Mrs. Zohreh Rafiei Samani | Smart Manufacturing Systems | Best Researcher Award

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Mrs. Zohreh Rafiei Samani | Smart Manufacturing Systems | Best Researcher Award

Birmingham City University | United Kingdom

Mrs. Zohreh Rafiei Samani is a dedicated second-year phd student at Birmingham City University, UK, working on intelligent control and data-driven modelling of piezoelectric actuators. she earned her Msc from Persian Gulf University, Iran, and her Bsc from Shahrekord University, Iran, bringing over six years of industry experience into her research. According to her google scholar profile, she has 4 publications and 45 citations, with an h-index of 3. Her work has made an impact through her article “capacitance estimation for piezoelectric actuators: an artificial intelligence approach”, which introduces a novel ai model to estimate the variable capacitance of piezo actuators under changing operating conditions. This research contributes significantly to improving the precision, efficiency, and autonomy of nano positioning systems and smart structures. Her core research areas include piezoelectric actuators, Smart Manufacturing Systems, intelligent control systems, data-driven modelling, and the application of artificial intelligence in mechatronics. Through her innovative methodology, Zohreh is helping push the boundaries of mechatronic systems design, particularly in robotics, micro-positioning, and smart structures.

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Rafiei Samani, Z., Mohammadzaheri, M., Ghodsi, M., Wu, W., Sherkat, N., & Alipooramirabad, H. (2025). Capacitance estimation for piezoelectric actuators: An artificial intelligence approach. IET Science, Measurement & Technology.

Mr. Nitin Desai | Industrial Robotics | Best Researcher Award

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Mr. Nitin Desai | Industrial Robotics | Best Researcher Award

Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur | India

Dr. Nitin Desai is a distinguished researcher in industrial robotics and manufacturing automation, with a strong record of interdisciplinary contributions in both software and hardware domains. He is currently pursuing a Ph.d. in robotics at the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, focusing on high-precision 6d pose estimation for robot manipulators using deep learning and 3d vision techniques. His expertise spans computer vision, vision-language models, large language models, reinforcement learning, Industrial Robotics and generative ai—applied to robotic motion planning, grasping, and autonomous decision-making. prior to his doctoral work, he earned his M.Tech. in cad cam and automation and robotics from veermata jijabai technological institute, mumbai, B.E. In mechanical engineering from dkte society’s textile & engineering institute, Kolhapur. Dr. Desai has served as a research scholar at the centre of excellence in advanced manufacturing technology, iit kharagpur, and as a technical consultant at scale ai, contributing to generative ai model training and data annotation for advanced automation systems. With 1 citation, 3 published documents, and an h-index of 1, his scholarly work reflects growing recognition in the academic community. his ongoing research continues to bridge artificial intelligence, robotics, and industrial automation for next-generation intelligent systems.

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Desai, N. (2025). Implementation of Soft Computing-Based Metaheuristic Algorithms in Multiobjective Environmentally-Conscious Machining Operation Sequence Optimization with Carbon Emission Reduction.