KEC Faculty Profile

1. Roles and Responsibilities :

1.  Assistant Professor (Sr.G), Department of Mechatronics Engineering

2.  Project Manager- Technology Business Incubator (TBI@KEC)

3.  Coordinator - NIDHI PRAYAS SHALA (Mechanical Division) 

4.  Convener– Institution’s Innovation Council (IIC KEC) - An MoE Initiative

5.  Coordinator- Entrepreneurship and Management Development Centre (EMDC- KEC)

6.  IIC Ambassador (Design Thinking & Innovation) for KEC – Recognized by MHRD IIC & AICTE

7.  Mentor of Change - Sasurie Vidhya Bhavan, Uthukuli- Atal Innovation Mission (AIM), NITI Aayog

8.  Former Programme Officer (Unit #2)- NSS KEC – Funded by Anna University, Chennai

9.  Former Nodal Officer @ KEC for SVEEP Activities - Election commission of India   

2. Publications:

1. Number of Patents Granted: 02

2. Number of Book Chapters Published: 02

3. Number of Papers Published in:         

a)   International Journals           :  07

b)   National Journals                   :   --

c)   International Conference      :  13

d)   National Conference             :  08

1. Number of products developed/ commercialized: 03 

a) Smart CNC to M/s. Zion Lasers, Chennai 

b) Coconut cutting Machine to M/s. Adhiyan Exports, Chennai

2. Number of Projects Guided / mentored:

1)  UG projects: 91 Projects

a)   Design & Fabrication Projects          : 51

b)   Design & Analysis (Final Years)       : 35

a.   Academic         : 32

b.   Industry           : 01 (Neyveli Lignite Corporation)

c.   Internship        : 02 (Bull Machines, Coimbatore &  UTP Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Malaysia)

2)  PG projects: 04 Projects

3)   National Level Competitions and Expo: 14 Projects ( Finalist)

a)   Smart India Hackathon                                : 01

b)   DST & Texas Instruments                            : 01 (India Innovation Challenge Design Contest)

c)   Mitsubishi Electric Cup                               : 01 (Ahmedabad)

d)   3D student Design Challenge (IIT Madras) : 01

e)   Robot AI Expo and conference                    : 01 (Chennai Trade Centre)

f)   TIE- Agri Entrepreneurship Summit           : 01

g)   TAFE Innovatia                                            : 01

h)   National Innovation Contest                         : 02

i)   Tamil Nadu Student Innovations                  : 02

j)   Chatthra Viswakarma Award' 21                  : 02

4)   Inter-National Level Competitions and Expo: 02 Projects ( Finalist)

a)   IEEE- YESIST'14 - WE POWER track          : 02

b)   India International Science Festival (IISF)     : 01

5)   Awards / Recognition: 03 - Projects

a)   Mitsubishi Electric Cup                      : National Fifth Position

b)   Robot AI Expo and conference         : Innovative Product Award

c)    National Innovation Contest               : National Winners

3. Awards Received  from Professional Bodies:

5. Invited talks / Chairing a session etc.

6. Research Projects:

a. Development of intelligent powder-based 3D metal printer with integrated post-processing unit and industry 4.0 features - DST- TDT-AMT - Rs. 1,27,84,000.00 (2022-2023)

b. Enhancement of Education Towards Sustainability, Innovation, Performance and Delivery Through Academia-Industry Partnership - Major Research Project - ICSSR - Rs. 6,00,000.00 (2021-2022)

c. Mitsubishi Factory Automation Components worth Rs. 1,75,000.00 (2018-2019)

7. Training Activities (IIPC Courses):

a. CNC Programming and Machining Operation        : 01

b. Design of Experiments (DOE) for researchers       : 07

                                          Total revenue generated    : Rs. 3,10,168.00

8. Consultancy Projects (IIPC):

a. Design and Fabrication of Coconut cutting Machine      : Rs. 14,160.00

b. Fabrication of 2 x 2 CNC router Machine                       : Rs. 18,644.00

c. Engineering Scales – Design & 3D printing                    : Rs. 4,956.00

d. Casing for biometric sensors                                            : Rs. 24,544.00

e. Casing for accelerometer in dynamic scenarios               : Rs. 4,130.00

f. Disinfection Tunnel for Combatting Covid-19         : Rs. 65,000.00

                                      Total revenue generated                  : Rs. 1,31,434.00

9. Labs Establishments

a. Fablab under NIDHI PRAYAS Scheme worth Rs. 100,00,000.00 at TBI@KEC

b. STEM Lab worth Rs. 40,000.00 at Kongu National Matric Hr. Sec. School, Erode

c. Atal Tinkering Lab worth Rs. 20,00,000.00 at Navarasam Matriculation Hr. Sec. School, Arachalur

d. CAM centre worth Rs. 42,08,575.00 – Equipped with 3d printing (FDM) technology- Dept. of Mechatronics Engg., KEC

e. Project Lab (Innovation Centre) worth Rs. 4,48,000.00- Dept. of Mechatronics Engg., KEC

10. Publications

Journals Published (International):

1. Praveen Kumar.E., Karthikeyan.S., Nithyanandham., Tony Thomas.A., Praveen Kumar. S "Design and Development of Semi-Automatic Bot For Agricultural Applications", International Journal of Innovative Research in Science, Engineering and Technology, Volume3, Special Issue 2, (April 2014)

2. R. Parameshwaran., S. Praveen Kumar., K. Saravanakumar., "An Integrated Fuzzy MCDM Based Approach for Robot Selection Considering Objective And Subjective Criteria", Applied Soft Computing, ELSEVIER Publications, 26 (2015), pp: 31–41 (Impact Factor: 4.873)

3. S. Praveen Kumar, R. Parameshwaran, A. Ananthi, J. Jenil Jaba Sam "Parameter Characterization in Processing of Silver - Aluminum Based Electrical Contact Materials, Archives of Metallurgy and Materials 62, no. 3 (2017): 1895-1901. (Impact Factor: 0.697)

4. S.K.Dhinesh, R.Parameshwaran, S.Praveen Kumar, " Influence of High Voltage on Heat Transfer Performance in Automobile Radiators ", International Journal of Innovative Technology and Exploring Engineering, Volume-8 Issue-2S2 (December, 2018), pp:111 (Scopus Indexed)

5. Kumar, S. P., Parameshwaran, R., Kumar, S. A., Nathiya, S., & Heenalisha, K. (2020). Electrical and mechanical studies on pure-silver coated aluminium based electrical contact materials. Materials Today: Proceedings, 33, 3621-3625. (Scopus Indexed)

6. Kumar, S. P., Gayatri, R. H., Nathiya, S., & Hemachander, R. (2021, February). Design And Fabrication Of Semi-Automated Facsimile Stamping Machine. In IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering (Vol. 1055, No. 1, p. 012085). IOP Publishing  (Scopus Indexed)

7. Kumar, S. P., Srihariharan, D., Adithya, K. S. H., & Hemachander, R. (2021, February). Design and Fabrication of Iot Switch with Manual Override. In IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering (Vol. 1055, No. 1, p. 012086). IOP Publishing (Scopus Indexed)

Paper Presented in National Conferences:

1. Dhinesh.S.K., Praveen Kumar.S., "Improving the cooling performance of automobile radiators by applying electric field in various coolants ", NCIMMBS, 2013 & Kongu Engineering College, April 2013

2. Ananthi.A., Praveen Kumar.S. " Automatic Room Cleaning", Jansons Institute of Technology, Coimbatore, May 2013

3. Sangeeth Kumar.R., Praveen kumar.S, " Industrial Survey And Failure Analysis of Electrical Contact Materials", NCIMMBS, 2014  & Kongu Engineering College, March 2014

4. Tony Thomas.A., Praveen Kumar.E., Karthikeyan.S., Nithyanandham.C, Praveen kumar. S "Semi Automatic Bot for drying applications", Second National Conference On Trends in Automotive Parts Systems and Applications at Krishna engineering college, Coimbatore, March 2014

5. Praveen Kumar. S, Parameshwaran. R and Ananthi. A “Failure prioritization in electrical contactors using fuzzy based Extended VIKOR methodology” National Conference on Innovations in Mechanical, Mechatonics and Building Sciences on March’ 2015 at Kongu Engineering College

6. Praveen Kumar. S, Parameshwaran. R, Ananthi. A, Sureshbabu. A and Saravanan. B “Properties comparison for electrical contact composite materials” National Conference on Innovations in Mechanical, Mechatonics and Building Sciences on March’ 2015 at Kongu Engineering College

7. Praveen Kumar. S, Parameshwaran. R and Ananthi. A, Subash Chandrabose. M and Ajith. S “Effect of stirring on electrical contact in composite materials” National Conference on Innovations in Mechanical, Mechatonics and Building Sciences on March’ 2015 at Kongu Engineering College

8. Praveen kumar. S, Parameshwaran.R, Dharani, Pujaa.C. S "Prioritization of failure modes and material choices for electrical contactor using MCDM" National Conference on Innovations in Mechanical, Mechatonics and Building Sciences on March’ 2017 at Kongu Engineering College

Paper Presented in International Conferences:

1. Dhinesh.S.K, Praveen Kumar.S, " Review of Improving the cooling performance of Automobile radiator.", 5th International conference on Science , Engineering and Technology (SET  2012) & VIT, Vellore, November 2012

2. Dhinesh.S.K, Praveen Kumar. S, " Influence of high voltage on heat transfer performance in Automobile Radiators.",6th International conference on Science , Engineering and Technology(SET  2013)  & VIT, Vellore, May 2013

3.  Sangeeth Kumar.R, Praveen Kumar. S, "Industrial survey and Failure analysis of electrical contactors", International Conference on Innovative Engineering Skills (ACETIC 2014) & Aishwarya College of Engineering, Bhavani, December 2013

4. Praveen Kumar. S, Parameshwaran. R and Ananthi. A “A fuzzy based failure analysis in electrical switching applications using weighted geometric mean technique” International Conference on Advances in Design & Manufacturing on December’ 2014 at National Institute of Technology

5. Arun Kumar.V, Praveen Kumar.S, NaveenRaj.C Ajith.A "Automatic Line Marking Machine" International conference on "Modern, Intelligent and Green Manufacturing" organized by Erode Sengunthar Engg. College and ASIA Pacific University of Tech & Innovation, December 2015

6. Praveen Kumar. S, Parameshwaran. R and Ananthi. A, Jenil Jeba Sam “Processing of Silver- Aluminium based electrical contact materials” International Conference on "Sustainable Materials, Design and Applications” 2016 at SBMS, KEC

7. Praveen Kumar S, Vignesh R.M., Ajith. S, Santosh L "Semi Automatic Facsimile Stamping Machine" International Conference on "Sustainable Materials, Design and Applications” 2016 at SBMS, KEC

8. S. Praveen Kumar, R. Parameshwaran, A. Ananthi, N.Muthu Kumaran and M.Vishnu Prasanth “Material Selection For Electrical Switching Applications Using MCDM Methodologies”, International Conference on “ Contemporary Design and Analysis of Manufacturing and Industrial Engineering Systems” 2018 at NITT

9. S. Praveen Kumar, R. Parameshwaran, R. Guru Manoj and R. Prashanna Rangan, “Fatigue analysis of AgAlSnO2 as electrical contact material”, International Conference on “ Contemporary Design and Analysis of Manufacturing and Industrial Engineering Systems” 2018 at NITT

10. S. Praveen Kumar, “Damage factor analysis in fabric from automatic dyeing Jigger”, International Conference on “ Latest Trends in Science, Engineering and Technology” 2019, Karpagam Institute of Technology

11. Kumar, S. P., Gayatri, R. H., Nathiya, S., & Hemachander, R. (2021, February). Design And Fabrication Of Semi-Automated Facsimile Stamping Machine. In INTERNATIONAL VIRTUAL CONFERENCE ON ROBOTICS, AUTOMATION, INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS AND ENERGY (IVC-RAISE 2020) 

12. Kumar, S. P., Srihariharan, D., Adithya, K. S. H., & Hemachander, R. (2021, February). Design and Fabrication of Iot Switch with Manual Override. In INTERNATIONAL VIRTUAL CONFERENCE ON ROBOTICS, AUTOMATION, INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS AND ENERGY (IVC-RAISE 2020) 

11. Subject Links:

1) Kinematics of Machines: (Link 1- Syllabus Content) 

1. 1.      Link 2- NPTEL

   2.     Basics (Study Material): Links/ Pairs (Link 3)

   3.     Degrees of freedom : How to predict for various mechanisms (Link 4a) (Link 4b)

   4.     Applications: 508 Mechanisms (Link 5)

   5.     Model Based Structures :

 (i) Link 6

(ii) Link 7

(iii) 20MTT31 - Kinematics of Machines) Internal Hackathon 2022-2023 -(Link 8- Mini Projects) 

 2) Machine Dynamics: (Link 9- Syllabus Content)

1. 1.  Link 10- NPTEL

   2. Balancing Concepts (Link 11a) (Link 11b)

 3) Innovation and Business Model Development - (Link 12- Syllabus Content)

 4) Economics and Management for Engineers - (Link 13- Syllabus Content)

 5) Computer Aided Design and Engineering: Solutions using Solidworks and ANSYS ( Link 14- Syllabus Content) 

 6) Engineering Mechanics - (Link 15- Syllabus Content)