School of Mechanical Science -
Mechanical Engineering

Research and Development
List of Doctorates
Sl.NoName of FacultyDesignationAreas of InterestYears of Experience
1Dr. P MAHABALESWARAPPAProfessor and PrincipalManufacturing Engineering38
2Dr. SUNIL SHANKAR WADDARAssociate ProfessorComposites6
3Dr. SANTHOSH NAssociate ProfessorComposites10
4Dr. RAJESH KUMAR PAssociate ProfessorContact Mechanics15
Sl.NoName of FacultyTitle of the ProjectFunding AgencyAmount Received
1Dr.K V MuralidharanDesign of Centrifugal Compressor to a given SpecificationGTRE, DRDORs. 9,55,950/-
Sl.NoName of FacultyTitle of the ProjectFunding AgencyAmount Received
1Dr. Prabhu RSetting up of Centre of Excellence in Energy Conversion LabAICTE – MODROBSRs. 11,00,000/-
Sl.NoName of FacultyTitle of the ProjectFunding AgencyAmount Received
1Dr. Vivekanand B HuddarSemi Automatic Pesticide SprayerNIAS – NIF, Grassroot ProjectRs. 86,500/-
2Prof. Suhas BLaddu Making MachineNIAS – NIF, Grassroot ProjectRs. 66,500/-
3Dr. Anand G and Dr. Sunil Shankar WaddarAICTE Sponsored Short term training program on Rs. 3,03,000/-
Sl.NoName of FacultyTitle of the ProjectFunding AgencyAmount Received
1Dr. Vivekanand B HuddarMaize Grinding MachineNIAS-NIF, Grassroot ProjectsRs. 2,31,000/-
2Dr. Santhosh NRapid Compost Making MachineNIAS-NIF, Grassroot ProjectsRs. 1,42,500/-
3Dr. Sunil Shankar WaddarFoldable TrolleyNIAS-NIF, Grassroot ProjectsRs. 57,000/-
Sl.NoName of FacultyTitle of the ProjectJournal NameVolume, Issue, YearIndexing
1Prof. Yogendra Mahajan“Process Parameter Optimization of Mechanical Properties for Components Fabricated by Fused Deposition Modelling Process Using Orthogonal Arrays”International Journal for Research & Development in Technology8-1-2017 
2Prof. Yogendra MahajanA Review of Elastomers in Polyjet Additive Manufacturing of Electromechanical DevicesConference Proceedings, National Conference on Current Developments and its Applications in Mechanical Engineering10-12 May 2017
Sl.NoName of FacultyTitle of the ProjectJournal NameVolume, Issue, YearIndexing
1Dr. Shankar. GA refined slip model for predicting the variable bending stiffness in a single layered cableInternational Journal of Mechanical Engineering and TechnologyRs. 9,13,2018SCOPUS
2Dr. Shankar. GNumerical simulation and experimental evaluation of bending deflection of transmission line conductorInternational Journal of Advanced Research in Engineering and TechnologyRs. 9,6,2018 
3Dr. Prabhu RBioethanol from moringa olefira and pithecellobium dulce leafs: Production and characterizationEnergy Sources, Part A: Recovery, Utilization, and Environmental EffectsRs. 42,1,2019SCOPUS
4Dr. S MarimuthuFriction stir welding of hybrid AA 6061-ZrO2-C composites FSW process optimization using desirability approachMaterials Research ExpressRs. 6,6,2019SCOPUS
5Prof. G L ChandrasekharSynthesis and mechanical characterization of nano B4C particulates reinforced Al7475 alloy compositesAIP Conference Proceedings2039, 020017, (2018)SCOPUS
6Dr. Rajesh Kumar PStiffness of a Single layered Cable Assembly over a sheave with Internal FrictionInternational Journal of Mechanical Engineering and Technology (IJMET)Rs. 9,4,2018SCOPUS
7Dr. Rajesh Kumar PConstrained Bending Phenomenon of a Single Layered Cable AssemblyInternational Journal of Advanced Research in Engineering and TechnologyRs. 9,2,2018SCOPUS
8Prof. Yogendra MahajanA Review of Taguchi Optimization Techniques in Additive Manufacturing TechniquesInternational Journal for Research in Applied Science & Engineering Technology (IJRASET)Rs. 6,3,2018 
9Prof. RachappaA Wear Study on Bio-Active Coating of Al2O3, Egg and Sea Shell Powder on Teflon and NylonIAETSD Journal for Advanced Research in Applied SciencesRs. 5,4,2018
Sl.NoName of FacultyTitle of the ProjectJournal NameVolume, Issue, YearIndexing
1Dr. G AnandEffect of Plural Spray Coating Process Parameters on Bonding Strength of Polyurea with Steel and Aluminum for Liquid Storage ApplicationsJournal of Testing and Evaluation, ASTM49,5,2020SCOPUS
2Dr. Sunil Shankar WaddarMechanical behavior of 3D printed syntactic foam compositesComposite Structures254,2020SCOPUS and SCI
3Prof. Niranjan HugarAluminium Metal Matrix Composites and Various Combination of Reinforcing MaterialsTEST Engineering and Management Journal88,2020SCOPUS
4Dr. Sunil Shankar WaddarWear response review of natural and environment pollutant filled polymer compositesAIP Conference Proceedings2247, 040020 (2020)SCOPUS
5Dr. G AnandEffect of Nanosilica and Crosslinking System on the Mechanical Properties and Swelling Resistance of EPDM/SBR Nanocomposites with and without TESPTSilicon13,2020SCOPUS
6Dr. Sunil Shankar WaddarEffect of thermal loading on syntactic foam sandwich compositePolymer CompositesRs. 41,5,2020SCOPUS
Sl.NoName of FacultyTitle of the ProjectJournal NameVolume, Issue, YearIndexing
1Dr. G AnandEvaluation of Crosslink Density Using Material Constants of Ethylene-Propylene-Diene Rubber/Styrene-Butadiene Rubber with Different Nanoclay Loading: FE-Simulation and ExperimentalAdvanced Science, Engineering and Medicine11,1-12,2020SCOPUS
2Dr. Sunil Shankar WaddarCharacterization of Roselle fiber composites for low load bearing structuresPolymer Composites42,5,2021SCOPUS
3Dr. Santhosh NA Comparative Study on the Effect of HNT and Nano-Alumina Particles on the Mechanical Properties of Vacuum Bag Moulded Glass-Epoxy NanocompositesMechanics of Advanced Composite Structures8,1,2021SCOPUS
4Dr. Sunil Shankar WaddarEffect of axial compression on dynamic response of concurrently printed sandwichComposite Structures259, 113223, 2021SCOPUS
5Dr. Sunil Shankar WaddarCharacterization of Roselle fiber composites for low load bearing structuresPolymer Composites42,5,2021SCOPUS and SCI
6Dr. Santhosh NEffect of heat treatment on fatigue characteristics of EN8 steelIOP Conf. Series: Materials Science and Engineering1013, (2021)SCOPUS
7Dr. Santhosh NA Comparative Study on the effect of HNT and Nano-Alumina particles on the Mechanical properties of vacuum bag moulded Glass-Epoxy NanocompositesMechanics of Advanced Composite Structures8,1,2021SCOPUS
8Dr. Santhosh NWear Characterization of HNT Filled Glass-Epoxy Composites Using Taguchi’s Design of Experiments and Study of Wear MorphologyComposites Theory and Practice20:2, (2020)SCOPUS
9Dr. Santhosh NCorrosion Characterization of Friction Stir Weld Joints of Dissimilar Aluminum AlloysEAI/Springer Innovations in Communication and Computing2304097 (2021) 
10Dr. Santhosh NSustainable Processing of Dissimilar Aluminium Alloy Joints by Friction Stir WeldingIOP Conf. Series: Materials Science and Engineering1132 (2021) 012029 
11Dr. Santhosh NDesign and optimization of the process parameters for friction stir welding of dissimilar aluminium alloysEngineering and Applied Science Research48, 3, 2021SCOPUS
12Dr. Sangamesh GondegaonSensitivity Analysis of Quality of B-spline Parameterization on Isogeometric AnalysisEuropean Journal of Computational Mechanics29,4-6,2021SCOPUS
13Dr. Santhosh NInfluence of the Fly Ash Material Inoculants on the Tensile and Impact Characteristics of the Aluminum AA 5083/7.5SiC CompositesMaterials, MDPI14,9, 2452, 2021SCOPUS, SCI
14Prof. G.L ChandrasekharDetermination of Damage Tolerance of Composite Laminate Subjected to Stress-Corrosive EnvironmentJournal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (JETIR)8,1,2021 
15Dr. Santhosh NInfluence of Heat Treatment and Reinforcements on Tensile Characteristics of Aluminium AA 5083/Silicon Carbide/Fly Ash CompositesMaterials, MDPI14,18,2021SCOPUS
Sl.NoName of FacultyTitle of the ProjectJournal NameVolume, Issue, YearIndexing
1Dr. Sunil Shankar WaddarWater absorption and thickness swelling behaviour of woven roselle fibre epoxy compositesInternational Journal of Vehicle Structures & Systems14,1,2022SCOPUS
2Dr. Santhosh NModelling and CFD simulation of vortex bladeless wind turbineAIP Conference Proceedings2421, 1, 2022SCOPUS
3Dr. Santhosh NStalling angle predictions of symmetric aero foil by flow analysisAIP Conference Proceedings2421, 1, 2022SCOPUS
4Dr. Sunil Shankar WaddarThe design and analysis of helical cross–Axis wind turbineAIP Conference Proceedings2421, 1, 2022SCOPUS
5Dr. Santhosh NInfluence of heat treatment on the tensile and hardness characteristics of friction stir weld joints of dissimilar aluminium alloysAIP Conference Proceedings2421, 1, 2022SCOPUS
6Dr. Santhosh NDesign and optimization of the process parameters for fusion deposition modelling by experimental and finite element approachAIP Conference Proceedings2421, 1, 2022SCOPUS
7Dr. Santhosh NTurbulent Flow in Forced Convection Heat Transfer – Numerical ValidationInternational Journal of Vehicle Structures & Systems14,1,2022SCOPUS
8Dr. Santhosh NEffect of aging on the biopolymer composites: Mechanisms, modes and characterizationPolymer Composites43,7,2022SCOPUS, SCI
9Dr. Rajesh Kumar PComputational Analysis of Thermal Performance of Inline Pin Fins Over the Wedge Duct and Combustion Chamber WalInternational Journal of Vehicle Structures & Systems14,1,2022SCOPUS
10Dr. Sunil Shankar WaddarCharacterization of interwoven roselle/sisal fiber reinforced epoxy compositesPolymer Composites43,3,2022SCOPUS, SCI
11Prof. Niranjan HugarFabrication and Characterization of High-Performance Aluminium Composites for Automotive ComponentsAIP Conference Proceedings2421, 1, 2022SCOPUS
12Dr. Sunil Shankar WaddarExperimental and Simulation of Temperature Distribution in Absorber Tube Used for Parabolic Trough Solar CollectorAIP Conference Proceedings24,21, 1, 2022SCOPUS
13Dr. Sunil Shankar WaddarInfluence of the Fly Ash Material Inoculants on the Tensile and Impact Characteristics of the Aluminum AA 5083/7.5SiC CompositesInternational Journal of Vehicle Structures & Systems13,5,2021SCOPUS
14Dr. Santhosh NA review of buoyancy driven underwater glidersAIP Conference Proceedings2421, 1, 2022SCOPUS
15Prof. Mohan KumarA review on Natural Fiber Composite Materials in Automotive ApplicationsEngineered Science18,1-10,2022SCOPUS
16S. SandeepConceptual Design and Calculations for Indi-wheel of E-mobility VehicleInternational Journal of Vehicle Structures & Systems13,5,2021SCOPUS
17Dr. Santhosh NExperimental Investigations on Static, Dynamic, and Morphological Characteristics of Bamboo Fiber-Reinforced Polyester CompositesInternational Journal of Polymer Science2022, 1916877, 1-11SCOPUS
Sl.NoName of FacultyTitle of the ProjectJournal NameVolume, Issue, YearIndexing
1Dr. Santhosh NWear behaviour of aluminium alloy 5083/SiC/fly ash inoculants based functional composites– optimization studiesMaterial Research ExpressVolume 9, 076513, 2022SCOPUS
2Dr. Santhosh NExperimental Investigation on Density and Volume Fraction of Void, and Mechanical Characteristics of Areca Nut Leaf Sheath Fiber-Reinforced Polymer CompositesInternational Journal of Polymer ScienceVolume 2022, Article ID 6445022SCOPUS
3Dr. Santhosh NAnalysis of friction and wear of aluminium AA 5083/ WC composites for building applications using advanced machine learning modelsAin Shams Engineering JournalVolume 2022, 102090, 2022SCOPUS
4Dr. Santhosh NCorrosion Characterization of Friction Stir Weld Dissimilar Aluminium Alloy JointsJournal of Mines, Metals and FuelsVolume-70, Issue 8A, 2022SCOPUS
5Dr. Santhosh NResponse Surface Methodology Based Optimization of Test Parameter in Glass Fiber Reinforced Polyamide 66 for Dry Sliding, Tribological PerformanceMDPI MaterialsVolume 15, Issue 19, 2022SCOPUS
6Dr. Santhosh NStructural Morphology and Optical Properties of Strontium-Doped Cobalt Aluminate Nanoparticles Synthesized by the Combustion MethodMDPI MaterialsVolume 15, Issue 22, 2022SCOPUS
7Dr. Sunil S WBuckling and free vibrations behaviour through differential quadrature method for foamed compositesResults in EngineeringVolume 17,100894, 2023SCOPUS
8Dr. Niranjan HugarMechanical behaviour of stir cast TiO2/Redmud/Al6061 metal matrix compositesMaterials Research Express,Volume 9, Issue 11, 116509, 2022SCOPUS
Sl.NoAcademic YearName of the ConferenceOrganized Date
12017-18  
22018-191st International Conference on Advanced Research in Mechanical Engineering29th and 30th April 2019
32019-20  
42020-212nd International Conference on Advanced Research in Mechanical Engineering29th and 30th April 2019
52021-22 
Sl.NoName of Research ScholarName of SupervisorYear of Registration
1Sanjibani PaniDr. K V Muralidharan2017
2Swetha AgarwalDr. K V Muralidharan2017
3Harshla WarudkarDr. K V Muralidharan2017
4Sanjeev G PalekarDr. S K Maharan2011
Sl.NoName of Research ScholarName of SupervisorYear of Registration
1R Shiva SubramaniamDr. Maniyasundaram2015
2R SelvanDr. Maniyasundaram2016
3Rajesh Kumar PDr. Parthasarathy N S2019
4Shankar GDr. Parthasarathy N S2019
5Venugopal M MDr. S K Maharana2020
6Sajna PanigrahiDr. S K Maharana2021