Dr. B. Ravisankar

Dr. B. Ravisankar

Name

Dr. B. Ravisankar

Position

Professor

Room No

MME 112

E-mail Id

brs@nitt.edu

Mobile No

+919443578303

Landline No

0432-250-3460

Date of Joining

28-07-2005

Bio Sketch

Academic Details

  • 1988 Completed Under graduation from Govt. College of Engineering, Salem - 636 011 specialised in Metallurgy with First Class.
  • 1992 Completed Post graduation from Madras Institute of Technology, Anna University Campus, Madras, specialised in Production with First Class with Distinction.
  • 2004 completed Ph.D from Bharathiar University Title "Diffusion Bonding Studies in Superplastic, Super-plastic like and Non superplastic materials"

Awards/Merits

1) Young Scientist Fellowship was awarded by Tamil Nadu State Council for Science and Technology in 1997 - 98. 

2) Listed in the Reliability and Quality Professionals Directory released by the Centre for Aeronautical Systems Studies and Analyses (CASSA) on April 1999 (Release 1.0) 

3) The AICTE Sponsored R&D Project on " Diffusion bonding in super alloys" had been graded "A" (Excellent) during the annual monitoring exercise, 2001 

4) Paper entitled, “ Diffusion Bonding of Ti-6Al-4V with AISI SS 304 using Interlayers” – bagged ARCI Technical Excellence award in the International Symposium for Research Scholars (ISRS 2006) held at Indian Institute of Technology, Chennai during 18-20, December 2006. 

5) Member of question paper passing board for Anna University from 2003. 

6) Reviewer for Materials Science Technology Journal, Journal of Materials Processing and Experimental Techniques. 

7) Member of the Board of studies in the faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Anna University,     Coimbatore from 2007-2010. 

8) Member of National Organising Committee for NMD ATM-2015 held at Hotel Le Meridien, Coimbatore organized by IIM, Coimbatore, Tiruchirappalli, Chennai, Kalpakkam, and Jamshedpur chapters in association with the Department of Metallurgical Engineering, PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore and R&D Centre for Iron and Steel, Steel Authorities of India Limited, Ranchi during 13-16, November 2015. 

9) Member of Selection Committee for the Govt. and aided engineering colleges under the control of Directorate of Technical Education, Chennai.

Research Interests

  • Metal Forming,
  • Severe Plastic Deformation,
  • Diffusion Bonding

Seminars/ Conferences attended

1) Attended International Convention on Surface Engineering - INCOSURF - 92 held at Bangalore during December 1992. 

2) Attended 32nd National Metallurgists' day held at Visakhapatnam - During 14 - 17, 1994. 

3) Attended 34th National Metallurgists' day held at Delhi- During 14 - 17, 1996 

4) Attended Conference on  Computer Applications in Metallurgy and Material science - CAMME  96  held at NML,  Jamshedpur during 10 - 11, December 1996. 

5) Attended 36th National Metallurgists' day held at Bangalore- During 14 - 17, November 1998. 

6) Attended  workshop on "Education Technology" conducted by Department of Medical Education, PSG Institute of Medical Sciences & Research, September 16-18, 1999 

7) Attended a National seminar on "Reliability Analysis &Engineering" held at VSSC, Tiruvananthapuram during 15-16 December 1999. 

8) Attended 48th Indian Foundry Congress conducted at Coimbatore during 11-13th February 2000 

9) Attended National seminar on "Advances in Metal forming" held at Madras Institute of  Technology, Anna University during 15-16 March 2000 

10) Attended Workshop on "Design, Quality and Productivity improvement in Metal Forming industries" held at Advanced Forming Technology Center, Bangalore, India during 28-30 September 2000

11) Participated in the AICTE-STTP on "Energy conservation and Environmental pollution in Mini steel plants and Foundry industries" conducted by the Department of Metallurgical Engineering, Malaviya Regional Engineering College, Jaipur during 09.10.2000 to 21.10.2000 and  got the best participant award 

12) Participated in the two days workshop on "Technical Communication" conducted by the Education Technology Cell of PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore during 19th and 20th, January 2001 

13) Participated in the seminar on "Reliability Analysis and Engineering" held at Institute of Armament Technology, Girinagar, Pune during 14-15, June 2001 

14) Participated in the seminar on "Computer Simulation and Modelling of Material Processing Operations" held at IISc, Bangalore during 25-26, September 2001. 

15)  Participated in the seminar on " Recent Advances in Material Processing" held at Annamalai    University on 7-8, September 2001. 

16)  Participated in the seminar on "National Conference on Processing of Metals" held at PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore on January 31 - February 01, 2002 

17) Participated in the AICTE-STTP on "Recent Advances in Casting Engineering and Quality Management with ISO 9000, TQM, QS 9000 and TS 16949 concepts" conducted by the Department of Metallurgical Engineering, PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore from 11.11.2002 to 23.11.2002 

18) Participated in the DTE-approved course on "Human Values and Professional Ethics" conducted by the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore from 25.05.2003 to 07.06.2003. 

19) Participated in the DST-SERC school on "Methods in Material Characterisation" conducted by Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research (IGCAR), Kalpakkam from 09.02.2004 to 28.02.2004 

20) Participated in All India Seminar on Emerging Trends in Surface Engineering, held at VLB Janakiammal College of Engineering and Technology, Coimbatore, July 01-02,2004. 

21) Attended 42nd National Metallurgists' day held at Trivanathapuram - During 17 - 19, November 2004 

22) Attended 43 rd National Metallurgists' day held at Chennai- During 14 - 16, November 2005 

23) Participated in Welding Engineers course training programme conducted by Indian Welding Society, Southern Zone from 14.12.2005 to 21.12.2005 at Tiruchirappalli. 

24) Participated in the DST-SERC school on "OIM &Texture " conducted by the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, Mumbai from 26.01.2006 to 30.01.2006 

25) Attended International Conference on NANOTECHNOLOGY – materials and Methods, held at Coimbatore Institute of Technology, Coimbatore during June 23-25, 2006. 

26) Attended National Welding Seminar held at Chennai Trade Centre, Chennai, November 24-26, 2006 

27) Attended International Conference on Recent Advances in Materials and Processing (RAMP 2006) held at PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore during 15-16, December 2006. 

28) Attended Workshop on Manufacturing Technology – Realms Ahead (ManTra 2k7) held at BHEL, Tiruchirappalli during 12-13, April 2007. 

29) Attended a National seminar on futuristic materials for Aerospace applications held at PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore on 5, January 2008. 

30) Attended a Theme meeting on Structure and Thermodynamics of Emerging Materials held at Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research (IGCAR), Kalpakkam during 17-18, April 2008. 

31) Attended International conference Junior Euromat 2008 held at University of Laussane, Switzerland during 14-17, July 2008. 

32) Attended Regional Seminar on “Intellectual property and innovation management in knowledge era” organised by the National Research Development Corporation (NRDC), New Delhi at National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli on 07, September 2009. 

33) Attended the International workshop on “Interface Related Mechanical Behaviour of Materials” during October 12 - 13, 2009 organised by the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore

34) Attended “NRC-M Winter workshop on Joining of Materials” during 13-17, December 2010, held at NIT, Tiruchirappalli. 

35) Attended International Conference on Aerospace, Mechanical, Automotive and Materials Engineering, ICAMAME 2012, Dubai from 29-31 January 2012 

36) Attended Seminar on Missile Materials and Technologies, DRDL, Hyderabad on 03 May 2012. 

37) Attended International conference on Engineering and Technology Innovation (ICETI 2014) held at Kenting, Taiwan on 31 October – 04 November 2014. 

38) Participated in the TEQIP-II sponsored course on “ Conclave on Academic Reforms (CAR 2015) on 28-29, April 2015 held at National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli-620 015

39) Participated in 53rd NMD and 69th ATM held at Hotel Le Meridien, Coimbatore organised by IIM, Coimbatore, Tiruchirappalli, Chennai, Kalpakkam and Jamshedpur chapters in association with the Department of Metallurgical Engineering, PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore and R&D Centre for Iron and Steel, Steel Authorities of India Limited, Ranchi during 13-16, November 2015 

40) Attended One day workshop on “Challenges and Trends in Development of Welding Consumables” held at PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore on 29th October 2016. 

41) Attended GIAN course on “Environmental Degradation in Power industry and its control” During December 11-17, 2018 

42) Attended a one-day outbound workshop on “ Supporting student learning and well-being crafting the new millennial” conducted by NIT Tiruchirappalli under TEQIP on September 17, 2019, at Ideal River View Resort, Tanjore. 

43) Attended three-day International conference on “Bulk Nano Materials (BNM 2019) and presented a paper on “High strength and high conductive copper-based alloy produced by SPD for contact wires for high-speed railway lines – A short review” held during September 25 to 27, 2019 held at Ufa state aviation technical university, Ufa, Russia 

44) Attended a three-day international virtual conference on biomedical materials innovation – 2020 (ICBMI-2020) jointly organized by the Department of Nano Science and Technology, Bharathiyar University, Coimbatore and Society for Biomaterials and Artificial Organs, India (SBAOI) held during 09-11, December 2020. 

45) Attended 28th International Conference on Processing and Fabrication of Advance Materials (PFAM 28) organized by the School of Mechanical Engineering, Vellore Institute of Technology, Chennai on 07-08 December 2020 and presented a paper on “Development of Nanostructured Titanium Implants for Biomedical Implants – A short review”.

Seminars/ Conferences conducted

1) Co-Ordinator for the AICTE-ISTE short-term course on "Recent trends in Metal shaping Techniques", held during Nov 15 - 27, 1999 at PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore 

2) Co-Ordinator for the three-day workshop on "Metallurgy for Non-Metallurgists ", held during Feb 02 - 04, 2006 under TEQIP – Community Services at National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli. 

3) Organising secretary for the two-day workshop on “Powder Metallurgy of Refractory and Hard Metals – Processing and Prospect” during December 08-09, 2006 in association with HAPP, Tiruchirappalli, PMAI and DMRL, Hyderabad at the National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli. 

4) Staff Advisor for Mettle 2007 – A national level student symposium organised by Metallurgical and Materials Engineering Association, National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli.

5) Co-Ordinator for the AICTE-QIP short-term course on "Metallurgy and Materials: Today and Tomorrow ", held during February 11 - 15, 2008 at the National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli. 

6) Staff Advisor for Pragyan 2008 – A national-level student symposium organised by the National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli. 

7) Co-Ordinator for the MHRD -AICTE-Faculty development programme on "Recent Advances in Materials and Processing Technology ", held during June 1-12, 2009 at National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli. 

8) Co-Ordinator for the AICTE-QIP short-term course on "Smart Processing of Materials ", held during August 10-14, 2009 at the National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli. 

9) Co-Ordinator for the self-supported short-term course on “Advanced Materials and Manufacturing Methods (A3M) “held during December 3-8, 2012 at the National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli. 

10) Co-Ordinator for the self-supported short-term course on “Advanced Materials and Manufacturing Methods (A3M) “held during June 6-10, 2016 at the National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli. 

11) Organising Secretary for “International Conference on Emerging Trends in Materials and Manufacturing (imme 17)” (Self-supported) held during March 10-13, 2017 at Hotel Breeze Residency organised by Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli. 

12) Organising Secretary for “International Conference on Materials and Manufacturing Methods” (Sponsored by TEQIP) held during July 05-07, 2019 at National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli organised by Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli. 

13) Co-Chairman for “International Conference on Emerging Trends in Materials and Manufacturing (imme 19)” (Self-supported) held during December 27-28, 2019 organised by Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli. 

Sponsored Project

1) Co-Ordinator for the AICTE-sponsored R&D project on " Diffusion bonding in superalloys",  Rs 7 lakhs;1999-2001. This project had been graded "A" (Excellent) during the annual monitoring exercise. 

2) Co-Ordinator for the CASSA, DRDO sponsored project on "Reliability studies relating to the failure of aluminium 7075 alloys used in aerospace applications", Rs 1.5 lakhs: 1999-2000. 

3) Guide for the student project "Analysis of diffusion bonding by FEM" sponsored by Tamil Nadu State Council for Science & Technology,2000-2001, Rs 8000. 

4) Co-Ordinator for the AR&DB sponsored R & D project on " Development of Diffusion Bonding of (i) Ti-6Al-4V with Ti-6Al-4V, (ii) INCO 718 with INCO 718 and (iii) Ti-6Al-4V with INCO 718", Rs 8.8 lakhs, 2002-2004. 

5) Co-Ordinator for the AICTE-sponsored R&D project on " Development of Diffusion bonding of Ti-6Al-4V with a nickel-based superalloy IN 718”, Rs 7 lakhs;2003-2005. 

6) Co-Ordinator for the DRDO-sponsored project on " Deformation Studies of Armour Steel under Medium Strain Rates", Rs 16.13 lakhs; 2003 - 2005. 

7) Co-Ordinator for the IISU-ISRO, Trivandrum sponsored project on "Requirement and specifications for the development and realisation of bonding of INVAR with magnetic materials using vacuum diffusion bonding technology", Rs 4.5 lakhs; 2003 –2005 

8) Co-Ordinator for the DRDO sponsored project on " Manufacture Of Hollow Cylinder In YBCO By Hot Pressing under Superplastic Condition", Rs 14.9 lakhs; 2006 – 2008 9) Co-Ordinator for the ARDB sponsored project on “Development of Ultrasonic Method for Assuring Reliability of Components Manufactured by Diffusion Bonding” Rs 43.775 lakhs; 2007-2010. 10) Co-Ordinator for the DST sponsored project on “Development of Iron-based Multicomponent and Nano dispersed Bulk Metallic Glasses through Mechanical Alloying for Industrial Applications ", Rs 24.7 lakhs; 2007 – 2010. 11) Co-Ordinator for the DRDO-sponsored project on "Development of nanostructured and bimodal nanostructured Aluminium alloys by Severe Plastic Deformation (SPD)”, Rs 25.85 lakhs; 2008 – 2011. 12) Co-PI for the Naval Research Board (NRB) sponsored project on “ Friction stir processing of similar and Dissimilar Fusion Welds of Aluminium alloys used in Naval applications”, Rs 13.056 lakhs; 2008-2010. 

13) PI for the Networking project under UGC NETWORKING RESOURCE CENTRE FOR MATERIALS, Department of Materials Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, Rs 0.8 lakhs. Networking partner: Dr SATYAM SUWAS, Assistant Professor, Department of Materials Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore-  560 012 

14) Co-PI for the DRDO sponsored project on “Development of lightweight in situ Metal Intermetallic Laminates for Defence Applications ", Rs 56.15 lakhs; 2011 – 2014 

15 ) PI for the project to DST on “Consolidation of mechanically alloyed 5083 aluminium nanocomposites by equal channel angular pressing (ECAP)” – Rs 35 lakhs – 2012-2016. 

16) Co-PI for the DST project on “ Development of nanostructured magnesium silicide thermoelectric materials by spark plasma sintering and evaluation of electric power generation from the thermal system” Rs 25.38 lakhs; 2015-2018 

17) Co-PI for the Department of Science & Technology (India) and the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (Russia) project on “Corrosion and wear resistant ceramic composite coatings on reactor-grade zircaloys by plasma electrolytic oxidation for nuclear Fuel cladding applications” Rs 19.27 lakhs; 2017-2019

 18) Co-PI for the DRDO (ER&IPR) sponsored project on “Fabrication of Corrosion and Wear Resistant Ceramic Composite Coatings on High Strength Al Alloys by Plasma Electrolytic Oxidation for Defence Applications" Rs 35.285 lakhs; 2017-2020. 19) Co-PI for the Department of Science & Technology (India) and the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (Russia) Bi lateral project on “Development of Nanostructured titanium implants with Bioactive and antibacterial composite coatings for dental and Maxillofacial applications” Rs 94.03 lakhs; 2019-2022 20) Co-PI for the Indo-Czech joint project entitled “Development of high strength and low Young’s modulus, bioactive and antibacterial porous titanium structures for orthopaedic implants”, Rs 36.45 lakhs; 2020-2023 

Total Value Rs: 491.386 lakhs

Guest Lecture Delivered

1) Delivered a lecture at Defence Metallurgical Research Laboratory, Hyderabad on Diffusion Bonding of Titanium Alloys on September 07, 1998 

2) Delivered a Guest Lecture at Tamil Nadu College of Engineering, Coimbatore on Recent Advances in Metal Shaping Techniques on January 11, 2000 

3) Delivered a Guest Lecture at Government College of Engineering, Salem on "Stress Tensors in Metal Forming" during September 27-28, 2003 

4) Delivered a Guest Lecture at Vellore Institute of Technology (Deemed University), Vellore on "Smart Materials" during November 08-09, 2004 

5) Delivered a Guest Lecture at N S S College of Engineering, Palakkad on "Superplastic forming and diffusion bonding " on November  26, 2004 

6) Delivered a Guest lecture at Sri Angalamman College of Engineering and Technology on “Mechanical Testing and Behaviour of Materials” on November 14, 2006 

7) Delivered a Guest lecture at the National Workshop on nano Materials -: Properties and Applications on “Nano-sized grains by severe plastic deformation” on December 3, 2006, organised by the National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli. 

8) Delivered a Guest lecture at Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research, Kalpakkam on “ Equal channel angular Pressing” on April 26, 2007  

9) Delivered a Guest lecture at Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon, the Republic of Korea on “Diffusion Bonding” and “Equal Channel Angular Pressing: State of the art of the technologies and properties of Ultra Fine Grained Commercially Pure Titanium” on 26.06.2007. 

10) Delivered a Guest Lecture at the Workshop on Materials Science for Engineers on “Mechanism of Plastic deformation” on November 4, 2007, organised by the National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli under TEQIP-Tribal development. 

11) Delivered a Guest Lecture at the Workshop on Material Testing on “ Precautions in Testing” on November 17, 2007, organised by Jawaharlal Nehru national college of Engineering, Shimoga, Karnataka. 

12) Delivered a Guest Lecture at the Workshop on Challenges and Opportunities in Surface Engineering Research on “Diffusion Bonding under Superplastic conditions” on November 21, 2007, organised by the National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli under TEQIP-Community Services.  

13) Delivered a Guest Lecture at the Workshop on Finite Element Method and Applications in Engineering Using ANSYS on “Simulations in EQUAL CHANNEL ANGULAR PRESSING (ECAP)” on November 27, 2007, organised by the National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli under TEQIP-Community Services. 

14) Delivered a Guest Lecture at the Workshop on Metal Forming and Powder Metallurgy “EQUAL CHANNEL ANGULAR PRESSING (ECAP)” on January 29, 2008, organised by the National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli under TEQIP-Community Services. 

15) Delivered a Guest Lecture at the Workshop on TRENDS IN NANOMATERIALS RESEARCH “Bulk Nanostructured Light Alloys by Severe Plastic Deformation” on February 23, 2008, organised by the National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli under TEQIP-Networking with GCE, Salem. 

16) Delivered a Guest lecture at the ISTE-STTP Workshop on RECENT TRENDS IN ADVANCED WELDING TECHNOLOGY on “Diffusion Bonding” on June 19, 2008, organised by Kings College of Engineering, Punalkulam 

17) Delivered a Guest lecture at the MHRD-AICTE Faculty development programme on ADVANCES IN MATERIALS PROCESSING on “Bulk Nanostructured Light Alloys by Severe Plastic Deformation” on July 08, 2008, organised by the National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli. 

18) Delivered a Guest lecture at the MHRD-AICTE Faculty development programme on EMERGING INDUSTRIAL APPLICATION OF LASER on “Electron Optical Techniques for Characterization” on July 09, 2008, organised by National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli. 

19) Delivered a Guest lecture at the MHRD-AICTE Faculty development programme on "Recent Advances in Materials and Processing Technology ", on “Nano-sized grains by severe plastic deformation” on June 02, 2009, organised by National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli. 

20) Delivered a Guest lecture at the MHRD-AICTE Faculty development programme on "Recent Advances in Materials and Processing Technology ", on “Selection of Materials” on June 04, 2009, organised by National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli. 

21) Delivered a Guest lecture at the MHRD-AICTE Faculty development programme on " Corrosion Control and Surface Engineering “, on “Corrosion and Wear behaviour of ultra-fine-grained materials” on June 18, 2009, organised by the National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli 

22) Delivered a Guest lecture at the AICTE – QIP short-term programme on " Smart Processing of Materials ", on “Equal Channel Angular Pressing” on August 12, 2009, organised by the National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli 

23) Delivered a Guest lecture at the AICTE – QIP short-term programme on " Smart Processing of Materials ", on “Diffusion Bonding” on August 12, 2009, organised by the National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli. 

24) Delivered a Guest lecture at the AICTE – Sponsored National Seminar on “ANSYS” on “Nonlinear analysis of Severe Plastic Deformations” on September 19, 2009, organised by Mookambigai College of Engineering, Pudukkottai. 

25) Delivered a Guest lecture at the International Workshop on “Interface Related Mechanical Behaviour of Materials” on “ECAP of commercially pure Titanium: A Review” on October 12, 2009, organised by the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. 

26) Delivered a Guest lecture on “Selection of Materials for Engineers” on February 03, 2010, at VRS College of Engineering and Technology, Villupuram. 

27) Delivered a Guest lecture at the National Seminar on “Recent Developments and Challenges in Automotive Tribology”  on “Wear of Ultrafine Grained Materials” on April 29, 2010, at Kongu Engineering College, Perundurai, Erode. 

28) Delivered a Guest lecture on “Phase Diagrams and Heat treatment” on October 9, 2010, at Nachimuthu College of Engineering and Technology, Pollachi. 

29) Delivered a Guest lecture on “Composites” on November 08, 2011, at Jayaram College of Engineering and Technology, Tiruchirappalli. 

30) Delivered a Guest lecture on “Sponsored Research – Getting It Clicked” on December 07, 2011, at Jayaram College of Engineering and Technology, Tiruchirappalli. 

31) Delivered a Guest lecture on “Plastic Deformation” and “Hot working and Annealing” on November 01-02, 2012 at Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDL), Hyderabad. 

32) Delivered a Guest lecture on “ECAP of Light alloys” on December 05, 2012, at one week workshop on “Advanced Materials and Manufacturing Methods (A3M) “ held during December 3-8, 2012 at the National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli. 

33) Delivered a Guest lecture on “ECAP” on July 06, 2013, at TEQIP sponsored one-week workshop on “Navigating New Frontiers in Materials “ held during July 2-6, 2013 at National Institute of Technology, Warangal. 

34) Delivered a Guest lecture on “ECAP and Selection of Materials” on October 30, 2013, at TEQIP sponsored one-week workshop on “Modern Materials and Manufacturing Processes “held during October 25-31, 2013, at Govt. College of Engineering, Salem. 

35) Delivered a Guest lecture on “Selection of Materials and Processes” on November 11, 2013, at AICTE sponsored two-week Faculty Development Program (FDP) on “Recent Research and Development in Manufacturing Process - II” held during November 11-22, 2013, at MAM College of Engineering, Tiruchirappalli.  

36) Delivered a Guest lecture on “ECAP of steels for high performance” on April 04, 2014, at “National workshop on Metallurgy of high-performance steels “held at PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore. 

37) Delivered a Guest lecture on “Mechanism of Plastic Deformation” on April 09, 2014, at “National workshop on Advances Metal Forming” held at Anna University – Regional Centre, Coimbatore. 

38) Delivered a Guest lecture at the UGC-NRCM workshop on “Severe Plastic Deformation” on “ECAP of Steels” on May 12, 2014, organised by the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. 

39) Delivered a Guest lecture on “Severe Plastic Deformation” on May 26, 2014, at TEQIP Sponsored course on “Advances in Materials and Processes “held at PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore. 

40) Delivered a Guest lecture on “Formability tests” on July 27, 2015, at TEQIP sponsored one-week workshop on “Testing and Characterization of Materials “held during July 21-27, 2015, at Govt. College of Engineering, Salem. 

41) Delivered a Guest lecture on “A step ahead in Equal Channel Angular Pressing (ECAP)” on November 15th at 53rd NMD and 69th ATM held during 13-16 November 2015 at Coimbatore. 

42) Delivered a Guest lecture on “Non-Ferrous Alloys” on November 26th, 2015 at PSNA College of Engineering and Technology, Dindugal. 

43) Delivered a Guest lecture on, “Advanced materials for automobile bodies” on 18th February 2016 at Two Day Workshop on “Automotive Materials (AUTOMAT’16)” from 18th to 19th February 2016 organised by Anna University, Tiruchirappalli. 

44) Delivered a Guest lecture on, “Mechanical properties of materials at elevated temperatures” on 8th March 2016 at a Two Day Workshop on “Materials characterisation for High-Temperature Applications (MCHTA 16)” from 8th to 9th March 2016 organised by Anna University, Tiruchirappalli. 

45) Delivered a Guest lecture on “Advanced materials for automobile bodies in volume production” on June 07, 2016, at one week workshop on “Advanced Materials and Manufacturing Methods (A3M) “ held during June 6-10, 2016 at National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli. 

46) Delivered an invited talk on “Comparison of ECAP and Cryo rolling of CP-Al based on hardness studies” on April 6, 2017, at the National Conference on Materials, Design and Energy, held during April 6 and 7 April 2017 at PSN College of Engineering and Technology, Tirunelveli. 

47) Delivered an invited talk on “Nano Indentation” on June 30, 2017, at One-day Workshop on “Recent Trends in Materials Characterization and Evaluations” was held on June 30, 2017, at PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore. 

48) Delivered an invited talk on “Selection of Materials for Engineers” on July 04, 2017, at Faculty Development Program on "Metallurgy for Non-Metallurgists" from 3rd to 9th July 2017 at Sri Ramakrishna Engineering College, Coimbatore. 

49) Delivered an invited talk on “Scanning Electron Microscopy for surface characterisation” on October 13, 2017, at one day workshop on  "Surface Characterisation Techniques" on October 13, 2017, at Kalasalingam University, Krishnankoil. 

50) Delivered an invited talk on “Attributes of a good question paper” on March 06, 2018, at PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore. 

51) Delivered an invited talk on “Higher Education in India” on June 07 2018 at Ufa State Aviation Technical University, Russia. 

52) Delivered an invited talk on “Phase diagrams, heat treatment and Nonferrous alloys “on 21 January 2019 in the faculty development programme on Materials Science organised by  Crystal Growth Centre, Anna University, Chennai 

53) Delivered a Guest lecture on “Advanced materials for automobile bodies
in volume production” and “Equal Channel Angular Pressing: State of the art of the technologies and properties of Ultra Fine Grained Commercially Pure Titanium” on August 20, 2019, at TEQIP sponsored two weeks workshop on “Recent Trends in Materials and Processing Techniques “held during August 19-31, 2019, at Govt. College of Engineering, Salem. 

54) Delivered a Guest lecture on “ECAP Principles and applications” on November 22, 2019, in the Faculty development programme held on November 22, 2019, at VIT University, Vellore. 

55) Delivered a Guest lecture on “Electron Microscopy” on December 10, 2019, in TEQIP sponsored Faculty development programme on Material Testing and Characterisation techniques for Research held between December 7 and December 13, 2019, at Government College of Engineering, Bargur 

56) Delivered a Guest lecture on “Choosing the right metal and casting process” on March 14, 2020, in the Indian Institute of Foundrymen student chapter at Sri Krishna College of Engineering, Coimbatore. 

57) Delivered a Guest lecture on, “Basics of Strength of Materials” and “ Applications of Theories of Failures” in the  AICTE - ISTE Sponsored Refresher Programme on "Strength of Materials - An Effective Teaching Methodology" organised by the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Nalla Narasimha Reddy Education Society's Group of Institutions, Hyderabad between April 5 and 6, 2021 

Foreign countries visited

1) Visited Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon from May 25th to June 28th 2007 as visiting professor under TEQIP. 

2) Visited the University of Lausanne, Switzerland from 14.07.2008 to 18.07.2008 to participate in the International conference Junior Euromat 2008. 

3) Visited Dubai from 29-31 January 2012 to participate International Conference on Aerospace, Mechanical, Automotive and Materials Engineering, ICAMAME 2012 

4) Visited Kenting, Taiwan during 31 October – 04 November 2014 to participate International conference on Engineering and Technology Innovation (ICETI 2014). 

5) Visited Ufa State Aviation Technical University, Russia from June 04 to June 13, 2018, as a part of an Indo-Russian collaborative project on “Corrosion and wear resistant ceramic composite coatings on reactor-grade zircaloys by plasma electrolytic oxidation for nuclear Fuel cladding applications. 

6) Visited Ufa State Aviation Technical University, Russia September 21 to 27, 2019  to attend three-day International conferences on “ Bulk Nano Materials (BNM 2019) and presented a paper on “ High strength and high conductive copper-based alloy produced by SPD for contact wires for high-speed railway lines – A short review”

Administrative Responsibility and achievements

1) Head of the Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering from 27.01.2021 to Got Best department award in 2021. 

2) Foundation stone for the New MME Annexure building is unveiled on 25.09.2021.

Recent Publications

  • Thiyaneshwaran, K. Sivaprasad and B. Ravisankar, “Nucleation and growth of TiAl3 intermetallic phase in diffusion bonded Ti/Al Metal Intermetallic Laminate” Nature – scientific reports (2018) 8:16797, DOI:10.1038/s41598-018-35247-0.
  • Nagaraj and B Ravisankar, “Investigation on ECAPed structural steel IS2062 and evaluation of strengthening mechanisms”, Mater. Res. Express 6 (2019) PP 1-11, https://doi.org/10.1088/2053-1591/aaf2fb.
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