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COMMUNICATION ADDRESS

Associate Professor

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Indian Institute of Technology Bombay

Mumbai, Powai -400076

Phone: +91-22 2576 7507, 9930950219

Email: rsingh@iitb.ac.in

EDUCATION

Doctor of Philosophy in Mechanical Engineering 2007

Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia

Major: Manufacturing

Minor: Materials

Advisor: Dr. Shreyes Melkote

Ph.D. Dissertation Title: Laser Assisted Mechanical Micromachining of Hard-to-Machine Materials

Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering August 2002

Graduate Certificate in Manufacturing Engineering August 2002

Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts

Major: Manufacturing

Minor: Materials

Advisors: Dr. Anil Saigal and Dr. Robert Greif

M.S. Thesis Title: Impact Modeling of Composite Polymeric Enclosures

Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering May 1997

Birla Institute of Technology, Ranchi, India

Major: Mechanical Engineering

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

Associate Professor From September 2014

Indian Institute of Technology Bombay

Assistant Professor 2008 -2014

Indian Institute of Technology Bombay

Flexible Reconfigurable Fiber Laser-Assisted Manufacturing at Microscale (PI, Funded by DST- INR

4 million) Fiber Laser-Assisted Mechanical Micromachining

Fiber Laser Surface Hardening

Fiber Laser Surface Cladding

Micro/Nano Technology Development: Nano-polishing of Semi-spherical Single Crystals and Arrayed

Microstructure Fabrication by Excimer Laser LIGA (Co-PI, Funded by BARC-INR 6.6 million) Hydrodynamic Naonopolishing

Excimer Laser LIGA

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Novel Process Variants of Micro-EDM (Co-PI, Funded by DST-INR 3.5 million) Reverse micro-EDM

Dry micro-EDM

Engineered Surfaces for Desired Functional Response (Co-PI, Funded by ISRO-INR 2.6 million; PI,

CSIR – INR 2.0 million) Creation of Hydrophobic Surfaces

Engineered Surfaces on Pyrolytic Carbon (CSIR)

Funded Research Facility Micromachining and Micrometrology Facilities (PI, funded by RIFC, IITB and NCAIR, INR 18.8

million)

Surface Characterization Facility ( funded by COEST, INR 7 million)

Graduate Research Assistant 2003-2007

George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta,

Georgia

Micro/meso Scale Laser-Assisted Machining of Hardened Steels and Bio-ceramics

Funded by The Timken Company and National Science Foundation (NSF)

Developed a novel hybrid laser assisted mechanical micromachining process and machine

Functional Characterization of Precision Finished Surfaces

Funded by The Timken Company

Correlated 3-D surface parameters with various precision finishing processes used by Timken

Graduate Assistant 2000-2002

Mechanical Engineering Department, Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts

Impact Modeling of Composite Polymeric Enclosures

Funded by Lucent Technologies

Characterized the impact response of recycled core polymeric composites

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Associate Professor From September 2014

Indian Institute of Technology Bombay

Student Guidance

Masters (M. Tech + DD) –5 in progress

PhD– 7 students in IIT Bombay and 1 with HBNI in progress

Assistant Professor March 2008

Indian Institute of Technology Bombay

Manufacturing Processes II, ME 338

Advanced Manufacturing Process, ME 649

Laser Material Processing, ME 677 (Designed and developed this course)

Setup workshop at IIT Gandhinagar

Student Guidance

Masters (M. Tech + DD) – 51 graduated

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PhD– 4 graduated + 1 submitted

Instructor August 2007- December 2007

George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta,

Georgia

Manufacturing Processes and Engineering, ME 4210

ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE

Member, Department Policy Committee of Mechanical Engineering From 2011-2014

Formulate the academic, financial, and organizational policies

Decide on faculty and staff hiring

Chairman (Sports) at IIT Bombay July 2012-Jan 2015 Budget allocation and administration of the sports activities at IIT Bombay

Coordinate hiring of coaches and support staff for sports activities

INDUSTRIAL EXPERIENCE

Project Engineer March 1999-July 2000

Engineers India Ltd., New Delhi, India

Technical supervision of project execution for petrochemical projects at different sites in India

Handled planning, scheduling and billing

Rotating Equipment Engineer July 1997-March 1999

Engineers India Ltd., New Delhi, India

Application engineering for pumps, compressors and gas turbines in the field of petrochemical, oil

refineries, power plants and metallurgical operations

Coordination with other engineering departments such as Process, Piping and Structures

Erection of new units, alignment and commissioning at various installation sites

CONSULTING EXPERIENCE

Bond Safety Belts, Mumbai, India (INR 0.7 million)

Design for manufacture of ELR mechanism

Pest Control India, Mumbai, India (INR 1.2 million)

Design of 1500 cuft sterilizer

Navaratna Industries, Nagpur, India (INR 0.8 million)

Design of fall arrester

Ordnance Factory, Ambernath, India (INR 3.0 million)

Design of fall arrester

PUBLICATIONS

Book

Singh, R., and Srivastava, A., “Engineering Applications of Lasers,” Manuscript under preparation

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to be published by CRC press

Book Chapters

Paul S., Singh R., Yan W., “Finite element simulation of laser cladding for tool steel repair”, Lasers

based Manufacturing, Springer 2015

Jacob, J., Shanmugavelu, P., Balasubramaniam, R., Singh, R., “Excimer Laser Micromachining and

its Applications” Lasers based Manufacturing, Springer 2015

Singh, R. and V. Bajpai, “Coolant and Lubrication in Machining,” Handbook of Manufacturing

Engineering and Technology, edited by Andrew Yeh-Ching Nee, Springer 2013

Singh, R., and Melkote, S. N., “Laser Assisted Mechanical Micromachining,” Smart Devices and

Machines for Advanced Manufacturing, co-edited by Dr. Lihui Wang and Dr. Jeff Xi, Springer-

Verlag, London, 2008

Keynote Paper

Hashimoto, F., Melkote, S. N., Singh, R., and Kalil, R. C., “Effect of Finishing Methods on Surface

Characteristics and Performance of Precision Components in Rolling/Sliding Contact, 10th CIRP

International Workshop on Modeling of Machining Operations, Reggio Calabria, Italy, August,

2007

Journal Papers

1. Parle, D., Singh, R., and Joshi S. S., “Contribution of Specific Work of Fracture to Size Effect in

Micro-cutting,” submitted to Machining Science and Technology

2. Kumar, G., Kanjarla, A. K., Singh, Lodh, A., Singh. J., Singh, R., Srivastava, D., Dey, G. K.,

Saibaba, N., Doherty, R, and Samajdar, I., “Burst Ductility of Zirconium Clads: The Defining Role

of Residual Stress” submitted to Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A

3. Singh, K., Kartik, V. and Singh, R, “Chatter Stability Prediction in High Speed Micromilling of

Ti6Al4V via Finite Element Based Micro End Mill Dynamics,” submitted to Journal of Advanced

Manufacturing Technology

4. Soni, G., Singh, R., Mitra, M., Falzon, B. G and Yan, W., “Modeling multiple damage mechanisms

via a multi-fiber multi-layer representative volume element (M2RVE)” submitted to Computational

Materials Science

5. Bajpai, V., Prasad, B., and Singh, R., “Creation and Functional Characterization of Engineered

Features on Pyrolytic Carbon Surface,” submitted to Advances in Manufacturing

6. Bajpai, V. and Singh, R., “Effect of Thermal and Material Anisotropy of Pyrolytic Carbon in

Vibration-Assisted Micro-EDM Process,” revision submitted Materials and Manufacturing

Processes

7. Shinde, H., Mahajan, P., Singh, R. and Narasimhan, K. "Finite Element Modeling of Staggered

Backward Flow Forming and Process Optimization via Design of Computer Experiments" under

revision International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology

8. Parle, D., Singh, R., and Joshi S. S., “Fracture Energy Evaluation using J-integral in Orthogonal

Micro-cutting,” accepted to ASME Journal of Micro Nano Engineering

9. Samanta, A., Teli, M. and Singh, R., “Process Characterization and Modeling of Residual Stresses

in Laser assisted mechanical micromachining (LAMM) of Inconel 625” accepted to Proceedings of

Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part B: Journal of Engineering Manufacture

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10. Kumar, G., Singh, R., Singh, J., Srivastava, D., Dey, G. K. and Samajdar, I., “Defining the Stages

of Annealing in a Moderately Deformed Commercial Zirconium Alloy,” accepted to Journal of

Nuclear Materials

11. Jelia, P. R., Agrawal, A., Singh, R., Joshi, S. S., “Pressure Drop Characteristics over a Textured

Surface,” to appear in CIRP Journal of Manufacturing Science and Technology

12. Gupta N., Ahirrao S., Paul, S. and Singh, R., “Micro-scale Fiber Laser Hardening Process Modeling

and Optimization via Statistical Approximation of the Engineering Models,” accepted to

International Journal of Precision Engineering and Manufacturing Vol. 16, No. 11, pp. 2281-2287

13. Kattire P., Paul S., Singh R., Yan, Wenyi, Singh R. K., “Experimental characterization of laser

cladding of CPM 9V on H13 tool steel for die repair applications” Journal of Manufacturing

Processes, doi:10.1016/j.jmapro.2015.06.018

14. Singh, K., Kartik, V. and Singh, R, “Modeling Dynamic Stability in High-speed Micromilling of

Ti-6Al-4V via Velocity and Chip Load Dependent Cutting Coefficients” International Journal of

Machine Tools and Manufacture, Volume 96, September 2015, Pages 56–66

15. Paul, S., Gupta, I. and Singh, R., "Characterization and Modeling of micro-scale pre-placed powder

cladding via fiber laser," ASME Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering, 137 (3) (2015),

031019-031032.

16. Mastud, S., Kothari, N., Singh, R., and Joshi, S. S., “Modeling Debris Motion in Vibration Assisted

Reverse Micro Electrical Discharge Machining Process (R-MEDM),” IEEE Journal

Microelectromechanical Systems , 24(3) (2015), pp. 661 - 676

17. Soni, G., Gupta, S., Singh, R., Mitra, M., Falzon, B. G and Yan, W., "Study of Localized Damage

in Composite Laminates using Micro-Macro Method," Composite Structures, 113 (2014) 1–11

18. Parle, D., Singh, R., and Joshi S. S., “Modeling of Microcrack Formation in Orthogonal

Machining" International Journal of Machine Tools & Manufacture 80-81 (2014) 18–29

19. Soni, G., Singh, R., Mitra, M., and Falzon, B. G., “Modelling Matrix Damage and Fibre-matrix

Interfacial Decohesion in Composite Laminates via a Multi-fibre Multi-layer Representative

Volume Element (M2RVE),” in International Journal of Solids and Structures, 51 (2) (2014), pp.

449–461

20. Bajpai, V and Singh, R., “Finite Element Modeling of Orthogonal Micromachining of Anisotropic

Pyrolytic Carbon via Damaged Plasticity” Precision Engineering, 38 (2014) 300–310

21. Kumar, P., More, S., Singh. R., Joshi, S. S., "Experimental Characterization of Plane and

Conformal Hydrodynamic Polishing of Machined Single Crystal Sapphire," Manufacturing Letters,

1( 2–4), 2013, pp. 70–73

22. Dongre, G., Cyrus, V., Singh, R., and Joshi, S. S., “Parametric study of silicon ingot slicing by

wire-EDM process, accepted for publication Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part B: Journal of

Engineering Manufacture, 227(11), (2013) pp. 1664–1678

23. Soni, G., Singh, R., and Mitra, M., “Buckling Behavior of Composite Laminates (with and without

cutouts) Subjected to Non-uniform Loading,” accepted for publication in International Journal of

Structural Stability and Dynamics, 13 (8) (2013), pp. 1350044-1 - 1350044-20

24. Ba, S., Jain, N., Joseph, V. R., Singh, R., “Integrating Analytical Models with Finite Element

Models: An Application in Micromachining,” Journal of Quality Technology (JQT), 45 (2) (2013)

25. Mastud, S., Singh, R., and Joshi, S. S., “Analysis of Fabrication of Arrayed Micro-rods on Tungsten

Carbide using Reverse Micro EDM,” International Journal of Manufacturing Technology and

Management, 26 (1-4) (2012), pp. 176-195

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26. Bajpai, V and Singh, R., “Brittle Damage and Interlaminar Decohesion in Orthogonal

Micromachining of Pyrolytic Carbon,” International Journal of Machine Tools and Manufacture, 64

(2013), pp. 20-30

27. Singh, G., Teli, M., Samanta, A., and Singh, R., “Finite Element Modeling of Laser Assisted

Machining of AISI D2 Tool Steel ,” Materials and Manufacturing Processes 28(4) (2013), 443-448

28. Dongre, G., Singh, R., and Joshi, S. S., “Response Surface Analysis of Silicon Ingot Slicing with

Focus on Photovoltaic Applications,” Journal of Machining Science and Technology, 16 (4) (2012),

pp. 624-652

29. Mastud, S., Garg, M., Singh, R., and Joshi, S. S. " Recent Developments in the Reverse Micro

Electrical Discharge Machining in the Fabrication of Arrayed Micro Features," Proceedings of the

Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part C, Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science, 226 (2)

(2012), pp. 367-384

30. Joshi, M., More, S., Singh, R., and Joshi, S. S., Balasubramaniam, R., and Suri, V. K.,

“Experimental Characterization of Hydrodynamic Polishing of flat steel plates,” Precision

Engineering, 36 (3) (2012), pp. 424-434

31. Mittal, R., Singh, R., and Joshi, S. S., “Elastohydrodynamic Lubrication Modeling of

Hydrodynamic Nanopolishing Process,” ASME Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering,

134 (4) (2012)

32. Bhandari, R., Patil, S., and Singh, R., “Surface Predication and Control Algorithms for Anti-lock

Brake System,” Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies 21 (1) (2012), 181-195

33. Dhamija, L., Anilkumar, G., Guha, A., Singh, R., “Kinematic Analysis and Design Optimization

of a Surgical Rod Cutter for Shearing of Ti6Al4V Rods,” International Journal of Materials and

Product Technology, 43 (1-4) (2012), pp. 22-42

34. Mall, A., Singh, R., Agrawal, A. and Joshi, S. S., “Numerical characterization of laminar bulk flow

over textured surfaces,” J. Micro/Nanolith. MEMS MOEMS 10, 023008 (2011)

35. Bajpai, V., and Singh, R., “Orthogonal Micro-grooving of Anisotropic Pyrolytic Carbon,”

Materials and Manufacturing Processes, 26:12(2011), pp. 1481-1493

36. Ravi, L., Bajpai, V., Singh, R., and Joshi S. S., “Characterization and Modeling of Burr formation

in Micro-End Milling,” Precision Engineering, 35 (4) (2011), pp. 625-637

37. Bajpai, V., Salhotra, G., and Singh, R., “Micromachining Characterization of Anisotropic Pyrolytic

Carbon,” Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part B: Journal of Engineering

Manufacture, 225:9 (2011) pp. 1591-1605

38. Garg, M., Agrawal, A., Singh, R. and Joshi, S. S., “Microscopic Textured Surfaces for Micro-

fluidic Applications,” International Journal of Automation Technology, 5:1 (2011), pp. 30-37

39. Singh, R., Joseph, V. R., and Melkote, S. N, “Optimization of the process variables in a Laser-

Assisted Mechanical Micromachining (LAMM) Process,” International Journal of Advanced

Manufacturing Technology, 53 (2011), 221–230

40. Mujumdar, S., Mastud, S., Singh, R., and Joshi, S. S., “Experimental Characterization of Reverse

Micro-EDM Process for Fabrication of High Aspect Ratio Micro-rod Arrays,” Proceedings of the

Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part B: Journal of Engineering Manufacture, 224:5 (2010),

777-794

41. Hashimoto, F., Melkote, S. N., Singh, R., and Kalil, R. C., “Effect of Finishing Methods on Surface

Characteristics and Performance of Precision Components in Rolling/Sliding Contact, International

Journal of Machining and Machinablity of Materials, 6:1/2 (2009), 3–15

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42. Singh, R., and Melkote, S. N., “Force Modeling in Laser Assisted Micro-Grooving Including the

Effect of Machine Deflection,” ASME Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering, 131:1

(2009)

43. Singh, R., Alberts, M. J., and Melkote, S. N., “Characterization and Prediction of Heat Affected

Zone in a Laser-Assisted Mechanical Micromachining (LAMM) Process for Hardened Mold Steel,

International Journal of Machine Tools & Manufacture, 48 (2008) 994–1004

44. Singh, R., and Melkote, S. N., “Hybrid Laser-Assisted Mechanical Micromachining (LAMM)

Process for Hard-to-Machine Materials,” Journal of Laser Micro/Nano Engineering, 2:2 (2007)

156-161

45. Singh, R., and Melkote, S. N., “Characterization of a Hybrid Laser-Assisted Mechanical

Micromachining (LAMM) Process for a Difficult-to-Machine Material,” International Journal of

Machine Tools & Manufacture, 47 (2007) 1139–1150

46. Singh, R., Mattoo, A., and Saigal, A., “Optimizing the Design and Impact Behavior of a Polymeric

Enclosure,” Materials and Design, 27:10 (2006) 955-967

47. Singh, R., Melkote, S. N., and Hashimoto, F., “Frictional Response of Precision Finished Surfaces

in Pure Sliding,” Wear 258 (2005) 1500-1509

48. Singh, R., Saigal, A., and Greif, R., “Impact Behavior and Modeling of Recycled Core Composite

Polymeric Enclosures,” Composite Structures 61:4 (2003) 321-332

Peer Reviewed Conference Papers

49. Singh, K., Singh, R. and Kartik, V. “Comparative Study of Chatter Detection Methods for High-

Speed Micromilling of Ti6Al4V,” NAMRC Proceedings of the 43rd SME North American

Manufacturing Research Conference (NAMRC), June 8 - 12, 2015, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA

50. Kattire P., Paul S., Singh R., “Experimental characterization of laser cladding of CPM 9V on H13

tool steel for die repair applications”, Proceedings of the 43rd SME North American Manufacturing

Research Conference (NAMRC), June 8 - 12, 2015, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA.

51. Yadav, S., and Singh, R., “Vibration assisted High Speed Microdilling of Ti6Al4V,” 4M/ICOMM

2015 International Conference on Micromanufacturing, Milan, Italy

52. Mittal, R.K., Singh, K., and Singh, R., “Effect of Lubrication on Dynamic Instability in High-Speed

Micromilling of Ti-6Al-4V,” 4M/ICOMM 2015 International Conference on Micromanufacturing,

Milan, Italy

53. Beeranur, R., Waghmare, K., Singh, R., “Characterization of Vacuum Brazing of SS304 and

Alumina with Active Brazing Alloy, International Conference on Advances in Manufacturing and

Materials Engineering (AMME 2014), Procedia Materials Science 5 ( 2014 ) 969 – 977

54. Singh, K., Singh, R. and Kartik, V. , “Dynamic Stability of High Speed Micromilling Based on

Modal Analysis for Determining the Tool-tip Dynamics,” Proceedings of the 5th International and

26th All India Manufacturing Technology, Design and Research Conference (AIMTDR 2014),

December 12-14, 2014, Guwahati, India.

55. Paul S., Singh R., Yan W., “Thermo-mechanical modeling of laser cladding of CPM 9V on H13

tool steel”, Proceedings of the 5th International and 26th All India Manufacturing Technology,

Design and Research Conference (AIMTDR 2014), December 12-14, 2014, Guwahati, India.

56. Tripathi, S., Bhattacharya, A., Singh, R., and Tabor, R. F., “Lubricated Transport of Highly

Viscous Non-Newtonian Fluid as Core-Annular Flow: A CFD Study,” IUTAM Symposium on

Multiphase flows with phase change: challenges and opportunities, Hyderabad, India

57. Paul. S., Ashraf, K., and Singh, R., “Residual Stress Modeling of Powder Injection Laser Surface

Cladding for Die Repair Applications,” ASME MSEC Conference, Detroit, 2014

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58. Mastud, S., Kothari, N., Singh, R., Samuel, J. and Joshi, S. S., “Analysis of Debris Motion in

Vibration Assisted Reverse Micro Electrical Discharge Machining,” ASME MSEC Conference,

Detroit, 2014

59. Singh, K., Kartik, V. and Singh, R, “Modeling of Chatter-induced Instability in High-speed

Micromilling of Ti-6Al-4V,” Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on

MicroManufacturing in NTU Singapore, 2014

60. Mahawar, V., Singh, K. and Singh, R. “Micromachining Characterization of Ultrathin Ni-

membranes,” Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on MicroManufacturing in NTU

Singapore, 2014

61. Gupta, I., Ashraf, K., Paul, S. and Singh, R., “Characterization of micro-scale pre-placed powder

cladding via fiber laser,” International Conference on Precision, Meso, Micro and Nano

Engineering, 2013

62. Bharti, B., Singh, K., Kartik, V. and Singh, R., “Design and development of a versatile high-speed

micromachining system,” International Conference on Precision, Meso, Micro and Nano

Engineering, 2013

63. Gupta, S., Soni, G. and Singh, R., “Micro-Macro Approach for Predicting Localized Stress

Distribution in Composites,” The 19th International Conference on Composite Materials, Montreal,

Canada, 2013

64. Dongre, G., Singh, R., Joshi, S. S., “Modeling of Silicon Ingot Slicing via Wire-EDM, Proceedings

of NAMRI, University of Wisconsin, 2013

65. Bajpai, V., Kushwaha, A. and Singh, R., “Burr Formation and Surface Quality Ii High Speed

Micromilling of Titanium Alloy (Ti6Al4V),” ASME MSEC Conference, University of Wisconsin,

2013

66. Shinde, H., Mahajan, P., Singh, R. and Narasimhan, R., “Three Dimensional Finite Element

Analysis of Staggered Backward Flow Forming Process,” ASME MSEC Conference, University of

Wisconsin, 2013

67. Waghmare, K., Beeranur, R., Singh, R., “Characterization of Vacuum Brazing of Ti6Al4V And

Alumina With Cu-Ag Brazing Alloy via Substrate-Induced Reactive Mechanism, ASME MSEC

Conference, University of Wisconsin, 2013

68. Yadav, S., Bajpai, V., Kashid, M., Singh, R., “Burr Formation Analysis at High Speed Micro

Drilling of Ti6Al4V,” Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on MicroManufacturing,

University of Victoria, Canada, 2013

69. Gupta, S., Soni, G. and Singh, R., “Micro-macro analysis of composite laminates for the prediction

of damage initiation and propagation,” Proceedings of Asian Conference on Mechanics of

Functional Materials and Structures (ACMFMS) 2012, pp. 865-868

70. Choksi, P., Soni, G. and Singh, R., “A FE based modeling for prediction of in-plane shear and

delamination in composite laminates,” Proceedings of Asian Conference on Mechanics of

Functional Materials and Structures (ACMFMS) 2012, pp. 869-672

71. Mastud, S., Singh, R., Joshi, S. S. and Samuel, J. (2011)“Analysis of Vibration Assisted Reverse

Micro Electrical Discharge Machining (EDM) for Surface Texturing” Proceedings of the ASME

2012 International Manufacturing Science & Engineering Conference, University of Notre Dame,

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72. Soni, G., Mitra, M., Singh, R., and Falzon, B. (2012), “A multi-fibre multi-layer representative

volume element (M2RVE) for prediction of matrix and interfacial damage in composite laminates”,

ECCM 15 Venice, Italy. June 24-28, 2012.

73. Samanta, A., Teli, M. and Singh, R., (2012), “Surface Integrity in Laser Assisted Mechanical

Micro-Machining of (LAMM) of Inconel 625”, Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on

MicroManufacturing, Evanston Ill, USA. March 12-14, 2012, pp 47-54.

74. Bajpai, V., and Singh, R., (2012) “Finite Element Modeling of Orthogonal Micromachining of

Anisotropic Pyrolytic Carbon via Damaged Plasticity", Proceedings of the 7th International

Conference on MicroManufacturing, Evanston Ill, USA. March 12-14, 2012, pp 478-484.

75. Piyush, A., Bajpai, V. and Singh, R., (2012) “Experimental study of micro-scale fiber laser based

surface modification by texturing for biocompatibility", Proceedings of the 7th International

Conference on MicroManufacturing, Evanston Ill, USA. March 12-14, 2012 pp 60-65.

76. Gupta, N., Bajpai, V. and Singh, R., (2012) “Characterization of Micro-EDM Process for Pyrolytic

Carbon", Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on MicroManufacturing, Evanston Ill,

USA. March 12-14, 2012, pp 204-207.

77. Dongre, G., Cyrus, V., Singh, R., and Joshi, S. S., Modelling of erosion rate in wire-EDM

process, 7th International Conference on precision, meso, micro and nano engineering(COPEN),

December 10-11, 2011, College of Engineering, Pune

78. Dongre, G., Singh, R. K. and Joshi, S. S., (2011) “Parametric analysis of silicon ingot slicing by

wire-EDM using response surface methodology (RSM)”, 37th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists

Conference, June 19-24, 2011 at the Washington State Convention Center, Seattle, Washington.

79. Salhotra, G., Bajpai, V. and Singh, R., (2011), “Finite element modeling of orthogonal cutting of

pyrolytic carbon”, Proceedings of the ASME 2011 international manufacturing science &

engineering conference, Corvallis, Oregon, USA, June 13-17, 2011.

80. Mastud, S., Singh, R., Joshi, S. S. and Samuel, J. (2011)“Comparative analysis of the process

mechanics in micro-electrical discharge machining (EDM) and reverse micro-EDM” Proceedings of

the ASME 2011 international manufacturing science & engineering conference, Corvallis, Oregon,

USA, June 13-17, 2011.

81. Soni, G., Mitra, M., Singh, R., and Falzon, B. (2011) “Effect of non-uniform loading on the

buckling and post buckling response of composite laminates with cutouts”, ICC-CFT, IISc

Banglore, January 4-7, 2011

82. Mastud, S., Singh, R., and Joshi, S.S., (2010) "Analysis of fabrication of arrayed micro-rods on

tungsten carbide using reverse micro-EDM", Proceedings of the 7th International Workshop on

Micro-factories (IWMF 2010), Daejeon, Korea, pp.75-81.

83. Wagh, Y., Chukewad, Y., Gupta, N. and Singh, R., (2010) “Experimental Investigation of Micro-

scale Fiber Laser Based Surface Hardening,” Proceedings of 6th ICOMM conference, April 2011,

Tokyo Denkei University, Tokyo

84. Bajpai, V., Salhotra, G. and Singh, R. K., (2010), “Orthogonal micro-grooving of anisotropic

pyrolytic carbon”, Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on MicroManufacturing,

Madison, Wisconsin, USA. April 5-8, pp. 511-516.

85. Mittal, R., Singh, R., and Joshi, S. S., (2010) “Modeling of Soft-tool Hydrodynamic Nanopolishing

Process,” accepted for publication in Proceedings of Joint 4M/ICOMM conference, April 2010,

University of Wisconsin, Madison

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86. Dongre, G., Cyrus, V., Singh, R. K., and Joshi, S. S. , (2010) “Efficient dicing of silicon ingots for

photovoltaic applications”, 35th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, Honolulu, Hawaii, June

20-25, 2010.

87. Mittal R., Kumar P., Singh R. K. and Joshi S. S. “Characterization and modeling of hydrodynamic

nanopolishing process”, International Forum on Micro Manufacturing, Gifu, Japan, October 20-23

2010

88. Patil, O., Raut, P., Singh, R., and Joshi, S. S., “A Finite Element based Model for Micro-Hot

Embossing of Polymers,” Proceedings of International Conference on Precision, Meso, Micro and

Nano Engineering , Trivandrum, India, December 2009

89. Mastud, S., Singh, R., Joshi, S. S., “Investigation of reverse micro-EDM process for generating

high aspect ratio micro-electrode arrays,” Proceedings of Joint 4M/ICOMM conference, September

2009, Karlsruhe, Germany

90. Joshi, M., Singh, R., Joshi, S. S., Balasubramaniam, R., and Suri, V. K., “Preliminary Investigation

of Hydrodynamic Nanopolishing of Flat Steel Plates,” Proceedings of Joint 4M/ICOMM

conference, September 2009, Karlsruhe, Germany

91. Kumar, M., Singh, R., and Melkote, S. N, “A Preliminary Investigation of the Laser Assisted

Mechanical Micro Milling Process,” AIMTDR, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai,

December, 2008

92. Singh, R., Joseph, V. R., and Melkote, S. N, “Selection of Optimal Process Parameters in Laser-

Assisted Mechanical Micromachining (LAMM) via Engineering-Statistical Approach,” AIMTDR,

Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, December, 2008

93. Singh, R., Joseph, V. R., and Melkote, S. N, “Optimization of a Laser-Assisted Micro-Grooving

Process Using an Engineering-Statistical Modeling Approach,” submitted to 3rd

International

Conference on Micromanufacturing, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, September, 2008

94. Singh, R., and Melkote, S. N., “Laser Assisted Mechanical Micromachining,” Proceedings of

International Conference on Precision, Meso, Micro and Nano Engineering , Trivandrum, India,

December 2007

95. Singh, R., and Melkote, S. N., “Force Modeling for Laser Assisted Micro-Grooving,” Proceedings

of the 2007 International Manufacturing Science And Engineering Conference, Atlanta, October,

2007

96. Singh, R., and Melkote, S. N., “Force Modeling in Laser-Assisted Mechanical Micromachining

(LAMM) Process for Hardened Mold Steel,” 2nd

International Conference on Micromanufacturing,

Clemson University, Greenville, September, 2007

97. Singh, R., Alberts, M. J., and Melkote, S. N., “Characterization of Heat Affected Zone in a Laser-

Assisted Mechanical Micromachining (LAMM) Process for Difficult-to-Machine Materials,”

Proceedings of 1st International Conference on Micromanufacturing, University of Illinois, Urbana-

Champaign, September, 2006

98. Singh, R., and Melkote, S. N., “Hybrid Laser-Assisted Mechanical Micromachining (LAMM)

Process for Hard-to-Machine Materials,” Proceedings of 4th International Congress on Laser

Advanced Materials Processing, LAMP 2006, Kyoto, Japan, May 2006

99. Singh, R., and Melkote, S. N., “Experimental Characterization of Laser-Assisted Mechanical

Micromachining (LAMM) Process,” Proceedings of IMECE’05: 2005 ASME International

Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, IMECE2005-81350, Orlando, FL, USA, , MED,

v 16-2, 2005, 957-964

100. Singh, R., and Melkote, S. N., “Preliminary Investigation of Laser Assisted Mechanical

Micromachining,” Proceedings of 2nd

JSME/ ASME International Conference on Materials and

Processing, Seattle, WA, USA , June 2005

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101. Singh, R., Kalil, R. C., Melkote, S. N., and Hashimoto, F., “Correlation of 3-D Precision

Machined Surface Topography with Frictional Response,” Proceedings of IMECE’04: 2004 ASME

International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, IMECE2004-59534, Anaheim,

California, USA, MED, v 15, 2004, 871-879

102. Singh, R., Saigal, A., and Greif, R., “Recycled ABS Core / ASA Composite Polymeric

Enclosures,” Proceedings of the International Conference of Restoration, Recycling and

Rejuvenation Technology for Engineering and Architecture Application, University of Bologna,

Cesena, Italy, June 2004, 312-322

103. Singh, R., Saigal, A., and Greif, R., “Impact Behavior of Recycled Core Sandwich Polymeric

Enclosures,” Proceedings of 6th International Conference on Sandwich Structures, Fort Lauderdale,

FL, April 2003

Technical Presentations/Reports

Singh, R., Melkote, S. N., and Kalil, R.C., “Evaluation of Frictional Characteristics of Precision

Machined Surfaces,” A technical presentation to Advanced Process Technology Group, The Timken

Company, Canton, Ohio, July, 2004

Singh, R., Melkote, S. N., and Kalil, R.C., “Evaluation of Functional Characteristics of Precision

Finished Surfaces,” Technical report submitted to The Timken Company, July 2004

Greif, R., Singh, R., and Saigal, A., “Impact Modeling of Recycled Core Composite Polymeric

Enclosures,” 2004 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition,

Symposium on design and manufacturing of composites, New Orleans, Louisiana, November 2002

PATENTS/INVENTION DISCLOSURE

At IIT Bombay:

Indian patent filed (442/MUM/2011) for “Method and device for generating laser beam of variable

intensity distribution and variable spot size”, R. Singh, Y. Wagh , S. S. Joshi, S. Ahirrao, N. Gupta

Indian patent filed (1319/MUM/2012) for “Surgical Rod Cutter based on Inverse Slider Crank

Mechanism”, A. Guha, R. Singh, L. Dhamija, G. Soni

Indian patent filed (1929/MUM/2012) for “Conformal Hydrodynamic Polishing Process and

Machine”, P. Kumar, R. Singh, S. S. Joshi, R. Balasubramanium ,T. Dewangan, V. K. Suri

Indian patent filed (2103) for “Slicing of ultra-thin wafers using WEDM process” G. Dongre, S. S.

Joshi, R. Singh

At Georgia Tech:

Provisional US patent for “Laser-Assisted Mechanical Micro-milling Process and Machine” (now

lapsed)

HONORS

Laser-assisted mechanical micromachining research covered by Industry Week Magazine in

October 1, 2007 issue

1st Prize at Graduate Research Symposium, Tufts University, Medford, MA (2002)

Nominated as Mechanical Engineering Department Representative to Graduate Student Council at

Tufts University (2001-2002)

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS/ACTIVITIES

Reviewer for:

ASME Journal of Manufacturing Science and Materials and Manufacturing Processes

Proceedings of IMECHE: Journal of Engineering Manufacture

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Applied Mathematical Modeling

Applied Surface Science

Precision Engineering

International Journal of Machine Tools and Manufacture

International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology

Member, Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME)

Member, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)

SERVICE

Volunteered at IIT Bombay KV

Vice-President of ASHA for Education (An action group for children’s education in India) at

Georgia Tech, 2003-2004

Vice–President, Indian Society at Tufts University , 2001-2002

Volunteered as tutor for International Community School, Dekalb County, Georgia, Fall 2005

Volunteer with Habitat for Humanity

Dear Ms. Ji Young Oh,