Dr. Nivish George

Dr. Nivish George 

Assistant Professor

Dr. Nivish George graduated from the National Institute of Technology Karnataka with a doctorate degree in mechanical engineering and started working as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at NIT Trichy in May 2020. He served as a faculty member at Rajagiri School of Engineering and Technology in Kochi, Kerala, for two and a half years. His broader research areas include Buckling and Vibro-acoustic behaviour of Functionally Graded Materials, Composite and Nano-Composite Materials, Sandwich Structures: Methodology: Analytical, Finite Element Method, Experimentation. His research works are published in World Scientific, Elsevier, Springer and Sage Journals. Focus areas for teaching include topics related to Machine Design, Mechanical Vibrations, Strength of Materials and Theory of Machines. 

Contact Details

Office Address: Department of Mechanical Engineering,  NIT Tiruchirappalli 620 015, Tamil Nadu, India

Phone Number: +91-431-250 4093, +91 95624 84327

Email: nivish@nitt.edu

Employment Profile
Employer Job Title From To
National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, India. Assistant Professor 14/05/2020 Till Date
Rajagiri School of Engineering and Technology, Cochin, Kerala, India Assistant Professor 01/08/2017 30/04/2020
National Institute of Technology Karnataka  Temporary Faculty 30/12/2016 15/04/2017

Academic Qualifications
Degree Board / University Year Division/ Grade Specialization
Ph.D National Institute of Technology Karnataka, Mangalore, Karnataka 2017 - Vibro-Acoustics of Structural elements
M. Tech Amrita School of Engineering, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India 2012 Distinction Engineering Design
B. Tech Amal Jyothi College of Engineering, Kottayam, Kerala, India 2010 First Class Mechanical Engineering
Invited Talks Delivered
Topic Date Hosting Institute
Thermal buckling of Structures (with FEM tutorials) July 8th to 12th , 2019 Rajagiri School of Engineering and Technology (KTU sponsored)
Thermal buckling of Structures (with FEM tutorials) July 1st to 12th, 2019 Rajagiri School of Engineering and Technology (AICTE sponsored)
Buckling and Dynamic Characteristics of Functionally Graded Nanocomposites 6th November 2020 SRM Institute of Science and Technology
Buckling and Dynamic Characteristics of Functionally Graded Nanocomposites 10th July 2021 College of Engineering Muttathara (KTU sponsored)

Ph.D. Scholars: Ongoing
Sl. No. Name of the Students Category Area of Research
1 Mr. Rodda Kiran Kumar Reddy PMRF Scholar Vibro-acoustic behavior of Porous metallic structures

Journal Publications

  1. George, N. and P Jeyaraj (2018).“Nonuniform Heat Effects on Buckling of Laminated Composite Beam: Experimental Investigations", published in International Journal of Structural Stability and Dynamics , Vol 18, No. 12
  2. George, N., P Jeyaraj, S M Murignedrappa (2017). “Buckling and free vibration of nonuniformly heated functionally graded carbon nanotube reinforced polymer composite plate”, published in International Journal of Structural Stability and Dynamics , Vol 17, No. 6, Pages 1750064
  3. George, N., P Jeyaraj, S M Murignedrappa (2016),“Buckling of non-uniformly heated isotropic beam: Experimental and theoretical investigations”, published in Thin Walled Structures , Vol 108, Pages 245- 255
  4. George, N., Jeyaraj Pitchaimani, SM Murigendrappa and MC Lenin Babu (2016).“Vibro-acoustic behavior of functionally graded carbon nanotube reinforced polymer nanocomposite plates”, published in Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part L: Journal of Materials: Design and Applications, Vol 232, No. 7, pages 566-581
  5. Vinod Bhagat, George, N., P Jeyaraj and S M Murigendrappa, Buckling and free vibration behavior of cylindrical panel under thermal load: Influence of graphene grading, AIP Conference Proceedings 1943,020012, 2018
  6. Pious, D., Jacob, J., George, N., Bhagat, V., Chacko, T., & Jeyaraj, P. (2020, July). Vibro-acoustic behaviour of functionally graded graphene reinforced polymer nanocomposites. In AIP Conference Proceedings (Vol. 2247, No. 1, p. 020024). AIP Publishing LLC.
  7. Raphael, J., Bhat, A. G., Siby, J., Geevarghese, B. D., George, N., & Chacko, T. (2020). Mechanical buckling of nanocomposites: Experimental and numerical investigations. Polymers and Polymer Composites, 0967391120968444.
  8. Joemon, R. S., Tojo, J., Abraham, P. G., Nair, S. S., George, N., & Rathish, T. R. (2020). Numerical investigation of VARTM process using finite volume method. Materials Today: Proceedings.
  9. Bhagat, V. S., George, N., Arunkumar, M. P., Pitchaimani, J., & Babu, M. C. (2021). Numerical Analysis on Vibro-Acoustic Behavior of Honeycomb Core Sandwich Structure with FG-CNT-Reinforced Polymer Composite Facings. Iranian Journal of Science and Technology, Transactions of Mechanical Engineering, 1-14.
  10. Sabu, S., Teja, K. V., Mohan, S., George, N., & Sivapirakasam, S. P. (2021). A biomechanical model to predict hand-arm vibration when using different vibration damping gloves. Materials Today: Proceedings.
  11. John, B. O., Hassan, F. U., George, N., Chacko, T., Bhagat, V., Jeyaraj, P., & Kiran Kumar Reddy, R. (2022). Thermal buckling and vibro-acoustic behaviour of functionally graded graphene polymer layered composites subjected to in-plane temperature variance. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part L: Journal of Materials: Design and Applications, 14644207221075130.
  12. Reddy, R. K. K., George, N., Mohan, S., Bhagat, V., & Arunkumar, M. P. (2022). Vibro-acoustic behavior of metallic foam doubly-curved plates. Materials Today: Proceedings.

Conferences

  1. Nivish George and P Jeyaraj, Vibro-Acoustic Characteristics of FG-CNTRC plate Subjected to Varying Thermal Environment, Western Pacific Conference on Acoustics (WESPAC 2018), New Delhi, November 11-15 ,2018
  2. Nivish George, P Jeyaraj, S M Murigendrappa and MC Lenin babu, Vibro-acoustic behavior of FG-CNT reinforced polymer nanocomposite beams under thermal load, National Symposium on acoustics: Acoustics for Ocean Environment., held at CSIR- National Institute of Oceanography, Goa, October 7-9, 2015
  3. Nivish George, P Jeyaraj, S M Murigendrappa and MC Lenin babu, Vibro-acoustic Behavior of CNT Reinforced Polymer Nano Composite Beam, 12th International Conference on Vibration Problems (ICVOP-2015), held at Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, December 14-17,2015.

Lab Development and Facilities

Established NVH Testing Lab to evaluate the acoustic performance of structural elements

  • Procured Dewesoft Data Acquisition System (with Dewesoft Software) to capture the responses of the structure subjected to different excitation loads.
  • Development of fixtures capable of mounting flat plates subjected to different boundary conditions.
  • Free Vibration Analysis using a miniature accelerometer and Impact Hammer.
  • Established a semi-anechoic chamber to capture the acoustic responses from excited structures. 
  • Forced vibration analysis to capture the velocity and acoustic response of structures.
  • Capture the Hand-Arm and Whole Body Vibration.

 

Established Composite Structures Lab for the manufacturing of different composite specimens

  • Vacuum Assisted Resin Transfer Moulding (VARTM) setup for the manufacturing of composite structural components.
  • Magnetic stirrer, mechanical stirrer, and sonication bath for the mixing of nanoparticles and resin.
  • Vacuum oven for curing composite samples.