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PhD Guided Details

S.No	Faculty	No of Research Scholars Registered	PhD completed	PhD Ongoing	h. index	i. 10 index	Total citation
1	Dr.S.Vijayarangan	11	11	–	19	27	1143
2	Dr.R.Saravanan	5	1	4	23	31	1388
3	Dr S. Sundarapandian	4	–	4
4	Dr. D. Shanmugam	–	–	–	2	2	72
5	Dr. M. Selvakumar	3	–	3	2	1	17

PhD Pursuance by the faculty members of Automobile Department:

S.No	Faculty	Supervisor	Research Topic	University	Date of Registration	Status
1	Mr.K.Balamurugan	Dr.R.RavindranProfessor,Dept. Of Mechanical EngineeringMCET, Pollachi	Performance Evaluation of Solar still	Anna University	21.1.14	Comprehensive viva completed
2	Mr.M.Thirunavukkarasu	Dr.R.RavindranProfessor,Dept. Of Mechanical EngineeringMCET, Pollachi	Synthesis of cracked vegetable oil using catalyst for diesel engine application	Anna University	07.07.11	Comprehensive viva completed
3	Mr.S.K.Ashok	Dr.R.RavindranProfessor,Dept. Of Mechanical Engineering ,MCET, Pollachi	Effect of Friction Stir welding on Al 2014	Anna University	07.07.11	Comprehensive viva completed
4	Mr.P.Karuppusamy	Dr. K.Lingadurai, Associate Professor, Dept. Of Mechanical Engineering, University college of Engineering, Dindugal	Experimental investigations on aluminium/Mg MMC brake Disc application	Anna University	04.06.2016	Course work

PhD awarded

S.No	Name of the faculty	Thesis Title	Year of Graduation
1	Dr.D.Shanmugam	Studies on the properties of Palmyra palm leaf stalk fibre (PPLSF) Reinforced polyester composite materials	Mar, 2014
2	Dr.M.Selvakumar	Comprehensive investigation on Titanium – titanium boride process through powder metallurgy technique.	Mar,2015
3	Dr. V.Sivananth	Characterisation and evaluation of Al/Tic metal matrix composites for automobile application	June,2015

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External Funding

Title: Tribological investigations of Ti- TB composites processed through microwave sintering for automobile disc brake applications

Amount Sanctioned: 3.83 lakhs

Principal Investigator: Dr M. Selva kumar

Duration : OCT 2016 – 2019

Sponsored agency: UGC, New Delhi

Title: Feasibility study on of natural/glass fibre reinforced nano composites materials for naval applications

Amount Sanctioned: 5.87 lakhs

Principal Investigator: Dr.D.Shanmugam

Duration : March 2018

Sponsored agency: Navel Research Board

Title: Solar powered hover board

Amount Sanctioned: Rs.7,500

Principal Investigator: Dr M. Selva kumar

Duration : Jan 2019 – April 2019

Sponsored agency: Tamil Nadu State Council for Science and Technology

Internal R&D

Title: In-House Research and Development Project on Design and Development of a Pilot Plant for the Production of Biochar and Bio-fuels

Amount Sanctioned: Rs 4,00,000/-
Principal Investigator: Dr.V.V.Sreenarayanan
Co-Principal Investigator: Mr.C.Radhakrishnan
Duration : Dec 2014 – Ongoing

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Title: Synthesis of Catalytic Cracked Vegetable Oil For Diesel Engine Application

Amount Sanctioned: Rs.73,000/-
Principal Investigator: M.Thirunavukkarasu
Co-Principal Investigator: Dr.R.Ravindran
Duration : Dec 2015 – Ongoing

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