Assistant Professor
Mechanical Engineering Technology
William States Lee College of Engineering
📄 Article got accepted for publication at International Journal of Advanced Manufacuturing Technology on "Systematic Approach for Generating Diversity-enhanced Image Dataset for Vision-based On-machine Tool Wear Monitoring Systems"[Link]
🎤Orgainizing Symposium at ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition (IMECE) 2026 on "Advances in Manufacturing and Material Removal Processes", Abstract Submissions are due March 10, 2026 [Call for Papers]
🎤Serving as a Guest Editor for a special issue of Machines, MDPI on "Intelligent Tool Wear Monitoring", Submissions are due April 30, 2026 [Call for Papers]
Best Paper Award by ASME at the International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition (IMECE) 2024, Portland, USA, 2024. Paper Title: Comparison of explainable AI for image classification to human perception: A case study of threaded fasteners.
Postdoc Teaching Development Award by Clemson University, USA, for teaching a course in Fall 2024 at the Department of Automotive Engineering, Clemson University, USA, 2024. (Fellowship amount: $10,000)
'All In For Safety' Award by Clemson University, USA, for maintaining a high standard of safety in my laboratory space at the Department of Automotive Engineering, Clemson University, USA, 2023.
Travel Award by Postdoctoral Association, Clemson University, USA, for attending 50th North American Manufacturing Research Conference (NAMRC) at West Lafayette, USA, 2022.
Finalist of Doctoral Symposium Award at the ASME Manufacturing Science and Engineering Conference (MSEC) 2021, Cincinnati, USA, 2021.
Best Poster Award by Postdoctoral Association, Clemson University, USA, at the Annual Postdoctoral Poster Symposium 2021. Poster Title: Stochastic toolpath strategy in 3-axis ball-end milling of 2D and free-form surfaces
Office: Smith Bldg., Room #212, 9201 University City Blvd., Charlotte, NC 28223
Email: agarwal.ankit@charlotte.edu
Phone(O): 704 687 1862