Dr. A. Muthuchamy

Dr. A. Muthuchamy

Name

Dr. A. Muthuchamy

Position

Assistant Professor

Room No

MME/NAB/102

E-mail Id

muthuchamy@nitt.edu

Date of Joining

18-06-2020

 

Bio Sketch

Dr. Muthuchamy is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering at the National Institute of Technology (NIT), Tiruchirappalli, Tamilnadu from July 2020 onwards.

 

Academic Details

Examination

Board / University

Year

Division/ Grade

Subjects

Ph.D.

IIT Madras

2018

1st class with distinction

Metal Matrix composites

M.Tech

IIT Kanpur

2009

1st class with distinction

Process Metallurgy

BE

Govt. Engg college

2006

1st class with distinction

Metallurgy & Materials Engineering

High School

Gayathri Matriculation Hr.Sec. School

2002

1st class with distinction

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Employment Profile

Job Title

Employer

From

To

Teaching and Research

NIT Trichy

June 2020

Till date

Teaching and Research

VIT University

Jan 2016

June 2020

Researcher

Tata Steels R & D

July 2009

November 2010

Academic/Administrative Responsibilities within the University

Position

Faculty/Department/Centre/Institution

From

To

Ph.D. admission coordinator

Department of MME

June 2020

Till date

QIP & MS admission coordinator

Department of MME

June 2020

Till date

Comprehensive exam coordinator

 

Department of MME

17-07-2020

 

17-07-2020

 

Laboratory in charge

Corrosion and Surface Engineering,

Advanced Welding Laboratory,

Ceramics Laboratory

04-03-2021

 

Till date

 Details of Major R&D Projects

Title of Project

Funding Agency

Duration

Status

From

To

Ongoing/ Completed

Microwave Sintering of Particulate Reinforced Tungsten Heavy Alloy Composites for

Defense Application

DRDO

 

28.06.2018

 

28.06.2021

 

Completed

Exploring the Practicability of Extracting Platinum and Palladium From the Mineral
Beds of Sittampudi Village in Salem District of Tamil Nadu: An Experimental and
Molecular Dynamics Approach

 

Ministry of Mines

01.03.2021

 

-

Ongoing

Details of Academic Work

  • Curriculum Development
  • Courses taught at Postgraduate and Undergraduate levels - MTPC12, MTPC24, MTPE12, MT606,MT703.
  • Projects guided at Postgraduate level - 3
  • Other contribution(s)

Refereed Research Journals

1. Effect of Wettability and Uniform Distribution of Reinforcement Particle on Mechanical Property (Tensile) in Aluminum Metal Matrix Composite—A Review

James J.;Annamalai A.R.;Muthuchamy A.;Jen C.P.

Review Nanomaterials, Volume 11, the Year 2021

DOI:10.3390/nano11092230  

 

2.Effect of Nano Copper on the Densification of Spark Plasma Sintered W–Cu Composites

Madhur V.;Srikanth M.;Annamalai A.R.;Muthuchamy A.;Agrawal D.K.;Jen C.P.

Article Nanomaterials, Volume 11, Year 2021, Pages 1-11

DOI:10.3390/nano11020413   

3. A review of the latest developments in the field of refractory high-entropy alloys

Srikanth M.;Raja Annamalai A.;Muthuchamy A.;Jen C.P.

Review Crystals, Volume 11, Year 2021

DOI:10.3390/cryst11060612  

4. Effect of TiB2 addition on the microstructural, electrical, and mechanical behavior of Cu–TiB2 composites processed via spark plasma sintering

C Ayyappadas and Ravi Teja and A. Raja Annamalai and Dinesh K Agrawal and Shaik Dilkush and A. Muthuchamy

article International Journal of Materials Research, Volume 112, Year 2021, Pages 118--129

DOI:doi:10.1515/ijmr-2020-7849   

5. Effect of Microwave and Conventional Modes of Heating on Sintering Behavior, Microstructural Evolution, and Mechanical Properties of Al-Cu-Mn Alloys

Muthuchamy A.;Srikanth M.;Agrawal D.K.;Annamalai A.R.

Article Molecules, Volume 26, Year 2021

DOI:10.3390/molecules26123675   

6. Effect of TiB2addition on the microstructural, electrical, and mechanical behavior of Cu-TiB2composites processed via spark plasma sintering

Ayyappadas C.; Teja R.; Annamalai A.R.; Dinesh K Agrawal; Dilkush S.; Muthuchamy A.

Article International Journal of Materials Research, Volume 112, Year 2021, Pages 118-129

DOI:10.1515/ijmr-2020-7849   

7. Powder Metallurgical Processing and Characterization of Molybdenum Addition to Tungsten Heavy Alloys by Spark Plasma Sintering

Annamalai A.R.;Muthuchamy A.;Srikanth M.;Natarajan S.;Acharya S.;Khisti A.;Jen C.P.

Article Materials, Volume 14, Year 2021

DOI:10.3390/ma14195756   

8. Effect of Molybdenum (Mo) Addition on Phase Composition, Microstructure, and Mechanical Properties of Pre-Alloyed Ti6Al4V Using Spark Plasma Sintering Technique

Rajadurai M.;Muthuchamy A.;Annamalai A.R.;Agrawal D.K.;Jen C.P.

Article Molecules, Volume 26, Year 2021

DOI:10.3390/molecules26102894   

9. Spark Plasma Sintering and Characterization of Al-TiB2 Composites

Annamalai A.R.;Srikanth M.;Muthuchamy A.;Acharya S.;Khisti A.;Agrawal D.K.;Jen C.P.

Article Metals, Volume 10, Year 2020, Pages 1-12

DOI:10.3390/met10091110  

 

10. Microwave heating synthesis and thermoelectric property characterization of highly dense Ca3Co4O9 bulk

Raja Annamalai A.;Ravi Teja P.;Agrawal D.K.;Muthuchamy A.

Article Ceramics International, Volume 46, Year 2020, Pages 17951-17956

DOI:10.1016/j.ceramint.2020.04.105  

 

11. Particulate-Reinforced Tungsten Heavy Alloy/Yttria-Stabilized Zirconia Composites Sintered Through Spark Plasma Sintering

Muthusamy A.; Boggupalli L.P.; Yadav D.R.; Naveen Kumar N.; Agrawal D.K.; Raja Annamalai A.

Article Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering, Volume 45, Year 2020, Pages 9283-9291

DOI:10.1007/s13369-020-04732-y  

 

12. Effect of Nickel Addition on Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of the Spark Plasma Sintered Ti–6Al–4V Alloy

Muthuchamy A.;Rajadurai M.;Annamalai A.R.;Agrawal D.K.

Article Transactions of the Indian Institute of Metals, Volume 72, Year 2019, Pages 2127-2134

DOI:10.1007/s12666-018-1550-2  

 13. An investigation on the tribological and electrical behavior of conventional and microwave processed copper-graphite composites

Ayyappadas C.; Muthuchamy A.; Kumar N.N.; Agrawal D.K.; Raja Annamalai A.

Article Materials Research Express, Volume 6, Year 2019

DOI:10.1088/2053-1591/ab1027  

14. Effect of La2O3 addition and sintering mode on the mechanical properties and microstructural evolution on an 8YSZ ceramic alloy

Muthuchamy A.;Nagaraju N.;Agrawal D.K.;Annamalai A.R.

Article Ceramics International, Volume 45, Year 2019, Pages 3668-3674

DOI:10.1016/j.ceramint.2018.11.028  

 

15. Nd2O3 doped yttria-stabilized zirconia ceramics fabricated by conventional and microwave sintering methods

Muthuchamy A.;Nagaraju N.;Raja Annamalai A.;Agrawal D.K.

Article Ceramics - Silikaty, Volume 63, Year 2019, Pages 45-50

DOI:10.13168/cs.2018.0044  

 

16. Reaction Kinetics at the Fiber/Matrix Interface of SiCf/Ti–15–3 Composites

Muthuchamy A.;Janaki Ram G.;Subramanya Sarma V.

Article Transactions of the Indian Institute of Metals, Volume 71, Year 2018, Pages 941-949

DOI:10.1007/s12666-017-1227-2  

 

17. Structure-property correlations of W-Ni-Fe-Mo heavy alloys consolidated using spark plasma sintering

Muthusamy A.; Yadav D.; Agrawal D.; Annamalai R.

Article Materials Research Express, Volume 6, Year 2018

DOI:10.1088/2053-1591/aae349  

18. Microstructural Evolution of Iron-Based Alloys Produced by Spark Plasma Sintering Method

Muthuchamy A.; Annamalai A.R.; Karthikeyan M.; Thakur A.; Nagaraju N.; Agrawal D.K.

Article Physics of Metals and Metallography, Volume 119, Year 2018, Pages 678-684

DOI:10.1134/S0031918X18070062  

 

19. Effect of TiC Addition and Heating Mode on the Electrochemical Response of Powder Metallurgy Processed Corrosion-Resistant Austenitic and Ferritic Steels

Muthuchamy A.;Raja Annamalai A.

Article Metal Science and Heat Treatment, Volume 60, Year 2018, Pages 121-127

DOI:10.1007/s11041-018-0249-7  

 

20. Effect of heating mode on sinterability of YSZ+CeO2 ceramics

Raja Annamalai A.;Nagaraju N.;Agrawal D.K.;Muthuchamy A.

Article Metals, Volume 8, Year 2018

DOI:10.3390/met8030189  

 

21. Influence of sintering temperature on mechanical properties of spark plasma sintered pre alloyed Ti-6Al-4 v powder

Muthuchamy A.;Patel P.;Rajadurai M.;Chaurisiya J.K.;Annamalai A.R.

Article Materialpruefung/Materials Testing, Volume 60, Year 2018, Pages 283-288

DOI:10.3139/120.111149  

 

22. Microstructural and electrochemical behavior of aluminum alloy composites produced using different sintering techniques

Muthuchamy A.; Annamalai A.R.; Acharyya S.G.; Nagaraju N.; Agrawal D.K.

Article Materials Research, Volume 21, Year 2018

DOI:10.1590/1980-5373-MR-2017-0321  

 

23. Laser surface modification of 316L stainless steel

Balla V.K.; Dey S.; Muthuchamy A.A.; Janaki Ram G.D.; Das M.; Bandyopadhyay A.

Article Journal of Biomedical Materials Research - Part B Applied Biomaterials, Volume 106, Year 2018, Pages 569-577

DOI:10.1002/jbm.b.33872  

 

24. Spark plasma consolidation of continuous fiber reinforced titanium matrix composites

Muthuchamy A.;Ram G.;Sarma V.

Article Materials Science and Engineering A, Volume 703, Year 2017, Pages 461-469

DOI:10.1016/j.msea.2017.07.085  

 

25. Densification of SiC Particle Reinforced W–Ni–Fe Heavy Alloy Composites Through Conventional and Spark Plasma Sintering

Chaurasia J.;Muthuchamy A.;Patel P.;Annamalai A.

Article Transactions of the Indian Institute of Metals, Volume 70, Year 2017, Pages 2185-2191

DOI:10.1007/s12666-017-1041-x  

 

26. An investigation of the effect of sintering mode on various properties of copper-graphene metal matrix composite

Ayyappadas C.;Muthuchamy A.; Raja Annamalai A.; Agrawal D.

Article Advanced Powder Technology, Volume 28, Year 2017, Pages 1760-1768

DOI:10.1016/j.apt.2017.04.013  

 

27. Conventional and microwave-assisted sintering of copper-silicon carbide metal matrix composites: A comparison

Ayyappadas C.; Annamalai A.R.; Agrawal D.K.; Muthuchamy A.

Article Metallurgical Research and Technology, Volume 114, Year 2017

DOI:10.1051/metal/2017033   

28. An investigation of the effect of heating mode and temperature on sintering of Fe-P alloys

Muthuchamy A.; Raja Annamalai A.; Agrawal D.; Upadhyaya A.

Article Materials Characterization, Volume 114, Year 2016, Pages 122-135

DOI:10.1016/j.matchar.2016.02.015  

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