Dr. CS Kumar

Head, Rajendra Mishra School of Engineering Entrepreneurship


About Dr. CS Kumar

Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering,
Head, Rajendra Mishra School of Engineering Entrepreneurship,

Brief Profile

Dr. Kumar received his Bachelors of Technology Degree in Manufacturing Science and Engineering in 1987 and his Doctoral degree in Mechanical Engineering in 1995 from the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur. He worked briefly in a manufacturing industry (M/s Godrej and Boyce Mfg. Pvt. Ltd) in 1987. He served a Post-Doctoral Fellow of the Science and Technology Agency (now JSPS) at AIST (formerly Electro Technical Laboratory) Tsukuba, Japan in 1999. His research areas span control of Autonomous Underwater Vehicles, flexure based micro-grippers, micro and nano robotics, humanoid robots; Direct Digital Manufacturing of Metals using additive processes and in computer networks. He is a member of professional international organizations namely IEEE, ASME and AUVSI. In India he is serving in national bodies as an expert member in the Marine Systems panel of the Naval Research Board, as an advisor for the Additive Manufacturing Society of India, member of telecom engineering centre working group on QoS networks.

Research Interests

His current interests include Robotics & Computer-Aided Engineering (CAE), Additive and Laser based Manufacturing, Systems and Networking, Nanofabrication, Biomedical Systems

Professional Associations
  • Member IEEE (Robotics and Automation; Communication Systems and Oceanic Engineering Societies)
  • Member American Society of Mechanical Engineers
  • Member Robotics Society of India
  • Member Association of Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI), USA
Other roles

 

Publications (Selected)

A web based integrated GUI for 3D modeling, kinematic study, and control of robotic manipulators by Dey U., Kumar C. S. Wiley Online Library 28 1028-1040 (2020)

Effects of heat treatment on microstructure, mechanical and corrosion properties of 15-5 PH stainless steel parts built by selective laser melting process by Sarkar S., Mukherjee S. , Kumar C. S., Nath A. K. Journal of Manufacturing Processes 50 279-294 (2020)

Effects of different surface modifications on the fatigue life of selective laser melted 15-5 PH stainless steel by Sarkar S., Kumar C. S., Nath A. K. Materials Science and Engineering: A 762 – (2019)

Effects of heat treatment and build orientations on the fatigue life of selective laser melted 15-5 PH stainless steel by Sarkar S., Kumar C. S., Nath A. K. Materials Science and Engineering: A 755 235-245 (2019)

Investigation on the mode of failures and fatigue life of laser-based powder bed fusion produced stainless steel parts under variable amplitude loading conditions by Sarkar S., Kumar C. S., Nath A. K. Additive Manufacturing 25 71-83 (2019)

A fingertip force prediction model for grasp patterns characterised from the chaotic behaviour of EEG by Roy R., Sikdar D. , Mahadevappa M. , Kumar C. S. Medical & Biological Engineering & Computing 56 2095-2106 (2018)

Detection and quantitative assessment of corrosion on pipelines through image analysis by Bondada V., Pratihar D. K., Kumar C. S. Procedia Computer Science 804-811 (2018)

Detection and quantitative assessment of corrosion on pipelines through image analysis by Bondada V., Pratihar D. K., Kumar C. S. Procedia Computer Science 133 804-811 (2018)

Effect of hand design and object size on the workspace of three-fingered hands by Hota R. K., Kumar C. S. Mechanism and Machine Theory 133 311-328 (2018)

Estimation of Continuous and Constraint-Free 3 Degree of Freedom Wrist Movements from Surface Electromyogram Signal using Kernel Recursive Least Square Tracker by Bakshi K., Mahadevappa M. , Kumar C. S. Elsevier Biomedical Signal Processing & Control 46 104-115 (2018)

Dispersion of ceramic nano-particles in the Al-Cu alloy matrix using two-step ultrasonic casting and resultant strengthening by Vishwanatha H. M., Eravelly J. , Kumar C. S., Ghosh S. Materials Science and Engineering: A 708 222-229 (2017)

Effect of Different Heat Treatments on Mechanical Properties of Laser Sintered Additive Manufactured Parts by Sarkar S., Kumar C. S., Nath A. K. Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engingineering 139 111010–111010-1 (2017)

Effect of mean stresses on mode of failures and fatigue life of selective laser melted stainless steel by Sarkar S., Kumar C. S., Nath A. K. Materials Science and Engineering: A 700 92-106 (2017)

Envelope Analysis of Instantaneous Angular Speed for Fault Detection in Multistage Gearbox by Roy S., Mohanty A. R., Kumar C. S. Journal of Vibration Engineering & Technologies 4 447-454 (2016)

Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Aluminum-Alumina Bulk Nanocomposite Produced by a Novel Two-Step Ultrasonic Casting Technique by Vishwanatha H. M., Eravelly J. , Kumar C. S., Ghosh S. Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A 47 5630-5640 (2016)

Studies on the acoustical properties for natural jute material by theoretical and experimental methods for building acoustics applications by Roy S. K., Mohanty A. R., Kumar C. S. Journal of Vibration Engineering and Technologies 4 447-454 (2016)

The Effect of Post-processing and Machining Process Parameters on Properties of Stainless Steel PH1 Product Produced by Direct Metal Laser Sintering by Pal S., Tiyyagura H. R., Drstvensek I. , Kumar C. S. Procedia Engineering 149 359-365 (2016)

Projects

Principal Investigator:

Development of AI Platform for Screening and Monitoring of Respiratory Problems based on Respiratory Sounds and Oxygen saturation SpO2 and a Supplementary Project IOT based Respiratory Health Monitoring and Covid Symptom Detection at Home Coordination Committee of RAKSHAK

Service to 3D Print Jobs using Facilities at Mechanical Engineering Department Outside Agencies, Institute Students, Scholars, Faculty

Design and Development of an Architecture for Cooperative Control and Coordination of Robots for Different Applications based on IoT Platforms Department of Science and Technology (DST)

Design and Manufacturing of Patient Specific Dental Implants Composed of Porous Titanium Functionalized with Osseointegration-Promoting and Antibacterial Coatings Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB)

Virtual Labs (Phase III) Ministry of Human Resource Development

Virtual Labs Phase II MHRD, Department of Higher Education, NMEICT, New Delhi

 

Co-Principal Investigator:

Development of Bio-Mimetic Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (BAUV) for Maritime Surveillance (Phase I) Naval Research Board (NRB)

Development of Wearable On-Chip Spectrometer for Monitoring Respiratory Motion Department of Science and Technology(DST)

Actuation and Control System Development for Independent Movement of Prosthesis Arm for Respective Degree of Freedom of Joints Anudip Foundation for Social Welfare

Exploring Solutions for Various Technological Challenges in Metal Additive Manufacturing Technology and Sharing the Relevant Know-how with Indian Heavy Engineering Industries Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL)

Selection of Raw Materials for Additive Manufacturing Applications in Relation to the Design Requirements; and Life Cycle Analysis of Additive Manufacturing Process for Different Materials TATA SONS PRIVATE LIMITED

Indigenous Development of Online Process Monitoring of Laser Surface Hardening, Cladding and Additive Manufacturing and Studies on Dynamic Mechanical Behavior of Manufactured Parts (Project No.: 6917) Department of Heavy Industries (DHI)

Development of a System for Post Stroke Rehabilitation of Hand Functions Using a Low Cost Robotic Exoskeleton(Project # 8129) Indian Council of Medical Research, Dept. of Health Research, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

Development of a Cost Effective Left Ventricular Assist Device (LVAD) with Centrifugal Mechanical Circulator, Drive System and Associated Control (Proposal ID – 7781) Indian Council of Medical Research, Dept. of Health Research, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare