Focus Areas

Sacrificial Anode Materials with Controlled Corrosion Kinetics

• Mg-RE alloys and Mg-RE alloy based surface composites

Hard-Face Coatings for Nuclear Grade Steels

• High Entropy Alloys Coatings

Solid-State Processing

• Friction Stir Processing of lightweight materials (Al-Mg alloys, Mg-Al alloys, Al-Cu alloys, Al-Cu-Li alloys) to develop ultrafine-grained materials, surface modified materials, and surface composited materials

Solid-State Welding

• Friction Stir Welding, Friction Stir Spot Welding, and Rotary-Friction Welding (Al-Mg alloys, Al-Cu alloys, Cast Iron to Cu alloy, Cu alloy to Al alloy, tailor-welded blanks)

• Modified Friction Stir Clinching Process (Al-Cu alloy to Al-Mg-Si alloy)

Powder Metallurgy Processing 

• Cu based surface composites and gradient composites (brake pads)

• Fe based surface composites and gradient composites (brake pads)

• Mg based bulk composites (bioimplant)

• Flyash based Ceramic Tiles

• Flyash - Polymer based Paver Blocks

• Flyash based Refractory Bricks

Advanced Manufacturing Processes

• Laser welding of Mg alloys

• Laser surface texturing of Fe alloys

• Vacuum Brazing of Ceramics to Ti alloy

• Diffusion bonding of Ti alloy to Al alloy

• Continuous brazing of MS components

• Solid-Liquid Compound Casting of Al alloy to Steel

• Additive Manufacturing (Ti-6Al-4V alloy, Inconel alloy, Al-Si-Mg alloy)

• Melt Infiltration Processing (Al alloy to Ni Foam)

• Honey Comb Structure (Polymer-Metal)

Severe Plastic Deformation Processing

• Hot Rolling (Al-Li alloys, Mg alloy)

• Cold Rolling (Ti alloy)

• Roll Bonding for Bimetallic and Trimetallic Alloy Composites (Al-Cu, Al-Cu-Al, Al-Mg-Al)

Simulation (COMSOL Multiphysics)

• Corrosion kinetics of dual-phase alloy in a liquid environment

• Friction Stir Processing (Peak Temperature)

• Friction Stir Welding (Peak Temperature)

• Brake Pad and Brake Disc (Thermal Phenomenon in the course of Braking)

• Compaction of powder particles (Powder Metallurgy Processing)

Expert Analysis - Metallurgy, Mechanical, Corrosion Properties

Microstructure (Optical, SEM, TEM), Phase analysis (XRD, SAED), Composition analysis (EDS), Grain orientation (EBSD), Surface Topography (AFM), Surface Potential (AFM), Microhardness, Tensile Properties, Fracture mechanism, Corrosion Rate (Immersion, Electrochemical - Potentiodynamic Polarization), Corrosion Mechanism

Research Team

Faculty Members

• Dr. R. Padmanaban, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Amrita School of Engineering, Coimbatore

• Dr. M. Govindaraju, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Amrita School of Engineering, Coimbatore

• Dr. R. Vaira Vignesh, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Amrita School of Engineering, Coimbatore

Full-Time Ph.D. Scholars

• Mr. Pavan Kalyan Kota

• Mr. K. Rajesh Kannan 

• Mr. Samarjit Panda (Advisor)

• Mr. K. Muralidharan (Advisor)

• Mr. Vighnesh Raj (Co-Advisor)

• Mr. O. S. Nidhin (Co-Advisor)

Part-Time Ph.D. Scholars

• Mr. K. Srinivasan 

• Mr. Vignesh 

• Mr. P. Amal

• Mr. R. Rahul

• Mrs. B. Subhi

Amrita Collaborators

• Dr. S. Thirumalini, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Amrita School of Engineering, Coimbatore

• Dr. Madhav Datta, Amrita Center for Industrial Research and Innovation, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore

• Dr. Karthik V Shankar, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Amrita School of Engineering, Amritapuri

• Dr. S Sabarinath, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Amrita School of Engineering, Amritapuri

• Dr. R. Senthilkumar,Center of Excellence in Advanced Materials and Green Technologies (COE-AMGT), Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore

Indian Collaborators

Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research, Government of India

• Dr. B. Arivazhagan Materials Development and Technology Group, Metallurgy and Materials Group, Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research, Kalpakkam, India.

Indian Institute of Technology

• Dr. Jayaprakash Murugesan, Department of Metallurgy Engineering and Materials Science, Indian Institute of Technology - Indore, Indore, India  

National Institute of Technology

• Dr. P. Sathiya, Department of Production Engineering, National Institute of Technology - Tiruchirappalli, Tiruchirappalli, India  

University (Private / Deemed)

• Dr. M. Arivarasu, Center for Innovative Manufacturing Research, Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT), Vellore, India

• Dr. Indran Suyambulingam, Sophisticated Testing and Instrumentation Centre (STIC), Department of Mechanical Engineering, Alliance School of Applied Engineering, Alliance University, Bengaluru, India.

Engineering Institutions

• Dr. G. Suganya Priyadharshini, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Coimbatore Institute of Technology, Coimbatore, 

• Dr. P. S. Samuel Ratna Kumar, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Kumaraguru College of Technology, Coimbatore, Anna University, India 

• Dr. A. Megalingam, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Bannari Amman Institute of Technology, Coimbatore (BIT), Anna University, India  

• Dr. C. Krishnaraj, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Karpagam College of Engineering, Coimabtore, Anna University, India.

• Dr. V. Balusamy, Department of Metallurgical Engineering, PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore, Anna University, India

International Collaborators

Asia

• Dr. Moslem Paidar, Department of Material Engineering, South Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran 

• Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Suchart Siengchin, Natural Composites Research Group Lab, Department of Materials and Production Engineering, The Sirindhorn International Thai-German School of Engineering (TGGS), King Mongkut's University of Technology North Bangkok (KMUTNB), Bangkok, Thailand.

America

• Dr. Shabir Memon, Wichita State University, Kansas, United States of America

• Dr. MV Reddy, Hydro Quebec, Canada

Africa

• Dr. O. Ojo, Department of Industrial and Production Engineering, Federal University of Technology Akure, Akure, Nigeria