Dr. Sandesh Nayak

Dr. Sandesh Nayak

Position: Assistant Professor
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Educational Qualification

B.E. (Mechanical Engineering), M.Tech. (Machine Design), Ph.D. (Piezo-Hydraulic Drive System)

Total Experience

1.5 Years (Teaching) + 6 years (Research)

Area of Interest

  • Micro actuators
  • Micro-fluidics
  • Automation
  • Robotics
  • Design and development
  • Hydraulics and pneumatics

Subjects Handled

  • Industrial Robotics
  • Design and Analysis of Machine Design
  • Theory of Machines and Machine Design
  • Computer Aided Machine Drawing
  • Mechatronics System Design
  • Robotics Laboratory
  • CNC Programming and Simulation
  • Computer Aided Engineering Drawing
  • Mechanical Workshop Lab

Workshops / FDPs / SDPs / STTPs Attended/Conducted

  • Attended Half day Workshop on Structural Health Monitoring at NMAM Institute of Technology, Nitte on 11th October, 2014.
  • Participated in FDP on “Recent Developments in Measurement Science” at Department of Mechanical Engineering, NMAM Institute of Technology, Nitte during 22nd and 23rd of April, 2016.
  • Participated in Two Days FDP on “Modeling, Simulation and Application of Piezo-actuators” during 20th and 21st March, 2017 at Department of Mechanical Engineering, NMAM Institute of Technology, Nitte.
  • Participated in a National Conference on “Machining of Difficult to Machine Materials: Recent Developments, Issues and Solutions” at Department of Mechanical Engineering, NMAM Institute of Technology, Nitte during 3rd to 5th of August, 2017.
  • 3-day Workshop on “Research Methodologies and Latex” from 21st to 23rd September, 2017 at Vivekananda College of Engineering and Technology, Puttur.
  • 12 days of FDP on “Industrial Automation using Hydraulics, Pneumatics and PLC” from 1st to 12th January, 2018 at Manipal Institute of Technology, Manipal.
  • Attended Five-Day Workshop on “PLC based Programming and Automation” at Department of Mechanical Engineering, NMAM Institute of Technology, Nitte during 15th to 19th January, 2019.
  • Attended Five Day FDP on “Advanced Pneumatics for Automation” held in Association with FESTO India Pvt. Ltd., Bengaluru at NMAM Institute of Technology, Nitte from 8th to 12th July, 2019.
  • Attended Five Day FDP on “Modeling Fundamentals and PYTHON for Numerical Simulation and Applied Artificial Intelligence for Mechanical Engineering Systems Research” organized by Department of Mechanical Engineering., NMAM Institute of Technology, Nitte during 18th to 22nd December, 2019.
  • Attended Three Day Workshop on “Advanced Hydraulics” at NMAM Institute of Technology, Nitte in association with FESTO India Pvt. Ltd., Bengaluru from 6th to 8th of January, 2022.
  • Attended two days FDP on “Innovative Teaching Strategies” from 2nd to 3rd of June, 2023 at the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Mangalore Institute of Technology and Engineering, Moodbidri.
  • Attended one day Faculty Enablement Program on “Quality Research Article Writing and Academic Publishing” on 28th October, 2023 organized by MITE-Research Council at Mangalore Institute of Technology and Engineering, Moodbidri.

Conference/Journal Publication

  • Sandesh Nayak, Muralidhara and Rathnamala Rao, “Design and Simulation of High Pressure Piezohydraulic Pump with Active valves”, International Conference on Electrical, Electronics, and Optimization Techniques, pp 1608-1613, 2016.
  • Sandesh Nayak, Muralidhara and Rathnamala Rao, “Design, Analysis and Testing of Quadratic Arm Flexurally Amplified Piezoactuator”, International Journal of Innovative Research in Science, Engineering and Technology, Vol 5, pp 844-849, May 2016.
  • Nirmith R Jain, Muralidhara, Rajath N Rao and Sandesh Nayak, “Design, Simulation and Fabrication of Piezoelectric Inchworm Drive”, Special Issue of NMAMIT Annual Research Journal, pp 218-221, 2017.
  • Mohammed Waseem Akram, Muralidhara, Vincent Linish D’Souza and Sandesh Nayak, “Design and Analysis of Piezo-Actuated Flapping Mechanism for Micro Air Vehicles”, Special Issue of NMAMIT Annual Research Journal, pp 200-205, 2017.
  • Sandesh Nayak, Muralidhara and Rathnamala Rao, “Modeling and Experimental Validation of Valve and Pumping Actuator of a Piezo-hydraulic Pump”, Journal of Mechanical Engineering Research and Developments (JMERD), vol. 42, no. 5, pp 110-114, 2019.
  • Sandesh Nayak and Muralidhara, “Design and Development of a Flexurally Amplified Piezoelectric Actuator Based Piezo-Hydraulic Pump”, Materials Today: Proceedings, Elsevier, Vol. 46, pp 9956-9965, April 2021.
  • Sandesh Nayak, Sushith K, Muralidhara and Aashith C, “Design, Development and Control of Flexure Mounted Linear Displacement Electromagnetic Actuator”, Materials Today: Proceedings, Elsevier, Vol 46, pp 9966-9976, April 2021.
  • Raghavendra B K, Kirankumar M V, Rajeshwari and Sandesh Nayak, “Automatic fault detection in ball bearings by using advanced signal processing techniques”, Academic Journal of Manufacturing Engineering, Vol 21, Issue 1, pp 59-64, 2023.
  • Sandesh Nayak and Muralidhara Rao, “Experimental performance evaluation on piezo-hydraulic pump using flexurally amplified piezoelectric actuators”, Materials Today: Proceedings, Elsevier, 2023. (DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matpr.2023.03.755).

Funded Projects

  • KSCST Fund of Rs.7000.00/- for project entitled “Design and Development of Office Work Desk with Automatic Control for Vertical Height and Horizontal Alignment” during the year 2022-23 (Ref No.: 46S_BE_2802 dated 24th April, 2023).