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Soumitra Paul

	Soumitra Paul Ph.D.(IIT Kharagpur) Professor, Mechanical Engineering
	Soumitra Paul joined the Institute in 1995

Contact Addresses

Residence	2BR-18, IIT Campus, Kharagpur 721302
Phone (office)	+91 - 3222 - 282954
Phone (residence)	+91 - 3222 - 282955 (IIT Phone) +91 - 3222 - 279191 (Private Phone)
email	spaul @ mech.iitkgp.ernet.in
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Research Areas

Machining & Grinding
Cutting Tool Coating
Non-traditional Manufacturing

Awards & Honours

INAE Young Engineers Award (2000)
AICTE Career Award for Young Teacher (1998)

Current Sponsored Projects

Project Title : Multi-sensor Based Tool Condition Monitoring in Drilling
Principal Investigator : Dr S K Pal
Co-Principal-Investigators : Prof Soumitra Paul
Sponsor : CSIR
Project Title : Surface Integrity in High Efficiency Grinding by Super-abrasive Wheels
Principal Investigator : S Paul
Co-Principal-Investigators : A K Chattopadhyay, A B Chattopadhyay
Sponsor : MHRD

Member, Editorial Board

Member : International Journal of Abrasive Technology (http://www.inderscience.com/ijat)

Publications: 2008 - 2009

Composition and structure-property relationship of low friction, wear resistant TiN-MoSx composite coating deposited by pulsed closed-field unbalanced magnetron sputtering by S. Gangopadhyay, R. Acharya, A. K. Chattopadhyay, S. Paul, Surface and Coatings Technology, 203(12), 1565-1572 (2009)
Experimental Investigations On Grindability of Bearing Steel Under High Efficiency Deep Grinding (HEDG) by Sudarsan Ghosh, S. Paul and A. B. Chattopadhyay International JOurnal of Abrasive Technology, 2(2), 154-172 (2009)
On the critical behaviour of Barkhausen noise parameters in surface grinding by Meghanshu Vashista and S Paul International Journal of Abrasive Technology, 2(2), 184-206 (2009)
Application of micro-magnetic technique in surface grinding of AISI 1060 steel for assessment of surface integrity by Meghanshu Vashista, S. Ghosh and S Paul Materials and Manufacturing Processes, 24(1), 1-9 (2009)
Some studies in high pressure cooling in turning Ti-6Al-4V by A.K. Nandy, G. C. Gowrishankar and S Paul International Journal of Machine Tool and Manufacture, 49(2), 182-198 (2009)
Study of effects of process parameters in high speed grinding on surface integrity by Barkhausen noise analysis by Meghanshu Vashista and S Paul Journal of Engineering Manufacture, 222(4), 1625-1637 (2008)
Effect of coolant pressure, nozzle diameter, impingement angle and spot distance in high pressure cooling with neat oil in turning Ti-6Al-4V by A.K. Nandy and S Paul Machining Science and Technology, 12(4), 445-473 (2008)
Modelling of Specific Energy requirement during High Efficiency Deep Grinding by Sudarsan Ghosh and S. Paul and A. B. Chattopadhyay Int J of Machine Tool and Manufacture, 48(11), 1242-1253 (2008)
Numerical modelling of surface topography in superabrasive grinding, by Suryarghya Chakrabarti and S. Paul Int J Advanced Manufacturing Technology, 39, 29-38 (2008)

Publications: 2007 - 2008

Numerical modelling of kerf geometry in abrasive by Ambuj Saxena and S. Paul, International Journal of Abrasive Technology, 1(2), 208-230 (2007)
Effect of machining environment on machinability of Nimonic 263 during end milling with uncoated carbide tool by Bikramjit Podder and S. Paul, Int. J. Machining and Machinability of Materials, 3(1-2) pp.104-119 (2008)

Publications: 2006 - 2007

Growth of tool wear in turning of Ti-6Al-4V alloy under cryogenic cooling by K. A. Venugopal, S. Paul and A. B. Chattopadhyay, Wear, 262, pp.1071â€“1078 (2007)
Wear behaviour of uncoated carbide inserts under dry, wet and cryogenic cooling conditions in turning C-60 Steel by Nikhil R. Dhar, Sumaiya Islam, Md. Kamruzzaman and Soumitra Paul, J. of the Braz. Soc. of Mech. Sci. & Eng, XXVIII, pp.146-152 (2006)
A neural network based methodology for machining operations selection in computer-aided process planning for rotationally symmetrical parts by Sankha Deb, Kalyan Ghosh and S. Paul, J Intelligent Manufacturing, Vol.17, pp.573-585 (2006)
Tool Wear in Cryogenic Turning of Ti-6Al-4V Alloy by K. A. Venugopal, S. Paul and A. B. Chattopadhyay, Cryogenics, 47, pp. 12â€“18 (2007)

Publications: 2005 - 2006

Estimation of Tool Wear during CNC Milling using Neural Network based Sensor Fusion by N. Ghosh, Y. B. Ravi, A. Patra, S. Mukhopadhyay, S. Paul, A. R. Mohanty and A. B. Chattopadhyay, International Journal of Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing (available online), j.ymssp.2005.10.010 (2006)
Environmentally Conscious Machining and Grinding with Cryogenic Cooling by S Paul and A B Chattopadhyay, Machining Science and Technology, Vol.10, 87-131 (2006)
The efficacy of back propagation NN with delta par delta learning in predicting the wear of carbide inserts in face milling by R. K. Dutta, S. Paul and A. B. Chattopadhyay, International J of Advanced Manufacturing Technology (available online), s00170-005-0230-7 (2006)

Some Earlier Publications

Maximization of Slice Height with Uniformity in Surface Roughness in Direct Slicing of Free Form Surfaces’, by Aloke Kumar, Ashis Gopal Banerjee, S Paul and A Roy Choudhury, Journal of Engineering Manufacture, Proceedings of the Institute of Mechanical Engineers Part B, 217 (2003) 765-777
Turning of Titanium Alloy With TiB₂ Coated Carbides Under Cryogenic Cooling, Journal of Engineering Manufacture by K. A. Venugopal, Rushikesh Tawade, P.G. Prashanth, S. Paul and A. B. Chattopadhyay, Proceedings of the Institute of Mechanical Engineers Part B, 217 (2003) 1697-1707
The influence of cryogenic cooling on tool wear, dimensional accuracy and surface finish in turning AISI 1040 and AISI E4 by N. R. Dhar, S. Paul and A. B. Chattopadhyay, Wear, 249/10-11 (2002) 932-942
Role of cryogenic cooling on cutting temperature in turning steel - an FEM approach by N. R. Dhar, S. Paul and A. B. Chattopadhyay,, Trans. ASME, Journal of Manufacturing Sc. & Technology, 124 (2002) 146-154
Machining of AISI 4140 steel under cryogenic cooling - tool wear, surface roughness and dimension deviation by N. R. Dhar, S. Paul and A. B. Chattopadhyay, Journal of Materials Processing Technology, 123, 3 (2002) 483-489
On effects of cryogenic cooling on chips and cutting forces in turning AISI 1040 and 4320 steels: Journal of Engineering by N. R. Dhar, S. V. Nanda Kishore, S. Paul and A. B. Chattopadhyay, Proceedings of the Institute of Mechanical Engineers Pa, 216 (2002) 713-724
Abrasive water jet machining of glass fibre metal laminates by S. Paul, A. M. Hoogstrate and R van Praag, Journal of Engineering Manufacture , Proceedings of the Institute of Mechanical Engineers Part B, 216 (2002) 1459-1469
Beneficial Effects of Cryogenic Cooling over Dry and Wet Machining on Tool Wear and Surface Finish in Turning AISI 1060 S by N. R. Dhar, S. Paul and A. B. Chattopadhyay, Journal of Materials Processing Technology, 116, 1 (2001) 44-48

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