Assistant Professor

Dr. Rajnish Mallick

Email: rajnish.mallick@iiitdm.ac.in

Room: 219 K

Dr. Rajnish Mallick

Education

  • Indian Institute of Science, IISc Bengaluru PhD (Aerospace Engineering)

    IISc Bengaluru 2009 - 2014

  • Indian Institute of Science, IISc Bengaluru MS (Aerospace Engineering) - Direct PhD

    IISc Bengaluru 2009 - 2011

  • Punjabi University Mechanical Engineering

    2004 - 2008

Research Interests

  • Scientific Machine Learning, AI in Design, Auxetic Metamaterial Structures, Helicopter Dynamics, Aerospace Structures, Engineering Optimization

Work Experience

  • Teaching

    • 1. Assistant Professor in the School of Interdisciplinary Design and Innovation, Indian Institute of Information Technology Design and Manufacturing, IIITDM Kancheepuram (2024-present)
    • 2. Guest Editor of Special Issue Applied Maths, Emerging and Interdisciplinary Applications of Fuzzy Logic, Web of Science (2024) https://revistas.uptc.edu.co/index.php/inquietud_empresarial/announcement
    • 3. Session Chair for the Industry X.0 panel in the 3rd International Conference on Industry 4.0 and Advanced Manufacturing at IISc Bengaluru, 11-12 Jan 2024 (2024)
    • 4. Invited as an Official reviewer of the IEEE-EPICS projects globally (2024)
    • 5. Vice-President of Entrepreneurship Cell and Faculty Member in the Mechanical Engineering Department, Thapar Institute (2021 - 2024)
  • Industry

    • Rolls-Royce Plc UK (https://www.rolls-royce.com/ Jet Engine Division)
    • 1. Coached a team of Data Scientists and Decision Scientists for disruptive innovation and performed Technology Management in Rolls-Royce (2015 - 2020)
    • 2. AI & Emerging Tech. Hub Lead (Global role) in Rolls-Royce (2017 - 2020)
    • - Created a novel nonlinear prognostics algorithm that reduced the engine MRO shop visits by 20-30% and saved a couple of millions of GBP under Power-by-the-hour contracts
    • - Developed an engine-agnostic data science life cycle to predict sulphidation impact on Jet Engines for critical RCA (Root-Cause-Analysis) and point-of-contact for Boeing as a stakeholder
    • - Owner of the Machine Vision research work for Defense and Civil Aerospace applications
    • - Editor-in-Chief (Global role) at Rolls-Royce
    • 3. Staff Scientist in R2 Data Labs in Rolls-Royce (2015 - 2020)
    • 4. Global Team Leader of the winning team for the 32nd AHS International Helicopter Student Design Competition sponsored by the Boeing Company. (2015)
    • John Deere (https://www.deere.com/en/)
    • 5. Design Engineer-I in John Deere (2008 - 2009)
  • Research

    • 1. Assistant Professor in the School of Interdisciplinary Design and Innovation, Indian Institute of Information Technology Design and Manufacturing, IIITDM Kancheepuram (2024-present)
    • 2. Guest Editor of Special Issue Applied Maths, Emerging and interdisciplinary applications of fuzzy logic, Web of Science (2024) https://revistas.uptc.edu.co/index.php/inquietud_empresarial/announcement
    • 3. Session Chair for the Industry X.0 panel in the 3rd International Conference on Industry 4.0 and Advanced Manufacturing at IISc Bengaluru, 11-12 Jan 2024 (2024)
    • 4. Invited Official reviewer of the IEEE-EPICS projects globally (2024)
    • 5. Represented India in the US Government Department of Energy (DOE) official review panel to review research proposals submitted by US national labs and institutions (2022)
    • 6. Research & Technology Lead and Post-Doctorate Fellow at NMCAD Lab in the Department of Aerospace Engineering, Indian Institute of Science (2020 - 2021)
    • 7. Global Team Leader of the winning team for the 32nd AHS International Helicopter Student Design Competition sponsored by the Boeing Company.
    • 8. IISc Research Associate at Helicopter Lab in the Department of Aerospace Engineering, Indian Institute of Science.
    • 9. Designed, developed and transferred the technology to HAL with (Technology Readiness Level) TRL 4+ in the National Program on Micro and Smart Systems (NPMASS) project focusing on alleviating helicopter vibrations using active vibration control methods. (2009 - 2014)
    • 10. Design Engineer-I in John Deere Technology Center India, Magarpatta City, Pune. (2008 - 2009)