Group Members

Ph.D. (Completed / on-going)

Completed

  1. M.S. Senthil Saravanan – Doctoral Student: “Development of CNT reinforced Al-alloys and their workability and mechanical property” along with Dr. S.P. Kumaresh Babu, MME (Thesis defended on 27-03-2012) – Awarded in 2012. Presently working as a faculty member in a self-financing engineering college.
  2. S. Sivasankaran – Doctoral Student: “Workability studies of nanocrystalline Al-alloy composites” along with Prof. R. Narayanasamy, Dept of Production Engg. (Awarded in 2011) Presently working as Associate Professor in Saudi Arabia.
  3. N. Naga Krishna – Doctoral Student: “Development of ultra-high strength ultrafine grained Al-alloy composites by cryorolling”, Awarded in 2014. Presently working as a faculty member in a self-financing engineering college
  4. dr. Sajith Babu – Doctoral Student: “Studies on Structural Aspects and Corrosion Behaviour of Nanocrystalline High Entropy Alloys”, (under QIP registration) – (Thesis defended on 14-08-2015) – Degree awarded in 2015.
  5. Dr. V. B. Ramakrishna Koorella – Ph.D. Scholar: “Cryorolling behavior of Al-Mg and Al-Li alloys”, registered in 2012 (External registration – M/s.Ashokleyland, Chennai) (Thesis defended on 29-11-2016) – Degree awarded in 2016.
  6. Dr. N. Thiyaneshwaran – Ph.D. Scholar: “Microstructural Characterization and Compression Behavior of Light Weight in-situ Ti/Al and Ti/Ni Metal Intermetallic Laminates”, registered in 2013 (under DRDO project) – (Thesis defended on 03-11-2017)
  7. Mr. P. Shanker – Ph.D. Scholar, “Weldment corrosion”, registered in 2013 (Regular Scholar) – Submitted thesis December 2019, Got a degree in December 2020
  8. Mr. V. Satyanarayana – Ph.D. external registration, “Nanocrystalline heavy alloys for penetrator applications”, registered in August 2015 (External registration – Heavy Alloy Penetration Project, Tiruchirappalli) Got a degree in December 2020
  9. Mr. V. Sarath Kumar – Ph.D. Scholar, “Cryorolling of Stainless steels”, registered in Jan.2015 (External registration – M/s.Ashokleyland, Chennai) Got a degree in December 2020
  10. Mr. R. Sokkalingam – Ph.D. Scholar: “Joining of High Entropy Alloys”, registered in 2015 (Regular Scholar) Submitted his thesis in December 2020
  11. Mr. B Blessto – Ph.D. Scholar & JRF – ISRO Respond sponsored project, “ Strength enhancement of AA2219 sheets/plates by cryo rolling for usage in tankage applications” registered in 2018. Submitted his thesis in December 2020
  12. S.S. Kartheek, MS (By Research) student, “In situ metal intermetallic laminates (MILs) by diffusion bonding”, degree awarded in 2014. Presently with Dr. Karthikeyan&rsquo's group as a project staff in IISc.