Dr. Hardik Patel earned his B.E. in Production Engineering from Bhavnagar University and his M.Tech. in Mechanical Engineering from the Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology, Surat. He completed his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, funded by Technology System Development Program, Department of Science and Technology, Government of India. Dr. Patel was honoured with the prestigious ‘Gandhian Young Technological Innovation Award-2020’ by the Society for Research and Initiatives for Sustainable Technologies and Institutions (SRISTI) for his project. Following his Ph.D., he served as a Research Associate at the Centre of Excellence in Neuro-Engineering, in collaboration with AIIMS-IITD.
Dr. Patel’s research interests include CNC machine development, motion control, pneumatics, electropneumatic, PLC programming, and IoT. Additionally, he has expertise in the brazing of diamonds, grinding, and both sequential and hybrid micromachining. He has authored and published more than Seven research papers in esteemed national and international journals, conferences, and symposia.
He has over five years of experience in both industry and academia, at Zydus Cadila in the packaging department and Atmiya Institute of Technology and Science as assistant professor in Mechanical Engineering Department.
Core Strengths / Specialties:
– Research & Development with expertise in CNC machine development, motion control, pneumatics, electropneumatic, PLC automation, and IoT
– Micromachining, grinding, CAD/CAM, and machining processes
– Product conceptualization, prototyping, and material characterization at the microscale level, extending to product and system-level testing
– Product development, project management, and technical due diligence
Journal paper
Hardik A. Patel, P. Mukhopadhyay, S. Ghosh, S. Jha, “Effect of Temperature and Dwell Time on Diamond-WC brazed joint using a low melting point Ag-Cu based alloy”, Diamond and Related Materials, Volume 139, (2023), 110308. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.diamond.2023.110308
Hardik A. Patel, P. Mukhopadhyay, S. Ghosh, S. Jha, “The making and performance of brazed μ- Diamond Pencil Grinding Tool using Indium base low-temperature active Ag-Cu filler”, manuscript under preparation.
Hardik A. Patel, Harish Kumar, Ashish Kumar Sahu, Jitin Malhotra, S. Ghosh, S. Jha, “Design and fabrication of multi-process micromachine centre for machining micro features with integrated micro tool manufacturing” manuscript under revision
A. K. Sahu, Hardik A. Patel, J. Malhotra, S. Jha, “Experimental Study of Nanosecond Fiber Laser Micro-milling of Ti6Al4V Alloy”, Advances in Micro and Nano Manufacturing and Surface Engineering, (2019), 371-380. DOI:10.1007/978-981-32-9425-7_33
Jadeja Ravirajsinh Takhatsinh and Hardik A. Patel “A Review – Effects of cutting fluids and tool material on surface roughness and material removal rate for bearing steel (EN31) through turning operation”, International Journal for Scientific Research and Development, Volume-2, Issue-9, (2014), 758-761.
Conference paper/presentation
Hardik A. Patel, Sunil Jha, Sudarshan Ghosh, “Design criteria, fabrication, and application of high vacuum brazing furnace”, LAM23133, proceeding of 15th International Conference on Laser Metrology, Coordinate Measuring Machine and Machine Tool Performance, the University of Edinburgh, UK, ISBN: 978-1-9989991-2-5, p. 195-204
Hardik A. Patel, Harish Kumar, S. Ghosh, Sunil Jha “Experimental Analysis of Brazed Diamond Dresser Using Single Grit Scratch on Zirconia Ceramic”, COPEN12; Manufacturing Technology Today, Vol. 22, No. 4, April 2023
Faiz Iqbal, Radhik Rammohan, Hardik A. Patel, Sunil Jha, “Design and Development of Automated Workpiece Cleaning System for Ball End Magneto-rheological Finishing”, International Conference on Advances in Materials & Manufacturing (ICAMM-2016)
Dikshita J. Patel, Hardik A. Patel, G. D. Acharya, “Force Determination during Orthogonal Machining of Titanium Alloy Using ABAQUS/explicit”, ME-12, Proceeding of 3rd National Conference on Innovative & Emerging Technologies (NCIET-2015), ISBN Number – 978-81-925650-0-2, April – 2015.
Awards
Awarded with “Gandhian Young Technological Innovation Award-2020”, by Society for Research and Initiatives for Sustainable Technologies and Institutions (SRISTI) on November 5, 2020, https://lnkd.in/dk6KrPeu
Awarded as “Research Output Faculty” by Atmiya Institute of Technology and Science, Rajkot on January 24, 2015
Awarded as “National Service Scheme, Program Officer” by Government of India, Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports, Ahmadabad on December 22, 2014.
