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Dr. Avinash Kumar Mehta

Visiting Assistant Professor

E-108, New Academic Block-5 (NAB)
Department of Mechanical Engineering
BITS Pilani K K Birla Goa Campus
Zuarinagar, NH-17B
South Goa, 403 726, India

Dr. Avinash Kumar Mehta has joined BITS Pilani, K. K. Birla Goa Campus, as an assistant professor in July 2025. He was also a visiting researcher at Technical Univeristy of Munich (TUM), Germany, during March 2023–April 2023. As a part of his PhD program, he has developed a unique powder bed-based Electron Beam Hybrid Manufacturing (EBHM-P) machine that can perform both Electron Beam Powder Bed Fusion as well as machining inside the vacuum to produce parts faster with high dimensional accuracy. 

 

His research interests include Additive Manufacturing, Electron Beam Technlogy, and Vacuum Design. 

 

Education: 

Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering (Manufacturing Engineering)                                 July, 2019 – April, 2025

Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay, Maharashtra, India

  • Thesis: Electron Beam Hybrid Manufacturing: Powder Bed Fusion (EBHM-P)
  • Advisor: Prof. K. P. Karunakaran
  • CPI: 7.91

M. Tech., Mechanical Engineering (Manufacturing Science and Engineering)       July, 2017 – May, 2019

Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur, West Bengal, India

  • Thesis: Surface finishing of watch case and die
  • Advisor: Prof. Ajay Sidpara
  • CPI: 8.48

B. Tech., Production Engineering                                                                                  July, 2013 – May, 2017

Birsa Institute of Technology (BIT) Sindri, Jharkhand, India

  • CPI: 7.51