Kumaran Engineers

[Arnaude Kubiak]

ProfS. Kumaran is currently a Professor of the Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli. He is having a long association with the Institute as a regular faculty since 2000. Prior to joining the Institute, he had been working with Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL), Bangalore as a Project Engineer. He had been conferred Ph.D for his research on Powder processing of Titanium aluminides from the National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli. He has completed both his Post graduation and Bachelor graduation from PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore. He is the recipient of DST fast track research project award. He has received DST-Boycast fellowship for his Post-Doctoral Research under the mentoring of Prof. C. Suriyanarayana at University of Central Florida, USA. Later, he was a visiting scientist MRISUS, AIST Nagoya, Japan; Centre for Innovative Sintered Product, Pennstate University, Park, PA, USA and Surface Engineering Laboratory, Stony Brooke University, USA.

The current research includes advanced processing and structural-property correlation of Hydrogen storage materials, Thermoelectric materials, Biodegradable alloys, Magnesium alloys, Oxide dispersed strengthened alloys and advanced materials joining etc. Many sponsored projects by the various public funding agencies such as MHRD, ISRO, DST, SERB, MNRE, ARDB, CSIR, DRDO etc., for the net tune of 10 crores were received and few more sponsored research projects are under progress.

21. Development of Nano-Oxide Dispersion Strengthened Ferritic / Martensitic Steels by Spark Plasma Sintering and Study their High Temperature Properties (2016) Principal Investigator

20. Development Nano-structured Magnesium Silicide Thermo-electric materials by Spark Plasma Sintering and Evaluation of Electric Power Generation from Thermal Systems (2016) Principal Investigator

105 KVV Nagaraj, S.Kumaran, and T. Srinivasa Rao, Microwave sintering response of different grade stainless steels and its influence on metallurgical properties. Powder Metallurgy (2021)

5. G. Paul Selvarathinam, S. Premkumar, S. Kumaran, T. Srinivasa Rao, "Electrical Conductivity and Microstructural Studies on Sintered Cu-graphite-Zr Composites" presented in the 29th National PM Conference held at Goa during January 30-31, 2003.

6. S. Varalakshmi, S. Kumaran, T. Srinivasa Rao, Microstructural Development and Phase Evolution of Centrifugal Ball Milled Al-Ni-Zr Powders National Conference on Materials Processing and Failure Analysis held at Regional Engineering College, Tiruchirappalli, June 19-20, 2003

8. R. Balaji, S. Kumaran, T. Srinivasa Rao, Effect of Cold Deformation on Age Hardening Behaviour of AZ91 Magnesium Alloy, presented in the International Conference on Heat Treatment of Industrial Components (International Heat Treat 2004), held at Chennai during January, 2004.

9. R. Arockiakumar, S. Kumaran, T. Srinivasa Rao, Particulate Reinforced Hybrid Aluminium Metal Matrix Composite: Microstructures and Mechanical Properties presented in the 30th National P/M Conference and Annual Technical Meeting held at Kolkata, during January 21-22, 2004.

11. P.Susila, S. Kumaran, T. Srinivasa Rao, Synthesis and Characterization of Al-Ni-Zr Powders by Mechanical Alloying National Conference on Recent Trends in Materials, Manufacturing and Design, May, 2006, Salem.

12. S. Kumaran, T. Srinivasa Rao, Formation of Nanostructure and its Stability of Mechanically Alloyed High Niobium Containing Ti-Al alloy, Int. Conference on Recent Advances in Materials and Processing, December, 2006, Coimbatore.

13. S. Suresh kumar, M. Nandhakumaran, S. Kumaran, T. Srinivasa Rao, Development of TiAl dispersed Aluminium / Aluminium Composites through Powder Metallurgy, Int. Conference on Recent Advances in Materials and Processing, December, 2006, Coimbatore.

29. Naresh Nalajal, S.Kumaran, T.Srinivasa Rao Synthesis and Characterization of Nanostructured Mg based Multicomponent Alloys for Hydrogen Storage Applications through Mechanical Alloying, Presented at Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, January, 2010

30. G. Sailaja, S. Kumaran, T. Srinivasa Rao Synthesis and Characterization of Nanostructured Mg-Ti Binary Alloys by Mechanical Alloying for Hydrogen Storage Applications, Accepted for an International Conference on Nano Materials and Applications, to be held at PSG College of Technology, 2010

2. P Vuvekanandhan, R Murugasami S Kumaran, Spark Plasma Induced Combustion Synthesis, densification and Charcaterization of Nanostructured Magnesium Silicides for Mid Temperature Energy Harvesting Application, Computational Technologies in Materials Science CRC Press,

3. Arun Raphel, P. Vivekanandhan, S. Kumaran, Green energy harvesting using high entropy thermoelectric alloys, Computational Intelligence based Optimization of Manufacturing Process for Sustainable Materials, CRC Press,

120. K. Ananthakumar and S. Kumaran, Plasma-Assisted Sintering of Diffusion Bonded Dissimilar Titanium-SS304l: Role of Bonding Pressure and Heating, Rate on Microstructure and Mechanical Properties, Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance, 2023

119. Thangavel N.;Kumaran S. Phase Evolution Mechanism of Cu2Se Compound During Mechanical Milling and Spark Plasma Sintering Process, Transactions of the Indian Institute of Metals, Volume 76, Year 2023, Pages 937-944

115. Thangavel N.;Kumaran S, Enhancement in Power Factor of Al-Doped Cu2Se Thermoelectric Compound Prepared by Combustion Synthesis via Spark Plasma Sintering Technique, Electronic Materials Letters, Year 2023

112. Kumar D.P.;Kumaran S. , Evaluating the Microstructural, Mechanical, and Electrochemical Behavior of Spark Plasma-Assisted Dissimilar Joining of 17-4 PH Stainless Steel to Inconel 718, Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance, Year 2022

7. G. Paul Selvarathinam, S. Premkumar, S. Kumaran, T. Srinivasa Rao, "Electrical Conductivity and Microstructural Studies on Sintered Cu-graphite-Zr Composites" presented in the 29th National PM Conference held at Goa during January 30-31, 2003.

8. S. Varalakshmi, S. Kumaran, T. Srinivasa Rao, Microstructural Development and Phase Evolution of Centrifugal Ball Milled Al-Ni-Zr Powders National Conference on Materials Processing and Failure Analysis held at Regional Engineering College, Tiruchirappalli, June 19-20, 2003

10. R. Balaji, S. Kumaran, T. Srinivasa Rao, Effect of Cold Deformation on Age Hardening Behaviour of AZ91 Magnesium Alloy, presented in the International Conference on Heat Treatment of Industrial Components (International Heat Treat 2004), held at Chennai during January, 2004.

11. R. Arockiakumar, S. Kumaran, T. Srinivasa Rao, Particulate Reinforced Hybrid Aluminium Metal Matrix Composite: Microstructures and Mechanical Properties presented in the 30th National P/M Conference and Annual Technical Meeting held at Kolkata, during January 21-22, 2004.

13. P.Susila, S. Kumaran, T. Srinivasa Rao, Synthesis and Characterization of Al-Ni-Zr Powders by Mechanical Alloying National Conference on Recent Trends in Materials, Manufacturing and Design, May, 2006, Salem.

14. S. Kumaran, T. Srinivasa Rao, Formation of Nanostructure and its Stability of Mechanically Alloyed High Niobium Containing Ti-Al alloy, Int. Conference on Recent Advances in Materials and Processing, December, 2006, Coimbatore.

15. S. Suresh kumar, M. Nandhakumaran, S. Kumaran, T. Srinivasa Rao, Development of TiAl dispersed Aluminium / Aluminium Composites through Powder Metallurgy, Int. Conference on Recent Advances in Materials and Processing, December, 2006, Coimbatore.

31. Naresh Nalajal, S.Kumaran, T.Srinivasa Rao Synthesis and Characterization of Nanostructured Mg based Multicomponent Alloys for Hydrogen Storage Applications through Mechanical Alloying, Presented at Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, January, 2010

32. G. Sailaja, S. Kumaran, T. Srinivasa Rao Synthesis and Characterization of Nanostructured Mg-Ti Binary Alloys by Mechanical Alloying for Hydrogen Storage Applications, Accepted for an International Conference on Nano Materials and Applications, to be held at PSG College of Technology, 2010

Usha and Chandrakumaran met in Bandarawela, where he was already working as an Engineer for the Department of Machinery and Equipment, and Usha was in her first posting as a young Engineer with the Highways Department. Previously, he had worked with the State Engineering Corporation. Among his many projects in different parts of the country was the dredging and cleanup of the Nuwara Eliya lake which was a priority project for then Minister Gamini Dissanayake.

My lasting memories of Chandrakumaran are from our first year at Jayatilaka Hall. It was an experience in congenial socialization that has been of lasting benefit not only to both of us, but also, I would like to think, to everyone else who went through their first years in the halls of residence at Peradeniya.

Jayatilaka Hall was one of the first Halls of Residence at Peradeniya, along with the neighbouring Arunachalam Hall, and was located right across from the Science Faculty and was off the main campus roundabout on Galaha Road. Across the roundabout lay the expansive sports fields and beyond were the Arts Faculty buildings including the Geography Building and the Main Library. It was a picturesque setting, as every site on campus truly was. The Engineering Faculty was some distance away, on the west side of the meandering Mahaweli.

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