• Powder Compaction and Sintering, Non-equilibrium Materials (Nano, amorphous, etc), Shape Memory Alloys, Mechanical Alloying
• Alloy Development, Hydrogen Storage Alloys, Non-Ferrous Alloys Intermetallics, Severe Plastic Deformation (structure-property correlation), Bimodal Structured Alloys, Bulk Metallic Glasses 
• Thermoelectric materials

• Hindustan Aeronautics Limited, Foundry and Forge Division, Bangalore, India as Development Engineer.
• Job Nature : Titanium, Aluminium and Super alloy Airfoil Development for Aero engines – Product follow up and Characterization

Present Employment

• National Institute of Technology, Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Tiruchirappalli, Tamilnadu, India
• Lecturer March 2000 to November 2008 Job Nature : Teaching for UG and PG students and Research Work
• Asst. Professor since November, 2008 to November, 2011 Job Nature : Teaching for UG and PG students and Research Work
• Associate Professor, November, 2011 to March 2018 Job Nature : Teaching for UG and PG students and Research Work
• Professor, November, Since March 2018 Job Nature : Teaching for UG and PG students and Research Work

1. Young Scientist Fast Track Project received from the Department of Science and Technology, New Delhi.

2. BOYSCAST Fellowship from the Department of Science and Technology, New Delhi, to carry out research at University of Central Florida, Orlando, USA from 2005-2006 on Hydrogen Storage Alloys

3. Best Paper presentation award at 11^th Electrochemist Convention, Madurai

4. Best Poster Presentation award MRS-I, Kolkotta

Completed

1. Dr. PRS. Kumar, Aluminium–Fly ash Composites through Powder Metallurgy(Co-Supervisor)

2. Dr. R. Mariappan, Duplex Stainless Steel through Powder Metallurgy, (Co-Supervisor)

3. Dr. G. Rajaram, Mechanical and Tribological Behaviour of Al-Si / Graphite Composites

4. Dr. M. Thirumurugan, Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Some Mg Alloys

5. Dr. S. Kennedy, Nanostructured TiAl Intermetallic by Spark Plasma Sintering

6. Dr. A. Venkateswari, Electrochemical Behaviour of Mg based Multicomponent Alloys

7. Dr. A. X. Amal Rebin, Structure-Property Correlation of Mg-Sc alloys

8. Dr. L. Arul Mani, Powder Preform forging

9. Dr. R. Balaji, Consolidation of Nanostructured Ti-B₄C alloys by Spark Plasma Sintering

10. Dr. Vinoath kumar K, Vanadium ODS Alloys

11. Dr. VV. Ravikumar, High Strength Aluminium Alloys

12. Dr. R. Murugasamy, Thermo-electric Materials

13. Dr. K. Ananthakumar, Diffusion Bonding

14. Dr. P. Bhagat Singh, Magnesium-Lithium Alloys

15. Dr. N.Sriraman, Mg based bio materials

16. Dr. K. Chandrasekar, Powder ECAP (Co-Supervisor)

17. Dr. R. Nadhini, FSW of polymers, (Co-Supervisor)

18. Dr. P. Vivekanandhan, Thermo-electric Materials

19. Dr. Venkata Kondaih, Powder Preforming (Co-Supervisor)

20. Dr. M. Premnath, Hydrogen storage materials

21. Dr. B.V. Ponraj, Ferritic based ODS Alloys

22. Dr. Arun Raphel, Thermoelectric materials

23. Dr. K V V Nagaraju, Microwave Processing of Materials

24. Mr. P. Vignesh, Magnesium based Alloys

25. Mr. Praveen Kumar, Diffusion Bonding of Dismilar materials

26. Ms. Krishaveni, Biomaterials (Thesis Submitted)

27. Mr N Thangavel, Thermo-electric Materials (Thesis Submitted)

In progress

28. Mr. Sathish Sudhadhira Bharathi T, Thermo-electric Materials

29. Mr. Thariyan, ECAP of Cu alloys

30. Mr M Stalin, Refractory Composites

31. Mr N Rahulan, Magnesium-Graphene Composites

32. Mr N Siddharthan, Tungsten Heavy Alloys

33. Ms Puli Akshita Govind, Thermo-electric Materials

M.S – By Research (Completed / on-going)

Completed

1. Amit Sharma – Weding of Steels

2. Dhamodharan.D – Magnesium based Alloys

Sponsored Research Projects Completed / in progress

24.Tuning Figure of Merit of Nanocrystalline Bi-Sb-Te-Se-Sn Thermo-electric Alloys via High

Entropy Phenomena and Band Engineering and Fabricate Thermo-electric Generator

Project Status : On going

Proposed duration : Three Years (2023-2026)

Funding agency and total cost : DST-SERB, Rs.54.12 lakhs.

23. Development of oxide dispersion strengthened tungsten heavy alloys : Study their structureproperty relation

Project Status : On going

Proposed duration : Three Years (2021-2023)

Funding agency and total cost : ARMREB-DRDO, Rs.87.00 lakhs.

22. Structure and mechanical properties of ultra-fine grained Cu-Cr/Cu-Cr-Zr-Ti alloy processed by equal channel angular processing (2018) Principal Investigator

Project Status : On going

Proposed duration : Two and half years (2018-2021)

Funding agency and total cost : ISRO-RESPOND, Rs.20.00 lakhs.

21. Development of Nano-Oxide Dispersion Strengthened Ferritic / Martensitic Steels by Spark Plasma Sintering and Study their High Temperature Properties (2016) Principal Investigator

Project Status : On going

Proposed duration : Four years (2016-2020)

Funding agency and total cost : DST-EMEQ, Rs.35.00 lakhs.

20. Development Nano-structured Magnesium Silicide Thermo-electric materials by Spark Plasma Sintering and Evaluation of Electric Power Generation from Thermal Systems (2016) Principal Investigator

Project Status : On going

Proposed duration : Three years (2016-2019)

Funding agency and total cost : DST- Nano mission, Rs.25.00 lakhs.

19. Mechano-chemical Synthesis of Nanostructured Magnesium Silicide Thermo-electric materials by Spark Plasma Sintering (2015) Principal Investigator

Project Status : On going

Proposed duration : Three years (2015 – 2018)

Funding agency and total cost : CSIR, Rs.15.00 lakhs.

18. Synthesis and characterization of SiGe thermo-electric materials by high energy ball milling and Spark Plasma Sintering (2017) Principal Investigator

Project Status : Completed

Proposed duration : Three years ( 2014 – 2017)

Funding agency and total cost : MHRD, Rs.52.00 lakhs.

17. Development of Nanostructured SiGe thermo-electric materials by high energy ball milling and Spark Plasma Sintering (2014) Principal Investigator

Project Status : Completed

Proposed duration : Three years (2014-2017)

Funding agency and total cost : ISRO-RESPOND, Rs.18.00 lakhs.

16. Nanostructured TiAl Intermetallic Compounds by Spark Plasms Sintering and Their Structure-Property Correlation (2013) Principal Investigator

Project Status : CompletedS

Proposed duration : Three years (2013-2016)

Funding agency and total cost : CSIR, Rs.39.00 lakhs.

15. Consolidation of Mechanically Alloyed Aluminium Nanocomposites by Equal Channel Angular Extrusion Pressing (2012) Co-PI

Project Status : Completed

Proposed duration : Three years (2012 – 2015)

Funding agency and total cost : DST, Rs.39.00 lakhs.

14. Development of Magnesium -Lithium Alloy and study its structure-property (2012) Principal Investigator

Project Status : Completed

Proposed duration : Three years (2012 – 2015)

Funding agency and total cost : ARDB, Rs.38.00 lakhs.

13. Development of Ti₃SiC₂ Intermetallic Compound by Spark Plasma Sintering (2012) Principal Investigator

Project Status : Completed

Proposed duration : Two years (2012-2014)

Funding agency and total cost : DST, Rs.25.00 lakhs.

12. Development of Nano and Amorphous Magnesium based Multi-component alloys through MA for Energy Applications. (2011) Principal Investigator

Project Status : completed

Proposed duration : Three years

Funding agency and total cost : CSIR, Rs.15.00 lakhs.

11. Synthesis and Characterization of Nanomaterials for Engineering Applications. (2009)

Project Status : completed

Proposed duration : Three years

Funding agency and total cost : DST (Nano Mission) Rs.5.7232 Crore

10. Development of Magnesium-Scandium Alloys and their Structure-Property Correlation. (2009) Principal Investigator

Project Status : completed

Proposed duration : Three years

Funding agency and total cost : AR &DB (DRDO), Rs.26.292 lakhs

9. Development of Nano and Metastable Magnesium based Multi-component alloys through MA for Hydrogen Storage Applications. (2008) Principal Investigator

Project Status : completed

Proposed duration : Three years

Funding agency and total cost : MNRE, Rs.23.59 lakhs.

8. Development of Al-Si/graphite Composites by Stir Casting Method

Project Status : completed

Proposed duration : Three years

Funding agency and total cost : IE(India), Rs. 75,000/-

7. Student Projects for “Synthesis and Characterization of Al-Ni-Zr system by Mechanical Alloying”(2003) and “Development of Iron based Multicomponent and Nano dispersed Bulk Metallic Glasses by Mechanical Alloying” (2006) sponsored by Tamilnadu Government Science and Technology.

6. Development of Nanostructure and Bimodal Nanostructured Aluminium Alloys by Severe Plastic Deformation.

Project Status : completed

Proposed duration : Three years

Funding agency and total cost : DRDO, 25.85 Lakhs

5. Development of Iron based Multicomponent Bulk Metallic Glasses through Mechanical Alloying. Principal Investigator

Project Status : completed

Proposed duration : Three years

Funding agency and total cost : DST, 24.64 Lakhs

4. Development of Cu-Cr in-situ composites for high Strength, High Conductivity Applications by Mechanical Alloying Principal Investigator

Project Status : Completed

Proposed duration : Three years

Funding agency and total cost : DST, 8.16 Lakhs

3. Studies on Sintering Behaviour of Tungsten Nanocomposites prepared by Mechanical Alloying

Project Status : Completed

Proposed duration : Three and half years

Funding agency and total cost : MHRD, 9.00 Lakhs

2. Development of High Performance Ti-Al Intermetallic Composites through Mechanical Alloying. Co- Investigator

Project Status : Completed

Completed-duration, period : Three Years

Funding agency and total cost : DRDO, 25.00 Lakhs

1. Development of High Strength Aluminium Alloys for High Temperature Applications through Mechanical Alloying Principal Investigator

Project Status : Completed

Completed-duration, period : Three Years

Funding agency and total cost : MHRD, 7.00 Lakhs

Book Publication

1. Nivedhitha K. S., Kumaran S., Nithya Chandrasekaran, Synthesis and Electrochemical study on Nano structured Mg Based Alloy, Lambert Academic Publishing, Germany, 2020. (ISBN: 978-620-0-22387-6)

Book Chapter Publication

1. G. Rajaram, S. Kumaran, T. Srinivasa Rao and M. Kamaraj, High Temperature Dry Sliding Wear Behaviour of Al‐Si/Graphite Composites Processed by Stir Casting, Materials Fabrication, Properties, Characterization, and Modeling, Volume 2, 2011, 191-198, The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (TMS), Wiley Publications. Print ISBN:9781118029466 |Online ISBN:9781118062142 |DOI:10.1002/9781118062142

2. P Vuvekanandhan, R Murugasami S Kumaran, Spark Plasma Induced Combustion Synthesis, densification and Charcaterization of Nanostructured Magnesium Silicides for Mid Temperature Energy Harvesting Application, Computational Technologies in Materials Science CRC Press, https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003121954

3. Arun Raphel, P. Vivekanandhan, S. Kumaran, Green energy harvesting using high entropy thermoelectric alloys, Computational Intelligence based Optimization of Manufacturing Process for Sustainable Materials, CRC Press, https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003257714

Journals / Conferences (Both National and International)

120. K. Ananthakumar and S. Kumaran, Plasma-Assisted Sintering of Diffusion Bonded Dissimilar Titanium-SS304l: Role of Bonding Pressure and Heating, Rate on Microstructure and Mechanical Properties, Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance, 2023

119. Thangavel N.;Kumaran S. Phase Evolution Mechanism of Cu₂Se Compound During Mechanical Milling and Spark Plasma Sintering Process, Transactions of the Indian Institute of Metals, Volume 76, Year 2023, Pages 937-944

118. Thangavel N.;Kumaran S. Thermoelectric Properties of Cu₂Se Compound Fabricated at Low-Temperature Combustion Synthesis as a New Approach with Alternative Techniques, Journal of Electronic Materials, Volume 52, Year 2023, Pages 2168-2176

117. Krishnaveni U.;Kumaran S., In-vitro Cytotoxicity Assessment of Mg-4Li-3Sn (LT43) Alloy with Structure-Property Correlation for Bio-Medical Applications, Metals and Materials International, Year 2023

116. Raphel A.;Vivekanandhan P.;Rajasekaran A.K.;Kumaran S, Tuning thermoelectric figure of merit in Ag doped nanostructured PbSnTeSe alloy by entropy and band engineering phenomena, Materials Today Communications, 2023, 35, 105880

115. Thangavel N.;Kumaran S, Enhancement in Power Factor of Al-Doped Cu2Se Thermoelectric Compound Prepared by Combustion Synthesis via Spark Plasma Sintering Technique, Electronic Materials Letters, Year 2023

114. Gudimetla K.;Sankuru A.B.;Naveen B.;Kumar S.R.;Ravisankar B.;Kumaran S., Consolidation of Al-5083 alloy powders by ECAP, International Journal of Materials and Product Technology, Volume 65, Year 2022, Pages 169-181

113. Vignesh P.;Abraham A.;Kumaran S. Microstructural correlation of cross rolling temperature of AT55 magnesium alloy in mechanical and formability behavior, Micron, Volume 160, Year 2022

112. Kumar D.P.;Kumaran S. , Evaluating the Microstructural, Mechanical, and Electrochemical Behavior of Spark Plasma-Assisted Dissimilar Joining of 17-4 PH Stainless Steel to Inconel 718, Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance, Year 2022

111. Nagaraju K.V.V.;Kumaran S.;Rao T.S Microwave-Assisted Hybrid Sintering of 316L Powder Compacts: Microstructure, Mechanical, and Electrochemical Properties, Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance, Volume 31, 2022, Pages 9555-9572

110 Vignesh, P., Venkatesh, G., Kumaran, S. Second-Phase Precipitates and Their Influence on Mechanical and Work Hardening Behavior of Mg-Al-Sn Alloy, Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance, 2022, 31(7), pp. 5288–5297

109 Arun Raphel, Vivekanandhan.P, Arun Kumar R, Kumaran.S” Tuning figure of merit in Na doped nanocrystalline PbSnTeSe high entropy alloy via band engineering, Journal of Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing, 138 (2022) 106270.

108 T.T.Saravanan, M.Kamaraj, S.C.Sharma, S. Anoop, Sushant K.Manwatkar, K.V.Ravikanth, A. Venugopal and S.Kumaran,, Influence of charateristics eutectic Free Microstructure on Mechancial and Corrossion Response of Spark plasma sintered Hypereutectic Al-Si alloy. Materials Letters, (2021)131104.

107 KVV Nagaraj, S.Kumaran, and T. Srinivasa Rao, Optimization of microwave processing parameters on powder metallurgical 316L stainless steels. Materials and Manufacturing Processes (2021)

106 KVV Nagaraj, S.Kumaran, and T. Srinivasa Rao, Densification of P/M austenitic (316L) stainless steels processsed by rapid microwave hybrid heating method at various conditions. Advances in Materials and Processing Technologies (2021) 130394.

105 KVV Nagaraj, S.Kumaran, and T. Srinivasa Rao, Microwave sintering response of different grade stainless steels and its influence on metallurgical properties. Powder Metallurgy (2021)

104. Arun Raphel, Vivekanandhan P, Appu Kumar Singh and S.Kumaran, High entropy stabalization and band engineering driven high figure of merit in nanostructured PbSn0.875TeSeBi0.12 alloy. Journal of Solid State Chemistry 303 (2021) 122531.

103. Arun Raphel, Appu Kumar Singh, Vivekanandhan P and S.Kumaran, Thermoelectric performance of nanostructured PbSnTeSe high entropy thermoelectric alloy synthesized via spark plasma sintering Physica B: Physics of Condensed Matter 622 (2021) 413319.

102. Premnath M and S.Kumaran, Reversible Kinetics and Rapid Tunnelling Characteristics of Si doped Mg-Ti Nano composites prepared by Mechancial Alloying Route for Ni-Metal Hybride Batteries Materials Chemistry and Physics 274 (2021) 125129.

101. KVV Nagaraj, S.Kumaran, and T. Srinivasa Rao Electrochemical behaviour of various grade P/M stainless steel processed by rapid microwave hybrid sintering (super-solidus) method. Materials Letters 278 (2021) 130394

100. KVV Nagaraj, S.Kumaran, and T. Srinivasa Rao, , Electrochemical behaviour of various grade P/M stainless steel processed by rapid microwave hybrid sintering (super-solidus) method., Materials Letters 278 (2021)

99. N. Sriraman, S. Kumaran and Sathiya Narayanan N, Influence of thermomechanical processing on microstructure, mechanical and strain hardening properties of single-phase Mg-4Li-0.5Ca alloy for structural application, Journal of Magnesium and Alloys 278 (2020) 8(4)1262–1268.

98.B.V.Ponraj andS.Kumaran^,,Facilein-situdispersion of Y2Ti2O7 during mechanical alloying of oxide dispersion strengthened ferritic steels. Materials Letters278(2020)128439.

97.T.T.Saravanan^,M.Kamaraj^,S.C.Sharma^,S.Kumaran^,V.S.K.Chakravadhanula^,K.V.Ravikanth^,K.Vinoadh Kumar^,and H.Sreemoolanadhan,On Characteristic Eutectic free Microstructural Evolution in Hypereutectic Al-Si Processed through Spark Plasma Sintering. Materials Letters,275(2020)128150.

96. Ananthakumar. K, P. Vivekanandhan andKumaran. S, Spark plasma assisted diffusion bonding of titanium and stainless steel: Role of pulse current in diffusion kinetics and microstructural evolution, Vacuum,177(2020)109394.

95. Arun Raphel, P. Vivekanandhan andS. Kumaran, High entropy phenomena induced low thermal conductivity in BiSbTe1.5Se1.5 thermoelectric alloy through mechanical alloying and spark plasma sintering. Materials Letters,269(2020)127672.

94.94. P. Vivekanandhan, R. Murugasami, Appu Kumar Singh andS. Kumaran, Structural features and thermoelectric properties of spark plasma assisted combustion synthesised Magnesium silicide doped with Aluminium. Materials Chemistry and Physics,241C(2020)122407.

93.93. Murugasami.R, Vivekanandhan P ,Kumaran.S,Suresh Kumar and John Tharagan, Synergitic enhancement in thermoelectric and mechanical properties of n-type SiGe alloys prepared by mechanical alloying and spark plasma sintering. Materials Research Bulletin,118(2019)110483.

92. 92. Pandi Selva Durai, C., Arul Mozhi Selvan, V., Singha, T.K. andKumarn. S. Tensile and Compressive Behaviour of Nano-Yttria-Dispersed W–Ni–Co Heavy Alloys Processed by Liquid Phase Sintering. Transactions Indian Institute of Metals, 72, (2019) 1443–1446.

91.R. Nandhini, M. Kesavamoorthy, S. Muthukumaran and S. Kumaran,Influence of process variables on the characteristics of friction-stir-welded polyamide 6,6 joints. Material wissenschaft und Werkstofftechnik (Mater.Sci.Engg.Technol.) 50 (2019) 1–10

90. 90. C. Pandi Selva Durai,V. Arul Mozhi Selvan,T.K. SinghaandS. Kumaran, Effect of nano-yttria dispersion on the microstructure and mechanical properties of W-Ni-Co alloys, International Journal of Materials and Product Technology, 59 (4)(2019)291 – 302.

89.R. Nandhini, R. Dinesh Kumar, S. Muthukumaran andS. Kumaran, Analysis of Mechanical and Crystalline Characteristics of Polyamide 66 Joints Welded by a Novel Friction Stir Welding. Arabian Journal of Science and Engineering,44(2019) 7399–7405.

88. 88. Dhamodharan, D., Bhagat Singh, P.andKumaran, S.Effect of Grain Size and Secondary Particle Refinement on Corrosion Behavior of Cross-rolled Mg–Li–Ca Alloy. Transactions Indian Institute of Metals,72 (2019) 1631–1634

87. 87. Premnath MuthuandKumaran Sinnaeruvadi, Facilitation of Quasi-Reversible Effect with Rapid Diffusion Kinetics on Mg_{0.9- x}Ti_0.1Ni_xHigh Energy Ball Milled Powders for Ni Batteries. Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 793 (2019) 155 - 169.

86. N. Sriraman andS. Kumaran, Improved bio-acceptability of thermomechanically processed ZM21 magnesium alloy. Material Research Express, 6 (2019) 056524.

85. N. Sriraman, Bhagat Singh.P andS. Kumaran, Microstructure, Mechanical and Bio-corrosion behaviours of Thermomechanically processed Mg-4Li-1Ca Alloy. Transactions of Indian Institute of Metals,72(2019)1635–1638.

84. Ananthakumar.KandKumaran.S, Experimental investigation and prediction of optimum process for diffusion bonding of commercial pure titanium and SS304L by using field assisted sintering techniques. Arabian Journal of Science and Engineering, 44(2019)1017-1032.

83. 83. Murugasami.R, Vivekanandhan.P ,Kumaran.S, Suresh Kumar, John Tharagan, Simultaneous enhancement in thermoelectric performance and mechanical stability of p-type SiGe alloy doped with Boron prepared by mechanical alloying and spark plasma sintering.Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 773 (2019) 752-761.

82.Chandra Sekhar, K., Umamaeshwar Rao, Y., Ravisankar, B.,Kumaran, S. Effect of milling time on consolidation of al5083 nano composite by equal channel angular pressing. Materials Science Forum, 969 (2019) 662-668.

81.Nandhini, R.,Dinesh Kumar, R.,Muthukumaran, S.,Kumaran, S. Optimization of welding process parameters in novel friction stir welding of polyamide 66 joints, Materials Science Forum, 969 (2019) pp. 828-833

80. 80. Chandrasekhar, K.,Ravisankar, B.,Kumaran, S.Synthesis of al5083 alloy by high energy ball mill and densification through equal channel angular pressing (ECAPMaterials Science Forum, 969 (2019) pp. 68-72

79.Venkata Kondaiah, E.,Sundarrajan, S.,Kumaran, S.Experimental investigation on microstructural and mechanical properties of quenchedAISI4145 sinter forged steel,Indian Journal of Engineering and Materials Sciences,26(2), (2019)149-154.

78. Rahulan, N.,Gopalan, S.,Kumaran, S.Effect of lithium on the mechanical behavior of magnesium. Materials Today: Proceedings,18, (2019)2573-2580

77. Ravikumar, V.V.,Kumaran, S.Tensile and wear behaviour of precipitation hardened AA7xxx (Al-12 Zn–3 Mg- 2.5 Cu) alloy. Indian Journal of Engineering and Materials Sciences, 26(2) (2019) pp. 161-167

76.76. V.V.Ravikumar andS.Kumaran,Microstructure and corrosion behaviour of precipitation hardened and thermo-mechanical treated high strength Al-12Zn-3Mg-2.5Cu alloy. Anti-Corrosion Methods andMaterials, 65 (2018) 79-86.

75. 75. N. Sriraman andS. Kumaran, Studies on Bio-acceptability of Thermo-Mechanically Processed Mg-4Li-0.5Ca Alloy and Its Microstructural Correlation.. Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance, 27(2018)6458-6467.

74. 74. P. Vivekanandhan, R. MurugasamiandS. Kumaran,Microstructure and mechanical properties of magnesium silicide prepared via spark plasma assisted combustion synthesis.Materials Letters, 231 (2018) 109–113.

73. 73. Ananthakumar KandS.Kumaran,Fuzzy Logic Model System for Prediction of Process Parameters by Plasma Assisted Diffusion Bonding of Dissimilar Alloys, Experimental Techniques,43(2019)105–115.

72. 72. Bhagat Singh.P, Amlan Kar,S.Kumaranand Satyam Suwas., Effect of aluminum on microstructure, mechanical property and texture evolution of dual phase Mg-8Li alloy in different processing conditions. Archives of Civil and Mechanical Engineering, 18 (2018) 1332-1344.

71. 71. Bhagat Singh.P, Rama Krushna Sabat,S.KumaranandSatyam Suwas, Effect of aluminium addition on the evolution of microstructure, crystallographic texture and mechanical properties of single phase hexagonal close packed Mg-Li alloys. Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance-ASM,27 (2018) 864–874.

70.70. Vivekanandhan.P, Murugasami.RandKumaran.S, Spark plasma assisted in-situ phase evolution and densification of nanocrystallibe Mg₂Si-SiGe thermoelectric composite: Pulse current effects and densification mechanisms.Scripta Materialia, 146 (2018) 344-348.

69. 69. Murugasami.R, Vivekanandhan.PKumaran.S, Suresh KumarandJohn Tharagan, Thermoelectric power factor performance of Si₈₀Ge₂₀doped with Phosphorousby spark plasma assisted transient liquid Phase sintering. Scripta Materialia, 143 (2018) 35-39.

68. Gudimetla, K., Ramesh Kumar, S., Ravisankar, B., Prasad Prathipati, R., Kumaran, S. Consolidation of commercial pure aluminum particles by hot ECAP, IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering, 330(1) (2018) 012031

67. Venkata Kondaiah, E., Kumaran, S., Sundarrajan, S. Study on densification behaviour of sintered AISI 4135 steel through hot upset forging Materials Today: Proceedings, 5 (2) (2018) 6543-6549

66. Sharma, A., Kant Verma, D., Kumaran, S. Effect of post weld heat treatment on microstructure and mechanical properties of Hot Wire GTA welded joints of SA213 T91 steel Materials Today: Proceedings, 5(2) (2018) 8049-8056.

65. 65. Kennedy, S.,Kumaran, S.,Srinivasa Rao, T., Microstructural Characteristics of Field Assisted Sintered Bulk Nanostructured V-4Cr-4Ti Alloys.Microstructure and mechanical properties of γ-TiAl consolidated by spark plasma sintering Integrated Ferroelectrics,185(1)(2017)11-15

64. 64. Vinoadh Kumar Krishnan,Kumaran Sinnaeruvadi, Shailendra Kumar VermaandKarthikeyan Subramanian, Microstructural Characteristics of Field Assisted Sintered Bulk Nanostructured V-4Cr-4Ti Alloys.Particulate Science and Technology, (2017) 1-8.

63. 63. Vivekanandhan.P, Murugasami.R, Sairam.KVRSandKumaran.S, Densification and Mechanical properties of nanostructured Mg₂Si Thermoelectric material by Spark Plasma Sintering. Powder Technology, 319 (2017) 129-138.

62. 62. Vinoadh Kumar Krishnan,Kumaran Sinnaeruvadi, Shailendra Kumar VermaandKarthikeyan Subramanian, Yttria Catalyzed Microstructural Modifications in Oxide Dispersion Strengthened V-4Cr-4Ti Alloys Synthesized by Field Assisted Sintering Techniques, Philosophical Magazine, 97 (2017) 1847-1865.

61. 61. Premnath MuthuandKumaran Sinnaeruvadi, Structural and Optical Properties Correlation of Nickel Doped Magnesium–Titanium Alloys with Sorption Kinetics Reaction for Hydrogen Storage Application. Transaction of Indian Institute of Metals, 70 (2017) 581 - 587.

60. 60. R. Murugasami, P. Vivekanandhan,S. Kumaran, R. Suresh KumarandT. John Tharakan, Rapid Alloying and Nanostructuring of Silicon–Germanium Powder Mixture by Spark Plasma Sintering. Transaction of Indian Institute of Metals, 70 (2017)855-860.

59.59. V. V. RavikumarandS. Kumaran, Improved strength and ductility of high alloy containing Al–12Zn–3Mg–2.5Cu alloy by combining non-isothermal step rolling and cold rolling. International Journal of Minerals, Metallurgy and Materials, 24 (2017) 179–185.

58. 58. P. Vivekanandhan, R. MurugasamiandS. Kumaran, Rapid in-situ Synthesis of Nanocrystalline Magnesium Silicide thermo-electric compound by Spark Plasma Sintering. Materials Letters, 197 (2017) 106–110, 2017.

57. 57. R. Murugasami, P. Vivekanandhan,S. Kumaran, R. Suresh KumarandT. John Tharakan, Densification and alloying of ball milled Silicon-Germanium powder mixture during spark plasma sintering. Advanced Powder Technology, 28 (2017) 506–513.

56. Raphel, A., Kumaran, S., Kumar, K.V., Varghese, L. Oxidation and Corrosion resistance of AlCoCrFeTiHigh Entropy Alloy Materials Today: Proceedings 4(2) (2017) 195-202

55. 55. Vinoadh Kumar KrishnanandKumaran Sinnaruvadi, Synthesis of Vanadium-Vanadium Carbide in-situ nanocomposites by high energy ball milling and spark plasma sintering. Science of Sintering, 48 (2016) 325-332.

54. 54. Vinoadh Kumar KrishnanandKumaran Sinnaruvadi, Synthesis of nanostructured vanadium powder by high-energy ball milling: X-ray diffraction and high-resolution electron microscopy characterization. Philosophical Magazine letters, 96 (2016) 402-408.

53. 53. Vinoadh Kumar KandKumaran S,Rapid Synthesis of V-4Cr-4Ti Alloy/Composite by Field Assisted Sintering Technique. International Journal of Refractory Metals and Hard Materials, 57 (2016) 1–11.

52.52. Venkateswari Ayyavu, Nithiya ChandrasekarandKumaran Sinnaeruvadi, Can-degree-crystallinity-ball-milled-Mg-2-Ni-intermetallic-compound-decide-its electrochemical behaviour. Particulate Science and Technology, 34 (2016)134 – 142.

51. 51. Kondaiah Gudimetla, Ganesh Varma Jampana, S Ramesh Kumar,B RavisankarandS Kumaran, Effect of Equal Channel Angular Pressing on Densification Behavior of Al 5083 Alloy Powder. Materials Science Forum, 830-831 (2015) 63-66.

50. 50. G.Kondaiah, K.Chandra Sekhar, B.Chaitanyakrushna, B.RavisankarandS.Kumaran, Densification of Al 5083 Mechanically Alloyed Powder by Equal Channel Angular Pressing. Transactions of the Indian Institute of Metals, 68 (2015) 171–176.

49.49. G.Kondaiah, K.Chandra Sekhar, B.Chaitanyakrushna, B.RavisankarandS.Kumaran, Characterization of Mechanically Alloyed Al5083 Alloy and Composite and Consolidation by Equal Channel Angular Pressing. Applied Mechanics and Materials, 764-765 (2015) 23-27.

48. 48. S.Vigneshwaran, P.Venkatachalam, P. Rajesh,S. Kumaranand B. Ravisankar, Densification of machined CP Al chips by Equal Channel Angular Pressing (ECAP), International Journal of Applied Engineering Research,10 (2015) 6006-6010.

47. 47. A. Venkateswari,S. Kumaran, C. Nithya, Can the Degree of Crystallinity of Ball Milled Mg2Ni Intermetallic Compound Decide its Electrochemical Characteristics? Journal of Nano Research, 33 (2015)137-149.

46. 46. Venkateswari AyyavuandKumaran Sinnaeruvadi, Does aluminum and niobium substitution for nickel actually improve the electrochemical performance of Mg₂Ni? Materials Express, 5 (2015) 95 – 104.

45.45. V.S. Balaji andS. Kumaran, Dry sliding wear behaviour of titanium-(TiB+TiC) in-situ composite developed by spark plasma sintering, Tribology Transactions, 58 (2015) 698-703.

44.44. A. Venkateswari, C. NithyaandS. Kumaran, Electrochemical Behaviour of Mg₆₇Ni_(33-x)Nb_x(x= 0,1,2 and 4) Alloy Synthesized by High Energy Ball Milling , Procedia Materials Science, 5(2014) 679–687.

43.Pravir Polly, K.Chandra Sekhar, B.Ravisankar, S.Kumaran, “Densification Of Mechanically Alloyed Al5083 -5wt%Y2o3 Nano-Composite By Equal Channel Angular Pressing. Applied Mechanics and Materials, 592(2014) 963-967.

42. 42. K Vinoadh Kumar,S Kumaranand Arun Rafel, Densification mechanism in spark plasma sintering of pure vanadium powder, International Journal of Innovation and Research, 2 (2014) 75-79.

41. 41. P. Bhagat SinghandS. Kumaran, Microstrctural Evolution and mechanical properties of α- Mg-Li alloys, International Journal of Innovation and Research, 03 (2014) 49-51.

40. 40. A.VenkateswariandS.Kumaran, Impact of Amorphous Structure on Mg67Ni(33-x)Nb1Alx alloy synthesized by mechanical alloying for hydrogen storage application. International Journal of InnovationandResearch, 03 (2014) 44-48.

39. 39. V.S. Balaji,S. Kumaran, Microstructural Transformation of Titanium-Boron Carbide (B₄C) Powder Mixture during Spark Plasma Sintering. Applied Mechanics and Materials, 764-765 (2015) 51-55.

38. 38. V.S BalajiandS Kumaran, Densification and microstructural studies of titanium–boron carbide (B4C) powder mixture during spark plasma sintering. Powder Technology, 264 (2014) 536–540.

37.37. A.X.Amal RebinandS.Kumaran, Some studies on extruded ZM21-x Scandium magnesium alloy, International Journal of Innovation and Research,3 (2014) 40-43.

36.36. S. Kennedy,S. Kumaranand T. Srinivasa Rao, Effect of milling on Sintering behaviour of γ-TiAl by spark plasma sintering. Materials and Manufacturing Processes, 28 (2013) 928-932.

35.35. A.X.Amal RebinandS.Kumaran, Influence of Scandium on Magnesium and its structure-property correlation.Materials Science Forum, 710 (2012)132-136.

34. 34. V.S.BalajiandS.Kumaran,Synthesis and Characterization of Ti /(TiB+TiC) Hybrid in-situ Composites by Spark Plasma Sintering. Transaction of Indian Institute of Metals, 66 (2013), 339-341.

33. 33. G. Rajaram,S. Kumaranand T. Srinivasa Rao Tensile behaviour of Al-Si alloy and Al-Si/graphite composites at elevated temperatures. Materials Science Forum, 710 (2012) 457-462.

32 32. M. Thirumurugan, G. M. Thirugnanasambandam,S. Kumaranand T. Srinivasa Rao, Microstructural refinement and mechanical properties of direct extruded ZM21 magnesium alloys. Transactions of Nonferrous Materials Society of China, 21 (2011) 2154-2159.

31.31. G. Rajaram,S. Kumaranand T. Srinivasa Rao, Influence of graphite and copper in mechanical properties of aluminum silicon alloy.Transactions of Indian Institute of Metals, 64 (2011) 53-56.

30.30. M. Thirumurugan, S. Anka Rao,S. Kumaranand T. Srinivasa Rao Improved ductility in ZM21 magnesium–aluminium macrocomposite produced by co-extrusion. Journal of Materials Processing Technology, 211 (2011) 1637– 1642.

29.29. M. Thirumurugan,S. Kumaran, Satyam SuwasandT. Srinivasa Rao, Effect of rolling temperature and reduction in thickness on microstructure and mechanical properties of ZM21 magnesium alloy and its subsequent annealing treatment. Materials Science and Engineering A, 528 (2011) 8460– 8468.

28. 28. M. Thirumurugan, G. M. Thirugnasambandam,S. Kumaranand T. Srinivasa Rao, Microstructural refinement and mechanical properties of Direct extruded ZM21 magnesium alloys, Transactions of Nonferrous Metals Society of China,21(2011) 2154−2159.

27. 27. M Thirumurugan, R Madhavan,S Kumaranand T. Srinivasa Rao, Satyam Suwas, Study of the microstructure, texture and tensile properties in asextruded AZ91 and ZM21 magnesium alloys. Materials Science Forum, 702-703 (2012)659-662.

26. 26. M. Thirumurugan, S. Anka Rao,S. Kumaranand T. Srinivasa Rao, Improved ductility in ZM21 magnesium–aluminium macrocomposite produced by co-extrusion. Journal of Materials Processing Technology, 211 (2011) 1637– 1642.

25. 25. G. Rajaram,S. KumaranandT. Srinivasa Rao, Fabrication of Al-Si / Graphite Composites and their Structure-Property Correlation. Journal of Composite Materials, 45(26) (2011) 2743–2750.

24. 24. G. Rajaram,S. Kumaranand T. Srinivasa Rao, Effect of graphite and transition elements (Cu, Ni) on high temperature tensile behaviour of Al–Si Alloys. Materials Chemistry and Physics, 128 (2011) 62–69.

23. 23. G. Rajaram,S. Kumaranand Satyam Suwas, Effect of Strain Rate on Tensile and Compression Behaviour of Al-Si /Graphite Composite. Materials Science and Engineering A,528 (20) (2011), 6271-6278.

22. 22. S.Kennedy,S.KumaranandT.Srinivasa Rao, Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Microwave Sintered Austenitic Stainless Steel. Transactions of The Indian Institute of Metals, 64 (2011) 85-87.

21. 21. G. Rajaram,S.KumaranandT.Srinivasa Rao, Dry Sliding Wear Behaviour of Al-Si Alloys. Tribology Transactions, 54 (2011) 115-121.

2 20. G. Rajaram,S.KumaranandT.Srinivasa Rao, High Temperature Tensile and Wear Behaviour of Al-Si Alloys. Materials Science and Engineering A, 528 (2010) 247–253.

19. 19. G. Rajaram,S.Kumaran, T.SrinivasaRaoandM.Kamaraj , Studies on high temperature wear and its mechanism of Al–Si/graphite composite under dry sliding conditions. Tribology International, 43 (2010) 2152–2158.

18. 18. R. Mariappan,S. Kumaran, T. Srinivasa RaoandS.B. Chandrasekar , Studies on Microstructure and Mechanical properties of Vacuum Sintered Stainless Steels. Transaction of PMAI, 35 (2009) 21-29.

17. 17. R. Mariappan,S. Kumaran, T. Srinivasa RaoandV. Muthupandi, Effect of Composition and Sintering Atmosphere on Phase Balance of P/M Duplex Stainless Steels. Transactions of PMAI, 35 (2009)41-49.

16. 16. P.R.S. Kumar,S. Kumaran, T. Srinivasa Rao. K. Sivaprasad, Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Fly Ash Particle reinforced AA6061 Composites Produced by Press and Extrusion. Transactions of The Indian Institute of Metals, 62 (6), (2009), 559-566.

15. 15. P. Venkatachalam, B. RavisankarandS. Kumaran, Microstructure and mechanical properties of 2014 Al alloy processed by equal channel angular pressing(ECAP). International Journal on Microstructure and Materials Properties, 5 (1) (2010).

14. 14. P.R.S. Kumar,S. Kumaran, T. Srinivasa RaoandS. Natarajan, High temperature sliding wear behavior of press-extruded AA6061/fly ash Composite. Materials Science and Engineering A, 527 (2010) 1501–1509.

13.13. S. Kumaranand T. Srinivasa Rao, Formation of Nanointermetallic Compounds and their stability during Mechanical Alloying of Ti- 48Al-12Nb-1Cr 9at.%) system. Advanced Materials Research, 67 (2009) 238-288.

12. 12. R. Mariappan,S. KumaranandT. Srinivasa Rao, Effect of sintering atmosphere on structure and properties of austeno-ferritic stainless steels, Materials Science and Engineering A, 517 (2009) 328-333.

11.11. T.T. Saravanan,S. Kumaranand T. Srinivasa Rao, Structural Evolution and Magnetic Properties of MechanicallyAlloyed MetastableFe-Ni-Zr-B system, Materials Letters, 6 (2009) 780-782.

10. 10. P.R.S. Kumar,S. KumaranandT. Srinivasa Rao, Comparison study of fly ash reinforced AA6061 Composites using press-sinter-extrusion and press-extrusion approaches, Powder Metallurgy, 53 (2010) 163-168.

9. 9. P.R.S. Kumar, S. Jerome,S.KumaranandT. Srinivasa Rao, Friction Welding of Fly Ash Reinforced AA6061(P/M) Compositeand Wrought Alloy., Journal of Manufacturing Engineering, 3(4) (2008)272- 277.

8. 8 R. Mariappan, S. Venu Kumar, P.R.S. Kumar,S. KumaranandT.Srinivasa Rao, Sintered Properties of Duplex Stainless Steels in Nitrogen Atmosphere. Transactions of PMAI, 34 (2008) 23-27.

7. 7. S. Kumaran, B. ChantaiahandT. Srinivasa Rao, Effect of Niobium and Aluminium additions in TiAl Prealloyed Powders during High Energy Ball Milling. Materials Chemistry and Physics, 108 (2008) 97-101.

6 6. S. Kumaran, T. Sasikumar, R. ArockiakumarandT. Srinivasa Rao, Nanostructured Titanium Aluminides Prepared By Mechanical Alloying And Subsequent Thermal Treatment. Powder Technology, 185 (2008) 124-130.

5. 5. S. Kumaran, B. ChantaiahandT. Srinivasa Rao, Development of Amorphous TiAl-Nb2Al Intermetallic Nanocomposite Powders by Mechanical Alloying. Materials ScienceForum, 561-565 (2007) 1429-1432.

4.. M. Nandhakumaran,S. Kumaran, B. RavisankarandT. Srinivasa Rao, Synthesis and Characterization of Fe-Based Multicomponent Bulk Metallic Glasses by High Energy Ball Milling, Transactions of PMAI, 33 (2007)14-17.

3. S. Kumaran, T. Srinivasa Rao, R. SubramanianandP.C. Angelo, Nanocrysalline and Amorphous Phase formation in the Ti-Al system during High Energy Ball Milling. Powder Metallurgy, 48 (4) (2005) 354-357.

2. S. Premkumar,S. KumaranandT. Srinivasa Rao, Structure-Property Correlation of Precipitation Hardened AZ91 Magnesium Alloy.Journal of Materials Science and Technology, 20 (2004) 835-838.

1.S. Kumaran, T. RaghuandR. Sundaresan, Characterization of Mechanically Alloyed Atomized Al-Ni-Ce-Zr Alloy System. Journalof Metallurgy and Materials Science, 42 (3) (2004) 159-165.

Papers published in Conferences

1. S.Kumaran, T. Raghu, R. Sundaresan Synthesis of Nanocrystalline Composites Al-Ni-Mm-Zr-O-C by Mechanical Alloying, Powder Metallurgy Conference held at Japan, 2000.

4. S. Kumaran, Sajeev Kumar R. Sundaresan Green Behaviour of Warm Compacted Iron Powders, National Conference on Processing of Metals, held at PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore, Jan 31 - Feb 01, 2002.

5. G. Ramani Kannan, S. Kumaran, T. Srinivasa Rao, "High Temperature Mechanical Behaviour of Al-Li-Cu-Mg-Zr Cast Alloy", Proceeding of the Conference on Light Metals and Composites for Strategic and Societal Needs(LMCSSN-2002) held at Thiruvananthapuram during 22-23 Oct.2002, pp143-148.

6. S. Varalakshmi, S. Kumaran, T. Srinivasa Rao, "Age Hardening Behaviour of Vacuum Hot Pressed 2121Al Control alloy and 2124Al/30 v.% SiCp Composite" presented in the 29th National PM Conference held at Goa during January 30-31, 2003.

7. G. Paul Selvarathinam, S. Premkumar, S. Kumaran, T. Srinivasa Rao, "Electrical Conductivity and Microstructural Studies on Sintered Cu-graphite-Zr Composites" presented in the 29th National PM Conference held at Goa during January 30-31, 2003.

8. S. Varalakshmi, S. Kumaran, T. Srinivasa Rao, Microstructural Development and Phase Evolution of Centrifugal Ball Milled Al-Ni-Zr Powders National Conference on Materials Processing and Failure Analysis held at Regional Engineering College, Tiruchirappalli, June 19-20, 2003

9. P. Chakravarthy, S. Kumaran, T. Srinivasa Rao, Grain refinement and Microstructural studies of Mechanically Alloyed Al-Ni-Zr Powders, Proceedings of 2nd National Conf. on Quality Control in Metallurgical Industries, PSG College of Tech., Coimbatore, pp197-202, 2003.

10. R. Balaji, S. Kumaran, T. Srinivasa Rao, Effect of Cold Deformation on Age Hardening Behaviour of AZ91 Magnesium Alloy, presented in the International Conference on Heat Treatment of Industrial Components (International Heat Treat 2004), held at Chennai during January, 2004.

11. R. Arockiakumar, S. Kumaran, T. Srinivasa Rao, Particulate Reinforced Hybrid Aluminium Metal Matrix Composite: Microstructures and Mechanical Properties presented in the 30th National P/M Conference and Annual Technical Meeting held at Kolkata, during January 21-22, 2004.

12. R. Arockiakumar, S. Kumaran, T. Srinivasa Rao Nanomaterials by Mechanical Alloying-Opportunities and Challenges 11th Electrochemist Convention, Madurai,2005.

13. P.Susila, S. Kumaran, T. Srinivasa Rao, Synthesis and Characterization of Al-Ni-Zr Powders by Mechanical Alloying National Conference on Recent Trends in Materials, Manufacturing and Design, May, 2006, Salem.

14. S. Kumaran, T. Srinivasa Rao, Formation of Nanostructure and its Stability of Mechanically Alloyed High Niobium Containing Ti-Al alloy, Int. Conference on Recent Advances in Materials and Processing, December, 2006, Coimbatore.

15. S. Suresh kumar, M. Nandhakumaran, S. Kumaran, T. Srinivasa Rao, Development of TiAl dispersed Aluminium / Aluminium Composites through Powder Metallurgy, Int. Conference on Recent Advances in Materials and Processing, December, 2006, Coimbatore.

16. M. Nandhakumaran, S. Kumaran, T. Srinivasa Rao, Synthesis and Characterization of Fe-Based Multicomponent Bulk Metallic Glasses by High Energy Ball Milling, Int. Conference PM07, 2007, Noida, India .

17. P. Venkatachalam, B. Ravisankar, S. Kumaran, Analysis of Stress Distribution in Equal Channel Angular Pressing of CP-Al Using ABAQUS, Int. Conference on Modeling and Simulation, Coimbatore, 27-29 August 2007 .

18. Kumar PRS, Mariappan R, S. Kumaran, T. Srinivasa Rao, Fabrication of AA6061 -Fly Ash Particulate Composite by P/M Techniques and Its Characterization, IUMRS-ICAM-2007, Bangalore, 08-13, October, 2007 .

19. M. Venkatesan, P. Venkatachalam, B. Ravisankar, S. Kumaran, Effect of Cold and Cryo Rolling on Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Al 6012 Alloy, Thiruvananthapuram, 24-26th October, 2007.

20. T.T. Saravanan, G. Lakshmi Narayanan, K. Rathina Priya, S. Kumaran, T. Srinivasa Rao, Structural and Magnetic Properties of Nanocrystalline Fe57Ni21B12Si4 System Synthesized through Mechanical Alloying, EMT-INDIA 2020, NITT, 24-25th January, 2008.

21. R. Mariappan, S. Venukumar, P R S Kumar, S. Kumaran, T. Srinivasa Rao, Mechanical Properties of Sintered Austeno-Ferritic Stainless Steel, EMT-INDIA 2020, NITT, 24-25th January, 2008.

22. P. Venkatachalam, S. Manivannan, B. Ravisankar, S. Kumaran, Effect of Equal Channel Angular Pressing on Microstructural and Mechanical Properties of Pure Cu, CP Al and 7075 Al Alloy, EMT-INDIA 2020, NITT, 24-25th January, 2008.

23. P R S Kumar, R. Mariappan, S. Kumaran, T. Srinivasa Rao, Preparation of AA6061-Fly Ash Composites by Powder Metallurgy Technique, EMT-INDIA 2020, NITT, 24-25th January, 2008.

24. S. Kumaran, T. Srinivasa Rao, “Formation of Nanointermetallic Compounds and their stability during Mechanical Alloying of Ti-48Al-12Nb-1Cr system” presented in the International Conf. NADPA 2008, in IIT Roorkee, during 11-13 December 2008.

25. G.Rajaram, M.Thirumurugan, S.Kumaran, T. Srinivasa Rao, “Preparation of Al-Si/Graphite particulate reinforced composite through Stir Casting Method and their structure property correlataion”, MRSI Conference, during 10-12 February, 2009 at Kolkata. (Got Best Poster Award).

26. P.R.S. Kumar, S. Kumaran, T. Srinivasa Rao, “Studies on AA6061-fly ash composites produced by press and extrusion approach”, presented in the International Conference PM09 during 16-18 February, 2009 held at Goa.

27. P.R.S. Kumar, S. Kumaran, T. Srinivasa Rao, V. Muthupandi, “Influence of particulate content on mechanical properties and corrosion resistance of hot extruded Al-fly ash composites”, presented in the International Conference PM09 during 16-18 February, 2009 held at Goa.

28. R. Mariappan, S. Kumaran, T. Srinivasa Rao, V. Muthupandi, “Effect of composition and sintering atmosphere on phase balance of P/M duplex stainless steels”, presented in the International Conference PM09 during 16-18 February, 2009 held at Goa.

29. R. Mariappan, S. Kennedy, S.B. Chandrasekhar, S. Kumaran, T. Srinivasa Rao, “Studies on microstructure and mechanical properties of vacuum sintered stainless steels”, presented in the International Conference PM09 during 16-18 February, 2009 held at Goa.

30. G. Rajaram, S. Kumaran, T. Srinivasa Rao, “Mechnaical Behaviour and Wear Studies of Al-Si / Graphite Particulate Reinforced Composites’, Presented in ICMAT-2009, during 28^th June-3^RD July, 2009, Singapore

31. Naresh Nalajal, S.Kumaran, T.Srinivasa Rao Synthesis and Characterization of Nanostructured Mg based Multicomponent Alloys for Hydrogen Storage Applications through Mechanical Alloying, Presented at Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, January, 2010

32. G. Sailaja, S. Kumaran, T. Srinivasa Rao Synthesis and Characterization of Nanostructured Mg-Ti Binary Alloys by Mechanical Alloying for Hydrogen Storage Applications, Accepted for an International Conference on Nano Materials and Applications, to be held at PSG College of Technology, 2010

33. A.Venkateswari and S. Kumaran“Electrochemical Behaviour of Nanostructured Mg-Ni-Nb Alloy Synthesised by Mechanical Alloying” International Symposium for Research Scholars (ISRS-2010), Indian Institute of Technology Madras on December 11-13 ^th, 2012.

34. A.Venkateswari, C.Nithya, S.Kumaran “Effect of Niobium on Mg₆₇Ni₃₃ Alloy Synthesized By Mechanical Alloying For Hydrogen Storage Application”National Symposium for Research Scholars, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay on December 11-13^th, 2012.

35. A.Venkateswari, S.Kumaran “Effect of Aluminium and niobium on Mg₂Ni alloy synthesized by mechanical alloying for hydrogen storage application’’ in Research Scholars day organized by Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology, Triruvananthapuram.

36. A.Venkateswari, S.Kumaran“Synthesis of Nanostructured Mg₂NixNb intermetallic compound by high energy milling & study its electrochemical behaviour” International Conference PM-14, January 23-25, 2014.

37. A. Venkateswari, C.Nithya, S.Kumaran “Electrochemical Behaviour of Mg₆₇Ni_33-xNb_x (x = 0, 1, 2 and 3) Alloy Synthesized by High Energy Ball Milling”Energy Procedia(Communicated).

38. V.S.Balaji.,S.Kumaran.,Development of Titanium/TiC-TiB hybrid composite by in-situ reaction during Spark plasma sintering. International Conference on Materials for the Future (ICMF-2013) Thrissur.November 2013.

39. K Vinoadh Kumar, S Kumaran, Arun Rafel, Densification mechanism of oxide dispersion strengthened martensitic stainless steels by Spark Plasma Sintering, Proceedings of PM14, International conference on powder metallurgy and particulate materials + exhibition and 40^th annual technical meeting of PMAI, 2014, Vol.01, pp:47-52.

40. K Vinoadh Kumar, Arun Rafel, T.M Manjunath, S Kumaran, Synthesis of nano-structured martensitic ODS stainless steels by P/M route, Proceedings of 13^th Research scholars day, IIST Trivandrum, 2014. ‘

41. Vivekanandhan.P, Murugasami.R, Kumaran.S, Synthesis of Bi doped Mg₂Si Thermoelectric compound by Spark Plasma Sintering, 53^rd National Metallurgists’ Day and 69^th Annual Technical Meeting (NMD ATM 2015), organized by The Indian Institute of Metals, Kolkata in association with PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore and R&D Centre for Iron and Steel, Steel Authority of India, Ranchi, 13^th – 16^th November 2015, Coimbatore, India.

42. Murugasami.R, Vivekanandhan.P, Kumaran.S, Rapid Alloying of nanostructured Silicon-Germanium Thermoelectric alloy doped with Phosphorous using Spark Plasma Sintering, the International Conference of Young Researchers on Advanced Materials (IUMRS-ICYRAM 2016) organized by International Union of Materials Research Society in association with Materials Research Society of India at Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 11^th – 15^th December 2016, Tamil Nadu, India.

43. Vivekanandhan.P, Murugasami.R, Kumaran.S, Synthesis, Characterization and Thermoelectric properties of Mg₂Si doped with Bi Thermoelectric compound by Spark Plasma Sintering, International Symposium for Research Scholars (ISRS 2016) organized Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, 21^th – 23^th December 2016, Tamil Nadu, India.

44. Murugasami.R, Vivekanandhan.P, Kumaran.S, Rapid Alloying and Nanostructuring of Silicon-Germanium Powder Mixture by Spark Plasma Sintering, International Conference on Emerging Trends in Materials and Manufacturing Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, 10 -12^th March 2017, Tamil Nadu, India.

45. Vivekanandhan.P, Murugasami.R, Kumaran.S, Densification Kinetics and Mechanical Properties of Aluminium Doped Mg₂Si Thermoelectric compound processed by Spark Plasma Sintering, 55^th National Metallurgists’ Day and 69^th Annual Technical Meeting (NMD ATM 2017), organized by The Indian Institute of Metals in association with Birla Institute of Technology and Science Pilani (BITS, Pilani),Goa Campus, 11 November 2017, Goa, India.

46. Vivekanandhan.P, Murugasami.R, Kumaran.S, Densification Kinetics and Mechanical Properties of Aluminium Doped Mg₂Si Thermoelectric compound processed by Spark Plasma Sintering, School on Clean and Renewable Energy Technologies via Chemical Route, organized by The International Institute for Complex Adaptive Matter (I2CAM) at University of California, Davis, United States and Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore, 27^th Nov – 2 nd Dec, 2017, Bangalore, India.

47. Murugasami.R, Vivekanandhan.P, Kumaran.S, Thermoelectric power factor performance of Si₈₀Ge₂₀ doped with Phosphorous by spark plasma assisted transient liquid Phase sintering, First Research Colloquium on Emerging Trends in Engineering ,Science ,Management and Technology, National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, 23^th – 25th March 2018, Tamil Nadu, India.

48. Vivekanandhan.P, Murugasami.R, Kumaran.S, Rapidin-situsynthesis of nanocrystalline magnesium silicide thermo-electric compound by spark plasma sintering, First Research Colloquium on Emerging Trends in Engineering ,Science ,Management and Technology, National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, 23^th – 25th March 2018, Tamil Nadu, India.

• Life Member – PMAI (Powder Metallurgy Association of India)
• Life Member - ISTE (Indian Society for Technical Education)
• Life Member – IIM (Indian Institute of Metals)
• Life Member – IWS (Indian Welding Society)
• Life Member – MRS-I (Materials Research Society of India)

1. Department of Mechanical, Materials and Aerospace Engineering, University of Central Florida, Orlando, USA
2. Centre for Innovative Sintered Product, Pennstate University, Park, PA
3. Surface Engineering Laboratory, Stony brooke University

1. Indian Space Research Organisation, India.
2. Defence Metallurgical Research Laboratory, Hyderabad
3. International Advanced Research Centre for Powder Metallurgy and New Materials, Hyderabad
4. Dept. of Materials Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore