Dr. Abhishek Pandey
General Details
Designation:Assistant Professor
Department:Mechanical Engineering (Faculty of Engineering and Applied Sciences)
Email ID:rohit.agrawal@umu.ac.in, rohitagrawal929@gmail.com
Phone No.:+91-9304727893
Higher Education

  • Ph.D in MechanicalEngineering (Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra)

Area of Interest
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Tribology
  • Electroless nickel-based coatings
  • Optimization (ANN-GA, grey relational analysis, Taguchi’s)
  • Artificial intelligence
  • Machine Learning
  • Fuzzy logic, composite materials, smart materials
Administrative Responsibilities
  • Departmental placement coordinator
  • NIRF departmental coordinator
Teaching & Research Experience: 7 years
  • Presently working as an Assistant Professor in Department of Mechanical Engineering (Faculty of Engineering and Applied Sciences)(from 01st August 2024).
  • Worked as Assistant Professor in Department of Mechanical EngineeringCambridge Institute of Technology, Ranchi. (01st May 2019 to 23th December 2020)
  • Worked as an Institute Research Fellow in Department of Mechanical EngineeringBirla Institute of Technology, Mesra from 13th January 2021- 22th May 2024.
Publicationsin SCI/SCIE: (TOTAL-11): (8: SCI, 3: SCOPUS)
Papers published in International Journals
  • ⅠRohit Agrawal, Arkadeb Mukhopadhyay, (2024),ANN-NSGA-assisted investigation of tribo-performance of lead-free nickel boron coating. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part E: Journal of Process Mechanical Engineering, 09544089241241448.https://doi.org/10.1177/09544089241241448[Indexing: SCIE, IF: 2.4].
  • ⅡRohit Agrawal, Arkadeb Mukhopadhyay, (2024). Wear Behaviour and Mechanisms of Electroless Lead Free Ni–B–W Coatings Using Artificial Neural Networks in Conjunction with Genetic Algorithms. Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering, 1-18.https://doi.org/10.1007/s13369-024-09141-z [Indexing: SCI, IF: 2.9].
  • ⅢRohit Agrawal, Arkadeb Mukhopadhyay, (2022), “Development of Ni-B electroless coating from stabilizer free bath and characterization of high temperature tribological behaviour, scratch and corrosion resistance,” Surface Topography: Metrology and Properties, 10(4), 045028.https://doi.org/10.1088/2051-672X/aca784[Indexing: SCIE, IF: 2.185].
  • ⅣRohit Agrawal, Arkadeb Mukhopadhyay, (2023),“The effect of bath temperature on the structure and tribological behaviour of electroless Ni-B-Mo coatings obtained from stabilizer free bath,” Surface Review and Letters, 2450030vol. 31(04), pages 1-22, April. https://doi.org/10.1142/S0218625X24500306[Indexing: SCI, IF: 1.1].
  • ⅤRohit Agrawal, Arkadeb Mukhopadhyay, (2023), “The use of machine learning and metaheuristic algorithm for wear performance optimization of AISI 1040 steel and investigation of corrosion resistance,” Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part J: Journal of Engineering Tribology, 237(4), 701-717. https://doi.org/10.1177/13506501221094416[Indexing: SCIE, IF: 1.674]
  • ⅥRohit Agrawal, Lokesh Gupta, Siddharth Jain, Ritik Sharma, Arkadeb Mukhopadhyay, (2024), “Electroless Ni–B Coating Formed from a Stabilizer-Free Double Bath”. Trans Indian Inst Met.https://doi.org/10.1007/s12666-023-03220-9[Indexing: SCIE, IF: 1.6]
  • ⅦRohit Agrawal, Om Prakash, Lakhbir Singh Brar, Arkadeb Mukhopadhyay, (2023), “A Systematic Investigation of Lead-Free Electroless Ni-B-W Coating Properties Using Taguchi’s Methodology,” Coatings, 13(9), 1585.https://doi.org/10.3390/coatings13091585[Indexing: SCIE, IF: 3.4].
  • ⅧRohit Agrawal, Arkadeb Mukhopadhyay, (2023), “Inclusion of W in electroless Ni–B coating developed from a stabilizer free bath and investigation of its tribological behaviour,” Journal of the Indian Chemical Society, 100(4), 100966, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jics.2023.100966[Indexing: SCIE, IF: 1.3].
  • ⅨRohit Agrawal, Arkadeb Mukhopadhyay, (2022), “Optimization of wear performance and COF of AISI 1040 steel using grey relational analysis,” Materials Today: Proceedings, 61, 110-114. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matpr.2022.03.665[Indexing: Scopus]
  • ⅩRohit Agrawal, Arkadeb Mukhopadhyay. (2023). Optimization of wear rate and COF of heat treated electroless Ni-B-W coating from a stabilizer free bath using grey relational analysis. Materials Today: Proceedings.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matpr.2023.05.653[Indexing: Scopus]
  • ⅪAnand Kumar Karn, Rohit Agrawal, Abhinandan Kumar, Arkadeb Mukhopadhyay, (2023), “Deposition and process parameter optimization of electroless Ni-B coating from a stabilizer free bath to achieve enhanced microhardness, scratch-hardness and adhesion using Taguchi’s methodology,” Engineering Research Express, 5, 035036. https://doi.org/10.1088/2631-8695/acecdf[IF: 1.7, Indexing: ESCI, Scopus].
Seminar/Conference Proceedings as Full Papers
  • ⅠRohit Agrawal, Arkadeb Mukhopadhyay, (2023), “Comparison of corrosion resistance of electroless Ni-B, Ni-B-W, Ni-B-Mo and Ni-B-W-Mo coating obtained from stabilizer free bath” in INCOM24: Proceedings of the 2ndInternational Conference on Mechanical Engineering Jadavpur University Kolkata India January 5 & 6, 2024 Paper No. INCOM24-0414.
  • ⅡRohit Agrawal, Sankha Bhaduri, (2018), “Mathematical Modelling of a Fuzzy Logic Based Smart Structure to Minimize its Vibration” Journal of Basic and Applied Engineering Researchp-ISSN: 2350-0077; e-ISSN: 2350-0255; Volume 5, Issue 3; January-March, 2018, pp. 245-250.