Dr. Shankar Singh as Visiting Professor at Industrial Systems Engineering

Dr. Shankar Singh, a Visiting Professor at Industrial Systems Engineering (ISE) Programme of Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok, is a Professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department of the Sant Longowal Institute of Engineering & Technology (SLIET), Longowal (Sangrur), India. He passed his Bachelor in Engineering (Mechanical) Hons. from the Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh (India) in 1991, and M.Tech Mechanical (Production) from the Punjab Technical University, Jalandhar (India) in the year 2000. He received his Ph.D. degree in Production Engineering from University of Delhi, Delhi, India in 2007. He has about 24 years of teaching and research experience. His research interests include non-conventional manufacturing processes; advanced machining processes, hybrid machining processes: production and characterisation, machining & joining of composites materials; and automotive engineering. He has authored one book based on his research work on Abrasive Electrical Discharge Machining (AEDM).

His research achievements have been recognised by prize awards, peer reviewed publications and invited presentations. He has two Indian design patents in automotive engineering to his credit. He has published more than 75 research papers published in reputed international journals and conference proceedings. He is also reviewer of papers published in various international journals. Prof. Singh has been incessantly participating and representing his institute at Baja SAE (Society of Automotive Engineering) India and Efficycle (SAE-Northern India Section) events as Mentor/Faculty Advisor of the teams. He has been awarded Dhronacharya Award at Baja SAE (Society of Automotive Engineering) India event in Feb`2015 and Dhronacharya Award (Best Faculty Advisor) at Efficycle event (SAE-Northern India Section) in Oct`2015.

Prof. Shankar Singh is seconded to Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok by the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India. During his stay at ISE/AIT, he will teach Advanced Material Science for Design & Manufacturing (AT 73.17). He may be contacted at Room No. 208 (Chalerm Prakiat Building) Ext. 5675 and on e-mail at singh.shankar@gmail.com, shankarsingh@ait.ac.th.