Curriculum Vitae Dr. K. Balamurugan
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Curriculum Vitae Dr. K. Balamurugan Office Address Residential Address Associate Professor, Flat No, 1A, Shelters Apartment, Department of Mechanical Engineering, K. K. Pudur Road, Institute of Road and Transport Technology, Kovilmedu, Erode – 638 316, Tamil Nadu. Coimbatore – 641 025, Tamil Nadu Office Phone : +91 424 2533279 Ext 186 ; Home : 0422 2436322 Fax. : +91 424 2533590 Mobile : +91 9994940900, +91 9150166322 ; Email: [email protected] http://irttech.ac.in/mechstaff.htm#!prettyPhoto[inline]/5/ http://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=cu6VkO0AAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao Professional Objective To excel in Teaching Profession through Innovative Leadership, Continuous Learning, Effective Knowledge Dissemination, Applied Research and Organizing Training Programmes. Professional Achievements Successfully carried out 06 funded projects, organized 22 short-courses and 04 conferences. Awarded Ph.D. in 3 years at Anna University, Chennai in 2006. Received Best Project, Young Scientist and Best Faculty Awards. Received INR 60 lakhs grant for R&D projects and short course/ conference/ from DST, DRDO, DSIR, DoIT, AICTE, ISTE, CSIR, MoEF, INSA, TNSCST and TEDA. Chief Coordinator of AICTE funded Entrepreneurship Development Cell. Supervised 07 Ph.D. scholars (degree awarded) and guiding 07 Ph.D./M.Tech. scholars. Published 05 books and 60 research articles in Journals like ASME, Springer, Elsevier, Inderscience, Degruter, Proc. IMechE, etc., including 24 with impact factors. Presented 38 articles in conferences, delivered 17 guest lectures and attended 28 short courses. 1 Professional Qualification Sl. Degree& Year Institution University Class No. Specialization Highly Commendable Ph.D. Anna C.I.T., Thesis title : Design and 1. 2006 Mechanical University, Coimbatore optimization of Engg. Chennai manufacturing facilities layout 75 % - First Class M.E. Bharathiar Production G.C.T., 2. 2001 University, Project title : Fuzzy expert Engg. Coimbatore Coimbatore system for wire EDM process B.E. Bharathiar I.R.T.T., 3. 1998 Mechanical University, 72 % - First Class Erode Engg. Coimbatore Teaching and Research Experience Sl. Duration Organization Designation No. From To Institute of Road and Transport Associate 1. 26.07.2009 Till date Technology (IRTT), Erode Professor Institute of Road and Transport Selection Grade 2. 26.07.2006 25.07.2009 Technology, Erode Lecturer Bannari Amman Institute of 3. Senior Lecturer 01.06.2005 22.07.2006 Technology, Sathyamangalam Bannari Amman Institute of 4. Lecturer 04.02.2002 31.05.2005 Technology, Sathyamangalam PSG College of Technology, Research 5. 21.11.1998 10.08.1999 Coimbatore Associate Industrial Experience Sl. Duration Organization Designation No. From To Tata Infotech Limited, Associate Systems 1. 16.04.2001 02.01.2002 Bangalore Engineer Funded research projects as PI/Co-PI/Project Co-ordinator 1. Project Title : Design and Development of Database and Web-portal of Indian Theses in the field of Technology and Management aspects related to Manufacturing Funding agency : Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, New Delhi Amount : INR 7.21 lakhs Period : Oct. 2005 to July 2006 2 2. Project Title : Training of Women in Computer Aided Drafting and MS Office Packages Funding agency : Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, New Delhi Amount : INR 7.03 lakhs Period : May 2006 to July 2006 3. Project Title : Tribological and Corrosion Studies on Soya bean oil based Lubricant for Diesel Engines Funding agency: Defence Research and Development Organization, New Delhi Amount : INR 2.75 Lakhs Period : Jan. 2009 to March 2010 4. Project Title : Design and Development of Dynamic Facility Layout Design Toolkit Funding agency : Department of Science and Technology, New Delhi Amount : INR 5.04 lakhs Period : Nov. 2007 to Feb. 2012 5. Project Title : Modernization of Internal Combustion Engines lab. Funding agency : AICTE, New Delhi Amount : INR 2.67 lakhs Period : Feb. 2010 to March 2012 6. Project Title : Modernisation of CAM lab. with CNC turning center Funding agency : AICTE, New Delhi Amount : INR 8.83 lakhs Period : March 2013 to Dec. 2013 7. Project Title : Entrepreneurship Development Cell Funding agency : AICTE, New Delhi Amount : INR 3.0 lakhs Period : April 2013 to March 2016 8. Project Title : Making Biomass briquette from water hyacinth and energy evaluation Funding agency :Tamilnadu State Council for Science and Technology, Chennai Amount : INR 2.2 lakhs Period : Sep. 2013 to August 2015 3 Honors / Awards / Achievements Recipient of BEST PROJECT AWARD from Manufacturing Division, Anna University, Chennai, India. Awarded a R&D project under YOUNG SCIENTIST category of DST, New Delhi, in 2007. Recipient of Shri.P.K.Das Memorial BEST FACULTY AWARD IN MECHANICAL ENGINEERING (Junior) for the year 2011. Management Responsibilities 1. Remote Centre Coordinator for IIT-Bombay under the National Mission on Education through ICT (MHRD, Govt. of India) project. 2. Chief coordinator of Entrepreneurship Development Cell of IRTT funded by AICTE. 3. Department Research Coordinator and Alumni In-charge. Research Interests Machine Layout Design and Optimization, Biofuels and Bio-Lubricants, Composite and Nano materials Research / Projects Guidance 1. UG : 30 (From 2002-2003 to till date) 2. PG : Completed - 02; On-going – 02 3. PhD : Completed - 07; On-going - 05 M.E./M.S. by Research projects in Anna University, Chennai Sl Title Name of the student Month & year No and register no. of completion 1 Reverse Engineering S.Gunasekar June 2005 70203420001 2 A quality function deployment approach to S.Vijayaprathapan June 2005 ERP system analysis and design 70203420008 3 Boiler Combustion Analysis in Thermal L.Subbarayan On-going power plant MT 11270331109 4 Pollution reduction in Thermal power plant L.Kumaresan On-going MT 11230331033 PhD supervision in Anna University, Chennai Sl Title Name of the student Month & year of No and register no. completion 1 Investigation on tensile, flexural and impact A.Karthikeyan Viva voce behavior of sodium lauryl sulfate (SLS) 7076032115 completed during treated coir fiber reinforced epoxy August 2014 composite 4 2 Influence of silver interlayer’s on the weld P.Kannan Viva voce properties of friction welded dissimilar joints 4086032123 completed during October 2014 3 Investigations on reciprocating wear L.Jayakumar Viva voce behavior of Al 7075-SiC and Al 6061-Al2O3 10900331023 completed during composites January 2015 4 Rheological, wear and thermal stability G. Senthil Kumar Viva voce studies on sunflower oil with natural and 10931221003 completed during nano metal additives March 2015 5 Studies on Flyash and SiC reinforced Al- K.A.Ramesh Kumar Viva voce 356 metal matrix composites 7076122118 completed during August 2015 6 Wear, thermal conductivity and rheological N.Kanagasabapathi Viva voce studies on soya bean lubricant with nano 7073032113 completed during metal additives October 2015 7 Investigations on electrical discharge S.Murugesan Viva voce machining of Al-SiC metal matrix composite 4080033141 completed during using solid and multichannel electrodes October 2015 8 Al-Sic Nano Composites M.K.Aravindan On-going 10950321005 9 Composite Materials J.Satheesbabu On-going 71070331078 10 Composite Materials S.C.Thiyagarajan On-going 71031221003 11 Performance and emission studies on C.Sasikumar On-going Jatropha biodiesel with nano fuel additives 71030321077 12 Biodiesel A.Tamilvanan On-going 1314269250 Thesis Examiner / Subject Expert 1. Process and Product Innovation through Lean, DFM and Triz concepts – V.R.Muruganantham – Anna University – March 2014 2. Reduction of Hydrogen content in Medium Carbon Chromium and Molybdenum Steels – D.Ravichander – Anna University – June 2015 3. Investigations on Mechanical Properties of Jute Fiber Reinforced Hybrid Polymer Matrix Composite – P.Prabaharan Graceraj – VIT University – August 2015 Journal Publications (with Impact factor/SCImago Journal Rank) 1. P.Kannan, K.Balamurugan and K.Thirunavukkarasu, Influence of Silver Interlayer in Dissimilar 6061-T6 Aluminum MMC and AISI 304 Stainless Steel Friction Welds, International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology (IJAMT) – DOI: 10.1007/s00170-015-7288-7 (Impact factor – 1.779). 2. C.Sasikumar, K.Balamurugan, S.Rajendran, Naveen Kumar, Process Parameter optimization in Jatropha Methyl Ester yield using Taguchi technique, Materials and Manufacturing Processes - DOI - 10.1080/10426914.2015.1048473 – in press (Impact factor – 1.486). 5 3. K.A.Ramesh Kumar, K.Balamurugan, D.Gnanaraj, Hardness, Tribology and Microstructural studies on Aluminium – Flyash metal Matrix Composites, Journal of Scientific and Industrial Research (JSIR) - Vol. 74, No. 3, 2015, pp. 165-170 (Impact factor 0.587). 4. G.Senthil Kumar, K.Balamurugan and J.Mohanraj, Emission characteristics of sunflower oil based bio-compatible blends of 2T oil, Journal of Scientific and Industrial Research (JSIR), Vol. 74, No. 1, 2015, pp. 48-51 (Impact factor 0.587). 5. P.Kannan, K.Balamurugan and K.Thirunavukkarasu, An experimental study on the effect of silver interlayer on dissimilar friction welds 6061-T6 aluminum MMC and AISI 304 stainless steel, Indian Journal of Engineering & Materials Sciences, Vol. 21, No. 6, 2014, pp. 635-646 (Impact factor 0.641). 6. L.Jayakumar and K.Balamurugan, Reciprocating Wear Behaviour of 7075Al/SiC and 6061Al/Al2O3 Composites: A study of Effect of Reinforcement, Stroke and Load, Tribology in Industry, Vol. 36, No. 2, 2014, pp. 117-126 (SJR – 0.358). 7. L.Jayakumar and