Department of Mechanical Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati
Dr. Sukhomay Pal
Dr. Pal's Photograph Dr. Sukhomay Pal
Professor
Room No. C-305, Academic Complex,
Department of Mechanical Engineering,
Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati,
Guwahati - 781 039, Assam, India
Phone: +91-361-258 2656
Email: spal@iitg.ernet.in

Education
Ph.D. (March, 2009) Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
M.E. (July, 2005) Bengal Engineering and Science University, Shibpur, Howrah
B.E. (June 2001) Jadavpur University, Kolkata

Research Interest
  • Welding Process Monitoring and Control
  • Welding of Similar & Dissimilar Materials
  • Tool Condition Monitoring
  • Application of Artificial Neural Network, Genetic Algorithms and Fuzzy Logic in Manufacturing
Sponsored Projects
Sl. No. Title Sponsoring agency Responsibility Status
1 Development of an artificial intelligence based monitoring technique for arc welding applications IIT Guwahati Principle Investigator Completed
2 Development of monitoring system for friction stir welding SERB, India Principle Investigator Completed
3 R&D work on assessment of corrosion of the steel liner of the water conductor system of Kopili H.E. NEEPCO Ltd. Co-Investigator Completed
4 Development of Plasma Assisted FSW of Low Carbon Steels Naval Research Board, DRDO Co-Investigator On-going
5 TePP Outreach cum Cluster Innovation Centre DSIR Co-Coordinator On-going

Consultancy Projects
Sl. No. Title Sponsoring agency Responsibility Status
1 Design and development of custom made remotely operable shot blasting system with robotic arms for use in steeply inclined long penstocks at NEEPCO Ltd. NEEPCO Ltd. Principle Investigator Completed
2 Feasibility study for implementing HTS generator in a hydro-electric power plant for generation modernization to increase efficiency NEEPCO Ltd. Co-Investigator Completed
3 Study of the reduction in acidity of the Kopili reservoir either by diversion of responsible stream or by taking up some chemical treatment to prevent damages of metal NEEPCO Ltd. Co-Investigator Completed
4 Failure analysis of damaged burner pipe New India Assurance Co. Ltd. Co-Investigator Completed
5 Testing consultancy (2014) Assam Carbon Ltd. Co-Investigator Completed
6 Testing consultancy (2016) Assam Carbon Ltd. Co-Investigator Completed
7 Testing consultancy (2017) Assam Carbon Ltd. Co-Investigator Completed
8 Testing consultancy (2018-19) Assam Carbon Ltd. Principle Investigator On-going

Administrative Responsibilities
A. Institute Level
  • Coordinator of PAN IIT-ONGC Collaborative Research Program, 2015 to till date
  • Convener of the Institute Time Table Committee (09.10.2018 to 30.09.2020)
  • Associate Warden of Hostel Kameng (04.04.2019 to 31.03.2021)
  • Subcommittee member of Space Allocation Planning and Audit (SAPA) committee
  • Committee for negotiation of rates with M/S R K life services pvt., IITG Hospital (Chairman), 2019
B. Department Level
  • Faculty in-charge of Material Science Lab. (December 2017 to till date)
  • Faculty Advisor, MESA (11.11.2014 to till date)
  • MTP Coordinator (20.01.2012 to 15.12.2017)
  • Member of DPPC (01.04.2014 to 01.06.2016)
  • Member of DUPC (02.06.2016 to 06.08.2018)
  • Department Purchase committee member (2016, 2017)
  • Coordinators of Syllabus (PG) Revision Committee, 2019

Ph.D. Students
  1. Dr. Biswajit Parida; Thesis Title - Experimental investigation modeling and optimization of friction stir welding process, 2015.
  2. Dr. Deepak Kumar Yaduwanshi; Thesis Title - Plasma assisted hybrid friction stir welding of similar and dissimilar materials, 2017, Co-Supervisor : Dr. Swarup Bag.
  3. Dr. Prakash Kumar Sahu; Thesis Title - Enhancement of weld qualities in friction stir welding, 2017.
  4. Dr. Bipul Das; Thesis Title - Weld quality monitoring and defect identification in friction stir welding process, 2017, Co-Supervisor : Dr. Swarup Bag.
  5. Mr. Srikant Prasad (Thesis submitted); Thesis Title - Investigation and analysis of micro plasma arc welding of SS-316L sheet, 2019, Co-Supervisor : Prof. P.S. Robi
  6. Mr. Kelli Durga Prasad (In Progress); Supervisor : Dr. M Das
  7. Mr. Ankan Mishra (In Progress); Supervisor : Dr. Swarup Bag
  8. Mr. Uttam Kumar Tarai (In Progress); Co-Supervisor : Prof. P. S. Robi
  9. Mr. Sunil Kumar Biswal (In Progress)
  10. Mr. Vivekananda Haldar (In Progress)
  11. Mr. Dipankar Saha (In Progress)
  12. Mr. Alok Kumar Trivedi (In Progress); Supervisor : Prof. P S Robi
  13. Mr. Debtanay Das (In Progress); Supervisor : Dr. Swarup Bag
M. Tech. Students
  1. Mr. V. Rayapudi, "Processing and Tribology of Self Lubricating Cutting Tool Material", 2011; Supervisor: Dr. S. Senthilvelan
  2. Mr. Shiv Dayal Vishwakarma, "Design and development of friction stir welding setup", 2012.
  3. Mr. Sachin Singh, "Distortion and residual stress analysis in fusion welding process using finite element method", 2012; Co-Supervisor: Dr. S. Bag
  4. Mr. J. Rajesh, "Design and development of custom made remotely operable shot blasting system with robotic arms for use in steeply inclined long panstocks", 2013.
  5. Mr. Ajay Kumar, "Modeling and optimization of proton exchange membrane fuel cell reformer", 2013; Supervisor: Dr. Chandramohan Somayaji
  6. Mr. Gumeet Kumar Sahu, "Model development and analysis of hydrogen production using biomass", 2014; Supervisor: Dr. Chandramohan Somayaji
  7. Mr. Rahul Yadav, "Design and development of three dimensional force measurement setup for friction stir welding", 2014; Co-Supervisor: Dr. S. Bag
  8. Mr. Uttam Kumar Tarai, "Processing and mechanical property evaluation of ultra-fine grained aluminium alloy by friction stir welding", 2014; Supervisor: Prof. P.S. Robi
  9. Mr. Mohan Kumar, "Oil debris detection in oil fuel tank using capacitive sensor", 2015; Supervisor: Dr. Chandramohan Somayaji
  10. Mr. Kundan Kumud, "Experimental investigations and FEM modelling of magnetic field assisted plasma welding process", 2015; Supervisor: Dr. M. Das
  11. Mr. Nizar Alkayem, "Modeling and optimization of friction stir welding process using soft computing techniques", 2015; Co-Supervisor: Dr. M Ravi Sankar
  12. Mr. Nikhil P Vasudevan, "Experimental investigation of bobbin tool and twin tool friction stir welding techniques", 2016.
  13. Mr. Arun Kumar, "Bobbin tool friction stir welding of aluminium alloys", 2017.
  14. Mr. Rajesh Kumar Mahto, "Wear debris detection using capacitance measurements", 2017.
  15. Mr. Akhinlal K S, "Local Search-based Genetic algorithm for Capacitated Vehicle Routing Problem", 2018; Supervisor: Dr. D Sharma
  16. Mr. Akash Kumar Das, "Defect analysis, mechanical and microstructural properties of friction stir welded AA6061 T6 plates", 2018.
  17. Mr. Dipankar Saha, "Mechanical Microstructural properties and corrosion behavior of Micro-plasma arc welded AISI 316L thin sheet", 2018.
  18. Mr. Deepak Hojai, "Detection of friction stir welding defects using convolutional neural network", 2019.
  19. Mr. Mahesh Tulshiram Jungade, "Friction stir welding using twin tool and bobbin tool", 2019.
  20. Mr. Lalit Kumar, "Experimental study of friction stir welding of magnesium alloy using bobbin tool", 2019.
  21. Mr. Narendra Singh (In Progress), Supervisor: Prof. U K Saha
  22. Mr. Sachin Singh (In Progress)
  23. Mr. Saksham Jangir (In Progress), Supervisor: Dr. S Bag

Publications
  • Edited Book
    U Biswas, A Banerjee, Sukhomay Pal, A Biswas, D Sarkar, S Haldar (Editors): Advances in Computer, Communication and Control - Proceedings of ETES-2018, Springer Singapore, Vol. 563, ISBN: 978-981-13-3122-0; 2019.
  • Book Chapter (Published/Accepted: 5)
  1. S. Bag, D. Yaduwanshi and S. Pal, Heat transfer and material flow in friction stir welding, Advances in Friction- Stir Welding and Processing , Edited by Besharati-Givi & Asadi, Woodhead Publishing, Chapter 2, pp. 21-63, 2014. DOI: 10.1533/9780857094551.21
  2. Bipul Das Sukhomay Pal and Swarup Bag, Monitoring of Weld Quality in Friction Stir Welding Based on Spindle Speed and Motor Current Signals, Advances in Material Forming and Joining, Edited by R Ganesh Narayanan & Uday Shanker Dixit, pp. 233-253, 2015, DOI: 10.1007/978-81-322-2355-9_12
  3. Deepak Kumar Yaduwanshi, Swarup Bag and S. Pal, Hybrid Friction Stir Welding of Similar and Dissimilar Materials, Advances in Material Forming and Joining, Edited by R Ganesh Narayanan & Uday Shanker Dixit, pp. 323-349, 2015, DOI: 10.1007/978-81-322-2355-9_17
  4. P. S. Robi Sukhomay Pal and Biswajit Parida, Recent Trends and Advances in Friction Stir Welding and Friction Stir Processing of Metals, Manufacturing Techniques for Materials, Engineering and Engineered , Edited by Tirumalai S. Srivatsan, T. S. Sudarshan, K. Manigandan, CRC Press, Chapter 22, pp. 715-751, 2018,
  5. A. Mishra, S. Bag and S. Pal, Induction Heating in Sustainable Manufacturing and Material Processing Technologies: A State of the Art Literature Review, In book: Reference Module in Materials Science and Materials Engineering Elsevier Encyclopaedia of Renewable and Sustainable Materials, (Accepted)
  • Publications in International Journals (Published/Accepted: 41)
  1. Sukhomay Pal, Surjya K. Pal and Arun K. Samantaray, Radial basis function neural network model based prediction of weld-plate distortion due to pulsed metal inert gas welding, Science and Technology of Welding and Joining, Vol. 12, No. 8, pp. 725-731, 2007.
  2. Sukhomay Pal, Surjya K. Pal and Arun K. Samantaray, Artificial neural network modeling of weld joint strength prediction of a pulsed metal inert gas welding process using arc signals, Journal of Materials Processing Technology, Vol. 202, No. 1-3, pp. 464-474, 2008.
  3. Sukhomay Pal, Surjya K. Pal and Arun K. Samantaray, Sensor based weld bead geometry prediction in pulsed metal inert gas welding process through artificial neural networks, International Journal of Knowledge-Based and Intelligent Engineering Systems, Vol. 12, No. 2, pp. 101-114, 2008.
  4. Sukhomay Pal, Surjya K. Pal and Arun K. Samantaray, A Neuro-wavelet packet analysis based on current signature for weld joint strength prediction in a pulsed metal inert gas welding process, Science and Technology of Welding and Joining, Vol. 13, No. 7, pp. 638-645, 2008.
  5. N. Raghavendra, Rakshit Koranne, Sukhomay Pal, Surjya K. Pal and Arun K. Samantaray, Joint strength prediction in a pulsed MIG welding process using hybrid optimized model, International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, Vol. 41, pp. 694-705, 2009.
  6. Sukhomay Pal, Santosh Malviya, Surjya K. Pal and Arun K. Samantaray, Optimization of quality characteristics parameters in a pulsed metal inert gas welding process using grey-based Taguchi method, International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, Vol. 44, pp. 1250-1260, 2009.
  7. Samir K.Ghosh, Sukhomay Pal, Sujit K. Roy, Surjya K. Pal and Debabrata Basu, Modelling of the flame temperature of solution combination synthesis of a bio-ceramic material and its parametric optimization, Bulletin of Materials Science, Springer, Vol. 33, No. 4, pp. 339-350, 2010.
  8. Sukhomay Pal, Surjya K. Pal and Arun K. Samantaray, Determination of optimal pulse metal inert gas welding parameters with a Neuro-GA technique, Materials and Manufacturing Processes, Vol. 25, pp. 606-615, 2010.
  9. Sukhomay Pal, Surjya K. Pal and Arun K. Samantaray, Prediction of the quality of pulsed metal inert gas welding using statistical parameters of arc signals in artificial neural network, International Journal of Computer Integrated Manufacturing, Vol. 23, pp. 453-465, 2010.
  10. Sukhomay Pal, P. Stephan Heyns, Burkhard H. Freyer, Nico J. Theron and Surjya K. Pal, Tool wear monitoring and selection of optimum cutting conditions with progressive tool wear effect and input uncertainties, Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing, Vol. 22, pp. 491-504, 2011
  11. Biswajit Parida Sukhomay Pal, Pankaj Biswas, M M Mohapatra and Sujoy Tikader, Mechanical and Micro-structural Study of Friction Stir Welding of Al-alloy, International Journal of Applied Research In Mechanical Engineering, Vol. 1, Issue 2, pp. 69-74, 2011.
  12. S. Singh, N. Yadaiah, S. Bag and S. Pal, Numerical simulation of welding induced residual stress in fusion welding process using adaptive volumetric heat source, I Mech. E, Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science, Vol. 228, No. 16, pp. 2960-2972, 2014
  13. Deepak Kumar Yaduwanshi, Swarup Bag and Sukhomay Pal, Effect of preheating in hybrid friction stir welding of aluminum alloy, Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance, Springer, Vol. 23, Vol. 10, pp. 3794-3803, 2014.
  14. Biswajit Parida and Sukhomay Pal, A fuzzy assisted grey Taguchi approach for the optimization of multiple weld quality properties in friction stir welding process, Science and Technology of Welding and Joining, Vol. 20, No. 1, pp. 35-41, 2015.
  15. Deepak Kumar Yaduwanshi, Swarup Bag and Sukhomay Pal, Heat transfer analyses in friction stir welding of aluminum alloy, I Mech. E Part B: Journal of Engineering Manufacture, Vol. 229, No. 10. pp. 1722-1733, 2015
  16. Biswajit Parida, Shiv Dayal Vishwakarma and Sukhomay Pal, Design and Development of Fixture and Force Measuring System for Friction Stir Welding Process Using Strain Gauges, Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology, Springer, Vol. 29, No. 2, pp. 739-749, 2015.
  17. Prakash Kumar Sahu and Sukhomay Pal, Multi-Response Optimization of Process Parameters in Friction Stir Welded AM20 Magnesium Alloy by Taguchi Grey Relational Analysis, Journal of Magnesium and Alloys, Elsevier, Vol. 3, No. 1, pp. 36-46, 2015.
  18. B. Das, S. Bag and S. Pal, Defect detection in friction stir welding process through characterization of signals by fractal dimension, Manufacturing Letters, Vol. 7 pp. 6-10, 2016.
  19. Deepak Kumar Yaduwanshi, Swarup Bag and Sukhomay Pal, Numerical modeling and experimental investigation on plasma-assisted hybrid friction stir welding of dissimilar materials, Materials and Design, Vol. 92, pp. 166-183, 2016.
  20. Bipul Das, Sukhomay Pal, Swarup Bag, A combined wavelet packet and Hilbert-Huang transform for defect detection and modelling of weld strength in friction stir welding process, Journal of Manufacturing Processes, Vol. 22, pp. 260-268, 2016.
  21. Bipul Das, Sukhomay Pal, Swarup Bag, Monitoring of friction stir welding process using weld image information, Science and Technology of Welding and Joining, Vol. 21, No. 4, pp. 317-324, 2016.
  22. Biswajit Parida and Sukhomay Pal, An investigation to find appropriate starting position and elimination of pin-hole defect in FSW for maximizing the joint length, International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, Vol. 87, No. 9, pp. 2889-2900, 2016, DOI: 10.1007/s00170-016-8555-y
  23. Prakash Kumar Sahu, Sukhomay Pal, Surjya K. Pal, Rahul Jain, Influence of plate position, tool offset and tool rotational speed on mechanical properties and microstructures of dissimilar Al/Cu friction stir welding joints, Journal of Materials Processing Technology, Vol. 235, pp. 55-67, September 2016.
  24. B. Das, S. Pal and S. Bag, Defect Detection in Friction Stir Welding Process Using Signal Information and Fractal Theory, Procedia Engineering, Vol. 144, pp. 172-178, 2016.
  25. Prakash Kumar Sahu, Kanchan Kumari, Sukhomay Pal and Surjya K. Pal, Hybrid fuzzy-grey-Taguchi based multi weld quality optimization of Al/Cu dissimilar friction stir welded joints, Advances in Manufacturing, Vol. 4, Issue 3, pp. 237-247, 2016.
  26. Nizar Faisal Alkayem, Biswajit Parida and Sukhomay Pal, Optimization of friction stir welding process parameters using soft computing techniques, Soft Computing, Vol. 21, Issue 23, pp. 7083-7098, 2017.
  27. Bipul Das, Sukhomay Pal, Swarup Bag, Weld quality prediction in friction stir welding using wavelet analysis, International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, Vol. 89, Issue 1, pp. 711-725, 2017.
  28. Prakash Kumar Sahu and Sukhomay Pal, Influence of Metallic Foil Alloying by FSW Process on Mechanical Properties and Metallurgical Characterization of AM20 Mg Alloy, Materials Science and Engineering: A, Vol. 684, pp. 442-455, 2017.
  29. Prakash Kumar Sahu and Sukhomay Pal, Mechanical Properties of Dissimilar Thickness Aluminium Alloy weld by Single/Double Pass FSW, Journal of Materials Processing Technology, Vol. 243, pp. 442-455, 2017.
  30. Bipul Das, Swarup Bag and Sukhomay Pal, Probing weld quality monitoring in friction stir welding through characterization of signals by fractal theory, Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology, Vol. 31, No. 5, pp. 2459-2465, 2017.
  31. Bipul Das, Sukhomay Pal and Swarup Bag, Design and Development of force and torque measurement setup for real time monitoring of friction stir welding process, Measurement, Vol. 103, pp. 186-198, 2017.
  32. Bipul Das, Sukhomay Pal and Swarup Bag, Torque based defect detection and weld quality modelling in friction stir welding process, Journal of Manufacturing Processes, Vol. 27, pp. 8-17, 2017.
  33. Prakash Kumar Sahu, Sukhomay Pal and Surjya K. Pal, Al/Cu Dissimilar FSW with Ni, Ti and Zn Foil as Interlayer for Flow Control, Enhancing Mechanical and Metallurgical Properties, Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A, Vol. 48, Issue 7, pp. 3300-3317, 2017.
  34. D. K. Yaduwanshi, S. Bag and Sukhomay Pal, On the effect of tool offset in hybrid FSW of copper and aluminium alloy, Journal of Materials and Manufacturing Processes, Vol. 33, No. 3, pp. 277-287, 2018.
  35. Prakash Kumar Sahu and Sukhomay Pal, Effect of FSW Parameters on Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of AM20 welds, Journal of Materials and Manufacturing Processes, Vol. 33, No. 3, pp. 288-298, 2018.
  36. Bipul Das, Sukhomay Pal, Swarup Bag, Monitoring of friction stir welding process using main spindle motor current, Journal of The Institution of Engineers (India): Series C, Vol. 99(6), pp. 711-716, 2018.
  37. Nizar Faisal Alkayem, Biswajit Parida and Sukhomay Pal, Optimization of friction stir welding process using NSGA-II and DEMO, Neural Computing and Applications, Vol. 31, No. 2, pp. 947-956, 2019.
  38. Bipul Das, Sukhomay Pal, Swarup Bag, Probing defects in friction stir welding process using temperature profile, Sadhana, Vol. 44, Issue 4, pp. 79, 2019.
  39. Dipankar Saha, Sukhomay Pal, Microstructure and Work Hardening Behaviour of Micro Plasma Arc Welded AISI 316L Sheet Joint, Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance, Vol. 28, Issue 5, pp. 2588-2599; April 21, 2019.
  40. Prakash Kumar Sahu, Nikhil P Vasudevan, Bipul Das and Sukhomay Pal, Assessment of Self-Reacting Bobbin Tool Friction Stir Welding for Joining AZ31 Magnesium Alloy at Inert Gas Environment, Journal of Magnesium and Alloys, 2019 (accepted on 24 June, 2019)
  41. Avinish Tiwari, Pankaj Pardeep, Pankaj Biswas and Sukhomay Pal, Effect of tool offset and rotational speed in dissimilar friction stir welding of AISI 304 stainless steel and mild steel, Journal of Materials Engineering and Performances(accepted on September, 2019)

  • Publications in National Journal (Published: 1)

  1. S. K. Roy, Sukhomay Pal, Samir Kumar Ghosh, P. P. Dey, Machining of interpenetrating phase Aluminim/Alumina composite by electrical discharge technique, Transaction of Indian Ceramic Society, Vol. 67, No. 2, pp. 75-80, 2008.

  • Publications in National Conferences (Published: 4)

  1. Sukhomay Pal and P. P. Dey, Machining of silicon nitride advance ceramic in wire EDM, Proceedings of the 4th National Conference on precision Engineering (COPEN), Jadavpur University, India, pp. 187-193, 16-17th Dec. 2005.
  2. Sukhomay Pal, Surjya K. Pal and Arun K. Samantaray, A Review on Gas Metal Arc Welding Process Modelling and Control Using Soft Computing, Proceedings of the National Conference on Soft Computing Techniques for Engineering Applications, NIT Rourkela, India, pp. 145-152, 2006.
  3. M. Kosambia, H. Verma, S. Pal and C. Somayaji, Monitoring of submerged arc welding process, Proceeding of the National Conference on Advances in Welding Technology , NERIST, Itanagar, India, 10-11 May, 2013.
  4. D. Yaduwanshi, S. Pal and S. Bag, Theoretical and experimental development of plasma assisted friction stir welding, National Conference on Manufacturing: Vision for Future (MVF 2013), IIT Guwahati, Assam, 12th - 13th October, 2013.

  • Publications in International Conferences (Published: 28)

  1. Abhijit Sarkar, Sukhomay Pal, Surjya K. Pal and Arun K. Samantaray, Prediction of Welding Joint Strength and Bead Geometry in Pulsed Gas Metal Arc Welding using Artificial neural network, Proceedings of the Global Conference on Production and Industrial Engineering, CPIE-2007, NIT Jalandhar, 2007.
  2. Sukhomay Pal, Surjya K. Pal and Arun K. Samantaray, Determination of Optimal Pulse Metal Inert Gas Welding Parameters Using Neuro-GA Technique, Proceedings of the 4th International Conference of Theoretical, Applied Computational and Experimental Mechanics (ICTACEM), IIT Kharagpur, pp. 301, Dec. 2007.
  3. Biswajit Parida, Sukhomay Pal, Pankaj Biswas, M M Mohapatra and Sujoy Tikader, Mechanical and Micro-structural Study of Friction Stir Welding of Al-alloy, Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Advance Research in Mechanical Engineering, ICARME-2011, Interscience Research Network (India) Interscience Campus, Bhubaneswar, 15th October, 2011, pp. 54-59.
  4. Biswajit Parida and Sukhomay Pal, Overview of Friction Stir Welding, International conference on Mechatronics, Robotics and Manufacturing, ICMRM-2011, Interscience Campus, Bhubaneswar, 11th -12th December, 2011.
  5. Shivdayal Vishwakarma, Biswajit Parida and Sukhomay Pal, Design and Development of Force and Torque Measuring System for Use in Friction Stir Welding Process, PFAM-XXI, IIT Guwahati, December 10-13, 2012, pp. 1087-1100.
  6. D. Yaduwanshi, S. Bag and S. Pal, Thermal analysis on plasma assisted friction stir welding of aluminium alloy, The 7th Asia Pacific IIW International congress, Singapore, 8-10 July 2013, pp. 485-490.
  7. Biswajit Parida, Prakash Kumar Sahu and Sukhomay Pal, Effect of Process Parameters and Tool Geometry on Microhardness of Friction Stir Welded joints, International Conference on Precision, Meso, Micro and Nano Engineering (COPEN-8), Calicut, Kerala, India, 13 -15 December 2013, pp. 475-480.
  8. Prakash Kumar Sahu, Biswajit Parida and Sukhomay Pal, Parametric Influence on the Micro-hardness of the Friction Stir Welded AM20 Magnesium Alloy, International Conference on Precision, Meso, Micro and Nano Engineering (COPEN-8), Calicut, Kerala, India, 13 -15 December 2013, pp. 486-491.
  9. Biswajit Parida and Sukhomay Pal, Effect of Friction Stir Welding Parameters and Tool Geometry on Shoulder-Workpiece Interface Temperature, The Second International Conference on Intelligent Robotics, Automation and Manufacturing (IRAM), IIT Indore, 16-18 December 2013, pp. 530 - 539.
  10. Prakash Kumar Sahu and Sukhomay Pal, Optimization of process parameters on influencing mechanical properties of friction stir welded AM20 Magnesium Alloy, IIW International welding congress (IC 2014), New Delhi, 9-11 April, 2014, pp. 718-723.
  11. Biswajit Parida and Sukhomay Pal, Statistical analysis on tensile property of friction stir welded alumimium alloy, IIW International welding congress (IC 2014), New Delhi, 9-11 April, 2014.
  12. D. Yaduwanshi, S. Bag and S. Pal, Dissimilar hybrid friction stir welding of pure copper and AA1100, Advancements in Welding, Cutting & Surfacing Technologies for Improved Economy, Reliability & Sustainable Environment, IIW International Congress 2014, 9th - 11th April, 2014, New Delhi.
  13. Biswajit Parida and Sukhomay Pal, Effect of Process Parameters on Tensile Properties of Friction Stir Welded Joints, 26th All India Manufacturing Technology, Design and Research Conference (AIMTDR 2014), IIT Guwahati, 12-14 December, 2014.
  14. Bipul Das, Sukhomay Pal, Swarup Bag, Monitoring of friction stir welding process through signals acquired during the welding, 26th All India Manufacturing Technology, Design and Research Conference (AIMTDR 2014), IIT Guwahati, 12-14 December, 2014.
  15. D. Yaduwanshi, S. Pal and S. Bag, Effect of Preheating on Mechanical Properties of Hybrid Friction Stir Welded Dissimilar Joint, 26th All India Manufacturing Technology, Design and Research Conference (AIMTDR 2014), IIT Guwahati, 12-14 December, 2014.
  16. Prakash Kumar Sahu, Sukhomay Pal, Effect of shoulder diameter and plunging depth on mechanical properties and thermal history of friction stir welded magnesium alloy, 26th All India Manufacturing Technology, Design and Research Conference (AIMTDR 2014), IIT Guwahati, 12-14 December, 2014.
  17. Prakash Kumar Sahu, Vivek kumar and Sukhomay Pal, Influence of process parameters on the Micro-Hardness and Macro/Micro-Structural analysis of FSW Dissimilar Al/Cu Metals, ICMMSA-NIT Allahabad, 22 Dec 2014.
  18. Srikant Prasad, S. Pal, and P. S.Robi, Effects of various parameters of microplasma weld on mechanical and metallurgical properties for SS 316 L thin sheets, PFAM-XXIII, December 5-7, 2014, pp. 710-717, IIT Roorkee, India.
  19. B. Das, S. Pal and S. Bag, Defect detection in friction stir welding process using signal information and fractal theory, 12th International Conference on Vibration Problems (ICOVP 2015), 14 - 17th December, IIT Guwahati, Assam, 2015.
  20. B. Das, S. Pal and S. Bag, Neurofractal modeling of weld quality in friction stir welding, International Conference on Cutting, Welding and Surfacing (CWS 2015), 5 -7th August, Coimbatore, 2015.
  21. Bipul Das, Sukhomay Pal, Swarup Bag, Machine vision system based monitoring approach for friction stir welding process, 2016 IEEE First International Conference on Control, Measurement and Instrumentation (CMI), 8-10 January, Kolkata, India, Pages: 83-86, 2016, DOI: 10.1109/CMI.2016.7413715.
  22. Prakash Kumar Sahu and Sukhomay Pal, Fatigue Life Behaviour of Single and Double Pass Friction Stir Welded Different Thickness AA1050 Joint, 6th International & 27th All India Manufacturing Technology, Design and Research Conference (AIMTDR-2016), College of Engineering, Pune, Maharashtra, INDIA, 16-18 December, 2016. pp. 1141-1145.
  23. Bipul Bas, Sukhomay Pal and Swarup Bag, Wavelet transform based defect identification in friction stir welding process 6th International & 27th All India Manufacturing Technology, Design and Research Conference (AIMTDR-2016), College of Engineering, Pune, Maharashtra, INDIA, 16-18 December, 2016.
  24. U.K. Tarai, P.S. Robi and S. Pal, Development and Characterization of Inter layer Material for Transient Liquid Phase Bonding of IN-718 by Mechanical Alloying, 6th International & 27th All India Manufacturing Technology, Design and Research Conference (AIMTDR-2016), College of Engineering, Pune, Maharashtra, INDIA, 16-18 December, 2016. pp. 1146-1149, ISBN: 978-93-86256-27-0.
  25. Bipul Das, Sukhomay Pal , Swarup Bag, Weld defect identification in friction stir welding using power spectral density, International Conference on Recent Advances in Materials & Manufacturing Technologies (IMMT 2017), BITS Pilani Dubai Campus, Dubai, UAE, November 28-29, 2017, pp.55.
  26. U K Tarai, P S Robi and Sukhomay Pal, Development of a Novel Ni-Fe-Cr-B-Si Interlayer Material for Transient Liquid Phase Bonding of Inconel 718, International Conference on Recent Advances in Materials & Manufacturing Technologies (IMMT 2017), BITS Pilani Dubai Campus, Dubai, UAE, November 28-29, 2017, pp.11.
  27. S. Bag, D. K. Yaduwanshi and S. Pal, Role of physical variables in dynamic recrystallization during friction stir welding of aluminium alloy, Advances in Materials & Processing Technologies, December 11 - 14, 2017, Chennai, India.
  28. A. Mishra, S. Pal, and S. Bag, Electro-magnetic transient-thermal modeling of high-frequency induction welding of mild steel plates, AIMTDR 2018, December 13-15, 2018, Chennai.

Experience
  • Associate Professor, (January 28, 2015 - continuing), Department of Mechanical Engineering, IIT Guwahati
  • Assistant Professor, (March 1, 2010 to January 27, 2015), Department of Mechanical Engineering, IIT Guwahati
  • Post-doctoral Fellow, (November, 2008 to December, 2009), University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa

Short-term courses/workshops organized
Sl. No. Title Year
1 QIP Short Term Course On Micromanufacturing 2014
2 TEQIP-III short term course on Advances in Welding Research and Technology 2018
3 PRISM Workshop cum Seminar on Innovation and Entrepreneurship at NIT Arunachal Pradesh 2018
4 PRISM Workshop cum Seminar on Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Asansol Engineering College 2018
5 PRISM Workshop cum Seminar on Innovation and Entrepreneurship at GIMT, Guwahati 2019
6 PRISM Workshop cum Seminar on Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Assam Don Bosco University, Guwahati 2019
7 TEQIP-III short term course on Advances in Welding and Additive Manufacturing 2019
8 PRISM Workshop cum Seminar on Innovation and Entrepreneurship at KVK Tawang 2019
9 PRISM Workshop cum Seminar on Innovation and Entrepreneurship at NRC on Yak 2019
10 PRISM Workshop cum Seminar on Innovation and Entrepreneurship at IIT Guwahati 2019
11 PRISM Workshop cum Seminar on Innovation and Entrepreneurship at NIT Meghalaya 2019

Courses taught at IIT Guwahati
Industrial Engineering and Operations Research
Manufacturing Technology - II
Manufacturing Technology - II (Minor)
Manufacturing Technology - I
Engineering Materials
Soft Computing in Engineering
Workshop - I (Laboratory course)
Workshop - II (Laboratory course)
Mechanical Engineering Laboratory - II
Mechanical Engineering Laboratory - III
Reviewer of the following international journals
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes.
  • Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing
  • Applied Soft Computing
  • International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology
  • ASME Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering
  • Journal of Materials Processing Technology
  • Sadhana
  • Advances in Mechanical Engineering
  • Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology
  • Part E: Journal of Process Mechanical Engineering
  • Journal of The Institution of Engineers (India): Series C
  • Transactions of the Indian Institute of Metals
  • Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing
  • IMechE, Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science
  • ASTM International: Journal of Testing and Evaluation
Reviewer of the following Conferences
  • IICAI-11
  • ICCMM2011
  • ASME 2010 International Mechanical Congress & Exposition Engineering
  • iNaCoMM 2013
  • AMPC2013
  • International Conference on Materials Science (ICMS2015)
  • IIW NWS 2015-16
  • AIMTDR 2016
  • Int. Conf. on Recent Innovations & Developments in Mechanical Engineering (IC-RIDME 2018) NIT Meghalaya

Lecture Notes of ME 412M : Manufacturing Technology -II