Conferences

  1. Nishant Verma, Rajeev Kumar*, Himanshu Pathak, Sunny Zafar, Influence of UV exposure on von-Mises stress and average strain of liner in total knee replacement, Proceedings of the 8th Asian Conference on Mechanics of Functional Materials and Structures, 2022, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Guwahati, Assam, India.

  2. Rajeev Kumar*, Sunny Zafar, A novel technique for fabricating high-impact strength carbon fiber composite using vacuum-assisted resin infusion microwave curing process, Proceedings of 3rd International Conference on Advances in Materials & Processing: Challenges & Opportunities, 2022, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee, India.

  3. Nishant Verma*, Himanshu Pathak, Sunny Zafar, Comparative study on the mechanical behavior of microwave-assisted compression molded and conventionally compression-molded nano-hydroxyapatite reinforced UHMWPE composite, Proceedings of 4th International Conference on Materials: Advanced and Emerging Materials, 2022, Barcelona, Spain.

  4. Nishant Verma*, Himanshu Pathak, Sunny Zafar, Applications of microwaves and the ultra-violet irradiations for the development of cross-linked UHMWPE plates for biomedical applications, Proceedings of 3rd International Conference on Advances in Materials & Processing: Challenges & Opportunities, 2022, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee, India.

  5. Nishant Verma*, Himanshu Pathak, Sunny Zafar, Surface roughness and heat-affected zone in laser beam machining of UV exposed UHMWPE, Proceedings of 9th International Conference on Advancements and Futuristic Trends in Mechanical and Materials Engineering 2021, Indian Institute of Technology Ropar, Ropar, India.

  6. Rajeev  Kumar*, Manjeet Rani  and Sunny Zafar, Influence of stacking sequence on impact strength/hardness of CF/GF hybrid composites fabricated by VARIMC technique, Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Aspects of Materials Science and Engineering 2021 (ICAMSE 2021), Punjab University, Chandigarh, India, March 2021. (Best paper award)

  7. Manoj Kumar Singh and Sunny Zafar*, Effect of environment on mechanical characteristics of microwave processed kenaf/HDPE composites, Proceedings of the 19th European Conference on Composite Materials (ECCM-19), Nantes, France, June 2020 (Postponed due to COVID-19).

  8. Manoj Kumar Singh* and Sunny Zafar, Tribological characteristics of microwave processed kenaf/HDPE composites under dry sliding wear, Proceedings of the 22nd International Conference on Composite Materials 2019 (ICCM 2019), Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre (MCEC), Melbourne, Australia, August 2019.

  9. Rushil Singhal*, Amit Kumar, Sunny Zafar and Varun Dutt, Predictive Models for Tool Condition Monitoring Using Statistical Approaches, Proceedings of 6th International Conference on Production and Industrial Engineering (CPIE-2019), NIT Jalandhar, Jalandhar, India, June 2019

  10. Bhupinder Singh* and Sunny Zafar, Effect of microwave exposure time on microstructure and slurry erosion behavior of Ni + 20% Cr7C3 composite clads, Proceedings of the 22nd International Conference on Wear of Materials (WOM 2019), Hyatt Regency Miami, Miami (Florida), United States of America, April 2019.

  11. Renu Tewari, Manoj Kumar Singh and Sunny Zafar*, Application of laser energy for hole drilling in microwave fabricated kenaf/polypropylene composites, Proceedings of the International Conference on Innovative Applied Energy (IAPE 2019), University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, March 2019.

  12. Nayan Pundhir*, Himanshu Pathak and Sunny Zafar, Crashworthiness of automobile made of HDPE/kenaf and HDPE/MWCNT polymer composites, Proceedings of the International Conference on New Frontiers in Engineering, Science & Technology (NFEST 2019), NIT Kurukshetra, Kurukshetra, India, February 2019.

  13. Manoj Kumar Singh*, Nishant Verma and Sunny Zafar, Optimization of process parameters of microwave processed PLLA/coir composites for enhanced mechanical behavior, Proceedings of the International Conference New Frontiers in Engineering, Science & Technology (NFEST 2019), NIT Kurukshetra, Kurukshetra, India, February 2019

  14. Bhupinder Singh* and Sunny Zafar, Development and correlative microstructural-nanoindentation investigation on Ni-based + 10% Al2O3 nanocomposite microwave clad on hydroturbine steel, Proceedings of the International Conference on All India Manufacturing Technology, Design and Research Conference (AIMTDR-2018), Anna University, Chennai, India, December 2018.

  15. Nayan Pundhir*, Gaurav Arora, Himanshu Pathak, Sunny Zafar, Ballistic impact response of HDPE/UHMWPE polymer composite, Proceedings of the International conference on Recent Innovations and Developments in Mechanical Engineering (IC-RIDME), NIT Meghalaya, Shillong, India, November 2018.

  16. Manoj Kumar Singh*, Nishant Verma, Nayan Pundhir, Sunny Zafar and Himanshu Pathak, Optimization of microwave power and reinforcement in microwave cured coir/ HDPE composites, Proceedings of the International conference on Recent Innovations and Developments in Mechanical Engineering (IC-RIDME), NIT Meghalaya, Shillong, India, November 2018.

  17. Nishant Verma* and Sunny Zafar, Investigations on mechanical performance of multi-layered microwave processed HDPE/sisal composites for automobile applications, Proceedings of the International Conference on Green Trends in Mechanical Engineering Sciences, Malnad College of Engineering Hassan, Karnataka, India, October 2018.

  18. Nayan Pundhir*, Deepak Goyal, Pradyut Singh, Himanshu Pathak and Sunny Zafar, Numerical simulation of composite armour subjected to ballistic impact, Proceedings of the International Conference on Nanotechnology: Ideas, Innovations, and Initiatives (ICN3I), IIT Roorkee, Roorkee, India, December 2017 

  19. Himanshu Pathak*, Sunny Zafar and Nayan Pundhir; Computational study of cracks in functionally graded materials, Proceedings of International Conference on Composite Materials and Structures (ICCMS 2017), IIT Hyderabad, India December 2017

  20. Manoj K. Singh*, Sunny Zafar and Mohammad Talha; Microwave curing of porous bio-nanocomposites for bone scaffolds: A novel processing route, Proceedings of the International Conference on Nanotechnology: Ideas, Innovations, and Initiatives (ICN3I), IIT Roorkee, Roorkee, India, December 2017

  21. Himanshu Pathak*, Akhilendra Singh, Indra Vir Singh and Sunny Zafar; Modeling and Simulation of 3-D Interfacial Cracks by XFEM, Proceedings of ASME's International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (IMECE 2017), Tampa Bay, Florida, United States of America, November 2017

  22. Manoj K. Singh, Nayan Pundhir, Sunny Zafar* and Himanshu Pathak; Development of Green Polymer Composites through Microwave Energy, Proceedings of the International Conference on Composite Materials and Structures (ICCMS 2017), IIT Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India, December 2017

  23. Sunny Zafar*and Apurbba Kumar Sharma; FE Simulation of Microwave Heating of Characteristically Different Materials, Proceedings of International Conference on Latest Developments in Material, Manufacturing and Quality Control, Giani Zail Singh College of Engineering &Technology, Bathinda, Punjab India, February 2016. 

  24. Mudimallana Goud*, Apurbba Kumar Sharma, Sunny Zafar; A Taguchi Approach to Optimize Electrochemical Discharge Machining of Alumina, Proceedings of International Conference on Latest Developments in Material, Manufacturing and Quality Control, Giani Zail Singh College of Engineering & Technology, Bathinda, Punjab India, February 2016. 

  25. Sunny Zafar and Apurbba Kumar Sharma*; An ANN Approach for Prediction of Wear Behaviour of WC-12Co Nanostructured Microwave Clad, Proceedings of International Tribology Conference-2015, Tokyo University of Science, Tokyo, Japan, September 2015

  26. Sunny Zafar*and Apurbba Kumar Sharma; Response of Nanometric WC-12Co Microwave Clads to Abrasive Wear, Proceedings of 29th International Conference on Surface Modification Technologies, Technical University of Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark, June 2015, 127-134.

  27. Sunny Zafar, Apurbba Kumar Sharma, C.S. Ramesh*; Abrasive Wear Behaviour of Inconel 718 Microwave Clad, Proceedings of the National Tribology Conference-2014, PES University, Bengaluru, India, December 2014, 255-264.

  28. N. Santosh*, V.K.S. Jain, K.N. Vinayak, Sunny Zafar; Characteristic Evaluation of Wear Properties of NiTiAl Based Shape Memory Alloys for Different Composition, Proceedings of the National Tribology Conference-2014, PES University, Bengaluru, India, December 2014, 145-157.

  29. Sunny Zafar* and Apurbba Kumar Sharma; Influence of Post Clad Heat Treatment of WC based Composite Microwave Clad, Proceedings of Processing and Fabrications of Advanced Materials: XXIII, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, India, December 2014, 397-403.

  30. Sunny Zafar, Apurbba Kumar Sharma and Navneet Arora; Microwaves in Surface Engineering, Proceedings of STME-2013, International Conference on Smart Technologies for Mechanical Engineering, Delhi Technological University, Delhi, India, October 2013, 698-704.