLAB and several simulation packages in Computer aided design and engineering.
Certification/Licenses/Recognition
- Chartered Engineer (India); Fellow, Institution of Engineers (India);Life Member Indian Soc. of Tech. Education since 1974
- Member Society of Experimental Mechanics [SEM], USA; Invited/ delivered special lectures on dynamic design to General Motors and Boeing USA.
- Appointed member Global Advisory Board [GAB], KAIST Korea for the period 2006-08.
- Co-Authored four books two each in the areas of Computerized Manufacturing and Vibration Engineering.
Language Proficiency
- Fluent in speaking, reading, writing and understanding English and Hindi. Working knowledge in understanding and speaking Urdu and Punjabi. Working knowledge in reading and writing Punjabi also.
International Visits, Assignments And Special Training
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Jan. 1994 to April 1994. Teachingin CNC, Robots and Product Design (CAD/CAM) |
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Dynamic Design, Concurrent Engg. Including CAD/CAM |
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Invited by General Motors for Dynamic Design seminar. Invited to Boeing for 10 day program and Presented research paper in SEMInt. conference also. June 2000. |
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December2001- Mar 02. Member National Delegation of 2nd IndoUs Symp in Vibration and Noise. Presented research paper on Dynamic Design in Int Conf IMAC also. |
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Research interactions in Micro Manufacturing and Dynamic Design, Presented research paper atInt. conference IMAC also. Feb 10-25, 2007. |
Other related significant Assignments
- Member Secretary of first Indo- US symposium on Emerging Trends in Vibration and Noise Engineering [March 1996].
- Joint Initiator and Coordinator of International school on Dynamic Design [Dec 1997].
- Guest joint Editor of special issue of Sadhana (INSA) on Emerging Dynamic Design Techniques [June 2000].
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Employment History
Head/ Chair, Deptt of Mech Engg, IIT Delhi [Sept 2004-Feb 07]
- Administration and management involving 40 faculty members belonging to the areas of Thermal Engg, Design Engg, Production Engg and Industrial Engineering, 40 supporting staff, 25 labs, 400 UG students and 250 PG students.
- Initiated setting up of a major Research facility of Micro -Manufacturing [bridge between Nano & Micro world] in the deptt. Deptt of Sc& Tech GOI sanctioned in Feb2007 Rs 45 million for the purpose.
- Presented various research initiatives/ capabilities of the deptt to various visiting foreign delegations and explore possibilities of collaboration.
- Advised the administration of IIT Delhi including liaison with Director and deputy Directors about the Infrastructure, Research and Personnel of the Deptt to effectively implement the vision and mission of the excellence of the Institute.
- Took several initiatives to improve teaching & research equipment provisions, ambience & infrastructure of the deptt, teaching of basic courses, faculty induction, supporting staff motivation, research initiatives, industry sponsored post graduate program namely PGT and communications in the deptt.
Professor Mech Engg IIT Delhi [ Oct 1995-till date]
- Process Information for teaching, research and guidance of undergraduate and postgraduate students including their evaluation.
- Introduce and develop new courses on latest technology. A record number of 30 new courses introduced over a period of 30 years. Majority of these have been taught and developed also.
- Initiated setting up of new technology labs like Design & Manufacturing Integration, Mechatronics, Micro-Manufacturing for bridging gap between Nano & Macro Engineering.
- Coordinate Sponsored Research/ consultancy/ CEP Projects on relevant areas of engineering and technology. Introduced and developed new research area of Modal Testing, Finite Element updating, Structural Dynamic modification and Dynamic design in IIT Delhi and India. Currently involved in two DST sponsored projects on Operational Modal Analysis and Micro-Manufacturing.
- Appointed Chairman, Dept Research Committee [Sept 2002- Aug 04] for Academic administration of Post graduate education involving M.Tech and Phd Students of the Deptt.
- Assigned the duties of Chairmanship of Design Group Faculty [Sept 1998-Aug 2001] of Mech Engg Deptt to coordinate/ liaison with Head Mech Engg the teaching assignments of design faculty and academic activities of design stream programs of the deptt. Also assigned the duty of Convener for the executive Professorial Committee of the Deptt. [Sept 1998-Aug 2001]
Associate Professor [Apr94-Oct95], Asstt Professor [Jan84 -Apr94], and Lecturer [Oct80-Jan84] all in Mech Engg Deptt IIT Delhi; Design Engineer, IDDCentre IIT Delhi [June 1975- Oct 80]; Lecturer Mech Engg Pb Engg College Chandigarh [Nov 1969- June75]; Lecturer Mech Engg Dir Tech Edu Pb [ Aug 1967- April 68]
- Processed Information for teaching, research and guidance of undergraduate/ postgraduate students including their evalution. Introduced and developed new courses/labs on latest technology; a list is included in the Addnl Details.
- Coordinated Research/ Consultancy/ CEP projects. Delivered several special lectures also, a list included in the Addnl Details.
- Performed several academic duties like that of M.Tech Program Coordinator [3years], Officer Inch Design Research lab [4 years] and conducted several examination evaluation duties.
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Ph.D Theses Supervised during last three years
For complete list of theses please see the Additional Details page
- Studies in Genetic Algorithm based Model Updating and Structural Dynamic Modification for Dynamic Design in Mechanical Systems. 1998-2005
- FE model updating using damping matrices. 2002- [Synopsis 2007]
- Dynamic design using passive and active structural dynamic modifications. 2003
- Studies in manufacturability advisors. 2004- [Synopsis 2007]
M.TECH and MS(Research) Theses Supervised during last three years
For complete list of supervised M.Tech and B.Tech theses please see the Additional Details page
- Study of vibration behaviour of Mech equipment using laser Vibrometer 2004
- Development of a concurrent Mech Engg design model 2004
- Studies on improvement of dynamic stability of a drilling machine 2004
- Studies on vibration behaviour of horizontal milling machine using FEA and modal testing 2004
- Inverse design of mechanical structures with viscoelastic damping treatment 2005
- Studies in Dynamic Design and operational modal analysis [OMA] of mechanical structures 2006
- Studies in Operational Modal Analysis on complex mechanical structures. August 2006 [M.S. (Research)
- Model updating and Dynamic design of 2 wheelers 2007
- Theoretical and experimental studies in Dynamic design of automotive structures 2007
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Publications
Research Publications for the period 2004-07 are given below; For complete list of research publications and details of the four books co-authored in CNC Manufacturing and Vibration Engg please see the additional details.
- Jain, J.R. and Kundra, T.K., “Model based online diagnosis of unbalance and transverse fatigue crack in rotor systems”, Mechanics Research Communications 31 (2004), pp 557–568
- Kundra, T.K., “Vibration-designing of Machine Tools”, Modern Machine Tools, Jan. 2004, pp 38-44
- R.S.Bais, A.K.Gupta, B.C.Nakra and T.K.Kundra, “Studies in dynamic design of drilling machine using updated finite element models”, Mechanism and Machine Theory 39(2004) 1307-1320.
- S.V. Modak, T.K. Kundra and B.C. Nakra, “Studies in dynamic design using updated models”, Journal of Sound and Vibration, Volume 281, Issues 3-5, 22 March 2005, Pages 943-964
- Jatinder Madan, P.V.M. Rao and T.K. Kundra, A system for early cost estimation of die-cast parts, Paper accepted for publication in International Journal of Production Research.[2006]
- Jatinder Madan, P.V.M. Rao and T.K. Kundra, “Computer Aided manufacturability analysis of die-cast parts”. Paper accepted for publication in International Journal of Computer Aided Design and Applications.[ Feb 2007]
- Arora, V., Singh, S.P., and Kundra, T.K., “Finite Element updating incorporating Damping Matrix”, VETOMAC-3 proc. pp56-62, Dec 2004.
- V.P.Dutta, S.Mukherjee and T.K.Kundra, “ Finite Element Model Updating using genetic algorithms”, Proc. National conf. on Industrial problems on machines and mechanisms, IIT Kharagpur, Feb 2005
- D.B.Billade and T.K.Kundra, “ Dynamic design of mobile phone by study of vibrations using laser Doppler Vibrometer”, Proc. National conference on product development with Mechatronic systems for global quality, PMGQ May 2005.
- D.B. Billade, T.K. Kundra and B.C. Nakra, Improving dynamic response and stability of a drilling machine using modal testing, model updating and a tuned absorber”, 21st AIMTDR Conference, 2005
- Sandeep Kumar, B.C. Nakra and T.K.Kundra, “Studies on Operational Modal Analysis using SLDV”, Proc. Int. Modal Analysis Conference [IMAC], 2006
- C.V.Chandrashekara, S.P.Singh and T.K.Kundra "Dynamic Design with Smart Structures", Proc. National conference on application oriented materials (NCOM 2006)
- Gondhalekar, A.C., Kundra, T.K. and Modak S.V., “Dynamic Design of a Complex Automobile structure via Finite Element Updating”, Proc. IMAC XXV conference held in Florida in Feb 2007
- Arora, V., Singh, S.P., and Kundra, T.K., “Finite Element Model updating using complex updating parameters”. Proc. IMAC XXV conference held in Florida in Feb 2007
- Sandeep Kumar, Kundra, T.K., Nakra B.C., and Modak S.V, “Model Updating Studies on a Two Wheeler Chassis” submitted Aug 2006 for Int SAE conference to be held in May 2007
Reasearch papers recently Communicated
- V.P.Dutta, S.Mukherjee and T.K.Kundra, “ Optimal structural dynamic modifications using genetic algorithms”, submitted April 2006 for consideration for publication in Int Jnl. Mechanics Research Communications. Under revision.
- V.P.Dutta, S.Mukherjee and T.K.Kundra, “ Dynamic design using genetic algorithms”, submitted Feb 2006 for consideration of publication in the Jnl. of Institution of Engineers
- V.P.Dutta, S.Mukherjee and T.K.Kundra, “Genetic Algorithms based Model Updating using Experimental Data”, submitted 2006 for consideration for publication in the Jnl. of Sound and vibration. Under Revision.
- V.P.Dutta, S.Mukherjee and T.K.Kundra, “Genetic algorithms based finite element model updating using simulated data”, under revision, submitted August 2006 for consideration for publication in Int Jnl. Computers and Structures. Under revision.
- Sandeep Kumar, Kundra, T.K. and Modak S.V, “Modified Frequency domain decomposition for OMA” submitted Oct 2006 for consideration for publication in Int Jnl. Mechanics Research Communications.
- Gondhalekar, A.C., Kundra, T.K. and Modak S.V "Dynamic Design Of A Plate Structure Using Operational Modal Analysis" submitted Sept 2006 for consideration for publication in Int Jnl Mechanics Research Communications.
- Jatinder Madan, P.V.M. Rao and T.K. Kundra “An automated cost estimation for die-cast parts” , submitted Nov 2006 ASME- Jnl of computing and Info Sc & Engg.
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[For complete list of the undertaken research and consultancy projects please see Additional Details ]
- Studies and Algorithms for Operational Modal Analysis of Mechanical Structures [DST Rs 20 lakh 2007-]
- Micro Manufacturing [DST FIST Rs 45 Million 2007-], 9 faculty members from Design, Thermal and Manufacturing groups of Mech Engg Deptt are also involved.
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Lectures Delivered
- Several special/ invited lectures covering areas of professional interest especially Dynamic Design and Computerized Manufacturing Technology have been delivered to industry personnel and teachers. A list is included in Addnl Details.