Dr. Ankit Sahai

Teaching Assignments

Odd Semester     :

• CEM303, Civil Engg, Fluid Mechanics
• MEM501, Mechanical Engg, Fluid Mechanics
• MEM701, Mechancal Engg, Mechanical Vibrations
• PME114, M.Tech, Project Engg & Management
• MEM 502, Fluid Mechanics Lab/GD
• MEM 701, B. Tech Major Project
• RDC 781, Rural Engineering Project
• MEH 702, Seminars
• PME 311, Minor Project
• Major Project, M.Tech

Even Semester :

• ASM401, Mechanical Engg, Material Science
• MEM824, Mechanical Engg, Total Quality Management
• MEM819, Mechanical Engg, Hydraulics Lab
• MEH 802, B. Tech Major Project
• RDC 881, Rural Engineering Project
• MEH 801, Seminars
• EGC 281, Industrial Visits
• PME 411, Minor Project
• Major Project, M.Tech

Area(s) of Research:

• 3D Printing/Additive Manufacturing
• Severe Plastic Deformation of Al alloys

Research Interests

• Mechanical Behaviour of materials (Al and Ti alloys)
• Wind Tunnel Testing of Airfoil
• FDM based 3D Printing of PLA models and next generation nano-composites
• Mechanical and Thermal properties of 3D printed parts.

Honors and Recognitions

Best Paper Award

• “Influence of Outer Corner Radius on Equal Channel Angular Pressing of Al6061 Alloy”, Conference Proceedings of Recent Developments in Production & Thermal Engineering, pp 1-6, 17-18 Feb, 2012, MPCT Gwalior.
• “The effect of die shape on evolution of strain in Equal Channel Angular Pressing of Al Alloy”, Conference Proceeding of International Conference in Agile Manufacturing Systems, 18-20 Dec., 2011, Faculty of Engineering, DEI, Agra.
• “Plastic deformation of Al6061 during Equal Channel Angular Pressing: A FEM Study”, Conference Proceeding of International Conference in Agile Manufacturing Systems, 16-19 Dec., 2012, IIT BHU, Varanasi.

Selected Journal Publications

Publications in International/National Conferences

1. Rahul Swarup Sharma and Ankit Sahai, “Complementing Learning of Metal Forming Processes via Virtual Simulation Lab”, 7^th International and 28^th All India Manufacturing Technology, Design and Research (AIMTDR) Conference, 2018, Anna University, Chennai.
2. Ankit Sahai, Atul Dayal, Rahul Swarup Sharma, “Towards extending ECAP technology from lab scale to manufacturing by enhanced multi-pass Continuous ECAP process”, 7^th International and 28^th All India Manufacturing Technology, Design and Research (AIMTDR) Conference, 2018, Anna University, Chennai.
3. Pushpendra Yadav, Ishant Singhal, Ankit Sahai, Rahul Swarup Sharma, “Intensifying Hands-on Learning and Experimentation of Fused Deposition Modeling three dimensional printers”, 7^th International and 28^th All India Manufacturing Technology, Design and Research (AIMTDR) Conference, 2018, Anna University, Chennai.
4. Atul Dayal, Ankit Sahai, K. HansRaj, Rahul Swarup Sharma, “Three turn ECAP processing of AA6061 alloy: Microstructure and Mechanical Properties”, 7^th International and 28^th All India Manufacturing Technology, Design and Research (AIMTDR) Conference, 2018, Anna University, Chennai.
5. Pushpendra Yadav, Shashank Kapoor, Ishant Singhal, Ankit Sahai, Rahul Swarup Sharma, “Effect of build orientation and infill density on mechanical properties of 3D printed parts by Fused Deposition Modeling”, 34^th National Convention of Mechanical Engineers, Institution of Engineers, 7-8^Th Sept, 2018, New Delhi.
6. Shashank Garg, Ishant Kumar, Rahul Swarup Sharma, Ankit Sahai, “Experimentation of different aerofoil profiles in Wind Tunnel and its aerodynamic performance”, International Conference on Frontiers in Engineering and Technology, NIT Trichy, 27-28^th April, 2018.
7. Ankit Sahai, K. HansRaj, “Processing of Al Alloy through Severe Plastic Deformation: Microstructure and Mechanical Properties”, Indian Conference on Applied Mechanics, IIT Delhi, 12-14th May, 2015.
8. Marni Nirmal, Ankit Sahai, Ashish Rajput, R S Sharma, K. HansRaj, “Hardness and Microstructure of of Al6061 Alloy after Severe Plastic Deformation”, International conference on Mechanical, Material, Aeronautical and Nanotechnology (MIANT 2015),  28^th Feb-1^st March, 2015, JNU, New Delhi.
9. Ankit Sahai, S S Sharma, R S Sharma, K Hansraj, “An investigation on the deformation of Al alloy during integrated Extrusion and ECAP”, International Conference in Agile Manufacturing Systems, 28-30^th May 2014, Oakland University, Rochester, USA.
10. S. Bhargav, V. Nigam, K. Arora, Ankit Sahai, Rahul S Sharma, K HansRaj, “An analysis on the deformation of pure Cu during multi-pass Equal Channel Angular Extrusion”, conference proceeding of International conference on Advances in Manufacturing and Materials Engineering (ICAMME 2014), 27-29^th March 2014, NIT Surathkal.
11. Ankit Sahai, Shanti Swaroop Sharma, Rahul Swarup Sharma, K. HansRaj, “Plastic deformation of Al6061 during Equal Channel Angular Pressing: A FEM Study”, Conference Proceeding of International Conference in Agile Manufacturing Systems, 16-19 Dec., 2012, IIT BHU, Varanasi.
12. Ankit Sahai, Rajeev Kumar Yadav, Sushil Kumar Satsangi, K. HansRaj, “Influence of Outer Corner Radius on Equal Channel Angular Pressing of Al6061 Alloy”, Conference Proceedings of Recent Developments in Production & Thermal Engineering, pp. 1-6, 17-18 Feb, 2012, MPCT Gwalior.
13. Ankit Sahai, Rajeev Kumar Yadav, Sushil Kumar Satsangi, K. HansRaj, “ Effect of Billet Length in Equal Channel Angular Pressing using 3D Finite Element Simulation in FORGE”, Conference Proceeding of International Conference in Agile Manufacturing Systems (ICAM), 18-20 Dec., 2011, Faculty of Engineering, DEI, Agra.
14. Shanti S Sharma, Ankit Sahai, Rahul S Sharma and K. HansRaj, “ A simulation study of Twist Extrusion”, Conference Proceeding of International Conference in Agile Manufacturing Systems (ICAM), 18-20 Dec., 2011, Faculty of Engineering, DEI, Agra.
15. K. Hans Raj, Rahul Swarup Sharma, Rajat Setia, Ankit Sahai and Shanti Sharma, “Modeling of Equal Channel Angular Pressing (ECAP) with Finite Element Method”, PAPER ID:148 EVME-2011- Emerging Vistas of Mechanical Engineering in 21st Century, 4^th-5^th  April 2011, Anand Engineering College, Agra.
16. K. Hans Raj, Rahul Swarup Sharma, Ankit Sahai and Shanti Sharma, “ FE Modeling of Rolling Process”, EVME-2011- Emerging Vistas of Mechanical Engineering in 21st Century, 4^th-5^th  April 2011, Anand Engineering College, Agra.
17. K. Hans Raj, Rahul Swarup Sharma, Ankit Sahai, Shanti Swaroop Sharma, Comparative Study of Equal Channel Angular Pressing (ECAP) with Twist Extrusion (TE) for Producing Ultra Fine Grained Materials (UFG), 34th National Systems Conference (NSC-2010), NIT, Surathkal, Dec 10-12, 2010.

Participation in Conference/Workshop/Seminar

• Attended and represented R&D India in Ericsson Test Conference, 2006 in Linkoping, Sweden.
• Presented a paper titled “ The effect of die shape on evolution of strain in Equal Channel Angular Pressing of Al Alloy”, International Conference in Agile Manufacturing Systems, 18-20 Dec., 2011, Faculty of Engineering, DEI, Agra.
• Presented a paper titled “Effect of Billet Length in Equal Channel Angular Pressing using 3D Finite Element Simulation in FORGE”, International Conference in Agile Manufacturing Systems, 18-20 Dec., 2011, Faculty of Engineering, DEI, Agra.
• Presented paper titled “Mechanical Properties of Al6061 processed by Equal Channel Angular Pressing”, AMPCO 2012, Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, India, 2-4th Nov., 2012.
• Attended workshop on “Advanced Materials and Manufacturing Methods (A3M)” from 3-8th dec 2012 at National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirapalli, India.
• Attended short term course on “Nanostructured Carbon: Fuel Cell Applications”, Material Science Programme, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India, 30 Sept – 4^th Oct 2013.
• Attended Symposium on “Severe Plastic Deformation and Bulk Nano-Structured Materials”, Department of Materials Engineering, IISc Bangalore, 12-14^th may 2014.
• Presented a paper titled “Processing of Al Alloy through Severe Plastic Deformation: Microstructure and Mechanical Properties”, Indian Conference on Applied Mechanics, IIT Delhi, 12-14th May, 2015.
• Attended GIAN course on “Applied Fatigue and Fracture Mechanics”, at IIT Ropar from 16^th – 21^st May, 2016.
• Attended a course on “Electron Microscopy & Microanalysis of Materials, EMMM -2016”, conducted by Advance Centre of Material Science, ACMS, IIT Kanpur from 1-5^th August, 2016.
• Attended TEQIP workshop in Additive Manufacturing by Department of Mechanical Engineering, IIT Kanpur from 3-7^th Feb 2018.

Administrative Responsibilities

• Incharge, Hydraulics Lab, Faculty of Engineering (2011  - Till Date)
• Institute Co-ordinator – UGC Scholorships/Fellowships (April 2017 – Till Date)
• Faculty Co-ordinator - AICTE data online submission (2011 – Till Date)
• Convener – DEI Open chess tournament (2014 – Till Date)
• Department Co-ordinator – Faculty Placement Cell (2015 – 2017)
• Faculty Co-Co-ordinator and Institute Member – NIRF Data submission (2015-2016, 2016-2017)
• Member - R&D Committee, DEI (2014 – Till Date)
• Member – Academic Council, Board of Studies (2014-2015)
• IQAC Department Co-ordinator (2012 – 2017)
• Member - Institute Moderation Committee (2014-2015)
• Member – Department Moderation Committee (2012 – Till Date)
• Department Co-ordinator -  Institution of Engineers Cell (2016 – Till Date)
• Department Co-ordinator – NAAC Report Submission (2012 – 2013)
• Member – Department’s SAP and FIST proposal submission (2012 – 2013)
• Member – Anti Ragging Committee – Faculty of Engineering (2012 – Till Date)
• Member – Committee for Swacch Bharat Mission, Faculty of Engineering
• Member - Civil Engineering Curriculum Development Workshop, August 2014
• Class Proctor – 2^nd Year Civil Engineering and 3^rd Year Mechanical Engineering
• Member Committee – Final Year B.Tech Projects Evaluation (2013 – Till Date)
• Teacher Incharge – Industrial Visit for 2^nd year Mechanical Engineering Students (2014  - Till Date)
• Teacher Incharge – Industrial Visit for 3^rd  year Mechanical Engineering Students (2011-2013)