Dr. Tapas Debnath is presently working as a Scientist in Aerospace Testing Lab, under Additive & Special Manufacturing Processes at CMTI. He has around five years of academic research experience, three years of teaching experience in the field of manufacturing & one year of Industrial R&D experience for process improvement & new product development.
He has a proven record of troubleshooting / rectifying issues of different faulty machines/machine tools and regaining their working condition, and also developed a few products/apparatuses which work as add-ons to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of manufacturing systems. He is skilled at handling projects, background study, writing research articles, drafting patents, real-time data and analysis, and also strives for more knowledge from different industries to imagine and bring out new solutions via the technical aspects of interdisciplinary research.
- PhD: Manufacturing (Mechanical Engineering), NIT Silchar, Assam, India
- MTech: Computer Integrated Manufacturing, NIT Agartala, Tripura, India
- BTech: Production Engineering, NIT Agartala, Tripura, India
- Traditional & Non-Traditional manufacturing processes
- Advanced machining technologies
- Designing & development of a system
- Image processing, Optimization & Artificial Neural Network
- Design (2D & 3D)
- Data analysis & Programming
❖ Current projects:
- Design & Development of Engine Third Mount Expansion Bolt
- Troubleshooting & Improvement of Axial Piston Pump for LCA
- Design & development of ground support equipment
- CNC-based high-energy pulsed chemical machining system
❖ Project supervised:
- Journal: 9 (SCI), 3 (Scopus) & 3 Others
- Conference: 10 (Scopus) & 5 Others
- Book Chapter: 12
- FDP Organized: 4
- Chief Guest for State level Technical Symposium ‘KSHITIJ 2K21’
- Keynote Speaker: “Insight to start with Research”, & “Advancement and Challenges in Micromachining”
- Session Chair: ICAMMM 2022 & TECHNO SOCITAL 2020
- Research Excellence Award 2019
- Best Poster Presentation, ANVESHAN 2.0
- Editor & Reviewer of renowned Journals
- Committee member & Reviewer of renowned Conferences
- Indian Patent (504065): Development of wire fluctuation measuring device for Wire EDM
- Indian Patent (515083): Development of Nano-Electric Discharge Machining (nEDM) System
- Indian Patent (529377): Improved backing plates with cooling for friction stir processing
- Indian Patent (568137): An improved 360-degree sanitizing machine ‘DUOSANZ’
Patents Filed/Applied
- Indian Patent: Fixture for electrochemical etching of metallographic workpiece
- Indian Patent: Self-cleaning filter for hydraulic application
- Indian Patent: A portable modular fixture for enhanced degree of freedom in conventional machining
- Indian Patent: Dual-piston pulse-free valveless pump
- Indian Patent: Engine oil quality detector
- Indian Patent: Augmentation of wire-cut in die-sinking EDM
