Dr Mihir Chauhan is working as Assistant Professor with the Mechanical Engineering Department since 2008. He obtained his BE degree in Mechanical Engineering in 2005 and ME degree with CAD/CAM specialization in 2007. He obtained PhD degree from Nirma University in 2016. Dr Chauhan has published a patent related to anti-mine vehicles. He has published many papers in international journals and conferences. He is presently mentoring 3 PhD candidates in the field of Robotics. Also has minor and major research projects funded by Nirma University and external agencies. Dr Chauhan served as Adjunct Faculty at Florida Atlantic University, FL, USA during June 2022 to December 2022 on deputation under faculty exchange program.
Dr Mihir Chauhan is a faculty advisor of Team Nirma Robocon who has won the national championship for a record 10 times and represented the country at the international ABU-ROBOCON event. Team Nirma Robocon also secured 7th place in International robocon 2021 and 3rd place in International Robocon 2022 under his mentorship. The team also won many awards at international event. Dr Chauhan also mentoring the Team Nirma AUV to participate in various underwater robotic competitions at National and International level. The team Nirma AUV won National Championship title in AMU ROV 2023.
Dr Chauhan is also the Faculty Advisor of the Mechanical Engineering Students' Association(MESA) since 2010 and taken a lead to organize many student events. His research interest includes Soft Robotics, Stress analysis of Composite Materials, Reconfigurable mechanism, Bioinspired robot and Dynamics of Mechanical systems.
