Dean
B.S.Abdur Rahman Crescent University
مجموع سنوات الخبرة :31 years, 10 أشهر
Governing five departments under the school of Mechanical Sciences namely Department of Mechanical Engineering, Department of Aerospace, Department of Automobile Engineering, Department of Polymer Technology and Department of Management Studies. My role is to monitor the the teaching learning process, managing budgetary requirements and over all control on the school's functioning.
I am handling administrative tasks such as managing the design stream of the department and mentoring the junior faculty apart from regular teaching load. Being a professor, special tasks such as curriculum development, academic auditing is also assigned to me.
I am handling administrative tasks such as managing the research collaborations, research publications and organize our team to participate in innovations exhibitions . Under my administration, our team is able to achieve 14 awards in the National and International exhibitions .
I am handling administrative tasks such as managing the design stream of the department and mentoring the junior faculty apart from regular teaching load. Special tasks such as curriculum development, academic auditing is also assigned to me.
As an international Academician, I was given responsibility of teaching and research in the Department of Engineering Mechanics under the Faculty of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engg. During this period I have taken part in active research by becoming a member of Advanced vehicle Safety research group. An University research grant was also provided to do research on cryogenic treatment of materials. I have involved in the sponsored research of Fundamental research Grant scheme by Malaysian Government .
I am handling courses for undergraduate programmes such as Engineering Graphics, Engineering Mechanics and work shop practice ( Sheet Metal, Welding and Molding) for the preparatory year candidates, courses such as Theory of Machines, Total Quality Management for senior level candidates and courses such as Integrated Design and Advanced Materials Engg. for post graduate candidates.
I am also responsible for Dynamics Laboratory in developing the lab and running the laboratory courses for UGs and PGs. I have guided many good quality technical projects for UG as well as PG students, some of which were nominated for the best innovative project of the state. .
I have attended many short term courses conducted by reputed institutions of India to update the knowledge. Also I have acted as resource person for the faculty development programmes (FDP) conducted by the State’s Technical University.
As a part of research activity, I have investigated and completed a research project funded by All India Council of Technical Education (AICTE) under the title ”Cryogenic Treatment of Steel weldments”. Also presented and published research papers in the various reputed conferences and Journals.
I have handled courses for undergraduate programmes such as Engineering Graphics and work shop practice for the preparatory year candidates and courses such as Theory of Machines, Quality Control & Reliability Engg., Production Technology, Plant Lay out and Material Handling for senior level candidates.
I was also responsible for setting up laboratories for Dynamics and Instrumentation and Control courses.
Title of the Thesis: Fracture Analysis of Cryogenically Treated Low Alloy Steel Weldments Cryogenic treatment is mainly used in industries for improving the life of many engineering component such as bearings and cutting tools. In the case of weldments, generally the mechanical behaviour would be enhanced by heat treatment and evaluated by testing at cryogenic temperatures such as – 186oC. In the present work, investigations were made by treating the steel weldment at cryogenic temperature first and then the mechanical behaviour was evaluated by conducting mechanical tests at room temperature. The mechanical tests include micro hardness survey, Charpy impact test and fracture toughness (J integral) test. The behaviour of cryogenically treated weldments was compared with as welded and heat treated weldments. The microstructural analysis showed a slight grain coarsening in the cryo-treated weldment and energy dispersion spectrometry by scanning electron microscopy revealed segregation of alloying elements in the heat affected zone and weld metal region of cryo-treated weldment. Cryogenic treatment also introduced compressive residual stresses in the heat affected zone and base metal whereas in the weld metal the magnitude of the tensile residual stresses has been decreased compared to as welded weldment. It is found that the hardness of the cryo-treated weldment is lower than the as welded weldment. The tensile strength of the cryo-treated weldment is not changed from the as welded weldment. The notch toughness is improved in the heat affected zone and weld metal whereas the fracture toughness is found to be increased in the heat affected zone of the cryo-treated weldment as compared to post weld heat treated weldment. Fractured surfaces revealed the combination of dimples and cleavage facets indicating a mixed mode of ductile-brittle fracture. A two dimensional finite element analysis was carried out on the compact tension specimen model for the base metal. The weldments were modeled by thermo- mechanical sequential coupling for developing temperature distribution in the model during weld pool cooling and inducing thermal stresses due to uneven contraction and cooling. The model was subjected to heat treatment and cryogenic treatment by adopting radiation effect. The analysis also revealed the similar outcome of experimental results with the increase of fracture toughness after cryogenic treatment.
The dissertation is entitled as "Computer aided Spare Parts management for a Thermal Power plant". An Inventory forecasting methodology is developed for the materials management complex of a thermal power plant
The final project was "Design and Fabrication of wheel Balancing machine"
Studied Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry and Biology apart from the languages English and Tamil