DEPARTMENT OF Mechanical Engineering

Educational Qualification :

• LLB, School of Legal Studies, Cochin University of Science and Technology,  Kochi, Kerala.

• PhD, VIT University 2014

• ME CAD/CAM Anna University (2008-2010)

• BE Mechanical Engineering, Karunya University (2004-2008)

Specializations :

• Additive Manufacturing

Current Research Interest :

• Additive Manufacturing

• Metal Joining Processes

Administrative Responsibilities :

• Convener – Staff Welfare Committee

• Member – Committee for Professional Body Activities

Professional Membership:

• ASME

• SME

• AMSI

Editorial Responsibilities :

• Guest Editor- Trans IIM, Springer

• Reviewer: Materials and Design, Elsevier (Impact Factor- 4.364)

• Reviewer: Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part E: Journal of Process Mechanical Engineering Sage Publications, UK (Impact Factor- 1.448)

• Reviewer: Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part B: Journal of Engineering Manufacture, Sage Publications, UK (Impact Factor- 1.366)

Publications/Conference :

• Study of porosity and build rate of the Selective Laser Melting (SLM) of titanium and its statistical modelling for optimization, Antony, K., Clint, T.C., Rakeshnath, T.R. Lasers in Engineering, 2020, 47(1-3), pp. 95–111
• Numerical analysis of additive manufactured prototype of human kidney Antony, K.,Rakeshnath, T.R AIP Conference Proceedings, 2022, 2520, 030009
• Kurian Antony and T Reghunathan Rakeshnath, (2018) Study on selective laser melting of       commercially pure titanium powder, Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part B: Journal of Engineering Manufacture,p 1-14.

• Kurian Antony, Arivazhagan.N and Senthilkumaran.K .Numerical and experimental investigations on laser melting of stainless steel 316l metal powders. Journal of Manufacturing processes, 16 (2014), pp. 345-355

• Kurian Antony, Senthilkumaran.K, Dhana Govind Meda. The Effect of Neighborhood Scan Path Exposures on Heat Buildup: Numerical Investigations on the Laser Energy Delivery in Selective Laser Sintering Process, International Journal of Rapid Manufacturing, Vol. 4, Nos. 2/3/4, 2014

• Kurian Antony, Arivazhagan.N and Senthilkumaran.K .Studies on Wettability of Stainless Steel 316L powder in laser melting process. Journal of Engineering Science & Technology, 9, 5, 2014 ISSN 1823-4690

• Kurian Antony, Arivazhagan.N .Studies on energy penetration and marangoni effect during laser melting process. Journal of Engineering Science & Technology,vol.10,5,2015

• Kunal Prasad, Soumava Mukherjee, Kurian Antony, Manikandan M, Arivarasu M, Devendranath Ramkumar K, Arivazhagan N,Investigation on hot corrosion behavior of plasma spray coated nickel based super alloy in aggressive environments at 900°C.International Journal of Chem Tech Research, 6, 1, 416-431, 2014

• Kurian Antony, Arivazhagan.N and Senthilkumaran.K. Influence of laser melting process parameters on surface roughness behaviour for SS316L powder. Journal of Corrosion Science and Engineering, 16, 2013, ISSN 1466-8858

• Kurian Antony, Optimizing the Process Parameters for Laser melting of Stainless Steel Powders, International Journal of Applied Engineering Research , Volume 9, Number 24 (2014) pp. 28605-28610

• Paulson Varghese, M. Siva Prasad, Febin Joseph, Merrin John Varkey, Kurian Antony and A. Sreekanth The Effect of Repeated Repair Welding on the Corrosion Behaviour of Austenitic Stainless Steel and Mild Steel Dissimilar Weldment, Proceedings of International Conference on Advances in Materials, Manufacturing and Applications (AMMA 2015), April 9-11, 2015

• Rohit.T, Kurian Antony, Arivazhagan.N and Senthilkumaran.K .Studies on absorptivity and marangoni flow during laser sintering. Advanced Materials Research Volume 622, 2013, Pages 531-534

• Kurian Antony , 3D Finite element analysis of selective laser melting process, Additive Manufacturing Journal,Vol.1,No.1,pp.14-17, 2015

• Kurian Antony, Siva Prasad M. A Comparison of Corrosion Resistance of Stainless Steel Fabricated with Selective Laser Melting and Conventional Processing” International Journal of ChemTech Research,Vol.7,No.6, 2015

• Kurian Antony, Siva Prasad Murugan, Ajith A , Cijesh.T.John, Deepu Mathew George, George Benedict. Hot Corrosion Behaviour of Laser Melted GP1 Stainless Steel in molten chloride and sulphide environment. Lasers in Engineering ,Vol.0,pp.1-7,2016

Awards/ Fellowships received :

• Young Achiever cash award, Kerala State Marketing Society Ltd.,2014

• Research award, VIT University, 2014

• Young Scientist Award , Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India., 2015

Short term courses conducted :

• Program committee chairs, International Conference on Manufacturing & Materials Engineering,(i CMME 2015), July 23-25, 2015,India.

• Organized Two days workshop on “The importance of electronics in mechanical engineering field”, Amaljyothi College of Engineering, Kerala.

• Chaired the sessions of “National conference on Emerging Technologies in Mechanical Engineering-NCET 15” April 2015

Sponsored Projects :

• Project Title: Numerical and Experimental Investigations on Laser Melting of CP Titanium Powder ; Client: Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), India; Amount: Rs 14.62 Lakhs
• Project Title: STUDY ON THE EFFECT OF MAJOR PROCESS PARAMETERS IN LASER MELTING OF Ti-6Al -4V POWDER;Client:ARDB,DRDO;Amount:Rs 13.88 Lakhs

• Project Title: Numerical and Experimental Investigations on Laser Melting of CP Titanium Powder ; Client: Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), India; Amount: Rs 18.00 Lakhs

Employment History :

• Associate Professor, Muthoot Institute of Technology and Science (December 2015-Till Date)

• Assistant Professor, Amal Jyothi College of Engineering, Kanjirapally (From May 2014-December 2015)

• Teaching/Research Assistant, VIT University(From July 2010- March 2014)