College of Engineering Distinguished Professor
Mechanical and Materials
Engineering
W303 Nebraska HallLincoln, NE 68588
(402) 472-0454
krajurkar1@unl.edu
Education
- Ph.D., 1981 Michigan Tech
- M.S., 1978 Michigan Tech
- B.E., 1966 Jabalpur (India)
Research Interests
- Modeling and Analysis of Manufacturing Processes
- Systems Sensing and Control of Traditional and Nontraditional macro, micro and nano Manufacturing Processes
Honors and Awards
- Hideo Hanafusa Outstanding Investigator Award, 2010
- 2011 Distinguished Service Award, North American Manufacturing Research Institution, Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME)
- 2010 Distinguished Investigator Award, International Society on Flexible Automation
- 2009 Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) Gold Medal
- ASME Vice President Manufacturing (now called Technical Group Leader), 2005-2008
- Chair, ASME E. M. Merchant Medal Committee, 2009 – 2012
- Chair, International Academy of Production Engineers (CIRP)
- Chair, International Academy of Production Engineers (CIRP) U.S. Fellows Group, 2013-2016
- 2005 Charles F. Carter Jr. Advancing Manufacturing Award, Association of Manufacturing Technology
- ASME Fellow, SME Fellow, International Academy for Production Engineering (CIRP) Fellow
- American Society of Mechanical Engineers Blackall Machine Tool and Gage Award, 1995
- College of Engineering and Technology Service Award, 1998
- College of Engineering and Technology Research Award, 1991, 1996
- College of Engineering and Technology Teaching Award, 1993
Selected Publications
- Sundaram, M., Chen, Y., Rajurkar, K. P., “ Pulse ElectrochemicaL Machining of Glass-fiber Epoxy reinforced Composite”, Annals of the International Academy of Production Engineers (CIRP), Volume 67/1, 2019 (accepted for publication).
- Liu, Q., Zhang, Q., Zhang, M, Rajurkar, K. P. , “ Effects of Surface Layer of AISI 304 0n micro EDM Performance”, Journal of Precision Engineering, 2019 (accepted for publication).
- Malshe, A. P., Bapat, S., Rajurkar, K. P., “Bio-inspired Textures for Functional Applications”, Annals of the International Academy of Production Engineers (CIRP), Volume 67/2 (Key-note Paper), 2018, pp. 627-650.
- Kumar, S., Sankar, R., Rajurkar, K. P. “Nano-finishing of Micro Slots on Surgical Stainless Steel by Abrasive Flow Finishing Process”’, ASME Journal of Micro and Nano Manufacturing, March 2018.
- Gu, L., Chen, J., Zhu, Y., Zhao, W., Rajurkar, K. P. “Influence of reinforcement particles on the mechanism of the blasting erosion arc machining of SiC/Al composites “. The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, 2018.
- Wansheng, Z., Lin, G., Fawang, Z., Rajurkar, K. P., “Modeling study of the hydrodynamic arc breaking mechanism in beam”, Annals of the International Academy of Production Engineers (CIRP), Volume 67/1, 2018, pp.189-192.
- Zhang, W., Malshe, A. P., Rajurkar, K. P., “Understanding Evolution of tribo-chemical interfaces during boundary lubrication in manufacturing”, Annals of the International Academy of Production Engineers (CIRP), Volume 66/1, 2017,pp.555-558.
- Uhlamnn, E., Mullany, B., Rajurkar, K. P., et al., “Process Chains for High-Precision Components with Micro-Scale Features”, Annals of the International Academy of Production Engineers (CIRP), Volume 65/2, 2016, pp. 549-572.
- Malshe, A. P., Rajurkar, K. P., Samant, A., Hansen, H. N.,” Bio-inspired Functional Surfaces for Advanced Applications”, Annals of the International Academy of Production Engineers (CIRP), Volume 62/1, 2013, pp.797-820.
- Jahan, M. P. , Virwani, K. R., Rajurkar, K. P., and Malshe, A. P., “ A Comparative Study of the Dry and Wet nano-scale Electro-machining,” Procedia CIRP, Vol. 6, 2013, pp. 627-632.
- Virwani, K., Malshe, A.P., Rajurkar, K. P. "Understanding sub-20nm Scale Breakdown Behavior of Liquid Dielectric", Physical Review Letters, 99, 017601, 2007.
- Virwani, K., Malshe, A. P., Rajurkar, K. P. "Tool Wear in Nano Scale Electro Machining", Annals of the International Academy of Production Engineers (CIRP), Vol. 56/1, 2007.