Samir Saraswati
Associate Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad, Prayagraj, India-211004
E-mail: samir[at]mnnit[dot]ac[dot]in
Telephone: 0532-2271518(O) 8004926324(M)
Other Academic Achievements
- Keynote Address/Invited Talks in Conferences & Workshops:
- "Engine Management for Spark Ignition Engine" at National Seminar on Intelligent Technologies in Mechanical and Automobile Engineering,ITM Gurgaon, January 7, 2007
- "Air-Fuel Ratio and Spark Advance Control in Modern SI Engines", at National Conference on Advances in Mechanical Engineering, MIT Moradabad, February 28, 2009
- "Artificial Intelligence in IC Engines" at National Conference on Emerging Trends in Automobile Engineering, HCET, Jabalpur, November 2009.
- "Air-Fuel Ratio Management for Spark Ignition Engines" at 2nd International Conference on Computational & Experimental Methods in Mechanical Engineering, G. L. Bajaj Institute of Technology & Management, Greater Noida, May 2019
- Award and Honors:
- Best Paper Award for the Paper: “A Virtual Air-Fuel Ratio Sensor for Spark Ignition Engine NSITMAE,January 5-6, 2007, ITM Gurgaon.
- First position in M.E.(Design of Process Machines)- 2000
- National Merit Scholarship, Government of India, 1989-1991 & 1992-1996
- Conferences/ Workshops/Symposium/ Short-term Courses Organized:
- Coordinator of self financed short term Course on “Emerging Trends in Thermal Engineering” held at Motilal Nehru national Institute of Technology Allahabad, Allahabad-211004, India, March 1-5, 2019
- Coordinator of self financed short term Course on “Matlab based Machine Learning and Optimization” held at Motilal Nehru national Institute of Technology Allahabad, Allahabad-211004, India, May 28-June 01, 2018.
- Coordinator of self financed short term Course on “Applications of Artificial Intelligence techniques in engineering systems-2013” held at Motilal Nehru national Institute of Technology Allahabad, Allahabad-211004, India, June 10-14, 2013.
- One of the two main teachers for the MTU supported Faculty and Executive Development Programme on “Soft Computing (Neural Networks, Fuzzy Logic and Genetic Algorithm)” organized at Vishveshwaraya Group of Institutions, Greater Noida, Jan 18-20, 2013.
- Coordinator of self financed short term Course on “Digital Prototyping with Autodesk Tools-2015” held at Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad, Allahabad-211004, India, February 27- March 4, 2015.
- Coordinator of self financed short term Course on “Product Design with Autodesk Inventor” held at Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad, Allahabad-211004, India, May 04- May 09, 2015.
- Coordinator of self financed short term Course on “Matlab Based Optimization and Statistical Data Processing” held at Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad, Allahabad-211004, India, June 12-17, 2015.
- On-going Projects:
- Co-PI in the Project "Performance and Emission Analysis of Biofuels in Diesel Engine Using Antioxidant Additives" sanctioned by NPIU for one year with funding of approx. 14.2 lacs
- Projects Completed:
- Principal Investigator in the Project “Cylinder Pressure Reconstruction of Multi-Cylinder Spark Ignition engine” sanctioned by Department of Science and technology under SERC-Engineering Sciences scheme for two years with funding of approx. Rs. 25 lacs.
- UGC fellowship to a PhD scholar for the research entitled “Artificial Intelligence based Virtual sensors for SI engines”
- UGC fellowship to a PhD scholar for the research entitled “Cycle by cycle variation in a spark ignition engine fueled with gasoline and natural gas”
- Expert Lectures:
- "Advancements in Fuel Management Systems" at Short term course on Design for X, Department of Mechanical Engineering, MNNIT Allahabad, June 11-22, 2007.
- "Neural Network and Design" at Short term course on Design for X,Department of Mechanical Engineering, MNNIT Allahabad, June 11-22, 2007.
- "Neural network based control" at Continuing Education Programme, DRDO (DMSRDE), Kanpur, November 17, 2011
- "Neural network in manufacturing" at Short term course on Micromanufacturing: Materials, Processes and Systems, Department of Mechanical Engineering, MNNIT Allahabad, July 2013
- "Laboratory Session on Neural Networks" at Short term course on AAITES, Department of Production Engineering, BIT Mesra, Ranchi, September 2013
- "Neural Network Basics" at Short term course on AAITES, Department of Production Engineering, BIT Mesra, Ranchi, September 2013
- "Neural Networks" at Short term course on Application of Soft Computing Methods in Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering, MNNIT Allahabad, May 2014
- "Application of Artificial Intelligence for Identification and Control of IC Engines" at Short Term Course on Nonlinear Control Analysis, Department of Electrical Engineering, MNNIT Allahabad, November 2014
- "Neural Networks and its application" at Short term course on Industry 4.0-Application of Artficial Intelligence & Mechatronics, Department of Mechanical Engineering, MIET, Meerut, January 2020
- "Lithium-Ion battery: An Overview" at Online Short Term Course on Advances in Energy Conversion Technologies and Management, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Institute of Engineering and Technology, Bundelkhand University Jhansi, March 2021
- Reviewer for Transactions / Journal / Conferences:
- Reviewer: Neural Computing and Applications, Springer
- Reviewer: International Journal of Modeling Identification and Control
- Reviewer: Chemical Engineering Science, Elsevier Publication
- Reviewer: International Journal of Engine Research, Institution of Mechanical Engineers
- Reviewer: Mathematical and Computer Modelling of Dynamical Systems, Taylor and Francis
- Reviewer: Biofuels, Taylor and Francis
- Reviewer: Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology, Emerald
- Reviewer: Cogent Engineering, Taylor and Francis.