Advanced Numerical Simulations in Mechanical Engineering

Dr. Pravin P. Patil received M. Tech (Machine Design) and PhD (Mech. Engg.) degrees from the Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee. He has published more than 100 research papers in highly indexed international journals and conferences. He is on reviewer panel of various reputed International Journals in his areas of research such as IEEE/ASME Transaction of Mechatronics, ISA transactions of Elsevier etc. He has been awarded with Young Scientist Award for the year 2013 (Research Grant of Rs. 18.3 Lakhs) by Department of Science and Technology (DST), New Delhi, Govt. of India. He is a recipient of MHRD / QIP Fellowship award of Govt. of India. He is recipient of Meritorious Research Performance award at Graphic Era University, Dehradun. He is consistently involved in teaching and research since last 18 years in multidisciplinary research areas which includes Finite Element Analysis, Mechatronics, Mechanical vibration, Soft Computing Techniques, Computational statistics techniques etc.

Dr. Yogesh K. Prajapati received M. Tech (Thermal Engg.) and PhD (Thermal Engg.) degrees from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur and Patna respectively. He has published several research papers in highly indexed international journals and conferences. He has also been reviewer of reputed International Journal and conferences in his areas of research such as Elsevier, FMFP etc. He is consistently involved in teaching and research since last 8 years in interdisciplinary research areas which includes Multiphase flow, heat transfer, flow boiling in miniature devices, computational fluid dynamics etc. [Editor]