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Dr. Arun Kant Jha
Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering,IIT (BHU)
akjha.mec@iitbhu.ac.in
0542-2575172
Area of Interest: 
Manufacturing process and Manufacturing System, Robotics, Metal Forming

  1. Teaching (during Professorship)
    1. Courses Taught (Course Number, Title, Level, Class Strength- Semester wise)
  •  
 Course Number Title
  •  
 Class Strength
  1.  
  1.  
 Manufacturing Systems
  1.  
  1.  
  1.  
 ME 4212 (even) Robotics
  1.  
  1.  
  1.  
 ME 3101 (odd) Manufacturing Engg III
  1.  
 70+ (elective)
  1.  
 ME 623 (odd) Automation in Manufacturing
  1.  
  1.  
  1.  
 ME 431 (even) Flexible Manufacturing Systems
  1.  
 20+ (elective)
  1. New courses designed or curricula prepared

Curricula revised for subjects related with Production Engineering Specialization: ME 4103 Manufacturing Systems & ME 4212 Robotics.

  1. Teaching Laboratories Developed: Nil
  2. Major Achievement: Mainly focused in UG level class room teaching.
  3. - Manufacturing Systems & Robotics.
  1. Research
    1. Selected Research Publications with impact factors (The publications including books as a professor with their number of citations & Journal’s Impact Factor, etc.)

List of Major Publications:

  1. Jha, A.K. and Kumar, S., 1983. Forging of metal powder preforms. International Journal of Machine Tool Design and Research, 23(4), pp.201-212.

Number of Citations-40                    SCI-Yes                                  Impact Factor-3.995
 

  1. Jha, A. K., and S. Kumar. "Forging of a Hollow Metal Powder Preform Disk." Advanced Technology of Plasticity, 1 (1984): 353-360.

Number of Citations-15
 

  1. Jha, A. K., and S. Kumar. "Forging of a metal powder preform ring." Journal of mechanical working technologypresently named as Journal of materials processing technology, Vol -12, no. 1 (1985): 13-33.

Number of Citations-07                    SCI-Yes                                  Impact Factor-3.147
 

  1. Jha, A. K., and S. Kumar. "Deformation characteristics and fracture mechanisms during the cold forging of metal powder preforms." International Journal of Machine Tool Design and Research presently named as International Journal of Machine Tools and Manufacture, Vol- 26, no. 4 (1986): 369-384.

Number of Citations-28                    SCI-Yes                                  Impact Factor-3.995
 

  1. Jha, A. K., and S. Kumar. "Deformation characteristics and fracturing of sintered copper powder strips during cold forging." Journal of mechanical working technology presently named as Journal of materials processing technology, Vol-16, no. 2 (1988): 145-164.

Number of Citations-13                    SCI-Yes                                  Impact Factor-3.147
 

  1. Sutradhar, G., A. K. Jha, and S. Kumar. "Production of sinter-forged components." Journal of materials processing technology 41, no. 2 (1994): 143-169.

Number of Citations-29                    SCI-Yes                                  Impact Factor-3.147
 

  1. Jha, A. K., and S. Kumar. "Compatibility of sintered materials during cold forging." International Journal of Materials and Product Technology 9, no. 4-6 (1994): 281-299.

Number of Citations-12                    SCI-Yes                                  Impact Factor-0.356

  1. Sutradhar, G., A. K. Jha, and S. Kumar. "Cold forging of sintered iron-powder preforms." Journal of materials processing technology 51, no. 1-4 (1995): 369-386.

Number of Citations-20                    SCI-Yes                                  Impact Factor-3.147
 

  1. Jha, A. K., and S. Kumar. "Dynamic effects during a high-speed sinter-forging process." International Journal of Machine Tools and Manufacture 36, no. 10 (1996): 1109-1122.

Number of Citations-15                    SCI-Yes                                  Impact Factor-3.995
 

  1. Jha, A. K., and S. Kumar. "Investigations into the high-speed forging of sintered copper powder strips." Journal of materials processing technology 71, no. 3 (1997): 394-401.

Number of Citations-14                    SCI-Yes                                  Impact Factor-3.147
 

  1. Sutradhar, G., Abdulla A. Bashashwan, A. K. Jha, and S. Kumar. "Closed die axixymmetric forging of sintered aluminium preforms." Journal of materials processing technology 68, no. 1 (1997): 19-22.

Number of Citations-08                    SCI-Yes                                  Impact Factor-3.147
 

  1. Jha, A. K., and Suneel Kumar, Forging of hollow sintered powder preforms,  International Journal of Materials and Product Technology, Vol. 13, no. 3-6 (1998): 427-446.

Number of Citations-00                    SCI-Yes                                  Impact Factor-0.356
 

  1. Singh, Saranjit, and A. K. Jha. "Analysis of dynamic effects during high-speed forging of sintered preforms." Journal of Materials Processing Technology 112, no. 1 (2001): 53-62.

Number of Citations-18                    SCI-Yes                                  Impact Factor-3.147
 

  1. Singh, Saranjit, A. K. Jha, and S. Kumar. "An Energy Analysis during Forging of Sintered Truncated Conical Preform at High Speed, Tamkang Journal of Science and Engineering -Presently named as Journal of Applied Science and Engineering, Vol. 7, no. 4 (2004): 227г236.

Number of Citations-04                    Scopus – Yes              CiteScore-0.49, SJR-0.161,

  1. Singh, Saranjit, A. K. Jha, and S. Kumar. "Analysis of Rotary Forging of Sintered Preforms Part Ⅰ: Indentation Phase, Tamkang Journal of Science and Engineering -Presently named as Journal of Applied Science and Engineering, Vol 9, no. 4 (2006): 313-324.

Number of Citations-01        Scopus – Yes              CiteScore-0.49, SJR-0.161
 

  1. Singh, S., A. K. Jha, and S. Kumar. Dynamic effects during sinter forging of axi-symmetric hollow disc preforms, International Journal of Machine Tools and Manufacture 47, no. 7-8 (2007): 1101-1113.

Number of Citations-08                    SCI-Yes                                  Impact Factor-3.995
 

  1. Singh, S., A. K. Jha, and S. Kumar, Upper bound analysis and experimental investigations of dynamic effects during sinter-forging of irregular polygonal preforms, Journal of Materials Processing Technology 194, no. 1-3 (2007): 134-144.

Number of Citations-07                    SCI-Yes                                  Impact Factor-3.147
 

  1. Investigations into the Parameters Influencing the Dynamic Performance of 3-RRR Planar & Articulated Robot Manipulators, Tamkang Journal of Science and Engineering -Presently named as Journal of Applied Science and Engineering  14, no. 4 (2011): 313-322.

Number of Citations-05                    Scopus –Yes               CiteScore-0.49, SJR-0.161
 

  1. Al-Dois, Hatem, A. K. Jha, and R. B. Mishra. "Task-based design optimization of serial robot manipulators." Engineering Optimization 45, no. 6 (2013): 647-658.

Number of Citations-12                    SCI-Yes                                  Impact Factor-1.728
 

  1. Al-Dois, H. A., A. K. Jha, and R. B. Mishra. "Dynamic Manipulability of 3-RRR Planar Manipulator." Journal of The Institution of Engineers (India): Series C 93, no. 3 (2012): 257-267.

Number of Citations-14                    Scopus-Yes                             Impact Factor-
 

  1. Al-Dois, Hatem, A. K. Jha, and R. B. Mishra. "Application of Industrial Robots for Producing Cores in a Foundry: Task Time Optimization." Journal of Applied Science and Engineering 16, no. 2 (2013): 177-186.

Number of Citations-00                    Scopus –Yes               CiteScore-0.49, SJR-0.161
 

  1. Gupta, Pallav, Devendra Kumar, O. M. Parkash, and A. K. Jha. "Structural and mechanical behaviour of 5% Al 2 O 3-reinforced Fe metal matrix composites (MMCs) produced by powder metallurgy (P/M) route." Bulletin of Materials Science36, no. 5 (2013): 859-868.

Number of Citations-26                    SCIE-Yes                               Impact Factor-0.899
 

  1. Gupta, Pallav, Devendra Kumar, Om Parkash, and A. K. Jha. "Effect of sintering on wear characteristics of Fe-Al2O3 metal matrix composites." Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part J: Journal of Engineering Tribology 228, no. 3 (2014): 362-368.

Number of Citations-14                    SCIE-Yes                               Impact Factor-1.320
 

  1. Gupta, Pallav, Devendra Kumar, Om Parkash, and A. K. Jha. "Sintering and hardness behavior of Fe-Al2O3 metal matrix nanocomposites prepared by powder metallurgy." Journal of Composites 2014 (2014).

Number of Citations-08                    SCI/Scopus-No                      Impact Factor-00
 

  1. Kumar, Undeti Jacob Prasanna, Pallav Gupta, Arun Kant Jha, and Devendra Kumar. "Closed die deformation behavior of cylindrical iron–alumina metal matrix composites during cold sinter forging." Journal of The Institution of Engineers (India): Series D 97, no. 2 (2016): 135-151.

Number of Citations-05                    SCIE/Scopus-No
 

  1. Gupta, Pallav, Devendra Kumar, A. K. Jha, and Om Parkash. "Effect of height to diameter (h/d) ratio on the deformation behaviour of Fe–Al2O3 metal matrix nanocomposites." Bulletin of Materials Science 39, no. 5 (2016): 1245-1258.

Number of Citations-14                    SCIE-Yes                               Impact Factor-0.899
 

  1. Rao, L. Sankara, A. K. Jha, and S. N. Ojha. "Solidification of Liquid Distributed in its Primary Matrix Phase of Al-10Cu-Fe Alloy and Their Tribological Characteristics." Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance 26, no. 2 (2017): 601-610.

Number of Citations-03                    SCIE-Yes                               Impact Factor-1.331
 

  1. Rao, L. Sankara, A. K. Jha, and S. N. Ojha. "Tribology and surface topography of Al–10Cu–Fe alloy produced by rheocasting process." Materials Research Express 4, no. 9 (2017): 096505.

Number of Citations-00                    SCIE-Yes                               Impact Factor-1.068
 

  1. Rao, L. Sankara, A. K. Jha, and S. N. Ojha. "Microstructure and Tribological Characteristics of Strain-Induced Melt Activation (SIMA)-Processed Al–10Cu–Fe alloy." International Journal of Metalcasting (2017): 1-20.

Number of Citations-00                    SCIE-Yes                               Impact Factor-0.392
 

  1. Sharma, Ankit, A. K. Jha, and Arpan Halder. "Layout optimization of a robotic cell for foundry application by CAD based point cloud modeling–a case study." Industrial Robot: An International Journal 44, no. 6 (2017): 788-797.

Number of Citations-00                    SCI-Yes                                  Impact Factor-0.863
 

  1. Ankit Sharma and A.K. Jha, “Layout design optimization with point cloud object modeling for multi-robot industrial working cell” Int. J. Industrial and Systems Engineering. 2017. (Accepted)

Number of Citations-00                    Scopus-Yes                                         SJR-0.32
 

  1. Rao, L. Sankara, K. Raju, A. K. Jha, and S. N. Ojha. "Microstructural and Tribological Characteristics of Al–10Cu–Fe alloy Produced by Vertical Centrifugal Casting process." Transactions of the Indian Institute of Metals, 2018, 1-12.

Number of Citations-00                    SCIE-Yes                               Impact Factor-0.533
 

  1. Khemraj, Jha, A.K. and Ojha, S.N. ‘Microstructural features induced during compression of Al-18Si-2.5Cu-0.6Fe alloy at elevated temperature’, Int. J. Microstructure and Materials Properties, 2018, (Accepted)

Number of Citations-00                    Scopus-Yes                                         SJR-0.15
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

  1. Major awards, Fellowships of academies or Professional Societies
  • The Institution of Engineers (I) awarded the Certificate of Merit for 1995-96 to G. Sutradhar, A.K.Jha and S.Kumar for the paper entitled, “Cold Forging of Sintered Polygonal Discs”, Published in the Journal of the Institution (Ref.: MC Vol.76. Nov.1995, pp 148-152.)
  • The Institution of Engineers (I) Production Engineering Division awarded the Gold Medal for 2003 toA.K.Jha, Saranjeet Singh and S.Kumar for the paper entitled, “A Computer Simulation Technique to Estimate Die Load and Energy during Sinter-Forging Process” Published in the Journal of the Institution of Engineers (Ref.: PR Vol.83.September 2002, pp 27-33.)
  • ‘Achievemnt Award’ fromProduction Engineering Division IE (I). Awarded in 21st National Convention of Production Engineers held at BIT, MesraRanchi during 9-10 December 2006.

 

  • Life Member of Institution of Engineers (I).
  • Life Member of Tribological Society of India (TSI).
  • Life Member of Powder Metallurgy Association of India (PMAI).
  • Life Member of The Indian Society for Technical Education. Membership.
  1. Number of Ph.D. students guided (Both completed, ongoing)

 

Total: 06 Completed

  1. Topic:“Development of Forged Components using Sintered Preforms”

Name of the Candidate:Dr. GautamSutradhar, NIFFT, Hatia, Ranchi.
Internal Guide:Dr. Surender Kumar&External Guide: Dr. A.K.JhaYear:1995.

  1. Topic:“Mechanical Procesing of Sintered Preforms inder different Tribological Conditions”

Name of the Candidate:Dr. Mayank Agarwal, L&T,Mumbai.
Internal Guide:Dr. S.K.Mukherji&External Guide: Dr. A.K.JhaYear:2006.
 

  1. Topic:“Investigations into Dynamic Effects during Mechanical Processing of Sintered Materials”

 
Name of the Candidate:Dr. Saranjit Singh, BIT, Mesra, Ranchi.
Internal Guide:Dr. Surender Kumar&External Guide: Dr. A.K.JhaYear:2007.
 

  1. Topic:“Dynamic Analysis of Multi Degrees of Freedom Robot Manipulators for Optimal Performance”

 
Name of the Candidate:Dr. HatemAbdo Ali AL-Dois, Deptt of MechEngg. IIT (BHU)
Internal Guide:Dr. A.K.Jha&External Guide: Dr. R.B.MishraYear:2012.
 

  1. Topic:“Vision Based Control & Path Planning of a Mobile Robot’’

 
Name of the Candidate:Dr. AkashDuttDubey, Deptt of Computer Engg, IIT (BHU)
Internal Guide:Dr. R.B.Mishra&External Guide: Dr. A.K.JhaYear:2012.

  •  
  1. Topic:“Structural, Mechanical & Electro-chemical Studies of Iron-Alumna Metal Matrix Nano Composites”

 
Name of the Candidate:Dr. Pallav Gupta, Deptt of Ceramic Engg. IIT (BHU)
Internal Guide:Dr.Devendra Kumarand Dr. Om PrakashExternal Guide: Dr. A.K.JhaYear:2015.

Total: 03 Ongoing

 Mr. L.S.Rao (2012): Semi solid processing of aluminium alloys. (Supervisor- Prof S.N.Ojha& Co-supervisor Prof A.K.Jha ) Submitted Thesis: March 2018.

 

  1. Teaching (during Professorship)
    1. Courses Taught (Course Number, Title, Level, Class Strength- Semester wise)
  •  
 Course Number Title
  •  
 Class Strength
  1.  
  1.  
 Manufacturing Systems
  1.  
  1.  
  1.  
 ME 4212 (even) Robotics
  1.  
  1.  
  1.  
 ME 3101 (odd) Manufacturing Engg III
  1.  
 70+ (elective)
  1.  
 ME 623 (odd) Automation in Manufacturing
  1.  
  1.  
  1.  
 ME 431 (even) Flexible Manufacturing Systems
  1.  
 20+ (elective)
  1. New courses designed or curricula prepared

Curricula revised for subjects related with Production Engineering Specialization: ME 4103 Manufacturing Systems & ME 4212 Robotics.

  1. Teaching Laboratories Developed: Nil
  2. Major Achievement: Mainly focused in UG level class room teaching.
  3. - Manufacturing Systems & Robotics.
  1. Research
    1. Selected Research Publications with impact factors (The publications including books as a professor with their number of citations & Journal’s Impact Factor, etc.)

(Kindly Refer to Appendix I)

  1. Research Project Undertaken: 02

The following externally funded research projects were undertaken to develop Flexible Manufacturing Systems (FMS); the course which I was teaching in UG & PG level.

  1. Title of the Project: “Infrastructure Development of Flexible Manufacturing System” Funding Agency: MHRD (Govt. of India) 1992-93. Amount Sanctioned: Rs. 10.00 lakhs
  2. Title of the Project: “Development of Flexible Manufacturing System” Funding Agency: AICTE (Govt. of India) 1995-97. Amount Sanctioned: Rs. 6.00 lakhs

Invited Talks & Papers Presented (Since you became Professor):  BIT-Mesra, Ranchi, NIT-Jamshedpur, NIT-Tiruchirappalli, GLA-Mathura & IFTM-Moradabad.

  1. Research Project Undertaken: 02

The following externally funded research projects were undertaken to develop Flexible Manufacturing Systems (FMS); the course which I was teaching in UG & PG level.

  1. Title of the Project: “Infrastructure Development of Flexible Manufacturing System” Funding Agency: MHRD (Govt. of India) 1992-93. Amount Sanctioned: Rs. 10.00 lakhs
  2. Title of the Project: “Development of Flexible Manufacturing System” Funding Agency: AICTE (Govt. of India) 1995-97. Amount Sanctioned: Rs. 6.00 lakhs
  1. Biographical Information
    1. Name: ARUN KANT JHA
    2. Department: Mechanical Engineering
    3. Education: Ph. D (Mechanical Engineering)
    4. Experience (as a Professor): More than 17½years (Since September 2000)
    5. Short Visits (Since you became Professor): BIT-Mesra, Ranchi, ISM-Dhanbad, NIT-Jamshedpur, BIT-Sindri, NIT-Tiruchirappalli, UP Public Service Commission- Allahabad, MNNIT-Allahabad, GLA-Mathura, IFTM-Moradabad &Dayalbagh Engineering College-Agra.