Dr. Probir Saha

 
Dr. Probir Saha
Associate Professor
Ph.D, IIT Kharagpur
Ph: +91-612-302 8006
Fax: +91-612-227 7383
psaha[*AT]iitp.ac.in
Research Areas : Conventional and non-conventional machining, Welding, Soft computing in manufacturing process
Ongoing Ph.D students :

Shuja Ahmed

Md Shamin Shah

Akash Mukhopadhyay

Deepa Gupta
Visvesvaraya Ph.D
Scheme (Deity)

Mayank Verma

Prabhakar Kumar Singh(DST Project)
Graduated Ph.D students :

Chandrakant
Kumar Nirala
"Currently faculty at IIT Ropar"
Professional Experience :
  • Teaching: Four and half years teaching experience at Bengal Engineering and Science University, Shibpur
Teaching :

Courses:

  • ME303:Design of machine elements.
  • ME307:Machine Design.
  • ME301:Manufacturing Technology-I.
  • ME306:Manufacturing Technology-II.
  • ME446:Composite Materials and Engineering.
  • ME742:Advanced Manufacturing Process.

Laboratory:

  • ME111:Engineering Drawing
  • ME110: Workshop-I
  • ME210:Workshop-II
Sponsored projects :
Title Principal Investigator Sponsored by Duration Project Cost (Rs.) Status
Mechanical and micro-structural characterization of additive friction stirred (AFS) 3D structures made of Al6061 T6 aluminium powder. Dr. Probir Saha SERB CRG, Govt. of India Duration: 2019-2022 21.7 Lacks Ongoing
Design and fabrication of micro pin fins for heat transfer in electronic equipment. Dr. Probir Saha
Co-PI: Dr. Somnath Roy
Deity Duration: 2017-2022 One Ph.D. scholarship for five years Ongoing
Development of a real time tool wear monitoring and compensation method for reverse micro-EDM and micro-EDM drilling process. Dr. Probir Saha DST, Govt. of India Duration: 2013-2016 20.75 lacks Completed
Book Chapter :
  • Nadda R., Nirala C.K., Saha P. (2019) Tool Wear Compensation in Micro-EDM. In: Kibria G., Jahan M., Bhattacharyya B. (eds) Micro-electrical Discharge Machining Processes. Materials Forming, Machining and Tribology. Springer, Singapore, pp 185-208.
  • Ahmed S., Shubhrant A., Deep A., Saha Probir.’ “Development and analysis of butt and lap welds in micro friction stir welding (µFSW)”, Advances in Material Forming and Joining, Springer India 2015.
  • Saha, Probir., Pal, S.K., and Saha, P., "Parametric Optimization in WEDM of WC-Co Composite by Neuro-Genetic Technique" Newswood and International Association of Engineers, Hong Kong, 2011.
Publications : Journal Publications:
  • Ahmed, S., Saha, Probir., "Development and testing of fixtures for friction stir welding of thin aluminium sheets", Journal of Materials Processing Technology,Vol.252,pp.242-248,2018
  • C K Nirala., Saha Probir., “Precise µEDM-drilling using Real-time Indirect Tool Wear Compensation”, Journal of Materials Processing Technology, Vol.240,pp.176-189,2017.
  • C K Nirala., Saha Probir., “Evaluation of µEDM-Drilling and µEDM-dressing Performances Based on Online Monitoring of Discharge Gap Conditions”,International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, Vol.85(9),pp.1995-2012,2016.
  • C K Nirala., Saha Probir., “A New Approach of Tool Wear Monitoring and Compensation in RµEDM Process”, Materials and Manufacturing Process, Vol.31(4),pp.483-494,2016.
  • C K Nirala., Saha Probir., “Towards development of a new online tool wear compensation strategy in micro-electro-discharge machining drilling”, Proc IMechE Part B: Journal of Engineering Manufacture,Vol.231(4),pp.588-599,2017
  • C K Nirala., Saha Probir.,‘Feasibility of using modified VPP approach in prediction of real time volume estimator (VRT) in micro-EDM-drilling’, International journal of Precision Technology, Vol. 4, Nos. 3/4, pp.162–175, 2014.
  • C K Nirala., G Gupta., A Agrawal., Saha, Probir.,“Development of a new pulse discriminating system for micro electro-discharge machining (µEDM)”, Applied Mechanics and Materials, Vol. 541-542, pp. 430-435, 2014.
  • Srivastava., S. Pal., Saha Probir., and K. Das.,"Experimental Investigation of the Effect of Working Parameters on Wire Offset in Wire Electrical Discharge Machining of Hadfield Manganese Steel," Journal of Surface Engineered Materials and Advanced Technology, Vol. 3 No. 4, pp. 295-302, 2013.
  • Nirala, C.K., Reddy, B., and Saha, Probir., “Optimization of Process Parameters in Micro Electro-Discharge Drilling: A Taguchi Approach”, Advanced Materials Research, Vol. 622-623, pp. 30-34, 2013.
  • Saha, Probir., Tarafdar, D., Pal, S.K., Saha, P, Srivastava, A.K. and Das, K.,2013, “Multi-objective optimization in wire electro-discharge machining of TiC reinforced composite through neuro-Genetic technique”, Applied Soft computing, Vol.13, pp.2065-2074.
  • Saha, Probir., Tarafdar, D., Pal, S.K., Saha, P., Srivastava, A.K. and Das, K., 2009 "Modeling of wire electro-discharge machining of TiC/Fe in situ metal matrix composite using normalized RBFN with enhanced k-means clustering technique", International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, Vol. 43, No. 1-2, pp. 107-116.
  • Saha, Probir., Singha, A., Pal, S.K. and Saha, P., 2008, "Soft computing models based prediction of cutting speed and surface roughness in wire electro-discharge machining of tungsten carbide cobalt composite", International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, Vol. 39, No. 1-2, pp. 74-84.


Conference Publications :

  • Mukhopadhyay, Akash and Saha, Probir, "Mechanical Characterization of Aluminium Alloy 6061 Powder Deposit Made by Friction Stir based Additive Manufacturing", In Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Engineering and Innovative Materials, Tokyo Denki University, Tokyo, Japan, 6-8 September, 2019
  • Mukhopadhyay, Akash and Saha, Probir, "Microstructural characterization of aluminium alloy 6061 powder deposit made by friction stir based additive manufacturing", In Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Emerging Trends in Mechanical & Industrial Engineering, The Northcap University, Gurugram, Haryana, India, 10-11 October, 2019
  • Shah, M.S and Saha, Probir, "Investigation and evaluation of erosion efficiency in micro-EDM dressing of biocompatible Ti-6Al-7Nb material", In Proceedings of the 7th International & 28th All India Manufacturing Technology, Design and Research Conference (AIMTDR) 2018, Anna University, Chennai-600025, India, 13-15 December 2018.
  • Ahmed, S. and Saha, Probir., "On demands of ultra-thin workpieces for obtaining a sound friction stir weld", In: 12th International Symposium on Friction Stir Welding, Chicoutimi, Canada, 26-28 June, 2018.
  • M.S.Shah and Probir Saha, "Online Experimental Characterization of Micro-EDM Dressing on Ti6Al7Nb Biomedical Material", In National Conference on Advanced Materials, Manufacturing and Metrology (NCAMMM-2018), pp. 68, CSIR-CMERI, Durgapur, India, 16-17 February, 2018.
  • Shah, M.S. and Saha, P., "Performance analysis of vibration-assisted Micro-EDM dressing", In Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Precision, Meso, Micro and Nano Engineering (COPEN 10), pp. 9-12, IIT Madras,India, 7-9 December, 2017.
  • Ahmed, S. and Saha, P., "Study of Process Parameters and Joint Properties in Friction Stir Welding of Thin and Ultra-thin Aluminium Alloy 6061-T6 Sheets", In Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Precision, Meso, Micro and Nano Engineering (COPEN 10), pp. 271-274, IIT Madras, India, 7-9 December, 2017.
  • Ahmed, S. and Saha, P., "Parametric study on friction stir welding of ultra-thin aluminium alloy 6061-T6 sheets", International Conference on Manufacturing Technology and Simulation, IIT Madras, India, 7-8 July, 2017.
  • Ahmed, S. and Saha, P., "Downscaling the Process of Friction Stir Welding:An Analysis of Temperature Distributions", 23rd National Heat and MassTransfer Conference & 1st International ISHMT-ASTFE Heat and Mass TransferConference, LPSC(ISRO), Trivandrum, Kerala, India, 17-20 December, 2015
  • C K Nirala., Saha, Probir., “Development of an algorithm for online pulse discrimination in micro-EDM using current and voltage sensors and their comparison”, IEEE International Advanced Computing Conference-2015, pp496-500.
  • Nirala, C.K., Saha, Probir., “Comparison of process mechanics in µEDM-drilling and RµEDM based on online monitoring of discharge gap condition”, AIMTDR-2014, IITG (accepted)
  • Ahmed S., Shubhrant A., Deep A., Saha Probir.’ “Development and analysis of butt and lap welds in micro friction stir welding (µFSW)”, AIMTDR-2014, IITG (accepted)
  • C K Nirala., G Gupta., A Agrawal., Saha, Probir., “Development of a new pulse discriminating system for micro electro-discharge machining (µEDM)”, ICMMA-2014, Singapore.
  • Nirala, C.K., Reddy, B., and Saha, Probir., “Towards the development of a new online tool wear compensation strategy in micro EDM-drilling” Copen-8, pp. 188-193, 2013, India.
  • Nirala, C.K., Reddy, B., and Saha, Probir., 2012 “Optimization of Process Parameters in Micro Electro-Discharge Drilling: A Taguchi Approach” 3rd International Conference on Manufacturing Science and Technology, New Delhi.
  • Saha, Probir., Pal, S.K., and Saha, P., 2011 " Parametric Optimization in WEDM of WC-Co Composite by Neuro-Genetic Technique", Proc. of the International Conference on Mechanical Engineering, Imperial College, London, Page: 2204-2209.
  • Saha, Probir., Pal, S.K. and Saha, P., 2010 "Modeling and Multi-Objective Optimization in Wire Electro-Discharge Machining of in-situ TiC reinforced austenitic manganese steel matrix composite", RAMTM-2010, India
  • Konda, L. K., Saha, Probir., and Dey, P.P., 2009 "NRBFN based modeling of EDMED job surface integrity", Proc. of the International Conference on Advances in Mechanical Engineering, S.V. National Institute of Technology, Surat, Gujarat, India, Page: 954-958.
  • Saha, Probir., Singha, A., Pal, S.K. and Saha, P., 2007, "A neural network approach for modeling the wire electro-discharge machining of tungsten carbide cobalt composite", Proceeding of the Global Conference on Production and Industrial Engineering (CPIE), India, pp 38.
  • Saha, Probir., Pal, S.K. and Saha, P., 2007, "Application of fully supervised radial basis function network model for prediction of machining performance in wire-EDM", COPEN, India, pp. 81-86.
  • Saha, Probir., Pal, S.K. and Saha, P., 2005, "A Survey of Soft Computing Methods used in Wire-EDM", Proceedings of the 12th National Conference on Machines and Mechanisms, (NaCoMM)India, pp. 243-248.
  • Hemanth, G., Saha, Probir., Sagar, R., and Islam, M., 2003 "Abrasive Friction and Wear Behavior of Al-Si Cp Composite for Valve Guide", INCARF, IIT Delhi.
Invited talk :
  • Deliver lecture in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, NIT Durgapur on "Condition Monitoring" on 22th Sept, 2016 for the TEQIP-II sponsored Short term Course on 'Machine Condition Monitoring' (MCM-2016).
  • Deliver lecture in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, NIT Patna on "Micro-Fabrication" on 9th March, 2016 for the short term course on "Advanced Manufacturing Practices" sponsored by TEQIP-II.
  • Deliver lecture in the Department of Textile Engineering, Government College of Engineering and Textile Technology, Berhampore, West Bengal in June, 2011 for the training program namely "AICTE sponsored Staff Development Program on Advanced Optimization Techniques & its Application in Textile Engineering (topic: Multi-objective optimization using evolutionary algorithm)
  • Deliver lecture in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology (Deemed University) Arunachal Pradesh for the training program namely "MHRD/AICTE sponsored Staff Development Program on Soft Computing in Engineering Applications" in 2009.