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Curriculum Vitae Curriculum vitae PERSONAL INFORMATION Nirupama Mohan 46, SRIYOGA, 1st Main, 3rd Cross, BSK III stage, 2nd Phase, 7th Block, 560085 Bangalore (India) +91-9743017287 [email protected] POSITION Assistant Professor WORK EXPERIENCE Assistant Professor 7 Sep 2012–Present BMS College of Engineering, Bangalore (India) Roles and Responsibilities ▪ Pursuing research with an intent to publish the work ▪ Mentoring student groups for research projects ▪ Course instructor for undergraduate students for courses such as Hydraulics and Pneumatics, Mechanical measurements and Metrology, Material Science, Foundry & welding Technology, Elements of Mechanical Engineering & Elements of Engineering Drawing ▪ Course Instructor for Industry Personnel from SCANIA Commercial Vehicles India Pvt Ltd ▪ Adopting intuitive and activity oriented teaching methods for delivering the course content. EDUCATION AND TRAINING 6 July 2018- Present Ph.D Indian Institute of Technology-Roorkee Key subjects: Corrosion, Wear, Material characterization 13 Sep 2010–30 Jun 2012 Master of Technology in Manufacturing Science and Engineering PES Institute of Technology, Bangalore (India) Key Subjects: Composite Materials, Advanced Joining Process, Finite Element Method, Tool Design. Hands on Experience of Hot Extrusion machine and Various testing equipment's like Pin on Disc, Slurry erosive wear and Air jet erosive machines. 30 Aug 2005–30 Jun 2010 Bachelor of Engineering in Industrial Engineering & Management JSS Academy of Technical Education, Bangalore (India) Key subjects: Material Science and Metallurgy, Strength of Materials, Kinematics of Machines, Control Engineering, CAD/CAM, Mechatronics, Operations Research. Curriculum vitae Nirupama Mohan Communication skills ▪ Possess professional speaking abilities owing to my previous experience. ▪ Can deliver a well articulated and a coherent insight about a given piece of information. Organisational / managerial skills ▪ Possess effective team and project management skills. ▪ Motivate team members to effectively participate and contribute for project while also keep up with deadlines. ▪ Possess crisis management abilities owing to my prior experience. Job-related skills ▪ Possess dedication and focus necessary to carryout continued and meaningful research. ▪ Can communicate to funding agencies to seek research grants by the way of research proposals. ▪ Possess positive and empathetic attitude to pay attention and cater to the emotional needs of peers and subordinates. Digital skills SELF-ASSESSMENT Information Content Problem Communication Safety processing creation solving Independent user Proficient user Independent user Independent user Independent user Digital skills - Self-assessment grid ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Master Thesis The project entitled “Tribological behavior of Al6061-SiC/Cf Hybrid Composites” has been carried out in Advanced Composite Research Center(ACRC) at PESIT, Bengaluru, India. The objective of the project was “Development & Analysis of Innovative Hybrid Composites” for suitable application in the fields of Bio-Medical, Aerospace & Automotive Industries. The work included to study the wear behavior of the composite material in its dry condition using a pin on disc machine at the various speeds and loading conditions. Characterization of worn samples was carried out using scanning electron microscope,& Confocal microscope. Prediction studies using analytical concepts was carried out to compare with the experimental work. A great degree of concurrence was observed between experimental and analytical results. Funded Project Title: Design and Fabrication of Smart Wheel Funded by: Technical Education Quality Improvement Programme of Government of India (TEQIP) Amount Sanctioned : INR 80,000 Status: Completed The objective of this project was to design a prototype of wheel. The wheel acts as propulsion system and carries the entire load of the automobile. The concepts of quantum levitation and axial flux motor was used and wheel was designed according to it and further a prototype of the same was fabricated. The primary goal and focus was to showcase an alternative for the present transmission systems. The wheel must perform two primary functions firstly to carry load and secondly Propulsion to entire Page 4 / 5 Curriculum vitae Nirupama Mohan mass acting on it. To achieve load carrying capacity the principles of quantum levitation was used, and for propulsion can be achieved by using axial flux motor principles. Since there is no physical contact between moving parts there is completely eliminated contact friction. Publications JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS- INTERNATIONAL ▪ C.S. Ramesh, A.C. Vijetha, Nirupama Mohan, Harsha.R.Gudi, "Slurry Erosion Wear of Al 6061–Sic Composites Developed By Hybrid Technique", Applied Mechanics and Materials, Vols.592-594 (2014), pp 734-738, (2014) Trans Tech Publications. ▪ C.S Ramesh, Nirupama Mohan, V.K.S Jain, Harsha R Gudi, "Adaptive Neural network for estimation of sliding wear behaviour of Al6061-Carbon fiber Composites", Applied Mechanics and Materials, Vols. 592-594 (2014), pp 1267-1271, (2014) Trans Tech Publications. INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES ▪ Ramesh.C.S, Harsha.R.Gudi, Nirupama Mohan, Adarsh.H, "Development of InnovativeAl6061-SiC composite by Hybrid Technique", STLE Annual Meeting & Exhibition, St. Louis,Missouri, USA. ISBN: 978-1-62276-248-4, Pg 14-17. ▪ Ramesh C.S, Nirupama Mohan, Murali Krishna J R, Naveena K P, Harsha.R.Gudi,"Buckingham π Theorem Prediction of Tribological Properties of Al6061-SiC composites",8th International conference on Industrial Tribology (ICIT 2012), 7-9 December 2012, Pune (India). ▪ Ramesh C.S, Nirupama Mohan, Harsha.R.Gudi, Pramod, "Tribological Studies On Al6061- Sic/Cf Hybrid Composites", 5th International Tribology Congress (ASIATRIB 2014), 17- 20th February 2014, Agra, India. Softwares Software applications ▪ Python ▪ Solid edge V20 ▪ MATLAB ▪ Microsoft office Research Interests Surface modification techniques, Mechanical Characterization of materials, & Tribology of materials. Honours and awards Best outgoing student for overal performance during graduate studies. Page 5 / 5 .
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