Research
Research Areas
Application of Natural Materials for Engineering Applications
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Development of 3D Printed Natural Material Based Polymer Composites
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Thermal Insulation Applications of Sustainable Agro Waste Based Materials
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Durability of Natural Fibres for Geo Technical / Marine Applications - Friction Damage
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Damage Tolerance in Agro Waste Based Sustainable Composites
Architected Multi Material Product Design and Development
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Devevelopment of Architected Multi Material Parts using Additive Manufacturing
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Fracture Resistance of Architected Parts
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Coating Design for EV Bearings using Architected Approach
Surface Design, Tribology and Damage Tolerant Design
(Modern Mobility (EV) & Bio implants
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Electromechanical Tribology for Hydrogen and Battery Powered Mobility
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Fracture Resistance of Architected Parts
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Novel AM based Coatings and Texturing of Polymeric Surfaces
Sponsored Research
Ongoing Sponsored Research Projects
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1/ Centre of Excellence For Application of Coir Exclusively or in Combination with other Natural Fibres, Coir Board, Government of India
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2/ Additive Manufacturing of Technical Textiles for Sustainable Mobility – Agro Waste Based Materials and Product Design, Ministry of Textiles, GoI
3/ Architected Materials Design and Manufacturing for Next-Generation Electric Vehicles & High-Speed Railway, Institute of Eminence Grant, IIT Madras
Completed Sponsored Research Projects
1 / Customized Multi Material Product Design and Development with 3D Network Metal Based Composites Using Low Cost Additive Manufacturing Route’, DST SERB, 2019-21
2 / Design and Development of Contact Fatigue test Facility for bearings used in High seed Rails and Electric Vehicle, 2019-21, DDP GoI
3/ Development and behaviour of polymer Nano composites under dynamic load conditions, 2007-09, NRB, Rs. 18.3 Lakhs,
4 / Nanocomposite gears – design and development, 2007-09, DST, Rs.14.3 Lakhs
5 / Development and performance of boron carbide based coatings on 304L stainless steel, 2006-2008, IGCAR, Rs.10.2 Lakhs (as CoPI)
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6 / Evaluation of high cycle fatigue behaviour of repair welds of AISI 410 stainless steels made using (a) ER 316L and (b) ER410 filler wires and its comparison with the AISI 410 base metal, 2008-2010, IGCAR, Rs.19 Lakhs (as CoPI)
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7 / Development of an oral simulator, 2005-08, MHRD, Rs. 17 Lakhs
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8 / New sintered bearings – performance, 2000-03 MHRD Rs. 6 Lakhs
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9 / Polymer composite gear studies, 2002-05, DST, Rs.12.7 Lakhs.
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10 / Sintered gear design (Career Award), 2000–03, AICTE, Rs. 13.15 Lakhs
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11 / Artificial orthopaedic implants –reliability, 2002 -05, MHRD Rs. 10 Lakhs
Industrial Consultancy
Interactions with Industries – Consultancy (major only)
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Many Consultancy Projects with
Special Lectures Delivered
Delivered many invited/keynote lectures in many reputed Institutes, Research Laboratories and Industries in India, USA, Japan, Canada, Thailand, and Malaysia.
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Recent Few:
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Panel Discussion - 9th Panel of GIGAKU Education, Nagaoka, UT, Japan (Feb 18-19, 2025).
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Sustainable Materials for Next-Generation Mobility Thermal Insulation Design using Additive Manufacturing, Int Conf on Materials & Energy (ICOME 2024), Bangkok (Oct 30-31, 2024)
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Friction and Damage in Natural Fibres - Sustainable Technical Textile Applications 5th Int Confon Polymer Tribology, PolyTrib 2024, Slovenia (Oct 3-4, 2024)
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Architected Additive Manufacturing towards a Sustainable World, Department of Mechanical Engg, Politecnico di Milano , Italy, (Oct 1, 2024)
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Sustainable Materials for Additive Manufacturing 27th International Dresden Lightweight Engineering Symposium Dresden Germany (Jun 3-4, 2024)
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Electric Vehicle Traction Motor Bearing Tribology - Damage Assessment and Mitigations'’ Tribo brazil, Vitoria, Brazil, (Nov 2023)
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In-situ Reinforcement Additive Manufacturing of Agrowaste-Based Sustainable Composite- A Novel Approach at Int Confon Additive Manufacturing and Characterization (ICAMC) IIT Mumbai (Jan 10-11, 2025).
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Tribology of Agrowaste-Based Sustainable Materials, IndiaTrib-2024 -Tribology for Sustainable Growth, Kolkata, India (Dec 19-212024).
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Additive Manufacturing: Design and Performance' Int Conf on Digital Transformation in Manufacturing, SASTRA, Thanjavur (March 2023)
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‘Product Design and Development using Selective Reinforcement Approach’ 3rd Int Conf on Future Technologies in Manufacturing, Automation, Design and Energy, NIT Puducherry, (Dec 2022).
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‘Tribology in Hydrogen Mobility’, 11th Int Conf on Industrial Tribology (ICIT) Tribology for Energy, Environment and Society, IIT Delhi, (Dec 2022).
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R Gnanamoorthy, Krishnau Mondal, P Karthik ‘Tribology of traction motor bearings in Electric Vehicles’ Plenary lecture Tribology 202 Virtual International Conference, Chennai 2020, p6.
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G Venkatesh , R Gnanamoorthy and M Okazaki ‘Fretting wear contamination in metal foam based PEM FC’ Invited Lecture - 2020 Int Conf on Engg Tribology and Applied Tech., 6-7 Nov 2020
Conferences Organized
1 Conference Chairman and Lead Initiator -"7th Asian Symp. on Materials and Processing 2024" IIT Madras
05-07 Dec-2024 (3 Days)
2 Conference Chairman and Lead Initiator International Conference on Sustainable Materials for
Engineering Applications 01 to 03-Feb-2024 (3 Days)
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3 Conference Chairman and Lead Initiator 3rd Indo-Japan Bilateral Symp. on the Futuristic Materials and Manufacturing on Sustainable Development Goals 2-3 Dec 2022
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4 Conference Chairman and Lead Initiator 2nd Indo-Japan Bilateral Symp. on the Futuristic Materials and Manufacturing on Next Generation Electric Vehicles and High-Speed Railway. 2-3 Mar 2020
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5 One Day Workshop Applications of Coir Exclusively or in Combination with Other Natural Fibres, -
19 May 2023
6 / 3rd Indo-Japan Bilateral Symposium on Futuristic Materials and Manufacturing for Sustainable Development Goals, 2-3 Dec 2022, Chennai
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7 / 1st International Conference on Mechanical Power Transmission, 11-13 July 2019, Chennai
8 Indo Japan Bilateral Symposium on Futuristic Materials & Manufacturing, July 2018, IIT Madras
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9 National Conference on Design and Manufacturing Issues Relevant to Automotive and Allied Industries, July 10-11, 2009 IIITDM & IIT Madras
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10 Indo Japan Conference on Damage Tolerant Design and Materials IIT Madras, NUT Japan, JSME, AMM, Dec 18-20, 2004