Experience
ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
Assistant Professor - Dept of Design, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Guwahati, India - August 2022- Present
Project Assistant Professor- Dept of mechanical engineering, NTUST, Taiwan - December 2021- July 2022
Taiwan High Speed 3D Printing Research Center, NTUST Taiwan - Postdoctoral Researcher- Aug 2020- Nov 2021
Adjunct Assistant Professor (NTUST Taiwan) Dec 2020- Nov 2021
INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE
Yushan Ventures, Inc. / Mosaic Venture Lab, TAIWAN (June 2019 – Present) (Part-time)
Project Head - Volker Heistermann
Project Name: Review and Investigate the feasibility of 4D printing for Automotive industry.
Scope of work: Lead the creation of a 4D printing scout team and managed the technical team worldwide for AUDI next-generation car. Identifying and linking the key startups, technologies for product realization.
Feasibility of 4D printing technology for future manufacturing.
Taiwan 3D Tech Co. Ltd, TAIPEI, TAIWAN (February 2017 – May 2019) (Part-Time)
Project Name: Smart Phone 3D printer business development in India.
Scope of work: Identifying and Co-operation of key 3D printing service industry for the Indian market.
ABI Showatech India Ltd, (TVS Group), India MAY 2013 – JAN 2017 (Full time in Dept of R&D)
Scope of work: New product development Lead Engineer responsible for engineering sustaining functionalities, Project Implementation, coordinating with Multi-Disciplinary Team, Technical Documentation with design detailing like GD&T & Presentation to facilitate Prototype Planning & Development
Education Details
National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taiwan
PhD
Feb 2017- June 2020
Indian Institute of Information Technology Design & Manufacturing, Kanchipuram, India
M.Des
Aug 2011 - May 2013
Courses
- Design for Additive Manufacturing
- Additive Manufacturing
- Applied Science for Design
- Material and Processes
- Plastics and Composites
- Laser Material Processing
List of Projects
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Journal Publications
1. Reducing mechanical anisotropy in material extrusion process using bioinspired architectured lattice structures [March, 2023], https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214860423000933
2. Design, fabrication, and properties evaluation of novel nested lattice structures [April, 2023], https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214860423001239
3. Analysis and modelling of damage mechanism in FDM 3D-printed lattice structure under compression loading [January, 2023], https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12206-022-2104-4
4. Closed-cell metamaterial composites 3D printed with hybrid FFF process for tunable mechanical and functional properties [November, 2023], https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0263823123006468
5. Design of tessellation based load transfer mechanisms in additively manufactured lattice structures to obtain hybrid responses [September, 2023], https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214860423003871
6. Adaptive Mechanical Properties and Stretchability of Novel Chainmail Fabrics Based on Overlapping Tessellation Strategies [September, 2023], https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214860423003901
7. Supportless Lattice Structure for Additive Manufacturing of Functional Products and the Evaluation of Its Mechanical Property at Variable Strain Rates [November, 2022], https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1944/15/22/7954
8. A novel bioinspired architectured materials with interlocking designs based on tessellation [October, 2022], https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214860422004444
9. A bio-inspired design strategy for easy powder removal in powder-bed based additive manufactured lattice structure [July, 2022], https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17452759.2022.2039071
10. Energy Absorption and Stiffness of Thin and Thick-Walled Closed-Cell 3D-Printed Structures Fabricated from a Hyperelastic Soft Polymer [March, 2022], https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1944/15/7/2441
11. Multi-material additive manufacturing with lightweight closed-cell foam-filled lattice structures for enhanced mechanical and functional properties [March, 2022], https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214860422001701
12. CFD and strength analysis of novel biomimetic lattice structure designed for additive manufacturing and post-processing [January, 2022], https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0264127522009972
13. Effect of atomic tessellations on structural and functional properties of additive manufactured lattice structures [November, 2021], https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S221486042100484X
14. Design and optimisation of 3D fast printed cellular structures [April, 2021], https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/mdp2.227
15. Supportless lattice structures for energy absorption fabricated by fused deposition modeling [January, 2020], https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/full/10.1089/3dp.2019.0089
16. Design and Additive Manufacturing of Closed Cells from Supportless Lattice Structure [March, 2020], https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214860420305406
17. A state-of-the-art review on types, design, optimization, and additive manufacturing of cellular structures [October, 2019], https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00170-019-04085-3
Awards
Awards and Recognition
Research paper award – 2021-22 by Taiwan Society of precision engineering – Bronze Medal
Topic - Chinmai Bhat, Ajeet Kumar, Jeng-Ywan Jeng “ Effect of atomic tessellations on structural and functional properties of additive manufactured lattice structures. https://www.automan.tw/news/newsContent.aspx?id=3899
Best presentation award (Engineering) – 2021-22 by 2nd International conference on innovative technology and science 2021 Topic – Mayur Jiyalal Prajapati, Ajeet Kumar, Jeng-Ywan Jeng “ Additively manufactured closed cell polyurethane foam filled lattice structures for damping application . https://conference.ucyp.edu.my/home-icitss2/
International Contest – Open innovation: Solvay’s AM cup in partnership with Loreal and Ultimaker – Solvay AM Cup 2021 Topic – Design a 3D printed real world industrial application which highlights the potential of AM to revolutionize production line agility- Finalist https://www.solvay.com/en/innovation/open-innovation/solvay-am-cup
Patents
USA Patent
1) Jeng Ywan Jeng , Ajeet Kumar “Shoe Midsole Structure And Method For Manufacturing Same” https://patents.google.com/patent/US10881167B2/en (Taiwanese Patent I703939, USA patent No 10881167)
2) Ajeet Kumar, Jeng-Ywan Jeng, Yun Peng Yeh “Bio-mimicked three-dimensional laminated structure” https://patents.google.com/patent/US11457694B2/en (Taiwanese Patent 109131267, USA patent No: US20210186152A1))
3) Saurav Verma, Jeng-Ywan Jeng, Ajeet Kumar, “Ventilated three-dimensional structure made by additive manufacture" https://patents.google.com/patent/TWI742847B/en?oq=I742847 (Taiwanese Patent TWI742847B , USA patent No: US20220010927A1))
4) Jeng-Ywan Jeng, Zheng-Ye She, Tsai Cheng-Yi, Azam Hamza, Ajeet Kumar “Smart Tooth cleaning device” https://patents.google.com/patent/US20230181300A1/en (USA Patent No- 17742391)
5) Chinmai bhat, Ajeet Kumar, Jeng Ywan Jeng,“ Crystal structures inspired tessellations to generate multi-material properties in lattice structures with 3d printing” https://patents.google.com/patent/US20230264450A1/en (US20230264450A1 USA Patent Number)
6) Jeng Ywan Jeng, Mayur Jiyalal Prajapati, Ajeet Kumar, “Composite additive structure and composite additive manufacturing equipment” US application no – 17/505,608 (Under Review)
Current
Arjun Kumar, Ph.D
Title of project /Area of research: Design of Architectured lattice structure with thermal function
Email: k.arjun@iitg.ac.in
Duration: 2023
Sandipan Datta, Ph.D
Title of project /Area of research: Biomedical Device and Additive Manufacturing
Email: d.sandipan@iitg.ac.in
Duration: 2022
Completed
Mayur Jiyalal Prajapati, Ph.D
Title of project /Area of research: MULTI-MATERIAL ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING OF CLOSED CELL METAMATERIALS INTEGRATED WITH SECONDARY MATERIALS
Email: mayurprajapati969@gmail.com
Duration: 2020-2023
Chinmai Bhat, Ph.D
Title of project /Area of research: ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING ENABLED TESSELLATION AND NESTING STRATEGIES OF LATTICE STRUCTURES FOR TUNABLE STRUCTURAL AND FUNCTIONAL
PROPERTIES
Email: cvbhatjkd@gmail.com
Duration: 2020-2023
