2nd International Conference on “New Frontiers in Engineering, Science & Technology (NFEST) – 2019”

Preface It was a matter of immense pleasure to organize the 2 nd International Conference on New Frontiers in Engineering, Science and Technology (NFEST) on the theme of Advances in Mechanical Engineering, during February 18-22, 2019 at NIT Kurukshetra. The conference was organized in association with Delhi Technological University, Sant Longowal Institute of Engineering and Technology (SLIET), Longowal, National Institute of Technology Srinagar and The Society for Fusion of Science and Technology. The conference aimed to bring all the Mechanical Engineers under one roof and provided opportunities to exchange ideas in person, to establish research relations and to find global partners for future collaboration. The researchers from within and outside the country at NFEST 2019 voluntarily came up with some innovative ideas and solutions of sustainable product development for the betterment of humanity. The conference had covered all the emerging research areas of Production Technology, CAD, CAM, CFD, Robotics, Heat Transfer, Tribology, Composites, Renewable Energy, Mechatronics, Nano-Technology, Modeling & Simulation etc. Our sincere gratitude goes to our invited speakers and all the authors for their participation and sharing their intellectual experiences. We would like to express our sincere appreciation to the members of the steering committee, execution committee, advisory committee, technical committee and all the volunteers of NFEST-2019. Our special thanks goes to IOP Publishing as our publication partner to publish the conference proceedings in JPCS. And last, but by no means the least, we sincerely thanks to our sponsors Blue Star Engineering & Electonics Ltd., BISS Pvt. Ltd. Bangalore, EduTech, Edu-Tek & DRDO India for their generous financial contributions which had been crucial to underpinning all our efforts towards making a success of this event. We hope that the delegates had enjoyed a stimulating, interesting and memorable meeting at NFEST-2019. Dr. Lalit Thakur Dr. Joy Prakash Misra Organizing Secretaries & Editors, NFEST-2019 List of STEERING COMMITTEE, ADVISORY COMMITTEE, TECHNICAL COMMITTEE are available in this PDF.