The department has three main research groups:

  • Manufacturing and Materials  

  • Solid Mechanics and Design

  • Thermal and Fluids

Manufacturing and Materials  

Research Group

  • Dr. Afzaal Ahmed

  • Dr. Buchibabu Vicharapu

  • Dr. Chakradhar Dupadu

  • Dr. Dinesh Setti

  • Dr. Kanmani Subbu S

  • Dr. Kesavan D

Focus Areas

  • Polishing/post-processing of metallic additive manufactured (AM) components.

  • Ultra-precision machining of metals: Exploring the phenomena at the confluence of materials and cutting mechanics.

  • Heat-assisted machining of difficult-to-cut materials: Enhancing the machinability of high-performance alloys.

  • Experimental investigation of machinability studies of difficult-to-cut materials.

  • To develop algorithms for performance monitoring of wire electric discharge machining processes through multiple sensor signals. 

  • Design and development of metal matrix composites by ultrasonic-assisted vacuum stir casting.

  • Geometric modelling and properties evaluation of composites using Digimat - a material modeling platform.

  • Micromachining of metal matrix composites by Laser machining and Micro electric discharge machining.

  • Micro features and textures making through Additive manufacturing - Selective laser melting (Metals) and Fused deposition modeling (Polymers).

  • Process parameter optimization of metallic components.

  • Fatigue studies on metallic AM components.

  • Tribology and wear studies on AM components.

  • Rolling contact fatigue studies on bearing steel components.

Solid Mechanics and Design

Research Group

  • Dr. Anoop Akkoorath Mana

  • Dr. K V N Surendra

  • Dr. Santhakumar Mohan

  • Dr. Sovan Lal Das

Focus Areas

  • Understanding the noise generation from vibrating structural members (structural acoustics). 

  • Stress analysis of a brake drum under different contact conditions.

  • Design and development of a new sitting-type lower limb rehabilitation robot.

  • Robotics and automation in Agriculture.

  • Design and development of an intelligent Underwater Vehicle with a Manipulator for offshore oil/gas and other marine applications. 

  • Adhesion and contact mechanics of soft and thin structures. 

  • Flow of granular media.

Thermal and Fluids

Research Group

  • Dr. Samarjeet Chanda

  • Dr. Krishna Seshagiri

  • Dr. Pramod Kuntikana

  • Dr. Anand TNC

  • Dr. Ganesh Natarajan

  • Prof. P. S. Mehta

Focus Areas

  • Combustion studies through experimental and numerical techniques.

  • Major focus areas include soot modelling, gas turbine combustion, optical diagnostics in combustion etc. 

  • Design and development of battery thermal management system.

  • Development of novel computational frameworks for fluid flows both in the compressible and incompressible regimes.

  • Thermal contact conductance measurements of spacecraft joints.

  • Devising immersed boundary/finite volume frameworks and their application to multi-physics problems.

  • Mathematical modelling in sports.

  • Studies on thermal transport properties of packed and powder beds.

  • Heat transfer studies in additive manufacturing (powder bed fusion).

  • Jet impingement and film cooling.

  • Passively cooled building design.

  • Thermal energy storage (Brayton battery).