Research

Our research is driven by the big picture. The students and faculty from the Department of Mechanical Engineering are involved in strong research work along with academics. Research work is carried out in all latest areas such as.

Thrust Areas of Research

  • Engine Management System facility with AVL Exhaust Gas Analyzer
  • Setup for making natural/synthetic fiber composites through Hand Laying technique.
  • Five numbers of mould plate for composite manufacturing.
  • Vibration and Noise Analyzer with LABVIEW Software
  • Feast E-Yantra Design Software
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Supervisor Name Designation Specialization Email ID
Dr.S.Senthilvelan Professor Thermal Power Engineering sendilvelan.mech@drmgrdu.ac.in
Dr.N.Ethiraj Professor Production Engineering ethiraj.mech@drmgrdu.ac.in
Dr.K.Balasubramanian Professor Industrial Engineering balasubramanian.mech@drmgrdu.ac.in
Dr.K.Rajan Professor & Head IC Engines rajan.mech@drmgrdu.ac.in
Dr.K.R.Vijayakumar Professor Engineering Design,CAD, Composite Materials vijayakumar.mech@drmgrdu.ac.in
Dr.J.Jayaprakash Professor Industrial Engineering jayaprakash.mech@drmgrdu.ac.in
Dr.D.B.Jabaraj Professor Thermal Power Engineering jabaraj2009@yahoo.com
Dr.M.Chandran Professor Thermal Power Engineering chandran.mech@drmgrdu.ac.in
Dr.J.Jayaseelan Professor Engineering Design,CAD, Composite Materials jayaseelan.mech@drmgrdu.ac.in
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S.No Scholar Name Supervisor Name Area of Research Title Year of Completion
1 Pradeep Raj Dr.K.Rajan I.C Engines Experimental Investigation On Diesel Engine Performance Using Moringa Oleifera Biodiesel 2022
2 Abdul Sukkur . S . A . Dr.K.R.Vijayakumar Composite Materials Investigation On The Effect Of Natural Fillers In Epoxy Matrix Hybrid Bio-Composities 2022
3 Gunji Venkata Punna Rao Dr. S. Nallusamy Industrial Engineering Optimization Of Production Process By Minimizing Waste With Different Lean Tools In Medium Sale Indistries 2022
4 Srinivasan.R Dr.S.Manivannan Machine learning Warranty Analysis For Indian Truck Industries Using Machine Learning Techniques 2021
5 Ravichandran A Dr.K.Rajan I.C Engines Experimental Investigations On The Performance Of Diesel Engine Using Biodiesel With Different Combustion Chamber Geometries 2021
6 Ashok Kumar Dr.K.Rajan I.C Engines Experimental Investigation On Effective Use Of Cashew Nut Shell Oil As Fuel In A Direct Injection Diesel Engine With Different Techniques 2020
7 Karthikeyan A Dr. S. Nallusamy Composite Materials Fracture And Wear Mechanism Analysis Of Composites Through Different Techniques 2019
8 Saravanan V Dr. S. Nallusamy Industrial Engineering Execution Of Lean Tools In Small And Medium Scale Industries For Efficiency Enhancement Through Different Lean Techniques 2019
9 V P Haridasan Dr.Velayudham Composite Materials Surface Engineering - Tribological Studies On The Detonation Sprayed Coatings 2019
10 Ramakrishnan V Dr. S. Nallusamy Industrial Engineering Developing A Framework For Implementing Lean Manufacturing In Indian Small And Medium Enterprises 2018
11 Etraj P Dr.J.Jayaprakash Supply chain mangement An Integrated Multi Criteria Decision Making Model Approach In Green Supplier Selection Process With Special Reference To A Public Sector Transport Corporation 2018
12 Jayaseelan J Dr.K.R.Vijayakumar Composite Materials Investigation Into The Mechanical Characterization Of Goat Hair Fibre Epoxy Matrix Composites. 2018
13 Parimala.R Dr.D.B.Jabaraj Composite Materials Experimental And Theoretical Analysis On The Mechanical Behaviors Of Biaxial Braided Composites With Various Nanoparticles 2017
14 Rajarasalnath S Dr.Balasubramanian K Industrial Engineering Sleeve Synchronizer Manufacturing Process Optimisation 2017
15 Vijayaganapathy D Dr.Balasubramanian K Industrial Engineering Static Analysis Of Radiator Fan Blade Using Reverse Engineering And Ansys 2016
16 Vinayagamoorthy R Dr.Rajeswari N Composite Materials Machinability Studies On Fiber Reinforced Composite Materials 2015
17 C.Shashishekar Dr.C.S Ramesh Finite element Analysis Finite Element Analysis Of Human Prosthetic Knee Joint 2014
18 Ganesan M Dr.S.Sendilvelan Thermal Engineering Reduction Of Cold Start Emission Using Telescopic Catalytic Convertor In A Multi Cylinder Spark Ignition Engine 2014
19 Velu.R Dr. D. Moses Raja Cecil Industrial Engineering Quantifying Interface Friction And Evaluation Of Lubricants In Cold Forming Using Backward Spike And Forward Disc Forming Tribo Test 2014
20 Subramaniam.L Dr.S.Sendilvelan Fluid Mechanics Study On Influence Of Blade Thickness On Vibration Characteristics Of Centrifugal Impeller Pumps 2013
21 A.R.Karibasava Swamy Dr. A. Ramesh Composite Materials Synthesis And Property Evaluation Of Al6061 Graphite Tungsten Carbide Hybrid Composites 2013
22 Prabhakar Bandeppa Kammar Dr.H.K.Shivanand Composite Materials Evaluation Of Mechanical And Tribological Properties Of Aluminium Based Hybrid Metal Matrix Composites 2013
23 Prahalad.N.Tengli, Dr. C.S. Ramesh Jet Propulsion systems A Study On Vibration Problems Of Solid Propellant Rocket Motor 2012
24 Prakash S Dabeer, Dr.G.K.Purohit Composite Materials Study Of Surface Properties Of Ball Burnished Brass Components 2012
25 B.Advesh, Dr.Joel Hemanth Composite Materials Development And Property Evaluation Of Aluminum Alloy Reinforced With Nano Zro2 Metal Matrix Composites For Automotive Applications 2012
26 C. Anil Kumar, Dr. Y. Vijayakumar Composite Materials Studies On The Mechanical Fracture And Vibrational Behaviour Of Nitinol 2011
27 K.Rajan, Dr. K.R.Senthil Kumar I.C Engines Experimental Investigations To Improve The Performance Of A Biodiesel Jatropha Oil Fuelled Diesel Engine Using Different Techniques 2011
28 N.S. Prasanna Rao, Dr. K. Vinayaka Prasad Fluid Mechanics Theoretical Study Of Boundary Layer Flow Problems In Newtonian And Non-Newtonian Fluids 2011
29 S.Mohanmurugan, Dr.S.Sendilvelan I.C Engines Experimental Investigation On Reduction Of Emission In Hcci Engine By Pcci Mode With Different Fuels 2010
30 Ashoka Mehatha, Dr B.Ravishankar Supply chain mangement A Study Of Synchronous Manufacturing Practices On Vital Resources And Constraints In A Typical Engineering Environment 2010
31 T.B.Prasad Dr. C.S. Ramesh Composite Materials Development And Characterization Of Graphite Carbon Short Fiber Reinforced Al 17si Alloy Hybrid Composites 2010
32 C.P.S. Prakash Dr.B.J.Ranganath Industrial Engineering A Study On The Machining Characteristic In Wire Edm Process 2009
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S.No Name of the Faculty (PI & Co-PI(s)) Project Title Name of the Scheme Funding Agency Duration & Approval Date
1 PI:Dr.P.Palanisamy Co.PI: Dr.K.Rvijayakumar Dr.J. Jayaseelan SRF: S.Karthikeyan Design and Analysis of Collapsible Mandrel System for Solid Propellant Casting of 1m Diameter Test Motor– A Near Subscale of S200Motor Sponsored Research ISRO/VSSC 2016-2019 Completed
2 PI: Dr.P.Palanisamy National Consultant, Dr. V. Natarajan Coir Spinning Plant Machinery Development Project Sponsored Research CoirBoard, Ministry of MSME, Govt.of India 2017- ongoing
3 PI: Dr.M.Ganesan, Co-PI:Dr.P.A Lakshminarayanan, R.Venugopal, D.Pandurangan Feasibiliy Study for design ,manufacturing and testing of CRDi Fuel Injection System of diesel engine for Armoured Fighting Vehicles Sponsored Research DRDO-CVRDE 2020-21
4 R. logeswaran Dr. Wilson John Energy Efficient Pervaporative Thermal Management System for electric vehicle batteries-( The solution qualitatively provides cooling at uncertain conditions even when the system lag power supply) Research MSME ( IDEATN 002802) 2022-23
5 Jawahar prakash. M,Mr. D.AVinoth Dual Filament Extruder in 3d Printing With Dual Hot End Extrusion- (each extruder can print with a different filament material) Research MSME( IDEATN 002791) 2022-23
6 Dr. M. Ganesan, Dr. K.R. Vijayakumar Augmented Reality(AR) and Virtual Reality ( VR) Innovative Lab Research AICTE- MODROB-REG 2021-22
7 Dr. J. Jayaseelan Design and development of Robotic propellant machining system with 6 DOF. Research DRDO -Dare- to-Dream-2.0 2021-22
8 PI: T.Raghu, Co-PI: Sa.K.VishnooPrathap Design & Development of Autonomous Bio-mimic Robotic Fish Research Indian Institutionof Technology Indore (IIT-I) (inCollaborationwithM/s.GRP, Industries(Madras)) 2019-ongoing
9 PI:Sa.K.VishnooPrathap, Co-PI: T. Raghu, D.Pandurengan Feasibility Study &Development of a Self-Sustainable Dual Renewable Energy Harvesting System for Unmanned/ Autonomous Ocean Surface Vehicle Research DRDO-NSTL 2019-ongoing
10 PI: Er. S. Karthigeyan, Co-PI: Dr. P. Nagaraja Recovery of Lithium from used Lithium Ion Batteries (Start-up: Dr. MGR-ARI Technology Innovations Pvt Ltd) Research DRDO-TDF 2021-22
11 Dr.Ethiraj, Dr.K.R.Vijayakumar, .Dr.J.Jayaseelan,Mr.T.Sivabalan Formulation of New Holt Melt Adhesive Research DHPL,Thirumazhisai,Chennai-600124 2017-18
12 Dr.Ethiraj, Dr.K.R.Vijayakumar, .Dr.J.Jayaseelan,Mr.T.Sivabalan Development of Re-usable hair extension product Research DHPL,Thirumazhisai,Chennai-600124 2017-18
13 Dr.Ethiraj, Dr.K.R.Vijayakumar, .Dr.J.Jayaseelan,Mr.T.Sivabalan Development of Polyurethene or Equivalent Flexible Base Material for Hair Extension Applications Research DHPL,Thirumazhisai,Chennai-600124 2018-19
14 Dr.S.Nallusamy Passenger vehicle maintenance Research Bahwan Cyber Tek Pvt. Limited, Chennai 2017-18
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Name of the Consultant Name of the Advisory / R&D consultancy/clinical trial project Consulting/Sponsoring agency details Year Revenue generated (INR in Lakhs)
PI:Dr.P.Palanisamy, Co.PI: Dr.K.RVijayakumar, Dr. J. Jayaseelan, SRF: S.Karthikeyan Design and Analysis of Collapsible Mandrel System for Solid Propellant Casting of 1m Diameter Test Motor– A Near Subscale of S200Motor ISRO/VSSC 2016-2019 Completed 21
PI: Dr.P.Palanisamy National Consultant: Dr. V. Natarajan Coir Spinning Plant Machinery Development Project Coir Board, Ministry of MSME, Govt.of India 2017-ongoing 299
PI: T.Raghu, Co-PI: Sa.K.VishnooPrathap Design & Development of Autonomous Bio-mimic Robotic Fish Indian Institution of Technology Indore (IIT-I) (in Collaboration with M/s.GRP Industries(Madras)) 2019-ongoing 10
PI:Sa.K.VishnooPrathap, Co-PI: T. Raghu, D.Pandurengan Feasibility Study &Development of a Self-Sustainable Dual Renewable Energy Harvesting System for Unmanned/ Autonomous Ocean Surface Vehicle DRDO-NSTL 2019-ongoing 9.5
PI: Dr.M.Ganesan, Co-PI:Dr.P.A Lakshminarayanan, , R.Venugopal, D.Pandurangan Feasibiliy Study for design ,manufacturing and testing of CRDi Fuel Injection System of diesel engine for Armoured Fighting Vehicles DRDO-CVRDE 2020-21 41
R. Logeswaran, Dr. Wilson John Energy Efficient Pervaporative Thermal Management System for electric vehicle batteries- ( The solution qualitatively provides cooling at uncertain conditions even when the system lag power supply) MSME( IDEATN 002802) 2022-23 13.5
Jawahar prakash. M, Mr. D.A. Vinoth kumar Dual Filament Extruder in 3d Printing With Dual Hot End Extrusion- (each extruder can print with a different filament material) MSME,( IDEATN 002791) 2022-23 15
Dr. M. Ganesan, Dr. K.R. Vijayakumar Augmented Reality(AR) and Virtual Reality ( VR) Innovative Lab AICTE- MODROB-REG 2021-22 12.8
PI: Er. S. Karthigeyan, Co-PI: Dr. P. Nagaraja Recovery of Lithium from used Lithium Ion Batteries, (Start-up: Dr. MGR-ARI Technology Innovations Pvt Ltd) DRDO-TDF 2021-22 57.8
Dr. J. Jayaseelan Design and development of Robotic propellant machining system with 6 DOF. DRDO 2021-22 5
1.Dr.Ethiraj, 2.Dr.K.R.Vijayakumar, 3.Dr.J.Jayaseelan,4.Mr.T.Sivabalan Formulation of New Holt Melt Adhesive DHPL,Thirumazhisai 2017-18 1.8
1.Dr.Ethiraj, 2.Dr.K.R.Vijayakumar, 3.Dr.J.Jayaseelan,4.Mr.T.Sivabalan Development of Re-usable hair extension product DHPL,Thirumazhisai 2017-18 1
1.Dr.Ethiraj, 2.Dr.K.R.Vijayakumar, 3.Dr.J.Jayaseelan,4.Mr.T.Sivabalan Development of Polyurethene or Equivalent Flexible Base Material for Hair Extension Applications DHPL,Thirumazhisai 2018-19 3.4
Dr. J.Jayaseelan Research and development of compact ergonomic working chair B4S Business Solutions, Chennai 2022-23 1