Personal Details:

Name Dr. Sachin Adinath Mastud

Contact Details 9757136823 / 9167430525
[email protected]
Office Address Department of Mechanical Engineering,
VJTI, Matunga (E), Mumbai, Pin: 400019
Qualification B.E. (Production), WIT Solapur
M.E. (Production), VJTI Mumbai
Ph.D. (Mechanical), IIT Bombay
Designation Associate Professor, Mechanical
Engineering Department, VJTI
Date of Birth 01st August 1980
Academic 13 years
Experience
Research Un-conventional Manufacturing Processes,
Interest Manufacturing Science, Micro-Machining,
Precision Engineering, Engineering
Metrology, Process Engineering

Educational Qualification:
`Qualification School /College /University Year % Marks Pass Class
SSC Harbhai Devkar Parashala, Solapur March 1995 80% --
HSC Walchand Junior College, Solapur June 1997 75% --
B.E. (Production) Walchand College of Engineering, June 2001 71% 1st Class with
Solapur Distinction
M.E.(Production) Veermata Jijabai Technological June 2005 72% 1st Class with
Institute (VJTI), Mumbai Distinction
Ph.D. (Mechanical) Indian Institute of Technology April 2014 -- --
Bombay, Mumbai

Work Experience:
Sr. No Designation Institute Period
1 Associate Professor, Veermata Jijabai June 2016 till date
Mechanical Engg. Technological Institute
Department (VJTI), Mumbai
2 Head of Production From 1st August 2014 till June 2016
Engineering Department
3 Lecturer (Senior scale) From 18th July 2008 till date
Lecturer From 17th July 2003 to 16th July 2008

M. Tech. Dissertation : Process Parameters Optimization of Electro-polishing Process, at

VJTI Mumbai, 2005.
Ph.D. Thesis : Development and Modeling of Reverse Micro EDM for Fabrication
of High Aspect Ratio Features and Textured Surfaces, at IIT
Bombay 2014.

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Countries Visited:
 South Korea: Visited South Korea during 24th-27th October 2010 to attend and present
paper at 7th International Workshop on Micro-Factories
1. Interacted with researchers from various universities
2. Visited Korean Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), Mechanical Engineering
Laboratories (Micro-forming center)
 United State of America: Visited USA during 4th to 8th June 2012 to attend and present
paper at ASME- Manufacturing Engineering and Science Conference (MSEC) at Notre
Dame University, Chicago.
1. Interacted with researchers from various countries and universities.
2. Visited Zimmer (Implant Manufacturing) Industry
3. Visited Notre Dame University Laboratories
 United State of America: Visited USA during 9th to 13th June 2014 to attend and
present paper at ASME- Manufacturing Engineering and Science Conference (MSEC)
at University of Michigan, Detroit.
1. Interacted with researchers from various universities.
2. Visited University of Michigan Dearborn (CAE Lab)

Research and Publications: Total Publications: 17

Research Projects 01 (sanctioned)+02 (under review)
Papers Published in International Journals 05+01 (under review)
Papers Published in International 08
Conferences
Papers Published in National Conferences 03
Sessions Conducted in FDP/STTP 11
Short Term Courses Attended (1-2 week) 21

Research Proposals Submitted/Sanctioned:

i. Project Approved by: Department of Science and Technology (DST) under Young
Scientist Research Grant (Project number YSS/2015/001910)
Title: Development and Modeling of Micro Electrical Discharge Machining for Fabrication
of Micro Textured Surfaces for Tribological and Machining Applications
Committed Project Budget: 23.50 lakhs

Experience of Working on Research Projects:

i. Worked as a Research Scholar on Project Funded by Department of Science and
Technology (Project number 08-DS-058) at IIT Bombay (PI: Dr. Suhas Joshi)
Project Title: Development and Modeling of Dry EDM and Micro Reverse EDM

ii. Worked as a Research Scholar on project Funded by Indian Space Research

Organization (ISRO) at IIT Bombay (PI: Dr. Suhas Joshi)
Project Title: Design and Fabrication of 3D Hydrophobic structures

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Publications in International Journals:
1. Sachin Mastud, Naman Kothari, Ramesh Singh and Suhas Joshi. Modeling Debris
Motion in Vibration Assisted Reverse Micro Electrical Discharge Machining Process (R-
MEDM). IEEE-Microelectromechanical Systems, 24:3, 661-676, 2014.
2. Manoj Bhalwankar and Sachin Mastud. Applying Value Stream Mapping for
Improvements in Automotive Seat Manufacturing Processes. International Journal of
Mechanical Engineering and Robotic Research, 4:3, 165-177, 2014.
3. Sachin Mastud, Ramesh Singh and Suhas Joshi. Analysis of fabrication of arrayed
micro-rods on tungsten carbide using reverse micro-EDM. International Journal of
Manufacturing Technology and Management, 26:4, 176 – 195, 2012.
4. Sachin Mastud, Mayank Garg, Ramesh Singh and Suhas S Joshi. Recent developments
in the reverse micro electrical discharge machining in the fabrication of arrayed micro
features. Proceedings of IMechE: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science (Part-
C), 226, 367-384, 2010.
5. Soham Mujumdar, Sachin Mastud, Ramesh Singh and Suhas Joshi. Experimental
characterization of reverse micro-EDM process for fabrication of high-aspect ratio micro
rod arrays. Proceedings of IMechE: Journal of Engineering Manufacture (Part B),
225, 1-18, 2009.

6. Onkar Sahasrabudhe, D N Raut, Sachin Mastud, Sahin Dobhada and Ulhas Pujari.
Study of Twin electrode Hybrid Arc Welding: Review with a Proposed Methodology.
SME-Journal of Manufacturing Processes (submitted in November 2015)

Publications in International Conferences:

1. Sachin Mastud, Naman Kothari, Ramesh Singh, Johnson Samuel and Suhas Joshi.
Analysis of debris in vibration assisted Reverse Micro Electrical Discharge Machining.
ASME-International Manufacturing Science and Engineering Conference (MSEC), 9th-
13th June 2014, University of Michigan, Detroit, USA.
2. Sachin Mastud, Mayank Garg, Ramesh Singh, Johnson Samuel and Suhas Joshi.
Experimental characterization of vibration assisted reverse micro Electrical Discharge
Machining (EDM) for surface texturing. ASME-International Manufacturing Science and
Engineering Conference (MSEC), 4th-8th June 2012, University of Notre Dame, South
Bend, USA.
3. Piyusha Lokhande and Sachin Mastud, Wavelet Analysis of Cutting Force Signals For
Tool Condition Monitoring in Micro-Milling. COPEN-7-International Conference on
Precision, Meso, Micro and Nano Engineering. 10th-11th December 2011, College of
Engineering, Pune.
4. Sachin Mastud, Ramesh Singh, Johnson Samuel and Suhas Joshi. Comparative
analysis of the process mechanics in micro Electrical Discharge Machining (EDM) and
Reverse micro-EDM. ASME-International Manufacturing Science and Engineering
Conference (MSEC), 13th-17th June 2011, Corvallis, Oregon, USA.
5. Sachin Mastud, Ramesh Singh and Suhas Joshi. Vibration assisted reverse micro
EDM for generating high-aspect ratio arrayed micro-features. COPEN-7-International
Conference on Precision, Meso, Micro and Nano Engineering, 10th-11th December
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 2011, College of Engineering, Pune.
6. Sachin Mastud, Ramesh Singh and Suhas Joshi. Reverse micro EDM of tungsten
carbide for machining microrod arrays. International Workshop on Microfactories, 24th-
28th October 2010, Daejeon, Korea.
7. Satish Mhaske, Sachin Mastud and R.Balasubramanium. Design of a grooved cathode
for ELID process. All India Manufacturing Technology, Design and Research (AIMTDR),
13th-15th December, 2010, Visakhapatnam, India.
8. Sachin Mastud, Ramesh Singh and Suhas Joshi. Investigation of reverse micro EDM
process for generating high-aspect ratio micro-electrode arrays. International
conference on Multi-Material Micro Manufacture (4M)-ICOMM- International conference
on Micro-manufacture, 23rd-25th September-2009, Karlsruhe, Germany.

National Conferences and Events Attended:

1. Poster presentation in Ph.D colloquium at VJTI, 15-16, April 2013.
2. Sachin Mastud, D.N.Raut and Y.D.Venkatesh, Machining of high aspect ratio arrayed
structures by reverse micro-EDM process. National conference on Recent Trends in
Mechanical Engineering, RTME, 04th-06th March, 2010, Nashik, India.
3. Poster presentation on Research Activities of Machine Tool Lab, IIT Bombay at IMTEX,
Banglore, 18th-21st January 2011

Invited Talks and Lectures Delivered in FDP/STTP:

1. Conducted two sessions in STTP on Emerging Trends in Mechanical Engineering at
DABACER, Nagpur, 27thApril-2nd May 2015.
2. Conducted a session on Optimization Processes and Micro-manufacturing in ISTE
workshop on Computational Methods at Pillai College of Engineering, Rasayani on 5th
July 2015.
3. Conducted a session on in STTP on Advanced Manufacturing Techniques at DKTE
Ichalkarnaji, 12th-16th January 2015.
4. Technical Session Chair in National Level Doctoral Consortium for Research Scholars
at MET Bhujbal Knowledge City, Nasik during 5th-7th January 2015.
5. Delivered Expert Lecture on Un-conventional Machining Processes at Orchid College
Solapur on 13th September 2014.
6. Conducted a session on Micromachining in TEQIP sponsored program on Advances in
Manufacturing Technology at RIT Islampur, 30th June-4th July 2014.
7. Presented a Production Engineering curriculum development process at one day
workshop on Best Practices in Outcome Based Design of Curriculum for Production
Engineering at SGGS IE&T Nanded, 21st August 2014.
8. Conducted a session on ‘Unconventional and Micromachining Processes’ at one week
workshop in Production and Industrial Engineering at WCE Sangli, 10th-14th December
2012.
9. Conducted Session on ‘Micro-machining’ in 5-day SDP on Advances in Manufacturing
and Micromachining at VJTI, Mumbai, 14th-18th November 2011
10. Conducted session in AICTE sponsored Staff development program on Advances in
Manufacturing and Micromachining Techniques, 14th-18th November 2011 at
Production Engg. Department VJTI.
11. Presentation in Short Term Training Program on ‘Electrical Discharge Machining’ at
Saraswati College of Engineering, Navi Mumbai, 13th January 2010.

Short Term (1-2 Weeks) Programs Attended/Proposed:

1. Conducted GIAN Implementation program with Prof. Samuel Johnson (RIP, NY, USA)

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 at VJTI Mumbai (August, 2016)
2. Participated in Management Capacity Enhancement Program at IIM Kozhikode, 24th-
29th August 2015.
3. Participated in MHRD-TEQIP-KITE Workshop on Teaching Applied Mathematics to
Post Graduate Students in Engineering at IIT Bombay, 13th-15th May 2015.
4. Participated in QIP Sponsored one week Faculty Development Program on Foundry
Technology at VJTI Mumbai, 22nd-26th December 2014.
5. Participated in Management Capacity Enhanced Programme under TEQIP organized
by IIM Udaipur, 22nd-27th September 2014.
6. Attended AICTE sponsored two weeks Faculty Development Program on ‘Recent
Trends in Manufacturing Technology’ at WCE Sangli, 12th-22nd June 2013.
7. Attended one week Faculty Development Program on ‘Recent Trends in Finite Element
Method and Introduction to Boundary Element and Mesh-Free Method at VJTI Mumbai,
18th-22nd February 2013.
8. Participated in one-week QIP course on TRIZ and Taguchi Methods using Innovation
and Optimization at IIT Bombay, 11th-16th August 2012.
9. Attended TEQIP sponsored one week program on ‘Industrial Engineering Tools and
Techniques’ at VJTI Mumbai, 12th-16th March 2012.
10. Attended AICTE Sponsored staff development program on ‘Advances in Manufacturing
and Micromachining Techniques’ at VJTI Mumbai, 14th-18th, November 2011.
11. Attended five days International School on Nano-scale Materials and Devices at IIT
Bombay, 13th-17th December 2010.
12. Attended a four days workshop on the Micro/Nano Fabrication at IIT Kanpur, 5th-8th
December 2009.
13. Attended the SERC (DST sponsored) school on Micromachining at IIT Bombay,
October, 2009.
14. Attended two days program on ‘Effective Role Execution for Institute Development
Training Module T.M.-6’ at VJTI, 4th-5th March 2009.
15. Attended five days TEQIP sponsored Short Term Training Programme on ‘Modern
Trends in Machining and Materials’ at VJTI Mumbai, 16th-20th February 2009.
16. Attended five days Short Term Training Programme on Multimedia Systems at VJTI
Mumbai from 2nd-7th February 2009.
17. Attended one week ISTE approved Short Term Training Program on New Horizons in
Engineering Materials at DJ Sanghvi COE Vile Parle, 23rd June-4th July 2008.
18. Credit course completed at Mechanical Engineering Department IIT Bombay on ‘Ultra
Precision Machining’, January-April 2008.
19. Attended a three days course on Student Counseling and Evaluation conducted by
NITTR Bhopal at VJTI Mumbai, 16th-18th April 2007.
20. Participated in three days TEQIP program on Solid Modeling using CATIA at DKTE,
Ichalkaranji, 1st-3rd February 2007.

Ph.D Students Guided:

Registration Student Name Title of Thesis Remark
Year
June 2015 Mrs. Megha Modeling and Development of Deep Holes and In
Nagrale Curved Holes Micro-EDM Drilling Assisted by Progress
Electrode Vibrations and Magnetic Force
B.Tech Projects and M. Tech. Dissertations Guided:
Activity Number of Project Location
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 students guided
M.Tech Dissertations 28 In-house and reputed industries like
TATA, Volkswagen, SIEMENS, L&T,
Godrej, HPCL, etc.
B.Tech In-plant training and 45 Godrej, L&T, Volkswagen, SIEMENS,
Project work of 6 months HPCL, Thermax Industries, etc.
duration

Examiner and Reviewer:

 Reviewer of ASME-MSEC 2012 Conference
 Evaluation and examination of Ph.D thesis of Mr. Rajkumar Palhade (SRTM Uninersity,
Nanded)
 Regular M.Tech examiner of SGGS IE&T-Nanded, Walchand College of Engineering-
Sangli, BKC CoE-Nasik, Amrutvahini CoE-Sangamner, Singhagad CoE-Wadgaon and
Lonawala, etc.

Committee Membership and Other Academic Activities:

 Institute Faculty Grievances Committee member
 Ph.D admission Department coordinator (2014)
 NBA Accreditation departmental co-coordinator for B.Tech Production (2009)
 F.Y. B.Tech admission committee member (2004-2009)
 TEQIP Department coordinator and involved in purchasing of more than 25 lakhs of
equipments and software
 Development of Metrology lab (in-charge, 2004-2014)
 Assisted in purchasing of Metrology Equipment through RPS (More than Rs. 15 lakhs)
 Secretary of Production Engineering Students Association (involved in organizing
Annual Technical Event since 2009)

Achievements:
 Received a Young Scientist Research grant of Rs. 23.50 lakhs from Department of
Science and Technology (DST)
 1st position in the oral presentations in ‘Manufacturing Engineering’ stream in
‘MEGRES-2014’; Research symposium at IIT Bombay, January 2014.
 Best poster award in Production Department at VJTI Ph.D colloquium in 2013.
 Received Travel Grant from DST to present research papers at USA in June 2012.
 Best Paper award for paper titled ‘Value Stream Mapping in Seat Manufacturing Plant’
at IIT Banaras (Banaras Hindu University) with Mr. Manoj Bhalwankar, 16th-19th
December 2012.

Prof. Sachin Mastud Date: 04.01.2017

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