Dr. Vasu M

Name: Dr Vasu M

Designation: Assistant Professor Grade-1

Institution: National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli

Mobile: 9611604276, Office: 0431-2503505

E-mail: mvasu@nitt.edu, vasu.m.manu@gmail.com

Mailing Address: Dr. Vasu M, Assistant Professor, Department of Production Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Tanjore Main Road, NH67, near BHEL, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu- 620015

Research Area: Machinability Studies and Optimization Techniques, Industrial Engineering and Management, Polymer Additive Manufacturing, Vacuum Arc Melting.

 

Employment Profile

Job Title	Employer	From	To
Assistant Professor Grade - I	National Institute of Technology Trichy (NITT)	11/03/2024	To till date
Assistant Professor Grade - II	National Institute of Technology Trichy (NITT)	21/05/2020	11/03/2024
Assistant Professor	Srinivas Institute of Technology (SIT), Mangaluru	22/07/2013	30/06/2015
Assistant Professor	Sri Revana Siddeshwara Institute of Technology (SRSIT), Bengaluru	09/07/2012	13/07/2013

 

Academic Qualifications

Examination	Board / University	Year	Division/ Grade	Subjects
Doctor of Philosophy	NITK Surathkal	2019	1st Class	Machinability Studies
M. Tech	NITK Surathkal	2012	1st Class	Manufacturing Engineering
B. E.	SSIT Tumkur, (VTU)	2010	1st Class	Industrial Engagement and Management)

 

Academic/Administrative Responsibilities

Position	Faculty/Department/Centre/Institution	From	To
PhD/MS/QIP Admission Committee Member	Department level	2020	2022
Department Project evaluation Committee Member	Department level	2020	2022
		2023	2024
Faculty Advisor and Project coordinator for PG (IEM)	Department level	2023	2024
PhD/MS/ICCR Admission Committee Member	Institute level	2022	To till date
NBA Work Committee Member	Department level	2022	To till date

 

Fellowships

Year of Award	Name of the Fellowship	Awarding Organization	From (Month/Year)	To (Month/Year)
2010-2012	GATE scholarship during M.Tech	MHRD	June 2010	July 2012
2015-2019	Institute fellowship during PhD.	MHRD	June 2015	March 2019

 

Courses taught at Postgraduate and Undergraduate levels.

Undergraduate Level

1. Introduction to production Engineering
2. Engineering Graphics
3. Work design and Facility Planning
4. Operation research
5. Industrial Engineering Lab
6. Manufacturing Technology-1 Lab

 

Post Graduate Level

1. Advanced Operation Research
2. Industrial Engineering & Productivity Management
3. Operation Management Lab

 

Projects guided at Postgraduate Level.

1. Shubham Bhardwaj (214220026) “Manpower optimization using MOST study in the logistic center of an automobile company”. (2022)
2. Vaibhav Gokul Kodape (214220029) “Analysis and Prediction of Warehouse Demand Using Historical Data with the Help of Machine Learning” (2022)
3. Vikas Jaiswal (214220031) “Logistics Improvement on Assembly Lines” (2022).
4. Rishabh Raikwar (214221023) “Comparative study of PLA and PETG chiral honeycomb structure” (2023).
5. Vaibhav Kumar Garg (214221034) Effect of Wall Thickness on Compressive Properties of Additively Manufactured PETG And PLA Based Honeycomb Structure” (2023).
6. Krishna Dev Nayak (214222013), “Study of Acoustic Properties of PETG/Graphene Material” (2024).
7. Manjeet Mallick (214222014), “Study of Rheological properties of PETG/Graphene Polymer for 3D Printing” (2024).

 

Project guided at Undergraduate Level.

1. N. Murali Krishna (114117052), Ragavendar. S (114117068), Satheesh. S. D (114117078) “Demand Forecasting and Optimization for A Crowd-Sourced Last-Mile Delivery Company – A Comparative Study” (2021).
2. K Sohith (114118042), Seedi Vinay (114118081), S Vinay (114118092), K Prasanth (114118049) “Influence of Reinforcement of Filler in PETG on its Properties” (2022).
3. Amritpal (114119007), Anil Kumar (114119010), Ashish Kumar (114119015), Sahul Kumar (114119097) “Effect of heat treatment on the mechanical properties of PETG and PETG reinforced graphene fabricated by FDM technique” (2023).
4. Deepak Surya (114119027), Vimalesan T (114119118) “Effect of heat treatment on mechanical properties of Honeycomb Structure PETG and PETG reinforced Graphene Fabricated by FDM Technique” (2023).
5. Ayush Tulsyan (114120022), Priyanshu Sunhare (114120085), “Machine learning-based investigation of mechanical properties in ABS reinforced with carbon fiber” (2024).
6. Shubham Kumar (114120098), Siddharth Budhia (114120099), “Development and Deployment of a Machine learning-based web application for the investigation of the tensile property of ABS reinforced with carbon fiber” (2024).

 

PhDs/MS by Research guided

PhD/MS	Name of the Scholar	Research Area	Part Time/Full Time	Year of Award
PhD	Mr Surjeet Singh Bedi (414120008)	Additive manufacturing	Full Time	On going
MS	Mr Prakash G (314922051)	Additive manufacturing	Part Time	On going

 

International Conference

1. International Conference on Emerging Trends in Materials and Manufacturing Engineering, March 10th-12th 2017, NIT Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu India.
2. International Conference on Advances in Materials &Processing: Challenges & Opportunities, Nov 30^th - Dec 2^nd 2017, IIT Roorkee, India.
3. Advances in International Conference on Design, Materials & Manufacture, Jan 29^th to 31^st Jan 2018 NITK Surathkal, India.
4. 8th International Engineering Symposium 13^th -15^th, March 2019, Kumamoto University, Japan.
5. International Conference on Structural Integrity and Reliability of Advanced Materials obtained through Additive Manufacturing (SIRAMM23), 8^th -11^th March 2023, Timisoara, Romania (Online Mode)
6. 29th International Conference on Processing and Fabrication of Advanced Materials September 06^th - 08^th, 2023. IIT Tirupathi, India.
7. International Conference on Additive Manufacturing (ICAM-2024) 4^th-6^th March 2024, NITW Warangal, India.

 

Invited Talks delivered

Topic	Date	Inviting Organization
Machinability Studies: EN 47 Spring Steel	01/06/2020	Ballari Institute of Technology & Management, Ballari Karnataka
Machinability Studies on EN 47 Spring Steel	09/07/2020	Sri M Visvesvaraya Institute of Technology, Bengaluru Karnataka
Machinability studies using optimization technique	09/06/2021	RNS Institute of Technology, Bengaluru Karnataka
“Next generation of Adopting manufacturing System	14/07/2021	Marian Engineering College, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala
Designing Inclusive and Sustainable Work Systems	27/01/2023	BHEL-IIIE Trichy Chapter
Machinability studies using optimization techniques	07/03/2023	Department of Production Engineering, PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu 641004
Introduction to Additive Manufacturing Technology	28/02/2024	Raja Rajeswari college of Engineering, Bengaluru
Optimization of Additive Manufacturing Technology	28/02/2024	Raja Rajeswari college of Engineering, Bengaluru

 

Workshops Organized

1. One day Workshop on JMP Software, 27^th January 2022, Department of Production Engineering, NIT Tiruchirappalli (Virtual Mode).
2. Workshop under Karyashala Scheme – A SERB Initiative “Developments in Additive Manufacturing: Biomedical, Defence, Space, Construction, and Aerospace Applications” 05^th to 9^th June 2023, NIT Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu India.

 

Membership of Learned Societies

Type of Membership (Ordinary Member/ Honorary Member / Life Member)	Organization	Membership No. with date
Associate Member	The Institution of Engineers (India)	AM1953969 Date: 03/09/2020

 

Academic Foreign Visits

Country	Duration of Visit	Programme
Japan, Kumamoto University	March 13th -15th 2019	8th International Engineering Symposium

 

Publications Details

1. Vasu M, H Shivananda Nayaka, “Investigation of machinability characteristics on EN47 steel for cutting force and tool wear using optimization technique” Material Research Express (2018).
2. Vasu M, H Shivananda Nayaka, Comparative study of coated and uncoated tool inserts with dry machining of EN47 steel using Taguchi L9 optimization technique, AIP Conference Proceedings (2018).
3. Vasu M, H Shivananda Nayaka, Investigation of Cutting Force Tool Tip Temperature and Surface Roughness during Dry Machining of Spring Steel, Materials Today: Proceedings (2018).
4. Vasu M, H Shivananda Nayaka, Turning process on EN47 spring steel with different tool nose radii using OFAT approach, Advances in Modelling and Analysis A (2018).
5. Vasu M, Shivananda Nayaka H, Pradeep V Badiger, Vinyas M “Machinability studies on EN47 spring steel by optimization technique during dry and wet condition” International Journal of Modern Manufacturing Technologies (2019).
6. Surjeet Singh Bedi, Vasu Mallesha, Vishwas Mahesh, Vinyas Mahesh and Sathiskumar Anusuya Ponnusami, “Investigation of low-percentage graphene reinforcement on the mechanical behaviour of additively manufactured polyethylene terephthalate glycol composites” Journal of Thermoplastic Composite Materials (2023).
7. Surjeet Singh Bedi, Vasu Mallesha, Vishwas Mahesh, Vinyas Mahesh, Sriram Mukunda and Sathiskumar Anusuya Ponnusami, “Thermal characterization of 3D printable multifunctional graphene-reinforced polyethylene terephthalate glycol (PETG) composite filaments enabled for smart structural applications”, Polymer Engineering & Science (2023).
8. B. Mallikarjuna, Vasu M Musunuri Shanmukha Vardhan, Harshini G V, “Effect of process parameters on mechanical properties in fused deposition modelling of polyethylene terephthalate glycol”, Procedia structural integrity, (2024).
9. Surjeet Singh Bedi, Vasu Mallesha “Investigating Tribological Performance in 3D-Printed Graphene-PETG Composites of Varying Composition”. Journal of Reinforced Plastics and Composites, (2024).
10. Surjeet Singh Bedi, Vasu Mallesha “Evaluating the effect of varying infill density and graphene reinforcement on water absorption properties of PETG Composites fabricated via FDM”. (Submitted to Polymer Composites -Under Review)

 

Book chapter

1. Athul Joseph, Vinyas Mahesh, Vishwas Mahesh, Dineshkumar Harursampath, Vasu Mallesha, “Role of 3D Printing in the Fabrication of Composite Sandwich Structures”, Taylor and Francis Group (2022).
2. Mallesh, Vasu & Bedi, Surjeet. Additive manufacturing and their influencing factors on the performance of PLA-based biocomposites” (2024).
3. Bedi, Surjeet & Mallesh, Vasu. “Influence of various nanofillers on the thermal, physio- chemical, and mechanical properties of the polylactic acid (PLA) based biocomposites”. (2024).

 

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