4 50th Convocation
I. Institute Merit Prizes
4. DEPARTMENTS
4.2. DEPARTMENT OF APPLIED MECHANICS 1 Introduction
4.2.3. Faculty and Their Activities Faculty and their areas of specialisation
Name and Qualifi cations Major area of specialization (only 3 areas)
Professors
M. Ramasubba Reddy [Head] Biosignal and image processing, bio instrumentation K. Ramesh Digital photoelasticity, fracture mechanics
C. Lakshmana Rao Fracture mechanics, modeling of materials, piezoelectric materials M.S. Sivakumar Smart materials and structures, plasticity
Associate Professors
S. Vengadesan Fluid mechanics, turbulent fl ows and modeling, CFD
S. Ramakrishnan Biomedical instrumentation, enhancing diagnostic relevance of medical equipment Mahesh Panchagnula Spray combustion and atomization, surface tension phenomena, multi-phase fl ows A. Arockiarajan Smart materials, fi nite elements mesh-free methods
A. Baburaj Puthanveettil Turbulent convection, interfacial phenomena M. Manivannan Haptics, medical simulation
B.S.V. Prasad Patnaik CFD, fl ow control, fl ow-induced vibrations
Assistant Professors
Anuradha Banerjee Fracture mechanics, composites
Arul Prakash Large eddy simulation (LES) and related techniques, CFD and thermal hydraulics Abhijit Chaudhuri Modeling of geo-thermal systems, stochastic groundwater hydrology
Pijush Ghosh Nanocomposites, self-hearing materials, molecular dynamics
Rinku Mukerjee Post-stall fl ow prediction, applied aerodynamics, boundary layer stability Raghavendra Sai V.V. LSPR and SERS phenomena, clinical diagnostics and therapeutics using
nanomaterials and nano-devices, sensors for environmental monitoring and explosive detection, fi ber optic and microfabricated waveguides and nanoparticles
Sayan Gupta Dynamics and random vibration, structural reliability, probabilistic mechanics N. Sujatha Biomedical imaging, speckle metrology
Shaikh Faruque Ali Vibration control, control of nonlinear systems, feedback linearization, energy harvesting, structural dynamics
Varadhan S.K.M. Neuromechanics, motor behavior and motor learning, rehabilitation, understanding action and perception
Short-term courses/workshops/seminars/symposia/conferences organised by faculty members
Sl. No. Coordinator(s) Title Period Venue
Conferences
1 S. Ramakrishnan,
Ramasubba Reddy Conference on Bio Medical Systems, Signals and Images 28 November to 1 December 2012
IC & SR, IIT Madras
QIP Programmes
1 S. Vengadesan,
Workshops
1 Rinku Mukherjee One-day workshop on aerodynamics 16 May 2012 Aerospace Engineering., IIT Bombay 2 M. Manivannan Two-day workshop, Dasa Naadi: Clinical and Scientifi c
Exploration. About 60 siddha and ayurveda college graduates and about 20 faculty members of these colleges attended the workshop.
26–27 July 2012 IC & SR, IIT Madras 3 Mahesh V. Panchagnula, M.S. Sivakumar
Career Goals Planning & Advancement (CGPA-II) Workshop
The following resource persons were involved: Prof. Shankar Narasimhan, CH, IITM AC
Mr. Haridas, AGM, CAE Group, Ashok Leyland, career in private sector
Dr. Manju Prasad, Head, Aerostructures Group-NAL, career in public sector
Mr. V. Sashi Kumar, CEO, Pheonix Medical Systems Pvt. Ltd., career as an entrepreneur
They talked about the aspirations and demands that go with each career choice and held informal Q&A sessions with students. Approximately 30 students participated in the workshop. They will also be developing an individual action plan to work towards their vision.
29 September 2012
4 S. Ramakrishnan Workshop on signal and image processing 17 December
2012 IC & SR, IIT Madras
Short-term courses
1 B.S.V. Prasad Patnaik Heat and Mass Transfer in Single- and Two-Phase Flows 22–23 February 2013
Newton Hall
Short-term courses/workshops/seminars/symposia/conferences/training programmes attended by faculty members in academic institutions and public sector undertakings
Sl. No. Name of faculty Title Institution Period
Conferences
1 Shaikh Faruque Ali Energy harvesting from beam–moving oscillator interaction problem
ANCRISST, IISc, Bangalore
27–28 July 2012 2 C. Lakshmana Rao Mechanics of functional materials and structures 3rd Asian Conference,
IIT Delhi
5–8 December 2012
Simulation of failure of a cantilever beam subjected to impact load using quadrilateral discrete element methods
ICCMS 2012, IIT
Hyderabad 11 December 2012 3 M.S. Sivakumar Validation of numerically predicted impact
responses of cementitious composite panels through fi eld fi ring tests
ICCMS 2012, IIT Hyderabad
9–12 December 2012
4 K. Arul Prakash Numerical prediction of turbulent fl uid fl ow and heat transfer characteristics in square and rectangular ducts using open foam
NCFMFP 2012, Surat 13–14 December 2012
5 Sayan Gupta Crack identifi cation from vibration measurements using particle fi ltering
ANCRISST, IISc, Bangalore
27–28 July 2012 Identifi cation of fl exural rigidity in a vibrating
beam using a PCE-based bootstrap fi lter ANCRISST, IISc, Bangalore 27–28 July 2012 Stochastic modeling of uncertainties in layered
composites, 4th International Conference in Advances in Composite Materials
Goa 18–21 February 2013
Others
1 Anuradha Baneerjee Final presentation for project titled Stress –
State-Dependent Ductile Fracture Model VSSC, Thiruvananthapuram 11 January 2013 2 A. Arockia Rajan To attend the review meeting of the Executive
Board of Project LOHITA
NPOL, Kochi 3–4 September 2012
3 K. Arul Prakash Annual symposium report IIT Bombay 17–18 May 2012 4 C. Lakshmana Rao To conduct a Ph.D. viva voce examination VTU, Belgaum 13–14 September
2012
To attend a project review meeting DMRL, Hyderabad 24–25 September 2012
5 Mahesh V. Panchagnula MHRD, JEE 2013 New Delhi 11 April 2012 Consultancy work Pune 15–16 May 2012 Viva voce examination JNCASR, Bangalore 10 July 2012 Discussion regarding simulation of atomization
nozzles
Metal Particle Mfg Co., Madurai
16 July 2012 Spray Subgroup meeting IISc, Bangalore 17 November
2012 SERC school on combustion dynamics Jadavpur University,
Kolkata 3–7 December 2012 6 Prasad Patnaik B.S.V. Presentation at BRNS review meeting Bangalore 30 November
2012 Lecture – CFD–FDP MIT, Chromepet 16 May 2012 7 V.V. Raghavendra Sai,
A. Subramanian Research proposal, DRDE Gwalior 11–13 April 2012 Interacting with Dr. Harish for getting new
collaboration
NAL, Bangalore 9 January 2013 8 S. Ramakrishnan DBT project meeting Bangalore 14 April 2012
DC meeting of a Ph.D. scholar NIT Trichy 14 June 2012 Invited presentation and discussion on project NSTL,
Visakhapatnam
22 June 2012 Seminar on Software Safety and security Bangalore 3–4 September
2012 DC Meeting of a Ph.D. scholar NIT Trichy 29 October
2012
9 Ramasubba Reddy Faculty selection meeting JNTU, Kakinada 1 October 2012 To conduct academic audit and Board of
Studies meeting PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore 12–14 October 2012
NBA accreditation work Ambedkar Institute of Technology, Bangalore
19–21 October 2012
Chairing the Project Evaluation Committee at DRDO
New Delhi 21 November 2012
10 K. Ramesh DC meeting IIST,
Thiruvananthapuram 9–10 October 2012 Ph.D. viva voce exam IISc, Bangalore 13–14 May
2012 11 Rinkhu Mukherjee Presenting project review to the aerodynamics
panel
IIT Bombay 17–18 May 2012 12 Sayan Gupta Research proposal presentation to Naval
13 Shaikh Faruque Ali To attend fi rst AGM of Automatic Control & Dynamic Optimization Society”
IISc, Bangalore 2–5 November 2012
14 M.S. Sivakumar Viva voce exam, IIT Guwahati 3 May 2012 Second meeting of the Centre’s Scientifi c
Committee NAL, Bangalore 16 May 2012 Pre-examination meeting for Engineering
Science
HRDG, New Delhi 27 September 2012
Modeling studies on low-cycle fatigue investigations
Bangalore 16–17 October 2012
Comprehensive exam of Ph.D. scholar IIST,
Thiruvananthapuram
30 November 2012
AR & DB Structures panel meeting RCMA, CEMILAC, Nashik
3 December 2012
Special lectures delivered by faculty in other institutions
Sl. No. Name of Faculty
Member
Topic of Lecture Institution Date
1 B.S.V. Prasad Patnaik Finite Elements Analysis and Its Applications
Maharaja Institute of Technology, Mysore
11–15 June 2012 Lecture about basics of turbulence
modeling SSN College of Engineering, Kalavakkam 10 January 2013 2 V.V. Raghavendra Sai Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering Raman Research Institute,
Bangalore 9 January 2013 Biosensors BMS College of Engineering,
Bangalore 2 February 2013 3 M.S. Sivakumar Fun With Materials, for school
students Madras Metallurgical Society (MMS) 1 September 2012 4 Rinku Mukherjee Aerospace Engineering
Department, SRM University
21 February 2013
Visits abroad by faculty
Sl. No. Name of Faculty Member Country Visited Date Purpose of Visit
1 M. Ramasubba Reddy Israel 6 –12 June 2012 Meeting on ‘The Brain Technologies’ under India–Israel–Canada trilateral R&D collaboration in biotechnology
Langkawi,
Malaysia 17–19 Dec. 2012 IEEE EMBS conference on bio medical engineering and sciences SBIC/BSF,
Singapore 20 December 2012 Singapore Bio Imaging Consortium (SBIC) – visited NMR & MRI research facilities used for animal imaging purposes; Biopolis Shared Facilities(BSF) – visited various shared facilities available at BSF
National University, Singapore
21 December
2012 Discussion with Dr. Huang Zhiwei about the ongoing research activities in the department 2 Sayan Gupta USA 17–20 June 2012 11th ASCE Joint Specialty Conference, USA,
on probabilistic mechanics and structural reliability
Graz, Austria 9–13 July 2012 A stochastic continuum damage mechanics based methodology for residual life assessment against creep damage, 8th European Solid Mechanics Conference
Sayan Gupta,
Igor Rychlik Notre Dame, USA July 2012 Crossings of Quadratic Functions of LMA Processes, speciality conference in probabilistic mechanics
3 Shaikh Faruque Ali UK 20 June–6 July 2012
Newton International Fellowship at Swansea University, UK
Ireland 29 June3 July 2012
To build a strategic partnership of research and student exchange through a MoU, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
4 Mahesh V. Panchagnula Qatar 23–27 June 2012 Collaboration discussion on joint fl uid mechanics projects at Texas, A&M University, Doha, Qatar 5 S. Ramakrishnan Spain 19–20 July 2012 Attended and presented a paper at 2012
Biomedical Innovation Conference and M+ Vision Open House at Madrid, Spain London, UK 17–20
September 2012 Attended and presented a paper at the IMA conference Mathematics of Medical Devices and Surgical Procedures, University College London, UK
6 Rinku Mukherjee Ontario, Canada May 2012 20th Annual Conference of the CFD Society of Canada – Unsteady aerodynamics of multiple airfoils in formation
Grapevine, Texas, USA
5–11 January 2013
A numerical study of tandem pitching airfoils 7 S. Vengadesan Italy, Rome 9–13 September
2012 Attended the 9th European Fluid Mechanics Conference at Italy, Rome
Honours and awards obtained by faculty
Sl. No. Name of faculty Name of Award Awarded by Awarded for Date of award
1 K. Ramesh Zandman Award Costa Mesa, California, USA
Signifi cant contributions to the development of measurements or applications utilizing photoelastic coatings
13 June 2012
2 A. Arockiarajan INAE Young Associates
INAE Potential young researchers 1 January 2013