Smart Sustainability

Ravindra Giriraj Bhardwaj is an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at BITS Pilani, Dubai Campus. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of California, Riverside, where he investigated spin caloritronic phenomena in thin film heterostructures. His research focuses on MEMS, nanomaterials, sustainable energy, and numerical simulations. Dr. Bhardwaj has authored numerous high-impact publications and holds patents in thermal energy systems. He is actively involved in organizing international conferences, academic leadership, and interdisciplinary research. With hands-on expertise in nanofabrication and characterization techniques, he brings a strong blend of theoretical insight and practical innovation to emerging energy and materials technologies.Nithin Tom Mathew is an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at BITS Pilani, Dubai Campus. He holds a Ph.D. from IIT Madras and has over seven years of teaching and research experience in smart manufacturing, Industry 4.0, laser micromachining, and sustainable microfabrication. He has published extensively in reputed journals and conferences and collaborates with leading industries and institutions. Dr. Mathew has mentored industry professionals on research projects and actively integrates cutting-edge technologies and experiential learning in his teaching. He is also a reviewer for top-tier journals and a member of professional bodies including ASME and IEEE.

• Analysis of End-of-life Solar Photovoltaic Panel Disassembly using a Thermo-mechanical Separation ProcessSrinivasa Prakash Regalla, Sreejit Prabhala, Anish Nimmaraju, Kannan Ramaswamy, and Srinivasa Rao VutlaComputational Fluid Dynamics Simulation of an Unbaffled Stirred Tank Using Sliding Mesh ModelSibin V Mathew, K Supradeepan and P Sankar GaneshEnhanced photocatalytic degradation of malachite green oxalate dye using Zinc Oxide NanorodsSumit Kumar, Nidhi Dureja, and Suchitra RajputCompliance versus performance-driven building energy modelling: How do industry practitioners decide?Henry Odiri Igugu, Jacques Laubscher and Tariené GaumCleaner Alternatives for Sustainable Automotive Urban Mobility in India : An Integrated MCDM ApproachPrasanna G. Tillu, and Abhijeet K. Digalwar Flyash-Based CdS Photocatalyst for Sustainable Dye DegradationWajahat Khan, Deanne Pinto, Sameeha Adil, Jayesh Panchal, Kiran Reddy, Khalid Yousef Abdulla Husain Alkhoori, Vincent S Kumar, and B G Prakash KumarTransformative Biotechnologies for Seed Germination: Biosurfactants as an Eco-Friendly Biostimulant for Oilseed Crop Brassica campestrisHumaira Mushtaq Mukadam, Pratiksha Prakash Kesarkar, Soumi Subhendu Sengupta, Geeta Sakhare, and Shikha Vikrant GaikwadEnvironmental Impact of Aging on Transport of MP in Soil ecosystem: Pathway to Achieving the Sustainability GoalsNamita Das, Geetha Kannan, and Prakash Kumar B.G.Performance Assessment of Bifacial PV Modules for Next Generation Solar PV SystemsJitendra Nagrare, M.K.Deshmukh, S.D. Manjare, and Akshay WaghEffect of outlet location on wind-driven cross ventilation for a simplified standalone buildingKausar, Naveen Kumar Shrivastava, and Majid Hassan KhanDeveloping Context-Specific Building Energy Efficiency Codes for Climate Resilience in Africa by Using Global SouthTariené Gaum, Jacques Laubscher and Henry Odiri IguguComparative Corrosion Characteristics of Neem-seed and Date-seed Oil Derived BiodieselsKavitha Radhakrishnana, S. Vincent, and Shashank KhuranaCarborundum Process Monitoring, Improvement and Energy Management using Industry 4.0 TechnologiesBenu Madhab Gedam and Tomson Sunny Design and Optimization of Piezoelectric Energy Harvesters for Powering Medical Devices and SensorsMuhammed Fawwaz Husain, Vania Roy, Madhurendra Mishra and Adarsh GanesanCOMPARATIVE STUDY ON THE EFFECT OF ANTISOLVENTS ON THE PERFORMANCE OF FAPbI3 SOLAR CELLSHarishankar Suman, Sudhir Ranjan, Saurabh Srivastava, Neha Saini, Shailesh Kumar Sah, Srinivas Karthik Yadavalli, Raju Kumar Gupta, Ashish Garg and Kanhaiya Lal YadavElectric Motor Prognosis and Health Monitoring using TinyMLVignesh Mannar, and Dr. Madhuri BayyaFuture-proofing Manufacturing: A Critical Review of Sustainable Practices Across Additive Manufacturing TechnologiesPushkar Kamble, Baburav Koli, A. Porchelvan, Avinash Mehta, Yash Mittal, and Gopal GoteIntelligent Navigation System Design for Underwater Robot Using Reinforcement LearningPrasad Vinayak Patil, and Aryan TripathiInvestigation on Crashworthiness Performance of Additively Manufactured Crash Boxes with Different Hybrid Geometrical ConfigurationsSadanand Ghanvat, Kiran Mali, and Sudhanwa KulkarniAcoustic Emission Study of SA 387 Steel under Tensile LoadingSwadesh Dixit, and Vikas ChaudhariBioimpedance Analysis of Magnesium-Based Alloys for Biomedical implants in Phosphate Buffered SolutionShaurya Gupta, Ravindra Bhardwaj and S. VincentPerformance of Fibre-Reinforced Self-Curing Concrete with U- and Strip-Wrapped Carbon Fibre PolymerLidiya JoseMolecular Dynamics Simulation of Dry Sliding Wear in Multicomponent AlloysAvighn Pal, Sozharajan Balasubramani, and R KarthikeyanThermo-mechanical Characterization of Shape Memory Alloy Springs for Use in Actuator DesignMihir Raman, Aarav Harshvardhan, Harish Muthu S, Huzef UR Rahman, Pardha S Gurugubelli, and AK GuptaDomain-Aware Neural Machine Translation for Scalable LocalizationNeeraj Kumar Sharma, Neha Roshni, Arunima Das, Priyanshu Parikh, Pranavi Boddu, Subhrakanta Panda, and Lalita Bhanu Murthy Neti AI-Driven Hybrid Modelling of Weather Effect on Solar Still PerformanceY S. Prasanna, and Sandip S. DeshmukhExperimental Investigations of Bubble Behaviour and Heat Transfer Performance on Micro/nanostructured Superhydrophilic Copper Oxide SurfacePradyumna Kodancha, Siddhartha Tripathi, and Vadiraj Hemadri Improvement in Efficiency of MoSe2 doped Perovskite Solar Cells with a-Si/PbO2 as Electron Transport LayerMaya C Thomas, Ravindra Giriraj Bhardwaj, and Shazia Hasan Integrated Feedforward-Feedback Control for Real-Time Thermal Regulation of Shape Memory AlloysHuzef UR Rahman, Samarth Tomar, Pardha SGV, Abhishek Sarkar, Amit Kumar Gupta, and R. SanthanamAligning Biofuels Policy with the Sustainable Development Goals in the UAE: A Systematic Literature ReviewHarshitha Gummadi, Rabiaa Tarique, Shashank Khurana, and Mrutuyanjaya SahuHarnessing Radiant Waste Heat from Cement KilnsAfsheen Patel, Shazi Shah Jabeen, and Prakash Kumar B GPerformance Assessment and Stability Analysis of Cylindrical Buoy Aiming Wave Power GenerationMorapakala Srinivas, Rajdip Dey, and Santanu Koley