Transportation Energy and Dynamics

Dr. Sunil Kumar Sharma is an assistant professor and the assistant program director of the Engineering and Applied Science Department at the National Rail and Transportation Institute Vadodara, established by the Ministry of Railway, Government of India. He received his Ph.D. from the Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee. He worked at the Non-destructive Evaluation and Structural Health Monitoring Laboratory at C. N. University, South Korea. His research interests are vehicle dynamics, contact mechanics, mechatronics, and real-time software-enabled control systems for high-speed rail vehicles. He published several research articles in national and international journals. Dr. Sharma is also among the top 2% of scientists in a global list compiled by Stanford University, USA.

Dr. Ram Krishna Upadhyay is currently working as an assistant professor at the National Rail and Transportation Institute, Vadodara, established by the Ministry of Railway, Governmentof India. He received his Ph.D. and M.Tech. from the Indian Institute of Technology (ISM) Dhanbad in Mechanical & Mining Machinery Engineering with a broad specialization in Surface Engineering and Tribology. Before joining NRTI Vadodara, Dr. Upadhyay has worked as a postdoctoral fellow at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur for over three years. His research interests include lubrication and materials wear for industrial application, tribology of additive manufactured parts, and nanocomposites. He is a recipient of the SERB-ACS NPDF Best Poster Competition Award by the Science and Engineering Research Board, New Delhi, and American Chemical Society, USA. He published several journal papers and book chapters, edited a book, and completed a project funded by the Science and Engineering Research Board, New Delhi.

Dr. Vikram Kumar is currently at Indian Institute of technology (IIT) Kanpur where he also received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering. His areas of research include polymer and composite coating, wear, friction and lubrication, IC engine tribology, alternative fuels, advanced low-temperature combustion, engine emissions measurement, and particulate characterization. Dr. Kumar has edited 1 book and authored 7 book chapters and 16 research articles in international journals and conferences. He has been awarded with "ISEES Best Ph.D. Thesis Award" (2018) and "Senior Research Associateship" under "SCIR-POOL Scientist" (2018-2021). He is a lifetime member of ISEES.

Mr. Hardikk Valera is pursuing Ph.D. from Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (IITK). He has completed his M.Tech. and B.Tech. from NIT Jalandhar (India) and Ganpat University, respectively. His research interests include methanol-fueled SI engines, methanol-fueled CI engines, optical diagnostics, fuel spray characterization, and emission control from engines.

Dr. Sunil Kumar Sharma是印度國家鐵路與交通學院Vadodara的助理教授及工程與應用科學系的助理計畫主任，該學院由印度政府鐵路部成立。他在印度理工學院Roorkee獲得博士學位，曾在南韓C.N.大學的非破壞性評估與結構健康監測實驗室工作。他的研究興趣包括車輛動力學、接觸力學、機電一體化以及高鐵車輛的即時軟體控制系統。他在國內外期刊上發表了多篇研究文章。Sharma博士也是美國史丹佛大學編制的全球科學家名單中前2%的科學家之一。

Dr. Ram Krishna Upadhyay目前在印度國家鐵路與交通學院Vadodara擔任助理教授，該學院由印度政府鐵路部成立。他在印度理工學院（ISM）Dhanbad獲得機械與礦業機械工程的博士及碩士學位，專攻表面工程與摩擦學。在加入NRTI Vadodara之前，Upadhyay博士在印度理工學院（IIT）Kanpur擔任博士後研究員超過三年。他的研究興趣包括工業應用的潤滑與材料磨損、增材製造部件的摩擦學以及納米複合材料。他獲得了新德里科學與工程研究委員會（SERB）及美國化學學會頒發的最佳海報競賽獎。他發表了多篇期刊論文和書籍章節，編輯了一本書，並完成了一個由新德里科學與工程研究委員會資助的項目。

Dr. Vikram Kumar目前在印度理工學院（IIT）Kanpur，並在該校獲得機械工程博士學位。他的研究領域包括聚合物和複合材料塗層、磨損、摩擦與潤滑、內燃機摩擦學、替代燃料、先進低溫燃燒、引擎排放測量及顆粒特徵化。Kumar博士編輯了一本書，並撰寫了七個書籍章節及16篇國際期刊和會議的研究文章。他獲得了“ISEES最佳博士論文獎”（2018年）及“SCIR-POOL科學家”下的“高級研究助理獎”（2018-2021年）。他是ISEES的終身會員。

Mr. Hardikk Valera正在印度理工學院Kanpur（IITK）攻讀博士學位。他在NIT Jalandhar（印度）和Ganpat大學分別完成了碩士和學士學位。他的研究興趣包括甲醇燃料的點燃式引擎、甲醇燃料的壓縮式引擎、光學診斷、燃料噴霧特徵化及引擎排放控制。