PROFILE OF Dr. B. RAVI SANKAR, Mechanical Engineering, Bapatla Engineering College, Bapatla Name in Full: BHUVANAGIRI RAVI SANKAR Date of Birth: 09/08/1978 Address: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Bapatla Engineering College Bapatla, Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh-523166, India Email: ravinano@gmail.com Contact Mobile Number: +91 9292906720 Educational Qualifications: (from UG onwards) Degree Division Specialization Mechanical B.Tech. First Class Engineering (Spl. in Industrial and Production Engineering) M. Tech. Distinction Production Engineering Ph.D Mechanical Engineering Name of the University/Institute Nagarjuna University, Guntur Acharya Nagarjuna University, Guntur Andhra University, Visakhapatnam. Degree Awarded 2002 2005 2013 Details of Doctoral Thesis: Area of Thesis work: Nanofluids and Thermal Engineering Title of Thesis: Experimental Investigations on the Performance of Al 2 O 3 - Water Nanofluid as Radiator Coolant in an Automobile Engine
Professional Experience: Address of the Institution Position held Duration Nature of Experience (i) Taught courses to the students of B.Tech.(Mech. Engg) and Bapatla Engineering From M.Tech (CAD/CAM program). College, Bapatla, Andhra October (ii) Guiding Research Scholars for Pradesh, India. 2015 PhD. (iii) Participating as a member in internal college committees (i) Taught courses to the students Bapatla Engineering College, Bapatla, Andhra Pradesh, India. Associate June 2014 to October 2015 of B.Tech.(Mech. Engg) and M.Tech (CAD/CAM program). (ii) Guiding Research Scholars for PhD. (i) Taught courses to the students R.V.R & J.C. College of Engineering, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, India. Assistant April 2007 to May 2014 of B.Tech.(Mech. Engg) and M.Tech (Machine Design, CAD/CAM programs). (ii) Conducted Research at PG Level (iii) Administrative works Aditya Institute of Technology and Management, Tekkali, Andhra Pradesh, India. Assistant 2 years (2005 to 2007) (i) Taught courses to the students of B.Tech. (ii)coordinated the industrial training programs of the undergraduate students Areas of Research: Nanofluids, Heat Transfer, Exergy Analysis, Composite materials, Friction stir welding
Research Guidance: Seven scholars are currently working for PhD. 1. Sucharita Madasu, Bharat University, Chennai. 2. Gandham Malakondaiah, Saint Mary s College of Engineering, Deshmukhi, Hyderabad. 3. Dhanalakoti Satyanarayana, Sir CRR College of Engineering, Eluru. 4. Seela Chirangeeva Rao, GMR Institute of Technology, Rajam. 5. Nageswara Rao, Narasaraopeta Engineering College, Narasaraopeta. 6. T. Suseela, ANU College of Engineering, Guntur. 7. T. Punnamma, Universal College of Engineering and Technology, Guntur. Reviewer for Journals International Journal of Automotive and Mechanical Engineering (IJAME) Universal Researchers in Engineering (URENG) International Journal of Engineering Science and Technology (MULTICRAFT) Multidiscipline Modeling in Materials and Structures (EMERALD) Editorial Board Member Journal of Material Science and Mechanical Engineering (JMSME) Memberships in the Professional Societies: Life member in International Association of Engineers Life member in International Institute of Engineers Member in International Association of Computer Science and Information Technology Administrative Duties Member of Research Advisory Committee at BEC, Bapatla. Member of Student Activities Committee at BEC, Bapatla. In charge of Thermal Sciences laboratory at RVRJCCE, Guntur. Member of Student Amenities Committee at RVRJCCE, Guntur. Member of Renewable Energy Club at RVRJCCE. Guntur.
Conference Organised Co-Convener for the International conference on Innovative Trends in Mechanical, Material, Manufacturing, Automobile and Aeronautical Engineering (ITMAAE- 2015), Bapatla Engineering College, Bapatla during 1-2 April, 2015. Organising committee member for the National Conference on Recent Advances in Mechanical Engineering, NCRAME 2011, R.V.R. &J.C. College of Engineering during 6-7 July, 2011. Workshops/seminars / Courses Attended: Participated in AICTE sponsored National work shop on Nanotechnology- A Fuel for Chemical Industry (NTFC-2013) Conducted by Department of Chemical Engineering, R.V.R&J.C College of Engineering, Guntur during September 20-21, 2013. Participated in a DST sponsored National Seminar on Futuristic Trends of Nanocomposites and their fabrication Conducted by Department of Mechanical Engineering, R.V.R&J.C College of Engineering, Guntur during September 6-7, 2013. Participated in a UGC sponsored National Seminar on Solar Energy Harvesting Through Photovoltaic Cells and Storage (SEHTPVAS-13) organised by Departments of Physics and Chemical Engineering, R.V.R&J.C College of Engineering, Guntur during June 21-22, 2013. Attended a One Day Faculty Orientation Program on Vibrations and Rotor Dynamics Organized by Department of Mechanical Engineering, A.U. College of Engineering (Autonomous), Visakhapatnam on 30 th November, 2012. Participated in the Two Day work shop on Role of Exergy Analysis in Advanced Energy Systems for reduced Global Warming Conducted by Department of Mechanical Engineering, Vignan s Engineering College, Guntur during July 30-31, 2008. Attended a Short-Term intensive course on Advances in Composite Materials Organized by Department of Mechanical Engineering, Vignan s Engineering College, Guntur during June 28-30, 2007.
Participated in a National work shop on Computer applications In Solids, Fluids and Thermal Sciences Conducted by Department of Mechanical Engineering, Maharaja Vijayaram Gajapathi Raj College of Engineering, Vizianagaram during March 23-24, 2007. Participated in a National work shop on Composite Materials Organised by Department of Metallurgical Engineering, A.U. College of Engineering, Visakhapatnam during 27-28 February 2007. Publications: International Journals 1. Optimization of Milling Process on Jute Polyester Composite using Taguchi based Grey Relational Analysis coupled with Principle Component Analysis, Procedia Materials Today, Vol.2, (2015) pp. 2522 2531. DOI:10.1016/j.matpr.2015.07.197 2. Design Optimisation of Heat Exchanger based on Exergy Analysis Journal of Material Science and Mechanical Engineering (JMSME), Volume 2, Number 3, pp. 187-191. 3. Drilling of laminated composites Journal of Basic and Applied Engineering Research, Volume 1, Number 3, October 2014, pp 19-24. 4. Influence of Nanoparticle Volume Fraction, Particle size and Temperature on Thermal Conductivity and Viscosity of Nanofluids - A Review International Journal of Automotive and Mechanical Engineering (IJAME), Vol. 8, P.P. 1329-1352, December 2013. 5. A Genetic Algorithm based Optimising Scheme to enhance the performance of Automobile Radiator International Journal of Lean Thinking ( IJLT), Vol. 4 No.2, P.P. 33-42, December 2013. 6. Thermodynamic Analysis of Gas Turbine Power Plant, International Journal of Mechanical Engineering Research & Applications, Vol. 1 (04), P.P. 73-77, September 2013. 7. Exergy Analysis of Gas Turbine Power Plant", International Journal of Engineering Trends and Technology (IJETT), Vol. 4 issue 9, P.P. 3991-3993, September 2013. 8. First Law and Second Law Analysis of Gas Turbine Plant, International Journal of Mechanical Engineering Research, Vol. 3 No.4, P.P. 415-420, September 2013.
9. Parametric Analysis of Friction Stir Welding on AA6061 Aluminum Alloy, International Journal of Mechanical Engineering Research, Vol. 3 No.5, P.P. 557-563, September 2013. 10. Experimental investigation on stability of Al 2 O 3 - Water Nanofluid using response surface methodology, International Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Volume 3, Number 3 (2012), pp. 149-160. 11. Nanofluid Thermal conductivity-a Review International Journal of Advances in Science and Technology, Volume 3, Number 3 (2012). International Conferences 1. Investigations on the Forces During Hard Turning of Aisi52100 Steel Proceedings of International Conference on Trends in Industrial & Mechanical Engineering (ICTIME-2016), MANIT, Bhopal, Feb 4-6, 2016. (Accepted for presentation) 2. Investigations on the Surface Roughness of Drilled Hole on Carbon Fiber Reinforced Plastic Composite Proceedings of International Conference on Trends in Industrial & Mechanical Engineering (ICTIME-2016), MANIT, Bhopal, Feb 4-6, 2016. (Accepted for presentation) 3. Response Surface Method Based Analysis of Thrust Force During Drilling Of Carbon Fiber Reinforced Plastic Composite Proceedings of International Conference on Industrial Engineering (ICIE-2015), SVNIT, Surat, Nov 26-28, 2015. (Accepted for presentation) 4. Optimizing Drilling Parameters to Minimize Delamination in Drilling of Carbon Fiber Reinforced Plastic Composite Using Response Surface Methodology, Proceedings of Indo-Brazil Bilateral International Conference on Advanced Materials and Manufacturing ICAMM 2015, Tirunelveli, March 27-28, 2015. 5. Optimisation Of Friction Stir Welding On AA6061 Alloy Using Response Surface Methodology Coupled With Grey Relational Analysis And Entropy Method, Proceedings of International Conference on Advances in Production and Industrial Engineering (INCAPIE 2015), NIT Trichy, Feb 20-21, 2015, pp.198-203 6. Optimization of Milling Process on Jute Polyester Composite using Taguchi based Grey Relational Analysis coupled with Principle Component Analysis, 4th International Conference on Materials Processing and Characterization, Gokaraju Rangaraju Institute of Engineering & Technology, Hyderabad, Mar 27-28, 2015.
7. Experimental investigations on hardness and tensile strength of friction stir welded joint on AA6061 alloy, Proceedings of International Conference on Industrial, Mechanical and Production Engineering: Advancements and Current Trends, MANIT, Bhopal, volume 1, Nov 2014, pp 199-204. National Conferences 1. Presented a paper entitled ANN Approach for Scheduling FMS at A National Level Technical Symposium MANUSYS-2002 held at Anna University, Chennai in February, 2002. 2. Presented a paper entitled Simulation based Modelling for Real Time Scheduling in FMS under Random Environment at A National Level Student s Technical Conference JETMECH2002 Organised by Department of Mechanical Engineering, Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai in February, 2002. DECLARATION I hereby affirm that the details furnished above are true and correct to the best of my knowledge and belief. (Dr. B. Ravi Sankar)