Mechanical Engineering Department

• I. C. Engines & Combustion
• Automotive Engineering
• Pollution
• Heat Transfer
• Theory of Machines
• Alternative Fuels

• Member of Indian Society for Technical Education
• Member of Combustion Institute (Indian Section)
• Member of Institution of Engineers (Indian Section)
• Member of Welding Society of India

• Heat Transfer
• Kinematics of Machines
• Dynamics of Machines
• Conventional Energy
• Conversion Systems
• Theory of SI and CI Engines
• Wind Energy Systems
• Automotive Engineering

International Journals

1. Shivakumar, Srinivasa Pai.P, Shrinivasa Rao B.R., and Samaga B.S., "Experimental Investigation and Neural Network based Prediction of Performance and Emission Characteristics of a 4-Stroke C.I.Engine with WCO as Biodiesel", Int. Journal on Mechanical & Automobile Engineering, IJMAE, Vol.8, Issue No.3, Dec 2009-Feb 2010, pp 50-64.
2. Krishna Murthy, Mahesha G T, Shrinivasa Rao B.R, Samaga B.S, 'Application of EGR for NOx control in LPG- Diesel Dual-Fuel CI Engine,' IJATSE International Journal of Advances in Thermal Sciences and Engineering, volume 1, issue 1, June 2010, pp. 37-43.
3.  Shivakumar, Srinivasa Pai.P, Shrinivasa Rao B.R., and Samaga B.S., "Performance and Emission Characteristics of a 4 Stroke C.I.Engine operated on Honge Methyl Ester using Artificial Neural Network", ARPN Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Vol.5, No.6, June 2010, pp 83-94.
4. Shivakumar, P. Srinivasa Pai & B.R. Shrinivasa Rao , "Artificial Neural Network based prediction of performance and emission characteristics of a variable compression ratio CI engine using WCO as a biodiesel at different injection timings", Applied Energy, 88, 2011, 2344-2354. (Scopus indexed)
5. Krishna Murthy, Madhwesh. N, Shrinivasa Rao. B.R, 'Computational Modeling of Compression Process in a Dual-Fuel Compression Ignition Engine,' IJESE International Journal of Earth Science and Engineering. July 2011, Volume 04 No 04 (Special issue).
6. Shivakumar, Srinivasa Pai.P and Shrinivasa Rao B.R., "Radial Basis Function Network (RBFNN) based prediction of performance and emission characteristics in a Bio-diesel engine run on WCO ester", Advances in Artificial Intelligence, Hindawi Publishing Corporation, doi:10.1155/2012/610487, 2012, 1-7.
7. Krishna Murthy, Madhwesh N, ShrinivasaRao B R 'Influence of Injection Timing on the Performance of Dual Fuel Compression Ignition Engine with Exhaust Gas Recirculation'  International Journal of Engineering Research and Development Volume 1, Issue 11 (July 2012), pp. 36-42.
8. Narasimha Bailkeri, Krishna Prasad S & Shrinivasa Rao B. R., "Comparative study of Performance of dual plug and single plug SI engine at different compression ratios", International Journal of Advanced Research in Engineering and Technology, Vol 4, Issue 5, 2013, pp. 188-197.
9. Narasimha Bailkeri, Krishna Prasad S & Shrinivasa Rao B. R., "Performance study on Twin plug SI engine at different ignition timings", International Journal of Science and Research, Vol 2, issue 8, 2013, pp.231-236.
10. Shiva Kumar, P.Srinivasa Pai, B.R.Shrinivasa Rao & G.S.Vijay, "Prediction of performance and emission characteristics in a biodiesel engine using WCO ester: a comparative study of neural networks", Soft Comput., DOI 10.1007/s00500-015-1666-9, published online 10 April 2015.
11. Dr. Srinivasa Pai P., Dr. Niranjan N. Chiplunkar, Dr. Shrinivasa Rao B. R. and Dr. K. Subrahmanya Bhat, "Effective use of information and communication technology in enhancing teaching-learning outcomes: Some thoughts", Journal of Engineering Education Transformations, Volume 30, No. 1, July 2016, ISSN 2349-2473, eISSN 2394-1707

International Conferences

1. Krishna Murthy, Mahesha G T, Shrinivasa Rao B.R & Samaga B.S, 'Application of EGR for NOx control in LPG- Diesel Dual Fuel CI Engine,' International Conference on Advances in Mechanical Engineering -ICAME- 2009, SVNIT, SURAT, August 3-5, 2009 pp. 196-200.
2. Krishna Murthy, Madhwesh N, Shrinivasa Rao B R, Sarnaga B S, 'Effect of Injection timing on the performance of Dual fuel compression ignition engine with exhaust gas recirculation, International' Conference on Advances in Mechanical and Building Sciences in the 3rd Millennium -ICAMB 2009, VIT Vellore Tamil Nadu, pp. 255-260.
3. Shivakumar, Srinivasa Pai.P, Shrinivasa Rao B.R, Samaga B.S., "Performance and emission characteristics of 4 stroke CI Engine with WCO as biodiesel", Proc. of ICAMB 2009, SMBS, VIT University, Vellore, Dec 14-16, 2009, pp 368-373.
4. Narasimha Bailkeri, N Sathish Kumar, Shrinivasa Rao B. R., & B. S. Samaga, "Performance study on Twin plug Spark Ignition Engine", International conference on Advances in Mechanical and Building Sciences in the3rd Millennium (ICAMB 2009), VIT University, Vellore, December 14-16, 2009, pp.51
5. Krishna Murthy, Madhwesh N, Hemanth Suvarna, Shrinivasa Rao B R, Sarnaga B S, 'Performance Evaluation of Compression Ignition Engine with Alternative Fuel Combinations,' International Conference on Frontiers in Mechanical Engineering - FIME-2010 May 20-22, 2010, NITK Surathkal, pp-28.
6. Shivakumar, Srinivasa Pai.P & Shrinivasa Rao B.R., "Experimental Investigation of Injection Timings on the Performance and Emission Characteristics of a 4-Stroke CI Engine using Honge Methyl Ester and Prediction using Artificial Neural Network", Proceedings of 8th Asia-Pacific Conference on Combustion, 10-13 December 2010, Hyderabad, under the auspices of The Combustion Institute -Indian Section (CIIS), pp 244.
7. Krishna Murthy, Madhwesh. N, Shrinivasa Rao. B.R, 'Computational Modeling of Compression Process, in a Dual fuel Compression Ignition Engine', International Engineering Symposium, March 3-5, 2011 Kumamoto Univ., Japan pp-M2-5-1 M2-5-1
8. Shivakumar, Srinivasa Pai.P & Shrinivasa Rao B.R., "Radial Basis Function Network (RBFNN) based Prediction of Performance and Emission Characteristics in a Bio diesel Engine run on WCO ester", Proc. of Conf. on Mechanical, Automotive and Aerospace Engg. 2011 (ICMAAE'11), Faculty of Engg., International Islamic University, Legend Hotel, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, May 17-19, 2011.
9. Aneesh Jose, Srinivasa Pai P & Shrinivasa Rao B R, "Artificial Neural Network based prediction of Emission and Performance Parameters of LPG-Sunflower Oil Ester Dual Fuel CI Engine", Proc. of Int. Conf. on Recent Advances and Challenges in Energy-2012, MIT, Manipal, Jan 4-6, 2012, published in the Int. J. of Earth Sciences and Engineering, pp 304-311.
10. Narasimha Bailkeri, Krishna Prasad S, Shrinivas Rao B.R. & B.S. Samaga, "Performance study on Twin plug SI engine at different ignition timings", International Conference on Recent Advances and Challenges in Energy 2012 (RACE 2012), Organized by Manipal Institute of Technology, Manipal, India, January 4-6, 2012, pp. 271 - 275.
11. Shivakumar, Srinivasa Pai.P and Shrinivasa Rao B.R., "Performance and Emission Prediction in a Biodiesel Engine Run on Honge Methyl Ester using RBFNN and Regression Models", 2012 International Conference on Power and Energy Systems (ICPES 2012), Lecture Notes in Information Technology, Vol.13, pp 179-185.
12. Adarsha Rai, N. Satheesh Kumar, Srinivasa Pai.P & Shrinivasa Rao B.R., "Fuzzy logic based Prediction of Performance and Emission parameters of a LPG-Diesel dual fuel engine", Int. Conference on Modeling, Optimization and Computing (ICMOC-2012), Noorul Islam University, Nagercoil, April 10-11, 2012, published by ELSEVIER Procedia.
13. Rashmi P.Shetty, Narasimha Bailkeri, Srinivasa Pai.P & Shrinivasa Rao B.R., "Radial basis function Neural Network (RBFNN) based prediction of performance and emission characteristics in a dual spark plug SI engine", Proc. of Int. Conf. on Challenges and Opportunities in Mechanical Engg., Industrial Engg., and Management Studies (ICCOMIM-2012), MSRIT, Bangalore, 11-13 July 2012, pp 560-566.
14. Shiva Kumar, P.Srinivasa Pai and B. R. Shrinivasa Rao, "Prediction of Performance and Emission parameters of a Biodiesel Engine - A Comparison of Neural Networks", Proc.of 3rd International Conference on Mechanical, Automotive and Materials Engineering (ICMAME'2013) April 29-30, 2013, Singapore, pp 107-111.
15. Divya J, Srinivasa Pai. P, Shrinivasa Rao B R & Aneesh Jose, "Performance and Emission Prediction using Multi layer Perceptron Neural Network for a Dual Fuel Engine", Proceedings of International Conference on Emerging Trends in Engineering (ICETE-'13) held at NMAMIT, Nitte during May 15-16, 2013, pp 169-175.
16. Adarsh Rai, Srinivasa Pai.P. and Shrinivasa Rao B R, "Fuzzy model optimization of performance and emission parameters of a Dual Fuel CI Engine", Proceedings of the International Conference on Environment and Sustainable Technologies (iCEST-2014), Dept. of Mechanical & Manufacturing Engg. and Dept. of Aeronautical and Automobile Engg., MIT, Manipal, Jan 3-5, 2014.
17. Satheesh Kumar, Srinivasa Pai P & Shrinivasa Rao B.R., "ANN modeling of Performance and emission parameters in a LPG-Diesel Dual fuel engine with EGR", Proc. of International Mechanical Engineering Congress-2014, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, NIT, Tiruchirapalli, June 13-15, 2014, pp 488-492.
18. Krishna Murthy, Vijay G. S, Shiva Kumar, Madhwesh N., Shrinivasa Rao.B.R 'Combustion analysis of a dual fuel Diesel engine using a two zone model', Proceedings of the 3rd World Conference on Applied Sciences, Engineering and Technology 27-29 September 2014, Kathmandu, Nepal, ISBN 13:978-81-930222-0-7, pp 378-383
19. Shivakumar, Krishna Murthy, Srinivasa Pai P. & Shrinivasa Rao B.R., "Application of Neural Networks for the Prediction of Heat Transfer Parameters in a Multi Pass Cross Flow Heat Exchanger", 3rd World Conference on Applied Sciences, Engineering & Technology, 27-29 September 2014, Kathmandu, Nepal, ISBN 13: 978-81-930222-0-7, pp 350-354.
20. Srinivasa Pai P, Niranjan N.Chiplunkar, Shrinivasa Rao B.R. & Subrahmanya Bhat K., "Undergraduate students' research: A case study of their experiences and perceptions in an Autonomous Institution", Proceedings of 2nd International Conference on Transformations in Engineering Education (ICTIEE 2015), BMS College of Engg., Bengaluru, 5-8, January 2015, pp 395-400.
21. Srinivasa Pai P, Niranjan N.Chiplunkar, Shrinivasa Rao B.R & K.Subrahmanya Bhat, "Effective use of information and communication technology in enhancing teaching-learning outcomes: Some thoughts, Proc. Of Third International Conference of Transformations in Engineering Education ICTIEE 2016, College of Engineering, Pune, Jan 8 - 12, 2016, pp 25. (published in Journal of Engineering Education Transformations, Vol.30, No.1, July 2016, pp 30-38).
22. Satheesh Kumar, B. R. Shrinivasa Rao & P. Srinivasa Pai, "Radial Basis Function Neural Network (RBFNN) Based Modeling in LPG-Disel Dual Fuel Engine with EGR", Proceedings of International Conference on Advanced Materials, Manufacturing, Management & Thermal Sciences (AMMMT - 2016), Siddhaganga Institute of Technology, Tumakuru, 23 - 24, September 2016, pp 101.
23. Satheesh Kumar, B. R. Shrinivas Rao & P. Srinivas Pai, "Comparison of Clustering Algorithms for RBFNN Modeling of LPG-Diesel Dual Fuel Engine Power Prediction", Proceedings of International Conference on Recent Trends in Engineering & Technology (ICoRTET' 16), Cochin University of Science and Technology, Kochi, 3 - 5, October 2016, pp 1 - 7.
24. Srinivas Pai P., Niranjan N. Chiplunkar, Shrinivasa Rao B. R. and Subrahmanya Bhat, "Effective use of information and communication technology in enhancing teaching-learning outcomes: Some thoughts", Third International Conference of Transformations in Engineering Education  ICTIEE 2016, Pune, January 8-12, 2016.
25. Satheesh Kumar, B. R. Shrinivasa Rao, P. Srinivasa Pai, "Comparison of Clustering Algorithms for RBFNN Modeling of LPG-Diesel Dual Fuel Engine Power Prediction", Proceedings of the International Conference on Recent Trends in Engineering & Technology (ICoRTET' 16), Cochin University of Science and Technology, Kochi, October 3 - 5, 2016, pp 1.

National Journals

1. A. Adarsh Rai, P.Srinivasa Pai and B.R.Shrinivasa Rao, "Prediction models for performance and emissions of a dual fuel CI engine using ANFIS", Sadhana, Indian Academy of Sciences, Vol.40, Issue 2, April 2015, pp 515-535.
2. N. S. Kumar, B. R. Shrinivasa Rao & P. S. Pai, "Radial Basis Function Neural Network (RBFNN) Based Modeling in Liquified Petroleum Gas (LPG)-Diesel Dual Fuel Engine with Exhaust Gas Recirculation (EGR)", Indian Journal of Science and Technology, Vol 9(45), DOI: 10.17485/ijst/2016/v9i45/104602, December 2016, pp.1-10.

National Conferences

1. "Emission Levels of Two Stroke S.I, Engine with in-cylinder Fuel Injection" Proceedings of Three Day National Seminar on 'TWO WHEELERS OF TOMORROW, Babasaheb Naik College of Engineering, Pusad , 29-- 31 Jan. 1999, pp 10-16.
2. "Optimization Studies on a TWO-Stroke S.I.Engine- with In-Cylinder Methanol Injection" Proceedings of XVI National Conference on I. C. Engines and Combustion, Jadhavpur University, Calcutta. January 2000, pp 216-223.
3. "Fuel Injection System Pressure Calculations and Estimation of Nozzle Discharge for a Diesel Engine at Various Loads" Proceedings of XVI National Conference on I. C. Engines and Combustion, Jadhavpur University, Calcutta­, January 2000, pp 275-283.
4. "Calculation of Ground Level Dispersion of Gaseous Pollutants from Industrial stacks" National Symposium on Problems and Prospects of Environment in the New Millennium, Mangalore University, 14-16 Dec.2000.
5. "Introducing Flexible Curriculum in Technical Education" Proceedings of National: Seminar on Prospectus &. Trends in Technical Education, 3rd State level Convention of ISTE (Kamataka Section) VEC Bellary, 23 -24 Dec.2000, pp 21-23.
6. "Personality Development and Character Building of Students" National Seminar on Prospects & Trends in Technical Education, 3rd State Level Convention of ISTE (Kamataka Section) VEC, Bellary, 23-24 Dec.2000, pp 82-83.
7. "Investigation on c-b-c Fluctuation in Diesel Engine Working on Dual Fuel with LPG as the secondary Fuel" Proceedings of XVII National Conference on I.C. Engines and Combustion, KREC, Surathkal, 18-20 Dec 2001, pp159-166.
8. "Studies on Particulate matter and Noise Emission for C.I. Engine Working on Dual Fuel Mode" Proceedings on National Seminar on 'Automobile Emissions Monitoring and Control', Annamalai University, Annamalai Nagar, 15-16 March 2002.
9. "Some Experiments on Dual Fuel Diesel Engine with Injection of Vegetable oils and Induction of Liquefied Petroleum Gas" Proceedings of International Conference on New Millennium Alternative Energy Solutions for sustainable Development, PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore, 17-19 January, 2003, pp 480-485.
10. "Reducing. Rural-Urban disparity through planned decentralization of Technical Education" Proceedings of XXXII Annual Convention & National Seminar of Indian Society For Technical Education, NMAMIT, Nitte, 27-29 Dec 2002, pp 22-23. (Souvenir - pp 53-56).
11. "Performance Studies and Particulate Pollution Abatement in Compression Ignition Engine with Dual Fuel Operation using Liquefied Petroleum Gas as Inducted Fuel" Proceedings of International Conference on Energy & Environmental Technologies for Sustainable Development, MNIT Jaipur, 8-10 Oct 2003, pp 308-312.
12. 12.Comparison of Dual Fuel C.I Engine Performance for Two Compression Ratios at Optimized Injection Timing with LPG as Inducted Fuel and Diesel and Sunflower Oil as Injected Fuel" Proceedings of XVIII NCICEC, College of Engineering, Thiruvananthapuram, 17 -19 Dec.2003, pp 625-631.
13. 13."Applying Quality .Function Deployment for Total Quality Management of Technical Education" Proceedings of XXXIII Annual Convention & National Seminar of ISTE, Kumaraguru College of Engg., Coimbatore-, 27-30 Dec 2003. pp 415-422.
14. 14."Improving the Multi-fuel Capability of Marine Diesel Engines -The 'M' Combustion Concept" National Convention of Marine Engineers, IE (I), MLC,13-14 Feb 2004, pp 1-6.
15. 15."Comparative Studies on the Performance of a Compression Ignition Engine with Diesel and Renewable Fuels" Proceedings of National Conference on Advances in Mechanical Engineering, JNNCE, Shimoga, 12-14 Feb 2004.
16. 16."Future Trends and Challenges in Manufacturing" Proceedings of National Conference on Development and Challenges in Manufacturing Engineering 2004, MIT Manipal, 18-20 March 2004.
17. "Selection of KM Model for the Indian Manufacturing Sector" Proceedings of National Conference on World Class Manufacturing, B. D. College of Engineering, Sevagram Wardha, March 2004,
18. 18."Combustion studies on a LPG-Diesel Duel Fuel Engine" XIX NCICEC, Annamalai   University, Chidambaram, 21-23 Dec 2005  pp 125 -130.
19. "Performance Studies on a LPG-Sunflower Oil -Ester Duel Fuel -Engine" National Conference on Recent Advances in Mechanical Engineering, P.A. College of Engineering, Mangalore, 1-3 Dec 2005.
20. "Integrating TQM with Nonaka's KM Model: Development of a self-supporting framework", Proceedings of the National Conference on Total Quality Management for Continuous Quality Improvement in Technical Education, NMAMIT, Nitte, 2-3 March 2006, pp 34 (souvenir).
21. 21."Technology and Human Resource Optimization in Manufacturing using System Dynamics Approach", Proceedings of the National Conference on Advances in Manufacturing Engineering (NCME), April 21-22, 2006, Sona College of Technology, Salem.
22. "Modeling of Project Dynamics in IT sector: A System Dynamics approach for Resource Optimization from a Risk Perspective", BMS College of Engineering, Bangalore.
23. "Modeling of Project Dynamics in IT sector: A System Dynamics approach for Resource Optimization from a Risk Perspective", BMS College of Engineering, Bangalore.
24. 24."Performance and Emission Studies of Diesel Engines Using Ethylene Glycol Mono-alkyl ethers as Oxygenated Fuel Additives", International Conference on    I. C. Engines and Combustion, December 6-9, 2007, JNTU Hyderabad,             pp 218-224.
25. 25."Study of Heat Transfer correlation in Compression Ignition engine", International Conference & Exhibition on Total Engineering Analysis & Manufacturing Technologies, (TEAMTECH 2007), I.I. Sc., Bangalore.
26. 26."Study of Heat Transfer on a Motored Compressed Ignition Engine", International Conference on Recent Advances in Manufacturing Engineering, MIT, Manipal, 24-26 October, 2007, pp 83 (Souvenir 2007)
27. 7."A Study of Variable Frequency Drive (VFD) for Performance Improvement in Pumps", National Conference on Advances in Mechanical Engineering,    October 28-30,2008, Manipal Institute of Technology, Manipal,
28. 28."Dual Plug Spark Ignition Engine-Developments and Future Prospects", National Conference on Recent Developments in Mechanical Engineering,          March 5-6, 2009, College of Engineering, Trivandrum
29. 29."Performance Analysis of Dual Fuel Diesel Engine with Exhaust Gas Recirculation", National Conference on Recent Developments in Mechanical Engineering, March 5-6, 2009, College of Engineering, Trivandrum
30. 30."Analysis of C.I. Engine Performance using Waste Cooking Oil Ester as          Bio-Diesel", National Conference on Recent Developments in Mechanical Engineering, March 5-6, 2009, College of Engineering, Trivandrum
31. "Effect of Injection Timing on the performance of a four stroke C.I engine with waste cooking oil as biodiesel" at the XXI national conference on I.C Engines and Combustion at Bapuji Institute of Engineering and Technology, Davengere, December11 -12, 2009. pp369-378.
32. "Effect of Injection timing on the performance of Dual Fuel Compression ignition engine with exhaust gas recirculation" International Conference on Advances in Mechanical and Building Sciences ( ICAMB 2009), VIT Vellore,Dec 14-16,2009. pp 255-260
33. "Performance Study on Twin Spark Ignition Engine" International Conference on Advances in Mechanical and Building Sciences (ICAMB 2009), VIT Vellore, Dec 14-16,2009, pp 261-264
34. A Study if Variable Frequency Drive (VFO) for Minimization of Energy Consumption in Submersible Pump" International Conference on Advances in Mechanical and Building Sciences (ICAMB 2009), VIT Vellore,Dec 14-16,2009, pp 152-157
35. 35."Identifying the Optimum Warehouse Capacity Requirement: A System Dynamics Approach", 2011 IEEE UKSim 5th European Symposium on Computer Modeling and Simulation. Pp 220-224.

36. Krishna Murthy, Effect of Exhaust gas re-circulation in Dual fuel compression ignition engine' National conference on Advances in Mechanical Engineering- AIM Engineering - 2009, Manipal Institute of Technology Manipal, 4-5th Dec 2009. pp 32-37.
37. Srinivasa Pai.P, Subrahmanya Bhat K. and Shrinivasa Rao B.R., "Entry of Foreign Universities to India: Issues and Challenges Ahead", Souvenir of 40th ISTE National Convention 2010, Mepco Schlenk Engineering College, Sivakasi, December 02-04, 2010, pp 54.
38. Srinivasa Pai.P, Subrahmanya Bhat K., Shrinivasa Rao B R., & Niranjan N Chiplunkar, "Effective Research for Improving the Quality of Technical Education: Some Issues and Concerns",  Souvenir of 42nd  ISTE National Convention 2012, Anurag Group of Institutions, Hyderabad, Dec 18-20, 2012.
39. Srinivasa Pai P., Niranjan N.Chiplunkar, Shrinivasa Rao B R., and Subrahmanya Bhat K., "Understanding the influence of Faculty research on student's learning and performance", Proceedings of the 44th Annual ISTE National Convention, College of Engineering, Trivandrum, 27-29 November, 2014.

Actively involved in the development of

• Energy conversion lab
• Alternative fuels research lab
• Metrology lab
• Chairman, ISTE Nitte Chapter
• Teacher Guardian for academically weak students
• Foreign Universities Visited

1. University of British Columbia
2. Simon Fraser University
3. Thomson Rivers University
4. Royal Roads University
5. Trinity Western University
6. University of Fraser Valley
7. British Columbia Institute of Technology
8. University of Victoria
9. Camosun College

• Total Quality Management
• Six Sigma
• Quality Management in Engineering Education

• Coordinator of Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC) of the Institute from March 2016 onwards.
• Management Representative(MR) for ISO 9000 Quality Management System implementation (Since April 2010)

• Indian Society For Technical Education
• Indian Welding Society

• Total Quality Management
• Statistical Quality Control
• Engineering Economics
• Operations Management
• Operations Research

International Journals

• Gururaj Upadhyaya* and K. Subrahmanya Bhat  "Association of interacting quality initiatives and quality awards with performance; the effect of context"  Int. J. Productivity and Quality Management, Vol. 26, No. 3, 2019, pp 353-370. Inderscience Enterprises Ltd.
  
• Upadhyaya,G. and K. Subrahmanya Bhat (2019), "Quality initiatives, quality awards and performance; contingency effect", Measuring Business Excellence, Vol. 23 No. 3, pp. 335-349.
• GururajUpadhyaya; K. SubrahmanyaBhat "The mutual influence among quality awards and quality initiatives: preliminary investigation among Indian quality award winners" Int. J. of Business Excellence, 2016, Vol.9, No.1, pp.1 - 17.
• GururajUpadhyaya,Subrahmanya Bhat, "The effect of contingencies on mutual influence among quality awards and quality initiatives", The TQM Journal, (2016) Vol. 28 No.6, pp.814 - 833.
• Subrahmanya Bhat, K and Jagadeesh, R. (2009) "An Empirical Study of Barriers to TQM implementation in Indian Industries" The TQM Journal,21, No.3 pp  261-272.

National Journal:

1. P, Subrahmanya Bhat K., Vinaya,B.R., &Samaga,B.S.(2000), "Quality in TechnicalEducation - Is ISO 9000 Certification Necessary?", The Journal of Technical & Vocational Education, TTTI, Chennai, Issue 17, 2000, pp 1-6.
2. P, Subrahmanya Bhat K. &Vinaya,B.R.(2003),"Total Quality Management - A Movement Towards Total Customer Satisfaction" Industrial Engineering Journal, IIIE, NaviMumbai, Vol. XXXII, No. 5, May 2003, pp 8-11.
3. P&Subrahmanya Bhat K. (2004) "From ISO 9000 to Total Quality Management in a Technical Institution: A Journey towards Continuous Improvement", The Indian Journal of Technical Education, Vol. 27, No.1, January-March, 2004, pp 49-55.
4. Subrahmanya Bhat K. (2005) "Quality Improvement in Technical Education - Tools for improving student results" Indian Journal of Training and development, Vol. 35, No.2, pp 48-57.
5. P & Subrahmanya Bhat K. (2005), "Total Quality Management Application in Technical Education", The Indian Journal of Technical Education, Vol.28, No.3, July-September, 2005, pp 61-66.
6. Srinivasa Pai.P, Subrahmanya Bhat K.&B.S.Samaga (2006), "Relevance of ISO 9000 Certification for Educational Institutions: An Analysis", University News, A Weekly Journal of Higher Education, AIU, Vol. 44, No.37, September 11-17, 2006, pp 5-11.
7. Subrahmanya Bhat K (2010), "Quality Awards as motivators in achieving Total Quality Management" SDM IMD Journal of Management, Vol.1, Issue 2, September 2010.
8. Srinivasa Pai P, Subrahmanya Bhat, N.S.Sriram and B.S.Samaga,, "Increased Industry-Academia Interaction and its Relevance for Technological Innovation in the new Globalized world", The Journal of Engineering Education, Vol. XXVII, No.5, Jan 2014, pp 21-27. (ISSN 0971-5843)
9. Srinivasa Pai P, NiranjanChiplunkar, Shrinivasa Rao B R, Subrahmanya Bhat K "Effective use of information and communication technology in enhancing teaching-learning outcomes: Some thoughts" Journal of engineering education transformations, Vol.30, No.1, July 2016.
10. Subrahmanya Bhat, K and Jagadeesh, R. (2006) "ISO 9000 Implementation in Indian Industries: A study of its reasons and benefits" The ICFAI Journal of Operations Management, 5, No.4, pp 53-64.
11. Srinivasa Pai P, K.Subrahmanya Bhat, Shrinivasa Rao B R, Niranjan N.Chiplunkar, "The need for a Structured approach to Teach Engineering-Some Preliminary Thoughts", Journal of Engineering Education Transformations, Vol. 32, No.3, Jan 2019, pp 19-26. (ISSN 2349-2473) 
    

 Conference Papers:

1. Srinivasa Pai.P, Dr. B.S.Samaga, Vinaya B.R.&Subrahmanya Bhat K. (2002) "Continuous Quality Improvement in Technical Education: The Need for National Economic Development", published in the Proceedings of the 5th ISTE Karnataka State Level Convention, UBDT College of Engineering, Davangere, India, Nov 12-13, 2002.
2. Srinivasa Pai.P, Dr. B.S.Samaga, Vinaya B.R. &Subrahmanya Bhat K. (2002) "Information Technology adds a new dimension to the growth of Technical Education", published in the Proceedings of 32nd Annual ISTE Convention at NMAM Institute of Technology, Nitte, India, Dec. 27-29, 2002.
3. Srinivasa Pai.P, Vinaya B.R. &Subrahmanya Bhat K. (2003) "Industry-Institute-Interaction for Updating Curriculum relevant to meet the requirements of Globalization", published in the Proceedings of 6th ISTE Karnataka State Convention & National Conference at SSIT, Tumkur, Nov 14-15, 2003, pp 96-100.
4. Srinivasa Pai.P, Dr. B.S.Samaga, Vinaya B.R. &Subrahmanya Bhat K. (2003) "Quality Improvement, Knowledge Management and Benchmarking: The Three Keys for Global Competitiveness", published in the Proceedings of 33rd Annual ISTE Convention at Kumaraguru College of Technology, Coimbatore, India, Dec.27-30, 2003.
5. Srinivasa Pai.P, Dr. B.S.Samaga, Subrahmanya Bhat K. &Vinaya B.R.(2004), "Knowledge Management in Engg. Institutions - Some issues", Proc. of the National Conference on Integration of Strategies for Effective Quality Management in Technical Education, 2-3 December,2004, NMAM Institute of Technology, Nitte, pp 78-84.
6. Srinivasa Pai.P, Dr. B.S.Samaga, Subrahmanya Bhat K.&Vinaya B.R.(2004), "Knowledge Management for Sustainable Competitive Advantage in a Technical Institution", Souvenir of 34th Annual ISTE Convention & National Seminar at Netaji Subhas Institute of Technology, New Delhi, Dec 18-20, 2004, pp 51.
7. Subrahmanya Bhat K., &SrinivasaPai.P(2005), "ISO 9000 Standards and Total Quality Management (TQM): A Comparative Study", published in the Proc. of the National Conference on Recent Advances in Mechanical Engg. (README 05), Dept. of Mechanical Engg., PACE, Mangalore during Dec 1-3, 2005.
8. Srinivasa Pai.P., Subrahmanya Bhat K.& Dr. B.S.Samaga (2006), "Application of Total Quality Management (TQM) in Technical Institutions: A Literature Overview", Souvenir of the National Conference on Total Quality Management for Continuous Quality Improvement in Technical Education", organized by Dept. of Mechanical Engg., NMAMIT, Nitte, during 2-3 March 2006, pp 31.
9. Subrahmanya Bhat K.&SrinivasaPai.P (2006), "Critical Success Factors for Total Quality Management Implementation in Technical Institutions", Proceedings of the National Conference on Total Quality Management for Continuous Quality Improvement in Technical Education", organized by Dept. of Mechanical Engg., NMAMIT, Nitte, during 2-3 March 2006, pp 36.
10. Srinivasa Pai.P, Subrahmanya Bhat K.&B.S.Samaga (2006), "Effective Implementation of TQM in Technical Education: A Review of Some Successful Models", Souvenir of 36th Annual ISTE Annual Convention & National Seminar on Quality, Sustainability and Social Responsibility: Interfaces in Technical Education in the Context of Globalization at Bannari Amman Institute of Technology, Sathyamangalam, Dec 14-16, 2006, pp 26.
11. Srinivasa Pai..P, Subrahmanya Bhat K.,S.Sriram&B.S.Samaga (2007), "Increased Industry-Academia Interaction and its Relevance for Technological Innovation in the New Globalized world", Souvenir of 37th Annual ISTE Convention & National Seminar on Excellence in Technical Education through Innovation at MIT, Manipal, Dec 17-19, 2007, pp 44.
12. Srinivasa Pai. P, Subrahmanya Bhat K., B.S.Samaga&S.Y.Kulkarni (2008), "Enhanced Effectiveness of Research and Development through Academic Autonomy in Technical Institutions - A study", Souvenir of 38th Annual ISTE Convention at KIIT University, Dec 19-21, 2008.
13. Srinivasa Pai.P, Subrahmanya Bhat K. and Shrinivasa Rao B.R., "Entry of Foreign Universities to India: Issues and Challenges Ahead", Souvenir of 40th ISTE National Convention 2010, MepcoSchlenk Engineering College, Sivakasi, December 02-04, 2010, pp 54.
14. G Upadhyaya, Subrahmanya Bhat K.(2011) "Quality initiatives: A literature review on relationship, blending and scope for research", International conference on Industrial Engineering (ICIE 2011), SVNIT,Surat, November 17-19, 2011.
15. Srinivasa Pai.P, Subrahmanya Bhat K., Shrinivasa Rao B R., &Niranjan N Chiplunkar, "Effective Research for Improving the Quality of Technical Education: Some Issues and Concerns", Souvenir of 42nd  ISTE National Convention 2012, Anurag Group of Institutions, Hyderabad, Dec 18-20, 2012.
16. Srinivasa Pai P., NiranjanN.Chiplunkar, Shrinivasa Rao B R., and Subrahmanya Bhat K., "Understanding the influence of Faculty research on student's learning and performance", Proceedings of the 44th Annual ISTE National Convention, College of Engineeering, Trivandrum, 27-29 November, 2014.
17. Srinivasa Pai P, NiranjanN.Chiplunkar, Shrinivasa Rao B.R. &Subrahmanya Bhat K., "Undergraduate students' research: A case study of their experiences and perceptions in an Autonomous Institution", Proceedings of 2nd International Conference on Transformations in Engineering Education (ICTIEE 2015), BMS College of Engg., Bengaluru, 5-8, January 2015, pp 395-400.
18. Gururaj Upadhyaya, K Subrahmanya Bhat "Effect of context factors on correlation between Mutual influence among Quality Initiatives and Quality Awards and performance" International conference on Operations Management and Research (ICOMAR 2016), Jan.21-22 2016,SDMIMD, Mysore.
19. Srinivasa Pai P., NiranjanChiplunkar, Shrinivasa Rao B R, Subrahmanya Bhat K. "Effective use of information and communication technology in enhancing teaching-learning outcomes: Some thoughts" Jan 8-12, Third ICTIEE 2016, Pune.
20. Subrahmanya Bhat, K. and Jagadeesh, R. (2006) "A Study of ISO 9000 Implementation in Indian Industries" Proceedings of the International Conference on Global Manufacturing and Innovation (GMI 2006), July 27-29, 2006, Coimbatore Institute of Technology, Coimbatore.
21. Subrahmanya Bhat, K., Jagadeesh, R. and SrinivasaPai, P (2004) "TQM Implementation Approaches in Industries- Some issues" Proceedings of National Conference on Advances in Mechanical Engineering-2004, JNNCE, Shimoga, Feb. 12-14, pp 34-45.
22. Subrahmanya Bhat, K., Jagadeesh, R and SrinivasaPai, P (2004)  "From ISO 9000 to TQM- A Journey towards Excellence" Proceedings of the National Conference on Challenges in Achieving Global Quality, CAGQ 2004, Thiagarajar College of Engineering, Madurai, May 24-25, pp 121-126.
23. Dr. Srinivasa Pai P,  Dr. K. Subrahmanya Bhat, Dr. Niranjan N Chiplunkar, Dr. Shrinivasa Rao B R, "Awareness of Faculty for implementation of Outcome based Education: need for improvement and way ahead" Proceedings of the 48th ISTE National Annual Faculty Convention - 2019 on ―"Technical Education for Smart Society" pp 19-25.
    

Actively involved in the development of

• Energy conversion lab
• Alternative fuels research lab
• Metrology lab
• Chairman, ISTE Nitte Chapter
• Teacher Guardian for academically weak students
• Foreign Universities Visited

1. University of British Columbia
2. Simon Fraser University
3. Thomson Rivers University
4. Royal Roads University
5. Trinity Western University
6. University of Fraser Valley
7. British Columbia Institute of Technology
8. University of Victoria
9. Camosun College

• Solar Energy
• Wind Energy
• I C Engine
• Bio Fuels
• Optimization

• Life member of Indian Society for Technical Education
• Life member of Combustion Institute-Indian Section
• Member of International Solar Energy Society(ISES)

POST GRADUATE PROGRAMME

• Non-Conventional energy sources(MTech)
• Wind energy Conversion Systems(MTech)
• Energy systems modeling and analysis(MTech)
• Utilisation of solar thermal energy(MTech)
• Pollution Control From Thermal Power Stations(MTech)
• Combustion Engineering(MTech)
• Biomass Energy for IC Engines(MTech)
• Energy Conversion(MTech)
• Quantitative Techniques for Managament(MBA)
• Management Science(MCom)

UNDERGRADUATE  PROGRAMME

• Engg Drawing I, Engg Drawing II, Engg Graphics
• Elements of Mechanical Engg, Mechanical Engg Science
• Manufacturing Process I, Manufacturing Process II
• Material Science
• Automotive Mechanics
• Production Planning Control
• Operations Research
• Thermodynamics I, Thermodynamics II, Applied Thermodynamics
• Industrial Management
• Machine Drawing I, Machine Drawing II
• Non-Conventional Energy systems
• Industrial Pollution

Journal

1. Sudesh Bekal and T P Ashok Babu, "Bio-fuel variants for use in CI engine at design and off-design regimes.", Fuel,87, 2008,3550-3561,DOI:10.1016/j.fuel.2008.07.001
2. P.Ashok Babu,Sudesh Bekal, Mitigation of green-house gas from CI engine - Operating condition optimization. J. of Mid European Construction and Design of Cars 6 (2008) 42-48,ISSN:1214-0821
3. Bekal,T.P.Ashok Babu,Analysis of Cycle-by-Cycle fluctuation in combustion parameter in  CI engine operation for various bio-fuels, Energy Sources, Part A: Recovery, Utilization, and Environmental Effects,2011,33:19,1792-1801.DOI:10.1080/15567030903419422. ISSN:1556-7036
4. Bekal,N.R.Bhat,Bio-lubricant as an Alternative to Mineral oil for CI Engine - An Experimental Investigation with Pongamia Oil as Lubricant, Energy Sources, Part A: Recovery, Utilization, and Environmental Effects,2012,34,1016-1026,10.1080/15567031003735303,ISSN:1556-7036
5. Divakara Shetty,Debjyoti Sahu,Ravi Kumar,Sudesh Bekal,Performance and Emission Characteristics of Pongamia Oil-Kerosene Blend Used in Commercial Kerosene Stove, Energy and Power,2015,5(1A),19-27.
6. Nishanth Kamath, Sudesh Bekal, Ravinarayan Bhat, Use of Multi-hole Nozzle in CI engine-A Comparison of Efficiency,JETIR,2015,2(4),1304-1311,ISSN:2349-5162
7. K Shenai, S Bekal, K Sankaran, Transforming Engineering Education in India, Journal of Engineering Education Transformation,2015.
8. Nagaraj Bhat, Sudesh Bekal, Diesel Engine Working on Waste Cooking Oil B100 Biodiesel with Different operating Configurations, International Journal of Engineering Research in Mechanical and Civil Engineering,2,6,2017

Conference

1. "Studies on Particulate matter and noise emission for C.I engine working on dual fuel mode", National Seminar on 'AUTOMOBILE EMISSION MONITORING AND CONTROL',Annamalai University,Chidambaram,15-16, March 2002.
2. "Some Experiments on a Dual Fuel Diesel Engine with Injection of Vegetable Oils and Induction of Liquified Petroleum Gas", Twenty sixth national renewable energy convention of solar enery society of India and International conference on new millennium-Alternative energy solutions for sustainable development, PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore, 17-19,Jan,2003
3. "NOX & particulate emission studies for overload condition of a CI engine fueled by vegetable oil ester",International conference on Bio-Fuel Vision-2015, Engineering College Bikaner(Govt. of Raj.-Autonomous Institute),Rajasthan,13-15,Oct,2006
4. "Experimental Investigation of CI Engine with lower and higher blends of vegetable oilbiodiesel and petrodiesel",National Conference on Energy and Environment,Jaiput Engineering College, Jaipur,25-26,Nov. 2006.
5. "Comparative performance evaluations of LPG-diesel and LPG-sunflower oil dual fuel engine",XVIII NCICEC, College of engineering,Thiruvananthapuram, 17-19,Dec,2003
6. "Design and performance of axial compressor with tandem Blading", National Conference on FPFM, IIT Mumbai, May 1993.
7. XXXII Annual convention and National seminar of ISTE,NMAMIT,Nitte, 27-29,Dec,2002.
8. "Use of Vegetable oil ester in CI engine- Some studies under overload condition", Proceddings of 6th Asia-Pacific Conference on Combustion,Nagoya University,Nagoya, Japan, 20-23 May 2007, 310-313.
9. "Some Studies on Chemical Composition, and Properties of Ester of Edible and Inedible Vegetable Oils, and Their Use in CI Engine". The 7th Asia Pacific Conference on Combustion, Taiwan, Taipei. May 24, 2009.
10. "Effect of Varying 9-Octadecenoic Acid Content in Ester on The Performance of CI Engine". The Proceedings of  7th Asia Pacific Conference on Combustion, Taiwan, Taipei. May 24, 2009.
11. "THE EFFECT OF NANO PARTICLE ENFORCEMENT ON ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY OF METAL MATRIX COMPOSITE",Proceedings of conference on Recent trends in Alternate Sources of Energy and pollution control. 13-14th May 2011, KVGCE, Sullia, Karnataka
12. "A Case Study on the Performance and Emission Characteristics of a Pongamia Methyl Ester Fuelled CI Engine at Varied Compression Ratios", Proceedings of conference on Recent trends in Alternate Sources of Energy and pollution control. 13-14th May 2011, KVGCE, Sullia, Karnataka
13. "Design and Implementation of A330 Rod End Bearing Endurance Test and Energy Management Information System for the Test", Proceedings of conference on Recent trends in Alternate Sources of Energy and pollution control. 13-14th  May 2011, KVGCE, Sullia, Karnataka
14. " Experimental study on the performance of a small scale model of Solar Chimney Power Plant (SCPP) with multiple materials for energy storage",Proceedings of ICETE-2011, 4-5th May, NMAM Institute of Technology, Nitte, Karnataka.
15. "Performance Study of Latent Heat Storage Using Aluminium Powder in PCM in a Compact Solar Water Heater", Proceedings of ICETE-2013, , May 2013, NMAMIT,Nitte,153-159.
16. " Life Cycle assessment of Bio-diesel Production From Pongamia Pinnata-A Case Study", Proceddings of ICETE-2012, May 2012, NMAMIT,Nitte,172-196.
17. " Use of Intra-Blend of Vegetable Oil- Ester in CI engine: An Experimental Analysis", Proceedings of 21st NCICEC, Dec.10-12,2009, BIET,Davangere,379-386.
18. " Experimental Study on Pongamia Methyle Ester as an Alternative Fuel in Diesel Engine", National Conference on organizational learning, technology, education, and Management Scenario in India, 24-25th March 2009, NSS College of Engg., Phalghat
19. "Comparative Performance study of a 4-stroke Compression Ignition Engine with pongamia oil and its Methyl Ester", National Conference on Advances in Mechanical Science, 26-27th March 2009,Kumaraguru College of Technology, Coimbatore,
20. "Studies on small CI Engine Using Pongamia oil and its blends with diesel as fuel", National Conference on Recent Developments in Mechanical Engineering, 5-6th March 2009, Sree Chitra Thirunal College of Engg, Trivandrum, 14.
21. "Performance Study of a Solar Chimney Power Plant with Multiple Materials for Energy storage", Proceedings of ICETE-2012, May 2012, NMAMIT,Nitte,109,113.
22. "Diesel Engine working on Pongamia Ester with different injection configuration and Intake pressure-A Study", A National Level Conference ,Jnanasangama-2016 held at Vivekananda College of Engineering and Technology,Puttur, held on 3 May 2016.

• Internal Combustion Engines
• Alternative Fuels, Emissions & Pollution control
• Automobile engineering, lean and green manufacturing
• Energy conservation and management
• Global warming and climate change

1. Award from Ministry of Non-Conventional Energy Sources - MNES (then or the present Ministry of New and Renewable Energy - MNRE), Government of India in 1989 and 1993 as follows:

1. Young Scientist Award for Biomass Gasifier development in 1989 
2. Award/prize for Technology Development of Fuel Flexible (Producer Gas or any other) Producer Gas Engine.

2. GATE-1986 fellowship for pursuing M. Tech at IIT Bombay during 1986-1988.
3. DAAD Fellowship: During 1992-1995 received prestigious
4. DAAD Fellowship to carry our part of Ph.D work in Germany at Kassel University involving IIT Bombay in India, nominated through Ministry of Human Resources Development, Government of India.
5. Reviewer - The Elsevier Journal of Energy Conservation and Management since 2016
6. National Executive Council Member - Combustion Institute India during 2004-2006
7. National Executive Council Member - Indian Welding Society since 2017
8. Member of Board of Studies of reputed universities/Engineering colleges while in industry as industry member

• SAE International (SAE)
• Institution of Engineers India (IEI)
• Indian Society of Systems for Science and Engineering (ISSE)
• Fluid Power Society of India (FPSI)
• Indian Welding Society (IWS)
• Patent Agent (Indian Register)
• Combustion Institute - Indian Section
• Secretary of Rotary Club Nitte 2015-16 and President Rotary Club Nitte 2017-18

UG Programme:

• Basic Thermodynamics
• Applied Thermodynamics
• Automotive Engineering
• Elements of Mechanical Engineering.

PG Programme:

• Energy Conservation & Management
• Energy Storage
• Alternative Energy Systems
• Biomass Energy for IC Engines

• B. E: More than 100 projects (including while working in KCTI-Bharat Forge Limited, Pune and MITAOE, Pune)
• Overseas student: 1 (Student of Professional Bachelor in Automotive Technology, Department of Industrial Sciences, Karel de Grote University College, Antwerp Belgium)
• Tech: 5
• Ph.D:  5 (ongoing)

1. "Performance Evaluation of a Diesel Engine Dual-Fueled on Producer Gas & Diesel", Proc. 10th National Conference on Internal Combustion Engines and Combustion (NCICEC), Baroda, India, Dec.17-19, 1987.
2. "Study of Thermal and Emission Performance of Small Gasifier Dual-fuel Engines Systems", J. Biomass (special publication), Elsevier Applied Science, England, 1989.
3. "The State-of-Art Report on Rice Husk Gasification - The Indian Scene", The report prepared for BTG Group, University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands, a part of the Global report (Job No. 558/DRD/ME-PPP-1/88-89), May 1989.
4. "The Test Facilities for Performance Evaluation of Biomass Gasifiers and Gasifier-Engine Systems", Proc. 1st National meet on Recent Advances in Biomass Gasification Technology, IIT Bombay, India, Sept. 11-12, 1989.
5. "Some Design Clues Emerging from Operating Experience of Biomass Gasifiers", Proc. 1st National Meet on Recent Advances in Biomass Gasification Technology, IIT Bombay, India, Sept. 11-12, 1989.
6. "On Updraft Gasification for Thermal Applications", Proc. of the 1st National meet on Recent Advances in Biomass Gasification Technology, IIT Bombay, India, Sept. 11-12, 1989.
7. "Design, Development and Testing of an Industrial Burner for Use with Low Energy Gas", Proc. of the 2nd Meet on Recent Advances on Biomass Gasification Tech., Udaipur, India, Dec. 2021, 1990.
8. "Performance Evaluation of a 20 kW Gasifier Engine System - A Discernment into Tuning Needs", Third International Conference on Small Engines and their Fuels for Use in Rural Areas, University of Reading, UK. July 7-19, 1990.
9. "On Some Facets of Gasifier Design, Operation & Performance", Proc. of the 2nd National meet on Recent Advances on Biomass Gasification Technology, Udaipur, India, Dec. 20-21, 1990.
10. "Development & Testing of a Downdraft Rice Husk Gasifier System", Proc. 2nd National Meet on Recent Advances on Biomass gasification Technology, Udaipur, India, Dec. 20-21, 1990.
11. "On Performance of Downdraft Gasifier as Influenced by Use of water-Seal - An Experimental Study", Proc. 2nd National Meet on Recent Advances on Biomass Gasification Tech., Udaipur, India, Dec, 1990.
12. "A Gasifier-Combustor for Small Thermal Energy Applications in Rural Areas", Proc. 3rd National Meet on Recent Advances in Biomass Gasification Technology, GEDA, Vadodara, India, Dec. 1991.
13. "Design & Development of a Producer-gas Burner System for Canteen Applications", Proc. 3rd National Meet on Recent Advances on Biomass Gasification Technology, GEDA, Vadodara, India, Dec. 1991.
14. "On Wear & Maintenance of Producer-gas Dual Fuel Engines - Effect of Tar & Particulate", Presented at "Third National Technical Meet on Recent Advances in Biomass Gasification" held at Gujarat Energy Development Agency, Vadodara, India, 28 - 29 November 1991.
15. "Wear & Maintenance of Biomass Based Producer-gas Dualfuel Engines - Effect of Tars & Particulate", Proceedings - IGT Conference "Energy from Biomass & Wastes XVI" Orlando, USA, 2 -6 March 1992.
16. "Producer-Gas Operated SI Engine - Development and Analysis", Proc. 12th NCICEC, IIP Dehradun, India, 15-18 Sept., 1992.
17. "Development & Performance Analysis of 15 kWe Producergas Operated S.I. Engine", Presented at "Fourth National Technical Meet on Recent Advances in Biomass Gasification" at Karnataka State Council for Science & Techn., Mysore, India, Jan1993.
18. "On Some Fuel Injection Facets of Dual-fuel Engines", Proceedings of "Fourth National Technical Meet on Recent Advances in Biomass Gasification" held at Karnataka State Council for Science & Technology, Mysore, India, 6 - 8 January 1993.
19. "Development of a 15 kWe Spark-Ignition Producer Gas Engine and some Investigations of its In-Cylinder Processes", Presented and published in World Renewable Energy Congress Proceedings, University of Reading, England, Sept. 1994.
20. "Design, Development & Optimization of a Spark Ignition Producer Gas Engine", Presented at the 14th NCICEC held at IAT Pune, India, 8-10 December, 1995.
21. "Spark Ignition Producer Gas Engine and Dedicated Compressed Natural Gas Engine - Technology Development and Experimental Performance Optimization", SAE 1999 Fall Fuels & Lubricants Meeting & Exposition held at Toronto, Canada in October 1999.
22. Biomass gasification - Half page article in "The New India Express" daily newspaper (presently "Indian Express", Science Edition, Hyderabad, India, May 1998.
23. "Biomass - A Substitute for Fossil Fuels", A paper published in the Newsletter of the Combustion Institute - Indian Section, April-June 2004 http://www.combustioninstituteindiansection.com/pdf/BIOMASS.pdf
24. Review of diesel exhaust emissions: Basics, regulations & standards, measurements and controls; Jadhavpur University, India, Jan 2007
25. "Development of framework for Green Manufacturing", 3rd CUTSE International Conference, Curtin University, Miri Sarawak, Malaysia by Dr. Shashikantha Karinka, published in Malaysia, 8-9 November, 2011
26. "Case study of continuing educational programmes in Indian industries in the globalized world", Fourth International Conference on Higher Education: Special Emphasis on Management Education, Justice K.S. Hegde Institute of Management (JKSHIM), Nitte, India, 29-30 December, 2014, Published in Social Science Research Network, http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2585537
27. "Mobile Learning - A review of whether it is a myth or a reality", 2-Day International Conference on Building Knowledge Centres, NMAM Institute of Technology, Nitte, India, 1-2 January 2015. Published in "Building Knowledge Centres - ICBKC 2015", Bonfring publications, 2015, pp. 105-116.
28. ''Development of a framework for green product development" has been published in "Benchmarking - AnInternational Journal", Vol.22, Issue.3, Emerald group publication, UK, April 2015, pp 426-445.
29. "A Review of Optimum Tilt Angle for Maximum Radiation in Photovoltaic Power Generation", Recent Advancement in Engineering Research, ENGGPOS-2015, Karpagam University, Bonfring publication, Edited by Dr. Hema C.R., pp: 30-34, March 2015.E-publication: http://conference.bonfring.org/conference_proceedings.php?year=2015&conference=International%20Engineering%20Post%20Graduate%20Research%20Conference&page=5
30. "Case study of crank shaft manufacturing cost reduction through tool cost reduction" was presented in the conference and published in the conference proceedings titled "Recent Developments in Engineering Research - ENGGPOS 2015" ISBN No: 978-93-84743-55-0,Bonfring publication, pp.124-128. Epublication:http://conference.bonfring.org/conferenceproceedings.php?conferencename=International%20Engineering%20Post%20Graduate%20Re search%20Conference&id=3074.
31. An experimental study to determine the Optimal Tilt Angle of Photovoltaic Panel for Maximum Radiation at Nitte in India, International Conference on Emerging Trends in Engineering -2015 (ICETE-2015), held at NMAMIT, Nitte, 8-9 May 2015, published in Proceedings ICETE, Excellent Publishing House, New Delhi, pp: 914, May 2015.
32. Simulation of Solid Oxide Fuel Cell using Solid Porous Electrolyte, International Conference on Emerging Trends in Engineering -2015 (ICETE-2015), held at NMAMIT, Nitte, 8-9 May 2015, published in Proceedings ICETE, Excellent Publishing House, New Delhi, pp: 74-79, May 2015. (Work carried out in Ritsumeikan University Japan)
33. "Manufacturing process defects of automotive brake drums and implementation of poka-yoke - A case Study" by Toon Daems, Shashikantha Karinka, Balakrishna Shetty A, Eddy Versonnen International Journal of Innovative Research in Science, Engineering and Technology, Volume 5, Special Issue 5, May 2016. (Mr. Toon Dames - A Belgian student worked in NMAMIT and Lamina Foundries, Nitte)
34. Modeling and control of ball screw driven dual positioning system, Prabha Niranjan, Shashikantha Karinka, KVSSSS Sairam, ISSS J Micro Smart Syst, Springer, 22 Sep.2017.
35. Friction Identification and Control of Ball Screw Driven System using PLC, Chaithra Byndoor, Prabha Niranjan, Dr. KVSSSS Sairam, Dr. Shashikantha Karinka, International Journal of Innovative Research in Science, Engineering and Technology Vol. 5, Special Issue 9, May 2016.
36. Position Control of Single Stage Dual Range Positioning System, Prabha Niranjan., Dr. KVSSSS Sairam, Dr. Shashikantha Karinka, 2016 IEEE Student Conference on Research and Development (SCOReD)-2016.
37. Investigation of Static Friction in ball Screw Driven System, Chaithra Byndoor, Prabha Niranjan, Dr. KVSSSS Sairam, Dr. Shashikantha Karinka, International Journal of Innovative Research in Science, Engineering and Technology Vol. 5, Special Issue 9, May 2016.
38. "Effect of geometric parameters and friction on strain in ECAP - 3D FEM investigation and validation" by Manish, Melwyn RC, Dr. Mallikappa and Dr. Shashikantha Karinka, ICETE-2017, Nitte, India, 12 May 2017.
39. Strategy for defects reduction in manufacturing process of wind turbine blades, 3rd ISSE National Conference - 2017, National Conference on Complex Engineering Systems of National Importance: Current Trends & Future Perspective, 12-13 October 2017.  

NID Ahmedabad-MSME Design Clinic Student projects:

• Multiple Bio-diesel Seed Decorticator project with funding of Rs.1.02 Lakhs during 2015. (Project code: SDP-15-180).
• Screw press expeller for honne oil extraction project with of Rs.2.00 Lakhs during 2017. (Project code: SDP17-1003) with industrial partner, M/s Chithari Brothers, KINFRA Industrial Park, Kasargod. 

• Tool Condition Monitoring
• Acoustic Emission
• Vibration Monitoring
• Artificial Neural Networks
• Maintenance Engineering & Management
• Wavelet and its applications to Machining related areas
• High speed machining related areas including wear studies
• Surface roughness analysis
• Surface integrity studies 
  

• Merit Certificate from Department of Education, Govt. of Karnataka for Meritorious candidates (Secondary School Exam) in 1987.
• First Rank in B.E (Industrial & Production Engg.) in 1993 from Mangalore University.
• Selected in The Marquis Who's Who World Directory 2006, published by Marquis Who's Who, USA.
• Winner of the Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE) - SGSITS National Award for The Research Work done by Young Teachers (Below 35) of Engineering Colleges for the year 2005.

      For the Research publications titled

• Tool Condition Monitoring Strategies for Automation in Manufacturing Process - An Overview
• Neural Network Based Tool wear monitoring techniques: A Critical Performance Evaluation
• Acoustic Emission Analysis for Tool Wear Monitoring in Face Milling Based on Radial Basis Function Neural Networks

• Selected by the International Biographical Centre, Cambridge, UK as 'Leading Engineers of the World' for the year 2006.
• Winner of the Air India BOLT (Broad Outlook - Learner Teacher) Award for the District of Udupi for the year 2006.
• Certificate of Achievement for having guided the Best MTech Thesis (II Prize) titled "Fuzzy logic based Prediction of performance and emission parameters of a dual fuel CI engine" submitted by A. Adarsh Rai during 42nd Annual National Convention of ISTE, held at Hyderabad in Dec 2012.
• Winner of "Best Researcher Award" of NMAMIT for the year 2012-13.
• Completed a Mini-course on "Publishing and Reviewing Papers in Engineering Education" conduced on-line from June 7th - July 26th, 2016 by Dr. Sohum Sohoni and Dr. Scotty Craig, Arizona State University, USA under the aegis of Indo Universal Collaboration for Engineering Education (IUCEE).
• Completed a course on "Outcome based Education" during August-December 2016.
• Selected for the Leadership For Academicians Programme (LEAP), MHRD, Govt. of India at IIT Kharagpur from Nov 11-22, 2019 and at IfM, University of Cambridge, UK from Jan 6-10, 2020.
  

• Life Member of Indian Society for Technical Education (M.I.S.T.E)
• Associate Member of The Institution of Engineers (India) (A.M.I.E)
• Life Member of Kodagu, Dakshina Kannada & Udupi Engineers Association.
• Life Member of Tribology Society of India (2007) (Affiliated to International Tribology Council, UK)
• Life Member of Condition Monitoring Society of India (2011) (CMSI)

At UG Level:

• Foundry & Welding Technology
• Instrumentation & Control Engg.
• Metal Cutting Theory and Practice
• Design of Jigs, Fixtures and Press Tools
• Marketing Management
• Supply Chain Management
• Data Base Management System
• Non-Destructive Testing
• Project Management
• Control Engineering
• Mechanical Vibrations
• Management Information Systems
• Maintenance Engineering
• Tribology
• Mechanical Measurements and Metrology
• Operations Research
• Machine Tool Design
• Introduction to Machine Learning 
• Introduction to Cognitive Computing 

 At PG Level

• Experimental Stress Analysis
• Advanced Mechanical Vibrations
• Theory of Vibrations
  

Projects guided at UG level: 19

 Projects guided at PG level: 8

 PhD Projects guided:

• Experimental Investigation and Performance and emission Modeling in a biodiesel engine using Artificial Neural Networks (2012).
• Vibration Signal Analysis for Defect Characterization of Rolling Element Bearing using Some Soft Computing Techniques (2013).
• Wavelet analysis of vibration signal for fault diagnosis of rolling element bearing (2017).
• ANN modeling and optimization of power output from horizontal axis wind turbine (2019). 
  
• Surface Roughness Modeling and Optimization in Titanium Based Alloys using Vibration in High Speed Machining (2020)
  

International Journals:

1. Srinivasa Pai.P, T.N.Nagabhushana, Ramakrishna Rao,P.K.,"Tool Wear    Estimation Using Resource Allocation Network",  J.of Machine Tools &  Manufacture,     Vol.41,No.5, Feb 2001,  pp 673-685. (Scopus indexed)
2. Srinivasa Pai.P, Ramakrishna Rao,P.K., "Acoustic Emission Analysis for Tool Wear Monitoring in Face Milling", Int. J. of Production Research, Vol. 40, No. 5, March  2002, pp 1081-1093.  (Scopus indexed).
3. Srinivasa Pai.P, T.N.Nagabhushana, Ramakrishna Rao, P.K., "Flank Wear Estimation in Face Milling Based on Radial Basis Function Neural Networks", Int. J. of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, 20, 2002, pp 241-247. (Scopus indexed)
4. Srinivasa Pai.P, T.N.Nagabhushana, Ramakrishna Rao,P.K. & Raj BKN Rao, "Radial Basis Function Neural Networks for Tool Wear Monitoring : A Critical Evaluation" International Journal of  COMADEM, Vol. 5, No. 3, July 2002,  pp 21- 30. (Scopus indexed)
5. N.Nagabhushana, Srinivasa Pai.P & Raj BKN Rao, "Neural Network Based Tool Wear Monitoring Techniq ues: A Critical Performance Evaluation", International Journal of  COMADEM, Vol. 7, No. 1, January  2004,  pp 29- 38. (Scopus indexed)
6. Srinivasa Pai.P, M.T.Mathew, M.M.Stack & L.A.Rocha, "Application of Artificial Neural Networks for Modelling Micro-Abrasion-Corrosion Processes", TRIBOLOGY INTERNATIONAL, Volume 41, Issue 7, July 2008, pp 672-681, Special issue- Tribo-Corrosion 2006. (Scopus indexed)
7. T.Mathew, P. Srinivasa Pai., R.Pourzal, A.Fischer and M.A.Wimmer, "Significance of Tribocorrosion in Biomedical Applications: Overview and Current Status", Advances in Tribology, Hindawi Publishing Corporation, Vol. 2009, pp 1-12. (Scopus indexed)
8. Shivakumar, Srinivasa Pai.P, Shrinivasa Rao B.R., and Samaga B.S., "Experimental Investigation and Neural Network based Prediction of Performance and Emission Characteristics of a 4-Stroke C.I.Engine with WCO as Biodiesel", Int. Journal on Mechanical & Automobile Engineering, IJMAE, Vol.8, Issue No.3, Dec 2009-Feb 2010, pp 50-64.
9. Shivakumar, Srinivasa Pai.P, Shrinivasa Rao B.R., and Samaga B.S., "Performance and Emission Characteristics of a 4 Stroke C.I.Engine operated on Honge Methyl Ester using Artificial Neural Network", ARPN Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Vol.5, No.6, June 2010, pp 83-94.
10. Fang, P.Srinivasa Pai & S.Mosquea, "The effect of built-up edge on the cutting vibrations in machining 2024-T351 Aluminium alloy", Int. Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, Vol.49, No. 1-4, 2010, pp 63-71. (Scopus indexed)
11. Fang, P.Srinivasa Pai & S.Mosquea, "Prediction of built-up edge formation in machining with round edge and sharp tools using a neural network approach", Int. Journal of Computer Integrated Manufacturing, 23:11, 2010, pp 1002-1014. (Scopus indexed)
12. Fang, P.Srinivasa Pai & S.Mosquea, "Effect of tool-edge wear on the cutting forces and vibrations in high-speed finish machining of Inconel 718: an experimental study and wavelet transform analysis" Int. Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, Vol.52, 2011, pp 65-77. (Scopus indexed)
13. Shivakumar, P. Srinivasa Pai & B.R. Shrinivasa Rao , "Artificial Neural Network based prediction of performance and emission characteristics of a variable compression ratio CI engine using WCO as a biodiesel at different injection timings", Applied Energy, 88, 2011, 2344-2354. (Scopus indexed)
14. Fang, P.Srinivasa Pai & S.Mosquea, "A comparative study of sharp and round edge tools in orthogonal machining with built-up edge formation: cutting forces, cutting vibrations, and neural network modeling", Int. Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, Vol.53, 2011, pp 899-910. (Scopus indexed)
15. Fang, P.Srinivasa Pai & S.Mosquea, "Wavelet based denoising of Vibration signals for Tool-Edge wear detection in High speed Machining of Inconel 718", Advanced Materials Research, Vols. 415-417, 2011, 1512-1515. doi:10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.415-417.1512. (Scopus indexed)
16. Srinivasa Pai.P, T.N.Nagabhushana, & Raj BKN Rao, "Tool condition monitoring using Acoustic Emission, Surface roughness and Growing cell structures neural network", Machining Science & Technology: An International Journal, 16:4, 2012, pp 653-676. (Scopus indexed)
17. Shivakumar, Srinivasa Pai.P and Shrinivasa Rao B.R., "Radial Basis Function Network (RBFNN) based prediction of performance and emission characteristics in a Bio-diesel engine run on WCO ester", Advances in Artificial Intelligence, Hindawi Publishing Corporation, doi:10.1155/2012/610487, 2012, 1-7.
18. Vijay G.S., Kumar H.S., Srinivasa Pai.P, S.Sriram & Raj B K N Rao, "Evaluation of Effectiveness of wavelet based denoising schemes using ANN and SVM for bearing condition classification", Computational Intelligence & Neuro Science, Hindawi Publishing Corporation, doi:10.1155/2012/582453, 2012, 1-12. (Scopus indexed)
19. Fang, P.Srinivasa Pai & Nathan Edwards, "Tool-Edge Wear and Wavelet Packet Transform Analysis in High Speed Machining of Inconel 718", Strojniski vestnik - Journal of Mechanical Engineering, Vol.58, 2012, pp 191-202. (Scopus indexed)
20. Vijay G.S., Srinivasa Pai.P, S.Sriram & Raj B K N Rao, "Radial Basis Function Neural Network based comparison of dimensionality reduction techniques for effective bearing diagnostics", Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part J, Journal of Engineering Tribology, 2012 DOI:10.11771350650112464927, 227(6), 640-653. (Scopus indexed)
21. Fang, P.Srinivasa Pai & N. Edwards, "A comparative study of high-speed machining of Ti-6Al-4V and Inconel 718 - Part I: Effect of dynamic tool edge wear on cutting forces", The Int. Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, Vol.68, Issue 5-8,  September 2013, pp 1417-1428. (Scopus indexed)
22. Fang, P.Srinivasa Pai & N. Edwards, "A comparative study of high-speed machining of Ti-6Al-4V and Inconel 718 - Part II: Effect of dynamic tool edge wear on cutting vibrations", The Int. Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, Vol.68, Issue 5-8,  September 2013, pp 1839-1849. (Scopus indexed)
23. Fang, P.Srinivasa Pai & N. Edwards, "A method of using Hoelder exponents to monitor tool-edge wear in high-speed finish machining", The Int. Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, Vol.72, 2014, pp 1593-1601. Doi 10.1007/s00170-014-5764-0, . (Scopus indexed)
24. Ravikeerthi C., Srinivasa Pai P., & Vishwanatha J.S., "Wavelet transform based recognition of Machined surfaces using Computer vision", Applied Mechanics and Materials, Vols. 592-594, 2014, pp 801-805. doi:10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.592-594.801. (Scopus indexed)
25. Kumar H S., Srinivasa Pai P., Sriram N.S., & Vijay G S., "Selection of Mother wavelet for Effective Wavelet transform of Bearing vibration signals", Advanced Materials Research, Vol.1039, 2014, pp 169-176. doi:10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.1039.169. (Scopus indexed)
26. Kumar H.S., Srinivasa Pai P., Vijay G.S. & Raj B K N Rao, "Wavelet Transform for Bearing Condition Monitoring and fault diagnosis: A review", International Journal of COMADEM, Vol.17, No.1, January 2014, pp 9-23, ISSN No. 1363-7681.
27. Fang, P.Srinivasa Pai & N.Edwards, "Neural Network Modeling and Prediction of Surface Roughness in Machining Aluminium Alloys", Journal of Computer and Communications, 4, 2016, pp 1-9, http://dx.doi.org/10.4236/jcc.2016.45001.
28. Ganesha Prasad, B.Vishwash & Srinivasa Pai P., "FEA of Mechanism for Hip Manipulation", Int. Journal of Innovative Research in Science, Engineering and Technology (IJIRSET), Vol.5, Special issue 9, May 2016, pp 850-855, ISSN (print) 2319-8753, DOI:10.15680/IJIRSET.2016.0505641.
29. Chandrashekara Naik, Melwyn Rajesh Castelino & Srinivasa Pai P., "Wavelet based Vibration Signal analysis of Rotary Machines in Foundry", Int. Journal of Innovative Research in Science, Engineering and Technology (IJIRSET), Vol.5, Special issue 9, May 2016, pp 813-819, ISSN (print) 2319-8753, DOI:10.15680/IJIRSET.2016.0505635.
30. Shiva Kumar, P.Srinivasa Pai, B.R.Shrinivasa Rao & G.S.Vijay, "Prediction of performance and emission characteristics in a biodiesel engine using WCO ester: a comparative study of neural networks", Soft Comput., DOI 10.1007/s00500-015-1666-9, Vol.20, Issue 7, July 2016, pp 2265- 2676 (Impact Factor - 2.472).
31. Grynal D'mello, Srinivasa Pai P., and Puneet N.P, "Surface roughness evaluation using cutting vibrations in high speed turning of Ti-6Al-4V - an experimental approach", J. Machining and Machinability of Materials, Vol. 18, No. 3, 2016, pp 288-312.
32. S.Kumar, Srinivasa P Pai, N S Sriram & G S Vijay, "Rolling element bearing fault diagnostics: Development of Health Index", Proc. I Mech E Part C: J Mechanical Engineering Science, 0(0), 2016, 1-17, DOI: 10.1177/0954406216656214. (Impact factor - 1.015).
33. Anil Prashanth Rodrigues, Grynal D'mello and Srinivasa Pai P, "Selection of Mother Wavelet for wavelet analysis of vibration signals in Machining", Journal of Mechanical Engineering and Automation, 2016, 6(5A), pp 81-85, DOI:10.5923/c.jmea.201601.15.
34. S.Kumar, P.Srinivasa Pai, N.S.Sriram, G.S.Vijay & M.Vijay Patil, "Comparison of denoising schemes and dimensionality reduction techniques for fault diagnosis of rolling element bearing using wavelet transform", Int. J. Manufacturing Research, Vol.11, No.3, 2016, pp 238-258. Inderscience, Scopus indexed.
35. Grynal D'Mello, Srinivasa Pai P. & Puneet N. P., "Optimization studies in High Speed turning of Ti-6Al-4V", Applied Soft Computing, Vol. 51, 2017, pp 105-115. (Scopus indexed, Impact factor - 541)
36. Bhaskara P Achar, GrynalD'mello, Srinivasa Pai P., &Gururaj K., "Use of vortex tube air cooling during machining of Inconel 718: Experimental Investigations and Modeling studies", Journal of Mechanical Engineering Research and Developments, 42(5), 2019, 127-131  (Scopus indexed)
    
37.  Kumar H.S., P.Srinivasa Pai &Sriram N.S., "Classification of rolling element bearing fault using singular value", Journal of Quality in Maintenance Engineering, Vol.16, No.2, 2020, pp  181-197. DOI 10.1108/JQME-12-2016-0083.
    
39. 45. N.Fang and P.Srinivasa Pai, "Evaluation and Modeling of the Effect of Tool Edge Radius on Machined Surface Roughness in Turning UNS A92024 - T351 Aluminium alloy", Journal of Testing and Evaluation, 48, No.2, 2020, pp 1108-1121. https://doi.org/10.1520/JTE20180279, h index 31, ISSN no. 0090-3973

National Journals:

1. Srinivasa Pai.P, "Carbon Dioxide Emission Control - Ways & Means", published in the Indian Journal of Environmental Protection, Vol.17, No.11, Nov 1997, pp 815-819.
2. Srinivasa Pai.P, Subrahmanya Bhat,K., Vinaya,B.R., & Samaga,B.S., "Quality in TechnicalEducation - Is ISO 9000 Certification Necessary?", published in the Journal of Technical & Vocational Education, TTTI, Chennai, Issue 17, 2000, pp 1-6.
3. Srinivasa Pai P & P. K. Ramakrishna Rao, " Acoustic Emission Based Machining Tool Condition Monitoring - An Overview", Journal of Non-Destructive Testing & Evaluation, published by the Indian Society for Non-Destructive Testing, Vol.1, Issue 3, December 2002.
4. Srinivasa Pai.P, Subrahmanya Bhat,K., Vinaya,B.R., "Total Quality Management - A Movement Towards Total Customer Satisfaction" Industrial Engineering Journal, IIIE, NaviMumbai, Vol. XXXII, No. 5, May 2003, pp 8-11.
5. Srinivasa Pai.P, "Effective Supply Chain Management - A Key to Success", Indian Journal of Training & Development, New Delhi, Vol. XXXIII, No. 1 & 2, January-June 2003, pp 15-20.
6. Srinivasa Pai.P, "Teacher as a Knowledge Worker - A Perspective" ISTE Newsletter, Vol. XXII, No. 3, May/June 2002.
7. Srinivasa Pai.P & K.Subrahmanya Bhat, "From ISO 9000 to Total Quality Management in a Technical Institution: A Journey towards Continuous Improvement", The Indian Journal of Technical Education, Vol. 27, No.1, January-March, 2004, pp 49-55.
8. Srinivasa Pai.P, "Tool Condition Monitoring (TCM) Strategies for Automation in Manufacturing Processes - An Overview", Manufacturing Technology Today, Vol. 4, No.2, February 2005, pp 3-8.
9. Srinivasa Pai.P & Asha S.Pai, "A General Framework for Knowledge Management in an Educational Institution", The Journal of Engineering Education, Vol. XIX, No.2, October 2005, pp 1-8.
10. Srinivasa Pai.P & Subrahmanya Bhat K., "Total Quality Management Application in Technical Education", The Indian Journal of Technical Education, Vol.28, No.3, July-September, 2005, pp 61-66.
11. Srinivasa Pai.P, K.Subrahmanya Bhat & B.S.Samaga, "Relevance of ISO 9000 Certification for Educational Institutions: An Analysis", University News, A Weekly Journal of Higher Education, AIU, Vol. 44, No.37, September 11-17, 2006, pp 5-11.
12. Srinivasa Pai.P & T.N.Nagabhushana, "Artificial Neural Network Applied to Acoustic Emission based Surface roughness Monitoring in Face milling", Manufacturing Technology Today, Vol.6, No.7, July 2007, pp 4-10.
13. Srinivasa Pai.P & Niranjan N. Chiplunkar, "Effectiveness of E-Learning as an Alternate New Paradigm Complementing Traditional Learning in Technical Education", The Indian Journal of Technical Education, Vol.29, No.4, October- December 2006, pp 23-29.
14. T.Mathew, P.Srinivasa Pai & L.A.Rocha, "An effective sensor for tool wear monitoring in face milling: Acoustic Emission, Sadhana , Vol.33, Part 3, June 2008, pp 227-233. (Scopus indexed)
15. Srinivasa Pai.P & T.N.Nagabhushana, "Artificial Neural Network based tool condition monitoring in machining applications - an overview", Manufacturing Technology Today, Vol. 7, No. 8, September 2008, pp 17-24.
16. T.Mathew, M.A.Wimmer, P.Srinivasa Pai, R.Tyagi, R.Pourzal, A.Fischer, "Tribocorrosion - Some Fundamentals Overview and Current Status, Indian Journal of Tribology, Vol. 4(2), July-December 2009, pp 21-29.
17. Srinivasa Pai.P, "Enhance your Research Skills through an International Post Doctoral Fellowship", EEF's The Journal of Engineering Education, Vol. XXIII, No.3, January 2010, pp 1-4.
18. Vijay G.S., Srinivasa Pai.P. & N.S.Sriram, "Fault diagnosis of Rolling Element Bearings using Vibration Signal Analysis - A soft computing approach", NMAMIT Annual Research Journal, ISSN 2249-0426, Vol. 1, June 2011, pp 44-51.
19. Shiva Kumar, Srinivasa Pai P., Shrinivasa Rao B.R. "Prediction of Performance Parameters using Artificial Neural Network and Regression Model in a Bio-Diesel Engine using Honge Methyl Ester", TERI Information Digest on Energy and Environment, ISSN 0972 - 6721, Volume 11, Number 1, March 2012, pp 1-13
20. Vijay G.S., Kumar H.S., Srinivasa Pai.P. & N.S.Sriram, "Support Vector Machine based bearing defect classification using wavelet denoised vibration signal, NMAMIT Annual Research Journal, ISSN 2249-0426, Vol. 2, 2012, pp 27-32.
21. Kumar H.S., Srinivasa Pai P., & Vijay G.S., "Rolling element bearing Condition Classification using Hoelder exponents", NMAMIT Annual Research Journal, ISSN 2249-0426, Vol. 3, October 2013, pp 43-48.
22. Vishwash, Srinivasa Pai P., & Vijay G.S., "Anti-aliasing Lifting Scheme for Gear Fault Diagnosis", NMAMIT Annual Research Journal, ISSN 2249-0426, Vol. 4, October 2014, pp 30-35.
23. Adarsh Rai, P.Srinivasa Pai and B.R.Shrinivasa Rao, "Prediction models for performance and emissions of a dual fuel CI engine using ANFIS", Sadhana, Indian Academy of Sciences, Vol.40, Issue 2, April 2015, pp 515-535. Impact factor - 0.476
24. Puneet N.P., Srinivasa Pai P., and Grynal D'mello, "Optimization techniques in Turning - A review", Manufacturing Technology Today, A CMTI Publication, May 2015, pp 3 - 21.
25. Srinivasa Pai & Grynal D'Mello, "Vibration signal analysis for monitoring tool wear in high speed turning of Ti-6Al-4V", Indian Journal of Engineering & Material Sciences, Vol.22, December 2015, pp 652 -660. Impact Factor - 0.413 (JCR 2014), ISSN: 0975-1017 (Online); 0971-4588 (Print)
26. Srinivasa Pai P., "Writing Technical Research Papers - A Guided Overview", The Indian Journal of Technical Education, Vol.38, No.3, July-September 2015, pp 36-44, ISSN 0971-3034.
27. Grynal D'Mello, P.Srinivasa Pai & Puneet N.P., "Surface roughness analysis in High Speed Turning of Ti-6Al-4V", NMAMIT Annual Research Journal, ISSN 2249-0426, Vol. 5, October  2015, pp 17-23.
28. Anil Prashanth Rodrigues, P.Srinivasa Pai & Grynal D'Mello, "Surface roughness Evaluation in High speed Turning of Ti-6Al-4V using Vibration signals", Indian Journal of Advances in Chemical Science S1, 2016, 160-164.
29. S.Vishwanatha, P.Srinivasa Pai & Grynal D'Mello, "Wavelet Transform based Evaluation of Surface images in High speed turning of Ti-6Al-4V", Indian Journal of Advances in Chemical Science S1, 2016, 152-156.
30. Srinivasa Pai P and Rashmi P.Shetty, "Tool wear Modeling in face milling using Acoustic Emission - Artificial Neural Network Approach", Manufacturing Technology Today, A CMTI Publication, ISSN 0972 -7396 August 2016, pp 18 - 27.
31. Vruksha R. Shetty, Rashmi P.Shetty & Srinivasa Pai P., "Use of PSO optimized Radial Basis Function Neural Network for improved modeling", NMAMIT Annual Research Journal, ISSN 2249-0426, Vol.6, December 2016, pp 1- 8.
32. Srinivasa Pai P., &BhaskaraP.Achar, "Machining of Magnesium Alloys: A Review", Manufacturing Technology Today, Vol.16, No.8, August 2017, pp 10-23. 
    
33. 78. P.Srinivasa Pai &NiranjanN.Chiplunkar, "Research Based Curriculum to Improve the Teaching-Learning Experience of Undergraduate Students", Nitte Management Review, Vol.11 (2), December 2017, pp 71-76. 
    
34. 79. Srinivasa Pai P., NiranjanN.Chiplunkar&Shrinivasa Rao B.R., "Project based Learning (PBL): Issues faced by Faculty for its effective implementation", Journal of Engineering Education Transformations, Vol. 31, No.3, January 2018, ISSN 2349-2473, eISSN 2394-1707, pp 9- 16. JEET is ranked in the top 20Engineering Education Research Outlets in the world by Goggle Scholar Metrics! 2018
    
35. 80. Srinivasa Pai P., K,Subrahmanya Bhat, Shrinivasa Rao B.R. &NiranjanN.Chiplunkar, "The need for a Structured Approach to Teach Engineering - Some Preliminary Thoughts", Journal of Engineering Education Transformations, Vol. 32, No.3, January 2019, ISSN 2349-2473, eISSN 2394-1707, pp 19- 26.
    
36. 81. BhaskaraP.Achar, Srinivasa Pai P., Benaka G., &GrynalD'mello, "Experimental investigations on machining of Nickel based and Cobalt based alloys", Manufacturing Technology Today, Vol.18, No.4, April 2019, pp 13-23.
    
37. 82. Ganesh Prasad & Srinivasa Pai P., "Cryogenic assisted machining of hard to cut materials: A Review", Manufacturing Technology Today, Vol.18, No.11, November 2019, pp 9-25.

International Conferences

1. K.Ramakrishna Rao, Srinivasa Pai.P, Shantha,V., & Prasad,P., "On-line Monitoring of Single Point Cutting Tool using Acoustic Emission Technique", presented at the 14th World Conference on Non-Destructive Testing (WCNDT) held at New Delhi, from Dec 8-13, 1996.

1. Srinivasa Pai.P, Ramakrishna Rao,P.K., Mathew.T.Mathew, "Acoustic Emission    Technique for Tool Wear Monitoring in Face Milling", accepted for oral presentation    at  the 15th International Acoustic Emission Symposium, Tokyo, Japan, Sept 11-14,  2000.
2. Srinivasa Pai.P & T.N.Nagabhushana, "Neural Network Based Tool Wear      Monitoring in Face milling", Proceedings of the International Conference on e-Manufacturing, organized by The Institution of Engineers(I), MPSC, Bhopal, India, Nov. 17-19, 2002, pp 177- 183.
3. Srinivasa Pai.P., Ramakrishna Rao,P.K., Veeraiah, K.M., Mahalingam,G., "In process Detection of Tool Wear in Face Milling using Acoustic Emission", accepted for     poster presentation for the 1998 ASME/STLE International Tribology Conference  and Exposition held at Toronto, Ontario, Canada from October 25-28, 1998.
4. Srinivasa Pai.P, T.N.Nagabhushana & Ramakrishna Rao,P.K., "Tool Wear      Monitoring in Face Milling using Fuzzy Pattern Recognition Techniques",      communicated for review & publication in the  Proceedings of the International Conference on "Emerging Technologies in Intelligent System and Control", Dept. of Mech., Mechatronics & Electrical Engg., Kumaraguru College of Technology, Coimbatore, January 5-7, 2005.
5. Srinivasa Pai.P, M.T.Mathew, M.M.Stack & L.A.Rocha, "Application of Artificial Neural Network for modeling in Tribocorrosion Processes", Contributed paper at the International Symposium on Tribo-Corrosion, Nonferrous Materials Technology Development Centre, Hyderabad, December 4-5, 2006.
6. Srinivasa Pai.P, T.N.Nagabhushana & Raj B K N Rao, "Growing Cell Structures (GCS) - a Constructive Learning Neural Network for Tool Wear Estimation Application", Proceedings of the International Conference on Computational Intelligence and Multimedia Applications (ICCIMA-07), Vol. I, published by IEEE Computer Society,  Mepco Schlenk Engineering College, Sivakasi, Decemeber 13-15, 2007, pp 302-306.
7. Shivakumar, Srinivasa Pai.P, Shrinivasa Rao B.R, Samaga B.S., "Performance and emission characteristics of 4 stroke CI Engine with WCO as biodiesel", Proc. of ICAMB 2009, SMBS, VIT University, Vellore, Dec 14-16, 2009, pp 368-373.
8. Shivakumar, Srinivasa Pai.P & Shrinivasa Rao B.R., "Experimental Investigation of Injection Timings on the Performance and Emission Characteristics of a 4-Stroke CI Engine using Honge Methyl Ester and Prediction using Artificial Neural Network", Proceedings of 8th Asia-Pacific Conference on Combustion, 10-13 December 2010, Hyderabad, under the auspices of The Combustion Institute -Indian Section (CIIS), pp 244.
9. Vijay G.S., Srinivasa Pai.P & N.S.Sriram, "A Comparative Study of Soft Computing Techniques for Rolling Element Bearing Condition Monitoring using Vibration Signal Analysis", Proceedings of the International Conference on Emerging Trends in Mathematics and Computer Applications, MEPCO Schlenk Engineering College, Sivakasi, Dec 16-18, 2010, pp 585-589.
10. Shivakumar, Srinivasa Pai.P & Shrinivasa Rao B.R., "Radial Basis Function Network (RBFNN) based Prediction of Performance and Emission Characteristics in a Bio diesel Engine run on WCO ester", Proc. of  Int. Conf. on Mechanical, Automotive and Aerospace Engg. 2011 (ICMAAE'11), Faculty of Engg., International Islamic University, Legend Hotel, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, May 17-19, 2011.
11. Vijay G.S., Srinivasa Pai.P, N.S.Sriram and Raj B K N Rao, "Bearing Diagnsotics - A Radial Basis Function Neural Network Approach", Proceedings of the 24th International Congress on COMADEM (COMADEM 2011), Clarion Hotel Stavanger, Stavanger, Norway, 30th May - 1st June 2011, pp 843-854.
12. Aneesh Jose, Srinivasa Pai P & Shrinivasa Rao B R, "Artificial Neural Network based prediction of Emission and Performance Parameters of LPG-Sunflower Oil Ester Dual Fuel CI Engine", Proc. of Int. Conf. on Recent Advances and Challenges in Energy-2012, MIT, Manipal, Jan 4-6, 2012, published in the Int. J. of Earth Sciences and Engineering, pp 304-311
13. Shivakumar, Srinivasa Pai.P and Shrinivasa Rao B.R., "Performance and Emission Prediction in a Biodiesel Engine Run on Honge Methyl Ester using RBFNN and Regression Models", 2012 International Conference on Power and Energy Systems (ICPES 2012), Lecture Notes in Information Technology, Vol.13, pp 179-185.
14. Adarsha Rai, N. Satheesh Kumar, Srinivasa Pai.P & Shrinivasa Rao B.R., "Fuzzy logic based Prediction of Performance and Emission parameters of a LPG-Diesel dual fuel engine", Int. Conference on Modeling, Optimization and Computing (ICMOC-2012), Noorul Islam University, Nagercoil, April 10-11, 2012, published by ELSEVIER Procedia.
15.  B K N Rao,  P. Srinivasa Pai & T.N.Nagabhushana, "Fault Diagnosis and Prognosis of Rolling-Element Bearings using Artificial Neural Networks: A Critical Overview", 25th International Congress on Condition Monitoring and Diagnostic Engineering, Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 364, (2012), 012023, pp 1-28.
16. Rashmi P.Shetty, Narasimha Bailkeri, Srinivasa Pai.P & Shrinivasa Rao B.R., "Radial basis function Neural Network (RBFNN) based prediction of performance and emission characteristics in a dual spark plug SI engine", Proc. of Int. Conf. on Challenges and Opportunities in Mechanical Engg., Industrial Engg., and Management Studies (ICCOMIM-2012), MSRIT, Bangalore, 11-13 July 2012, pp 560-566.
17. Shiva Kumar, P.Srinivasa Pai and B. R. Shrinivasa Rao, "Prediction of Performance and Emission parameters of a Biodiesel Engine - A Comparison of Neural Networks", Proc.of 3rd International Conference on Mechanical, Automotive and Materials Engineering (ICMAME'2013) April 29-30, 2013, Singapore, pp 107-111.
18. Rounaq Ahmed, Srinivasa Pai.P, N.S.Sriram & Vijay G S, "Fast Fourier Transform and Discrete Wavelet Transform for Fault Diagnosis of Gear", Proceedings of International Conference on Emerging Trends in Engineering (ICETE-'13) held at NMAMIT, Nitte during May 15-16, 2013, pp 164-168.
19. Divya J, Srinivasa Pai.P, Shrinivasa Rao B R & Aneesh Jose, "Performance and Emission Prediction using Multi layer Perceptron Neural Network for a Dual Fuel Engine", Proceedings of International Conference on Emerging Trends in Engineering (ICETE-'13) held at NMAMIT, Nitte during May 15-16, 2013, pp 169-175.
20. Kumar H S, Srinivasa Pai P, Sriram N S and Vijay G S, "ANN based evaluation of performance of wavelet transform for condition monitoring of rolling element bearing", Souvenir of International Conference on Design and Manufacturing (IConDM2013), organized by IIITD&M, Kancheepuram, 18-20 July 2013, published in Elsevier Procedia Engineering, 64, (2013), pp 805-814.
21. Rounaq Ahmed, Srinivasa Pai P., N.S.Sriram and Vijay G S., " Comparison of Wavelet based Denoising Techniques for Gear Condition Monitoring", Proc. of Int. Conference on Convergence of Science, Engineering & Management in Education and Research - A Global Perspective II Edition (ICCSEM-2013), organized by Centres for Post Graduate Studies, Dayanand Sagar Institutions, Bangalore, 26-27 September 2013.
22. A.Adarsh Rai, Srinivasa Pai.P. and  Shrinivasa Rao B R, "Fuzzy model optimization of performance and emission parameters of a Dual Fuel CI Engine", Proceedings of the International Conference on Environment and Sustainable Technologies (iCEST-2014), Dept. of Mechanical & Manufacturing Engg. and Dept. of Aeronautical and Automobile Engg., MIT, Manipal, Jan 3-5, 2014.
23. Srinivasa Pai P and Niranjan N Chiplunkar, "Success Story Of Industry Institution Collaboration For Enhancing Teaching Learning Experience", Proceedings of International Conference on Transformations in Engineering Education (ICTIEE 2014), BVB College of Engg. & Technology, Hubli, 16-18 January 2014. DOI 10.1007/978-81-322-1931-6_14, Springer India 2015.
24. Vishwash B., Srinivasa Pai P., Sriram N.S., Rounaq Ahmed, Kumar H.S., and Vijay G.S., "Multiscale slope feature extraction for gear and bearing fault diagnosis using wavelet transform", Proceedings of the International Conference on Advances in Manufacturing and Materials Engineering (AMME2014), Dept. of Mechanical Engg., NITK, Surathkal, march 27-29, 2014. published in Elsevier Procedia Materials Science, 5, (2014), pp 1650-1659.
25. Vishwash B., Srinivasa Pai P & Vijay G S., "S-transform and Non-negative Matrix Factorization (NMF) based Feature Extraction for Gear Condition Monitoring", Proceedings of International Conference on Emerging Trends in Engineering (ICETE-2014), (ISBN: 978-93-83083-80-0)held at NMAMIT, Nitte during May 15-17, 2014, pp 142-147.
26. Melwyn R.Castelino, Kumar H.S., Srinivasa Pai P & Vijay G.S., "Artificial Neural Network based Vibration signal Analysis of Rotary machines - Case Studies", Proceedings of International Conference on Emerging Trends in Engineering (ICETE-2014), (ISBN: 978-93-83083-80-0)held at NMAMIT, Nitte during May 15-17, 2014, pp 211-218.
27. Ravikeerthi C., Vishwanatha J S., & Srinivasa Pai P., "Wavelet Transform based Surface roughness Evaluation of Machined surfaces using Computer vision", Proceedings of International Conference on Emerging Trends in Engineering (ICETE-2014), (ISBN: 978-93-83083-80-0)held at NMAMIT, Nitte during May 15-17, 2014, pp 243 (Poster presentation).
28. N.Satheesh Kumar, Srinivasa Pai P & Shrinivasa Rao B.R., "ANN modeling of Performance and emission parameters in a LPG-Diesel Dual fuel engine with EGR", Proc. of International Mechanical Engineering Congress-2014, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, NIT, Tiruchirapalli, June 13-15, 2014, pp 488-492.
29. Shivakumar, Krishna Murthy, Srinivasa Pai P. & Shrinivasa Rao B.R., "Application of Neural Networks for the Prediction of Heat Transfer Parameters in a Multi Pass Cross Flow Heat Exchanger", 3rd World Conference on Applied Sciences, Engineering & Technology, 27-29 September 2014, Kathmandu, Nepal, ISBN 13: 978-81-930222-0-7, pp 350-354.
30. Srinivasa Pai P, Niranjan N.Chiplunkar, Shrinivasa Rao B.R. & Subrahmanya Bhat K., "Undergraduate students' research: A case study of their experiences and perceptions in an Autonomous Institution", Proceedings of 2nd International Conference on Transformations in Engineering Education (ICTIEE 2015), BMS College of Engg., Bengaluru, 5-8, January 2015, pp 395-400.
31. Grynal D'mello, Srinivasa Pai P., and Puneet N.P., "Prediction of Surface roughness in High speed turning of Ti-6Al-4V", Proceedings of the International Conference on Computational Methods in Engineering and Health Sciences (ICCMEH-2014), Organized by Directorate of Research, Manipal University, Dec 17-19, 2014.
32. Puneet N.P., Srinivasa Pai P. and Grynal D'mello, "Optimization Studies using PSO for High Speed Turning of Ti-6Al-4V", Proceedings of the International Conference on Emerging Trends in Engineering (ICETE-2015), NMAMIT, Nitte, May 8-9, 2015, ISBN:978-93-84935-30-6, pp 68-73.
33. N. Fang, P. Srinivasa Pai & N.Edwards, "An Experimental Study of the Effect of the Cutting conditions on Tool edge wear in High Speed Machining of Ti-6Al-4V",Proceedings of the 2015 International Conference on Materials, Mechatronics and Automation (ICMMA 2015), May 20-21, Paris, France.
34. Srinivasa Pai P, Niranjan N.Chiplunkar, Shrinivasa Rao B.R & K.Subrahmanya Bhat, "Effective use of information and communication technology in enhancing teaching-learning outcomes: Some thoughts, Proc. of Third International Conference of Transformations in Engineering Education ICTIEE 2016, College of Engineering, Pune, Jan 8 - 12, 2016, pp 25. (published in Journal of Engineering Education Transformations, Vol.30, No.1, July 2016, pp 30-38).
35. Rashmi P.Shetty, A.Sathyabhama & Srinivasa Pai P., "Prediction of Wind Turbine Power using ANN", Proceedings of Global Conference on Renewable Energy (GCRE-2016), organized by Dept. of Mechanical Engg., NIT, Patna and World Energy and Environment Technology, United Kingdom, March 4-6, 2016, ISSN 2059-2353, pp 4, Copyright © 2016 WEENTECH Proceedings in ENERGY.
36. N.Fang, P. Srinivasa Pai & N.Edwards, "Multidimensional Signal Processing and Modeling with Neural Networks in Metal machining: Cutting forces, Vibrations and Surface Roughness", Proc. of 2016 IEEE International Conference on Communication Software and Networks, pp 77-80.
37. Rashmi P.Shetty, Srinivasa Pai P., A.Sathyabama & A.Adarsh Rai, "Optimized Radial Basis function Neural network model for Wind power prediction", Proc. Of Second International Conference on Cognitive Computing & Information Processing, SJCE, Mysuru, Aug 12-13, 2016, pp 18. Published in IEEE Explore,  DOI: 10.1109/CCIP.2016.7802846, pp 1-6.
38. N.Sathessh Kumar, B.R.Shrinivasa Rao & Srinivasa Pai P., "Radial basis function Neural Network (RBFNN) based modeling in LPG-Diesel dual fuel engine with EGR", Proc. of the Int. Conf. on Advanced materials, manufacturing & Thermal Sciences-2016, SIT Tumkuru, Sep. 23-24, 2016, pp 101. Published in Indian Journal of Science and Technology, Vol. 9(45), DOI:10.17485/ijst/2016/v9i45/104602, December 2016.
39. Vishwanatha J S., & Srinivasa Pai P., "DTCWT and GLCM for Surface roughness evaluation of Ti-6Al-4V turned surface using Computer vision", Proceedings of International Conference on Manufacturing Technology and Simulation (ICMTS), IIT Madras, 7-8th July 2017, pp 111-116.
40. Grynal D'Mello, Srinivasa Pai P & Rashmi P.Shetty, "Surface roughness modeling in high speed turning of Ti-6Al-4V - Artificial Neural Network approach", Proc. of ICAMM-2016, published in Materials Today: Proceedings, No.4, 2017, pp 7654-7664.
41. GrynalD'Mello, Srinivasa Pai P &AdarsH Rai, "Use of Hybrid Algorithm for Surface roughness optimization in Ti-6Al-4V machining", Third International Conference on Cognitive Computing and Information Processing, JSSATE, Bengaluru, 15-16th December 2017, In: Nagabhushan T., Aradhya V., Jagadeesh P., Shukla S., M.L. C. (eds) Cognitive Computing and Information Processing. CCIP 2017. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 801. Springer, Singapore, pp 285-298. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-9059-2_26
    
42. 125. Adarsh Rai, Shrinivasa Rao B.R., Narasimha K. Bailkeri& Srinivasa Pai P, "Application of Optimization technique for performance and emission characteristics of a CNG-Diesel Dual fuel engine: A Comparison study", Third International Conference on Cognitive Computing and Information Processing, JSSATE, Bengaluru, 15-16th December 2017, In: Nagabhushan T., Aradhya V., Jagadeesh P., Shukla S., M.L. C. (eds) Cognitive Computing and Information Processing. CCIP 2017. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 801. Springer, Singapore, pp 274-284. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-9059-2_25
    
43. 126. Abhijith, Srinivasa Pai P., GrynalD'mello& Gautama Hebbar, "Surface roughness optimization in machining of AZ31 magnesium alloy using ABC algorithm", MATEC Web of Conferences, 144, 03006, 2018, https://doi.org/10.1051/matecconf/201814403006 RiMES 2017
    
44. 127. GrynalD'Mello, Srinivasa Pai P & Puneet N.P., "Surface roughness prediction in High Speed Turning of Ti-6Al-4V: A Comparison of techniques", International Conference on Advances in Manufacturing Materials & Energy Engineering (IConMMEE2018), MITE, Moodabidri,  2-3rd March 2018. IOP Conf. Series: Materials Science and Engineering 376 (2018) 012115 doi:10.1088/1757-899X/376/1/012115
    
45. 128. Vishwanatha J S., & Srinivasa Pai P., "Modeling and prediction of Surface roughness in Ti-6Al-4V turned surfaces: use of DTCWT image fusion and GLCM International Conference on Advances in Manufacturing Materials & Energy Engineering (IConMMEE2018), MITE, Moodabidri,  2-3rd March 2018. 
    
46. Sponsored Research

• Defect characterization in antifriction bearing using vibration signal analysis for Condition Monitoring, funded by Visvesvaraya Technological University, Belgaum. (Rs. 6.5 lakhs) (2008-2011)
• Modeling and Optimization of Surface Roughness in Ti-based alloys using vibration, funded by AICTE. (Rs.17.4 lakhs + Rs. 14,844.20 from NMAMIT) (2013-2016)
• Surface roughness evaluation of Turned surfaces using Computer vision system, funded by IE(I), Kolkata. (0.15 lakhs + Rs.0.08 lakhs from NMAMIT, Nitte) (2014)
• Surface roughness optimization during high speed machining of biodegradable magnesium alloy funded by TEQIP Phase II (Rs.1 lakh) (2017)
  
• Machinability studies in difficult to machine materials funded by NMAMIT (Rs.5 lakhs) (2017-19)
  
• Surface integrity studies during milling of magnesium-aluminium alloys used in aerospace applications for improved performance (funded by  AR& DB, DRDO, New Delhi) (Rs. 12.939 lakhs)
  

• Member of the organizing committee for a National Seminar on "Recent advances in Automation in Manufacturing", organized by the The Institution of Engineers (India), Mangalore Local Centre on February 16, 2002.
• Member of the Technical Committee of the 32nd Annual ISTE Convention and National Seminar held at NMAMIT, Nitte during Dec 27-29, 2002
• Co-convener for a National Conference on "Recent Trends in Condition Monitoring of Machines", from March 4  to 5, 2002, Sponsored by AICTE, New       

• Co-convener for a National Conference on "Integration of Strategies for Effective Quality Management in Technical Education", from Dec 2-3, 2004, sponsored by

      AICTE, New Delhi.

• Co-chaired a Technical Session at the International Conference on "Emerging Technologies in Intelligent System and Control", conducted by Dept. of Mech.,  Mechatronics & Electrical Engg., Kumaraguru College of Technology, Coimbatore, January 5-7, 2005.
• Co-coordinator for a TEQIP funded (under MHRD, New Delhi) Workshop on Total Quality Management from 22nd to 25th August 2005.
• Convener for a National Conference on "TQM for Continuous Quality Improvement in Technical Education" funded by TEQIP (under MHRD, New Delhi) from March 2-3, 2006.
• Coordinator for a One Day Workshop on "E-Learning and its Impact on Engineering Education" funded by TEQIP (under MHRD, New Delhi) on 18th August 2006.
• Co-coordinator for the All India Seminar on "Challenges in Socio-Economic and Infrastructural Developments - Emerging Technology" (CIDET-07) conducted under the aegis of Interdisciplinary Co-ordination Committee (ICC), by The Institution of Engineers (India), Mangalore Local Centre at NMAMIT, Nitte during November 13-14, 2007.
• Coordinator for a One Day Workshop on "Research Methodology", organized under ISTE Chapter, NMAMIT during Dec 16, 2010.
• Organizing Secretary for NMAMIT Research Scholars Conclave (NMRECON 2011) organized under ISTE Chapter, NMAMIT on September 20, 2011.
• Co-convener of 3 day National Workshop on "Research Methodologies and Effective Publication practices" during July 25-27, 2012, funded by TEQIP. Also made a presentation on "Writing research paper - an overview".
• Coordinator of International Conference on Emerging Trends in Engineering (ICETE-'13) held at NMAMIT, Nitte during May 15-16, 2013.
• Coordinator of ISTE-SRM STTP on Recent Advances in Machining held at NMAMIT, Nitte during June 10-15, 2013.
• Coordinator for a Three Day Workshop on "Recent Developments in Condition Monitoring and Maintenance of Machinery", funded by TEQIP Phase II during June 5-7, 2014.
• Coordinator for a One Day Workshop on "Tribocorrosion for Biomedical and Healthcare Applications", funded by TEQIP Phase II on July 21, 2014.
• Coordinator for a One Day Faculty Conclave on Engineering Education Research (EER 2015) funded by TEQIP Phase II on May 6, 2015.
• Coordinator for Two Day Workshop on "Structured Approach in Engineering Education for Quality Enhancement", organized by IQAC and EERF of NMAMIT, Nitte, funded by TEQIP Phase II during July 29-30, 2016.
• Organizing Secretary for a 3 Day National Conference on Machining of Difficult to machine materials: Recent Developments, Issues and Solutions, funded by ARMREB, DRDO, New Delhi during August 3-5, 2017.
• Coordinator for one Week AICTE-ISTE sponsored Faculty Induction Program on "Teaching Engineering & Pedagogy for Effective Implementation of Outcome based Education" during July 16-21, 2018. 
• Member of the organizing committee of ICETE 2019, multi conference platform and SME 2019, NMAMIT, Nitte during May 23-24, 2019. 

• Tool based micromachining
• Micro electro discharge machining
• Design of Micro actuators
• Active vibration Isolation
• Robotics
• Design of Robotic Manipulators
  
• Welding Automation
  

• Center for Tool based Micromachining Research
• Center for System Design, Fabrication and Testing
• Center for Research on Active vibration isolation
• Active Learning Laboratory on Robotics
• NMAMIT-FESTO Center for Automation Technologies
  

• Member of Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE)
• Member of Indian Welding Society (IWS)

UG Programme:

• Robotics & Automation
• Mechatronics  
• Mechanical Vibration
• CAD/CAM
• Control system
• Mechatronics System Design
  
• Design and Control of Robotic Manipulator 
  

M. Tech Projects guided: 22

Ph.D Projects:

1. Investigations on tool wear compensation in micro-electro discharge machining(micro-EDM) using 3D process simulation
2. Investigations on Tool based micromachining Technologies for MEMS Fabrication
3. Investigations on Active vibration isolation using stacked Piezoelectric Actuators and its application in Machining
4. Investigations on piezo actuator based workpiece feeding and vibratory system for vibration assisted micro milling
5. Investigations on Piezo-actuator based Mini Hydraulic Drive System
6. Design and development of Piezoactuator based Inchworm Drive with macro displacement range and sub-micrometer positioning accuracy
   

1. Retrofitting of existing manual resistance spot welding machine to semi-automated resistance spot welding machine.
2. Mechanical Testing and Metallurgical Investigations of Welded band saw blades.
3. Design and Development of Controller and Interface Circuits for Single axis MIG Welding Robot for Welding Band SAW Blades.
4. Development of Tungsten Carbide Tip Welding Machine for band saw blades.
5. Development of Spot welding schedule and procedure for 0.4mm and 2.5mm thick Stainless Steel Sheets.

Journals:

1. Muralidhara, N. J. Vasa, M. Singaperumal (2009) Investigations on a directly coupled Piezoactuated tool feed system for Micro-Electro-Discharge Machine, International Journal of Machine Tools and Manufacture, 49, 1197-1203
2. Muralidhara, N. J. Vasa, M. Singaperumal (2010) Wear ratio based tool wear compensation for micro electro discharge machining of silicon through process simulation, Journal of Micro/Nanolithography MEMS and MOEMS, 9, 013040-46
3. Akshaya B. Hegde and Muralidhara, (2012) "Investigations on Peltier Based Cabinet Cooling System" NMAMIT Annual Research Journal, 2, pp 16-21.
4. Venugopal T. R., Muralidhara, Rathnamala Rao, (2014) "Development of micro- EDM Incorporating In-situ Measurement System" Procedia Materials Science, 5, pp 1897-1905.
5. Veeresha R.K, Muralidhara, Rathnamala Rao, (2014) "Development of Tool Based Micromilling/Microdrilling Machine with Piezoactuated Workpiece Feeding System", Applied Mechanics and Materials, 592-594, pp 164-169.
6. Karthikeya Kamath B., Sang-Ho Hyon, Muralidhara, (2014), "Design and Development of an Anthropomorphic Foot for Humanoid Robot" NMAMIT Annual Research Journal, 4, pp 17-23.
7. Muralidhara, Rathnamala Rao, (2015) "Investigations on displacement characteristics of piezoactuator based prototype actuator with hydraulic displacement amplification system", Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology, 29 (11), pp 4817-4822.
8. Veeresha R. K., Tauro A. M., Muralidhara, Rathnamala Rao, "Investigations on open loop position control of amplified piezoactuator", Journal of Mechatronics and Automation, 2015; 2(1): pp 16-24.
9. Divijesh P., D'Souza V. L., Muralidhara, Rao Rathnamala, "Investigations on piezoactuator-based active vibration isolation for tool based micromachining applications", Journal of Mechatronics and Automation, 2015; 2(1): pp 25-33.
10. Mokshitha, Rathnamala Rao, Muralidhara, "Investigations on the Displacement Control of APA230L Piezoelectric Actuator", NMAMIT Annual Research Journal, 2015, Vol. 5, pp.46-52.
11. Mohith S, Muralidhara, Rathnamala Rao, "Design of Piezoactuator Based Prototype Actuator with Hydraulic Displacement Amplification Using Metal Diaphragm", NMAMIT Annual Research Journal, 2015, Vol. 5, pp.35-40.
12. Astron Manoj Tauro, Veeresha R.K, Muralidhara, Rathnamala Rao, "Theoretical Investigation on Piezowafer Actuated Micropump", NMAMIT Annual Research Journal, 2015, Vol. 5, pp.41-45.
13. Sandesh Nayak, Muralidhara and Rathnamala Rao, "Design, Analysis and Testing of Quadratic Arm Flexurally Amplified Piezoactuator", International Journal of Innovative Research in Science, Engineering and Technology, Volume 5 Issue 9, 2016, pp: 844-849.
14. Prasad Prabhu, Venugopal T R, Muralidhara and Rathnamala Rao, "Design, Fabrication and Testing of Tool Feeding system for In-situ Tool grinding in micro EDM", International Journal of Innovative Research in Science, Engineering and Technology, Volume 5 Issue 9, 2016, pp: 855-860.   
15. Mohiyuddin Mehafooz, Muralidhara, Rathnamala Rao, Veeresha R K and Rajath N Rao, "Design and Control of piezoactuator Based Workpiece Feeding System for Micro Milling", International Journal of Innovative Research in Science, Engineering and Technology, Volume 5 Issue 9, 2016 pp: 838-843.  
16. Ashwin Frank Lobo, Md Abdul Raheman, Muralidhara and Rathnamala Rao, "Design Considerations of Piezo Stepping Actuator", International Journal of Innovative Research in Science, Engineering and Technology, Volume 5 Issue 9, 2016, pp: 679- 684.
17. Bharath S. K., Md. Abdul Raheman, Muralidhara, "Simulation and Design of Voltage Driver for Piezoelectric Actuator" International Journal of Innovative Technology and Research, Volume No.4, Issue No.3, 2016, pp 3038 - 3041
18. Sushith K, Md Abdul Raheman, Muralidhara and Rathnamala Rao, "Tracking Error Reduction of APA230L Piezoelectric Actuator using Feed Forward-Feedback Control System", International Journal of Innovative Research in Science, Engineering and Technology, Volume 5 Issue 9, 2016 pp: 713-720.
19. Venugopal T. R., Muralidhara, Rathnamala Rao, Prasad Prabhu, "Piezo-actuator Based Feed Control System for In-Situ Tool Grinding in Micro-EDM", Journal of Mechanical Engineering and Automation, Volume 6 Issue 5A, 2016, pp-86-92.
20. Amith Kumar, Muralidhara, Venugopal T. R., Rathnamala Rao, Prasad Prabhu, "Development of tool indexing mechanism for in-situ tool grinding in micro-EDM", NMAMIT Annual Research Journal, 2017 Special Issue, pp 222-225.  
21. Praveen, Muralidhara, Divijesh P.P., Rathnamala Rao, "Design, analysis and fabrication of Active vibration isolation system using Flexurally amplified Piezoactuator", NMAMIT Annual Research Journal, 2017 Special Issue, pp 215-217
22. Nirmith R Jain, Muralidhara, Rajath N Rao, Sandesh Nayak, "Design Simulation and Fabrication of Piezoelectric Inchworm Drive" NMAMIT Annual Research Journal, 2017 Special Issue, pp 218-221
23. Vidyashree S, Muralidhara, Prasad Prabhu, "Design, Analysis and Fabrication of 3 DOF Robotic arm", NMAMIT Annual Research Journal, 2017 Special Issue, pp 210-214
24. Mohammed Waseem Akram, Muralidhara, Vincent Linish D'souza, Sandesh Nayak "Design and analysis of Piezo-Actuated Flapping Mechanism for Micro-Air Vehicles", NMAMIT Annual Research Journal, 2017 Special Issue, pp 200-205.
25. R. K. Veeresha, Muralidhara, Rathnamala Rao, Astron Manoj Tauro, "Investigation on the Performance of Valveless Pump for Microdelivery of the Fluid, Fabricated Using Tool-Based Micromachining Setup". Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Systems, Volume 16, Issue 02, 2017, pp 145-156.
26. Venugopal. T.R, Amith Kumar, Muralidhara, Rathnamala Rao, "Fabrication of Differently Shaped Tool Electrodes for Micro-EDM", Journal of Materials Science & Surface Engineering, 2017, Vol. 5(6), pp 641-646.
27. Adithya R Upadhya, Altamash Rayan H and Muralidhara "Design, Fabrication and Testing of Pneumatic Muscle Actuator for Artificial Human Arm", Journal of Mechanical Engineering Research and Developments (JMERD) 42(5) (2019) 115-118
    
28. Dheeraj Poojary, Divijesh P and Muralidhara, "Active Tool Vibration Isolation System Design for Micromachining Applications", International Journal of Current Engineering and Scientific Research (IJCESR), ISSN (PRINT): 2393-8374, (ONLINE): 2394-0697, VOLUME-6, ISSUE-6, 2019, Page No 60-67.
    
29. Shashikiran S and Muralidhara," Design and Development of SCARA Robot for Fruit Harvesting", International Journal of Current Engineering and Scientific Research (IJCESR), ISSN (PRINT): 2393-8374, (ONLINE): 2394-0697, VOLUME-6, ISSUE-7, 2019. Page No 1-8
    
30. Veeresha, R.K & Shilpa, M.K. & Muralidhara & Rathnamala Rao & Nithin Kumar, 2019. "Investigating The Performance of Electromagnetic Pump Fabricated Using Tool Based Micromachining setup for micro-delivery of Fluid," Journal of Mechanical Engineering Research & Developments (JMERD), Zibeline International Publishing, vol. 42(3), pages 66-70, April.
    
31. Sandesh Nayak, Muralidhara and Rathnamala Rao, "Modeling and Experimental Validation of Valve and Pumping Actuator of a Piezo-Hydraulic Pump", Journal of Mechanical Engineering Research and Developments (JMERD) 42(5) (2019) 110-114.
    
32. Nutana Shetty, Sushith,K, Muralidhara, "Design and Development of Piezo-Stepping Voltage Drive for Piezoelectric Stack Actuator", Advances in Communication, Signal Processing, VLSI, and Embedded Systems Vol 614 (2020)  pp 115-126. 
    
33. Prasad Prabhu, Muralidhara, R.K. Veeresha, T.R. Venugopal, "Design, fabrication, and testing of flexurally amplified piezo actuator", Materials Today Proceedings, 2020, available online, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matpr.2020.03.502. 
    
34. Divijesh P, Muralidhara, Rathnamala Rao, Rehna Mueen Ahmed, & Sushith K, "Design, Analysis and Testing of Flexurally Amplified Piezoactuator Based Active Vibration Isolation System for Micromilling",Journal of Mechanical Engineering Research & Developments, ISSN: 1024-1752, Vol.43, No.3, pp.431-441, Published Year 2020
    
35. Aashith C and Muralidhara, "Design and Development of Robotic End-effector Position Measuring Device", Int. J. Advanced Mechatronic Systems, 2020, Accepted for publication.
    
36. Sandhya D. Bhat, V. Vijeesh, Prajwal Acharya, Muralidhara "Investigation of thin sheet stainless steel resistance spot welds: Effect of weld current on nugget failure and microstructure" Materials Today Proceedings, March 2020,https:/ /doi.org/10.1016 /j.matpr.2020.02.350.
    

Conferences:

1. Muralidhara, Suryawansi C., Vasa N. J., Singaperumal M. Experimental investigations of Micro EDM on Silicon, First International and 22nd All India Manufacturing Technology Design and Research Conference (22nd AIMTDR), IIT Roorkee, December, 2006, 353-358.
2. Muralidhara, Saswata M, Vasa N. J., Singaperumal M. Influence of gap voltage and tool material on micro geometry produced on silicon wafer using Micro EDM, 9th International Symposium on Measurement and Quality Control, IITM Chennai, November, 2007, 184-188
3. Muralidhara, Vasa N. J., Singaperumal M. A piezoactuated tool feed mechanism for Micro EDM, 22nd ASPE Annual Meeting, Dallas, October, 2007, 465-468
4. Muralidhara, Vasa N. J., Singaperumal M. Novel application of a piezoelectric tool feed actuator to Micro EDM, COPEN 2007, Trivandrum, December, 301-306
5. Muralidhara, N. J. Vasa, M. Singaperumal. Investigations on Machining of Micro Channels on Silicon Wafer using Micro EDM, ICAMT 2008, IITM Chennai, February, 2008
6. Muralidhara, N. J. Vasa, M. Singaperumal. Investigations on a Novel Tool Wear Compensation Technique for Micro Electro Discharge Machining, Proceedings of the 2nd International & 23rd AIMTDR Conference, IIT Madras, Chennai, December, 2008, 627-632
7. Muralidhara, N. J. Vasa, M. Singaperumal Investigations on Proposed Tool Wear Compensation    Technique   for    Micro   Electro-Discharge   Machining    of   Silicon, Proceedings of the International Conference on MEMS, IIT Madras, Chennai, January, 2009, PO26, 1-4
8. Muralidhara, Sourav Mitra, N. J. Vasa, M. Singaperumal Investigation on particle generation by micro-electro discharge machining, Proceedings of SPIE, Symposium on MOEMS-MEMS 2010, Micromachining and Microfabrication Process Technology   XV, San Francisco, California, USA, January, 2010, Vol. 7590
9. Muralidhara, Nilesh J. Vasa, M. Singaperumal Estimation of tool wear compensation during micro-electro-discharge machining of silicon using process simulation", Proceedings of SPIE, Symposium on MOEMS-MEMS 2010, Micromachining   and   Microfabrication   Process   Technology   XV, San   Francisco, California, USA, January, 2010, Vol. 7590
10. Prabha Niranjan, Rathnamala Rao and Muralidhara, "Theoretical investigations on hydraulic displacement amplification of a multilayer piezoelectric actuator", International conference on Design and Advances in Mechanical Engineering, Tiruvannamalai, India, pp.111-116, Dec.2011.
11. Muralidhara, Rithesh Baliga B., Gokul R., Gregory Prashanth D'Souza, and Gireesh Madev Moger, "Experimental Investigations on Piezoelectric Based Prototype Actuator" in Trends in Intelligent Robotics, Automation, and  Manufacturing , Communications in Computer and Information Science Volume 330, 2012, pp 272-279, Springer Publications.
12. Nandini K. K., Muralidhara, "Peltier based cabinet cooling system using heat pipe and liquid based heat sink" Research & Technology in the Coming Decades (CRT 2013), National Conference on Challenges in, pp.1,5, 27-28, IEEE, 2013.
13. Sandesh R Hegde, Loganathan Muthuswamy, Muralidhara, Veeresha Koti, Jane Tellis, Shivam Arora, Vishnu Prasad, Vivek Singh, Prasad Shenoy, "Design and Development of Structural Subsystem for Twin Nano-Satellites" in Proceedings of 64th International Astronautical Congress, Beijing, China, IAC13.E2.4.7, 23rd - 27th September 2013.
14. Rajan, Niju, and Rathnamala Rao. "Experimental investigations on active vibration isolation using piezoelectric actuators." Advanced Computing and Communication Systems (ICACCS), 2013 International Conference on Advanced Computing and Communication Systems, IEEE, 2013.
15. Ashitha, Muralidhara, "Design, fabrication and testing of compact liquid heat sink based on peltier cooler" in proceedings of International Conference on Emerging trends in Engineering organized by NMAM Institute of Technology, Nitte, during 15th- 17th May 2014, pp 206-210
16. Vincent D'Souza, Muralidhara, Rathnamala Rao, Divijesh Puninchathaya "Investigation on Voltage-Displacement Characteristics of Stacked Piezoelectric Actuator Incorporating Bouc-Wen Hysteresis Model" in proceedings of International Conference on Emerging trends in Engineering organized by NMAM Institute of Technology, Nitte, during 15th- 17th MAY 2014. pp 242
17. Karthikeya Kamath B., Sang-Ho HYON, Muralidhara, "Design and Development of a Sensitive Foot for Humanoid Robot" in proceedings of International Conference on Emerging trends in Engineering organized by NMAM Institute of Technology, Nitte, during 15th- 17th May 2014, pp 223-229
18. Divijesh Puninchathaya, Vincent D'Souza, Muralidhara, Rathnamala Rao, "Investigations on piezoactuator based active vibration isolation for tool based micromachining applications" in Proceedings of National Symposium on Microsystem Technologies (NSMT-2015) held at National Institute of Technology Karnataka Surathkal from 9-10 January - 2015, pp 48-52.
19. Veeresha R.K, Astron Manoj Tauro, Muralidhara, Rathnamala Rao, "Investigation on open loop position control of amplified piezoactuator" in Proceedings of National Symposium on Microsystem Technologies (NSMT-2015) held at National Institute of Technology Karnataka Surathkal from 9-10 January - 2015, pp 53-57.
20. Muralidhara, Sujith P S, Veeresha R.K, "Study of Micro Heat Sinks for Microprocessor Cooling Applications" Proceedings of International Conference on Emerging Trends in Engineering, vol. 1, pp.80-84, May 2015.
21. Rathnamala Rao, Pragathi B.K, Muralidhara, "Inverse P-I Hysteresis Model for Piezoactuator and its Application in Micro-EDM In-Situ Measurements" Proceedings of International Conference on Emerging Trends in Engineering, vol. 2, pp.143-148, May 2015.
22. Venugopal T.R, Yajnesha P Shettigar, Muralidhara, Rathnamala Rao, "Development of In-Situ Tool Grinding Attachment for Micro-EDM" Proceedings of International Conference on Emerging Trends in Engineering, vol. 1, pp.46-50, May 2015.
23. Roshan P., Muralidhara, Rathnamala Rao, "Design and Analysis of Structural Interface Stiffeners for Parallel Pre-Stressed Actuator" Proceedings of International Conference on Emerging Trends in Engineering, vol. 1, pp.35-39, May 2015.
24. Girish Kumar S, Rathnamala Rao, Muralidhara, "Active Vibration Isolation using Inverse Maxwell's Slip Model" Proceedings of International Conference on Emerging Trends in Engineering, vol. 2, pp.46-51, May 2015.
25. Nikhilesh K V, Muralidhara, Sandesh Rathnavarma Hegde, Veeresha Koti, Sandya S, Shahnawaz Sheik, "The Design and Testing of Deployment Mechanisms and Structure of Twin Nano-Satellite, STUDSAT-2" Proceedings of 66th International Astronautical Congress, Jerusalem, Israel, 12th - 16th October 2015.
26. Sandesh R Hegde, Divyanshu Sahay, S Sandya, Sandeep G M, Muralidhara, Nikhilesh K V, "Design and Development of Inter-Satellite Separation Mechanism for Twin Nano Satellite - STUDSAT-2" (Paper number: 2636 (8.1212)) accepted for oral presentation in the 2016 IEEE Aerospace Conference to be held in Yellowstone Conference Center, Big Sky, Montana, USA from Mar 5 - 12, 2016.
27. Sandesh Nayak, Muralidhara and Rathnamala Rao, "Design and Simulation of High Pressure Piezohydraulic Pump with Active Valves", International Conference on Electrical, Electronics, and Optimization Techniques, (ICEEOT) - 2016.
28. Sandesh Nayak, Muralidhara, Sushith k, Aashith "Design, Development and Control of Flexure Mounted Linear Displacement Electromagnetic Actuator" -Presented at IMEC-2019 Conference at NIT Trichy during 29th November-1st December 2019
29. Vincent L Dsouza, Muralidhara,Rathnamala Rao, Sushith K, "Development of a novel long-range Inchworm motor using piezo actuator and implementation of trajectory for motion planning", 11th International Conference on Precision, Meso,Micro and Nano Engineering, held at IIT Indore during 12th-14th December 2019 

1. The research work entitled "Development of Tool Based Micromilling/Microdrilling Machine with Piezoactuated Workpiece Feeding System" presented by Muralidhara, Rathnamala Rao, and Veeresha R. K. has been awarded FIRST PRIZE at Academia- Industry Pavilion at International Machine Tool Exhibition-2015 (IMTEX-2015) organized by Indian Machine Tool Manufacturers' Association (IMTMA) at Bangalore International Convention Center from 22nd to 28th January, 2015.
2. The research work entitled "Development of Micro-Electro-Discharge machine (Micro-EDM) with Piezoactuated Tool Feed System" presented by Muralidhara, Rathnamala Rao, T. R. Venugopal has been judged as the fifth best research work among the 24 Institutions who participated in Academia-Industry Pavilion at International Machine Tool Exhibition -2014 (IMTEX-2014).
3. Dr. Muralidhara received the "Certificate of Achievement" from Indian Society for Technical Education, India for having guided the Best M.Tech Thesis (Second Prize) titled "Design and Development of Ground Contact Sensing Biped Foot" at 44th ISTE Annual Convention, held at College of Engineering, Trivandrum, during 27th to 29th November, 2014.
4. The research paper entitled "Experimental investigations on active vibration isolation using piezoelectric actuators" has won the "Best Paper Award" at International Conference on Advanced Computing and Communication Systems, organized at Sri Eshwar College of Engineering, Coimbatore, India, during 19th-21st December 2013.
5. The research paper entitled "Investigations on proposed tool wear compensation technique for micro-electro discharge machining of silicon" has won the "Best Paper Award" at International Conference on MEMS, organized at IIT Madras, Chennai, India, during 3rd - 5th January 2009.
6. The research paper entitled "Design and development of an anthropomorphic foot for humanoid robot" has won the "Best Paper Award" in Mechanical Engineering Stream at International Conference on Emerging Trends in Engineering, organized at NMAMIT, Nitte, during 15th to 17th May 2014
7. The M.Tech. Project entitled "Design fabrication and testing of micropump manufactured using tool based micromachining process" guided by Dr. Muralidhara has been awarded "FIRST PRIZE" in the M.Tech. Project Exhibition-2015 held at NMAM Institute of Technology, Nitte.
8. The research paper based on this M.Tech. Project entitled "Theoretical investigations on piezowafer actuated micropump" has been awarded as "Best Paper" in the Mechanical Engineering stream in the International Conference on Emerging Trends in Engineering (ICETE - 2015) held at NMAMIT, Nitte during 8th-9th May 2015. This M.Tech. Project received "FIRST PRIZE" in M.Tech. Project Competition "I2 CONNECT" organized by IEEE Mangalore Sub-Section, held at NMAM Institute of Technology, Nitte, on 30th May 2015.
9. The research work entitled "Development of Tool Based Micromilling/Microdrilling Machine with Piezoactuated Workpiece Feeding System" presented by Muralidhara, Rathnamala Rao, and Veeresha R. K. has been awarded "FIRST PRIZE" at Academia- Industry Pavilion at International Machine Tool Exhibition-2015 (IMTEX-2015) organized by Indian Machine Tool Manufacturers' Association (IMTMA) at Bangalore International Convention Center from 22nd to 28th January 2015.
10. The final year B.E. project entitled "Implementation of CNC controls for mini CNC surface grinding machine" guided by Dr. Muralidhara has been awarded "Commendation prize" in the B.E. Project Expro-2016 held at NMAM Institute of Technology, Nitte.
11. The M.Tech. Project entitled "Design, Fabrication and Testing of Tool Feeding system for In-situ Tool grinding in micro EDM" has been awarded "FIRST PRIZE" in non-circuit stream of M.Tech. Project Competition "I2 CONECCT" organized by IEEE Mangalore Sub-Section, held at Canara Engineering College, Mangalore, on 14th May 2016.
12. The research work entitled "Design Fabrication and testing of Piezo actuator based workpiece feeding system for CNC Micro-Milling Machine" has been judged as the "First Consolation Prize" among the Institutions who participated in Academia-Industry Pavilion at International Machine Tool Exhibition -2017 (IMTEX-2017).
13. The research work entitled "Two axis TIG welding of Aluminium alloy with synchronized pulsating wire feeder" carried out by Dr. Muralidhara and dr. Vijeesh Vijayan  has won "2nd best research work"award among the research projects presented by 50 different institutions from different parts of India who have participated in the Industry-Academia Pavilion at IMTEX-2020.
    

• Fluid and Thermal Induced Vibration
• Composite materials

• Chief coordinator-The Institution of Engineers(India) Students Chapter
• Workshop Superintendent

• Member of Indian Society for Technical Education
• Member of Indian welding society
• Member of Indian Society of Systems for Science and Engineering(ISSE)

• Control Engineering
• Fluid Power System
• Automotive Engineering
• Mechatronics
• Computer Aided Engineering Drawing

• E Projects : 40
• Tech Projects : 2
• Ph.D : 4

1. Narasimha Marakala, Kondaiah, Appukuttan K.K and Ravikiran Kadoli, (2009) "Experimental studies on dynamic behavior of slender cantilever pipe conveying compressed air", 54th congress of ISTAM (An Iternational Meet), Nethaji Shubhas Institute of Technology, New Delhi.
2. Narasimha Marakala, Appukuttan K.K and Ravikiran Kadoli, (2010) "Thermally induced vibration of a simply supported beam using finite element method", International Journal of Engineering Science and Technology, 2(12), 7874-7879.
3. Narasimha Marakala, Appukuttan K.K and Ravikiran Kadoli, (2010) "Experimental investigation  on dynamic response of slender steel cantilever pipe conveying compressed air", International Journal on Mechanical and Automobile Engineering, 09, 14-20.
4. Narasimha Marakala, Appukuttan K.K and Ravikiran Kadoli, (2010) "Experimental studies on dynamic behaviour of slender pipe conveying compressed air at different pressure", FIME-2010 International conference, NITK, Surathkal.
5. Narasimha Marakala, Suma H., Appukuttan K.K and Ravikiran Kadoli (2011), "Numerical and experimental study on transient response of a vertical thin sender tube subjected to internal surface heating", National Conference on Advances in Mechanical Engineering, M.I.T. Manipal.
6. Narasimha Marakala, Appukuttan K.K and Ravikiran Kadoli (2013),  "Experimental and Theoretical Investigation of Combined Effect of Fluid and Thermal Induced Vibration in Thin Slender Tube" International Conference on Emerging Trends in Engineering held at Dr.J.J.Magdum College of Engineering, Jaysingpur, Maharastra. This paper is awarded as Best Paper in Mechanical Engineering Group.
7. Narasimha Marakala, Appukuttan K.K and Ravikiran Kadoli (2013), "Experimental and Theoretical Investigation of Combined Effect of Fluid and Thermal Induced Vibration in Thin Slender Tube", IOSR Journal of mechanical and civil engg., vol2, pp63-68
8. Ganesh G.Navad, Yajnesh Sharma and Narasimha Marakala(2014), "Finite element analysis of turbine blade", International Conference on Emerging Trends in Engineering 2014, NMAM Institute of Technology, Nitte.
9. Ganesh R. Navad, Narasimha Marakala, K. VasudevaKarantand N. Yagnesh Sharma(2015) "A Three Dimensional Finite Element Analysis for Contact Stress and Fatigue near the Fir-Tree Region in a Gas Turbine Blade" British Journal of Applied Science & Technology, ISSN: 2231-0843,Vol.: 10, Issue.: 2
   
10. Raghavendra Pai, Narasimha Marakala & Sunil V(2016),"Evaluation of Design Using Condition monitoring of Machinery in an Automotive industry",  International Journal of Innovative Research in Science Engineering and Technology, vol. 5, issue 9,pp867-872.
11. Raghavendra Pai, Narasimha Marakala (2016),"A Review on Inertial Navigational Systems" International Conference on Electrical, Electronics, and Optimization Techniques (ICEEOT) - 2016.
12. Raghavendra Pai, Narasimha Marakala (2016),"A case study on sensors for advanced condition monitoring systems, International conference on Smart materials and technologies for emerging electronics-IC-SMTEE-2016.
13. Hithesh Joshy S, Vivek Prabhakar, Narasimha Marakala (2017), Multi-Constraint Optimization of Composite Layup of a Sensor Support Structure,ICETE-2017, NMAMIT,Nitte, pp242-245.
14. Shreepannaga, B Vishwash, Anantha Krishna Somayaji, Narasimha Marakala(2017), "Fatigue Testing of Aluminium 7079 Metal Matrix Composites Reinforced with Nickel Coated Carbon Fibres" ,ICETE-2017, NMAMIT,Nitte, pp237-240.
15. Anantha Krishna Somayaji, Narasimha Marakala (2017), "Study of indentation creep behaviour of Aluminium based carbon reinforced MMC" -NCETSE 2017 at SMVIT&M Bantakal Udupi
16. Anantha Krishna Somayajiand Narasimha Marakala, "Effect of T6 Heat treatment on hardness, wear and fatigue behaviour of Ni coated CF reinforces AL-7079 MMC", International Journal of Mechanical and Production Engineering Research and Development (IJMPERD), ISSN(P): 2249-6890; ISSN: 2249-8001 Vol.9, Issue 2, Apr 2019, 253-264
17. Anantha Krishna Somayaji, Narasimha Marakala, Ajith M Hebbale(2019), "Studies of impression creep behavior of aluminum (7079) based carbon fiber reinforced metal matrix composites" Journal of Mechanical Engineering Research and Developments (JMERD), 42(5), pp 124-126.

• Alternative fuels
• Advanced Manufacturing Science
• Measurement Science

1. Best project of the year award - Expro-2004 [ Mini pesticide sprayer ]
2. First place in online quiz ( Do-it-yourself 2004)
3. Project of the year award ( KSCST State level Exhibition-2004) [Trivilla-A Three wheeler for physically disabled persons]
4. Best project of the year award - Expro-2008 [ Joystick car ]
5. Best project of the year award- Expro-2018 [Solar desalinator]

• Staff in charge for project museum [A department level collection of few previous UG projects].
• Proctor, for allotted students
• Hostel Monitoring Squad
• Exam coordinator/Sessional Coordinator
• Staff coordinator for AIMS [Association for Interaction of Mechanical Students]
  

• Life Member of Indian Society for Technical Education
• Life Member of Indian Welding Society

• Elements of Mechanical Engineering
• Engineering graphics
• Manufacturing Processes-I
• Manufacturing Processes-II
• Metrology and Measurements
• Manufacturing Processes-III
• Maintenance and Reliability Engineering
• Power Plant Engineering
• Non Destructive Testing

• Project guided at UG level: 34
• Project guided at PG level: 4
• Project guided at Ph.D level: 3

International journals

1. Mallikappa, Rana Pratap Reddy, Ch.S.N.Murthy, "Performance and Emission Characteristics of DI CI Engine Operated with Cardanol Bio fuel" International Journal on Mechanical & Automobile Engineering,(IJMAE) Volume 12, Issue No 01, (2010) 21-29.
2. Mallikappa, Rana Pratap Reddy, Ch.S.N.Murthy "Performance and Emission Characteristics of Stationary CI Engine with Cardanol Biofuel blends". International Journal of Scientific and Engineering Research, Volume 2, Issue 4, (2011) 56-61.
3. Mallikappa, Rana Pratap Reddy, Ch.S.N.Murthy, "Performance and Emission Characteristics Studies on Stationary Diesel Engines Operated with Cardanol Biofuel Blends." International Journal of Renewable Energy Research, Vol.2, No.2, 2012.
4. Mallikappa, Rana Pratap Reddy, Ch.S.N.Murthy,"Performance and Emission Characteristics of Double Cylinder CI Engine Operated with Cardanol Bio fuel Blends". Elsevier - Renewable Energy Volume 38 (2012),Pg 150 -154.
5. Basavaraju, Mallikappa, B. Yogesha, "Investigation on Performance of SI Engine to Improve the Combustion Characteristics by Using Pre-Heated Fuel". International Journal of Science and Research (IJSR) ISSN (Online): 2319-7064 Index Copernicus Value (2013): 6.14 | Impact Factor (2013): 4.438.
6. Basavaraju, Mallikappa, B. Yogesha. "Performance of SI Engine by Using Pre-heated Fuel with Carburetor", International Journal of Energy Engineering 2016, 6(1): 16-24 DOI: 10.5923/j.ijee.20160601.03.
7. Vishwanath Nayak, Venkatesh Rao, Mallikappa, Design, Fabrication and Analysis of a Semicircular Solar Water Heater. Energy and Power, 6(1A), 22-27 (2016) DOI: 10.5923/c.ep.201601.04.
8. Mallikappa Dodderi, Rao Sukesh Raghavendra, Narayana Hedge, Navaneeth Rao I, Mohammed Asif, "A Mechatronic System to Prevent Death due to Suffocation in a Locked Car", IRA-International Journal of Technology & Engineering ISSN 2455-4480; Vol.04, Issue 03 (2016) Pg. no. 126-134, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.21013/jte.v4.n3.p1.
9. Mallikappa, Vishwanath , Rana Pratap Reddy, Ch.S.N.Murthy, "Characteristic Study of non-edible oils for the Production of bio diesel, extracted from locally available seeds non-agricultural resources in Udupi, India", International Journal of Research and Scientific Innovation (IJRSI) | Volume IV, Issue VIII, August 2017 | ISSN 2321-2705, Page 32-35.
10. Mallikappa, Akash Mendon, Chiranth P. B., Akash Shetty. "Fresnel Lens with Advanced Fabricated Setup for Day Long Production of Hot Water". Journal of Alternate Energy Sources and Technologies ISSN: 2230-7982 (Online), ISSN: 2321-5186 (Print) Volume 9, Issue 1.
    
11. Mallikappa, Vishwanath, Eshwaraih (2018), "Dome with dripping lateral pipe-fabricated solar water heater". Inderscience publishers - Int. J. Renewable Energy Technology, Vol. 9, No. 3, page 359-367,DOI: 10.1504/IJRET.2018.10013096. 
    
12. Somashekhar T M, Premkumar Naik, VighneshaNayak, Mallikappa, Rahul S5, "Study of Mechanical Properties of Coconut Shell Powder and Tamarind Shell Powder Reinforced with Epoxy Composites".IOP Conf. Series: IConMMEE 2018 IOP Publishing, Materials Science and Engineering 376 (2018) 012105 doi:10.1088/1757-899X/376/1/012105. 
    
13. Mallikappa, Ajith M Hebbale, Advanced fabricated setup for day long production of hot water by fresnel lens. International Journal of Mechanical and Production Engineering Research and Development (IJMPERD),: 2249-6890; 2249-8001.
    
14. Manish,Melwyn Rajesh Castelino,Shashikanth Karinka, Mallikappa "Effect of Geometric Parameters and Friction on Strain in ECAP-3D FEM Investigation and Validation" Special issue of NMAMIT Annual research journal 2017.
    
15. Shreepannag, Mr Vishwash B, Dr. Mallikappa, "Adaptive Design and Finite Element Analysis of fuselage floor beam of an Aircraft", International Conference on Advances in Mechanical Sciences  Department of Mechanical Engineering. M.C.E,Hassan 2017.
    

International Conference

1. Mallikappa, Rana Pratap Reddy. Ch.S.N.Murthy, "Performance and emission studies of non- road VCR type CI engine with methyl esters of cardanol oil". International symposium on "Emerging trends in environment, health and safety management in mining and mineral based industries" NITK, Surathkal, Karnataka India. (2010) 182-192
2. Mallikappa, Rana Pratap Reddy, Ch.S.N.Murthy, "Study on the Performance and Exhaust Emissions of a Diesel Engine using Cardnol Bio fuel blends." International Conference on "RACE-2012" MIT-Manipal. Published in International Journal of Earth Science and Engineering, Volume 5, January 2012, pp 207-211.
3. Vishwanath, Mallikappa, Santhosh Poojary, "Characteristic Study of Oils Extracted from Locally Available Seeds in Udupi District". International Conference on Emerging Trends in Engineering (ICETE -2014) N.M.A.M. Institute of Technology, Nitte - Karnataka, India, 15th - 17th May, 2014,Pg 219-222.

National conference

1. Mallikappa , Rana Pratap Reddy, Ch.S.N.Muthy, "Experimental Investigation on  Performance and Emissions Characteristics of Non-road CI Engine with Cardnol Bio fuel blends."  National Conference on Advances in Mechanical Engineering MIT, Manipal, Karnataka India. (2011), 22

• Combustion Engineering
• Alternative Energy Sources
• Heat Transfer
• Sources for IC Engines
• Thermodynamics
• Turbo machines

• 3rd Rank in M.Tech - NMAMIT, Nitte.
• Best paper award in International conference held at MIT Manipal during January 2012.

• Coordinator - M. Tech in Energy System.
• Chairman - EXPRO - State level final year UG project exhibition & Competition.
• Department grievance cell/Disciplinary committee
• Students counseling
• Coordinator for Hostel visiting team
• Chief project leader - Entrepreneurship Development Cell 
• KSCST Institute Coordinator

UG

• Engineering Graphics
• Elements of Mechanical Engineering
• Basic Thermodynamics
• Applied Thermodynamics
• Fluid Mechanics
• Kinematics of Machines
• Fluid Machinery
• Dynamics of Machinery
• Internal Combustion Engines
• Heat and Mass Transfer

 PG

• Non-conventional Energy Sources
• Conventional Energy Conversion Systems
• Thermodynamics and Combustion Engineering
• Theory of SI and CI Engines/ Advanced IC Engines
• Energy Management
• Alternative fuels for IC Engines
• Utilization of Solar Energy

• D Projects: 03 (ongoing)
• M.Tech Projects: 15

International Conference

1. Narasimha Bailkeri, N Sathish Kumar, Shrinivasa Rao B. R & B.S.Samaga, Performance study on Twin plug Spark Ignition Engine, International conference on Advances in Mechanical and Building Sciences in the 3rd Millennium (ICAMB 2009), VIT University, Vellore, December 14-16, 2009, pp. 51
2. Narasimha Bailkeri, Krishna Prasad S, Shrinivasa Rao B. R & B.S.Samaga, Performance study on Twin plug SI engine at different ignition timings, International Conference on Recent Advances and Challenges in Energy 2012 (RACE 2012), Organized by Manipal Institute of Technology, Manipal, India. January 4-6, 2012, pp. 271 - 275.
3. P. Shetty, N. Bailkeri, Srinivasa. Pai. P and Shrinivasa Rao B. R, Radial Basis Function neural network (RBFNN) based prediction of performance and Emission characteristics in a dual spark plug SI engine, International Conference ICCOMIM -2012, organized by MSR Institute of Technology, Bengaluru, India.

 International Journal

1. Narasimha Bailkeri, Krishna Prasad S & Shrinivasa Rao B. R., Comparative study of Performance of dual plug and single plug SI engine at different compression ratios, International Journal of Advanced Research in Engineering and Technology, Vol 4, Issue 5, 2013, pp. 188 - 197.
2. Narasimha Bailkeri, Krishna Prasad S & Shrinivasa Rao B. R., Performance study on Twin plug SI  engine at different ignition timings, International Journal of Science and Research, Vol 2, issue 8, 2013, pp. 231-236.

• Quality Initiatives
• Quality Awards and Performance
• Total Quality Management
• Elements of Aeronautics
• CAD/ CAM Software

• Accreditations (NAAC, NBA)
• Staff Coordinator of Aero Club

UG Programme:

• Elements of Mechanical Engineering
• Engineering Graphics/ Computer Aided Engineering Graphics
• Machine Drawing/ Computer Aided Machine Drawing
• Operations Management
• Organization Behavior
• Engineering System Design
• Engineering Economics
• Operations Research
• Product Design and Manufacture
• Management and Entrepreneurship
• Introduction to aircraft design

• E Projects: 15
• M. Tech Projects: 1

ReResearch Publications:

• Upadhyaya, G. and Bhat, K.S. (2016) 'The mutual influence among quality awards and quality initiatives: preliminary investigation among Indian quality award winners', Int. J. Business Excellence, Vol. 9, No. 1, pp.1-17.
• Upadhyaya, G. and Bhat, K.S. (2016) 'The effect of contingencies on mutual influence among quality awards and quality initiatives', TQM Journal, Vol. 28, No. 6, Vol. 28 Issue: 6, pp. 814-833.

Conferences Attended/papers published or presented:

• Presented a paper in ICOMAR 2016 at SDMIMD, Mysore, during 21- 22 January 2016.
• Presented a paper in ICIE2011 at SVNIT, Surat during 17- 19 November 2011.

• Coordinator for a 6 - Day Faculty Development Programme on CAD/CAM software (TEQIP Sponsored) organized by Department of Mechanical Engineering, NMAMIT, Nitte during 20 - 25 July, 2013.
• Coordinator for a 3 - Day workshop on CIM and Automation Lab (TEQIP Sponsored) organized by Department of Mechanical Engineering, NMAMIT, Nitte during 15 - 17 September 2009

Professional Development/ Courses attended

• Faculty Enablement Programme on "Design of Aircraft structure" by Infosys Bangalore, Development Centre, Bangalore, Karnataka, India (17th- 25th Jan 2011)
• Faculty Enablement Programme on "Introduction to Aircraft Industry and Aircraft Systems" by Infosys Mysore Campus, Mysore, Karnataka state, India (21st- 29th June 2010)
• As a participant in the Workshop on 'Innovate, Create, Manufacture and Manage digitally', Conducted by Siemens PLM Systems by IUCEE FLI, Infosys Mysore Campus, Mysore, Karnataka state, India (6th-10th July 2009)
• As a participant in the Network programme, on 'Computer Aided Modelling and Analysis Laboratory', using ANSYSV10 by Malnad College of Engineering, Hassan, Karnataka, India (4th-8th Feb 2009)
• As a participant in the 'Train the Trainers' programme on Computer Aided Machine Drawing using Solid Edge software by SJCE, Mysore, Karnataka, India (23rd-25th July 2007)
• As a participant in the shortterm training programme on 'Recent Trends in Ergonomics' by Peoples Education Society's College of Engineering and Technology-Mandya, Karnataka, India (22nd Aug- 3rd Sep 2005)
• As a participant in the CAD, CAM,CAE Training Programme (A faculty development programme) conducted by Design Tech, Pune by VTU - UGS PLM Center for Excellence, Visvesvaraya Technological University Campus, Belgaum, Karnataka, India.

• Micro machining
• Metal cutting

• Coordinator for Foundry Forging Industry Visit
• Metrology Lab In-charge
• Developed Department library
• Involved in the development of micro machining lab

• Member Of Institution of Engineers (India).
• Member Of Indian Society for Technical Education.
• Member Of Kodagu, Dakshina Kannada and Udupi Engineers Association.
• Member Of Indian Welding Society (IWS).

• Manufacturing Technology I,II,III
• Foundry Technology
• Machine Tool Technology
• Welding Technology
• Elements of Mechanical Engineering
• Computer Aided Engineering Graphics
• Computer Aided Machine Drawing

• B.E. Projects: 25
• M.Tech Projects: 5

Papers Published:

1. Development of micro-EDM Incorporating In-situ measurement System, Procedia Material Science 5(2014)1897-1905.
2. Static Analysis, Design Modification and modal Analysis of Structural Chassis frame, International Journal of Engineering Research and Application, Vol4, issue 5, May2014.pp 06-10.
3. Development of In-situ Tool Grinding Attachment for micro-EDM, Proceedings of ICETE-2015, pp46-50.
4. Design Fabrication and testing of Tool Feeding System for In-Situ Tool Grinding in micro-EDM, Int.J.of Innovative Research in Science Engineering and technology, Vol5, Spl.issue 9, May 2016, pp855-860.
5. Piezoactuator based feed control system for in-situ tool grinding in micro-EDM, Journal of Mechanical Engineering and Automation 2016,6(5A):86-92
6. Development of tool indexing mechanism for in-situ tool grinding in micro-EDM ICETE 2017.
7. Fabrication of differently shaped tool electrodes for micro-EDM, Journal of Materials Science & Surface Engineering, 5(6): 641-646

Conferences Attended:

1. 32nd Annual convention and National seminar of ISTE at NMAMIT, 27th to 29th Dec.2
2. State Convention and National Seminar of ISTE at MSRIT Bangalore.
3. NMReCon-2011 at NMAMIT, 20th Sept.2011.
4. NMReCon-2012 at NMAMIT, 27th Sept.2012.
5. NMReCon-2013 at NMAMIT, 7th Nov 2013.
6. Co-chaired a technical session in ICETE-2015 at NMAMIT, 8-9May2015.
7. International conference on Advances in Materials and manufacturing Engineering (ICAMME-2014), NITK Suratkal, March2014.
8. National conference on Emerging trends in mechanical Engineering (eTIME-2016) at SJEC, Mangalore, 6th August2016.
9. National conference on Machining Difficult to Machine Materials Recent Developments, Issues and Solutions (NCMDMM2017), 3rd-5th August 2017, NMAMIT, Nitte.

FDP attended

1. Two weeks FDP on "Entrepreneurship Development" at REC Calicut from 3rd to 14th may 1999.
2. QIP on "Advanced Educational Technology" conducted by National Institute of Technical Teachers Training and Research, MHRD Chennai,13th to 17th feb2006.
3. "FEEL Teacher" programme conducted by CLHRD at NMAMIT from 4th to 6th April 2006.
4. "Application of NI LabVIEW in Engineering Education" at NMAMIT from 10th to 13th August 2010.
5. One day workshop on "Research methodology" at NMAMIT on 16th Dec 2010.
6. FDP on "Recent Advances in Machining" at NMAMIT from 10yh to 15th June2013.
7. "Effective Leadership for Excellence" conducted by IACE Bangalore from 20th to 21st June2013.
8. "Recent Advances in CAD/CAM Software" at NMAMIT from 22nd to 27th July 2013.
9. FDP on "Design and Simulation of MEMS Devices" at NMAMIT from 16th to 20th June 2014.
10. "Research Methodology and LaTex" conducted by VTU at SDIT Mangalore from 8th to 11th sept.2014.
11. 3-Day training programme on "LaTex" at NMAMIT from 14th to 16th July2015.
12. "Faculty Empowerment Workshop" conducted by i-POINT at NMAMIT

FDP Conducted

1. Modeling, Simulation and Applications of Piezoactuators, 20th-21st March2017

• Engineering Management
• Composite Materials

• Staff coordinator for ISO 2015 at NMAMIT, Nitte.
• BOE Member of NMAMIT during 2016-17.

• Mechanics of Materials
• Power Plant Engineering
• Engineering Economics
• Industrial Management and Entrepreneurship
• Manufacturing Process
• Theory of Machines
• CIM and Automation
• Metrology and Measurements
• Engineering Economics
• Non Traditional Machining
• Foundry Technology
• Project Management
• Human Resource Management

1. Presented a paper on "Indentation creep and wear behavior of GTA welds (parent metal AISI 304 stainless steel)" at National level conference held in Basaveshwar Engineering College on 13th March 2009
2. Presented a paper on "Current economic scenario and its impact on agriculture sector" at KPT, Mangalore on 23rd March 1996.
3. Presented a paper on creep behavior of aluminium based carbon-fibre reinforced MMC's at a National Conference held in SMVITM, Bantakal 2016.
4. Published a paper titled "Studies of impression creep behaviour of   based carbon fibre reinforced MMCs."(JMERD)
   
5. Published a paper titled " Effect of T6 heat treatment on hardness, wear, and fatigue behaviour of Nickel coated carbon fibre reinforced Al 7079 MMC"(IJMPERD)
   
6. Published a paper titled "Fatigue and fracture characterisation of short fibre reinforced Al 7079 MMCs"(IJSR)
   
7. Published a paper titled " Design and optimisation of Mangalore clay roofing tile (IJSR)
   

• I. C.Engines
• Thermal energy systems
• Energy conversion Techniques

• Class committee member
• Weak student monitoring coordinator
• Department fund creation for needy students

• Basic thermodynamics
• Applied thermodynamics
• Power plant engineering
• Fluid machinery
• Renewable energy sources
• Energy storage
• Elements of mechanical engineering
• Computer aided engineering graphics

1. B. E Projects: 20
2. M. Tech Projects: 4

•  Energy Engineering
• Energy Management
• Fluid mechanics and Machinery
• Materials Engineering
• Composite Materials

• B.E Projects : 14
• M.Tech. Projects : 6

1. Published a paper titled "Performance Analysis of Hybrid Photovoltaic/ Thermal Systems" in International Journal of Emerging Technology & Advanced Engineering (IJETAE) (ISSN-2250-2459), Vol.4, March 2014
   
2. Published a paper titled "Experimental investigation and microstructural evolution analysis of CNT & Fly ash reinforced Aluminium matrix Composites-Material science forum ISSN 1662-9752 vol. 830-831 pp.429-432
3. Published a paper titled "Fabrication and experimental investigation on hardness and density properties of Aluminium hybrid composites. ICETE 2016 NMAMIT
4. Published a paper titled "Effect of high energy ball milling on Aluminium metal matrix composites - ICETE 2017 NMAMIT
5. Published a paper titled " Artificial neural network technique to predict the properties of multiwall carbon nanotube-fly ashreinforced aluminium composite" journal of materials research and technology 2019,8(5);3970-3977  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmrt.2019.07.005
   
6. Published a paper titled "Assessment of wear properties of MWCNT and FA reinforced Al nanocomposites produced by powder metallurgy technique." Material. Research Express https://doi.org/10.1088/2053-1591/ab1bac
   
7. Published a paper titled "Effect of fly ash and ball milling time on CNT-FA reinforced Aluminium matrix hybrid composites", Material. Research Express https://doi.org/10.1088/2053-1591/ab1e20
   
8. Published a paper titled "Utilisation of fly ash from thermal plant for the synthesis of 4 wt.% FA and 0.25 wt.% CNT reinforced aluminium composites by powder metallurgy" International Journal of Mechanical and Production Engineering Research and Development (IJMPERD) ISSN(P): 2249-6890; ISSN(E): 2249-8001 Vol. Special Issue, Jun 2019, 107-112
   
9. Published a paper titled "Effect of Addition of Fly ash and Carbon Nanotubes In Aluminum Metal matrix Produced by Powder metallurgy" AIP Conference Proceedings 2128, 020009 (2019); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5117921
   
10. Published a paper titled "Assessment of carbon nanotubes (CNT) and fly ashes (FA) reinforced Al nanocomposites properties synthesised by powder metallurgy". Materials Today: Proceedings 22 (2020) 2247-2254
    
11. Published a paper titled "Novel carbon nanotube and fly-ash reinforced Al composites for automobile and aerospace applications" Materials today: proceedings March 2020 DOI: 10.1016/j.matpr.2020.02.969
    

FDP's attended:

• 3 day FDP on soft computing Paradigm and its applications at NMAMIT, Nitte on 27,28 and 29th July 2015
• 2 day FDP on recent developments in measurement science at NMAMIT, Nitte on 22-23rd April 2016
• 2 days FDP on Practical Durability Assessment of Automotive structures and welding Design-2016 during dec23-24 2016-12-27
• One day FDP on Research Literacy & Information Centre on Monday 6th Feb 2017 at NMAMIT, Nitte

       Conferences/Workshops attended:

• 3 day International Conference on Advanced Materials and Manufacturing Process for Strategic sectors at Thiruvanthapuram during 13-15th May 2015
• One day national workshop on Artificial neural network and its applications at BIT Mangalore on 28th April 2016
• 3 day national workshop on Advanced materials and manufacturing at NITK Surathkal - 28-30th September 2016.
• One day National workshop on Nano fluids: Applications for Heat Transfer and Energy Systems held at AIET, Moodbidri on 28.09.2017
• International conference on Advanced materials and manufacturing processes for strategic sectors (ICAMPS 2018) organised by the Institute of metals, Trivandrum chapter held  at Thiruvanthapuram during 25-27 October 2018
• International conference on materials, manufacturing and machining (ICMMM 2019) organised by Bannari Amman Institute of Technology, Sathyamangalam, Erode Tamil Nadu held on March 8-9 2019
• National conference on Emerging Trends in Science and Engineering (NCETSE-2019) held at Shri Madhwa Vadiraja Institute of Technology and Management, Bantakal, Udupi in association with ISRO, Bengaluru from 25th to 27th April 2019. 
• International conference on smart and sustainable developments in materials, manufacturing and energy engineering held in NMAMIT Nitte during 23rd -24th May 2019   
• International Conference on Laser Deposition -(iCold -2019) organized by AIET Moodbidri on November 27-29 2019
• Workshop on welding for maintenance organized by the department of mechanical Engineering of NMAMIT, Nitte during June 28, 2018
• One week faculty development programme on " Theoretical and computational Mechanics-II" organized by the department of mechanical Engineering of NMAMIT, Nitte during july 9-15, 2018
•  International conference on Advanced materials and manufacturing processes for strategic sectors (ICAMPS 2018) organised by the Institute of metals, Trivandrum chapter held  at Thiruvanthapuram during 25-27 October 2018
• International conference on materials, manufacturing and machining (ICMMM 2019) organised by Bannari Amman Institute of Technology, Sathyamangalam, Erode Tamil Nadu held on March 8-9 2019
• 2nd International Conference on Materials, Manufacturing and Modelling (ICMMM 2019) Organised by VIT Vellore, India on 29th to 31th March 2019
• National conference on Emerging Trends in Science and Engineering (NCETSE-2019) held at Shri Madhwa Vadiraja Institute of Technology and Management, Bantakal, Udupi in association with ISRO, Bengaluru from 25th to 27th April 2019. 
• International conference on smart and sustainable developments in materials, manufacturing and energy engineering held in NMAMIT Nitte during 23rd -24th May 2019   
• International Conference on Laser Deposition -(iCold -2019) organized by AIET Moodbidri on November 27-29 2019
• Five days faculty development program on Modeling Fundamentals and PYTHON for Numerical Simulation and applied Artificial Intelligence for Mechanical Engineering systems Research organsised by department of mechanical Engineering of NMAMIT, Nitte during 18th -22nd December 2019
  

• February 2019- till date as Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, NMAM Institute of Technology, Nitte 
• July 2011 Februaru 2019 - Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, NMAM Institute of Technology, Nitte 
• December 2009 June 2011 - Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Moodlakatte Institute of Technology, Moodlakatte 
• August 2009- November 2009 - Production Engineer, MultiTech Centre, Bengaluru
• August 2006 to July 2009 – Production Engineer, Powerica Ltd, Nelamangala, Bangalore
  
• December 2005- August 2006 - Maintenance Engineer, No.2p, 3p & 4p, KIADB Industrial Area, Baikampady, Mangalore

• Bearing Condition Monitoring
• Wavelet transform
• Feature extraction
• Fault diagnosis

• ISO Coordinator
• IOT Department Coordinator
• Active Learning Mechatronics  lab In-Charge

• B. E. Projects : 7
• Tech Projects : 3

1. S. Kumar, SrinivasaPai P., N. S. Sriram, Vijay G. S., "Rolling element bearing fault diagnostics: Development of health index", Proc IMechE Part C: J Mechanical Engineering Science, DOI: 10.1177/0954406216656214.
2. S. Kumar, SrinivasaPai P.,  N. S. Sriram, Vijay G. S., and Vijay M. patil, "Comparison of denoising schemes and dimensionality reduction techniques for fault diagnosis of REB", International Journal of Manufacturing Research, (Inderscience Publications), 2016, Vol. 11, No. 3, pp. 238-258.
3. Vijay G S, Kumar H. S., P. SrinivasaPai, Sriram N. S. and Raj B. K. N. Rao, "Evaluation of effectiveness of wavelet based denoising schemes using ANN and SVM for bearing condition classification", Hindawi Publishing Corporation, Computational Intelligence and Neuroscience, doi10.1155/2012/582453, 2012.
4. Kumar H.S, SrinivasaPai P, Vijay G.S. and Raj B.K.N. Rao, "Wavelet Transform for Bearing condition monitoring and fault diagnosis: A review", COMADEM, ISSN 1363-7681, No.1, 2014, pp.9-25.
5. Vijay G. S., H.S. Kumar, SrinivasaPai P.,  S. Sriram, "Support Vector Machine based bearing defect classification using wavelet denoised vibration signal", Annual Research Journal, NMAM Institute of Technology, vol 2, 2012, p 27-32.
6. S. Kumar, SrinivasaPai P.,  N. S. Sriram, Vijay G. S., "Rolling Element Bearing Condition Classification Using Hoelder Exponents" Annual Research Journal, NMAM Institute of Technology, vol 3, 2013, p 43-48.
7. Kumar H S , SrinivasaPai P,  Sriram N S , Vijay G S, "ANN based evaluation of performance of wavelet transform for condition monitoring of rolling element bearing", Procedia Engineering 64 ( 2013 ), pp.805 - 814.
8. Vishwash B , SrinivasaPai P, Rounaq Ahmed , H S Kumar  , Vijay G S, Sriram N S, "Multiscale slope feature extraction for gear and bearing fault diagnosis using wavelet transform",  Procedia Materials Science 5 ( 2014 ), pp. 1650 - 1659.
9. Melwyn R Castelino, Kumar H S, SrinivasaPai P, Vijay G S " Artificial Neural Network based Vibration Signal Analysis of Rotary Machines - Case Studies", International Conference on Emerging Trends in Engineering (ICETE), NMAMIT, Nitte, Udupi, Karnataka, India, page no 211-218.
10. S. Kumar, SrinivasaPai P.,  N. S. Sriram, Vijay G. S., "Selection of mother wavelet for effective wavelet transform of bearing vibration signals",  Advanced Materials Research, Vol. 1039 (2014) pp 169-176
11. Vijay M. Patil, Kumar H.S., Vishwash B., Vijay G.S., "Comparison of Dimensionality Reduction Techniques for Effective Fault Diagnosis of Rolling Element Bearing", International Conference on Emerging Trends in Engineering (ICETE -2015) , NMAMIT, Nitte, Udupi, Karnataka, India, pp. 21-27.
12. H.S. Kumar,  SrinivasaPai P.,  N. S. Sriram, Raj BKN Rao., "Classification of Rolling Element Bearing using Singular Values", Submitted to Inderscience.
13. Use of MEMS based Vibration Data for REB Fault Diagnosis, Prashanth B, Dr Kumar H. S, Dr Srinivasa Pai P, Dr Muralidhara, International Journal of engineering & Technology, 7 (3.34), (2018) 714-718.
    
14. P. Sreejith, H. S. Kumar, Muhammed Jameel, Fahmil Ayoob, and B. Vishnu, Fault Diagnosis of Rolling Element Bearing Through Vibration Signals Using Naïve Bayes Classifier, Advanced Science, Engineering and Medicine. 10(3), (2018), 480-484.
    

• Conduction of ESD (Employability Skills Development) classes for 5th and 6th semester students during 2015-16, 2016-17.
• Served as department representative/official during the 40th series KSCST-SPP seminar during 11th-12th August, 2017.
• Industry-Institute Collaboration (IIC) team member during 2016-17.
• Departmental coordinator for International Conference on Emerging Trends in Engineering (ICETE-2016).
• Coordinated a TEQIP funded 3 days FDP on "Theoretical and Computational mechanics" from 19th -21st January 2017.
• Coordinated a TEQIP-II funded 5 Day STTP on "Design and Simulation of MEMS devices", from 16th -20th June, 2014.
• Reviewer:  for-  Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part C: Journal of     Mechanical Engineering Science SAGE publications. Journal of Quality in Maintenance Engineering, Emerald publication, International Review of Electrical Engineering (IREE), Measurement, Journal of the Brazilian Society of Mechanical Sciences and Engineering
  

• Material Processing through Microwave Energy
• Materials and Metallurgy
• Laser cladding

• NAAC coordinator of Mechanical Dept
• Active Member of Dept. NBA team
• Serving as a hostel warden for the NET boys hostel, Nitte
• Serving as a Student Mentor for the Mechanical Department

• Life Member of Indian Society for Technical Education
• Life Member of Indian Welding Society
• Member of Society of Automotive Engineering (SAE)

For UG

• Elements of Mechanical Engineering
• Mechanics of Materials
• Kinematics of Machines
• Design of Machine Elements-I
• Design of Machine Elements-II
• Material Science & Metallurgy

• B. E. Projects : 10
• M.Tech Projects : 4

Journals:

• Ajit M. Hebbale, Srinath M.S. Microstructural Characterization of Ni based Cladding on SS304 Developed through Microwave Energy. Materials Today: Proceedings. 2 (2015) 1414 - 1420.
• Ajit M Hebbale, Srinath M.S. Microstructural investigation of nickel based cladding developed on austenitic SS304 through microwave irradiation. Journal of materials research and technology. (2 0 1 6) 5(4) 293-301.
  
• Ajit M Hebbale, Srinath M.S. Microstructure and experimental design analysis of nickel based clad developed through microwave energy. Journal of Perspectives in Science. 8 (2016) 257-259.
  
• Ajit M. Hebbale, Srinath M S, Development and Microstructural Characterization of HSS Tool steel through Microwave energy. Indian Journal of Advances in Chemical Science. S1(2016)1-5.
  
• Ajit M Hebbale, Srinath M.S. Taguchi analysis on erosive wear behavior of cobalt based microwave cladding on stainless steel AISI-420. Measurement.99 (2017) 98-107.
  
• Ajit M. Hebbale, Srinath M S, Fuzzy prediction of slurry erosive behavior of cobalt based clad developed through microwave energy. Materials Today: Proceedings. 4 (2017) 1804-1811.
  
• Ajit M Hebbale, Srinath M.S. Microstructural studies of cobalt based microwave clad developed on martensitic stainless steel (AISI-420). Transaction of Indian institute of metals (Springer publications). Status: Accepeted. DOI 10.1007/s12666-017-1206-7.
  
• Ajit M Hebbale, Srinath M.S Ravindra I. Badiger, S. Narendranath1. Effect of Power Input on Metallurgical and Mechanical Characteristics of Inconel-625 Welded Joints Processed Through Microwave Hybrid Heating, Trans Indian Inst Met. doi.org/10.1007/s12666-018-1537-z.
  
• Mallikappa & Ajith M. Hebbale Advanced Fabricated Setup for Day Long Production of Hot Water by Fresnel lens. ISSN (P): 2249-6890; ISSN (E): 2249-8001 Vol. 9, Issue 1, Feb 2019, 291-296.
  
• Ajit M Hebbale, Srinath M.S. Surface Response Studies of Cobalt based Clads Developed through Microwave Energy on Martensitic Stainless Steel. ISSN (P): 2249-6890; ISSN (E): 2249-8001, Vol. 9, Issue 3, Jun 2019, 1343-1352.
  
• Somayaji, A., Markala, N., Hebbale, A.M. Studies of impression creep behavior of aluminum (7079) based carbon fiber reinforced metal matrix composites. Journal of Mechanical Engineering Research and Developments.42 (5), pp. 124-126.
  
• Ajit M Hebbale, Srinath M S. Characterization of Cobalt Based Microwave Clad Developed on SS-355. Applied Mechanics and Materials. ISSN: 1662-7482, Vol. 895, pp 259-264.
  
• Ajit M. Hebbale, Srinath M S, Development and Microstructural Characterization of HSS Tool steel through Microwave energy. Indian Journal of Advances in Chemical Science. S1 (2016)1-5.
  
• AM Hebbale, A Bekal, M S Srinath. Wear studies of composite microwave clad on martensitic stainless steel. SN Applied Sciences (2019) 1:196. doi.org/10.1007/s42452-019-0214-0.
  
• Ajit M. Hebbale, Ravindra I Badiger, M S Srinath, Gajanan M Naik. An experimental investigation of microwave induced nickel based clads for slurry erosion wear performance using Taguchi approach. J. Metallographic, Microstructure, and Analysis, ASM International. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13632-020-00644-3.
  
• GM Naik, B Sachin, RI Badiger, AM Hebbale. Microstructure and mechanical properties of TiO2 reinforced ZA22 metal matrix composite. Materials Today: Proceedings. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matpr.2020.01.529.
  

Conference:

1. "Development and Microstructural Characterization of Microwave Cladding on stainless Steel [SS-304]", Twenty-Third International Conference on Processing and Fabrication of Advanced Materials. Proceedings of PFAM-23. Page-752-760, PFAM Vol-II, IIT, Roorkee. December, 2014.
2. Ajit M Hebbale, Srinath M.S. Microstructural investigation of nickel based cladding developed on austenitic SS304 through microwave irradiation. Journal of materials research and technology. (2 0 1 6) 5(4) 293-301.
3. "Microstructural Characterization of Ni based Cladding on SS-304 Developed through Microwave Energy",4th International Conference on Materials Processing and Characterization (ICMPC-2015) Elsevier Proceedings, March -2015.
4. Microstructure and Experimental Design Analysis of Nickel Based Clad Developed Through Microwave Energy. International Conference on Recent Trends in Engineering and Materials Science (ICEMS-2016). SCI Indexd March -2016.
5. Ajit M Hebbale, Srinath M.S. Taguchi analysis on erosive wear behavior of cobalt based microwave cladding on stainless steel AISI-420. Measurement.99 (2017) 98-107.
6. Slurry erosive wear studies of cobalt based microwave clad". 6th International & 27th All India Manufacturing Technology, Design and Research Conference (AIMTDR-2016). AIMTDR Proceedings. December- 2016.
7. ANOVA Studies and Control Factors Effect Analysis of Cobalt-based Microwave Clad. [AIP-Proceedings communicated].
   
8. Development and Testing of Solar-based Desalinator System.[LNME-Springer communicated].
   
9. The Experimental Investigation of Congress Gross Fiber Reinforced Epoxy Composite for Human Weighing Machine Platform Application. [Materials Toady Proceedings communicated]. 
   
10. Dry Sliding Wear Performance Studies of WC-12Co Deposited on AISI 420 Steel through Microwave Energy.[LNME-Springer communicated].
    
11. Neuro-Fuzzy Modeling and Wear rate Predictions of Microwave Clads.[LNME-Springer communicated].
    
12. Buffer optimization using the Genetic Algorithm for Production Lines with different Conveyor System. [Materials Toady Proceedings communicated].
    

• Welding Metallurgy
• Resistance spot welding
• Weld defect analysis
• Advanced high strength steels
• Casting
• Weld automation
• Material characterization
• Aluminum Alloys
• Computer aided cooling curve analysis (CACCA)
• Heat transfer analysis
• Solidification analysis
• NDT inspections
• Ultrasound inspection

• Best poster award in KWJS 2017
• A guided student project won second prize in IMTEX 2020, Bangalore

• Material science and Metallurgy
• Welding Technology
• Manufacturing Technology
• Non-destructive Testing
• Metallurgical Thermodynamics
• Alloy design and applications
• Computer Aided Design and Analysis
• Foundry Technology

• Completed : 02
• Ongoing : 06

• B.Tech : 3 + 6 (Ongoing)
• Masters :1 + 3 (Ongoing>

• Vijeesh V, Ravi M and K.N. Prabhu, The Effect of the Addition of Strontium and Cerium Modifiers on Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Hypereutectic Al-Si (LM30) Alloy, Materials Performance and Characterization, (ASTM International) 2 (1), 2013, 296-307.
• Vijeesh V and K.N. Prabhu, Review of Microstructure Evolution in Hypereutectic Al-Si alloys and its Effect on Wear Properties, Transactions of the Indian Institute of Metals,(Springer Publications), 67 (1), 2014, 1-18.
• Vijeesh V and K.N. Prabhu, Computer Aided Cooling Curve Analysis and Microstructure of Cerium Added Hypereutectic Al-Si (LM29) Alloy, Transactions of the Indian Institute of Metals, (Springer Publications), 2014, 67(4), 541-549
• Vijeesh Vijayan and K.N.Prabhu, The effect of chilling and cerium addition on the microstructure and cooling curve parameters of Al-14%Si alloy, Canadian Metallurgical Quarterly, ( Maney Publications), 2015 (54),66-76.
• Vijeesh V and K.N. Prabhu, Effect of Varying Cooling Rate and Cerium Melt Treatment on Thermal Analysis Parameters and Microstructure of Hypoeutectic Al-Si Alloy,Light Metals, (TMS Publications), 2015,403-407.
• Vijeesh V and K.N. Prabhu, Assessment of Latent Heat and Solid Fraction of Al-22Si Alloy Using Newtonian and Fourier Analysis Techniques, Materials Science Forum, (Springer Publications), (Trans Tech Publications), 2015,Vols. 830-831, 321-324.
• Vijeesh V and K.N. Prabhu, The effect of addition of Ce and Sr on the solidification path of Al-8Si-2Cu alloy, Transactions of the Indian Institute of Metals, (Springer Publications), 68(6), 2016, 1119-1123.
• Vijeesh V and K.N. Prabhu, Simultaneous refinement and modification of Al-8%Si alloy by the addition of cerium, International Journal of Cast Metals Research, (Taylor and Francis Online Publications), DOI 10.1080/13640461.2016.1144698
• Sudheer R, Vijeesh V and K.N.Prabhu: The effect of Ce melt treatment on solidification path of ZA8 alloy, IOP Conf. Series: Materials Science and Engineering, (IOP science), 117 (2016) 012035 doi:10.1088/1757-899X/117/1/012035
• Vijeesh V and K.N.Prabhu, The effect of Ce addition on casting/chill interfacial heat flux and casting surface profile during solidification of Al-14% Si alloy, IOP Conf. Series: Materials Science and Engineering, (IOP science), 117 (2016) 012034 doi:10.1088/1757-899X/117/1/012034
• Pooja M, Vijeesh V, A. O. Surendranathan, K. R.Udupa and K. G. Samuel,Corrosion behavior of austempered ductile iron (ADI) in iron ore slurry,International Journal of Engineering Science and Technology, ( Engineering Journal Publications), Vol. 8, No. 3, 2016, 7-12
• Pooja M, Vijeesh V, A. O. Surendranathan, K. R.Udupa and K. G. Samuel, Comparison of corrosion behaviour of austempered ductile iron (ADI) and forged EN31 steel balls in an iron ore slurry, International Journal of Materials Characterization and Performance, ( ASTM International) (Accepted)
• Paulson Varghese, Febin Joseph, Merrin John Varkey, Don Dominic, M. Pooja, V. Vijeesh and K. G. Samuel, The Effect of Strontium Modification on T6 Heat Treatment Parameters, Microstructure and Hardness of Aluminum Silicon-A356 Alloy, Journal of Materials and Metallurgical Engineering, (ManTech Publications), Vol. 1 (2), 2016, 1-10.
• Vijeesh V and K.N.Prabhu, Effect of chilling and cerium addition on the microstructure and mechanical properties of Al-23Si alloy, Journal of Materials Engineering Performance, 2017 (Springer Publications) Vol. 25(11), DOI 10.1007/s11665-016-2415-7
• Vijeesh V and K.N.Prabhu, The effect of Sr modification on thermal diffusivity of Al-8Si alloy, International Journal of Cast Metals Research, 2017, (Available online)
• Vijeesh Vijayan, Nazmul Huda, Siva Prasad Murugan, Seung Man Noh, Namhyun Kang, and Yeong Do-Park, The Weldability Study of Carbon Nanotube Based 2nd Generation Primer Coatings for Automotive Applications, Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology, 2017, 31 (9) , 4405-4410
• Siva Prasad Murugan, Murali Mohan Cheepu, Vijeesh Vijayan, Dae-Geun Nam, Yeong-Do Park,Resistance spot weldability of stainless steel/aluminium/low carbon steel 3-ply clad sheet, Journal of Welding and Joining, 2017, 36 (1), 25-33.
• Vijeesh V and K.N. Prabhu , Thermal Analysis of Cerium-Treated Chill-Cast Al-23 Si Alloy, Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance, 2018, 27 (11), 5656-5664.
• Chanwook Ji, Vijeesh Vijayan, SivaprasadMurgun, Yeong-Do Park, Optimization of pulsed current in resistance spot welding of Zn-coated hot-stamped boron steels, Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology, 2019, 33(4) 1515-1621.
• Vijayan, V., SivaPrasadMurugan, Seong-Guk Son, Yeong-Do Park, Shrinkage Void Formation in Resistance Spot Welds: Its Effect on Advanced High-Strength-Steel Weld Strength and Failure Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance, 2019,.https://doi.org/10.1007/s11665-019-04465-6.
• SivaprasadMurgun, Vijeesh VijayanChanwook Ji,Yeong-Do Park,Four types of LME Cracks in RSW of Zn coated AHSS, The welding Journal, (Accepted for publication)
• Vijeesh Vijayan, Md. Rumman Ul Ahsan , Siva Prasad Murugan , Yeong-Do Park, Role of coatings in the formation of defects in advanced high strength 4 steel welds, Materials Today: Proceedings, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matpr.2020.02.109
• Sandhya Prabhu, Vijeesh Vijayan, Prajwal Acharya, Muralidhara Rao, Investigation of Thin Sheet Stainless Steel Resistance Spot Welds: Effect of Weld Current on Nugget Failure and Microstructure, Materials Today: Proceedings, MATPR-D-19-03904.

Conference Publications

• Vijeesh V and K.N. Prabhu, The effect of Sr modification on casting/chill interfacial heat flux and casting surface profiles during solidification of Al-7Si alloy, CRT 2013 Conference, SDM Institute of Technology, Ujire, access through http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/
• Vijeesh V and K.N.Prabhu, Effect of cooling rate on microstructure and thermal analysis parameters of hypereutectic Al-14% Si alloy, International Conference on Advanced Functional Materials, Trivandrum, India, 19-21, February 2014.
• V. Vijeesh , K.R. Atul , V. Vivek , T. Soman, K.K. Ravikumar, K. Sukumaran and M. Ravi, "Melt treatments of hyper eutectic Al-Si alloy (LM30) for automotive piston applications" Presented in National Seminar on Light Metals, Alloys and Composites For Aerospace, Automotive, Defence And Energy Sectors (LACOM-2011) 28-29 April, 2011, Indian Institute of Metals, Trivandrum, India
• Vijeesh V, K.K Ravikumar M.Ravi and K. Narayan Prabhu., High performance hypereutectic Al-Si alloy development by Rare earth additions, Presented in National Seminar on Science, Technology and Applications of Rare earths-2011, Organised by Rare Earth Association of India (REAI), August 19-20, 2011, Munnar, Kerala, India
• Vijeesh V and K.N. Prabhu, Effect of varying content of Sr addition on dendrite coherency of near eutectic Al-11% Si alloy, NMD ATM 2014, November 2014, 12-15, Pune, India
• Vijeesh Vijayan, Venkateswarlu Devuri, Siva Prasad Murugan and Yeong-Do Park, The effect of tool pin depth on the microstructure evolution and mechanical properties of friction stir welded CP titanium sheets, IWJC-2017 Korea.
• Jin-Hee Bae, Siva Prasad Murugan, Vijeesh Vijayan, Cheolhee Kim, Dong-Hyuck Kam and Yeong-Do Park, The influence of polymer in the nugget development, microstructure and tensile properties of steel/polymer/steel sandwich material during resistance spot welding, IWJC -2017 Korea.
• Seok-Tae Yoon, Vijeesh Vijayan, Sung-Sang Lim, Jae-Deuk Kim, Siva Prasad Murugan, Yeong-Do Park, Yong-Jin Cho, In-situ heat generation and defect analysis during welding using infrared thermography, QIRT-ASIA2017 (Available Online)

• ResearchGate link - https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Vijeesh_Vijayan2
• Google scholar citation link - https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=h5pdoNsAAAAJ&hl=en

• IC Engines
• Thermodynamics

• Applied thermodynamics
• Fluid Machinery
• Fluid mechanics
• Elements of Mechanical Engineering

• Internal combustion Engines
• Alternate Fuels
• Non-Conventional Energy Sources

• I. C. Engines
• Wind and solar power Engineering
• Power Plant Engineering
• Utilization of Solar Thermal Energy
• Alternative Energy Sources

• B. E Projects : 6
• M. Tech Projects : 8

• ISTE
• IWS

• Industrial management and entrepreneurship
• Marketing Management

• B. E. Projects : 19
• M.Tech Projects : 2

• Automobile Design
• Machine Design
• Condition Monitoring
• Friction Stir Welding
• Mechanical Design Softwares

• Mechanics of Materials
• Design of Machine Elements-I
• Design of Machine Elements -II
• Manufacturing Processes-I
• Manufacturing Processes -II
• Elements of Mechanical Engineering
• Employability Skill Development

International Conference:

1. Austin D. D'Souza., K. Subrahmanya Bhat., Deepak Prabhakar P., Arun Kulkarni., " Condition Monitoring Studies on Machinery Structures in an Oil Refinery using ODS ", Proceedings of the International Conference on Emerging Trends in Engineering, ICETE 2015, NMAM Institute of Technology, Nitte, Udupi, Karnataka, India. (ISBN: 978-93-84935-30-6), Page numbers 28 to 34.
2. Avinash., Austin D'Souza., Deepak Prabhakar., Ranjith R., " Transient Vibration Analysis of Refinery Steam Turbines using LabView Program ", Proceedings of the International Conference on Emerging Trends in Engineering, ICETE 2016, NMAM Institute of Technology, Nitte, Udupi, Karnataka, India. ISSN (Print): 2347-6710 and ISSN (Online): 2319-8753.

• Renewable energy
• Artificial neural network

• Secured gold medal in MTech Energy Systems 2010-2012
• Best paper award, "Wind power optimization: A comparison of metaheuristic algorithms", International conference on Advances in manufacturing materials and energy engineering, MITE, Moodbidri,2018.
• Best student project award 2019 for project entitled "Automatic waste segregator" by Fluid power society of India.
• Best paper award, "Wind power prediction and modeling: a comparison of feed forward neural networks", Global conference on Advanced smart & sustainable technologies in Engineering ,MITE, Moodbidri,2020
  
  
  

• Project coordinator
• Mentoring students
• Internship coordinator
• Departmental coordinator for IIC

• Material science and metallurgy
• Operations research
• Elements of mechanical engineering
• Metrology and measurements

• B. E Projects: 9
• M. Tech Projects: 4

• Composite Materials
• Finite Element Methods

• Accreditation Team Member (NAAC, NBA)
• ISSE coordinator
• Student monitoring coordinator

• Design of Machine Element-II
• Finite Element Method.
• Control Engineering.
• Composite Materials.
• Elements of Mechanical Engineering

• B. E. Projects : 10
• M.Tech Projects : 7

International Journals:

•  Nithin Kumar and Veeresha R K, "Analysis of front suspension lower control arm of an automobile vehicle" International Journal of Science and Research (IJSR), Volume 2 Issue 10, Pages 51-56, (2013), (ISSN 2319‐7064), Paper ID: 01101302
• Nithin Kumar and H. C. Chittappa, "Statistical analysis of electroless coating on short carbon fiber" International Journal of Material Science
• Nithin Kumar and H. C. Chittappa, "Corrosion behavior of short carbon fiber reinforced Aluminum MMC" IJTAM.

 International Conferences:

• Nithin Kumar*, H. C. Chittappa#, Vinayak#, "Design and Development of carbon fiber reinforced Aluminium MMC" in 2017 at Vellore
• Nithin Kumar*, H. C. Chittappa#, Albert#, "Fatigue Behavior of carbon fiber reinforced Aluminium MMC"  in 2017 at Kangipuram

• Automobiles
• Robotics
• Artificial Intelligence
• Maintenance
• Metal Machining
• Optimization Techniques

• Vishwas K. Mishra, Dhananraj, Karthik. J. Acharya, Kirana Kumara A., Grynal D'Mello," Coconut Tree Climber and Plucker", Jnanasangama -2015 - A National Level Student Conference, VCET, Puttur, May 2nd, 2015. (Best Paper Award) .
• Grynal D'Mello, Srinivasa Pai P., Rashmi P. Shetty, "Surface Roughness Modelling in High Speed Turning of Ti-6Al-4V - Artificial Neural Network Approach", Materials Today: Proceedings, 4 (2017), 7654-7664. (Best Paper Award during an International Conference on Advancements in Aeromechanical Materials for Manufacturing ICAAMM - 2016 at MLR Institute of Technology, Hyderabad).

• Staff coordinator for Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) Collegiate Club and SUPRA, A Formula Car at NMAMIT, Nitte.
• Member of NMAMIT News Bulletin editorial group under the Department of Mechanical Engineering.
• Departmental IT/ Lecture Videos Coordinator
• Staff In charge for Automotive Laboratory
• Staff in charge for CNC Machines (Maintenance and Consultancy)
• Departmental Virtual Lab Coordinator
• Moodle Coordinator
• Website Coordinator
• NMAMIT Mechanical YouTube Channel In charge 

• Life Member of Indian Society for Technical Education
• Life Member of Indian Welding Society
• Member of Society of Automotive Engineering (SAE)

• Industrial Robotics
• Mechatronics
• Non Destructive Testing
• Automotive Engineering
• Maintenance and Reliability Engineering
• Elements of Mechanical Engineering

• B. E. Projects : 18
• M.Tech Projects : 4

International Journals:

1. D'Mello, Grynal, P. Srinivasa Pai, and N. P. Puneet. "Optimization studies in high speed turning of Ti-6Al-4V." Applied Soft Computing 51 (2017): 105-115.
2. D'Mello, Grynal, et al. "Surface roughness evaluation using cutting vibrations in high speed turning of Ti-6Al-4V-an experimental approach." International Journal of Machining and Machinability of Materials 18.3 (2016): 288-312.
3. Grynal D'Mello, Srinivasa Pai P., "Prediction of Surface Roughness in High Speed Machining: A Comparison", International Journal of Research in Engineering and Technology, Vol. 3, No. 3, pp. 519-525.
4. Rodrigues, Anil Prashanth, and Grynal D'Mello. "Selection of Mother Wavelet for Wavelet Analysis of Vibration Signals in Machining." Journal of Mechanical Engineering and Automation 6.5A (2016): 81-85.
5. Shet, Vinayaka B., Vishwas C. Shetty, Asha Siddik, K. G. Rakshith, Nisha J. Shetty, Louella ConceptaGoveas, Grynal D'Mello, C. Vaman Rao, P. Ujwal, and A. Aparna. "Optimization of Microwave Assisted H2SO4 Hydrolysis of Cocoa Pod Shells: Comparison Between Response Surface Methodology and Artificial Neural Network and Production of Bioethanol Thereof" The Journal of Microbiology, Biotechnology and Food Sciences 7, no. 5 (2018): 473.
6. D'Mello, G., P. Srinivasa Pai, and A. Prashanth. "Surface Roughness Analysis in High Speed Turning of Ti-6Al-4V Using Coated Carbide Inserts: Experimental and Modeling Studies." Tribology in Industry 40, no. 3 (2018).
7. A S, S Pai P, B Achar, G DMello, "Multi-Objective Optimization and Modeling of Surface Roughness in Inconel 718 using Taguchi Grey Relational Analysis and Response Surface Methodology", International Journal of Engineering and Technology 7 (3.34), 724-728 (2018).
8. Achar, Bhaskara P., Grynal D'Mello, and K. Gururaj. "Use of Vortex Tube Air Cooling During Machining of Inconel 718: Experimental Investigation and Modeling Studies." Journal of Mechanical Engineering Research and Developments (2019): 127-131.
9. Grynal D'Mello, Jason Nigel D'Souza, Jeevan Alex Lobo, Preethesh D'Souza, Xanely D'Souza,"Design and Fabrication of a Semi-Automatic FlowerTying Machine", March - April 2020, pp. 7330-7336. ISSN: 0193-4120

National Journals:

1. Puneet N. P., Srinivasa Pai P., Grynal D'Mello, "Optimization techniques in turning - A review", Manufacturing Technology Today, Vol. 14, No. 5, May 2015, pp. 3-21.
2. Pai, P. Srinivasa, and Grynal D. Mello. "Vibration signal analysis for monitoring tool wear in high speed turning of Ti-6Al-4V", Indian Journal of Engineering and Material Sciences, Vol. 22, 2015, pp. 652-660.
3. Grynal D'Mello, Srinivasa Pai P., Puneet NP, "Surface Roughness analysis in High Speed Turning of Ti-6Al-4V", Nitte Annual Research Journal, ISSN 2249-0426, Vol. 5, 2015, pp. 16-22.
4. Varun C., Aishwarya, Anusha M. Palan, Shama U. Rao, Vinayaka B. Shet, C. Vaman Rao, Ujwal P., Grynal D'Mello. Modelling of microwave assisted coconut leaf acid hydrolysis pre-treatment process for maximum release of reducing sugars. Res. J. Chem. Env. Sci. Vol 4 [4S] 2016. 06-11
5. Rodrigues, Anil Prashanth, P. Srinivasa Pai, and Grynal D'Mello. "Surface Roughness Evaluation in High-speed Turning of Ti-6Al-4V using Vibration Signals." Indian Journal of Advances in Chemical Science S1 160 (2016): 164.
6. Vishwanatha, J. S., P. Srinivasa Pai, and Grynal D'Mello. "Wavelet Transform based Evaluation of Surface Images in High Speed Turning of Ti-6Al-4V." Indian Journal of Advances in Chemical Science S1 152 (2016): 156.

International Conferences:

1. Grynal D'Mello, Srinivasa Pai P., Puneet N. P., "Prediction of Surface Roughness in High Speed turning of Ti-6Al-4V", Proceedings of International Conference on Computational Methods in Engineering and Health Sciences, December 17-19, 2014. ES103, pp. 1-7.
2. Puneet N. P., Srinivasa Pai P., Grynal D'Mello, "Optimization studies using PSO for High Speed Turning of Ti-6Al-4V", International Conference on Emerging Trends in Engineering (ICETE -2015) 8th - 9th May, 2015, pp. 68-73.
3. Grynal D'Mello, Srinivasa Pai P., Rashmi P. Shetty, "Surface Roughness Modelling in High Speed Turning of Ti-6Al-4V - Artificial Neural Network Approach", Materials Today: Proceedings, 4 (2017), 7654-7664.
4. Grynal D'Mello, Srinivasa Pai, "Surface Roughness Modeling in High Speed Turning of Ti-6Al-4V using Response Surface Methodology", Materials Today: Proceedings (in Press)
5. D'Mello, Grynal, P. Srinivasa Pai, and Adarsh Rai. "Use of Hybrid Algorithm for Surface Roughness Optimization in Ti-6Al-4V Machining." In International Conference on Cognitive Computing and Information Processing, pp. 285-298. Springer, Singapore, 2017
6. B. Abhishek, D'Mello, Grynal, Pai P., Srinivasa. "Prediction of Surface Roughnessin High Speed Turning of Ti-6Al-4V using Adaptive Neuro Fuzzy Inference System" in 32nd Indian Engineering Congress, Chennai, December 31-23, 2017.
7. Grynal D"Mello and P. Srinivasa Pai. "Surface roughness modeling in high speed turning of ti-6Al-4V using response surface methodology." Materials Today: Proceedings 5.5 (2018): 11686-11696. 
8. Abhijith, Srinivasa, Pai, Grynal D'Mello and Hebbar Gautama. "Surface roughness optimization in machining of AZ31 magnesium alloy using ABC algorithm." In MATEC Web of Conferences, vol. 144, p. 03006. EDP Sciences, 2018.
9. Pai, P. Srinivasa, and N. P. Puneet. "Surface Roughness Prediction in High Speed Turning of Ti-6Al-4V: A Comparison of Techniques." In IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering, vol. 376, no. 1, p. 012115. IOP Publishing, 2018.
10. Hebbar, Gautama, Grynal D'Mello, and P. Srinivasa Pai. "Surface Roughness Optimization in Machining of Biodegradable Magnesium Alloys." Materials Today: Proceedings 5.5 (2018): 11787-11793.
11. Ansal, V., Shruthi, M., D'Mello, G., Antony, S., & Sharath, I. C. "Product Design Using Virtual Reality." International Conference on Computer Networks and Inventive Communication Technologies. Springer, Cham, 2019.
    
    

National Conference:

1. Vishwas K. Mishra, Dhananraj, Karthik. J. Acharya, Kirana Kumara A., Grynal D'Mello," Coconut Tree Climber and Plucker", Jnanasangama -2015 - A National Level Student Conference, VCET, Puttur, May 2nd, 2015.
2. Kiran R Nayak, Nitheesh D Nayak, Ranjith R Kamath, Rohith P, Grynal D'Mello, "Automation in Coconut Powder Making: A Concept", Jnanasangama -2015 - A National Level Student Conference, VCET, Puttur, May 2nd, 2015.
3. Amogh A.N., Chirag V.R., Denver Martis, Gagan K.N., Grynal D'Mello, "Design and fabrication of Automatic Shoe Polishing Machine", National Conference on Advances in Mechanical Engineering Sciences, NCAMES 2016, 6th - 7th May, 2016, Srinivas Institute of Technology, Mangaluru.
4. Royston Ashith Mathias, Rolson Fernandes, Ridha Ali, S H Rakshak, Grynal D'Mello, 'Detachable Motorized Wheel Chair - A Concept', Two Day Conference on "Recent Advancements in Mechanical and Engineering and Allied Fields (RAMEAF - 2016), 23-24th September 2016, Sir M. Visveswaraya Institute of Technology, Bengaluru.

• Deputed from Nitte University to an Educational Fair during May 1st - 19st, 2013 to Bokaro, Dhanbad and Jamshed
• Co-coordinator for ISTE-SRM, a short term training programme on RECENT ADVANCES IN MACHINING from June 10-15, 2013 at NMAMIT, Nitte.
• Attended a training programme on ROBOT OPERATION AND PROGRAMMING conducted during June 24th - 26th, 2013 at FANUC INDIA Pvt. Limited, Bangalore.
• Workshop on Mechanics and Control of Robotic Arms by Dr. Abhijit Nagchaudhuri organized by BVBCET, Hubli during 13th to 17th August, 2013.
• Participated in NMReCon-2013 "A Research Scholars Conclave" held on 7th November 2013 at NMAM Institute of Technology, Nitte.
• Co-coordinator for one day workshop on 'Tribocorrosion for Biomedical and Healthcare Applications' held at NMAMIT during July 21st, 2014.
• Attended the Virtual BAJA SAE INDIA 2014 organized by SAE INDIA from 26th to 28th July, 2013 in Bangalore.
• Participated along with the students in the BAJA SAE INDIA 2014 held at NATRIX Facility of NATRIP, Pithampur from 21st - 23rd February 2014.
• Participated in the BAJA SAEINDIA 2015 held at NATRIX Facility of NATRIP, Pithampur from 20th - 22nd February, 2015.
• Attended Three Day Workshop on "Research Methodology and Latex" organized by VTU e-Learning Centre, Mysuru from 18th to 20th March, 2015 at VTU Regional Office, Bengaluru.
• Received COMMENDATION PRIZE for the project entitled "Coconut Tree Climber and Cutter Robot" during EXPRO 2015 on 27th March, 2015.
• Judged an event in Student Entrepreneurship Meet 2015 during 15-16 September, 2015 conducted by KBITS, Dept. of IT, BT and S & T at NMAMIT, Nitte.
• Initiator and Former Coordinator of Robotics Club at NMAMIT.
• One-day Intensive Executive Development Programme (EDP) on the theme of 'Neuroleadership for Value Creation' at JKSHIM on November 20, 2015.
• Project Coordinator for the year 2015-16.
• Former SAE BAJA (An All-Terrain Vehicle Design and Fabrication Competition) Staff Coordinator (2013 - 2015)
• Judged in START UP PITCH conducted on 15th November, 2016 organized by ICTSDS, Dept. of IT, BT and S&T, Govt. of Karnataka through Karnataka New Age Incubation Centre at NMAM Institute of Technology, Nitte.
• Three Days Faculty Development Programme on Theoretical and Computational Mechanics at NMAMIT during 19th - 21st January, 2017.
• Deputed from Nitte University to an Educational Fair organized by TV9 and NEWS9 Education Summit during May 19th - 21st, 2017 in BBMP Ground, Richmond Town, Bengaluru.
• Participated as a Faculty in the SUPRA SAEINDIA Student Formula - 2017 held at Buddh International Circuit, Greater Noida from 26th June - 1st July, 2017.
• CONVENER for the National Conference on Machining of Difficult to Machine Materials: Recent Developments, Issues and Solutions (NCMDMM - 2017) funded by ARMREB, DRDO New Delhi organized by the Department of Mechanical Engineering of NMAM Institute of Technology, Nitte during 3rd - 5th August, 2017.
• Attended and presented a paper at a National Conference on Recent Innovations in Engineering and Technology - 2014 organized by BKIT, Bhalki during 3rd - 4th May 2014.
• Attended a Complimentary Seminar on Matlab and Simulink for Engineering Education organized by MathWorks India on 11th March 2014 at Hotel Ocean Pearl, Mangalore.
• Attended and presented a paper at Jnanasangama - 2015 - A National Level Conference at VCET, Putturon 2ndMay 2015.
• Attended and presented a paper at an International Conference on Advancements in Aeromechanical Materials for Manufacturing during 7th - 9th July, 2016 at MLR Institute of Technology, Hyderabad.
• Sports coordinator for the academic year 2015-16.
• Presented a seminar on 'Artificial Intelligence Theme' to the students of student exchange program at Ritsumeikan University, Japan on 11th November 2016.
• Attended and presented a paper at Two Days National Conference on Recent Advances in Mechanical Engineering and Allied Fields organized by Sir M Visvesvaraya institute of Technology, Bengaluru during 23-24 September 2016.
• Attended and presented a paper at Two Days National Conference on Advances in Mechanical Engineering organized by Srinivas Institute of Technology, Mangaluru during 6th and 7th May 2016.
• Attended and presented a paper at an International Conference on Materials, Manufacturing and Modelling during 9th to 11th March 2017 at VIT, Vellore.
• Deputed from the Department to attend three Institutions at Bengaluru on 10th February 2017 with skill development programmes/internship/project work for Mechanical Engg. students.
• Participated in Two Days Faculty Development Programme on Modeling, Simulation and Application of Piezo actuators organized by the Department of Mechnical Engineering, NMAM Institute of Technology, Nitte during March 20-21, 2017.
• Accompanied a group of Mechanical Engineering students for an Industrial tour to TTK Prestige, Titan Industries and Karnataka Soaps and Detergents Ltd. Bengaluru on 10th and 11th November 2017.
• Attended and presented a paper at an International Conference on Advances in Manufacturing, Materials and Energy Engineering at MITE, Moodabidri during 2nd and 3rd March 2018.
• Organized a Mini Project Exhibition to 4th and 6th Semester students focusing on Project Based Learning in the field of Automotive Engineering and Kinematics and Machines at Automotive Learning Factory on 28th March 2018.
• Cultural Committee member during INCRIDEA - 18, A New Techno cultural fest organized by NMAM Institute of Technology, Nitte during 14th - 17th February 2018.
• Programme Venue Committee in charge during 8th International Conference on Emerging Trends in Engineering (ICETE-2018) held on 14th and 15th May, 2018 at NMAM Institute of Technology, Nitte. 
• Deputed from Placement Department of NMAM Institute of Technology, Nitte to visit industries at Bangalore to strengthen Industry Institute Interaction from 26th to 29th June 2018.
• 2nd Prize for the guided project entitled 'Product Design using Virtual Reality' during EXPRO 2018 organized by NMAM Institute of Technology, Nitte.
• Participated as a resource person in Technology Barrier Reduction Program - Summer Internships for Rural School Students organized by The Foundation for Advancement of Education and Research at NMAM Institute of Technology, Nitte during 16th April - 4th May 2018.
• Underwent in depth Manufacturing Process study at the Ashok Leyland, Ennore, Chennai, Manufacturing unit on the 23rd and 24th April 2018.
• Judged an event 'BEST MANAGER' during AURORA 2019 - An Interclass Fest organized by Dr. NSAM First Grade College, Nitte on 10th August 2019.
• Deputed from Placement Department of NMAM Institute of Technology, Nitte to attend National Level Jaro Education - Training and Placement Officer's Meet on 9th July 2019 at Sahyadri College of Engineering and Management, Mangaluru.
• Attended the Faculty Development Programme on CAD/CAE in Product Development Life Cycle on 10th July 2019 at MIT, Manipal.
• Deputed from Placement Department of NMAM Institute of Technology, Nitte to visit industries at Bangalore to strengthen Industry Institute Interaction from 25th to 28th June 2019 in connection with company placements.
• Judged the SOLO singing event at N-IGMA XI-2K19 a State Level Intercollegiate fest held on 5th February 2019 organized by Dr. NSAM First Grade College, Nitte.
• Master of Ceremony for the Familiarization Programme for First Semester Students, organized by NMAM Institute of Technology, Nitte on 29th July, 2019 at Sadananda Auditorium.
• Website coordinator for the National Conference of Institutie of Smart Structures and Systems (ISSS) entitled 'Micro and Smart Systems (NSMSS 2019) during 21-23 October 2019 at NMAM Institute of Technology.
• Internal reviewer for International Conference on Emerging Trends in Engineering (ICETE-2018) during 14th - 15th May, 2018.
• Accompanied a group of 45 Mechanical Engineering students for an Industrial tour to IFB Industries and Crompton Fan Factory, Goa during 21st and 22nd Feb, 2020.
• Entertainment Committee in charge for INCRIDEA 2019 and 2020.
• Web coordinator for ICETE 2020
• Judged an event 'MOCK PRESS' during N-IGMA 2020, Samsthiti, A Millenial Challenge (A State Level Intercollegiate Cultural and Management Fest) (16th -17th January, 2020) organized by Dr. NSAM First Grade College, Nitte.
• Deputed to represent Nitte Group of Institutions for presentations to various Engg. Colleges.
• Attended One Day Training Programme on BMW SkillNxt at Navnit Motors Mangaluru on 7th December, 2020
• Judged an event 'MOCK PRESS' during N-IGMA 2020, Ashwamedha, an intercollegiate PU Level Cultural and Management Fest (16th -17th January) organized by Dr. NSAM First Grade College, Nitte.
• Webinar Coordinator for the Webinar on AICTE Examination Reforms Policy - An Overview by Dr. Srinivasa Pai P., Professor and DCOE, Department of Mechanical Engineering, NMAMIT, Nitte. 
• Webinar Coordinator for the Webinar on Higher Education of Future - Future of Engineering Education and Prospects by Prof. Dileep N Malkhede, Adviser-I, AICTE New Delhi organized by the Department of Mechanical Engineering, NMAM Institute of Technology, Nitte
• Moderator and Webinar Coordinator for the Webinar on Engineering Education and Employment Prospects - Post Covid organized by NMAM Institute of Technology, Nitte on 20th June 2020 to the PU students.
• Webinar Coordinator for the Webinar on 'LIFE AFTER COLLEGE - Round Table' organized by Abhyuday, Department of Counselling, Welfare, Training and Placement, NMAM Institute of Technology, Nitte on 8thAugust 2020.
  

Special Lectures Delivered

• A talk on Advances in Robotics to the XI and XII students of DPS, Bokaro, Dhanbad during September - October 2015.
• A talk on the theme 'Artificial Intelligence' to the students of NMAMIT for the student exchange program at Ritsuimeikan University, Japan on 11-11-2016.
• Delivered a talk on "How to Select a Final Year Project" to the students of NRAM Polytechnic on 19-08-2017 at NRAM Polytechnic, Nitte.
• A talk on 'Overview on Engineering' to various Pre-University Colleges in and around Mangalore and Udupi region. 
• Deputed to represent Nitte Group of Institutions for presentation at Rays Education, Calicut on 3rd February 2019.
• Deputed to represent Nitte Group of Institutions for presentation at North Karnataka from 8th to 11th April, 2019.
• Deputed to represent Nitte Group of Institutions for presentation at Kasargod/Kanghangad on 29th April 2019.
  

• Composite Materials
• Nano Technology
• Tribology
• MEMS

• Member of monitoring cell
• Member of Hostel visiting Team
• Departmental ISO Coordinator

• Mechatronics and Microprocessors
• Material science and Metallurgy
• Engineering Economics
• Fluid Mechanics
• Computer Aided Engineering Drawing
• Manufacturing Process-I
• Elements of Mechanical Engineering
• Energy Engineering

• Ph.D in the topic Investigation on Aluminosilicate nanoclay Reinforced Polymer nano-composites for Opto-Electric Applications from Visveswaraya Technological University (VTU) (2020)
• M.Tech from Dept. of Nanoscience and Technology, Kuvempu University in 2012 
• B.E. in Mechanical Engineering from Visveswaraya Technological University in 2010

• Polymer Nanocomposites and Polymer materials for Photovoltaics
• Metal oxides nano-materials for supercapacitor application
• Nano-materials-synthesis, characterization and applications

1. Best poster presentation on paper entitled "Effective and environmentally friendly recycling process designed for LICoO2 cathode powders of spent Li-ion batteries using mixture of mild organic acids". In international Conference on Science and Technology: Future challenges and solutions (STFCS-2016) @ VijnanaBhavan, University of Mysore, Mysore (August 8th&9th 2016).
2. Best poster presentation on paper entitled "Reductive hydrometallurgical process for the recovery of cobalt and lithium from spent lithium ion batteries using tartaric acid and ascorbic acid as leaching agents". In 8th Annual KSTA conference on Science and technology for GenNext Urban Space. @KuvempuKalakshetra, BIT, Bangalore (Nov 5 & 6, 2015).
3. Project entitled "Performance assessment of diesel engine fuelled with waste cooking oil based bio diesel with dispersed zinc oxide and aluminum oxide nano particles" selected for KSCST funding2019-20.
   
4. Project entitled "Mechanical and Thermal Investigation of E-Waste Polymer Blend" selected for KSCST exhibition held at BIET, Davangere, 2017-2018.
   
5. Outstanding Guide award towards the internship Program for the title "Ecofriendly synthesis of Nano-particles and its Application in Biodiesel for Performance Evaluation of 4 Stroke Diesel Engine, 2017-2018, NMAMIT, Nitte.
   
6. Best poster presentation on paper entitled "Effective and environmentally friendly recycling process designed for LICoO2 cathode powders of spent Li-ion batteries using mixture of mild organic acids". In international Conference on Science and Technology: Future challenges and solutions (STFCS-2016) @ VijnanaBhavan, University of Mysore, Mysoru (August 8th&9th 2016).
   
7. Best poster presentation on paper entitled "Reductive hydrometallurgical process for the recovery of cobalt and lithium from spent lithium ion batteries using tartaric acid and ascorbic acid as leaching agents". In 8th Annual KSTA conference on Science and technology for GenNext Urban Space. @Kuvempu Kalakshetra, BIT, Bangalore (Nov 5 & 6, 2015).
   

• Incredia Cultural Coordinator
• Department Research Coordinator
• Department Exam Coordinator
• Department Placement Coordinator
• Hostel Monitoring Squad Member
• Proctor for first year students

• Life Member of Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE)
• Permanent Member of MISTE (LM 85142)
• Permanent member of IWS (L01750)
• Permanent member of ISSSE (LM02138)

• Biomechanics
• Mechanical Vibration
• Heat Transfer
• Elements of Mechanical Engineering
• Computer Aided Engineering Graphics

Journals:

1. Nireeksha K, Sanjana S, Shreya S. Jathhan, Sneha Nayak, Santhosh G, C. Vaman Rao, Ecofriendly Synthesis of Silver Nanoparticles Using Oil Seed Cake and Its Application in Biodiesel for Performance Evaluation of 4 Stroke Diesel Engine. Energy and Power 2017, 7(3): 75-80.
2. G.Santhosh, G.P. Nayaka, J. Aranha, Siddaramaiah, Investigation on electrical and dielectric behavior of halloysite nanotubes incorporated polycarbonate nanocomposite films Transactions of the Indian Institute of Metals, Springer, 10.1007/s12666-016-1033-2.
3. G.Santhosh, G.P. Nayaka, Siddaramaiah, Optical properties of PVP/Li3GaO3 nanocomposites Materials today Proceedings (Accepted)
4. G.P. Nayaka, K.V. Pai, G.Santhosh, J. Manjanna. Recovery of cobalt as cobalt oxalate from spent lithium ion batteries by using glycine as leaching agent. Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 4 (2016) 2378-2383.
5. G.P. Nayaka, K.V. Pai, G.Santhosh, J. Manjanna. Dissolution of cathode active material of spent Li-ion batteries using tartaric acid and ascorbic acid mixture to recover Co. Hydrometallurgy, 161 (2016) 54-57.

Conference:

1. G P Nayaka, K V Pai, J Manjanna, G Santhosh, An innovative leaching process established for environmental friendly recycling of spent Li-ion batteries using mixture of organic acids as an alternative to mineral acids. 9th Annual KSTA Conference on Science, technology and innovations in the 21st century @ Christ University, Bangalore (Dec 20&21, 2016).
2. G P Nayaka, K V Pai, J Manjanna, G Santhosh, Effective and environmentally friendly recycling process designed for LICoO2 cathode powders of spent Li-ion batteries using mixture of mild organic acids. International Conference on Science and Technology: Future challenges and solutions (STFCS-2016) @ VijnanaBhavan, University of Mysore, Mysoru (August 8th&9th 2016).
3. G P Nayaka, K V Pai, J Manjanna, G Santhosh. Re-synthesis of LiCoO2 cathode material using Co-oxalate recovered from the spent lithium-ion batteries. International Conference on Nanotechnology - 2016 (ICNANO-2016) on Energy, Environment, Health and Agriculture @ Visvesvaraya Technological University, Center for PG Studies, Bengaluru Region Muddenahalli(April 21-23, 2016).
4. G P Nayaka, K V Pai, J Manjanna, G Santhosh, Reductive hydrometallurgical process for the recovery of cobalt and lithium from spent lithium ion batteries using tartaric acid and ascorbic acid as leaching agents. 8th Annual KSTA conference on Science and technology for GenNext Urban Space. @KuvempuKalakshetra, BIT, Bangalore (Nov 5 & 6, 2015).

1. Publications
   
2. Shankare Gowda, M R; Hemavathi, A; Srinivas, S; Santhosh, G; Siddaramaiah, Hatna, Physico-Mechanical, Thermal and Tribological Studies of Polytetrafluoroethylene filled Polyoxymethylene/Silicone Composites, Journal of Thermoplastic Composite Materials. Accepted.
3. Shankare Gowda; Srinivas S; Nithin Kundachira Subramani; Sachhidananda Shivanna; G Santhosh; siddaramaiah Hatna, Mechanical and Tribological Performance Evaluation of Maleic Anhydride Grafted Ethylene Octene Copolymer Toughened Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene/Polyamide 6 Composites Strengthened with Glass Fibers, Fibers and Polymers. 
4. (Submitted)
5. Manasa G R, Anusha Anchan, Santhosh G, Implementing an IoT based Remotely Controlled Antenna Positioning System, International Journal of Innovative Technology and Exploring Engineering (IJITEE), 9(6), April 2020
6. G Santhosh, B C Vasantha Kumar, B S Madhukar, H D Revanasiddappa,
7. Highly Proficient phosphorescent Optically Stable 4-(5, 6-Dihydro-benzo [4, 5] imidazo [1, 2-c] quinazolin-6-yl)-2-ethoxy-phenol-Polymer Films for Light Emitting Diodes, Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics
8. (Under Review).
9. Rajath N. Rao, Vishwanatha. J. S, Manjunath Mayya,
10. Srinivas Prabhu &Santhosh. G, Design of Pressure Vessel for Improvement of a System in a Process Unit, International Journal Of Mechanical And Production Engineering Research And Development (Ijmperd), 9(3)2019, 1157-1164.
11. GP Nayaka, Yingjie Zhang, Peng Dong, Ding Wang, Zhongren Zhou, Jianguo Duan, Xue Li, Yan Lin, Qi Meng, KV Pai, J Manjanna, G. Santhosh, An environmental friendly attempt to recycle the spent Li-ion battery cathode through organic acid leaching, Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 7(1), 02854, (2019).
12. Sanjay Sharma, G.Santhosh, K G Pradeepa, Investigation of Mechanical Properties of E-waste Polymer Blend, International Journal of Engineering and Technology, 7(3.34)2018, 402-405.
13. G.P. Nayaka, Yingjie Zhang, Peng Dong, Ding Wang, KV Pai, J Manjanna G.Santhosh, Jianguo Duan, Zhongren Zhou, Jie Xiao, Effective and Environmentally Friendly recycling Process Designed for LiCoO2 cathode powders spent Li-Ion batteries using mixture of mild organic acids, Waste Management, 78(2018) 51-57.
14. G.Santhosh, Sharma S, G.P. Nayaka, Review on E-Waste Management and Recycling, Open Access Journal of Waste Management and Xenobiotics. 1(2).
15. G.Santhosh, BS madhukar, G.P. Nayaka, BC Hemaraju, Siddaramaiah, Influence of Gamma radiation on Optical Properties of Halloysite Nanotubes Incorporated Polycarbonate Nanocomposites. Radiation Effects and Defetcs in Solids, https://doi.org/10.1080/10420150.2018.1477156.
16. SR Indu, TS Raghu, F Sanal, G Santhosh, J Manjanna, Investigation on the influence of fibre orientation on sliding wear and frictional characteristics of glass-carbon and twaron hybrid composites, J Textile Eng Fashion Technol 3(4), 00109.
17. G.Santhosh, BS madhukar, G.P. Nayaka, Siddaramaiah, luminescent down shifting aluminosilicate nanocomposites: an efficient UVA shielding material for photovoltaics, Journal of Material Science: Materials in Electronics, 29 (8), 6720-6729.
18. Nireeksha K, Sanjana S, Shreya S. Jathhan, Sneha Nayak, Santhosh G, C. Vaman Rao, Ecofriendly Synthesis of Silver Nanoparticles Using Oil Seed Cake and Its Application in Biodiesel for Performance Evaluation of 4 Stroke Diesel Engine
19. Energy and Power 2017, 7(3): 75-80
20. G.Santhosh, G.P. Nayaka, J. Aranha, Siddaramaiah, Investigation on electrical and dielectric behavior of halloysite nanotubes incorporated polycarbonate nanocomposite films, Transactions of the Indian Institute of Metals, Springer, 70 (3), 549-555.
21. G.Santhosh, G.P. Nayaka, Siddaramaiah, Optical properties of PVP/Li3GaO3 nanocomposites, Materials today Proceedings. 4 (11), 12061-12069
22. G.P. Nayaka, K.V. Pai, G.Santhosh, J. Manjanna. , Recovery of cobalt as cobalt oxalate from spent lithium ion batteries by using glycine as leaching agent., Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 4 (2016) 2378-2383.
23. G.P. Nayaka, K.V. Pai, G.Santhosh, J. Manjanna. Dissolution of cathode active material of spent Li-ion batteries using tartaric acid and ascorbic acid mixture to recover Co. Hydrometallurgy, 161 (2016) 54-57.
24. Shivachandra Hindanamani, Santhosh G, Power Quality Enhancement on Grid Integrated Wind Energy System with the help of Statcom, Journal of Offshore Structure and Technology, 1(2), 39-45.

1. Science academies lecture workshop on Spectroscopic and microscopic methods for the analysis of materials (AMAM-2016). @ Department of Chemistry, St. Joseph's College (Autonomous), Bangalore (December 1 & 2, 2016).
2. National conference on recent trends and future applications of chemical sciences (RTFACS-2016). at Dept. of Chemistry, Shivagangotri, Davanagere University, Davanagere. (Nov 5th 2016)
3. Workshop on Wealth from waste and pollution awareness online monitoring, E-waste management and RoHs 2016 at Choksi Hall, IISc., Bangalore. (June 16&17, 2016).
4. Science Academies Lecture Workshop on Recent Advances in Electrochemistry at PG Department of Chemistry, NMKRV College for Women, Bangalore. (October 28 & 29, 2015)
5. UGC Sponsored national conference on "Green chemistry- need of the Universe" at Sri Sri Shivalingeswaraswamy Govt. First Grade College & PG center, Channagiri. (Feb 28,2015)
6. DST Sponsored national conference on an overview of medicinal value of plants at Sahyadri science college, Shimoga. (April 21, 2014)
7. National Seminar on Recent trends in energy fuels and challenges in their applications at Sreesiddaganga college of Arts, Science & Commerce for women. (Aug 3, 2013).
8. 5rd Bangalore Nano: at Bangalore. (Dec 5-7, 2012).
9. International conference on Recent Advances in Materials Science at Hotel Atria Bangalore. (Nov 6-8, RAMS-2012).
10. National workshop on Elements of Nanoscience and Technology: at Dept. of Nanoscience and Technology, Kuvempu University. (Oct 12-13, 2012).
11. National Seminar on "Progress in Nanoscience& Technology" at Prof. S. P. Hiremath Hall, Kuvempu University. (May 5 & 6, 2012).
12. National Seminar on "Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Technology" at Prof. S. P. Hiremath Hall, Kuvempu University. (May 2, 2012).
13. National conference on "Impact of Chemical Biology on Society" at Prof. S. P. Hiremath Hall, Kuvempu University. (Apr 26 & 27, 2012).
14. 6th asian conference on "Electrochemical power Sources at Chennai. (Jan 5-8 2012)
15. National conference on "Social Relevance of Nano-Materials and Applications; An Interdisciplinary Approach [SNAIA-2011 at Karnataka state higher education council, Palace road, Bangalore. (Dec 31st2011).
16. National Seminar on "Nuclear energy & environment" at Prof. S. P. Hiremath Hall, Kuvempu University. (Nov 10 & 11, 2011).
17. National workshop on "usage of instruments for nanotechnology applications" at Dept. of Nanoscience and Technology, Kuvempu University. (April 25th,2011).
18. National conference on "Recent trends in Analytical Techniques" (NCRTAT-2011) at Dept. of Chemistry, D.R.M. Science college, Davanagere, Davanagere university. (Feb 19th, 2011).
19. 3rd Bangalore Nano: Frontiers of Nanotechnology: Impact on India at Bangalore. (Dec 8 & 9, 2010).
20. Two-day National Symposium on Frontier areas in Chemical Science and Nanotechnology" (NSFACNT-2011) at Dept. of Industrial Chemistry, Kuvempu University. (May 1 &2, 2010).

• Optimization
• Artificial Intelligence

• Material Science and Metallurgy
• Fluid Mechanics
• Mechatronics
• Fluid Power Systems

• B. E Projects: 05
• M. Tech Projects: 03

• Rai, A.A. et al., 2015. Prediction models for performance and emissions of a dual fuel CI engine using ANFIS. Sadhana, 40(2), pp.515-535.
• Conference Papers: 03

• Composite materials
• Machine Design

• Accreditation team member (NAAC/NBA) during 2016-17, 2017-18, 2018-2020
• AQAR co-ordination team member during 2018-2019, 2019-2020
• Internship co-ordination team member, 2020
• Class committee team member, 2019, 2020

• Life Member of Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE)
• Life Member of Indian Welding Society (IWS)

For UG

• Elements of Mechanical Engineering
• Material Science and Metallurgy
• Mechanics of Materials
• Kinematics of Machines
• Metrology and Measurements
• Design of Machine Elements-II

 For PG

• Theory of Elasticity and Plasticity
• Continuum Mechanics
• Composite Materials Technology

• B. E. Projects : 07 + 02 ongoing
• M.Tech Projects : 04 + 01 ongoing

• Influence of filler incorporation on themechanical and wear behaviour of synthetic fiber reinforced polymer matrix composites -A review", AIP Conference Proceedings, 2236, pp. 040001-1 to 040001-9, 2020.DOI: 10.1063/5.0006881, Published Online: 20 May 2020
• On tribological behavior of Synthetic fiber reinforced Polymer composites modified with fillers: A Review”, International Journal of Mechanical and Production Engineering Research and Development (IJMPERD), ISSN(P): 2249-6890; ISSN(E): 2249-8001, Vol. 9, Issue 5, Aug 2019, pp. 71-80.
• A review on tribological performance of polymer composites reinforced with synthetic fibers and fillers”, Proceedings of the International Conference on Smart and Sustainable Developments in Materials, Manufacturing and Energy Engineering (SME-2019), at NMAMIT, Nitte during 23rd-24th May,2019, page 6.
• "Sliding wear behaviour of nickel coated short fiber reinforced Al7075 composites”, Proceedings of the International Conference on Smart and Sustainable Developments in Materials, Manufacturing and Energy Engineering (SME-2019), at NMAMIT, Nitte during 23rd-24th May,2019, page 30.
• Effect of T6 Heat Treatment on Hardness of Nickel Coated Carbon Fiber Reinforced Al- 7079 MMC", Proceedings of the International Conference on Emerging Trends in Engineering (ICETE-2018), at  NMAMIT, Nitte during 14th-15th May,2018, pp. 294-298.
• "Corrosion Behaviour of Nickel Coated Short Carbon Fiber Reinforced Al Metal Matrix Composites", International Journal of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, ISSN 0973-6085 Volume 12, Number 3 (September 2017) pp. 659-669.
• "Configuration Selection and Fuel system design for microlight aircraft", at 7th International Conference on Emerging Trends inEngineering (ICETE-2017) at NMAMIT,Nitte on 12 May 2017, published in Special Issue of NMAMIT Annual Research Journal, 2017, page 195-199.
• "Design and analysis of feedbox assembly for newly designed Turnmaster-800", at International Conference on Science, Technology, Engineering and Management (ICSTEM) conducted by Institute of Research and Journals held at Bengaluru on 22nd May 2016.
• "Adhesion Study of Nickel over Carbon Fibers", International Journal of Combined Research & Development (IJCRD), published under the Association of Combined Research Organization, eISSN:2321-225X;pISSN:2321-2241, Volume: 4; Issue: 3; page 18-22, March -2015.
• "Earlier Fault Detection and Improve the Performance of Induced Draught Fan through Condition Based Monitoring System", Proceedings of the International Conference on Emerging Trends in Engineering (ICETE -2015) at NMAMIT, Nitte during 8th - 9th May, 2015, ISBN: 978-93-84935-30-6, page 51-55.
• "Electroless Nickel Coating of Short Carbon Fiber", Proceedings of the International Conference on Emerging Trends in Engineering (ICETE -2014), at NMAMIT, Nitte during 15th - 17th May, 2014, ISBN: 978-93-83083-80-0, page 169-173.

• Conduction of ESD (Employability Skills Development) classes for 5th and 6th semester students during 2015-16, 2016-17.
• Served as department representative/official during the 40th series KSCST-SPP seminar during 11th-12th August, 2017.
• Industry-Institute Collaboration (IIC) team member during 2016-17.
• Departmental coordinator for International Conference on Emerging Trends in Engineering (ICETE-2016).
• Coordinated a TEQIP funded 3 days FDP on "Theoretical and Computational mechanics" from 19th -21st January 2017.
• Coordinated a TEQIP-II funded 5 Day STTP on "Design and Simulation of MEMS devices", from 16th -20th June, 2014.
• Member of the program venue committee for SME-2019 held at NMAMIT, Nitte during 23rd-24th May, 2019.
• Review board member of journal IJERT (International Journal of Engineering Research and Technology) bearing ISSN : 2278-0181 and membership number : IJERTREW2943
• Successfully completed 3 NPTEL-SWAYAM courses,3 MOOC courses andparticipated in a number of webinars and national level online quiz, workshops.
• Attended TEQIP-III sponsored one week FDP on “Research Opportunities and challenges in Advance Materials and Manufacturing", 17th - 22nd December, 2018 at MCE, Hassan.

• Ph D - Pursuing E  Machine Design from UVCE, Bengaluru (2013)
• M.E - Machine Design from UVCE, Bengaluru (2013)
• B.E.  Mechanical Engg. From NMAM Institute of Technology, Nitte (2006)

• Fracture Mechanics
• Nano Composites
• Mechanism Design
• Mechanical Vibrations

• Staff Coordinator for CMSI- NMAMIT Student Chapter
• Faculty In charge - Dynamics Lab.
• Project Coordinator for UG 2017-18.

• ISTE
• IWS

• Dynamics and Mechanism Design ( M tech - Machine Design)
•  Fracture mechanics ( M tech - Machine Design)
• Mechanical Vibrations
• Mechanics of Materials
• Kinematics of Materials
• Elements of Mechanical Engineering
• Computer Aided Engineering Graphics

• B. E. Projects : 9
• M.Tech Projects :5

1. "Experimental and Computational Simulation of Producing Ultra-Fine Grain Structure Processed By CGP" International Journal of Advance Research in Science and Engineering, IJARSE, Vol. No.4, ISSN-2319-8354(E) February 2015.
2. "Effect of Fiber Content on Mechanical Properties of Hybrid Fiber Reinforced Epoxy Composites" International Conference on Emerging Research Trends in Mechanical and Civil Engineering (ICERTMCE-2017), REVA University, July 6 &7th, 2017.
3. "Linear Elastic Fracture Mechanics Based Single Lap Joint Mixed Mode Analysis for Aerospace Structures" 2nd international Conference on fatigue, durability and Fracture mechanics, IISC Bangalore, 28-30th September 2016.
4. Dilip Kumar. K, Divijesh. P, Nithin Kumar,  Bharath. V. G, Finite Element Approach of Face End Milling Cutter- "Expected Tool Life Estimation" International Journal of Mechanical and Production Engineering Research and Development (IJMPERD) ISSN (P): 2249-6890; ISSN (E): 2249-8001, Vol. 9, Issue 3, Jun 2019, 1695-1700.
5. Divijesh. P, Dilip Kumar. K, Sushma K.R., D.S. Ramakrishna, "Impact Force Identification usingFrequency Response Function,"International Journal of Mechanical and Production EngineeringResearch and Development (IJMPERD) ISSN (P): 2249-6890; ISSN (E): 2249-8001, Vol. 9, Issue 3,Jun 2019, 1577-1586.
6. Nithin Kumar, SrinivasPrabhu, Dilip Kumar. K, "The Corrosion Behaviour of Short Carbon Fiber ReinforcedAluminium Metal Matrix Composites" International Journal of Mechanical and Production EngineeringResearch and Development (IJMPERD) ISSN (P): 2249-6890; ISSN (E): 2249-8001, Vol. 9, Issue 3,Jun 2019, 1493-1500.
7. Dilip Kumar. K, Dr. Shantharaja M, Dr. Ravindra, Effect of Al2O3 Nano filler on Mechanical Behaviour of Hybrid Polymer Composite - A Taguchi Approach" TEST Engineering and Management, The Mattingley Publishing Co., Inc, ISSN: 0193 - 4120,Volume 82, Page No. 2854 -2862.
8. Ravindra, M. Aruna, HarshaVardhan, Dilip Kumar K, "Performance Study of a CI Engine Fuelled with Kerosene and Raw Cardanol Blends" International Journal of Mechanical and Production Engineering Research and Development (IJMPERD) ISSN (P): 2249-6890; ISSN (E): 2249-8001 Vol. 10, Issue 3, Jun 2020, 1939-1948.
   
   

• Automobiles
• Robotics
• Artificial Intelligence
• Maintenance
• Metal Machining
• Optimization Techniques
• Tribology
• Finite element methods
• Heat Transfer

• Exam Coordinator
• Project Coordinator

• ISTE
• IWS
• FPS

• Dynamics of Machines
• Engineering Tribology
• Finite Element Analysis
• Elements of Mechanical Engineering
• Kinematics of Machines
• Theory of Elasticity
• Theory of plasticity
• Heat Transfer
• Computer Aided Engineering Graphics

• B. E. Projects : 8
• M.Tech Projects : 3

• Statistical analysis of Electroless Nickel coating on short carbon fiber in International Journal of Emerging Technology and Advanced Engineering
• A Comparison of Bending Stress and Contact Stress of a Helical Gear as Calculated by AGMA Standards and FEA in International Journal of Emerging Technology and Advanced Engineering
• Effect of Anisotropic Material on The Geometric Non-Linear Performance Analysis Of Smart Laminated Composite Plate Integrated With Distributed AFC Patches in Journal of Mechanical Engineering Research & Developments.
• Corrosion Study of short carbon fiber reinforced Aluminium metal matrix composites in International Journal of Mechanical and production Engineering Research and Development.
• Design of pressure vessel for improvement of a system in a process unit in International Journal of Mechanical and production Engineering Research and Development.

• Ph.D - NMAMIT Nitte - Thesis Submitted
• M. Tech  Design Engineering - 2010 - J.N.N. College of Engineering Shivamogga 
• B. E - Mechanical - 2007 - S.T.J.Institute of Technology Ranebennur

• Micromachining
• Composite Materials
• Finite Element Methods

• The research work entitled "Investigation on mechanical micromachining process with piezoactuated machining depth control and its application on MEMS device fabrication" presented by Muralidhara, Rathnamala Rao, Veeresha R. K has been awarded FIRST PRIZE at Academia Industry Pavilllion at International Machine Tool Exhibition-2015 (IMTEX-2015) organized by Indian Machine Tool Manufacturer's Association (IMTMA-2015) at Bangalore International Conventional Center from 22nd to 28th January, 2015. This award includes a Certificate and a cash prize of Rs, 50,000/-
• The research work entitled "Design, Fabrication and Testing of piezoactuator based workpiecec feeding system for CNC Micro-milling machine" has been awarded FIRST CONSOLATION PRIZE at Academia Industry Pavilllion at International Machine Tool Exhibition-2017 (IMTEX-2017) organized by Indian Machine Tool Manufacturer's Association (IMTMA-2017) at Bangalore International Conventional Center during 26th January to 1st February, 2017. This award includes a Certificate and a cash prize.
• Final Year project title "Design and Fabrication of Agarbatti Counting and Packing Machine" was awarded second prize in EXPRO-2014, at NMAMIT, Nitte

• Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE)
• Institute for Smart Structures and Systems (ISSS)
•  Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

• Computer Aided Machine Drawing.
• Design of Machine Element-I
• Design of Machine Element-II
• Finite Element Method.
• Industrial Air Craft Design.
• Composite Materials.
• Elements of Mechanical Engineering.
• Biomechanics

• B. E. Projects : 20
• M.Tech Projects : 9

International Journals:

1. Nithin Kumar and Veeresha R K, "Analysis of front suspension lower control arm of an automobile vehicle" International Journal of Science and Research (IJSR), Volume 2 Issue 10, Pages 51-56, (2013), (ISSN 2319‐7064), Paper ID: 0110
2. Veeresha R K, Muralidhara, Rathnamala Rao, "Development of Tool Based Micromilling/Microdrilling Machine with Piezoactuated Workpiece Feeding System". Trans Tech Publications, Applied Mechanics and Materials Vols. 592-594 (2014) pp 164-169
3. MohiyuddinMehafooz, Muralidhara, Rathnamala Rao, Veeresha R K, Rajath N Rao, "Design and control of piezoactuator based workpiece feeding system for micro milling", in IJIRSET, Volume 5, Special issue 9, pp 838-843, May 2016.
4. MayurPatil, MalisettyLeela Shankar, Veeresha R K, "Configuration selection and design of ruddercontrol system of microlight aircraft", in IJIRSET, Volume 5, Special issue 9, pp 807-813, May 2016.
5. Veeresha R. K, Muralidhara, Rathnamala Rao, AstronManojTauro, "Investigation on the Performance of Valveless Pump for Microdelivery of the Fluid, Fabricated Using Tool Based Micromachining Setup" Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Systems Vol. 16, No. 2 (2017) 145-156, World Scientific Publishing Company, DOI: 10.1142/S0219686717500093.
6. Veeresha R K, Muralidhara, Rathnamala Rao, "Investigation on the Performance of Model Based Open Loop Machining Depth Control System in Microdrilling/Micromilling Process". Is ready for submission.
7. Veeresha, R.K., Shilpa, M.K., Muralidhara, Rathnamala Rao, Nithin Kumar,. "Investigating the Performance of Electromagnetic Pump Fabricated Using Tool Based Micromachining Setup for Microdelivery of Fluid". Journal of Mechanical Engineering Research and Developments, Vol. 42, No 3, 2019, pp 66-70, DOI: http://doi.org/10.26480/jmerd.03.2019. 66.70
   
8. Prasad Prabhu, Muralidhara Rao and Veeresha R K, "Design, Fabrication, and Testing of Flexurally Amplified Piezo actuator" Accepted for the International Mechanical Engineering Congress (IMEC) 2019, Materials Today: Proceedings-Journal, doi:10.1016/j.matpr.2020.03.502. 
   
9. Veeresha, R.K., Shilpa, M.K., Sabeel Ahmed., Madev Nagaral., " Investigation on performance of jute and Hybrid (Jute-Glass) fiber reinforced Composite pipes" Accepted for publishing in Journal of Critical Review. 
   

National Journals:

1. Veeresha R, K, AstronManojTauro, Muralidhara and Rathnamala Rao, "Investigation on open loop position control of amplified piezoactuator". Journal of Mechatronics and Automation. 2015; 2(1): pp.16-24, 2015.
2. Veeresha R K, Muralidhara, Rathnamala Rao, "Investigation on the Performance of Model Based Open Loop Machining Depth Control System in Microdrilling/Micromilling Process". Is ready for submission.
3. AstronManojTauro, Veeresha R, K, Muralidhara and Rathnamala Rao, "Theoretical investigation on piezowafer actuated micropump".NMAMIT Annual Research Journal", Volume 5, October 2015, ISSN 2249-0426, Page 41-45.

International Conferences:

1. LoganathanMuthuswamy*, Muralidhara Rao#, VeereshaKoti#, Vivek Singh#, Prasad#, Prasad Shenoy#, Jane Tellis#, "Design and Development of Structural Sub-System for Twin Nano-Satellite "Studsat-2" 64th International Astronautical Congress, Beijing, China. (IAC-13, E2.4, 7x19240), 2013.
2. S.Sandya, Muralidhara Rao, Veeresha K, Saroj Kumar, SnehaVelayudhan, Sandesh R Hegde, Shahnawaz Sheik, M.M.Furqan, B.Shashank, AnikJha, Divyanshu, "A Technology Demonstration Project to Prove Inter Satellite Communication Between Twin Nano Satellites and De-Orbiting Mechanism". Paper is accepted in International Astronautical Congress.
3. Sujith P S, Muralidhara, Rathnamala Rao, Veeresha R K, "Study of Micro Heat Sinks for Microprocessor Cooling Applications", International Conference on Emerging Trends in Engineering (ICETE -2015), pp: 80-84 , ISBN: 978-93-84935-30-6.

• Design, Fabrication and Testing of Micropump Manufactured Using Tool Based Micromachining Process (M-Tech Project has got Rs 30,000/- sponsored by VGST under TRIP-15 Programme in 2015).
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• Co-Principal Investigator for Centre for tool based Micromachining Research funded by Karnataka council for technological up gradation of Rs 77.28 Lakhs.

PATENT:

1. Dr.Muralidhara, Dr.Rathnamala Rao, T. R. Venugopal, Veeresha R. K, Prasad Prabhu., "Method, System and Apparatus for Fabricating Differently Shaped Tool Electrodes for Micro Electrical Discharge Machining"Submitted as: Indian Patent (Application No 201741032033, Filing date 11.09.2017)
2. Dr. Muralidhara, Dr. Rathnamala Rao, Veeresha R. K, Prasad Prabhu. Gautham S Shetty., "Method and System for Measurment of Residual stress by drilling deep holes in a weld-Joint" Submitted as: Indian Patent (Application No 201941002849, Filing date 23.01.2019) 
   

• Active Vibration Isolation
• Machine Design
• Finite Element Method
• Mechanics of Materials

• Tech (Machine Design) Coordinator
• Tech (Machine Design) Project Coordinator
• Accreditation team member during (NAAC/NBA)

• Life Member of Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE)
• Life Member of Indian Welding Society (IWS)

For UG

• Mechanics of Materials
• Finite Element Method
• Design of Machine Element-1

 For PG

• Finite Element Method
• Advanced Machine Design

• B. E. Projects : 4
• M.Tech Projects : 3

Journal Papers

1. Investigations on piezoactuator based active vibration isolation for tool based micromachining applications, Journal of Mechatronics and Automation, Vol 2 page 25-33, Jan 2015
2. Design and Realisation of Single Axis Mechanism for Morphing Wing UAV, International journal of Innovative Research in Science, Engineering and Technology, Vol 5 Special Issue 9, May 2016
3. Turboprop Engine Vibration Measurement an trend analysis for transport aircraft, ISME-D-003 for the 17th ISME conference on Advances In Mechanical Engineering, Sep 2015
4. Error reduction in Active Vibration Isolation using Model based Control System, International Conference on Emerging Trends in Engineering, NMAMIT-Nitte, pp 245-250, May 2018.
5. Active Tool vibration isolation system design for Micromachining Applications, International Journal of Current Engineering and Scientific Research, Vol 6, Issue 6, 2019.
6. Design, Analysis and Testing of Flexurally Amplified Piezoactuator based Active Vibration Isolation system for Micromilling, Journal of Mechanical Engineering Research and Development, Vol 43, No 3, 443-453, April 2020.
   
   

• Muralidhara, Dr. Rathnamala Rao, Divijesh P, "Method, System and Apparatus for an Active Vibration Isolation using Flexurally Amplified Piezoelectric Actuator", Submitted as Indian Patent (Reference No: 201741027909, Filing date: 10/7/2017)
• Coordinated a TEQIP-II funded 3 day FDP on "Theoretical and Computational Mechanics" from 19th-20th January 2017
• Coordinated a TEQIP-II funded 5day STTP on "Design and Simulation of MEMS devices" from 16th-20th June 2014
• Sessational Co-Ordinator during 2014-2015
• MTech (MMD) Project Co-ordinator during 2014-2015
• E Project Co-ordinator during 2013-2014
• BOE Member during 2016-17
• BOE Member (PG)
• DUGC Member
• DPGC Member
• Attended ISTE-SRM Short time Training Programme on Recent Advances on Machining during June 10-15, 2013, Nitte
• Faculty Development Program on Recent Trends in Process Control and Systems during Jan 6-10, 2014, MIT,Manipal
• Five Day Short Term Training Programme on Design and Simulation of MEMS devices during June16-20, 2014, Nitte
• Three Day Workshop on Research Methodologies and Latex during September 9-11, 2014, Shree Devi Institute of Technology, Mangalore
• Faculty Development Programme on Application of Labview to Automation and Robotics during July 25-27, 2016, Nitte
• Faculty Development Programme on Modelling Simulation and Application of Piezoactuators, 20th to 21st March 2017, Nitte
• One week Faculty Development Programme on Theoretical and Computational Mechanics-2, July 9-14, 2018.
• Five Day Workshop on PLC based Programming and Automation, Jan 15-19, 2019, Nitte.
• One day FDP on Discrete Mathematics and Computational Solution of Differential Equations-Applications, 25th July 2019, Nitte.
• Three days FDP on Finite Element Analysis using ANSYS, July 25-27, 2019, Nitte.
• International Conference on Design, Materials and Manufacture (ICDEM-2019), NITK, Surathkal, December 6-8, 2019.
• Five Day FDP On Modelling Fundamentals and PYTHON for Numerical Simulation and Applied Artificial Intelligence for Mechanical Engineering Systems Research, December 18-22, 2019, Nitte.
• Faculty Development Programme on Hands on Training on use of Digital Board and Pedagogical Technologies, Nitte, June 9-15, 2020.
  

• Metal Machining and Image Processing
• Design of Machine Elements
• Finite Element Analysis

• Department Research Coordinator
• Department Student coordinator (Student Monitoring Cell) for third year students.
• Class advisor for 3rd year 'c'students

• ISTE
• IWS

For UG

• Design of Machine Elements-I
• Kinematics of Machine
• Finite Element Method
• Metrology and Measurements
• Elements of Mechanical Engineering

• B. E. Projects :12
• M.Tech Projects : 2

Published 5 research papers in National and International journals

1. Ravi Keerthi C, Srinivasa Pai P, Vishwanatha J S " Wavelet Transform based Recognition of Machined Surfaces using Computer Vision", International Mechanical Engineering Congress 2014, IMEC 2014, June 13-15, 2014, National Institute of Technology, Trichy, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, India. Published in the Applied Mechanics and Materials, volume 592-594, 2014, pp. 801-
2. Ravi Keerthi C, Vishwanatha J S , Srinivasa Pai P, "Wavelet Transform based Surface Roughness Evaluation of Machined surface using Computer Vision", International Conference on Emerging Trends in Engineering, ICETE 2014, May 15-17, 2014, NMAM Institute of Technology, Nitte, Udupi, Karnataka, India. (ISBN: 978-93-83083-80-0).
3. Raveena S, Sahil Sharma, Vishwanatha J S, Srinivasa Pai P "Surface Roughness Evaluation using wavelet transform in machining of Ti-6Al-4V", Proceedings of the 30th National Convention of Production Engineers on the theme Sustainable manufacturing, Agartala, Tripura, India, July 18-19, 2015, NCPR-15-1012.
4. J. S. Vishwanatha, P. Srinivasa Pai, Grynal D'Mello, "Wavelet Transform based Evaluation of Surface Images in High Speed Turning of Ti-6al-4v", Indian Journal of Advances in Chemical Science, S1, Mysuru, Karnataka, India, 15th May, 2016, pp. 152-156
5. Vishwanatha J S and SrinivasaPai P, "DTCWT and GLCM for Surface Roughness Evaluation of Ti-6Al-4V Turned Surface using Computer Vision", Proceedings of International Conference on Manufacturing Technology and Simulation-2017, IIT Madras, India, July 7-8th, 2017, pp. 134-139
6. Vishwanatha J S and SrinivasaPai P, "Modeling and prediction of surface roughness in Ti-6Al-4V turned surfaces: use of DTCWT Image Fusion and GLCM" ,Materials Science and Engineering 376 (2018) 012133
   

• Conduction of ESD (Employability Skills Development) classes for 5th and 6th semester students during 2015-16, 2016-17.
• Served as department representative/official during the 40th series KSCST-SPP seminar during 11th-12th August, 2017.
• Industry-Institute Collaboration (IIC) team member during 2016-17.
• Departmental coordinator for International Conference on Emerging Trends in Engineering (ICETE-2016).
• Coordinated a TEQIP funded 3 days FDP on "Theoretical and Computational mechanics" from 19th -21st January 2017.
• Coordinated a TEQIP-II funded 5 Day STTP on "Design and Simulation of MEMS devices", from 16th -20th June, 2014.

• Simulation and Analysis of Production line
• Robotics
• CAD/CAM

• Coordinator for Robotics Club
• Department coordinator for Institute of Engineers (India)

• Life Member of Indian Society for Technical Education
• Life Member of Indian Welding Society

• Elements of Mechanical Engineering
• Manufacturing Process-1
• Computer Aided Machine Drawing
• CAD/CAM
• Non-Traditional Machining
• Industrial Robotics
• Computer Integrated Manufacturing

• Multi-Level Dynamic Job Sorting for Increasing Productivity Using Discrete Event Simulation (Diverging Conveyors), International Journal of Engineering Research and Development, Volume 11, Issue 11, pp.75
• Effect of Operational Parameters in a Converging Conveyor System for an Assembly Operation (Simulation Approach), International Journal of Innovative Research in Science, Engineering and Technology, Vol. 5, Issue 3, pp 3698-3705.
• Simulation & Optimization of a Converging Conveyor System, National Conference on Advances in Mechanical Engineering conducted at SIT, Mukka, May 2016.
• "Adhesion Study of Nickel over Carbon Fibers", International Journal of Combined Research & Development (IJCRD), published under the Association of Combined Research Organization, eISSN:2321-225X;pISSN:2321-2241, Volume: 4; Issue: 3; page 18-22, March -2015.
• Effect of Buffers and Robot in a Converging and Diverging Conveyor System for a Production Operation through Simulation Approach, Int. Conference on Materials , Manufacturing and Modelling 2017, VIT, Vellore.
• Reduction of production using dynamic work sequencing shared with buffer optimization applying genetic procedure in a manufacturing system.International journal of mechanical and production engineering research and development, vol. 9, Issue 3, June 2019, 151- 164.
• Makespan reduction using dynamic job sequencing combined with buffer optimization applying genetic algorithm in a manufacturing system. Mathematical Modelling of Engineering Problems. Vol 6, No 1, 29-37 (2019).
  

• Piping design
• Mechanical vibration
• Fracture mechanics
• Materials

• Entrepreneur and Development Cell coordinator from the department
• Internal staff coordinator for New Age Incubation
• Cultural committee member
• Course coordinator
• Industry Interaction Cell

For UG

• Mechanics of Materials
• Finite Element Method.
• Mechanical Vibrations
• Manufacturing process
• Material selection for engineering design
• CAD/CAM
• Elements of mechanical engineering
• DME-II
• Introduction to aircraft design
• Introduction to Piping Engineering

For PG

• Dynamics of mechanism design
• Finite element Analysis

• B. E. Projects : 7
• M.Tech Projects : 2

• Life Member of " Indian society of system for Science & Engineering"

• I. C Engines
• Refrigeration & Air conditioning
• Energy Storage
• Biosafety laboratories

• In charge for SESI NMAMIT Chapter
• Metrology & Measurement's Lab In charge
• Consultant for Biosafety Laboratory
• In charge for Phalguni hall
• Departmental Sports coordinator

• Member of Solar Energy Society of India (SESI)
• Member of Indian Welding Society of India (IWS)

• Elements of Mechanical Engg.
• I C engines, Thermodynamics
• Energy storage
• Industrial Pollution control

• B. E. Projects : 10
• M.Tech Projects : 6

1. Artificial Neural Network Based Prediction of Emission & Performance Parameters of LPG-Sunflower Oil Ester Dual Fuel C. I Engine. International Journal of Earth Sciences and Engineering ISSN 0974-
2. Characterization of indirect solar dryer with change of cover plate material. Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Current Trends in Engineering and Management ICCTEM-2014
3. Performance & emission prediction using Multilayer Perceptron Neural Network Model for a dual fuel Engine. Proceedings of the International Conference ICETE 2013
4. Predication of global solar radiation using Artificial Neural Network. International Conference on Emerging Trends in Engineering ICETE 2012.
5. Performance and Combustion Analysis of Ethanol Blended VCR SI Engine using Audio Transducers. National Conference on Green Energy: Potentials & Applications NCGEPA-2016
6. CFD simulation and design of ventilation system for forging laboratory. International Conference on Emerging Trends in Engineering ICETE 2013.
7. CFD analysis of different designs of bipolar plates for photon exchange membrane fuel cell. National Conference on Advances in Mechanical Engineering Science (NCAMES-2016)
8. Assessment of the use of solar flat plate collectors for solar thermal refrigeration. International Research Journal of Engineering and Technology (IRJET). e-ISSN: 2395-0056

• Thermal
• IC Engine
• Alternative fuels

• Staff coordinator for IE(I), AIMS and Rotarat club for current year
• Staff coordinator for 'Go-Karting' event

• Elements of Mechanical Engineering
• Fluid Mechanics
• Basic Thermodynamics
• Applied Thermodynamics
• Automotive Engineering
• Power Plant Engineering

• B. E. Projects : 10
• M.Tech Projects : 2

• Study of performance and  emission characteristics of four stroke DTSI engine using petrol and CNG as fuel at different speeds  Journal of Mechanical Engineering Research and Developments (JMERD), ISSN: 1024-1572, 42(4), pp 234-237, 2019.
• STUDY OF EFFECT OF DUAL PLUG ON THE PERFORMANCE SPARK IGNITION ENGINE USING CNG AS FUEL presented in International conference on Advanced Trends In Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering-2019, at Dayanand Sagar University on 8th of November2019.
  
• Comparative study of performance of dual plug and single plug S.I engine at different compression ratios. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ADVANCED RESEARCH INENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (IJARET) ISSN 0976 - 6499 (Online)Volume 4, Issue 5, July - August 2013, pp. 188-197
• "Configuration Selection and Fuel system design for microlight aircraft", at 7th International Conference on Emerging Trends inEngineering (ICETE-2017) at NMAMIT,Nitte on 12 May 2017, published in Special Issue of NMAMIT Annual Research Journal, 2017, page 195-199.
• Study of twin plug spark ignition engine at different ignition timing. International Journal of Science and Research (IJSR), India Online ISSN: 2319-7064
• "Adhesion Study of Nickel over Carbon Fibers", International Journal of Combined Research & Development (IJCRD), published under the Association of Combined Research Organization, eISSN:2321-225X;pISSN:2321-2241, Volume: 4; Issue: 3; page 18-22, March -2015.
• Design and performance analysis of a solar still with rolling cotton belt. ICETE Nitte 2014.

• Department Coordinator ICETE-14 (National Level PG fest)
• Department Coordinator IEI Nitte-16 (State level UG Paper presentation and model exhibition Competition)
• Staff coordinator for AIMS (branch student association) for the year 2014-15
• Attended workshop on Practical Durability assessment of Automotive Structures and welding Design held on 23-254th of December 2016 in NMAM Institute of Technology Nitte.
• Attended workshop on Structured approach in engineering education for quality enhancement held on 29-30th of July 2016 in NMAM Institute of Technology Nitte.
• Attended one week FDP on ' Theoretical and Computational Mechanics-II' held on 9-14 July 2018.
• Attended four day National level workshop on ' Understanding our adolescents, Suicide prevention and introduction to Therapeutic Counselling for teachers and Administrator in higher education' held on 20-23rd of May 2019  
• Attended one day workshop on " Introduction to Patents" held on 18th March 2020 in NMAM Institute of Technology Nitte.
  

• Member of Fluid Power Society of India (FPSI)
• Member of Indian Welding Society (IWS)

• Elements of Mechanical Engineering
• Manufacturing Process I
• Manufacturing Process II
• Statistical Quality Control
• Metrology & Measurements
• Operations Research
• Introduction to Aircraft Design
• Power Plant Engineering

• ISTE
• IWS

• Basic and applied thermodynamics
• Employability and skill development
• Fluid mechanics
• Elements of mechanical engg.
• Introduction to aircraft design
• Design of machine elements II
• Mechanical vibrations
• Manufacturing Process
• Heat Transfer
• Material science and metallurgy

• B. E. Projects : 3
• M.Tech Projects : 2

• Fluid power application
• Material science
• Metal cutting
• Quality control

• ISO internal auditor
• Time Table Preparation
• UG Seminar Coordinator
• UG Project  Coordinator

• Manufacturing Processes
• Material Science & Metallurgy
• Statistical Quality Control
• Non-Destructive Testing
• CAD/CAM
• Metrology & Measurements
• Foundry Technology
• Operations Research
• Computer Aided Engineering Graphics

• Published a paper entitled as "Use of vortex tube air cooling during machining of Inconel 718: Experimental Investigation and Modeling studies" in JMERD in (2019).
• Published a paper entitled as "Experimental investigations on machining of nickel based and cobalt based alloys" in Journal of MTT (2019).
• Co- authored a paper entitled as "Multi-Objective Optimization and Modeling of Surface Roughness in Inconel 718 using Taguchi Grey Relational Analysis and Response Surface Methodology" in IJET (2018).
  
• Co- authored a review paper entitled as "Machining of Magnesium Alloys: A Review", published in the Journal of Manufacturing Technology Today, Vol. 16, No. 8, August
• Published paper entitled as 'Root Cause Analysis of Control Rod Friction Problem in DFIP using Shainin® Approach' in IJMET journal in Sept. 2014

• Co-investigator in ARDB funded project on machining (2019-21)
  

• Fracture Mechanics
• Heat Transfer
• Steam Engineering
• Industrial Energy Audit
• Material Science
• Automotive
• Application Engineering and Management
• Mineral Processing

• Staff Coordinator SAE Baja (ATV)
• Mechanical Department Library In charge
• Industry Institute Collaboration - Department Coordinator
• TCS-Techbytes - Department Coordinator

• Metrology & Measurements
• Internal Combustion Engines
• Introduction to Aircraft Design
• Heat Transfer
• Operations Management & Entrepreneurship
• Elements of Mechanical Engineering
• Mineral Processing

• B. E. Projects : 10
• M.Tech Projects : 1

• Vibration
• Machine design
• Robotics