Mechanical Sciences

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xvii

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2. Birth of Mechanical Engineering and a Glimpse into the Future Trends

   • Amitabha Ghosh

   Pages 1-28

3. The Art and Signs of a Few Good Mechanical Designs in MEMS

   • G. K. Ananthasuresh

   Pages 29-56

4. Nonlinear Dynamics of Resonant Microelectromechanical System (MEMS): A Review

   • G. Chakraborty, Nikul Jani

   Pages 57-81

5. Automated Upgraded Generalized Full-Discretization Method: Application to the Stability Study of a Thin-Walled Milling Process

   • Chigbogu Ozoegwu, Peter Eberhard

   Pages 83-104

6. Space Elevator—A Revolutionary Space Transportation System

   • Arun K. Misra, Stephen Cohen

   Pages 105-120

7. Recent Advances in Free Surface Flows

   • Gautam Biswas, Kirti Chandra Sahu

   Pages 121-144

8. Fluid Dynamics in Deformable Microchannels

   • M. Kiran Raj, Suman Chakraborty

   Pages 145-167

9. Current Status of the Development of Blood-Based Point-of-Care Microdevices

   • Vijai Laxmi, Siddhartha Tripathi, Amit Agrawal

   Pages 169-196

10. Origami MEMS

    • Derosh George, Marc J. Madou

    Pages 197-239

11. Simulations of Machining Processes at Small Spatio-temporal Scales

    • Anish Roy, Qiang Liu, Uday S. Dixit, Vadim V. Silberschmidt

    Pages 241-254

12. Laser-Aided Manufacturing: Atom to Application

    • Jyoti Mazumder

    Pages 255-267

This book consists of review articles by experts on recent developments in mechanical engineering sciences. The book has been composed to commemorate the Silver Jubilee of the Mechanical Engineering Department, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati. It includes articles on modern mechanical sciences subjects of advanced simulation techniques and molecular dynamics, microfluidics and microfluidic devices, energy systems, intelligent fabrication, microscale manufacturing, smart materials, computational techniques, robotics and their allied fields. It presents the upcoming and emerging areas in mechanical sciences which will help in formulation of new courses and updating existing curricula. This book will help the academicians and policy makers in the field of engineering education to chart out the desired path for the development of technical education.

• Mechanical Sciences
• Design and Dynamics
• Fluid Mechanics
• Thermal Science
• Intelligent Fabrication
• Manufacturing at Microscale
• Intelligent and Smart Materials for Mechanical Systems
• Computational Techniques
• Robotics and Autonomous System
• Internet of Things
• Electric Vehicle

• Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Guwahati, India

  Uday S. Dixit, Santosha Kumar Dwivedy

Prof. U. S. Dixit is currently a professor of Mechanical Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati. He has more than two decades' experience in carrying out research in the area of metal forming and machining. Apart from FEM, he uses fuzzy set theory and neural networks in his research. Before taking up a research career, he worked as a machine tool designer in HMT Ltd. Pinjore, India. Prof. Dixit obtained his Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee in 1987. He gained his M.Tech. and Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur in 1993 and 1998, respectively.


Prof. S.K. Dwivedy is currently the Head of Department of Mechanical Engineering at Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati. He completed his B.E. (Mechanical Engineering) from University College of Engineering Burla (Odisha) and M.E. (Mechanical Engineering with specializationin Machine Design and Analysis) from Regional Engineering College Rourkela (now NIT Rourkela). He completed his Ph.D. (Mechanical Engineering) from IIT Kharagpur in 1999. His research interests are in the field of nonlinear vibration, robotics and biomechanics. He has guided 6 Ph.D. students, 45 M.Tech. students and around 40 B.Tech. projects and currently 12 Ph.D. students are working under his guidance. He has published more than 150 articles in international journals, conferences and book chapters.

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