DEPARTMENT OF Mechanical Engineering

Educational Qualification

• B.Tech. – TKM College of Engineering (2000)
• M.Tech. – IIT Madras (2011)
• Ph.D. – IIT Madras (2016)

Specialization :

• Advanced Manufacturing and Precision Engineering

Current Research Interest:

• Micromachining
• Sustainable manufacturing
• Tribology
• Artificial Intelligence

Administrative Responsibilities:

• IQAC Coordinator

Professional Body Membership:

• ASME, SAE, ISTE

Publication Details:

• Indian Copyright:
  Sensor based monitoring of micro constituents of cutting fluid during machining process using bale of turtles algorithm (March 2022)

International Journals:

• Grindability study of intermetallic titanium aluminide using various abrasive wheels (2023), Materials Today: Proceedings, (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matpr.2023.07.205)
• A novel approach to measure kerf-width in wire-electric discharge machining (2022), International Journal of Machining and Machinability of Materials, 24 (5), 331-349. (https://doi.org/10.1504/IJMMM.2022.126594).
• Sustainable milling of Ti-6Al-4V super alloy using AlCrN and TiAlN coated tools (2022), Materials Today: Proceedings, 50, 1732-1738. (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matpr.2021.09.175)
• Fabrication of Ti-6Al-4V thin sheet using wire-EDM and its characterization (2021), International Journal of Machining and Machinability of Materials, 23 (5-6), 514-526. (https://doi.org/10.1504/IJMMM.2021.121193).
• On grinding force ratio, specific energy, G-ratio and residual stress in SQCL assisted grinding using aerosol of MWCNT nanofluid (2021), Machining Science and Technology, 25(4), 585-607 (https://doi.org/10.1080/10910344.2021.1903920).
• Characteristics of aerosol produced by an internal-mix nozzle and its influence on force, residual stress and surface finish in SQCL grinding (2017), Journal of Materials Processing Technology, 240, 223-232 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmatprotec.2016.09.014).
• Assessment of cooling-lubrication and wettability characteristics of nano-engineered sunflower oil as cutting fluid and its impact on SQCL grinding performance (2016), Journal of Materials Processing Technology, 237, 55-64. (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmatprotec.2016.05.030)
• Assessment of spray quality from an external mix nozzle and its impact on SQL grinding performance (2015), International Journal of Machine Tools and Manufacture, 89, 132-141. (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmachtools.2014.10.004)
• Synthesis of MWCNT nanofluid and evaluation of its potential besides soluble oil as micro cooling-lubrication medium in SQL grinding (2015), The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, 77, 1955-1964. (https://doi.org/10.1007/s00170-014-6587-8)
  
  

Book Chapter

• Book Chapter on “Tool Condition Monitoring in Mechanical Micro-machining” (2023) in Industry 4.0 published by CRC press.
• Book Chapter on “Sustainable Techniques for Machining Difficult to cut Materials”
  (2020), Environmentally Friendly Technologies- Advances in Research and Future
  Directions, Nova Science Publishers- New York, volume 1, pp: 133-200.
• Edited book “Macromolecular symposia (ICAMMS- 2022)” published by Wiley-VCH GmbH in 2023.
• Sustainable Techniques for Machining Difficult to cut Materials (2020), Environmentally Friendly Technologies- Advances in Research and Future Directions, Nova Science Publishers- New York, volume 1, pp: 133-200.

International Conferences

• Coronary Vessel Segmentation in X-ray using U-Net (2023), 5th International Conference on Communication and Intelligent System (ICCIS 2023), MNIT Jaipur
• Aluminium 5083 Hybrid Composite Reinforced with Haematite and Titanium dioxide (2024), International Conference on Composites: Design, Processing, Manufacturing and Health Monitoring, IIT Mandi
• Grindability study of intermetallic titanium aluminide using various abrasive wheels (2023), Indo-European Conference on Advanced Manufacturing and Materials Processing (IECAdvaMAP-2023).
• Corrosion Studies on AA7075-T7352 Alloys Under Adverse Environments (2022), Advances in Micro and Nano Manufacturing and Surface Engineering: Proceedings of AIMTDR 2021, pp:143-150
• Tool Condition Monitoring During Micro-Turning (2020), International Conference on Advancements and Futuristic Trends in Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Society of Materials & Mechanical Engineers (SOMME).
• An interactive tool for the measurement of kerf width in micro wire electrical discharge machining (2019), International Conference on Precision, Meso, Micro and Nano Engineering (COPEN- 2019), IIT Indore.
• Potential of vegetable oils as micro lubrication/cooling medium for SQL-grinding (2014), Proceedings of the 5th International and 26th All India Manufacturing Technology, Design and Research Conference, Guwahati, India.
• Small quantity lubrication grinding of AISI 52100 steel using MWCNT dispersed nanofluid (2013), International conference on Precision, Meso, Micro and Nano Engineering (COPEN-8), NIT Calicut.

Workshops Organised/Participated – 14

Professional Experience:

• Teaching – 17 years
• Research – 5 years