Associate Professor
Brief Profile
An Associate Professor at the Rajendra Mishra School of Engineering Entrepreneurship, Dr. Dan worked in several industrial organisations, like General Electric Co. of India Ltd., GEC Alsthom Ltd., Orient Electric, India Foils Ltd of Williamson Magor Group etc., at senior positions. A Bachelors and Masters degree holder in Mechanical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology (IIEST, Shibpur) and PhD. in Production Engineering from Jadavpur University, Dr. Dan embodies the spirit of research excellence and industry collaboration.
Research Interests
His research interests include Engineering Design, Product Development and manufacturing, Manufacturing Systems and Product Engineering. The research encompasses Design Optimisation, Quality embedding in product, study on and product development and realization process and system.
Courses
- Engineering Design Process
- Manufacturing Strategy
- Product Analytics
- Technology Entrepreneurship
- Project Management
Publications (Selected)
Robust optimization in determining failure criteria of a planetary gear assembly considering fatigue condition by SourabhMandol, DebrajBhattacharjee&Pranab K. Dan Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization, Springer, Volume 53 (2), pp 291–302, 2016
Utilization-based Grouping Efficiency and Multi Criteria Decision Approach in Designing Manufacturing Cells by TamalGhosh, B.Doloi, Pranab K Dan Journal of Engineering Manufacture,Sage, Vol. 231(3) 505–522, 2017
Applying Soft-computing Techniques in Solving Dynamic Multi-objective Layout Problems in Cellular Manufacturing System by TamalGhosh, B Doloi, Pranab K Dan International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology,Springer, Vol 86 (1), pp 237-257, 2016
Comparison of Visualization of Optimal Clustering using Self Organizing Map and Growing Hierarchical Self Organizing Map in Cellular Manufacturing System by ManojitChattopadhyay, Pranab K Dan, SitanathMazumdar Applied Soft Computing, vol 22, pp 528-543, 2014
Neuro-genetic impact on cell formation methods of Cellular Manufacturing System design: A quantitative review and analysis by ManojitChattopadhyay, SouravSengupta, TamalGhosh, Pranab K Dan, SitanathMazumdar Computers and Industrial Engineering, 64(1), pp 256 -272, 2013
Experimental design in soap manufacturing for optimization of fuzzified process capability index by SanghitaBasu, Pranab K. Dan, Arunava Thakur Journal of Manufacturing Systems, vol 33(3) pp.324-344, 2013
Projects
Project Title : NATIONAL INITIATIVE FOR DESIGN INNOVATION (NID)
Co-Principal-Investigator : Dr. P. K. Dan
Sponsor : MHRD, Govt. of India; Project Value: Rs. 10 Crore
Project Title : DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF SMART ENERGY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (SEK)
Principal-Investigator : Dr. P. K. Dan
Sponsor : SRIC, Project Value: Rs. 10 Lakh.
Project Title : DESIGN OF AUTOMOTIVE GEARBOXES UTILISING HIGH PERFORMANCE ENGINEERING SIMULATIONS-OPTIMISATION (UHP)
Co-Principal-Investigator : Dr. P. K. Dan
Sponsor : SRIC; Project Value: Rs. 26.80 Lakh
Project Title : Pradhan Mantri Yuva Udyamita Vikas Abhiyan (PM-YUVA)
Principal Investigator : Dr. Bhaskar Bhowmick
Co-Principal-Investigators : Dr. Pranab Kumar Dan & Dr. Manoj Kumar Mondal
Sponsor : Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, New Delhi