1. Co-ordinator for the AICTE sponsored R&D project on " Diffusion bonding in superalloys", Rs 7 lakhs;1999-2001. This project had been graded "A" (Excellent) during the annual monitoring exercise.
2. Co-Coordinator for the CASSA,DRDO sponsored project on "Reliability studies relating to failure of aluminium 7075 alloy used in aerospace applications", Rs 1.5 lakhs: 1999-2000.
3. Guide for the student project "Analysis of diffusion bonding by FEM" sponsored by Tamil Nadu State Council for Science & Technology,2000-2001, Rs 8000.
4. Co-Cordinator for the AR&DB sponsored R & D project on " Development of Diffusion Bonding of (i) Ti-6Al-4V with Ti-6Al-4V, (ii) INCO 718 with INCO 718 and (iii) Ti-6Al-4V with INCO 718", Rs 8.8 lakhs, 2002-2004.
5. Co-ordinator for the AICTE sponsored R&D project on " Development of Diffusion bonding of Ti-6Al-4V with a nickel based superalloy IN 718", Rs 7 lakhs;2003-2005.
6. Co-ordinator for the DRDO sponsored project on " Deformation Studies of Armour Steel under Medium Strain Rates", Rs 16.13 lakhs ; 2003 - 2005.
7. Co-ordinator for the IISU-ISRO, Trivandrum sponsored project on "Requirement and specifications for the development and realisation of bonding of INVAR with magnetic materials using vacuum diffusion bonding technology", Rs 4.5 lakhs ; 2003 –2005
8. Co-ordinator for the DRDO sponsored project on " Manufacture Of Hollow Cylinder In YBCO By Hot Pressing under Superplastic Condition", Rs 14.9 lakhs ; 2006 – 2008 9. Co-Coordinator for the ARDB sponsored project on “ Development of Ultrasonic Method for Assuring Reliability of Components Manufactured by Diffusion Bonding” Rs 43.775 lakhs; 2007-2010. 10. Co -Coordinator for the DST sponsored project on “Development of Iron based Multicomponent and Nanodispersed Bulk Metallic Glasses through Mechanical Alloying for Industrial Applications ", Rs 24.7 lakhs ; 2007 – 2010. 11. Co-ordinator for the DRDO sponsored project on "Development of nanostructured and bimodal nanostructured Aluminium alloys by Severe Plastic Deformation (SPD)”,Rs 25.85 lakhs ; 2008 – 2011. 12. Co-PI for the Navel Research Board (NRB) sponsored project on “ Friction stir processing of similar and Dissimilar Fusion Welds of Aluminium alloys used in Naval applications”, Rs 13.056 lakhs ; 2008-2010.
13. PI for the Net working project under UGC NETWORKING RESOURCE CENTRE FOR MATERIALS, Department of Materials Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, Rs 0.8 lakhs. Networking partner: Dr. SATYAM SUWAS, Assistant Professor, Department of Materials Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore- 560 012
14. Co-PI for the DRDO sponsored project on “Development of light weight in situ Metal Intermetallic Laminates for Defence Applications ", Rs 56.15 lakhs; 2011 – 2014
15. PI for the project to DST on “Consolidation of mechanically alloyed5083 aluminium nano composites by equal channel angular pressing (ECAP)” – Rs 35 lakhs – 2012-2016.
16. Co-PI for the DST project on “ Development of nano structured magnesium silicide thermo electric materials by spark plasma sintering and evaluation of electric power generation from thermal system” Rs 25.38 lakhs; 2015-2018
17. Co-PI for the Department of Science & Technology (India) and the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (Russia) project on “Corrosion and wear resistant ceramic composite coatings on reactor grade zircaloys by plasma electrolytic oxidation for nuclear Fuel cladding applications” Rs 19.27 lakhs; 2017-2019
18. Co-PI for the DRDO (ER&IPR) sponsored project on “Fabrication of Corrosion and Wear Resistant Ceramic Composite Coatings on High Strength Al Alloys by Plasma Electrolytic Oxidation for Defence Applications" Rs 35.285 lakhs; 2017-2020.
19. Co-PI for the Department of Science & Technology (India) and the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (Russia) Bi lateral project on “Development of Nanostructured titanium implants with Bio active and antibacterial composite coatings for dental and Maxillofacial applications” Rs 94.03 lakhs; 2019-2022
1) Patent (No: 201741040346 dated: 24.11.2017. CBR NO 34881) on “INVESTIGATIONS 0N MECHANICAL AND DRY SLIDING WEAR BEHAVIOUR OF ALUMINIUM HYBRID COMPOSITES” – Application Published.
2) Patent (No: 201941004659 A dated: 15.02.2019.) on “ WEAR BEHAVIOR OF B4C REINFORCED HYBRID ALUMINUM MATRIX COMPOSITES AT ELEVATED TEMPERATURE” – Application Published in OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE PATENT OFFICE, ISSUE NO. 07/2019 FRIDAY DATE: 15/02/2019
1. Development and analysis of diffusion bonding of titanium with a nickel-based superalloy – S.S. Annamalai- M.E (Industrial metallurgy), PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore, 2000 .
2. Development of Diffusion Bonding in SU 263 A – T.Vanitha Devi – MSc (Material Science) – PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore, 2002
3. Diffusion Bonding of Superalloys – P.Adaickalavan - M.E (Industrial metallurgy), PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore, 2002.
4. Bonding of Invar with Alnico using vacuum bonding technology – J.Krishnamoorthi, M.E (Industrial metallurgy), PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore, 2004
5. Analysing diffusion bonding with ultrasonic testing – S.Suresh Kumar- MTech (Materials Science), National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, 2005
6. Sliding wear behaviour of In 718 – C.P.Suresh Kumar - MTech (Materials Science), National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, 2005
7. Sliding wear behaviour of 304 austenitic stainless steel employed in steam generator tube support – K.Senthil Kumar Sliding wear behaviour of In 718 – C.P.Suresh Kumar - MTech (Materials Science), National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, 2005
8. Evaluation of fatigue strength and crack growth of 316L(N) austenitic stainless steel T-Pipe joints, K.Kanda Pandy MTech (Materials Science), National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, 2006
9. Synthesis and characterisation of zinc oxide varistors, Sujit Singh, MTech (Materials Science), National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, 2006
10. Laser cladding of Ni-Ti cladding material on Al-12 Si alloy – Arun Kumar Srivatsava MTech (Materials Science), National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, 2006
11. Dispersion of carbon nanotubes – Ankur Baliyan - MTech (Materials Science), National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, 2006
12. Evaluation of microstructure and properties of aluminium and copper alloys processed by cryogenic rolling – M.Venkatesan - MTech (Materials Science), National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, 2007
13. Structure and property evaluation of equal channel processed aluminium and copper alloys – S.Manivannan - MTech (Materials Science), National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, 2007
14. Optimisation of welding parameters in 9Cr-2W-0.5 Mo steel in consideration with cold cracking susceptibility – R.Arul Prakash - MTech (Welding engineering), National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, 2007
15. Modelling the hot deformation behaviour of titanium alloys using an artificial neural network – K.Senthil Kumar - MTech (Materials Science), National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, 2007
16. Evaluation of relative grain boundary energy in Ferritic steels by serial sectioning method – V.B.Rajkumar - MTech (Materials Science), National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, 2008
17. Studies of Indentation creep behaviour on P91 and P92 base metals – S.Ashok- MTech (Materials Science), National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, 2008
18. Effect of Equal channel angular pressing on microstructural and mechanical properties of 2014 Al alloy – C.Mahendra Reddy - MTech (Materials Science), National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, 2008
19. Optimising the mechanical properties of fine structured 2024 and 5083 Al alloys by cryo rolling – Devaiah Doppalapudi - - MTech (Materials Science), National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, 2009
20. Densification of Al-Yttria composite powder by Equal Channel Angular Pressing – Ramu Yarra - MTech (Materials Science), National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, 2009
21. The Indentation creep studies on high-temperature low alloy steels in power plant industry and ECAP studied AA 2014 in aerospace Industrial Applications – V.Sudhakar Naik - MTech (Materials Science), National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, 2010
22. Effect of Equal Channel Angular Pressing on Microstructural and Mechanical Properties of Al 7075 alloy – Kondiah Gudimetla - MTech (Materials Science), National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, 2010
23. Development of Aluminium and Aluminium- Alumina composites through equal channel angular pressing – Sivanaga Sowjanya Tutika - MTech (Materials Science), National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, 2010.
24. TEM characterisation of Yttria Alloy D 9 interfaces – P.Aravindram - MTech (Materials Science), National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, 2010.
25. Magnetically Impelled Arc Butt Welding of high thickness tubes using DOE technique for Boiler applications – Subba Reddy Mundla - MTech (Welding Engineering), National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, 2010.
26. An Experimental study on joining of severe plastic deformed (ECAP) aluminium material with tube to tube plate friction welding – Murali Kumar Yeddalapalli - MTech (Welding Engineering), National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, 2010.
27. Preparation and surface characterisation of nanocrystalline ternary Ni-Mo-P alloy coatings - G.S.Vinod Kumar - MTech (Materials Science and Engineering), National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, 2010.
28. Vanadate-based coatings as Eco friendly surface treatments for the corrosion protection of Aerospace aluminium alloys – Kiran S kotian - MTech (Materials Science and Engineering), National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, 2010.
29. Preparation and Characterisation of Autocatalytically deposited Nano crystalline Ternary Ni-Mo-P Alloy Coatings – G.S.Vinodh Kumar - MTech (Materials Science and Engineering), National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, 2011.
30. Densification of Al 2024 and Al 2024/Alumina powders by conventional; P/M route and ECAP- Nishtha Gupta - MTech (Materials Science and Engineering), National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, 2011.
31. Friction Stir Welding of Cold and Cryo Rolled 5083 Al alloy – Murali Kumay Yeddalapalli - MTech (Welding Engineering), National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, 2011.
32. Optimisation of strength and ductility in AA 2014 Process through ECAP - Kiran S Kotian - MTech (Materials Science and Engineering), National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, 2011.
33. Improvement of Wear Resistance in Rotovator Blades, Sasikaran V, MTech (Industrial Metallurgy), National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, 2013
34. Preparation, Characterisation and Performance Evaluation of Electroless Nickel coated HSS Drill bits,Aneesh B, MTech (Industrial Metallurgy), National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, 2013
35. Effect of Titanium on aging behaviour of D9 steels in nuclear environment, Anil Kumar Sunkuru, MTech (Industrial Metallurgy), National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, 2013
36. Consolidation of Mechanically alloyed 5083 aluminium nano composite by ECAP, N B Praksh Tiruveedula, MTech (Materials Science and Engineering), National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, 2013.
37. Influence of Weld chemistry and post weld heat treatment on microstructure and mechanical properties of P91 weld steels – P.Krishnamraju- M.Tech (Materials Science and Engineering), National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, 2014.
38. Evaluation of quality of Diffusion Bonding of Cu-Cu (Similar) materials using C-Scan – K.Siva Kishore Babu – M Tech (Industrial Metallurgy), National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, 2014.
39. Metallurgical and Mechanical properties of mechanically alloyed 5083 Al- Nano composite with Yttria by ECAP – Pravir Polly - M Tech (Industrial Metallurgy), National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, 2014.
40. Hot deformation behaviour of Titanium modified AISI 316 L stainless steel under Axial Torsion – Avik Kumar Mahata - M.Tech (Materials Science and Engineering), National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, 2014.
41. Preparation, characterisation and JMA modeling of crystallisation of Electroless Nickel-Boron Coatings – Vinod Kumar - M.Tech (Materials Science and Engineering), National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, 2014.
42. Quality Evaluation of diffusion bonded joints of dissimilar (Al-Cu) Materials – Bharat Bhushan - M.Tech (Materials Science and Engineering), National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, 2014.
43. Consolidation of mechanically alloyed Al-5083 Alloy by ECAP – B Chaithanyahrushna - M.Tech (Materials Science and Engineering), National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, 2014.
44. Evaluation of Quality of Diffusion bonded joints by “C” Scan and Destructive Testing – R.Rajapandian - M.Tech (Materials Science and Engineering), National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, 2015.
45. Densification Behaviour of Bi-modal Nanostructured Al 5083 alloy powder by ECAP – J.Ganesh Varma - M.Tech (Materials Science and Engineering), National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, 2015.
46. Consolidation of Mechanically alloyed 5083 nano composites powders by Equal Channel Angular Pressing – Thathi Gowtham Shome - M.Tech (Industrial Metallurgy), National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, 2015.
47. Residual stress analysis of shot peened IN 706 Ni based superalloy – Subrahmanyam Adabala - M.Tech (Industrial Metallurgy), National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, 2015.
48. Parameter optimisation and study of weld quality in Electron Beam Welding if Inconel 718 joints for aerospace applications – Deepak George - M.Tech (Welding Engineering), National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, 2016.
49. Effect of heat treatment and brazing thermal exposure on 0.07C-16Cr-6Ni stainless steel – Vishnu K C - M.Tech (Industrial Metallurgy), National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, 2016.
50. Consolidation of Mechanically alloyed 5083 powders by Equal Channel Angular Pressing – B.Naveen - M.Tech (Industrial Metallurgy), National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, 2016.
51. Evaluation of mechanical behaviour of coated materials – Thathi Gowtham Shome - M.Tech (Industrial Metallurgy), National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, 2016.
52. Residual stress analysis of shot peened Almen strips – Comparison with IN 706 Rotor Alloy – Subrahmanyam Adabala - M.Tech (Industrial Metallurgy), National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, 2016.
53. Study on Interlayer diffusion bonded joints by ultrasonic C scan method – Anakapalli Santhosh Kumar - M.Tech (Materials Science and Engineering), National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, 2017.
54. Cold forging feasibility study of SAE 5120 steel automobile differential bevel gear using FEA – Kavuri Anantha Sai - M.Tech (Materials Science and Engineering), National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, 2017.
55. Consolidation of mechanically alloyed Al 5083 nanocomposite by Equal Channel Angular Pressing – Yerra Umamaheswara Rao - M.Tech (Industrial Metallurgy), National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, 2017.
56. Wear study of the commercially pure Aluminium processed by equal channel angular pressing – Pushpender Singh - M.Tech (Industrial Metallurgy), National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, 2017.
57. Some studies on Gas Turbine grade alloy (Inconel 718) welding by pulsed TIG process – Abhinaba Chandra – M Tech (Welding Engineering), National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, 2018.
58. Consolidation of titanium sponge fines processed through warm ECAP – Vijay Kumar - M.Tech (Materials Science and Engineering), National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, 2019.
59. Optimisation of heat treatment for AISI 440C stainless steel – Mohd. Huzefah - M Tech (Welding Engineering), National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, 2018.
60. Mechanical Properties and Wear Behaviour of pure Magnesium processed by ECAP – Sunkara Hareesh - M.Tech (Materials Science and Engineering), National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, 2019.
61. Studies on the development of micro arc oxidation coating on aircraft grade aluminium alloy – K.Chetan Aakash - M.Tech (Materials Science and Engineering), National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, 2019.
62. Microstructural and Mechanical properties of aluminium alloys processed through constrained groove pressing – Dewesh Kuamar, M. Tech (Industrial Metallurgy), National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, 2022.
63. Digital study of welding parameters and cost reduction analysis utilizing industrial IOT system, tools and interfaces – Rishab Groover, M. Tech (Industrial Metallurgy), National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, 2022.
64. Analysis of microstructure and mechanical properties of aluminium 6061 alloy by ECAP at artificial ageing temperature. – Avinash B, M.Tech (Materials Science and Engineering), National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, 2022.
Total Value Rs: 454.936 lakhs
