Dr. Sanjay Sharma

Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University

Official Website Last Updated: 22nd Jan, 2025

10th Convocation

Associate Professor

sanjaysharma@smvdu.ac.in, sanjufrnd15@gmail.com

9906134266 (Mob.) 2247 (O)

School of Mechanical Engineering

Detailed CV

Profile Highlights

Educational Qualification
Teaching Experience
Administrative Experience
Research Experience
Research Projects
Journal Publications
Conference Publications
Book/Chapters Written
Research Supervision
Patents
Conferences/Courses Organized
Expert Talks

Educational Qualification

Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering– I. K. Gujral Punjab Technical University, Punjab (2019)
Specialization: Lubrication and Bearing Design
M.Tech. in Thermal Engineering – Sardar Beant Singh University, Punjab (2011)
Specialization: Solar Thermal Engineering
A.M.I.E. in Mechanical Engineering – Institution of Mechanical Engineering (2007)
Specialization: Mechanical Engineering
Diploma. in Mechanical Engineering – Govt. Polytechnic Jammu (2004)
Specialization: Mechanical Engineering

Teaching Experience

Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering Department
SMVD University (2024–Present)
Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering Department
SMVD University (2011–2024)
Lecturer, Mechanical Engineering Department
MIET Jammu (2010–2011)

Administrative Experience

Coordinator, Skill Hub Center – SMVD University

Research Experience

Principal Investigator –
Co-Investigator –

Research Projects

Skill Hub Center at SMVDU:

With an aim to utilize the permanent infrastructure and other resources like trainers available at the SMVDU, Katra, The Skill Hub Centre at Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University (SMVDU) in Katra is a platform to promote the various schemes of the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) and the Ministry of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises, Govt. of India.
The Primary Objectives is: To provide skill development training in order to enhancing the employability of youth.
The Skill Hub Centre facilitate :
Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY) 4.0 : This Scheme focusing on industry-relevant skills to develop a workforce that meets current market demands.
PM Vishwakarma Scheme: This initiative aims to support and enhance the skills of traditional artisans and craftsmen by providing them with specialized training, resources, and financial assistance.

Journal Publications

S.No.	Year	Publication
1.	2024	*“Effect of partial surface waviness on the dynamic and stability performance of journal bearing” Lubrication Science(Wiley online library ).,2024,* (SCI).**
2.	2023	Performance Analysis of Journal Bearing having Surface Waviness operating under misaligned condition. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part J: Journal of Engineering Tribology, 2023. (SCI).
3.	2023	*Effect of texture shapes and additives in lubricants on the dynamic characteristics of the hydrodynamic journal bearing. Industrial Lubrication and Tribology, 2023, (SCI).*
4.	2022	*Performance analysis of textured journal bearing operating with and without nanoparticles in the lubricant.. Industrial Lubrication and Tribology, 2022, (SCI).*
5.	2022	Impact of partial surface waviness on the tribological performance of hydrodynamic journal bearing. Lubrication Science(Wiley online library ).,2022, (SCI).
6.	2022	*Impact of surface waviness on the static performance of journal bearing with CuO and CeO2 nanoparticles in the lubricant. Industrial Lubrication and Tribology, 2022, (SCI).*
7. 2.	2022	Dynamic Performance Improvement of Journal Bearing by Using Dimple and Protruded Textured Surfaces. International Journal of Surface Engineering and Interdisciplinary Materials Science (IJSEIMS), 10(1), pp.1-22, 2022, (SCOPUS).
8.	2021	*CFD based thermal efficiency of square shape protruded roughened absorber plate for solar air heater. Energy* Sources, Part A: Recovery, Utilization, and Environmental Effects,2021, (SCI).**
9.	2020	The effect of V-shape protruded and dimple textured on the load-carrying capacity and coefficient of friction of hydrodynamic journal bearing: A comparative numerical study. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part J: Journal of Engineering Tribology, 2020, (SCI).
10.	2020	*Investigating the effect of tool speed on the mechanical properties of Al5052 Processed by friction stir processing. 2020, Materials Today: Proceedings, 33, pp.1605-1609. (SCOPUS).*
11.	2019	Dynamic and stability performance improvement of hydrodynamic bearing by using triangular-shaped textures,Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part J: Journal of Engineering Tribology, 2019, (SCI).
12.	2019	*The dynamic performance analysis of chevron-shape textured hydrodynamic bearings Industrial Lubrication and Tribology, 2019.* (SCI).**
13.	2019	Enhancement of steady state performance of hydrodynamic journal bearing using chevron-shaped surface texture. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part J: Journal of Engineering Tribology, 2019,Vol. 233 (12) pp. 1833-1843. (SCI).
14.	2019	*Numerical study on steady state performance enhancement of partial textured hydrodynamic journal bearing. Industrial Lubrication and Tribology, 2019, DOI 10.1108/ILT-03-2019-0083. (SCI).*
15.	2019	An Experimental Investigation on multi-V and protrusion element on absorber plate of solar air heater. Energy Sources, Part A: Recovery, Utilization, and Environmental Effects,2019, DOI:10.1080/155670362019.1618986pp.1-9. (SCI).
16.	2018	*Performance of hydrodynamic journal bearing operating under transient wear. Mechanics and Mechanical Engineering, 2018, 22(1), pp.153-170.(SCOPUS).*
17.	2017	*CFD based transient analysis of hydrodynamic journal bearing. Research Journal of Engineering and Technology, 2017,8(2), p.101.(UGC Approved).*
18.	2017	*Effect of aspect ratio on the performance of hydrodynamic journal bearing operating under wear. International Journal of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, 2017, 12(3), pp.497-522.(UGC Approved).*
19.	2016	*Hybrid Electric Discharge Machining Processes for Hard Materials: A Review. Materials Focus, 2016, 5(3), pp.202-208.(SCOPUS and ESCI)*
20.	2016	*A review on photo voltaic thermal systems, International Journal of Scientific and Technical Advancements, Volume 2, Issue 4, pp. 53-56, 2016. (UGC Approved).*
21.	2016	*Effect of aspect ratio on the performance and stability of hydrodynamic Journal Bearings. International Journal of Advance Research and Innovation, 2016, 4(1), pp.96-105.*
22.	2014	Comparative Study of Thermal Efficiency of Artificially roughened Solar Air Heater, 2014, Journal of Energy Research and Environmental Technology
23.	2012	*Automatic sun-tracking solar cell array system. 2012, Energy, 8(9), p.20.*
24.	2011	CFD based investigation on effect of roughness element pitch on performance of artificially roughened duct used in solar air heaters. International Journal of Advanced Engineering Technology,2011,2(1), pp.234-241.

Conference Publications

S. No.	Year	Conference	Publication
1.	2024	RIST 2024, Holy Grace Academy of Engineering, Thrissur, Kerala, India	Optimization and Performance Evaluation of Macro-Grooved Hydrodynamic Journal Bearings for Industrial Applications
2.	2023	ICSTE-23, NIT Manipur	A review on the performance of the textured hydrodynamic journal bearing.
3.	2023	Tribo -India-23, NIT Srinagar	“Performance Analysis of Bearings with Surface Waviness and Operating with Lubricant Additives”
4.	2022	MYTRIBOS International Symposium 2022 MALAYSIA	Performance Analysis of Journal Bearing having Surface Waviness operating under misaligned condition
5.	2021	International Tribology Research Symposium 2021	Role of surface waviness on the performance of hydrodynamic journal bearing
6.	2021	International Tribology Research Symposium 2021	The influence of nano additives on the steady state performance of journal bearing
7.	2020	International Tribology Research Symposium 2020	Numerical Study of Circular Shape Dimple and Protruded Textured Hydrodynamic Journal Bearing System
8.	2019	4th International and 19th National Conference on Machines and Mechanisms (iNaCoMM 2019) at IIT Mandi	Lubrication Characteristics of Newtonian-lubricated Hydrodynamic Bearing with Partial and Fully Textured Surface
9.	2018	An International Conference on Tribology TRIBOINDIA-2018” at Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute, Mumbai, India during December,2018.	Numerical Study On Worn Hydrodynamic Journal Bearing Under Transient Loading
10.	2018	International Conference on Mechanical Engineering and Allied Sciencs (ICMEAS-2018), held at Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University, Katra, Jammu and Kashmir, India,	Performance of hydrodynamic bearing journal centre motion trajectories operating under transient wear
11.	2018	2nd national Conference on Innovative trends in Mechanical Engineering	CFD on roughened absorber Plate used in solar air heater
12.	2017	3^rd International conference on Recent Trends and Advancements in Engineering and Technology (ICRTAET, 2017) organized by Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University, Katra	A review on methodology used in solar air heater for maximum thermohydraulic performance
13.	2017	4th National Conference on Recent Trends in Mechanical Engineering, November, 2017 at Department of Mechanical Engineering , Beant College of Engineering and Technology, Gurdaspur.	A review on type of Roughness used in solar air heater for maximum thermal performance
14.	2017	International conference on new and renewable Energy resources for Sustainable future, Department of mechanical engineering, SKIT, Jaipur, India	CFD based investigation of artificially Roughened Duct used in Solar Air heater
15.	2016	National tribology conference, Department of Mechanical Engineering, IIT (BHU), Varanasi	To study performance parameters of hydrodynamic journal bearing operating under wear
16.	2016	3^rd International conference on Recent Trends and Advancements in Engineering and Technology (ICRTAET, November, 2016) organized by Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University, Katra	CFD based transient analysis of hydrodynamic journal bearing
17.	2016	3^rd International conference on Recent Trends and Advancements in Engineering and Technology (ICRTAET, November, 2016) organized by Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University, Katra	Heat Transfer in Nanofluids
18.	2014	1st National Conference on Recent Trends in Mechanical Engineering (RTME-2014) at Department of Mechanical Engineering , Beant College of Engineering and Technology Gurdaspur-Pathankot Road, Gurdaspur.	“Comparative study of thermohydraulic performance of artificially roughened solar air heater”
19.	2014	5^th International conference On “Innovative Trends in Mechanical, Material, Manufacturing, Automobile, Aeronautical Engineering and Applied Physics” (ITMAEAP-2014) Organized by “Krishi Sanskriti” onAugust, 2014 Venue: Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.	“Comparative Study of Thermal Efficiency of Artificially Roughened Solar Air Heater”
20.	2011	National Conference on Engineering Applications (NCEA-2011) organized by St. Soldier’s Institute of Engineering, Technology & Management, Jalandhar.	Green building technologies: cure to global warming”
21.	2011	National Conference on Engineering Applications (NCEA-2011) organized by St. Soldier’s Institute of Engineering, Technology & Management, Jalandhar.	“Analysis of clean energy market in india and to identify opportunities”

Book/Chapters Written

Books:

Thermal Engineering-I for B.Tech and Diploma Engineering Students (Eagle Parkashan)

2.Thermal Engineering-II for B.Tech and Diploma Engineering Engineering Students (Eagle Parkashan)

Book Chapters:

Lubrication Characteristics of Newtonian-Lubricated Hydrodynamic Bearing with Partial and Fully Textured Surface.” In Machines, Mechanism and Robotics, pp. 1635-1643. Springer nature, Singapore, 2022.
Effect of Nano-additives lubricant on the dynamic performance of textured journal bearing in Nanomaterials for Sustainable Tribology, CRC Press,2023 Taylor and Francis.
Impact of Nano-lubricant on the dynamic performance of journal bearing with surface waviness in Nanomaterials for Sustainable Tribology, CRC Press,2023 Taylor and Francis.
A review on the performance of the textured hydrodynamic journal bearing.” In Recent advances in Materials, Springer nature, Singapore, 2023.

Research Supervision

Ph.D. Students Supervised – SMVD University

S. No.

Year

Role

Scholar Name

Status

1.

2022

Supervisor

Arun Bangotra

In Progress

2.

2021

Supervisor

Deepak Byotra

Thesis Submited

Master’s Thesis Advisor – SMVD University

S. No.	Year	Role	Research Topic
1.	2024	Supervisor, M-tech Dissertation	Performance Analysis of circular and non-Circular gas lubricated textured Bearing
2.	2022	Supervisor, M-tech Dissertation	Performance analysis of journal bearing having worn surface operating with nano-additives in the lubricant
3.	2021	Supervisor, M-tech Dissertation	Performance analysis of journal bearing with surface waviness operating under misaligned condition
4.	2020	Supervisor, M-tech Dissertation	Lubrication characteristics of V–Shape dimple and protruded textured hydrodynamic bearing
5.	2019	Supervisor, M-tech Dissertation	Performance enhancement of hydrodynamic journal bearing by using chevron-shaped textures.
6.	2019	Supervisor, M-tech Dissertation	Investigating the effect of friction stir processing on mechanical properties of ZrO₂ reinforced aluminium 5052
7.	2016	Supervisor, M-tech Dissertation	Investigation of thermal performance of solar air heater duct artificially roughened with combination of V shape and Transverse broken rib.
8.	2016	Supervisor, M-tech Dissertation	Thermal performance of U shape Roughened solar air heater

Patents

S No.	Patent/ Copyright/Design Application number	Date of filling	Status of Patent/Copyright/Design
S No.	Patent/ Copyright/Design Application number	Date of filling	Filed	Published	Granted/ certified
1.	Solar Dryer for agricultural harvest using hybrid photovoltaic thermal Collector (Application No. : 202441038608)	16/05/2024		Published
2.	High-Efficiency Power Conversion System for Renewable Energy-Based Electric Vehicle Charging(Application No. : 202441037285)	11/05/2024		Published
3.	AI-based predictive Maintenance and Efficiency Enhancement for Photovoltaic Cells in smart Grids (Application No. :202441044964)	11/06/2024		Published

Conferences/Courses Organized

Coordinator, Celebration on “” Entrepreneur day”. Sep. 21, 2024.
Coordinator, International Seminar on “” Green building: Sustainable Business for Cleaner and Greener Environment”. Dec. 01, 2023.
Coordinator, International Webinar on “Electric Vehicle Dynamics and Design Calculations” Nov. 28, 2023.
Coordinator, Two days Offline Workshop on “Electric vehicles” May 25-26, 2023.
Coordinator, One day Online Workshop on “Introduction to MATLAB” January 20, 2022.
Coordinator, One day Online Webinar on “Numerical heat Transfer and Fluid Flow for Industrial Application” November 29, 2021.
Coordinator, One Week Online Short Term Course on “Introduction of CFD Problems on Fluid Flow and Heat Transfer” November 23–27, 2020.
Organizing Secretary “National Conference on Innovative Trends in Mechanical Engineering” (NCITME-2017), school of mechanical engineering, SMVDU, Katra.
Organizing Secretary “National Conference on Innovative Trends in Mechanical Engineering” (NCITME-2018), school of mechanical engineering, SMVDU, Katra.
Member organizing Committee “TEQIP-III sponsored FDC on Best manufacturing Practices in Industries” held in April,2018, SMVDU, Katra
Member organizing Committee “National Seminar on Research Opportunities and Challenges in Mechanical Engineering” held in April, 2017, SMVDU, Katra.
Member organizing Committee “International conference on Mechanical engineering and Allied Sciences” held in September, 2018, SMVDU, Katra.
Member organizing Committee “TEQIP-III sponsored national workshop on 3D Printing for New product Development” held in September, 2019, SMVDU, Katra.
Member organizing Committee “The INDO-U.S. Science and Technology Forum sponsored workshop on Next generation logistics Supply chain” held in September, 2019, SMVDU, Katra.

Expert Talks

S.no.	Topic	Role	Date(s) of the event	Organization
1.	Two days workshop on “Electric vehicles”	Speaker	26th May 2023.	CIIIT Centre Jammu
2.	One day workshop on “Introduction to MATLAB”	Speaker	20th January 2023.	SoME, SMVDU, Katra
3.	International Tribology Research Symposium 2021	Session Chair	5^th and 7^thNovember, 2021.	SoME, SMVDU, Katra
4.	Performance evaluation of journal bearing through a numerical approach	Speaker	16/10/21	Govt. Polytechnic Kathua
5.	Fabrication and performance evaluation of single pass solar air heater using M.s black painted absorber plate.	M-Tech Dissertation (Viva)	01/07/2021	Department of Mechanical Engineering DAV University, Jalandhar, Punjab.
6.	Tribology for Sustainable Development	Speaker	20th-24th July,2020	SoME, SMVDU, Katra
7.	International Tribology Research Symposium 2020	Session Chair	5^th and 7^thNovember, 2020.	SoME, SMVDU, Katra
8.	Role of CFD in mechanical Engineering systems	Speaker	25/04/2019	Govt. Polytechnic Jammu
9.	Analysis of process parameters in wire EDM using Taguchi method and multi objective grey relational analysis.	M-Tech Dissertation (Viva)	08/06/2019	Department of Mechanical Engineering DAV University, Jalandhar, Punjab.
10.	Multi response optimization of machining parameters of EDM using grey relational analysis in the Taguchi method.	M-Tech Dissertation (Viva)	08/06/2019	Department of Mechanical Engineering DAV University, Jalandhar, Punjab.
11.	Advance in Fluid Mechanics Applications	Speaker	15/09/2018	Govt. Polytechnic Jammu
12.	2^nd National conference on Innovative trends in Mechanical engineering	Session Chair	23^rd and 24^th March, 2018	SoME, SMVDU, Katra
13.	International conference on Mechanical engineering and Allied Sciences	Session Chair	14^th and 15^thSeptember, 2018	SoME, SMVDU, Katra
14.	Experimental investigation of hydrodynamic journal bearing pressure operating with SAE15W40 lubricant containing different concentration of CuO nanoparticles as additive.	M-Tech Dissertation (Viva)	21/05/2018	Department of Mechanical Engineering. BCET, Gurdaspur, Punjab.
15.	Application and Research in solar thermal systems	Speaker	24/12/16	Govt. Polytechnic Kathua

Consultancy

No Data Available

International and National Exposure

No Data Available

Honors & Recognitions Achieved

National Research Excellence Award 2024 during the National Science Conclave (NSC 2024) to be held virtually on 28 February 2024. The Award is bestowed by International Institute of Organized Research (I2OR) India. I2OR™ is Registered with Ministry of MSME, Govt. of India (UDYAM-PB-20-0002405).

Profile Last updated: January 10, 2025

S. No.	Year	Role	Scholar Name	Status
1.	2022	Supervisor	Arun Bangotra	In Progress
2.	2021	Supervisor	Deepak Byotra	Thesis Submited