K N Pandey

Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad, Prayagraj, India-211004
E-mail: knpandey[at]mnnit[dot]ac[dot]in
Telephone: 0532 2271511(O)

Other Academic Achievements

Keynote Address/Invited Talks in Conferences & Workshops:

Delivered keynote address on “Application of Thermography in Fatigue and Fracture” at National Conference on “Advances in Mechanical Engineering NCAME 2009” at Moradabad Institute of Technology, Moradabad (U.P.), India from 28.2.2009 to 01.3.2009.

Delivered Expert Lecture on “Fuzzy based Quality Function Deployment” in Staff Development Programme on the topic of “Applications Of Artificial Intelligence Techniques in Engineering Systems” held at Mechanical Engineering Department, MNNIT Allahabad from June 10 - 14, 2013.

Delivered several expert lectures on Design of components/structures against Fatigue in TEQIP-II sponsored Short Term Training Programme on “Structural Integrity” organized by Mechanical Engg. Deptt., MNNIT Allahabad during June 16-20, 2014.

Delivered expert lecture on the topic of “Thermal barrier coatings with top-coat by sol-gel techniques” in the International Conference on “Innovations and Developments in Mechanical Engineering” organized by Department of Mechanical Engineering, KNIT, Sultanpur during March 24-25, 2017.

Delivered expert lecture on the topic of “Fracture and Composite Materials” in TEQIP-III sponsored Short Term Course on “Composite Materials: Overview, characterization and Applications” organized by Department of Mechanical Engineering, MNNIT Allahabad, Prayagraj during July 16-20, 2018.

An expert lecture was delivered on the topic of “Turbine Blade Materials, Manufacture & Life Assessment’ at One week online workshop on “Recent Trends in Mechanical Engineering (RTME) - 2020, Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Institute of Technology Patna, India on 22/07/2020

An expert lecture was delivered on the topic of “Turbine Blade and thermal barrier coatings” at One week online workshop on “Recent Trends in Mechanical Engineering (RTME) - 2020, Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Institute of Technology Patna, India on 23/07/2020.

An expert lecture on the topic of “Turbine blade material-manufacture and life assessment” was delivered on 28-2-2021 at the National Workshop on "Modern Materials and Manufacturing for Product Development" jointly organized by Dr. Ambedkar Institute of Technology Bangalore and the Institute of Engineering & Technology and Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Avadh University Ayodhya from 24th -28th Feb 2021 in Ayodhya India.

Conferences Attended for Presenting Paper:

Attended International Conference on Sustainable Energy Organised by U.P. Technical University, Lucknow ,India from 11.6.2006 to 12.6.2006

Attended National Conference on Recent advances in Design Engineering held at Deptt. of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engg., Manipal Institute of Technology, Manipal, India Feb. 22-24, 2007.

Attended National Conference on “Renewable energy Sources” B.B.S. College of Engineering and Technology, Allahabad, India 19-20,Jan,2008.

Attended National Conference on “Advances in Mechanical Engineering NCAME 2009” at Moradabad Institute of Technology, Moradabad (U.P.), India from 28.2.2009 to 01.3.2009.

18th European Conference on Fracture, held at Dresden, Germany from Aug,30 to Sept 3 2010.

International Conference on Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (ICMAE 2011) held in Bangkok, Thailand during July 29-31, 2011.

National Conference Advances in Mechanical Engineering ET-2012, KNIT, Sultanpur (U.P.); 07.4.2012-08.4.2012

ASME 2013 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition IMECE2013, November 15-21, 2013, San Diego, California, USA

ICE2CSM2E held on 23rd February, 2014 at Pune, India organized by IRAJ Research Forum and in association with Institute of Research and journals (IRAJ)

International Conference on System Engineering (ICSEngg 2014) held at University of Nevada, Las Vegas (USA) from 19-21 August 2014.

International Conference on Mechanical, System and Control Engineering (ICMSC 2017) held at St.Petersburg, Russia from 19.5.2017 to 21.5.2017.

6th International Conference on Product Life Cycle Modelling, Simulation and Synthesis (PLMSS-2017) held at Defence Institute of Advanced Technology (Deemed University), Pune from 11.12.2017 to 15.12.2017

36th Danubia-Adria Symposium on Advances in Experimental Mechanics” held at Pilsen, Czech Republic from 24.9.2019 to 27.9.2019

Attended and presented a research paper at the 7th International Conference on Structural Integrity and Durability, ICSID 2023 held from September 19-22, 2023 in Dubrovnik Croatia

Conferences/ Workshops/Symposium/ Short-term Courses Organized:

Organized Two Days Workshop on the topic of “Mechatronics and its Applications” from 13 to 14 Nov’2005 at K.N.I.T. Sultanpur

Organized two day Workshop on Fatigue and Fracture of Engineering Materials and Structures” from December 17-18, 2014 at MNNIT Allahabad.

Organized a National conference on the topic of “Product Design and Manufacturing” from November 21-22, 2015. Convener Prof. K.N.Pandey and Organising Secretary Dr. A.K.Dubey.

Organised two weeks AICTE sponsored Staff Development Programme on “Design for X (DFX)” at Mechanical Engg. Deptt., MNNIT Allahabad during June 11-22, 2007.

Organised one week TEQIP-II sponsored Short Term Training Programme on “Structural Integrity” at Mechanical Engg. Deptt., MNNIT Allahabad during June 16-20, 2014.

Organised one week self financed Short Term Training Programme on “Robotics and Automation” at Mechanical Engg. Deptt., MNNIT Allahabad during June 08-12, 2015.

Organiged one week TEQIP III sponsored Short Term Training Programme on “Structural Integrity and Reliability” at Mechanical Engg. Deptt., MNNIT Allahabad during December 23-27, 2019.

Organiged one week self-financed online Short Term Training Programme on “Structural Integrity and Reliability (SIR2020)” at Mechanical Engg. Deptt., MNNIT Allahabad during 28 October 2020 to 01 November 2020.

Projects Completed:

ARDB Project entitled "Life prediction of turbine blade under coated and uncoated conditions"

Consultancy(Past):

‘Designing of Heating System for Swimming Pool installed at Judges club campus, High court, Prayagraj’. [September 2022]

Analysis and designing consultancy work of pre-existing pontoon for Mahakumbh-2025 [April 2023]

Expert Lectures:

Delivered Expert Lecture on “Fracture Mechanics in Manufacturing” in Staff Development Programme on “Advanced Manufacturing Processes” organized by Department of Mechanical Engineering, MNNIT Allahabad during March 12-23, 2007.

Delivered Expert Lecture on the topics of “Quality Function Deployment” and “ Concept Evaluation” in Staff Development Programme on “Design for X” organized by Department of Mechanical Engineering, MNNIT Allahabad during June 11-22, 2007.

Delivered Keynote Lecture, ‘Overview of Energy Scenario in India”, under National Conference on “Renewable energy Sources” B.B.S. College of Engineering and Technology, Allahabad, 19-20,Jan,2008.

Delivered special Lecture, “Quality Function Deployment: Including Customer’s Voice in Product Development” under AICTE sponsored Staff Development Programme on the topic of “CAD and Product Design and Development” organized by Mech.Engg.Deptt.during June 19-28,2008

Delivered Special Lecture Physical System Modeling Through Bondgraph”, under AICTE sponsored Staff Development Programme on the topic of “FEM and CAD” , organized by Mech.Engg.Deptt. during July,2008

Delivered Expert Lecture on “Fracture Mechanics in Manufacturing” in Continuing Education Programme organized by Defense Materials & Stores Research & Development Establishment, Kanpur on 17 Nov’2011.

Delivered Expert Lecture on “Overview of Experimental Techniques for Characterization of High Strain rate Deformation of Material” in Continuing Education Programme on “Advance in composites for structural and armour applications” organized by Defense Materials & Stores Research & Development Establishment, Kanpur from 03-07 December, 2012.

Delivered Expert Lecture on “Fracture based manufacturing” in Staff Development Programme on the topic of Micro manufacturing: Materials, processes and systems held at MNNIT Allahabad from July 8-12 2013

Delivered expert lecture on Fracture Mechanics- A new prospective at Mechanical Engineering Department, KNIT Sultanpur on December 17, 2015

Delivered expert lecture on the topic of “Thermal Barrier Coatings” in a TEQIP-III sponsored Short Term Course on Advances in Materials and Manufacturing organized by Department of Mechanical Engineering, MNNIT Allahabad, Prayagraj during October 12-16, 2018.

Delivered expert lecture on the topic of “Application of thermography in fatigue and fracture” in a One week Short Term Course on “Emerging Trends in Thermal Engineering” organized by Department of Mechanical Engineering, MNNIT Allahabad, Prayagraj during March 01-05, 2019.

Delivered expert lecture on 10-07-2019 on the topic of Manufacture of Turbine Blade and Thermal Barrier Coatings (TBC)” in the FDP on “Advances in Product Manufacturing” organized by Mechanical Engineering Department of United College of Engineering and Management, Prayagraj

Delivered expert lecture on the topic of “Manufacturing of turbine blades and thermal barrier coatings” on 12.3.2019 in the FDP on “Some Recent Advances in Manufacturing Science and Technology” sponsored by TEQIP-III project of Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam Technical University (AKTU), Lucknow, organised during March 11-15, 2019 at I.E.R.T. Prayagraj.

Delivered expert lecture on 10.7.2019 on the topic “Manufacture of Turbine Blade and Thermal Barrier Coatings (TBC)”, in Faculty Development Praogramme on “Advances in Product Manufacturing” organized during 09-13 July 2019 by Mechanical Engineering Department, United College of Engineering and Management, Prayagraj.

Delivered expert lecture on 10.11.2019 on the topic of “Turbine blade material, manufacture and life assessment” in the Faculty Development Programme (FDP) under TEQIP-III on “The Recent Advances in Mechanical Engineering” at IET, Purvanchal University, Jaunpur between 6 – 10 November, 2019.

Delivered expert lecture on “Life Assessment of Turbine Blade” in TEQIP-II sponsored Short Term Training Programme on “Structural Integrity and Reliability” organized by Mechanical Engg. Deptt., MNNIT Allahabad during December 23-27, 2019.

Delivered expert lecture on “Sustainable Engineering” at Institution of Engineers, Prayagraj Local Centre on the occasion of World Engineering Day for Sustainable Development 04.3.2020.

An expert lecture was delivered at Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Institute of Technology Patna, India in one week e-short term course on "Advances in Design & Manufacturing Engineering” on August 03, 2020 entitled “Application of Thermography in Fatigue and Fracture”.

An expert lecture was delivered on 31 October 2020 on the topic of “Turbine blade material-manufacture and life assessment Turbine Blade and thermal barrier coatings” at One week online STC on “Structural Integrity and Reliability (SIR2020)” organised by MNNITA, Prayagraj from 28.10.2020 to 01.11.2020.

Delivered expert lecture on Life prediction of a turbine blade of CMCX4 material at Department of Mechanical Engineering, Raj Kumar Goel Institute of Technology, Ghaziabad-India, in a one week Faculty Development Programme (FDP) on "Advancement in Mechanical Engineering (AME)" held on September 06-10, 2021.

An expert lecture was delivered on the topic of “Kinematics of Robots” at the Short Term Training Programme on Robotics and Automation, organized by the Department of Mechanical Engineering, MNNITA Prayagraj on 13/04/2022

Other Significant Achievements:

Organized three Day Entrepreneur Awareness Camp Sponsored by Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India, North Centre, Lucknow (U.P.) from 15-16 Sept’ 2005.

Organized two Day Entrepreneur Awareness Camp Sponsored by Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India, North Centre, Lucknow (U.P.) from 16 – 18 Nov. 2008 at MNNIT Allahabad

Manish Kumar and K N Pandey, Design Registration for "Load Lifting and Shifting Mechanism". Design No.362263-001 dated 10-04-2022. Original 128008