1. Research Activities of the Faculty Members

Department of AUTOMOBILE ENGINEERING

Research Activity Report (July 2016- Dec 2016)

1. Research activities of the faculty members:

Number of faculty in the Department : 12

Number of faculty with Ph D qualification : 02

Number of faculty pursuing Ph D : 06

A). Papers published by the faculty members in National and International Journals:

S. No. / Name of Faculty / Title of the paper / Name of the Journal / Date
1 / Dr.J.Venkatesan / Study of Corrosion Behaviour of Tungsten Carbide, Aluminium Chromo Nitride Coated and Diamond Like Carbone Coated End Milling Insert / International Journal of Chem Tech Research [ISSN: 0974-4290], Vol. 9, No. 7, pp. 242-247 / 2016
2 / Dr.Ganesh V / Simulation of Influence of Crosswind Gusts on a Four Wheeler using Matlab
Simulink / International Journal on Recent and Innovation Trends in Computing and Communication, Vol. 4, Issue 6, pp-125-129 / 2016
3 / Mr.S.Premnath / Optimization of combustion chamber along with injection parameters for jatropha biodiesel blends in a single cylinder diesel engine using grade analysis and ANOVA / Oxidation Communications Book 3, vol. 39, no.2, pp. 2618-2629, ISSN : 0209-4541 / 2016
4 / A Simulation study of airflow in different types of combustion chambers for a single cylinder diesel engine / Thermal Science, Vol.20, no.4, pp. S1145-S1151, ISSN : 0354-9836 / 2016

B). Papers presented by the faculty members in National and International conferences/ symposiums/ workshops:

S. No. / Name of Faculty / Title of the paper / Name of the Conference/ symposium/ workshop / Date
1 / Dr.J.Venkatesan / Analysis Of Thermo-Mechanical Behaviour Of Air Compressor In Automotive Braking System / International Conference on Mechatronics and Mechanical Engineering (ICMME2016) / 21.10.2016
to
23.10.2016
Estimation of Multiple Interfacial Heat Flux Components in Gravity Die Casting of A413 Alloy / International Conference on Design and Manufacturing (IConDM 2016) / 16.12.2016
&
17.12.2016

C). National and International Conferences/ symposiums/ workshops attended by the Faculty members:

S. No. / Name of Faculty / Name of the Conference/ symposium/ workshop / Place / Date
1 / Mr.A.Balasubramanian
Associate Professor / FDP on “Strength of Materials using COMSOL Multiphysics” / Rajalakshmi College of Engineering / 04.09.2016
05.09.2016
2 / Mr.S.Premnath
Asst. Professor
3 / Mr.J.Dhanabal
Asst. Professor / FDTP on “AT6604 – Vehicle Dynamics” / Sri Venkateswara
College of
Engineering / 23.09.2016 to 30.09.2016.
4 / Mr. K. Paul Durai
Asst. Professor
5 / Mr. G. Ravi
Asst. Professor
6 / Mr.Ramanjaneyulu Kolla
Asst. Professor
7 / Mr.E.Ravindar Rao
Asst. Professor
8 / Mr.K.E.Kumaraguru
Asst. Professor
9 / Mr.R.Sakthivel
Asst. Professor
10 / Mr. A.K. Boobalasenthilraj,
Asst. Professor

2) Departmental research activities:

A). Symposium, Conferences, Workshop and Guest lecturers Conducted:

S. No. / Name of the Event / Place / Period / Funding Agency / National/
International / Convener and Faculty
In-charge
1 / National level Symposium
TRAXION’16 / SVCE / 27.08.16 / - / National / Mr.J.Dhanabal
AP/AE
2 / FDTP on
“AT6604 - Vehicle Dynamics” / SVCE / 23.09.16 to
30.09.16 / - / National / 1.Dr.J.Venkatesan
Prof. & Head/AE
2.Dr.V.Ganesh
Assoc. Prof/AE
3 / Guest Lectures / Mr.Sricharan Kasturirangan
Divisional Manager
Daimler Buses India,
Chennai / SVCE / 20.07.16 / SVCE / National / Mr.J.Dhanabal
AP/AE
4 / Mr. V. P. Ranganathan,
DGM(Engg. &
Development) Devel Simpson & Co. Ltd
Chennai / SVCE / 25.07.16 / SVCE / National
5 / Mr. Senthil Kumar
Govindan
Principal Member- R & D ntrols TAFE Ltd.,
Chennai / SVCE / 27.08.16 / SVCE / National
6 / Dr. K. Bhaskar
Professor & Head
Dept. of Automobile
Engineering, ering, REC Chennai / SVCE / 27.08.16 / SVCE / National
7 / Mr. R. Prabu
Deputy Manager
JCBL Marrel Automotive
Ltd., / SVCE / 10.09.16 / SVCE / National

B) Students Awards:

S.No. / Name of the Student / Award
1 / SUPRA SAEINDIA 2016 (Team of Automobile and Mechanical Students) / 33rd rank among 173 teams
2 / BAJA SAEINDIA 2017 / Finished top 50 in the virtual round

c) Ongoing funded projects in the in the Department: NIL

C). Projects submitted to Funding Agencies by the Department:

S.No. / Name of the Project / Funding Agency / Period &
Amount applied / Coordinators
1 / Comparison of Dynamic and In-vehicle Fuel Measurement of Commercial Vehicles and Mathematical Modelling for Real Time Conditions / SERB,
New Delhi / Three years
19 lakhs / Dr.S.Saravanan, Prof. /ME
Mr.G.Ravi
Asst. Prof./AE
2 / Noise, Vibration and Durability Analysis of an Automotive CI Engine Fuelled with Biodiesel Blends / SERB,
New Delhi / Three years
19 lakhs / Dr.S.Saravanan, Prof. /ME
Mr.E.Ravindar Rao
Asst. Prof./AE

D). Research centre status of the department: NA

3) Student Research Activities:

1)  A). List of projects carried out by the students in the department as in house and Industrial project: NA

B). Research Publications by students in National and International Journal: NIL

C).Research Presentations by students in National and International Conferences/ symposiums/ workshops:

S. No. / Name of Student / Title of the paper / Name of the Conference/ symposium/ workshop / National/
International / Venue / Date
1 / Mr.Chidambaram. SP
Mr. Anand Suresh
Mr. Saravanan. K / ANALYSIS OF THERMO-MECHANICAL BEHAVIOUR OF AIR COMPRESSOR IN AUTOMOTIVE BRAKING SYSTEM / International Conference on Mechatronics and Mechanical Engineering (ICMME2016) / International / Shanghai, China / 21.10.16&
23.10.16

D) National and International Conferences/ symposiums/ workshops attended by the students:

S. No. / Name of Student / Name of the Event / National/
International / Venue / Date
1. / Jacob Junanni
(II yr Auto.) / Winner of LANSTROM (COD) event hosted by Aaruush’ 16, A NAtional level Techno Management Fest. / National / SRM University, Kattankulathur,Chennai / 28.09.16
to 01.09.16
2. / Jacob Junanni
(II yr Auto.) / Attended in Game a thon - cod4 during graVITas’16. An international Knowledge Carnival / International / VIT University,Vellore / 23.09.16
to
25.09.16
3. / Athul Kishan. S
( III yr Auto.) / Attended in BRAIMAC during the NAtional Level Technical Symposium IGNITION 2016 / National / Department of Mechanical Engineering, SVCE / 24.09.16
4. / Sudarsan. V
(III yr Auto) / Attended in in Paper Presentation conducted at INVENTE 2016 / National / SSN College of Engineering / 09.09.16
10.09.16
5. / Saibernard. Y
(III yr Auto) / Attended in in Paper Presentation conducted at INVENTE 2016 / National / SSN College of Engineering / 09.09.16
10.09.16
6. / Vasanth Kumar B
( IV yr Auto. ) / Attended CRDI workshop conducted by BOSCH Private Limited in the inter-college technical symposium SPARK’ 2016. / National / Society of Automobile ENgineers Association. MIT, chennai / 07.10.16
7. / Vishnnu. V
( IV yr Auto. ) / Attended CRDI workshop conducted by BOSCH Private Limited in the inter-college technical symposium SPARK’ 2016. / National / Society of Automobile ENgineers Association. MIT, chennai / 07.10.16

4) Sponsorship details of faculty and students:

I) Sponsorship for faculty members:

A) Faculty sponsored for presentation in National Conferences/ symposiums/ workshops: NIL

B) Faculty sponsored for presentation in International Conferences/ symposiums/ workshops: NIL

C) Faculty sponsored for attending National Conferences/ symposiums/ workshops: NIL

II) Sponsorship for Students:

A) Students sponsored for presentation in National Conferences/ symposiums/ workshops: NIL

B). Students sponsored for presentation in International Conferences/ symposiums/ workshops:

S.No. / Name of the Faculty / Date / Name of the Conference/ symposium/ workshop / Venue / Sponsorship Amount(Rs.)
1 / Mr.Chidambaram. SP
Mr. Anand Suresh
Mr. Saravanan. K / 21.10.16&
23.10.16 / International Conference on Mechatronics and Mechanical Engineering (ICMME2016) / Shanghai, China / 80,418.00

C). Students sponsored for attending national Conferences/ symposiums/ workshops: Nil

5)  Research cell(s) /area(s) of research in the department:

·  Automotive Research Cell provide consultancy services to research scholars and automotive industries

·  Automotive Brakes

·  Vehicle Dynamics

6)  Consultancy work in the department:

·  Automotive Research Cell provided research consultancy to research scholars of various universities to complete their research works. An amount of Rs.0.74 lakhs was generated through this consultancy services

7)  Patent information: NIL

Research objective coordinator HOD/AE