Preface

The Mechatronics Department (Accredited by National Board of Accreditation, New Delhi, India) of the G H Patel College of Engineering and Technology, Gujarat, India arranged the 4th International Conference on Innovations in Automation and Mechatronics Engineering 2018, (ICIAME 2018) on 2–3 February 2018. This gathering was in continuation of the past effective three conferences ICIAME–2016, ICIAME–2014 and ICIAME–2013. The conference was financially supported by the All India Council of Technical Education (AICTE), New Delhi, India and Charutar Vidya Mandal (CVM), Gujarat. In this regard, the determination and peer-review of the papers has been finished thanks to the joint effort of the Scientific and Organizing Committees. It is believed that the outcomes of this conference will lead to solving several multidisciplinary issues in society.

The papers presented during the conference were based on Automation, Optimization, Computer Aided Design and Manufacturing, Nanotechnology, Solar Energy etc.

The keynote discourses were conveyed in ICIAME–2018 by Professor S.K.Saha of IIT Delhi on "Robotics and Automation in India" and by Dr. M.K.Gupta, Engineering Design and Analysis Group, Institute for Plasma Research (IPR), Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India on "Mechatronics Drivers in Research".

We trust that the speakers and the representatives had a productive trade and engaged in dialogues on specialized and logical improvements and issues amid the gathering. We would like to thank all included individuals who enabled us to enhance the nature of the papers at high worldwide standard level. The organizing panel is especially appreciative to the Chairman, Charutar Vidya Mandal and All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), New Delhi, for subsidizing the gathering. We would like to thank the Advisory committee members and commentators for their unequalled help and delegates for their commitments to making this meeting an effective one.

> **Dr. Sanket N. Bhavsar** Professor & Head

> > **Dr. Anand Y. Joshi** Professor

 **Dr. Ketan M. Tamboli** Associate Professor

Mechatronics Department G. H. Patel College of Engineering and Technology Bakrol Road, Vallabh Vidyanagar – 388120, Gujarat, India

#### **ORGANIZING COMMITTEE**

#### **Conference Patron**

Dr. C. L. Patel Chairman, Charutar Vidya Mandal

#### **Conference Chairman Conference Convener**
