Digital Manufacturing of Bioimplants

Durwesh Jhodkar is an Assistant Professor in the Mechanical Department at Wainganga College of Engineering in Nagpur, Maharashtra, India. He holds a Ph.D. degree from the Mechanical Engineering Discipline at PDPM IIITDM, Jabalpur, India. His doctoral research likely contributed to the field of machining tool technology. Prior to his Ph.D., Durwesh Jhodkar earned a Master's degree in Industrial Engineering and Management from SGSITS, Indore, India, in the year 2010. This background suggests a strong foundation in both the technical and managerial aspects of industrial engineering. He has a notable academic background with a decade of teaching experience. Additionally, he has post-doctoral experience from the University of Johannesburg, South Africa. Post-doctoral research is typically undertaken after obtaining a Ph.D., allowing researchers to further specialize in a particular area or explore new avenues of research. Durwesh Jhodkar has made significant contributions to the field, evident from his research articles. His publications cover a range of topics, including 3D printing, Ergonomics Risk Assessment, Bio-implant Machining Processes, Post-treatment Analysis, and cutting tool tribology.

Parnika Shrivastava is currently working as an assistant professor at the Mechanical Engineering Department of the National Institute of Technology Jalandhar (Punjab). She has earned Doctorate and M.Tech. degree in Mechanical Engineering from PDPM, Indian Institute of Information Technology, Design & Manufacturing Jabalpur, Jabalpur, in 2019. She has completed B.Tech. degree (Honors) from Mechanical Engineering Discipline of Engineering College Bikaner (E.C.B), Bikaner, Rajasthan. Her research areas of interest are advanced forming operations, hybrid manufacturing, fracture mechanics, rapid product development technologies, and topology optimization. She has been granted a patent on the "Process of analyzing the effect of preheated microstructure vis-a-vis parameters on the orange peel in incremental sheet forming of AA1050 sheets". She has authored various research articles in International Journals of repute along with several conference publications and book chapters. She has been recently granted a Core Research Grant funding for undertaking the project "Design and development of an Electrically Assisted Hybrid Double Sided Incremental Forming machine for efficient production of customized biomedical implants with improved surface finish and geometrical accuracy". She is also the recipient of two national-level awards including the Best Teacher Award 2022 conferred by the Indian Society for Technical Education, New Delhi.

Puneet Tandon is a joint Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Design at the Indian Institute of Information Technology, Design and Manufacturing, Jabalpur, India. His primary research interests include Advanced Manufacturing Technologies, including Hybrid, Additive and Dieless; CAx technologies, including CAD/CAM/CAE; and Innovative Product Design and Development.He graduated in Mechanical Engineering from the National Institute of Technology Kurukshetra, India, and received his Master's and Doctoral degrees in Mechanical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India. He has more than 35 years of experience in engineering research, education and academic administration. He has more than 335 publications in peer-reviewed journals/book chapters/international/national conferences, besides being the author of 2 books and 33 patents to his credit. He has been awarded the 2020 DUO-India Fellowship Award with the University of Padova, Italy. His work has recognized and awarded prizes in various annual events organized by Indian Machine Tool Manufacturers' Association (IMTEX). He has been a member of the International Programme Committee-Asia of CAD Conferences for the last several years and on advisory committees of various international conferences. He has been a part of multiple Conferences Programme Committees and Technical Committees. Besides, he has chaired numerous sessions at various international and national conferences of repute. He has also delivered many Keynote lectures, Plenary Addresses, and Invited Talks.