Rafaque Ahmad

Dynamic Physics educator with a proven track record at Bansal Classes Pune, excelling in lesson planning and student assessment. Adept at fostering critical thinking and problem-solving skills, I have successfully mentored students for NEET and JEE, enhancing their academic performance through innovative teaching methods and effective communication.

• Fellowship from MHRD (Aug 2012- Jun 2014)
• MHRD fellowship (Dec 2017 - Feb 2023).

Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering

Thesis: “Topology Optimization using non gradient based methods for Additively Manufactured designs.”

Formulation of design problem in optimization settings.
Designing and developing FEM based Numerical optimization
tools to create optimum designs suitable for Additive
manufacturing (AM) process i.e. reducing overhangs in AM
parts. The aim of this work is to reduce the weight of
structures/Parts/Machine components, without hampering its
performance by Topology optimization method and
simultaneously making the optimized structures etc. to be easily
manufactured by AM process by overcoming AM manufacturing
constraints.

M.Tech,Machine Design
September 2012 – August 2014; CGPA: 7.3

Thesis: “Comparative study of Isogeometric Analysis and
Finite Element Analysis”
(Supervisor: Dr. Hari Kumar Voruganti ,Prof. , MED, NIT Warangal)
Isogeometric Analysis (IGA) is applied to solve various structure
and heat transfer problems having complex geometry and
boundary conditions. The results obtained using is compared with
finite element results. The thesis sheds light on various
advantages of using IGA over FEM such as higher order
continuity and easy mesh refinements and less number of
degrees of freedom for same solution accuracy.

Research and publications:

• Structural Topology Optimization: Methods and Applications, Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering (LNME),https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-981-15-1201-8_71
• Geometric Modeling For Isogeometric Analysis Sangamesh Gondegaon , Rafaque Ahmada and Hari K. Voruganti, Proceedings of ICTACEM 2014 International Conference on Theoretical, Applied, Computational and Experimental Mechanics December 29-31, 2014, IIT Kharagpur, India ICTACEM-2014/439
• Topology Optimization Using Strain Energy Distribution for 2D Structures,Advances in Applied Mechanical Engineering,https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-981-15-1201-8_69
• Design of Overhang-free Structure using Topology Optimization for Additive Manufacturing,Ahmad, R., & Voruganti, H. Design of Overhang-free Structure using Topology Optimization for Additive Manufacturing.

STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
About Teaching and Learning: My goal in teaching is to break a complex chapter in to parts. I try to explain each topic in simple language, giving analogies which relates to student’s life .Then combining parts to understand whole chapter. My goal is to make students curious and enhancing their abilities to learn new things themselves. I make my students imagine the physics behind equations. In mathematically involved topics I make my students to search for patterns and then explain to them why that pattern exists. I know that a teacher is likethe senior most student of the class and process of learning must never stop. I try to increase my knowledge and prepare before any class by revising the contents thoroughly before giving any lecture.