Sandeep Soni
Dr. Sandeep Soni has been working as an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology (SVNIT), Surat, since 2023. Previously, he served for nearly 14 years as an Assistant Professor at Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology, Surat. He did his B. Tech. in Mechanical Engineering from Indira Gandhi Govt. Engineering College, Sagar, in 1998, and graduated ranking first. He completed his M. Tech in Industrial Design from M. A. National Institute of Technology, Bhopal, in 2004. He received his Ph.D. degree in “An Investigation into Steady-State and Dynamic Properties of the Non-Circular Cylindrical Floating Ring Bearing in Laminar and Turbulent Flow Regime” from SVNIT Surat in 2017. He has more than 24 years of experience in research and teaching. He has published 40 papers in reputed international journals and 35 papers in national and international conferences. His research interest is mainly in different sub-domains of machine design and tribology, and he is currently guiding the research work of five Ph.D. scholars, with two being completed (thesis titled “Investigation and Characterization of Polymer-Based Composites for Brake Pad Applications” and “Design and Analysis for Performance Improvement of Construction-Block Making Machine”). He has produced 30 M. Tech. Students and is currently guiding three M. Tech. Scholars. He has written 10 book chapters for Springer Nature, Taylor & Francis, and other publishers.