Research Group

Principal Investigator & Faculty in-charge

Dr. Basil Kuriachen
Associate Professor,
Department of Mechanical Engineering,
NIT Calicut

Areas of interest: Conventional & Non-Conventional Machining; Metal Additive Manufacturing & Characterisations; Tribology, Corrosion and Surface Engineering

Office Address: CAD-CAM Centre, Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Institute of Technology Calicut, NIT Campus P.O 673 601, Kozhikode, India
Email: bk@nitc.ac.in
Contact No: 0495 2286402
Linkedin; Google Scholar

Department Assigned Technical Staffs (Lab Assistants)

Mr. Abhinav K

Mr. M Jithin Krishna

Mrs. Sreelal T

PhD Students

Mr. Jino Joshy
(Open presentation completed)
Research Area: Additive manufacturing, Machining, FEM, Tribology
Linkedin Scholar

Mr. Vishnu S
(Full-time institute fellow / SRF, NITC)
Research Area: Additive Manufacturing, Micro-Machining
Co-Guided with:
Dr. Jose Mathew
Linkedin Scholar

Mrs. Prajina NV
(Part-time scholar / QIP, NITC)
Research Area: EDM based coating
Co-Guided with:
Dr. Jose Mathew
Linkedin Scholar

Mr. Manikandan M
(Full-time institute fellow / SRF, NITC)
Research Area: EDM, Pulse Optimisation (ARDB-DRDO Project)
Co-Guided with:
Dr. Jose Mathew
Linkedin Scholar

Mr. Karthik B
(Part-time scholar, NITC)
Research Area: Additive Manufacturing, Corrosion
Co-Guided with:
Dr. Vikash Kumar
Linkedin Scholar

Mr. Vishnu Venugopal
(Full-time scholar / SRF, NITC)
Research Area: Corrosion in FSW and FSP (TIH-IITG Project)
Linkedin Scholar

Mr. Anoop FR
(Full-time scholar / SRF, NITC)
Research Area: Design of FSW attachments (TIH-IITG Project)
Co-Guided with:
Dr. Jinu Paul
Linkedin Scholar

Mr. Anantharam GS
(Full-time scholar / SRF, NITC)
Research Area: Tribology, corrosion in FSW & FSP (TIH-IITG Project)
Linkedin Scholar

Mr. Vishnu VB
(Full-time institute fellow / SRF, NITC)
Research Area: Additive Manufacturing, Machining
Co-Guided with:
Dr. Amit Kumar Rai
Linkedin Scholar

Mr. Arun P Das
(Part-time scholar, NITC)
Research Area: Additive Manufacturing, Corrosion
Linkedin Scholar

Mr. Joju P John
(Part-time scholar, NITC)
Research Area: Lubricants for machining
Linkedin Scholar

Ms. Nirmala Twincy TF
(Part-time scholar, NITC)
Research Area: Corrosion (NPOL Project)
Linkedin Scholar

JRF / Project Associate(s)

Mr. Mohd. Azim Nasir
(Project Associate, NPOL-DRDO Project)
Project co-investigated with:
Dr. Arun S & Dr. Ranjith PM
Linkedin Scholar

PG Students

Mr. Thejual Krishna BC
(M.Tech scholar in Materials Sciences & Technology, NITC & Project Intern at Kennametal)
Research Area: Material modelling during machining
Co-Guided with:
Mr. Shashidhar Kotiyan (Kennametal)
Linkedin Scholar

Mr. Kashinadh KP
(M.Tech scholar in Manufacturing Technology, NITC)
Research Area: Modelling of wear during machining
Linkedin Scholar

Mr. Karanam Devee Prasad
(M.Tech scholar in Manufacturing Technology, NITC& Project Intern at ISRO)
Research Area: Thermo-mechanical modelling of WAAM
Co-Guided with:
Dr. Sanghamitra Das
Linkedin Scholar

Mr. Pilli Abhishek
(M.Tech scholar in Machine Design, NITC)
Research Area: Stress modelling of LPBF
Co-Guided with:
Prof. Sreenath AM
Linkedin Scholar

Mr. Rithu Raj R
(M.Tech scholar in Manufacturing Technology, NITC)
Research Area: Modelling of machining process
Linkedin Scholar

UG Students

Mr. Akash Shaji
(B.Tech scholar in Mechanical Engineering, NITC)
Research Area: Additive Manufacturing
Co-Guided with:
Dr. Sharu BK
Linkedin Scholar

Mr. Nishanth M Nair
(B.Tech scholar in Mechanical Engineering, NITC)
Research Area: Additive Manufacturing
Co-Guided with:
Dr. Sharu BK
Linkedin Scholar

Ms. Aswini Sivakumar
(B.Tech scholar in Mechanical Engineering, NITC)
Research Area: Additive Manufacturing
Co-Guided with:
Dr. Sharu BK
Linkedin Scholar

Mr. Bazim Mohamed
(B.Tech scholar in Mechanical Engineering, NITC)
Research Area: Additive Manufacturing
Co-Guided with:
Dr. Sharu BK
Linkedin Scholar

Student Interns

Mr. Clevin Dominic M
(Government Engineering College Thrissur)
Internship Period: 2023-2024 (Completed)
Research Area: Additive Manufacturing
Linkedin Scholar

Ms. Devendhu Nair
(Government Model Engineering College, Ernakulam)
Internship Period: May 2025 - July 2025 (Completed)
Research Area: Machining
Linkedin Scholar

Ms. Sabeel Ali K
(APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University, Trivandrum)
Internship Period: Sept 2025 - March 2026
Research Area: Friction Stir Processing
Co-Guided with: Dr. Chacko Preno Koshy (APJAKTU)
Linkedin Scholar