Parag Vichare

Parag Vichare

Dr

 https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9172-9857

Accepting PhD Students

  • 591
    Citations
20042023

Research activity per year

If you made any changes in Pure these will be visible here soon.

Personal profile

Overview

Teaching and research experience in inter/multi-disciplinary product and process development. Industrial work experience in automotive, plastic product design, mould design and manufacturing. Programme Leadership for BSc Computer aided Design programme at the University of the West of Scotland (UWS). 

Area of academic expertise - outline

Though my past work experience, I have worked with various commercial PDM/PLM systems for product design and development. Thus, I recognise various bottlenecks while working on multi-CAD/PDM/PLM environment in the supply chain. Summarising on my experience and current research portfolio, my areas of expertise are:

  • Product data/Information management in Multi-CAD/PDM environments for developing multidisciplinary products (Plastic products, Medical devices, Optical sensors, Coating systems, large structural components)
  • Product design, design optimisation and testing of above products
  • Agile product revision and legacy product data management.
  • 3-5 axis CNC machining, CAM process planning, Process simulation and verification, CNC post-processor development
  • Plastic injection mould design and mould flow simulation/analysis
  • Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T), Dimensional management
  • Data modelling using EXPRESS, STEP (ISO10303), STEP-NC (ISO 14649)
  • Remanufacturing strategies/processes for circular economy

Current research activities

Research portfolio presenting my research/commercialisation activities as PI/Co-PI/Resource with following inter/multidisciplinary projects:

2011

IV - Rapid technology evaluation for managing a scaffold data in customised mobile tower construction projects, Scottish Funding Council

PI

£5,000

Awarded

2012

UWS - Capital Funding bid for purchasing 5 axis machining centre, UWS

PI

£95,000

Awarded

2012

Scottish Funding Council - Machine tool health information exchange in the supply chain,

PI

£5,000

Awarded

2016

Sottish Institute of Remanufacture (SIR) - Remanufacture Strategy for street lamp aluminium castings, Scottish Institute for Remanufacturing

PI

£20,485

Awarded

2016

EPSRC - Developing the NanoKick bioreactor to enable tissue engineered bone graft and use of metabolomics to identify bone specific drug candidates

Resource / Co-PI

£290,447

Awarded

2017

Sottish Institute of Remanufacture (SIR) - Design of dedicated re-manufacturing workstation and handling equipment, Scottish Institute for Remanufacturing

PI

£40,180

Awarded

2017

Erasmus+ SMARTLink Mobility award for “Machine tool heath information exchange in the supply chain” EU-Mundus project

PI

£5,000

Awarded

2018

IV - Hand Rehabilitation Device Feasibility Study for Ho Ho Design

Co-PI

£5,000

Awarded

2018

IV - Mouthpiece re-engineering and performance optimisation, SFC or other

PI

£5,000

Awarded

2018

Novel microwave plasma sputter (NMPLAS) deposition process providing high throughput optical coating. Innovate UK Shanghai-UK industrial challenge programme

Co-PI

£387,029.00

Awarded

2019

Erasmus+ eu-Asia Collaboration for aCcessible Education in Smart power Systems

Co-PI

£875,281.00

Awarded

2019

KTP - SMS - Helia Photonics Ltd #1025767

Co-PI

£183,162.00

Awarded

2019

KTP - SME - Consult Lift Services Ltd #1026289

PI

£205,614.00

Awarded

2019

KTP - SME - ACS Clothing Limited #1026318

Co-PI

£217,684.00

Awarded

2019

British Academy - Waste, Water and Wellbeing: lessons from the interface of formal/informal urban systems in Dharavi, Mumbai

Co-PI

£299,948.00

Awarded

2020

KTP - SME - Teer Coatings Limited #12209

Co-PI

£253,561.00

Awarded

2020

Development and productionisation of a bespoke ultralow power consumption methane sensor

Co-PI

£451,022.00

Awarded

2021

KTP - SME - Semefab Limited #12731

C0-PI

£ 180,541.00

Awarded

Target collaborative organisations

Aerospace/ Automotive / General Engineering component manufacturers.

Research and Innovation centres

 

Current teaching activities and interests

Programme Leader for BSc Computer Aided Design Programme and Lecturer in Manufacturing and Computer Aided Engineering

My teaching and research interest lies in the area of collaborative Product data / Information management in Multi-CAD environments, Product design and manufacturing processes, 3-5 axis CNC machining, CAM process planning, Digital twin, Manufacturing Process simulation and verification, CNC post-processor development, Plastic mould design and mould flow simulation, Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T), Dimensional management, Styling and surfacing.

Visiting Lecturer at Changchun institute of Technology, China (June – July 2013, Dec 2016, Dec 2017, Dec 2018, May 2019, Online delivery 2020-2021). Module: CNC Machining (32Hrs-2 Weeks)

Co-PI for Erasmus+ funded “EU-Asia Collaboration for aCcessible Education in Smart Power Systems (eAccess)” Project. eAccess project aspires to help Asian partner universities to fill knowledge and skill deficit in the area of modern power system through knowledge dissemination, skill development and capacity building. My focus and interest in this project is to disseminate video-assisted pedagogical approaches for delivering/teaching Engineering modules.   

At UWS, I have been teaching following modules for UG and PG programmes. This teaching has been closely linked with my research portfolio. I have been responsible for teaching and coordinating following modules at UWS: *Represents Module Coordinator

Modules

Class Size

Teaching methods

Year

Computer aided design (ENGG08002)*

70-100 UG

Lecture and Tutorial,

2011-Till date

Design for manufacture with plastics (ENGG09022)*

25-35 UG

Lecture and Tutorial, Group activities

2011-2020

Computer aided manufacture CAM (ENGG10024)*

20-30 UG

Lecture and Tutorial, Group activities

2011-Till date

Advanced Computer Aided Design (ENGG10018)*

20-30 UG

Lecture and Tutorial, Group activities

2011-Till date

Aircraft Design, Modelling and Analysis (ENGG09028)*

25-35 UG

Lecture and Tutorial

2015-Till date

Advance Machining and Manufacturing systems (ENGG11034) *

5-15 PG

Lecture and Tutorial

2016-2017

Design Prototyping and Testing (ENGG09001)

70-100 UG

Lecture and Tutorial, Group activities

2011-2014

Product Design and Data Management

(ENGG09051)

20-35 UG

Lecture and Tutorial, Group activities

2020-Till date

Independent Study

(ENGG09018)

40-60

Lecture

2020-Till date

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  • SDG 9 - Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
  • SDG 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production

External positions

External reviewer, Research Grants Council (RGC) of Hong Kong

21 Feb 2022 → …

External Panel Member (Mechanical Engineering) for Enhancement Led Internal Subject Review (ELISR) and Programme Review, Glasgow Caledonian University

18 Jan 2021 → 22 Jan 2021

PhD External Examiner, University of Huddersfield

7 Sept 2020

External Examiner, MSc Smart Manufacturing Systems, Ulster University

1 Sept 2019 → 1 Sept 2022

Validation panel member for MSc Smart Manufacturing Systems, Ulster University

24 Jun 2019

Member of judging panel, Renfrewshire Chamber of Commerce (ROCCO) Award for Excellence in Manufacturing, Renfrewshire Chamber of Commerce (ROCCO)

1 Oct 2018

MSc (Engineering Control Systems and Instrumentation) External Examiner, University of Huddersfield

1 Aug 2017 → 1 Aug 2020

PhD External Examiner, University of Huddersfield

1 Feb 2016 → …

PhD External Examiner, University of Huddersfield

1 Jun 2014 → …

MRes External Examiner, University of Huddersfield

1 Dec 2012 → …

Visiting Lecturer, Changchun Institute of Technology

1 Jun 2012 → 1 May 2022

Keywords

  • TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
  • Manufacturing
  • CNC
  • Machining
  • Process Planning
  • ISO 10303
  • STEP-NC
  • Remanufacturing
  • Computer aided Design
  • Multi-CAD environments
  • CNC post-processor
  • Plastic mould design
  • GD&T
  • Product Design
  • Large Volume Metrology

Fingerprint

Dive into the research topics where Parag Vichare is active. These topic labels come from the works of this person. Together they form a unique fingerprint.
  • 1 Similar Profiles
View full fingerprint

Network

Recent external collaboration on country/territory level. Dive into details by clicking on the dots or
Explore network further
View all 51 research outputs
View all 14 activities