Sagar Nikam completed his Bachelor's of Engineering in Production Engineering at Shivaji University, India, in 2010 and Master's of Technology in Manufacturing Technology at National Institute of Technology Trichy, India, in 2013. He completed his PhD at the Indian Institute of Technology Indore, India, in 2018. Thereafter, he joined the Birla Institute of Technology Mesra, India, as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Production Engineering. Currently, he is a Lecturer in Mechanical Engineering at SCEIS, Ulster University, Derry~Londonderry Campus. He joined Ulster University as a Post-doctoral Research Associate in simulation modeling for the selective laser melting process. His research interests include modeling and simulation for metal additive manufacturing processes, defect detection, and deposition process monitoring.