Activities

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Patents granted/filed

Sl.No.	Name of Faculty	Patent details
1	Dr. R Ramesh Kumar, Professor (Adjunct)	Title- ENERGY ABSORPTION CARTRIDGE, Patent No.373231, Date of Grant: 29/07/2021
2	Dr. Abhilash S S	Title - AN IOT AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE BASED SYSTEM FOR WHEEL CHAIR CONTROL (Patent filed), Application No. 202141033560, Date of filing - 26/07/2021

Project fund received

Received plan fund of 90 lakhs for setting up the centre for Innovation with Dr. Prakash U, Professor as the Head of Centre. Additional 40 Lakhs was sanctioned for the conversion of Diesel bus to electric from Motor Vehicle Department.

Ongoing funded projects

Sl. No.	Name of faculty	Details of project	Project fund granted (Rs.)
1	Dr Mohan G, Professor	Hydrogen Solutions: Storage & Cooling (Five institutes consortia project) under DST scheme	43 lakhs
2	Prof M R Sarathchandradas, Professor (Adjunct)	TDAP scheme of KSCSTE: LNG /CNG conversion of Diesel Engine	10 lakhs
3	Dr R Ajith, Professor & Prof Abhilash S S, Asst. Professor	TDAP scheme of KSCSTE : Float type wave energy converter	5 lakhs
4	Dr Mohan G, Professor	Development of Novel Metal Hydride Thermal Actuators and their Performance Evaluation’ was approved for funding under Research Promotion Scheme (RPS) of AICTE during the financial year 2021-22. As per the proposal a novel metal hydride based thermal actuator is proposed to be developed which can act as a self-sensing thermal actuator with improved characteristics	19 lakhs

Partial list of Consultancy work undertaken

Sl. No.	Name of faculty	Details of consultancy Hydrogen Solutions: Storage & Cooling (Five institutes consortia project) under DST scheme
1	Dr. Prakash U, Professor	Technical Committee member for the purchase of enforcement equipment’s for Kerala State Police Department
2	Dr. Prakash U, Professor	Technical Evaluation Committee for evaluating the speed of a vehicle involving accident of a journalist for the Police Department.
3	Dr. Kamal Krishna R	Consultancy work on structural frame analysis of fire engine body for Fire & Rescue Department.

External talks conducted by faculty

Sl. No.	Name of faculty	Details of event
1	Dr. Prakash U, Professor	A technical talk on “FUTURE AUTOMOBILES - LOW EMISSION AND ZERO EMISSION VEHICLES” at Intersociety Weekly Webinar Series Talk conducted by Institute of Engineers
2	Dr. Prakash U, Professor	Invited lecture at FDP on “Acoustic Emission” in faculty development program conducted by PES College of Engineering, Mandya, Karnataka on the topic Diagnostic Maintenance of Mechanical Systems on 9 th November 2021

Recent training programmes conducted

Sl. No.	Title of programme	Date conducted	Name of coordinators	Departmental Association/ Professional Body, if any	Target group
1	The Art Gallery of Engineering Graphics	2nd Aug to 6th Aug 2021	Dr. Anilkumar S H & Dr. Arun M	Sponsored by KTU	Faculty members
2	Introduction to GD&T	17th July 2021	Dr. Anoop Kumar S	ISNT Chapter, SCT College of Engineering	Students
3	Outcome based Education and NBA Accreditation	7th June to 12th June 2021	Dr. Anoop Kumar S & Dr. Shyji S	Centre for Continuing Education, SCTCE	Faculty members
4	Technical Talk on "Energy Management System in Electric and Hybrid Vehicles” by Dr. Ajith V Pai, JLR, UK	6th June 2021	Dr. Prakash U	SAE Collegiate Club, SCTCE	Students
5	Two days Technical Workshop on "Motor Vehicle Act and Schedules" by MVI Mr. Nazeeb from Motor Vehicle Department	8th and 9th June 2021	Dr. Prakash U and Sabu V R	SAE Collegiate Club, SCTCE	Students
6	One day talk on “Design and optimization of EV modules using Simulink” by Dr. Nithin Raj, GEC, Wayanad	8th September 2021	Prof. V K Chithrakumar	Department	Faculty & students

Partial List of recent publications

• Premkumar J “Microstructure and Hardness Evaluation of Functionally Graded A356-20 wt.% SiCP Composite”, Advances in Systems Engineering, Springer, Singapore. Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering, pp 235-243, (2021). doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-8025-3_23
• Gijoy S “The Importance of Geometrical Parameters on the Mechanical Stability of Roebel Cables.” IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity, IEEE publications, vol. 31, no. 1, pp. 1-7, Jan. 2021, Art no. 6600107. https://doi.org/10.1109/TASC.2020.3020246
• Kamal Krishna R ‘A Finite Element model for predicting accurately the dynamic characteristics of a flexible tube Coriolis mass flow meter using First order shear deformation shell theory’, Journal of Flow Measurements and Instrumentation, Elsevier.(2021) DOI: 10.1016/j.flowmeasinst.2021.101947 First Author- (SCIE)
• Kamal Krishna R ‘Comparison of Experimental and Operational modal analysis on a flexible silicone tube conveying fluid’, Indo-Korean workshop on, ‘Multi-Functional Materials for Extreme Loading’ (MFMEL 2021), IIT Madras, 22nd -24th February 2021. International Conference – First Author
• Kamal Krishna R An Investigation on Vibrational and Thermal Characteristics of Composite tubes conveying fluids’, 14thInternational Conference on Advanced Computational Engineering and Experimenting, ACEX 2021, Malta, July 5-9 2021. International Conference – First Author
• Abhilash S S, Prabha Sankar. A, D. Lenin Singaravelu: “Processing and characterization of rotomolded high-density polyethylene with rice husk particles as reinforcement”; 4th International Conference on Advanced Materials and Modern Manufacturing – ICAMMM 2021, 26-28 March 2021
• S. S. Abhilash, Roshan Lal A, D. Lenin Singaravelu; A Comparative Study of Mechanical, Morphological and Vibration Damping Characteristics of Wood Fiber Reinforced LLDPE Processed by Rotational Moulding; Proceedings of International Conference on Advances in Mechanical Engineering ICAME 2021, July 2021. (Accepted)
• Anoop M S “An investigation to study the combined effect of different infill pattern and infill density on the impact strength of 3D printed polylactic acid parts”, Composites Communications, 2021-04 | journal-article DOI: 10.1016/j.coco.2020.100605 Part of ISSN: 2452-2139
• Anoop M S “An investigation on viscoelastic characteristics of 3D-printed FDM components using RVE numerical analysis”, Journal of the Brazilian Society of Mechanical Sciences and Engineering; 2021-01 | journal-article DOI: 10.1007/s40430-020-02724-5
• Rinu Sathyan “A combined big data analytics and Fuzzy DEMATEL technique to improve the responsiveness of automotive supply chains”. Journal of Ambient Intelligence and Humanized Computing 12, 7949–7963 (2021)(SCIE). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12652-020-02524-8
• Sreejith B J “Modelling and comparison of three-echelon production- inventory supply chain models for a deteriorating product with and without backlogging” International Journal of Industrial and systems Engineering 37 (2), 265-282. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJISE.2021.112879
• R R Kumar, “Thermo-structural analysis of cryogenic tanks with common bulkhead configuration”, Proc IMechE Part G: Jnl. of Aerospace Engineering, pp 1-10, June 11, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1177/09544100211024789 SCI Expanded.
• Kumar R.R., Analytical approach for large size reinforced square hole with rounded corners in orthotropic circular cylindrical shells, Journal of Aerospace Science and Technologies, Vol. 73 (2), pp. 84-95, May, 2021. UGC –CARE
• Shyji S, “Microstructure and Hardness Evaluation of Functionally Graded A356-20 wt.% SiCP Composite”, Advances in Systems Engineering, Springer, Singapore. Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering, pp 235-243, (2021). doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-8025-3_23
• Sumesh CK, Jothi T. Aerodynamic noise from an asymmetric airfoil with perforated extension plates at the trailing edge. International Journal of Aeroacoustics. 2021;20(1-2):88-108. doi:10.1177/1475472X20978388
• Sanukrishna S.S., Jose Prakash M., “Effect of TiO2 Nanoparticles on the Heat Transfer Characteristics of R134a Refrigerant-An Experimental Investigation”, International Conference on Nanomaterials (ICN 2021),MG University , Kottayam, 9-11 April 2021 (First author)
• Sanukrishna S.S, Maneesh Murukan, Jose Prakash.M, “ Experimental Investigation on the Effect of Al2O3 Nanoparticles on the Flow Boiling Heat Transfer Characteristics of R134a Refrigerant” 26th National and 4th International ISHMT-ASTFE Heat and Mass Transfer Conference(IHMTC 2021), IIT Madras, Dec 17-21, 2021 (Manuscript accepted). [First Author]

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