Dr. G. Rajasekaran
Assistant Professor
E-Mail:- graja@nitt.edu
Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, 2017
M.E. in Engineering Design, PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore, 2008
B.E. in Mechanical Engineering, PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore, 2006
Machine Design
Mechanics of Nano-materials
Multiscale Modeling of Thin Materials
Nano-Composite Materials
Vibration Control.
Job Title | Employer | From | To |
---|---|---|---|
Assistant Professor | National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli, Trichy - 620015, India | May 2020 | Present |
Research Assistant Professor | SRM University, Kattankulathur, Chennai-603203, India | July 2017 | May 2020 |
Assistant Professor – II | SASTRA University, Thanjavur-613401, India | June 2013 | June 2014 |
Production Engineer | ASPEN Polystyrene Industry, Sharjah, UAE | Jan 2010 | May 2012 |
Engineer Trainee | Bin Dasmal Group of Companies, DIP, Dubai, UAE | Sep 2008 | Jan 2010 |
Year | Name of the Award / Fellowships | Awarding Organization |
---|---|---|
2020 | Top 100 Projects display to Industries under ConnectNext National Conference (Total projects in this conference were nearly 100000) | La Fondation Dassault Systemes |
2014 - 2017 | Research fellowship | Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), Govt. of India |
2006 - 2008 | Graduate Aptitude Test Engineering (GATE) Fellowship | Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), Govt. of India |
2003 | Proficiency Award & Gold Medal | PSG Polytechnic College, Coimbatore - 641004 |
2000 - 2003 | SHANTHI GEARS Award (Cash Award of Rs 5000 / year) | Shanthi Gears Limited, Coimbatore - 641005 |
Title | Place | Date |
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Guest Lecture on Machine Design and Nano-Composite | NADISSTIA Building, Sidco Industrial Estate, Nagapattinam - 611001, Tamilnadu, India | 28th February 2023 |
Expert Lecture on Strength of Materials | MRK Insti tute ofTechnology, Cuddalore - 608301, Tamilnadu, India | 28th April 2022 |
Guest Speaker for the Orientati of First Year Diploma Students | PSG Polytechnic College, Coimbatote - 641004, Tamilnadu, India | 15th September 2021 |
Vibration and Measurement | Jain Engineering College, Chennai - 600097, Tamilnadu, India | 5th March 2021 |
Mechanical Properties of Nanomaterials | VIT University, Vellore - 632014, Tamilnadu, India | 4th February 2021 |
Position | Faculty/Department/Centre/Institution | From | To |
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Ph.D. Admission Committee Member | National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli | 22-03-2023 | Till Date |
Library Advisory Committee Member | National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli | 23-03-2023 | Till Date |
Member of ARIIA | National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli | 17-11-2022 | Till Date |
Faculty Advisor for Tamil Mandram | National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli | 14-08-2023 | Till Date |
Faculty Advisor for Mechanical Engineering Association | Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli | 15-06-2022 | Till Date |
Co-coordinator, Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) | Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli | 04-01-2024 | Till Date |
PAC Chairman (M.Tech - ISE-1st Year) | Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli | January 2024 | Till Date |
PAC Chairman (M.Tech - TPE-1st Year) | Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli | July 2023 | December 2023 |
Member, Anti-Ragging Committee Member | National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli | 26.02.2021 | Present |
Faculty Advisor for Aeromodelling Club | National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli | 28-07-2021 | 04-07-2023 |
Member, Department Project Evaluati on Committee | Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli | 24-08-2020 | 12-06-2023 |
Faculty in-Charge for Computational Mechanics Laboratory | Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli | January 2023 | Till Date |
Faculty in-Charge for Thermal Laboratory | Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli | 22-09-2021 | Till Date |
Project Title |
Funding Organization |
Value (INR) |
Duration |
Status |
Roll |
Design and Development of Nanomaterials |
NIT Tiruchirappalli |
5 Lakhs |
2 Years |
Ongoing |
PI |
Course Code |
Title |
Class Name |
Semester |
MEPE34 |
Additive Manufacturing |
UG Mechanical Engineering |
Spring |
MEPE21 |
Dynamics of Machinry |
UG Mechanical Engineering |
Spring |
MEPC10 |
Engineering Mechanics |
UG Mechanical Engineering |
Spring |
MEPC23 |
Mechanics of Machines - II |
UG Mechanical Engineering |
Autumn |
MEIR11 |
Basics of Mechanical Engineering |
Under Graduate (First Year) |
Autumn |
Co-Convener of "Two days workshop on Research Advances in Computational Techniques for Characterizing Nanomaterials", organized by Department of Mechanical Engineering, SRMIST, Chennai on August 23-24, 2019.
Member of the organizing committee of "Workshop on Evolution of Electronic Structure Theory & Experimental Realization", organized by SRMIST, Chennai and IIT Madras in association with MRSI Subject Group on Computational Material Science & MRSI Chennai Chapter on September 11-15, 2018.
Member of the organizing committee of the "Festo Pneumatic Automation Contest", held by ASME, PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore on February 18, 2006.
Participated in Five Day TEQIP FDP on “Atomistic Modelling of Solids: Theory & Applications​” organized by IIT Indore on December 21st - 25th 2020.
Participated in Three Day FDP on “How Teachers can Make a Difference” organized by Dean Faculty Welfare, NIT Tiruchirappalli in association with Teaching Learning Centre, IIT Madras, Chennai on August 4th - 6th 2020.
Participated in Five Day FDP on “E-Content Development” organized by Dean Faculty Welfare, NIT Tiruchirappalli in association with NITTTR Chennai on May 11th - 15th 2020.
Participated in One Day Workshop on “Research Scopes in Mechanical Science” organized by Chennai Institute of Technology, Chennai on May 7th 2020.
Participated in Two Day Workshop on “Experimental Vibrations & Analysis” organized by Department of Mechanical Engineering, SRMIST, Kattankulathur, Chennai on September 7th - 8th 2018.
Participated in One Day Workshop on “CMM Application on GD&T” organized by Centre for Advanced Tooling & Precision Dies, PSG Institute of Advanced Studies, Coimbatore on July 28th 2018.
Participated in Two Day Workshop on “Materials Characterization Workshop (MCW 2018)” organized by Department of Chemistry, SRMIST, Kattankulathur, Chennai on July 26th – 27th 2018.
Participated in One Day International Workshop on “Advanced Functional Materials and Design (AFMD2017)” organized by Mechanical Engineering Association, Department of Mechanical Engineering, SRMIST, Kattankulathur, Chennai on 20th November 2017.
Participated in International conference on emerging trends in Materials and Manufacturing Engineering (IMME2017) organized by Department of Metallurgical Engineering of National Institute of Technology (NIT), Tiruchirappalli.
Participated and presented a topic on “Finite Element Analysis of Printed Circuit Board Under Random Vibration”, in AIMS’08 2nd National Conference organized by Department of Mechanical Engineering of Kumaraguru College of Technology, Coimbatore.
Participated and presented a topic on “Hysteretic Damping of Composite Leaf Spring”, in YC5 Youth Conference organized by SAE INDIA Collegiate branch of PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore and got SECOND PLACE.
Participated in the “Fast Track Modelling (Design Contest)” at the Second National Level Youth conference 2005 organized by the SAE INDIA Collegiate branch of PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore.
Attended the workshop on “Value Stream Mapping” organized by the faculty of mechanical sciences, PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore.
Attended the Two-day seminar on “Advances in Automotive Technology”, conducted by SAE Collegiate branch of PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore.
Short term course on “Finite Element Method (FEM 2019)” organized by Department of Mechanical Engineering, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Kattankulathur, Chennai on March 04th - 9th, 2019.
Short term course on “Composite Materials: Theory and Applications (CMIA’18)” organized by Mechanical Engineering Association, Department of Mechanical Engineering, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Kattankulathur, Chennai on January 04th - 11th, 2018.
Two week short-term course on PIPING ENGINEERING conducted by Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay, Mumbai on December 05-17, 2011.
Member of Indian Science Congress Association (MISCA) (Member ID: A8077).
Member of The Institution of Engineers (India) (MIE) (Member ID: M-1658993).
International Journals (Published / Accepted Articles)
G. Rajasekaran, Avinash Parashar, “Enhancement of Fracture Toughness of Graphene via Crack Bridging with Stone-Thrower-Wales defects”, Diamond Relat. Mater. 74, 90-99 (2017) [Impact Factor = 2.232, 5-Yr Impact factor = 2.209].
G. Rajasekaran, Avinash Parashar, “Anisotropic compressive response of Stone-Thrower-Wales defects in graphene: A molecular dynamics study”, Mater. Res. Express, 3 (9), 095015 (2016). [Impact Factor = 1.151].
G. Rajasekaran, Avinash Parashar, “Molecular Dynamics Study on Mechanical Response and Failure Behaviour of Graphene: Performance Enhancement via 5-7-7-5 Defects”, RSC Adv., 6 (31), 26361-26373 (2016). [Impact Factor = 3.840, 5-Yr Impact factor = 3.91].
G. Rajasekaran, Rajesh Kumar, Avinash Parashar, “Tersoff Potential with Improved Accuracy for Simulating Graphene in Molecular Dynamics Environment”, Mater. Res. Express, 3 (3), 035011 (16pp) (2016). [Impact Factor = 1.151].
Rajesh Kumar, G. Rajasekaran, Avinash Parashar, “Optimised cut-off function for Tersoff like potentials for BN nanosheet: A molecular dynamics study”, Nanotechnology, 27(8), 085706 (11pp) (2016) [Impact Factor = 3.821, 5-Yr Impact factor = 3.89].
G. Rajasekaran, Prarthana Narayanan, Avinash Parashar, “Effect of point and line defects on mechanical and thermal properties of graphene: a review”, Crit. Rev. Solid State Mater. Sci., 41 (01), 47-71 (2016) [Impact Factor = 6.455, 5-Yr Impact factor = 8.85] (Most read article).
Computational Materials Science (IF: 2.863)
Journal of Materials Chemistry A (IF: 11.301)
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics (IF: 3.430)
Materials Research Express (IF: 1.929)
The Journal of Physical Chemistry (IF: 4.189)
Mechanics of Advanced Materials and Structures (IF: 3.517)
The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters (IF: 7.329)
Dr. G. Rajasekaran
Assistant Professor,
Department of Mechanical Engineering,
No.125, OJAS Building,
National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli,
Tamil Nadu, India - 620015