Faculty Profile

Name: Dr. Prashant Kumar Jain

Designation: Principal

Department: Department of Mechanical Engineering

Email: pkjain@rjit.ac.in

Mobile: 9340841848

Address: MANTUNG PALACE Main Road KARRAPUR Distt. SAGAR (M.P.) 470-337

Experience: 29 years

Date of Joining: 18-Jun-2025

Education & Qualification:

B.E. (Mechanical) from I.G. Govt. Engg. College SAGAR (M.P.) in 1995

M.E. (Mechanical) from S.A.T.I. Vidisha (M.P.) in 2002

Ph.D. (Development of Simulation Software for Part Program of CNC Lathe Machine (Mirac)) from Indian Institute of Technology Delhi in 2009

Research Profile

Google Scholar ID: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=T56LMvAAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao
ResearchGate ID: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Prashant-Jain-14
LinkedIn ID: https://in.linkedin.com/in/pkjain2006
Research Interests: Additive Manufacturing, Rapid Prototyping & Tooling, CNC machining, Geometric Modeling, CAD/CAM Integration, Computational Geometry, Incremental Sheet Metal Forming

Last Updated: 27-Jun-2025

Patents

S.No.	Title	Patent Type	Scope	Status	Patent Number	Grant/Publish Date
1	A vacuum compatible extruder head”, Rahul K. Choubey, Prashant K. Jain, Gourav K. Sharma. (Indian Utility Patent App No. 202321060613) dated October 20, 2023 (published)	Design	National	Published	202321060613	20-Oct-2023
2	Arc based additive manufacturing apparatus”,	Design	National	Published	362618-001	15-Apr-2021
3	Apparatus for additive manufacturing to create composite structure”,	Design	National	Granted	361773-001	01-Apr-2021
4	A Incremental Sheet Forming Process”	Research	National	Granted	502564	23-Feb-2017
5	3D Printed Artificial Temporal Bone and Process of Making the Same	Research	National	Published	E-1/40721/2016-Mum	03-Dec-2016
6	tool for evaluating working width of tooth for root canal treatment”	Research	National	Published	201621041472	05-Dec-2016
7	Fabricating more accurate SLS prototypes and tailoring properties in Rapid Prototypes	Research	National	Published	412351	24-Nov-2022

Last Updated: 24-Jun-2025

Books

S.No.	Title	Publisher	ISBN
1	Recent Advances in Intelligent Manufacturing,	Proceedings of ICAME 2022	978-981-99-1307-7
2	Functionally Graded Materials (FGMs): Fabrication, Properties, Applications, and Advancements		9780367483814
3	Advances in Mechanical and Energy Technology	Select proceedings of ICMET 2021, Springer	978-981-19-1617-5
4	Materials Today Proceedings	1st International Conference on Energy, Material Sciences and Mechanical Engineering,	2214-7853
5	Advances in Manufacturing Technology and Management,	elect Proceedings of ICAPIE-2021 as part of LNME	978-981-16-9523-0
6	Recent Advances in Mechanical Engineering	Select Proceedings of RAME 2020, Springer	978-981-15-9678-0
7	Recent Advances in Mechanical Engineering	Select Proceedings of NCAME 2019,Springer, Singapore	978-981-15-1071-7

Last Updated: 24-Jun-2025

Projects Undertaken

Principal Investigator, “Development of Induction-Conduction Based Material Deposition System for Metal Additive Manufacturing”, sponsored by DST under Advanced Manufacturing Technologies (AMT) program, August 2018 to March 2022, Duration: 3.5 years. (Co-PI: Dr. Pavan Kankar and Prof. Puneet Tandon,) (Amount: Rs. 42.34 Lakhs), Completed.
Principal Investigator, Development of Additive-Subtractive Integrated RP System for Improved Part Quality, sponsored by DST, April 2014 to March 2018, Duration: 4 years. (Co-PI: Prof. Puneet Tandon, Dr. P. M. Pandey) (Amount: Rs. 19.5 lakhs) Completed.
Co-Principal Investigator, Development of Adaptive Double Sided Incremental Forming Process for Dieless Manufacturing, sponsored by IMPRINT India, March 2017 to March 2022, Duration: 5 years. (PI: Prof. Puneet Tandon, Co-PI: Dr. Pavan K. Kankar) (Amount: Rs. 252.12 Lakhs), Completed
Co-Principal Investigator, Process Development for the Fabrication of Free Form Components through Incremental Sheet Forming, sponsored by BRNS, November 2012 to December 2018, Duration: 5 years. (PI: Prof. Puneet Tandon) (Amount: Rs. 87.82 lakhs) Completed.
Co-Principal Investigator, Force and vibration analysis in biomechanical preparation of root canals using endodontic file system: In-vitro study, sponsored by Science & Engineering Research Board (SERB) under Core Research Grant, March 2021 to March 2024, Duration: 3 years. (PI: Dr. Pavan Kankar, IIT Indore, Co-PI: Prof. Anand Parey, Dr. Arpit Jain) (Amount: Rs. 34.034 Lakhs), Completed.
Co-Principal Investigator, In-process monitoring of Stamping Process of a thin plate, sponsored by DST-JSPS, November 2017-November 2018, Duration: 1 years (PI: Prof. Puneet Tandon, Co-PI: Dr. Pavan K. Kankar) (Amount: Rs. 8.76 lakhs) Completed.
Co-Chief Investigator, Electronics and ICT Academy, IIITDMJ funded by Department of Electronics and IT, Govt. of India. 2014-2023. (Rs. 9.5 Crores).

Publications (International Journals)

S.No.	Title of Publication	Journal	Month-Year of Publication	ISSN & DOI	No. of Co-Authors
1	Design and fabrication of wire arc additive manufacturing setup and enhanced tailored properties of dissimilar steel additively deposited by WAAM process" View Paper	Structures	Jan-2025	2352-0124 DOI: DOI: 10.1016/j.istruc.2025.108228	2
2	Optimization of FFF parameters for mechanical performance enhancement of ASA polymer in outdoor applications View Paper	International Journal on Interactive Design and Manufacturing (IJIDeM),	Jan-2025	1955-2513 DOI: 10.1007/s12008-025-02272-z	1
3	"Development and post-process heat treatment of dissimilar steel structure via twin-wire arc additive manufacturing using heterogeneous functionally graded deposition strategy View Paper	Structures	Feb-2025	108255 DOI: DOI: 10.1016/j.istruc.2025.108255	2
4	Influence of Pore Geometry on the Compressive Strength and Cell–Materials Interaction of 3D Printed PLA Scaffolds”, View Paper	Polymer-Plastics Technology and Materials	Feb-2025	2574-0881 DOI: DOI: 10.1080/25740881.2025.2463571	2
5	Selection Method of Suitable Filler for Fabrication of Flexible Electrically Conductive Parts through Extrusion-Based Additive Manufacturing View Paper	Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance	Mar-2025	1059-9495 DOI: DOI:10.1007/s11665-025-10812-7	1
6	Effect of interlayer forced cooling strategies on wire arc additively manufactured SS 316L” View Paper	Materialstoday Communications	Mar-2025	2352-4928 DOI: DOI: 10.1016/j.mtcomm.2025.111758	2
7	Optimum part filling via layer-wise variation of raster angle in fused filament fabrication”, View Paper	International Journal on Interactive Design and Manufacturing,	Jan-2025	1955-2513 DOI: DOI: 10.1007/s12008-024-02189-z	2
8	Microstructural refinement and strengthening of wire arc additively manufactured construction grade low carbon steel through heat treatment”, View Paper	Structures Volume: 28, Issue: 28	Jan-2025	2352-0124 DOI: DOI: 10.1016/j.istruc.2024.107153	2
9	A state-of-the-art review on metal additive manufacturing: milestones, trends, challenges and perspectives”,	Journal of the Brazilian Society of Mechanical Sciences and Engineering,	Jan-2025	10th 678-5878 DOI: DOI: 10.1007/s40430-024-04917-8	2
10	Development of ferritic–austenitic functionally graded structure via twin wire arc additive manufacturing route”, View Paper	Progress in Additive Manufacturing, ISSN: 2363-9512.	Jan-2025	2363-9512 DOI: DOI: 10.1007/s40964-024-00823-6	0
11	Effect of Natural Aging on Mechanical Properties of 3D- Printed Acrylonitrile Stryrene Acrylate for Outdoor Applications” View Paper	Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance	Jan-2024	1059-9495 DOI: DOI: 10.1007/s11665-024-10273-4	0
12	Novel Process Approach for Extrusion-Based Metal Wire Additive Manufacturing Using Induction Heating as a Heat Source View Paper	Key Engineering Materials	Jan-2024	1662-9795 DOI: DOI: 10.4028/p-0r3BsR	1
13	Tailoring coil geometry for achieving uniform heating through coil shape topology optimization for induction heating-based metal wire additive manufacturing” View Paper	Rapid Prototyping Journal Volume: 31, Issue: 2	Jan-2024	1355-2546 DOI: DOI: 0.1108/RPJ-08-2024-0360	2
14	Advancement of nanofiller reinforced fused filament fabrication polymers: A path to sustainable, weather-resistant 3D printing materials”, View Paper	Journal of Thermoplastic Composite Materials	Feb-2024	0892-7057 DOI: DOI: 10.1177/08927057241290465	1
15	Microstructure and tribological behaviour of dissimilar steel functional structure developed via arc-based DED process View Paper	Tribology International	Feb-2024	0301-679x DOI: DOI: 10.1016/j.triboint.2024.109782	0