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Dr. V. Karthik

Name

Dr. V. Karthik

Position

Assistant Professor

Room No

MME/NAB/102

E-mail Id

karthikv@nitt.edu, karthikvnitt@gmail.com

Mobile No

9788444987

Date of Joining

10-07-2018

Employment Profile

Job Title Employer From To
Assistant Professor NIT Tiruchirappalli 10.07.2018 Till date
Assistant Professor Government College of Engineering, Salem 25.04.2013 09.07.2018
Apprenticeship Trainee Magna Electro Castings Pvt Ltd, Coimbatore 21.08.2006 03.07.2007

Academic Qualifications (From Highest Degree to High School):

Examination Board / University Year Division/ Grade Subjects
PhD IIT Kharagpur 2014 Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
MTech IIT Kharagpur 2009 9.10 Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
BE Anna University, Chennai 2006 74% / First Class Metallurgical Engineering
HSC State Board, Tamilnadu 2002 92 % Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Computer Science
SSLC State Board, Tamilnadu 2000 88.8% Mathematics, Science, Social Science

Academic/Administrative Responsibilities outside the University

Position Institution From To
Assistant Controller of Examination Government College of Engineering, Salem Oct 2017 June 2018

Awards, Associateships etc.

Year of Award Name of the Award Awarding Organization
2015 Best Paper Award IGMIGM 2015, Erode Sengunthar Engineering College, Perundurai
2019 Best Oral Presentation Award IMME19, National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli
2022 Best Performer Award NIT Tiruchirappalli

Fellowships

Year of Award Name of the Fellowship Awarding Organization From (Month/Year) To (Month/Year)
2007 GATE Fellowship IIT Kharagpur July 2007 May 2009
2009 Institute Fellowship for PhD IIT Kharagpur July 2009 March 2013

Details of Academic Work

Curriculum Development

  • Involved in development of BE Metallurgical and Engineering and ME Welding Technology Curriculum at GCE, Salem

Courses taught at Postgraduate and Undergraduate levels

PG Level

  • Materials Technology
  • Special Experimental Techniques
  • Material Characterization

UG Level

  • Transport Phenomena
  • Nanomaterials
  • Experimental Techniques in Metallurgy
  • Phase Transformation
  • Projects guided at Postgraduate level (at GCE, Salem)
    1. Design and Optimization of Different Tool Pin Profile on Friction Stir Welding of AA1100 by Nithyanandan D., (1563011)
    2. Preparation and Characterization of Dissimilar Weld Joint of Austenitic and Duplex Stainless Steels by Using TIG welding by Thirumoorthi G (1563015)
    3. Evaluation of Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Activated TIG welded Joint of 321 Stainless Steel with Various Flux Powders by Manivannan P. (1463009)
    4. Optimization of Gas Tungsten Arc Welding Parameters Using Grey Relational Analysis for Dissimilar DSS2205/SS316L Joints by Vijayaraj M. (1463016)
    5. Parametric Optimization on Ultrasonic Metal Welding of Al-Al, Cu-Cu and Al-Cu Joints by Kumar P., (1363005)
  • Other contribution(s)

Details of Major R&D Projects

Title of Project Funding Agency From To Ongoing/ Completed
Development of Nanostructured Titanium implants with Bioactive and Antibacterial composite coatings for Dental and Maxillofacial Applications DST-RSF
Development and Technology Transfer of Durni Coatings on Half-Shell Loesche Energy Systems India Private Limited, Chennai 2019 2022 Ongoing
Exploring the Practicability of Extracting Platinum and Palladium from the Mineral Beds of Sittampudi Village in Salem District of Tamil Nadu Ministry of Mines, India 2021 2022 Ongoing
Tweaking the Existing Zamak Alloy And/or Development of New Alloy for Wrist Watch Cases Free of Casting and Coating Defects Titan Company Limited, Hosur 2021 2022 Ongoing

Participation in Workshops/ Symposia/ Conferences/ Colloquia /Seminars/ Schools etc. (mentioning the role)

Date (s) Title of Activity Level of Event (International/ National/ Local) Role (Participant/ Speaker/ Chairperson, Paper presenter, Any other) Event Organized by Venue
17.11.2009 Development of Bionanocomposite for prosthesis implants National Paper presenter Indian Institute of Metals Kolkata
09.12.2011 Thermal Conductivity of Ethylene Glycol Based Nickel Aluminide Dispersed Nanofluids International Paper presenter IIT Kharagpur Kharagpur
18.11.2012 Multi-scale mathematical model for estimation of thermal conductivity enhancement in nanofluids National Paper presenter Indian Institute of Metals Jamshedpur
16.11.2015 Ultrafine Silver Nanoparticles Dispersed Aqueous Colloidal Solution: A Solution for Enhanced Heat Transfer National Session Coordinator, Paper presenter Indian Institute of Metals Coimbatore
18.03.2016 International Conference on Sustainable Materials
Design and Applications (ICSMDA 2016)
International Chairperson Kongu Engineering College, Perundurai Perundurai
05.04.2016 NaƟonal Conference on Recent Advances in Materials and Manufacturing (RAMM2K16) National Speaker Dhirajlal Gandhi College of Technology Salem

Workshops/ Symposia/ Conferences/ Colloquia/Seminars Organized (as Chairman/ Organizing Secretary/ Convenor / Co-Convenor)

Title of Activity Level of Event (International/ National/ Local) Date (s) Role Venue
International Conference on Advances in Metallurgy, Materials and Manufacturing International 6-8th March, 2017 Organizing Secretary Hotel CJ Pallazzio, Salem

Invited Talks delivered

Topic Date Inviting Organization
Introduction to Fracture Behaviour of Materials 25.06.2015 Kongu Engineering College, Perundurai, Erode
Nanofluids: A solution for enhanced heat transfer 05.04.2016 Dhirajlal Gandhi College of Technology, Salem
Ultrafast cooling using nanofluids 16.02.2017 JSW Steel Ltd., Salem Works

Membership of Learned Societies

Type of Membership (Ordinary Member/ Honorary Member / Life Member ) Organization Membership No. with date
Life Member Indian Institute of Metals AS-43753, 14.09.2009
Life Member Powder Metallurgy Association Of India 2022
Member The Institution of Engineers India 2021
Individual Member The American Ceramic Society (ACerS) 2020
Full Member The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (TMS) 2020
Individual Member Association for Iron & Steel Technology (AIST) 2020
Individual Member ASM International 2020

Publications

(A) Refereed Research Journals:

Author(s) Title of Paper Journal Volume (No.) Page numbers Year Impact Factor of the Journal (Optional)
Mohan Kumar A. Rajasekar R., Karthik V., Kheawhom S. Optimization of process parameters of ultrasonic welding on dissimilar metal joints Archives of Metallurgy and Materials 66 887-892 2021
P Gupta, Karthik V, N Yedla Elevated temperature compression behavior of Al-Cu50Zr50 nano-laminates Transactions of the Indian Institute of Metals 73 1579-1585 2020
Arun Kumar R.; Sruthi S.; Kiruthika A.; Karthik V. Atomistic modelling of carbon nanotube networks and analysis of inter filler distance Materials Today: Proceedings 39 1791-1795 2020
Devi Janani R.;Salman S.A.;Pavithra Priyadharshini K.;Karthik V Effect of composition on the stacking fault energy of copper-nickel alloys using molecular dynamics simulations Materials Today: Proceedings 39 1796-1800 2020
M. Deepak Kumar, P.K.Palani,V.Karthik Effect of welding parameters on joint strength of rotary friction welded UNS S31803 tubes Materials Today: Proceedings 39 1265-1269 2020
Aravinth Raj A, V Karthik, R Ramji, PG Venkatakrishnan Synthesis and characterization of Ag and Al doped ZnO dispersed nanofluids for heat transfer applications Materials Today: Proceedings 23(7) 2364-2367 2019
PG Venkatakrishnan, V Karthik Structural, morphological and mechanical properties of electroless Ni-B based alloy coatings Materials Today: Proceedings 23(7) 2360-2363 2019
S Chidambaram, Ashok Kamaraj, R Saravana Kumar and V Karthik Shear Fracture and Industrial Overload Failure of Mechanical Fuse Shear Pin IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering 377 012004 2018
V Karthik, SK Pabi, SKR Chowdhury Development of hydroxyapatite/polyvinyl alcohol bionanocomposite for prosthesis implants IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering 314 012031 2018
S Chidambaram, K Ashok, V Karthik, PG Venkatakrishnan Microbiological corrosion of ASTM SA105 carbon steel pipe for industrial fire water usage IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering 314 012027 2018
S Dhanalakshmi, N Mohanasundararaju, PG Venkatakrishnan, V Karthik Optimization of friction and wear behaviour of Al7075-Al2O3-B4C metal matrix composites using Taguchi method IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering 314 012025 2018
S Mithra, PG Venkatakrishnan, D Noorullah, V Karthik Failure Analysis of Gold Dust defect in 430 grade Stainless Steel IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering 314 012003 2018
K Shunmugesh, R Rajasekar, C Moganapriya, V Karthik Optimization of Machining Force and Delamination Factor of GFRP in dry drilling process using Taguchi method Advances in Natural and Applied Sciences 11 220- 230 2017
P Kumar, PG Venkatakrishnan, V Karthik Effect of Welding Parameters on Mechanical Properties of Aluminium Thin Sheet Joints Produced by Ultrasonic Welding Advances in Natural and Applied Sciences 11 90-95 2017
SP Md. Meraj, Krishna Dutta, Ravindra Bhardwaj, Natraj Yedla, V. Karthik Influence of Asymmetric Cyclic Loading on Structural Evolution and Deformation Behavior of Cu-5 at.% Zr Alloy: An Atomistic Simulation-Based Study Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance 26 5197-5205 2017 1.340
J Krishan, P Gupta, Karthik Vaduganathan, N Yedla Superplastic Pd50Pt50 monocrystalline bimetallic alloy nanowire: a molecular dynamics simulation study Metallurgical Research & Technology 114 302 2017 0.574
Dhanalakshmi, S., P.G. Venkatakrishnan, V. Karthik, and N. Mohanasundararaju Corrosion Studies of Stir Cast Hybrid Al7075-Al2O3 -B4C Metal Matrix Composites Advances in Natural and Applied Sciences 10 279- 283 2016
Dhanalakshmi, S., P.G. Venkatakrishnan, V. Karthik, and N. Mohanasundararaju Optimisation on Wear Process Parameters of Hybrid Metal Matrix Composite using Taguchi method International Journal of Applied Engineering Research 10 219- 224 2015
D Noorullah, SSM Nazirudeen, A Mukesh, V Karthik Development of Closed Cell Metallic Foams for Automotive Crashworthiness International Journal of Vehicle Structures & Systems 7 141 2015
V. Karthik, S. Sahoo, S.K. Pabi, S. Ghosh On the phononic and electronic contribution to the enhanced thermal conductivity of water-based silver nanofluids International Journal of Thermal Sciences 64 53-61 2013 3.361
V. Karthik, S. Ghosh, S.K. Pabi Effects of bulk stoichiometry and surface state of NiAl nano-dispersoid on the stability and heat transfer characteristics of water based nanofluid Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science 48 156-162 2013 3.204
Suresh Telu, V.Karthik, R. Mitra, S. K. Pabi Effect of 10 at.% Nb addition on Sintering and High Temperature Oxidation of W0.5Cr0.5 Alloy Materials Science Forum 710 308-313 2012

(B) Conferences/Workshops/Symposia Proceedings

Author(s) Title of Abstract/ Paper Title of the Proceedings Page numbers Conference Theme Venue Year
Das S, Karthik V, Pabi S K, Behera A, Patel S K, Swain B, Roshan R, Behera A Enhancement of thermal conductivity of Cu-Cr dispersed nanofluids according to multiscale modeling Materials Today: Proceedings 5514–5520 2nd International Conference on Processing and Characterization of Materials 2020
Rajesh Kannan Subbaraj, Ramesh S and Karthik V Micro structural and Mechanical Properties of FSW Joints Between AA5086 and AA7075 Dissimilar Al Alloys World Conference on Innovations in Management, Science and Engineering (WCISE’19) Bangkok 10110, Thailand 2019
R Devi Janani, Sameer Aman Salman, Pavithra Priyadarshini and Karthik V Effect of Composition on the Stacking Fault Energy of Copper-Nickel Alloys Using Molecular Dynamics Simulations International Conference on Recent Trends in Metallurgy, Materials Science and Manufacturing (IMME 2019) National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli 2019
Arun Kumar R, Sruthi S, Kiruthika A and Karthik V Atomistic modelling of carbon nanotube networks and analysis of inter filler distance International Conference on Recent Trends in Metallurgy, Materials Science and Manufacturing (IMME 2019) National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli. 2019
A. Aravinth Raj, R. Ramji, P.G. Venkatakrishnan, V. Karthik Synthesis and Characterization of Al and Ag Doped ZnO Dispersed Nano Fluids for Heat Transfer Applications International Conference on Materials and Spectroscopy (ICMS-2018) Saveetha Engineering College, Chennai. 2018
P.G. Venkatakrishnan, R. Ramji, V. Karthik Morphological and Hardness Evaluation of Electroless Ni-B-Zn Ternary Alloy Coatings International Conference on Materials and Spectroscopy (ICMS-2018) Saveetha Engineering College, Chennai 2018
Karthik V, S K Pabi, S K R Chowdhury Development of hydroxyapatite/polyvinyl alcohol bionanocomposite for prosthesis implants IOP Conf. Series: Materials Science and Engineering 314 International Conference on Advances in Metallurgy, Materials and Manufacturing 2018
S Mithra, PG Venkatakrishnan, D Noorullah, V Karthik Failure Analysis of Gold Dust defect in 430 grade Stainless Steel International Conference on Advances in Metallurgy, Materials and Manufacturing (ICAMMM-2017) Salem, Tamilnadu 2017
S Chidambaram, K Ashok, V Karthik, PG Venkatakrishnan Microbiological corrosion of ASTM SA105 carbon steel pipe for industrial fire water usage International Conference on Advances in Metallurgy, Materials and Manufacturing (ICAMMM-2017) Salem, Tamilnadu 2017
Karthik V., S. Ghosh, S.K. Pabi Ultrafine Silver Nanoparticles Dispersed Aqueous Colloidal Solution: A Solution for Enhanced Heat Transfer NMD ATM Nanomaterials Coimbatore 2015
Vignesh. S, Venkatakrishnan P.G, Karthik. V Experimental Study on Ultrasonic Welding of Aluminium Sheet to Copper Sheet IIM NMD ATM Coimbatore 2015
V. Gunaseelan, N. Balaji, Venkatakrishnan P.G., V. Karthik Parametric Optimization of Ultrasonic Metal Joining of Galvanized Iron and Stainless Steel Sheets IIM NMD ATM Coimbatore 2015
S. Govindaraj, K.R. Kiranraj, V.Karthik, Venkatakrishnan P.G Effect of Alloying Elements on Case Depth and Compound Layer In Austenitic Nitro Carburizing Process For Wrought and PM Alloys IIM NMD ATM Coimbatore 2015
Aravinth Raj A, Venkatakrishnan P.G., V. Karthik Graphene Nanosheets Dispersed Aqueous Nanofluids For Heat Transfer Applications IIM NMD ATM Coimbatore 2015
Kumar, P., Venkatakrishnan, P.G, Karthik, V Parametric Optimization on Ultrasonic Metal welding of Al-Cu Joint International Conference on Advances in Materials, Manufacturing and Applications Trichy, India. 2015
Rajeshkannan, S., Karthik, V., Manisekar, K Experimental analysis of residual stress in the various zones in gas welded EN-8 steel International Conference on Advances in Materials, Manufacturing and Applications Trichy, India. 2015
Mujipur Rahaman A, Karthikeyan V, Venkatakrishnan P G On the diffusion characteristics of copper at aluminium joints made using ultrasonic welding International Conference on Advances in Materials, Manufacturing and Applications Trichy, India. 2015
Ghosh, S., Karthik, V., Pabi, S. K. Characterization of ultrafine Ag dispersed nanofluids using High Resolution Transmission Electron Microscopy, Dynamic Light Scattering and UV-Vis Spectroscopy International Conference on Electron Microscopy Kolkata, India 2013
Karthik, V., Pabi, S. K., Ghosh, S Multi-scale mathematical model for estimation of thermal conductivity enhancement in nanofluids NMD ATM, Science & Technology of materials Jamshedpur 2012
V. Karthik, S.K. Pabi and S. Ghosh Thermal Conductivity of Ethylene Glycol Based Nickel Aluminide Dispersed Nanofluids International Conference on Advances in Materials and Materials Processing (ICAMMP-2011), Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur 2011
Ghosh, S., Ghosh, M. M., Karthik, V., Pabi, S. K Multi-scale stochastic-molecular dynamics approach to estimate thermal conductivity of nanofluids NMD ATM Hyderabad 2011
Karthik, V., Pabi, S. K., Roy Chowdhury, S.K. Development of Bionanocomposite for prosthesis implants 63rd NMD ATM Salt Lake, Kolkatta, Symposium C 2009

(C) Books & Monographs

Author(s) Title of Book/Monograph Name of Publishers Year of Publication ISSN/ISBN Number
Natraj Yedla Sameer Aman Salman, V. Karthik Molecular Dynamics Simulations for Nanoscale Insight into the Phase Transformation and Deformation Behavior of Shape-Memory Materials Springer, Cham 2022
V Karthik, S Kumaran, S Muthukumaran. Editorial on recent advances in Materials and Manufacturing Engineering (IMME19) Materials Today: Proceedings 2021
P.G. Venkatakrishnan, P. Sundararaj, V. Karthik The 1st International Conference on Advances in Metallurgy, Materials and Manufacturing (ICAMMM-2017) IOP Conf. Series: Materials Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Metals 2018