Dr. S. R e n o l d E l s e n

Associate Professor,

Department of Design and Automation,

School of Mechanical Engineering, VIT Vellore.

A passionate faculty with an exceptional blend of teaching, skill development, and research practises. Gains inspiration and motivation from activities in the field of research and academic. Have proven proficiency in the research field with 30+ Indexed Journals, three book chapters as well as have registered 5 patents of which 1 is granted. Delivered many guest lectures and conducted One Virtual international conference and One International Workshop, more than 10 workshops, and attended more than 15 FDP’s and workshops to hone teaching skills also presented more than 20 research papers in various national and international conferences.

EXPERIENCE

With more than 12 years of teaching experience, he has 10 years of hands on experience in the areas of Design, Advanced Ceramics, Additive manufacturing, bioscaffolds and Finite Element Analysis. He worked in design and analysis of boiler components for a BHEL sponsored consultancy project in Association with National Institute of Technology-Trichy (NITT).

Academic

Associate Professor (May 2018 - Till Now)

Vellore Institute of Technology - Vellore

Assistant Professor (Sep 2017 – April 2018)

SRM Institute of Technology - Chennai

Assistant Professor (June 2012 – Sep 2017)

MIET Engineering College - Trichy

Senior Research Fellow (Jan 2010 – Jan 2012)

National Institute of Technology - Trichy

Lecturer (May 2009 - Jan 2010)

JJ College of Engineering and Technology - Trichy

Research

Worked in the Modeling and structural analysis of Support system for CFBC FBHE coils and Back pass surfaces in CFBC boilers, Bharat Heavy Electrical Limited, Tiruchirappalli, Rs. 9,00,000/-.
Workded in the assessment for Distribution of Load Transfer Pattern and Stress Distribution with large openings in the Furnace walls of CFBC boilers, Bharat Heavy Electrical Limited, Tiruchirappalli, Rs. 7,50,000/-.

AWARDS

Honoured as winner in the 11^th edition of Altair Optimization Contest 2022 organised by Altair India a National level competition.
Honoured as winner in the National level World Space Week 2020 Design Competition, organized by SATISH DHAWAN SPACE CENTRE SHAR, SRIHARIKOTA.
Honoured with “BEST PAPER AWARD” for the paper presented in “ICDAC-2020” referred International Conference organised by VELLORE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, Vellore, Tamil Nadu.
Honoured with “APJ ABDUL KALAM ADVISOR AWARD” for outstanding performance in “FTRI-2019” organised by VELLORE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, Vellore, Tamil Nadu.
Honoured with “BEST PAPER AWARD” for the paper presented in “ICRAMID-2014” IEEE referred International Conference organised by PONJESLY COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu.
Honoured with “Research Award” in the year 2019 and 2020 by VELLORE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, Vellore, Tamil Nadu.
Instrumental in obtaining the INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS AWARD - 2016 for MIET Engineering College-Trichy.

CERTIFICATION

Certified in MSME Six Sigma (Green Belt)
Certified as ASNT LEVEL II Inspector in LPI and MPI.
Certified in ISNT LEVEL II Inspector in LPI.
Certified NABL Internal Auditor for Laboratories.
Certified AUTODESK Associate in Fusion 360 CAD