Dr. Alphin M S

Dr. M. S. Alphin, a distinguished researcher, carrier guide and educator, holds a Doctoral degree (Ph.D.) from the National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirapalli, specializing in Biodynamic Vibration. His academic journey includes a Master of Engineering and a Bachelor of Engineering from the College of Engineering, Guindy, Anna University, Chennai, and the University of Madras, respectively. With a cumulative teaching and research experience spanning 20 years, Dr. Alphin is the Associate Professor in Charge of the Career Development Center (CDC), which oversees training and placement at SSN.

Here are some notable highlights from his career:

Industrial Consultancy:

Dr. Alphin has actively engaged in real-time industrial consultancy, addressing design and vibration challenges for esteemed organizations such as Preethi Kitchens, TI Cycles (Murugappa Group), Harihar Alloys, IGCAR, and Guru Engineering. Notably, he completed an externally funded research project as the Principal Investigator for a DST Project valued at 22 Lakhs.

Organizational Contributions:

He has orchestrated various academic events, including Faculty Development Programs (FDPs), conferences, and Summer Schools, supported by AICTE funding, with a cumulative worth of 50 Lakhs.

Dr Alphin has been honoured with the “Best Faculty Award” twice for his exceptional teaching contributions at SSN Institutions. Additionally, he received the “Best Paper Award” at the SymHealth Conference hosted by Symbiosis University and was recognized for his all-around abilities.

Research Output:

His work includes 45 International journals, 2 Books, and 21 International Conference Papers.

Dr. Alphin actively participated in the International Congress on Sound and Vibration organized by the International Institute of Acoustics and Vibration in Thailand and the AHFE 2019 conference in Washington DC, USA, supported by the SSN Trust / CSIR Grant.

Doctoral Supervision:

Under his guidance, 8 Ph.D. scholars have successfully earned their doctoral degrees at Anna University. Currently, 4 scholars continue their research journey under his supervision.

Innovations and Engagements:

Dr. Alphin holds a registered patent for Design No. 344455-001, which pertains to a Portable Oxygen Cylinder with Face Mask.

He actively contributes to the academic community as a resource person, guest speaker, and conference session chair in renowned institutions such as NIT Py, SVCE, RMK, St. Joseph’s, Bannari Amman, VIT, Murugappa Group, SRM, and IGCAR.

As a reviewer, he evaluates scholarly work for refereed international journals.

Dr. Alphin’s multifaceted contributions underscore his commitment to advancing knowledge and fostering excellence in engineering and research.

 Alphin.M.S, K.Sankaranarayanasamy,"Experimental evaluation of Whole Body Vibration exposure from tracked excavators with hydraulic breaker attachment in rock breaking operations “Journal of Low Frequency Noise, Vibration And Active Control, Vol 29, Issue 2, 2010 ,Pp.101-110.  (doi/10.1260/0263-0923.29.2.101), Imp. Factor:1.017.

Alphin.M.S, K.Sankaranarayanasamy “Experimental Investigation to study the Influence of Handle Diameter on Low Frequency Arm Vertical Vibration” Journal of Human Factors and Ergonomics in Manufacturing & Service Industries, Vol. 22, No.6, pp.140-148, 2011.

Alphin.M.S, K.Sankaranarayanasamy “Finite Element Analysis to predict the Dynamic Characteristics of Human Trunk-Neck-Head for Whole Body Vibration” International Journal of Human Factors Modeling and Simulation, Volume 2, Issue 1/2, Pp14 – 25, 2011. DOI: 10.1504/IJHFMS.2011.041635

Alphin.M.S, K.Sankaranarayanasamy "Segmental Vibration characteristics of seated occupant from lumped parameter models" Journal of Vibration and control, Volume 18 Issue 11 pp. 1683 – 1689, October 2012.

Alphin M S and K Sankaranarayanasamy , Identification of Vibration Exposure Disorder in Operators of Compaction Roller, Mobile Crane, Tracked Excavator with Breaker and Industrial Truck through Field Survey, Journal: Engineering Management Reviews,ISSN: 2326-5876, PP. 30-35, Volume 2, Issue 2, June 2013.

 Alphin M S and K Sankaranarayanasamy, Hand transmitted vibration in tracked excavators with breaker has been Published in the Proceedings of the ICSV20, International Journal of Acoustics and Vibration, ISBN:978-616-551-682-2, Volume 18, No 2, June 2013.

 KoushikBalaji, K and Alphin, MS; Computer-aided human factors analysis of the industrial vehicle driver cabin to improve occupational health, International Journal of Injury Control and Safety Promotion, 23:3,1-9, 2015. (Impact factor: 1.047, Thomson Reuter) DOI: 10.1080/17457300.2014.992351, Taylor and Fransis

 J. Paul Chandra Kumar , M.S.Alphin,, M. Anbarasan, S.Naveen Kumar, M.Perarasan, Kinematic Simulation of Human Gait Cycle Using MSC Adams,  Journal of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, ISSN: 0974-2115, JCHPS Special Issue 6: March 2015.

 Sriramkausik K and Alphin M S Experimental Study for Dynamic and Surface Interaction Characteristics of Knee in-Vitro, Journal: Procedia Engineering, pp. 321-327, DOI: 10.1016/j.proeng.2016.05.139, Impact factor: 0.629, 2016, (Scopus Indexed)

 Bharathkumar A and Alphin M S, New Mechanism to improve the competences of Power Generation, Applied Mechanics and Materials, Vo. 852, pp 575-581, 2016 (Anna UnivAnneex II, SJR Imp Factor:0.13).

 N S Siddharth,SVishakaraj S, Alphin M S, Vigneshwar M, Vijayakumar L, Design of Crank Operated reciprocating hacksaw, Applied Mechanics and Materials, Vo. 852, pp 564-567, 2016 (Anna UnivAnneex II, SJR Imp Factor:0.13).

 T N Suresh kumar, Senthilkumar A, Alphin M S, Analysis of Risk assessment:A review, International Journal of Applied Environmental Sciences, ISSN 0973-6077 Vol 10, number 4 ,pp.1309-1327, 2015. (Anna UnivAnneex II, Scopus, Imp fac. 0.1)

 Navinkumar K, MS Alphin, Roopan Doss, Biomechanical analysis and comparison of actual lumbarbone with lumbar bone prototype, Biomedical Research, An International Journal of Medical Sciences, 28 (6): 2519-2523, 2017 ( ISSN: 0970-938X, Imp factor:0.226, Science Citation Index Expanded, thomsonreuters), (2017) Volume 28, Issue 6

 Alphin, M.S., Sankaranarayanasamy, K., 20th International Congress on Sound and Vibration 2013, ICSV 2013, Volume 2, 2013, Pages 930-937, 20th International Congress on Sound and Vibration 2013, ICSV 2013; Bangkok; Thailand; 7 July 2013 through 11 July 2013; Code 103420, Hand transmitted vibration from tracked excavator with breaker(Conference Paper),

 AkshayAravindan, M.S.Alphin, Aniruddh Ramesh and S. Karthik Design and Development of Temperature Sensing Mechanical Actuator using Shape Memory Alloy, Journal of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences (ISSN 0974-2115), June 2017.

 Velmurugan D, Alphin M S, SarateSG. Dental implant materials, implant design, and role of FEA- A brief review.J. Evolution Med. Dent. Sci. 2017;6(44):3487-3492, DOI: 10.14260/Jemds/2017/753 (Thomson reuter ex.)

B. Jain A.R Tony and M.S Alphin “Assessment of ergonomically designed handle shapes for low-frequency vibration responses”, Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers part L-Journal of Materials-Design and Applications, Impact Factor-1.625, (S.No. 9232 Listed in Annexure-I Updated List- 2016).https://doi.org/10.1177/1464420718766961.

D Velmurugan, M S Alphin, B Jain AR Tony, The sensitivity of contact stresses in the mandibular premolar region to the shape of Zirconia dental implant: A 3D finite element study, Polish Journal of Medical Physics and Engineering, Volume 24: Issue 2, 55–63, Published: 26 Jun 2018. (ISSN: 1898-0309) ,DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/pjmpe-2018-0008

 Velmurugan, Duraisamy and Alphin Masilamany Santha, Micromotion of Immediately Loaded Zirconia Dental Implants for Various Parametric Conditions: A Three-Dimensional Finite Element Study, Journal of Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering, Volume 8, Number 7, July 2018, pp. 962-971(10). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1166/jbt.2018.184

 Duraisamy Velmurugan and Masilamany Santha Alphin , Influence of Geometric Design Variable and Bone Quality on Stress Distribution for Zirconia Dental Implants-A 3D Finite Element Analysis, doi:10.31614/cmes.2018.01817, Journal: Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.117, No.2 ,pp.125-141

 Jain A R Tony Benedict and Alphin Masilamany Santha, An Analytical Study- Dynamic Behavior of the Human hand to hold Mechanical handle with and without coating, Vibroengineering procedia, December 2018, Vol. 21, pp. 137-142. [Indexed by Clarivate Analytics]

 Jain A.R. Tony and M. S. Alphin , Finite element analysis to assess the biomechanical behavior of a finger model gripping handles with different diameters, Biomedical Human Kinetics , Volume/Issue: Volume 11: Issue 1,pp: 69–79, Apr 2019. Co-Authors: Benedict [Indexed by Clarivate Analytics (formerly Thomson Reuters)], Imp: 0.123

 Tony, B. Jain A.R, Alphin, M.S and Velmurugan, D, Influence of handle shape and size to reduce the hand-arm vibration discomfort, DOI: 10.3233/WOR-192948, Work - A Journal of Prevention Assessment & Rehabilitation  , vol. 63, no. 3, pp. 415-426, 2019. [Indexed by Clarivate Analytics (formerly Thomson Reuters)], Imp factor: 1.009

V. Gopal, M.S Alphin, and R. Bharanidaran, "Design of Compliant Mechanism Microgripper Utilizing the Hoekens Straight Line Mechanism," Journal of Testing and Evaluation (in press), https://doi.org/10.1520/JTE20190091. Volume 49 Issue 3 2019. [Indexed by Clarivate Analytics (formerly Thomson Reuters)], Impact factor: 0.734.

Raja S and Alphin M S titled Low temperature Selective catalytic reduction of NOx by NH3 over Cu modified V2O5/TiO2-carbon nanotube catalyst, Reaction Kinetics, Mechanisms and Catalysis : International journal,  [Science Citation Index, Clarivate analytics (formerly Thomson routers)],  Impact factor: 1.428. DoI: 10.1007/s11144-020-01735-6, Jan 2020.

 B.Jain.A.R. Tony, M.S. Alphin, G. Sri Krishnan, Analysis of upper body ergonomic parameters on commuter motorbike users, Journal of Transport & Health, Volume 16, 2020, 100828, ISSN 2214-1405, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jth.2020.100828, Elsevier [Impact Factor: 2.77]

 Raja S and Alphin M S "Systematic effects of Fe-doping on the activity of V2O5/TiO2-Carbon nanotubes catalyst for NH3-SCR of NOx", Journal of Nanoparticle Research, 2020

  Tony, B Jain AR, Alphin M S ;; Shah, Nishanth P; titled Static Deformation Analysis with and Without of Piezo-electric Material Attachment in Hydraulic Suspension System, Trends in Mechanical and Biomedical Design, 979-986, Springer, Singapore,2020

 B Jain AR; Alphin M S, Venkatesh, Vishal; titled Influence of Vibro-isolator Attachment for a Jackhammer to Reduce Vibration Discomfort, Trends in Mechanical and Biomedical Design, 995-1003, Springer, Singapore. 2020

 Tony, B Jain AR; Alphin M S,  Yeshwant, V; titled Power Generation from Hydraulic Shock Absorber Using Piezoelectric Material, Trends in Mechanical and Biomedical Design, 971-977, Springer, Singapore, 2020

Raja, S; Alphin, MS; Sivachandiran, L; Promotional effects of modified TiO2 and Carbon supported V2O5 and MnOx based Catalysts for selective catalytic reduction of NOx: A Review, Catalysis Science & Technology, Royal Society of Chemistry, 2020 

M. S. Alphin, J. Paul Chandra Kumar, and B. Jain A. R. Tony, Biomechanical Response of the Human Foot Model Exposed to Vibrations: A Finite Element Analysis, J. Biomater. Tissue Eng. 11, 2097–2108 (2021)

S. Raja, M.S. Alphin, L. Sivachandiran, Pratichi Singh, Devaiah Damma, Panagiotis G. Smirniotis, TiO2-carbon nanotubes composite supported MnOx-CuO catalyst for low-temperature NH3-SCR of NO: Investigation of SO2 and H2O tolerance, Fuel, Volume 307, 2022, 121886, ISSN 0016-2361, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2021.121886.

M. S. Alphin and S. Monish Manoj, Product development, simulation and experimental testing on achieving artificial mobility using Jansen’s linkage, AIP Conference Proceedings 2395, 050005 (2021); https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0068288

S. Raja, M. Sunil kumar, S. Natarajan, D. Eshwar, M.S. Alphin, Energy and exergy analysis and multi-objective optimization of a biodiesel fueled direct ignition engine, Results in Chemistry, Volume 4, 2022, 100284, ISSN 2211-7156, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rechem.2022.100284.

Arunkumar, M. S. Alphin, Z. Edward Kennedy, N. Sriraman, Development of a co-extruded Al-Ti bimetal composite,  Materials and technology 56 (2022) 1, 73–78. doi:10.17222/mit.2021.312 

S. Raja,  D. Eshwar,  S. Natarajan,  Abdulkadir M,  M. S. Alphin, Biochar supported manganese based catalyst for low-temperature selective catalytic reduction of nitric oxide, Journal Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy (2022) , DOI 10.1007/s10098-022-02274-5

A.R. Jain, B Tony & M.S Alphin (2022) Evaluation of the bio-dynamic response of the hand-arm system and hand-tool designs - A brief review, International Journal of Occupational Safety and Ergonomics, DOI: 10.1080/10803548.2022.2060587

Kumar, M.S., Alphin, M.S. Influence of Fe–Cu-SSZ-13 and hybrid Fe–Cu-SSZ-13 zeolite catalyst in ammonia-selective catalytic reduction (NH3-SCR) of NOx. Reac Kinet Mech Cat (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11144-022-02283-x

B Rajesh Kumar., Alphin, M.S., Santhanam, V (2022). Mechanical, Vibration and Visco-elastic Behavior of Abelmoschus Esculentus Fiber Reinforced Epoxy Composite. Materiale Plastice, 59(4), 70-81. https://doi.org/10.37358/MP.22.4.5626

Sermaraj M, Ramanathan K, Rajkumar DR, Alphin MS. Effect of crack and vibration of waste tyre rubber hybrid composite for energy absorption applications. Progress in Rubber, Plastics and Recycling Technology. 2023;0(0). doi:10.1177/14777606231152508

M Sunil , Alphin MS and Manigandan S and Vignesh S and Vigneshwaran S and Subash A review of comparison between the traditional catalyst and zeolite catalyst for ammonia-selective catalytic reduction of NOx, Fuel, Vol 344, Pg 128125, Elsevier, 2023.

Kumar, M. S., & Alphin, M. S. (2022). Investigation of CNT and Zn doped Cu-SSZ-13 zeolite catalyst for ammonia selective catalytic reduction activity of NO x. Digest Journal of Nanomaterials & Biostructures (DJNB), 17(4). 

Kumar, M. S., Alphin, M. S., Kumar, P. S., & Raja, S. (2023). A review on zeolite catalyst for deNOx performance in ammonia–selective catalytic reduction. Fuel, 334, 126828.  

Kumar, M. S., Alphin, M. S., Srinivasan, S. A., Vignesh, S., & Subash, T. (2022). Characteristics analysis of hybrid ZSM-5 zeolite catalyst with nano La2Zr2O7 for ammonia-selective catalytic reduction (NH3-SCR) of NOx. DIGEST JOURNAL OF NANOMATERIALS AND BIOSTRUCTURES, 17(4), 1423-1430.

Vichitra, M., Ajith Kumar, D., Alphin, M.S., Sunil Kumar, M, Analysis of Operating Parameters of Diesel Engine using CuO Nanoparticle Blended with Peanut Biodiesel by Taguchi Method, Indian Journal of Environmental ProtectionThis link is disabled., 2023, 43(6), pp. 504–511

Arunkumar, S.Siva Ramakrishna, C., Alphin, M.S.Agrawal, V.Yadav, A.S., Optimization of stirrer speed on mechanical properties of aluminium graphite stir cast , Materials Today: Proceedings, 2023