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I am a senior lecturer in Mechanical Engineering. I joined the Department of Engineering at the Manchester Metropolitan University in September, 2012. I am a Chartered Engineer and a Member of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers.
I am also a visiting researcher at the Institute of Design, Robotics and Optimisation, School of Mechanical Engineering, University of Leeds.
From 2006 to 2012, I was a Research Fellow in the School of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Leeds.
My research centres on industrial engineering and operations management. In the past ten years, I led collaborative research projects with industrial partners such as ABB Limited, Rolls-Royce Plc, BAE Systems and Age UK.
I am recipient of the Professional Engineering Publishing best paper award (2008) from the IMechE.
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Responsible for teaching the following units of the BEng(Hons)/MEng(Hons)/MSc degree courses in Mechanical/Automotive Engineering.
Present
POST-GRADUATE: Manufacturing Systems Management (6E7Z2123) / Manufacturing Engineering (6E7Z2102); MSc Engineering Project (6E7Z2120)
UNDERGRADUATE: Engineering Management (6E6Z2110); Professional Design and Practice (6E5Z2100); Engineering Design and Practice (6E4Z2100); Individual Engineering Project (6E6Z1100)
Past
Management and Professional Skills (6E5Z2005); Design and Modelling (6E5Z2003); Integrated Management Systems (64ET7007); Technical Values (6E4Z2003); Project (64ET3590)
Qualifications:
PGCAP, Manchester Metropolitan University (2016)
PhD, Supply Chain Engineering - School of Mechanical Engineering, University of Leeds (2005)
MSc(Eng), Mechanical Engineering - School of Mechanical Engineering, University of Leeds (2001)
BEng, Mechanical Engineering - Jalpaiguri Government Engineering College, University of North Bengal, India (1997)
Professional Distinctions:
CEng, MIMechE, MBCS, FHEA
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2006 - 2012
Research Fellow in the School of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Leeds on the following research projects:
2001 - 2005
PhD Researcher at the School of Mechanical Engineering, University of Leeds
English and Bengali
Engineering Management (6E6Z2110)
Professional Design and Practice (6E5Z2100)
Engineering Design and Practice (6E4Z2100)
Design Project (6E4Z0004)
Individual Engineering Project (6E6Z1100)
Systems Engineering for Industry (6E7Z2131)
Manufacturing Systems Management (6E7Z2123)
Manufacturing Engineering (6E7Z2102)
Manufacturing for Industry 4.0 (6E7Z2149)
Project Delivery 2 (6E7Z2127)
MSc Engineering Project (6E7Z2120)
My research activities fall within the following domains. Potential students interested in studying PhD in these areas, please contact: S.Kundu@mmu.ac.uk
Industrial Partners: ABB Limited, Rolls-Royce Plc, BAE Systems, Age UK and WSP.
S. Kundu (2012). Decoupling Points Selection in Supply Chains. Saarbrücken, Germany: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing GmbH & Co. KG..
M. Serdaroglu, MN. Latif, S. Kundu (2016). Paediatric patient flow modelling using Witness. International Journal of Engineering Research and Allied Sciences. 1(2), pp.1-5.
S. Kundu (2015). Service information blueprint: A scheme for defining service information requirements. Journal of Service Science Research. 7(1), pp.21-53.
A. McKay, S. Kundu (2014). A representation scheme for digital product service system definitions. Advanced Engineering Informatics. 28(4), pp.479-498.
E. Valentine, A. Bobrowicz, GW. Coleman, L. Gibson, VL. Hanson, et al. S. Kundu, A. McKay, RJ. Holt. (2011). Narrating Past to Present: Conveying the Needs and Values of Older People to Young Digital Technology Designers. Lecture Notes in Computer Science. 6766(1), pp.243-249.
S. Kundu, . A. McKay and A. de Pennington, A. De Pennington (2008). Selection of decoupling points in supply chains using a knowledge-based approach. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part B: Journal of Engineering Manufacture. 222(11), pp.1529-1549.
S. Kundu Supply networks: An approach to designing an extended enterprise. . Chris McMahon, Deba Dutta and George Huang. In: Product Lifecycle Management: Supporting the Extended Enterprise. Geneva: Inderscience Publishers, pp.505-514.
A. McKay, S. Kundu (2011). A blueprint for engineering service definition. I. Ng, G. Parry, PJ. Wild,, D. McFarlane, P. Tasker. In: Complex Engineering Service Systems: Concepts and Research. London, UK: Springer-Verlag, pp.215-232.
S. Kundu, A. McKay, RJ. Holt, E. Valentine, A. Bobrowicz, et al. G. Coleman, L. Gibson, V. Hanson. (2011). Towards an organic participatory approach to design for digital inclusion. A. Chakrabarti. In: Research into Design: Supporting Sustainable Product Development. Singapore: Research Publishing, pp.220-227.
A. McKay, S. Kundu, A. de Pennington (2009). Supply networks: An approach to designing an extended enterprise. C. McMahon, D. Dutta, G. Huang. In: Product Lifecycle Management: Supporting the Extended Enterprise. Geneva: Inderscience Publishers, pp.505-514.
S. Kundu, A. McKay, A. De Pennington, N. Moss, N. Chapman (2007). Implications for engineering information systems design in the product-service paradigm. pp.165-170.
A. McKay, R. Baker, S. Kundu, A. de Pennington, R. Thorpe (2013). Realising design engineering capability across distributed enterprise networks. In: Proceedings of the 9th International Symposium on Global Manufacturing and China. Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China, 7/9/2013. pp.111-116.
A. McKay, R. Baker, S. Kundu, A. De Pennington, R. Thorpe (2013). Realising design engineering capability across distributed enterprise networks. In: GMC 13: PROCEEDINGS OF THE NINTH INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON GLOBAL MANUFACTURING AND CHINA. Hangzhou, PEOPLES R CHINA, 7/9/2013. pp.111-116.
S. Kundu, A. McKay, R. Baker, A. de Pennington, R. Thorpe (2012). Co-creating value across supply networks: Towards an agenda for supply chain design engineering capability development. In: Capturing Value in International Manufacturing and Supply Networks - New Models for a Changing World: New models for a changing world. Møller Centre, Cambridge, UK, 20/9/2012. pp.204-217.
L. Gibson, G. Coleman, V. Hanson, E. Valentine, A. Bobrowicz, et al. S. Kundu, A. McKay, R. Holt. (2010). Seeds - designing for (and with) the digitally disengaged. In: Proceedings of the Digital Economy All Hands Meeting - Digital Futures’10 Conference. Crowne Plaza, Nottingham, UK, 11/10/2010.
S. Kundu, A. McKay, PG. Dawson (2010). Understanding information requirements in product- service systems design. In: Proceedings of the 2nd CIRP Industrial Product Service Systems (IPS2) Conference. Linkoping University, Linkoping, Sweden, 14/4/2010. pp.141-148.
A. McKay, S. Kundu, P. Dawson, A. De Pennington (2009). An integrated product, process and rationale model for the provision of through-life information in product service systems. In: DS 58-8: Proceedings of ICED 09, the 17th International Conference on Engineering Design. pp.263-274.
A. McKay, S. Kundu (2009). Service information design in the transition from product to service delivery. In: Proceedings of the IMechE Seminar on Knowledge and Information Management Through-Life. Institution of Mechanical Engineers, London, UK, 29/9/2009.
S. Kundu, A. McKay, R. Cuthbert, D. McFarlane, D. Saxena, et al. A. Tiwari, P. Johnson. (2009). Service information in provision of the support service solutions: A state-of-the-art review. In: Proceedings of the 1st CIRP Industrial Product Service Systems (IPS2) Conference. Cranfield University, Bedfordshire, UK, 1/4/2009. pp.100-106.
A. McKay, S. Kundu, A. de Pennington (2008). Supply chain development: towards tools for the consideration of the extended enterprise. In: OR50: The 50th Annual Conference of the Operational Research Society - Supply Chain (SUP) Stream. University of York, York, UK, 9/9/2008. pp.142-142.
S. Kundu, A. McKay (2008). Product development and the transition to product service system. In: Proceedings of the IMechE Seminar on Knowledge and Information Management Through-Life. Institution of Mechanical Engineers, London (IMechE), 24/6/2008.
A. McKay, S. Kundu, A. de Pennington (2008). An integrated product, process and rationale model for through-life information management. In: KIM Project Conference 2008: Knowledge & Information Management Through Life. University of Reading, Reading, UK, 2/4/2008. pp.7-7.
S. Kundu, . A McKay, A de Pennington, N Moss and N Chapman (2007). Implications for engineering information systems design in the product-service paradigm. In: KIM Project Conference: Knowledge and Information Management through Life. Loughborough University, Loughborough, UK, 28/3/2007.
S. Kundu, A. McKay, D. Saxena, A. Tiwari, R. Cuthbert (2009). Future Service Information Blueprint: Future Target for Road-mapping. IfM, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK., S4T project.
D. Saxena, R. Cuthbert, S. Kundu, A. Tiwari, A. McKay, et al. D. McFarlane. (2009). Case Study Report. IfM, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK, S4T project.
D. Saxena, A. Tiwari, R. Cuthbert, C. Pearson, S. Kundu, et al. A. McKay, D. McFarlane. (2009). Service Information Requirements. IfM, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK, S4T project.
S. Kundu, A. McKay, D. Saxena, A. Tiwari, R. Cuthbert, et al. D. McFarlane. (2008). Current State of Service Information. IfM, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK., S4T project.
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(2006-2009) KIM - Immortal Information and Through-life Knowledge Management - [An EPSRC/ESRC Grant Challenge Project]
(2008-2009) S4T - Support Service Solutions: Strategy and Transition - [An EPSRC/BAE Systems Strategic Partnership Project]
(2009-2011) SEEDS - An Organic Approach to Virtual Participatory Design - [An EPSRC Design in the Digital World project]
(2011-2012) A collaborative research project with Rolls-Royce on Supplier Engineering Improvement