Ph.D.

ONGOING Ph. D SCHOLARS LIST (As on January 2024)

Sl No.

SCHOLARS NAME

RESEARCH SUPERVISORS NAME

1.      

Amal V Purushothaman

Prof. S. Muthukumaran

2.      

Modugu Vinod Kumar

Dr.–Ing Prince Gideon Kubendran Amos

3.      

Moyye Devi Prasad

Dr. D. Nagarajan

4.      

Shishir R

Prof. N. Ramesh Babu

5.      

Banothu Ramesh

Prof. S. P. Kumaresh Babu

6.      

Koduru Venkatesh

Dr. V. Karthik

7.      

Lanka Dinesh

Prof. K. Sivaprasad

8.      

Nasiruddin Usmaniya

Prof. N. Ramesh Babu

9.      

Sankarganesh P

Dr.–Ing Prince Gideon Kubendran Amos

10.  

Virendra Ahirwar

Prof.  B. Ravisankar

11.  

Pradeep S

Prof.  S. Muthukumaran

12.  

Mudda Sasidhar

Dr. A. Muthuchamy

13.  

N.Siddharthan

Prof. S. Kumaran

14.  

A. Aravind

Dr. S. Jerome

15.  

S. Subhesh

Dr. Illa Mani Pujitha

16.  

Gold Suganth S

Prof. S. Raman Sankaranarayanan

17.  

Gowthaman B

Dr. V. Karthik

18.  

Mohankumar N

Prof. N. Ramesh Babu

19.  

Mohan M

Dr. Vinothkumar.G

20.  

Puli Akshita Govind

Prof. S. Kumaran

21.  

K. Sarina

Dr. Anand. S

22.  

Balaji. N (PMRF)

Dr. D. Nagarajan

23.  

Sachin Raj (QIP)

Prof. S. P. Kumaresh Babu

24.  

Prasanth (QIP)

Dr. D. Nagarajan

25.  

Durgaram M (QIP)

Dr. V. Karthik

26.  

Vigneswran

Prof. S. P. Kumaresh Babu

27.  

Thiyagesan

Prof. S. Raman Sankaranarayanan

28.  

Hariharan.E (Project)

Prof. S. P. Kumaresh Babu

29.  

Balachander.N (Project)

Prof. S. P. Kumaresh Babu

30.  

Vimal.V.R (Project)

Prof. S. P. Kumaresh Babu

31.  

Saktheeswaran.D (Project)

Prof. S. P. Kumaresh Babu

32.  

S. Karuppusamy (Project)

Prof. S. P. Kumaresh Babu

33.  

R. Vijayaragavan (Project)

Dr. D. Nagarajan

PROJECT STAFFS

1.      

Dr. Ponnilavan. V

Prof. N. Ramesh Babu

2.      

Dr. R. Murugasami

Prof. S. Kumaran

3.      

U. Krishnaveni

Prof. S. Kumaran

 

ONGOING PART TIME Ph. D SCHOLARS LIST

Sl No.

SCHOLARS NAME

RESEARCH SUPERVISORS NAME

1.      

Arun Kumar V

Dr S. Jerome

2.      

D Saravanan

Dr B. Ravisankar

3.      

Thomas Tharian K

Dr S. Kumaran

4.      

Chandrakala

Dr S. Kumaran

5.      

Pujari Rajesh

Dr S. Muthukumaran

6.      

Rahulan N

Dr S. Kumaran

7.      

Buragadda V Rajasekhar

Dr N. Ramesh Babu

8.      

Jayanthi A

Dr B. Ravisankar

9.      

Kale Vidyadhar Chandrashekhar

Dr S. Raman Sankaranarayanan

10.  

Ramesh C

Dr V. Karthik

11.  

Stalin M

Dr S. Kumaran

12.  

Pulyapudi Satya Bhaskar

Dr K. Siva Prasad

13.  

Tamil Prabakaran S

Dr S. Jerome

14.  

M Madhu

Dr S. Jerome

15.  

Suryanarayana Reddy Minnam Reddy

Dr K. Siva Prasad

16.  

A Nanthakumar

Dr V. Karthik

17.  

Murugha Dhas K

Dr T. Srinivasa Rao & Dr S. Kumaran

18.  

Parthiban Subraminyan

Dr S.P. Kumaresh Babu

19.  

Suresh D

Dr B. Ravisankar

20.  

Anand Babu G

Dr V. Karthik

21.  

CH. V. Satyanarayanaraju

Dr K. Siva Prasad

22.  

Dilip Kumar Singh

Dr S. Muthukumaran

23.  

Gowrishankar A

Dr V. Karthik

24.  

Sivasankar P

Dr S.P. Kumaresh Babu

25.  

R Krishnakumar

Dr D. Nagarajan

26.  

Bala Parandhma Raju M

Dr. N. Ramesh Babu

27.  

Damodar K Chalawadi

Dr. S.P. Kumaresh Babu

28.  

Hariharan S

Dr. S. Raman Sankaranarayanan

29.  

Manu Thomas

Dr. S. Muthukumaran

30.  

S Esakki Muthu

Dr. Vinothkumar G

31.  

Nikhil H

Dr. S. Muthukumaran

 

PhD AWARDED (2019 Onwards)

Sl No.

SCHOLARS NAME

TITLE OF THESIS

RESEARCH SUPERVISORS NAME

        1.             

MURUGASAMI R

Development of Nano / Ultra Fine Structured Silicon – Germanium Thermoelectric Materials by High Energy Ball Milling and Spark Plasma Sintering

Dr. S. Kumaran

        2.             

ANANTHAKUMAR K

Optimization and Metallurgical Investigation of Spark Plasma Assisted Diffusion Bonding of Titanium – Stainless Steel

Dr. S. Kumaran

        3.             

SRIRAMAN N

Development and Processing of Bio-Degradable Magnesium based Alloys for Implant Applications

Dr. S. Kumaran

        4.             

M RAMAKRISHNAN

Studies on Cold Wire Addition in Submerged Arc Welding and Hard facing

Dr. V. Muthupandi

        5.             

ANEESH KUMAR P

Studies on Intergranular Corrosion Characteristics of Cast Duplex Stainless Steels Stabilized with Zirconium, Niobium and Titanium

Dr. S. P. Kumaresh Babu

        6.             

NAGARAJ M

Enhancement of Strength in Low Carbon Structural Steel by Equal Channel Angular Pressing

Dr. B. Ravishankar

        7.             

DINESH KUMAR R

Friction Stir Welding of Similar and Dissimilar Aluminum Alloys for Aerospace Applications

Dr. S. Muthukumaran

        8.             

NANDHINI R

Novel Friction Stir Welding Process for Improved Mechanical Properties of Polyamide 6,6 Joints

Dr. S. Muthukumaran/ Dr. S. Kumaran

        9.             

VENKATA KONDAIAH E

Densification and Mechanical Behavior of High Strength Low Alloy AISI 41XX Steel Powder Preforms During Hot Upset Forging

Dr. S. Kumaran

    10.             

BHAGAT SINGH P

Development of Magnesium Lithium Alloys: Their Microstructure and Texture Dependence of Mechanical Properties

Dr. S. Kumaran

    11.             

VIVEKANANDHAN P

Simultaneous Synthesis and Densification of Nanocrystalline Magnesium Silicide Thermoelectric Compound by Spark Plasma Assisted Combustion Synthesis

Dr. S. Kumaran

    12.             

TEJONADHA BABU KANIGANTI

A Study on Mechanical and Metallurgical Properties of Similar and Dissimilar Friction Stir Welded AA5052-O and AA6061-T6 Sheets

Dr. S. Muthukumaran

    13.             

VIKRAM KUMAR S JAIN

A Study on Mechanical and Metallurgical Properties of Similar and Dissimilar Friction Stir Welded AA5052-O and AA6061-T6 Sheets

Dr. S. Muthukumaran

    14.             

MAXWELL REJIL C

Fabrication and Characterization of AA1050 and AA5083 Surface Composites by Friction Stir Processing

Dr. S. Muthukumaran

    15.             

DEEPESH V

Interlayer Engineering on Friction Welded Titanium Tube to Stainless Steel Tube Plate by an External Tool Process

Dr. S. Muthukumaran

    16.             

CHANDRA SEKHAR K

Synthesis of Al5083 - Nano Yttria Composites through Mechanical Alloying and Consolidation by Equal Channel Angular Pressing

Dr. B. Ravisankar /Dr. S. Kumaran

    17.             

P MUTHUKUMAR

Development of Friction Stir Processing Tools for the Fabrication of Surface Composite

Dr. S. Jerome

    18.             

ANBARASAN N

Influence of Laves Phase on the Mechanical and Corrosion Properties of Inconel 718 gas Tungsten Arc Welds

Dr. S. Jerome

    19.             

ARUN S

Development of Corrosion Resistant Coatings on Zirconium by Plasma Electrolytic Oxidation with Nanoparticle Additions

Dr. N. Ramesh Babu

    20.             

ARAVIND NAGARAJ T

Tribological Studies on Cast CY5SnBiM Nickel Base Alloy at Room and Elevated Temperatures

Dr. S. P. Kumaresh Babu

    21.             

S A SRINIVASAN

Studies on Tribological and Corrosion Behavior of Squeeze Cast VAL12 Aerospace Alloy Strengthened by Rare Earth Dispersoid

Dr. S. P. Kumaresh Babu

    22.             

ARUN G

Numerical Studies on Flow Characteristics of Mitred Pipe Bends Handling Coal Slurries

Dr. S. P. Kumaresh Babu/ Dr. S. Natarajan

    23.             

M RAJKUMAR

Erosion and Corrosion Studies of Cast Hyper Duplex Stainless Steel (CD3MWN – 7A) Modified with Niobium and Zirconium

Dr. S. P. Kumaresh Babu

    24.             

A VALLIMANALAN

Synthesis and Characterization of High Entropy Alloy Coatings

Dr. S. P. Kumaresh Babu/ Dr. S. Muthukumaran

 

    25.             

VIMALAN G

Metallurgical Investigations on Boiler Grade Steels by Thermo Mechanical Simulation

 

Dr. V. Muthupandi

    26.             

RAVI BHARATH R

Weldability Studies on Similar and Dissimilar Joints of Advanced Ultra Supercritical Boiler Grade Materials

Dr. V. Muthupandi

    27.             

M P SHANKAR

Localized Mechanical Properties and Corrosion Behavior of Gas Tungsten Arc and Friction Stir Welded AA2014 Alloy

Dr. K. Siva Prasad

    28.             

G VENKATA SARATH KUMAR

Microstructure, Mechanical Behavior and Corrosion Studies on Cryo rolled Austenitic Stainless Steels

Dr. K. Siva Prasad

    29.             

PABHOLU V SATYANARAYAN A

Effect of Binder Phase and Consolidation Method on Mechanical Properties of Tungsten Heavy Alloys

Dr. K. Siva Prasad

    30.             

BALAMURALIKRI SHNAN N

Laser Surface Modification on Nickel Superalloy for Aero Engine Applications to Enhance Erosion and Corrosion Resistance

Dr. S. Natarajan

    31.             

ANILKUMAR K

Synthesis and Evaluation of Microstructure and Mechanical Behavior of Al - 3003 - TiO2 Metal Matrix Composite through Friction Stir Processing

Dr. S. Natarajan

    32.             

RAMESH S

Performance Enhancement of Powertrain Shafts through Surface Modification Techniques

Dr. S. Natarajan

    33.             

KONDAIAH GUDIMETLA

Consolidation of Mechanically Alloyed Al-5083 Powders by Equal Channel Angular Pressing

Dr. B. Ravisankar / Dr. S. Kumaran

    34.             

HARI PRASAD SAMPATI RAO

Development of Composite Coatings on Biodegradable Magnesium Alloys by Plasma Electrolytic Oxidation

Dr N Ramesh Babu

    35.             

AMRUTHALURU SAI KIRAN

Surface Modification of Interstitial Free Steels by Plasma Electrolytic Oxidation

Dr N Ramesh Babu

    36.             

DINESH P

Studies on Effect of Lanthanum and Neodymium Addition on Microstructural Evolution, Mechanical and Corrosion Behavior of as - Cast and Extruded Mg - 9Li - 3Al Magnesium Alloy

Dr S.P. Kumaresh Babu/Dr. S. Natarajan

    37.             

MURALIDHARA B

Studies on the Mechanical, Thermo-Mechanical and Tribological behavior of Functional Fillers Filled Carbon Fiber Epoxy Composites

Dr S.P. Kumaresh Babu

    38.             

SOKKALINGAM R

Welding and Additive Manufacturing of High Entropy Alloys: Structure-Property Correlation

Dr K. Sivaprasad /Dr. V. Muthupandi

    39.             

BLESSTO B

Mechanical Behavior of Cryo-rolled AA2219 Aluminum Alloy Plates and Sheets

Dr K. Sivaprasad

    40.             

SUNILKUMAR D

Studies on Effect of Advanced Welding Processes on the Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of the Similar and Dissimilar Joints Between Alloy Steels and Stainless Steel

Dr S. Muthukumaran

    41.             

SADHASIVAM M

Fabrication and Studies of AISI 420 Stainless Steel Composites by Vacuum Induction Melting Technique

Dr S. Raman Sankaranarayanan/     Dr S.P. Kumaresh Babu

    42.             

ARUMUGAM M

Effect of Thermomechanical Treatments on Microstructure, Mechanical Properties and Low Temperature Behavior of Aluminum Alloy AA2219 Forgings

 

Dr V. Muthupandi

    43.             

RAMKUMAR P

Welding Studies on High Strength 0.3wt.%C - CrMoV (ESR) Steel

Dr V. Muthupandi

    44.             

M PREMNATH

Synthesis and Electrochemical Behavior of Magnesium based Nanocrystalline Hydrogen Storage Materials for Ni-MH Batteries

Dr S.Kumaran

    45.             

PONRAJ B V

Synthesis and Characterization of Nano Oxide Dispersion Strengthened Ferritic Alloys through Mechanical Alloying and Spark Plasma Sintering

Dr S.Kumaran

    46.             

ARUN RAPHEL

Tuning Figure of Merit of Nanocrystalline Pb-Sn-Te-Se and Bi-Sb-Te-Se Thermoelectric Alloys via High Entropy Phenomena and Band Engineering

Dr S.Kumaran

    47.             

VEERA VENKATA NAGARAJU

Microwave-Assisted Hybrid Sintering of Stainless-Steel Powder Compacts: Metallurgical, Mechanical and Electrochemical Properties

Dr T Srinivasa Rao / Dr S Kumaran

    48.             

CHAKKRAVARTHY V

Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing Studies on Aluminum 4043 Alloy and Stainless Steel 316L

Dr. S. Jerome

    49.             

K T THILAGHAM

Studies on Friction Stir Welding of Similar and Dissimilar Combinations of AA7075, AA2014 and AA6082

Dr. S. Muthukumaran

    50.             

HARISH T M

Weldability Studies on Keyhole Plasma Arc Welded AISI 304 H Austenitic Stainless Steel and Incoloy 800 H Super Alloy

Dr. S. Jerome

    51.             

PRAVEEN KUMAR D

Studies on Diffusion Bonding of Similar and Dissimilar Alloys by Spark Plasma Assisted Heating: Metallurgical, Mechanical and Electrochemical Attributes

Dr. S. Kumaran

    52.             

VIGNESH P

Microstructure, Mechanical Properties and Electrochemical Attributes of Thermo-Mechanically Processed Mg-5Sn5Zn and Mg-5Sn-5Al Magnesium Alloys

Dr. S. Kumaran

    53.             

VIVEK GAURAV

 

Synthesis, Thermodynamic

Modelling, and Tribological

Studies of Cast Duplex Stainless

Steel with Effect of Stabilisers

Dr. S. Raman

Sankaranarayanan

Co-Guide:

Dr. S. P. Kumaresh

Babu

    54.             

MANOJ KUMAR P

 

Development of Visible Light

Active Immobilised TiO2

Photocatalyst on Cp-Ti and Ti

Alloys by Plasma Electrolytic

Oxidation for Textile Wastewater

Treatment

Dr. N. Ramesh

Babu

    55.             

E LOKESH KUMAR

Surface Modification of Titanium,

Niobium, and Ti-40Nb Alloy by

Plasma Electrolytic Oxidation for

Biomedical Applications

Dr. N. Ramesh

Babu

    56.             

C PREMCHAND

Development of Ceramic Oxide

Coatings on Commercial

Aluminium Alloys (AA2024,

AA6061 and AA7075) and

Titanium Alloy (Ti-6Al-4V) by

Plasma Electrolytic Oxidation

Dr. N. Ramesh

Babu

Co-Guide:

Dr. L.

Ramakrishna

    57.             

MEKALA CHINABABU

 

Microstructure, Mechanical and

Corrosion Behaviour of Stir Cast

HEA and TiB2 Reinforced

Aluminium based Composites

Dr. K. Sivaprasad

    58.             

V SRINIVASA CHANDRA

Microstructural, Mechanical and

Tribological Behavior of Gravity

and Squeeze Cast Aluminium

Alloy

Dr. K. Sivaprasad

External Guide:

Dr. S.

Dhanasekaran

    59.             

SARFUDEEN M

Distortion Control and

Productivity Improvement of

Structural Steel (S355JR) for Wind

Turbine Tower Fabrication

Dr. S.

Muthukumaran

 

Ph.Ds Awarded (from 1986 onwards)

S.No.

Candidate Guide Title Year
1 Mr.K.G.K. Murthy Dr.S. Sundaresan Friction Welding of Some Dissimilar Material Combination 1986
2 Mr.K. Ramamurthy Dr.N. Dakshinamoorthy Lower Maestriction (Upper Cretaceous) Brachiopoda from Trichy District 1991
3 Mr.S. Sathyamurthy Dr.N. Dakshinamoorthy Integrated Ground Water Studies in and Around Tiruchirappalli 1991
4 Mr.V. Subramanian Dr.N. Dakshinamoorthy Geology and Geochemistry of Rocks in and Around Manapparai 1992
5 Mr.P.R. Srinivasan Dr.N. Dakshinamoorthy Hydrogeological Studies of Mamundiyar River Basin 1992
6 Mr.S. Natarajan Dr.V. Sivan Studies on Corrosion Behaviour of Boiler Steel Weldments in Acid Medium 1992
7 Mr.T. Srinivasa Rao Dr.K.S. Pandey Densification Behaviour of Sintered Aluminium and Aluminium-Copper Preforms of Disc and Ring Shapes During Cold Deformation 1992
8 Mr. Ram Mohan Dr.V. Sivan Studies on La(Sr) CrO3 and ZrO2 – CeO2 Systems for Magneto-Hydrodynamic Generator 1993
9 Mr.M. Narayana Rao Dr.K.S. Pandey Hot Extrusion of Sintered Preforms of Aluminium and Aluminium-Iron Composites 1995
10 Mr.L. John Berchmans Dr.V. Sivan Corrosion Studies on Copper and Copper Based Alloys in Acid and Neutral Media 1998
11 Mr.R. Vaideeswaran Dr.V. Sivan Corrosion Behaviour of Dissimilar Weldments In Advanced Materials Used in Power and Process Plants in Acid Media 2001
12 Mr.K.L. Rohira Dr.V. Sivan Indigenous Development of Electro Gas Welding Technology Studies on Process Characteristics and Weld Properties 2003
13 Mr.R. Chandramouli Dr.K.S. Pandey Cold and Hot Forging Characteristics of Sintered Ferrous P/M Preforms of Ring Shape 2004
14 Mr.K. Padmanaban Dr.V. Sivan Investigations in NGSAW on the influence of Process Parameters and Characterization of Welded Joints.  
15 Mr.P. Bala Srinivasan Dr.V. Sivan Studies on the Microstructure, Mechanical Properties and Corrosion Behaviour of Dissimilar Weld Joints. 2006
16 Mr.S.P. Kumaresh Babu Dr.S. Natarajan Weldment Corrosion and its Control in Power Plant Materials using FCAW, SAW and Pulsed GTAW Processes. 2007
17 Mr.S. Kumaran Dr.T. Srinivasa Rao Studies on Metastable and Stable Phases of Ti-Al-Nb-Cr / SiC Systems by Mechanical Alloying 2007
18 Mr.A. Rajesh Khannan Dr.K.S. Pandey Cold Deformation Behaviour of Sintered Fe-C-Mo and Iron-Carbon-Silicon-Copper, Iron-Carbon-Molybdenum Steels 2007