Department: Mechanical Engineering

Dr. Arun M.G

Employee Code / ID No. 10624079
Qualifications M.Tech., Ph.D
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Areas of Interest / Current Research Aeroacoustics, Microfluidics
Research,  Consultancy, Publication Journal Publications
1. M.G. Arun and T.J.S. Jothi (2022), Aerodynamic noise characteristics of non-circular cylinders in subcritical flow regime, International Journal of Aeroacoustics, 21(8), 766-792.
2. M.G. Arun, D. Dilip and S. Kumar Ranjith (2021), Effect of interface curvature on isothermal heat transfer in a hydrophobic microchannel with transverse ribs and cavities, International Journal of Thermal Sciences, 167, 107014.
3. M.G. Arun and T.J.S. Jothi (2020), Aerodynamic noise characteristics of the flow past a circular cylinder, Noise Control Engineering Journal, 68(5), 328-338.
4. V.V. Sankar, J. Cletus, M.G. Arun and R.S. Kumar (2022), Analytical modeling of laminar developing flow between hydrophobic surfaces with different slip-velocities, ASME Journal of Fluids Engineering, 144(4), 041301.
Conference Publications
1. M.G. Arun and T.J.S. Jothi (2023), Effect of surface roughness on the aerodynamic noise from flow past a circular cylinder, 29th International Congress on Sound and Vibration, 09-13 July 2023, Prague, Czech Republic.
2. M.G. Arun and T.J.S. Jothi (2021), Aeroacoustic characteristics of flow past circular cylinders in tandem configurations, Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power (Vol. 3) FMFP2021, Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering, Springer Singapore, 271-276.
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Mr. Adarsh V K

Employee Code / ID No. 10625086
Qualifications BTech(Mechanical Engg.), M.Tech (Machine Design), Phd (Pursuing)
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Areas of Interest / Current Research CFD, Turbomachines
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Ms. Atma Raj M R

Employee Code / ID No. 10625085
Qualifications M.Tech (Machine Design), B.Tech (Mechanical stream Production Engineering)
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Areas of Interest / Current Research Welding Simulation, Machine Design
Research,  Consultancy, Publication Publications
Joy Varghese V.M.,Atma Raj M R “Determination of Distortion Developed During TIG Welding of Low Carbon Steel Plate”,International Journal of Engineering Reasearch and General Science,Volume 2,Issue 5,August-September 2014  ISSN 2091-2730
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Dr. Rajesh T.N

Prof. Rajesh TN did his Ph. D from NIT Calicut in 2019. He completed his B-Tech in Mechanical Engineering and M-Tech in Thermal Science from College of Engineering, Thiruvananthapuram in 1999 and 2007 respectively. He joined MBCET in 2008 and served in various administrative roles. He was the Head of Department of Mechanical Engineering from 2019-2023. He has a teaching experience of over 20 years. His area of research includes Reactive and non-reactive flow and Analysis of Thermal systems. Rajesh has authored many publications in International journals and conferences and has served on many conference committees.

Employee Code / ID No. 10609009
Qualifications M-Tech(Thermal Science), Ph.D
Orcid ID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3076-4330
Industry / R & D Experience Research studies at National Institute of Technology Calicut and Indian Space Research Organisation, Thiruvananthapuram from 2010-2015
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Areas of Interest / Current Research Reactive and Non-Reactive fluid flow , Analysis of thermal systems, Bio-Mechanical systems
Research,  Consultancy, Publication Journals

  • Sam Rony Zachariah, Arva S Swami, Libin K Lukose, Aswin Raj, and Rajesh T.N, Design and Analysis of a Rehabilitative aid for Spastic Feet, 2022,  AIP Conference proceedings 2463,020061 (2022) https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0080364
  • Rajesh T.N., T.J. Sarvoththama Jothi, Jayachandran T., (2020) “Performance analysis of a vortex chamber under non-reacting and reacting conditions, Sådhanå (2020) 45:43, https://doi.org/10.1007/s12046-020-1271-1
  • T.N.Rajesh, T.J. Sarvoththama Jothi, Jayachandran T., (2019) ” Preliminary Studies on Non-Reactive Flow Vortex Cooling “, Recent Patents on Mechanical Engineering,12, DOI: 10.2174/2212797612666190510115403
  • Naduvilethil R.T., Jegathjothi S.J.T., Thankappan J, 2018, Hot test studies in a spark ignited vortex combustion chamber, Chemical Energy Transactions, 71, 1345-1350, DOI: 10.3303/CET1871225.
  • Rajesh T.N., T.J. Sarvoththama Jothi, Jayachandran T., (2018) ” Cold flow studies in a vortex thrust chamber”, Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology, https://doi.org/10.1108/AEAT-07-2017-0167.

International Conferences

  • Sam Rony Zachariah, Arva S Swami, Libin K Lukose, Aswin Raj, and Rajesh T.N, “ Design and Analysis of a Rehabilitative aid for Spastic Feet”, in Proceedings of the Recent Innovation in science and Technology RIST 2021, International Virtual Conference(Online platform), June 19 &20, 2021, EKC Technical campus, Kerala, India.
  • T.N. Rajesh, T.J.S. Jothi and T. Jayachandran,“Experimental and numerical analysis of cold flow behavior in a vortex combustion chamber”, in proceedings of the International Conference on Innovative Approaches in Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, June 15-2017, Paper No. 6,Trinity college of Engineering, Trivandrum, India.
  • T.N. Rajesh, T.J.S. Jothi and T. Jayachandran,“Analysis of Vortex Combustion Cold Wall Chamber”,in proceedings of the 2th International Conference on Thermal, Energy and Environment, 2016,Paper No. 8, March 25-26,Kalasalingam University, Tamilnadu, India.
  • T.N. Rajesh, T.J.S. Jothi, and T. Jayachandran, “Analysis of Vortex Combustion Cold Wall Chamber”,in proceedings of 1st International ISHMT-ASTFE Heat and Mass Transfer Conference,IHMTC 2015, Paper No. 969, December 17-19, 2015, ISRO, India

National Conferences

  • Harishankar.S, Aswin A Asokan , Madhav Murali, Rejath R.S and Rajesh T.N, “ Design of a centrifugal impeller for lean supercharging of motorcycle engines”, in Proceedings of the 35th Indian Engineering Congress(Online platform), Paper No. MC/120/13, December 18-20 2020.
  • Nithin Jo Varghese, Muhammed N and Rajesh T.N,“ Mathematical modelling of a lower limb extremity using Euler-Lagrangian method”, in Proceedings of the 4th National Conference INCAM 2019 , July 3-5 2019, Paper No. 205, IISc, Bangalore
  • T.N. Rajesh, T. Jayachandran and T.J.S. Jothi,“Studies on vortex cooling of a combustion chamber”,in Proceedings of the 44th National conference on FMFP, December 14-16, 2017, Paper No. 123, Amrita University, Amritapuri Campus, Kollam, Kerala.
  • T.N. Rajesh, T.J.S. Jothi and T. Jayachandran,“Cold flow investigation of flow behavior in a vortex combustion cold wall”, in Proceedings of the 42nd National Conference on FMFP, December 14-16 2015, Paper No. 235, NITK, Suratkal.
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  • Syllabus designed for the Open elective course Automotive Technology (MET 435) in 2019 scheme for APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University
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  • Design and development of a centrifugal supercharger system for lean supercharging of a single cylinder SI engine-PI for CERD funded students project 2021(Rs 32500).
  • Design and development of a Rehabilitative aid for Spastic Feet-PI for KSCSTE funded students project 2021(Rs10000).
  • Guided the student project titled Design and development of physiotherapy aid for paraplegic patients which won the First prize (Rs 1 lakh) in Dr APJ Abdul kalam Innovation Ecosystems organised by ICT Academyin 2018.

 

 

 

 

Mr. ALEN K JOHNSON

Employee Code / ID No. 10625088
Qualifications M TECH
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Industry / R & D Experience KERALA AGRO MACHINERY CORPORATION LIMITED (2024-2025)
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Areas of Interest / Current Research Mechanics of Machinery, Fluid Mechanics, Mechanics of Solids
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Dr. Vinod V

Employee Code / ID No. 10608010, KTU-F4731
Qualifications Ph.D.
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Areas of Interest / Current Research Mechanical Vibrations, Nonlinear Dynamics
Research,  Consultancy, Publication  Publications in peer reviewed journals

  • Vinod V, Bipin Balaram, “On the spatial spread of active control in a Van der Pol ring via synchronisation and its stabilisation using parameter mismatch”, Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation– Elsevier,  Volume 117, February 2023, 106944; Impact factor 4.186; Q1 Journal
  • Vinod V, Bipin Balaram, M.D. Narayanan, Mihir Sen, Effect of configuration symmetry on synchronization in a van der Pol ring with nonlocal interactions, Nonlinear Dynamics, Springer, 89(3), 2103-2114, 2017. Impact factor (2020): 5.022.,Q1 Journal
  • Vinod V, Bipin Balaram, M.D. Narayanan, Mihir Sen, Effect of oscillator and initial condition differences on the dynamics on a ring of dissipatively coupled van der Pol oscillators, Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology, Springer, 29(5), 1931-1939, 2015. Impact factor (2020):1.734., Q2 Journal.

International Conferences

  • Adithya Krishna Menon, Vinod V “Proposal of A Mutual Inertia Force Coupling on The Wake Oscillator Model For Vortex Induced Vibrations”, 9th International and 49th National Conference on Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power, IIT Roorkee, December 2022
  • Strategies of Amplitude Control in a ring of self-excited oscillators, Vinod V, Bipin Balaram, 16th International Conference on Dynamical Systems – Theory and Applications, Lodz University of Technology, Poland, 2021.
  • Sangeeth,Mohan N R, Vinod V, Comparative study on the synchronization of coupled Van der Pol Oscillators under Reactive , Dissipative and Conjugate coupling, 7th Asian Joint Workshop on Thermal Physics and Fluid Science, 2018.
  • Vinod V, Bipin Balaram, M.D. Narayanan, Mihir Sen, An initial condition dependent oscillation control in an odd and even number van der Pol ring., 10th Conference on Nonlinear Systems and Dynamics, IISER, Kolkata, 2016.
  • Deepak B S, Hari Venkit, Vinod V, Effect of forcing frequency on mutually coupled Van Der Pol oscillators, Dynamic Days Asia Pacific 08, Indian Institute of Technology, Chennai, 2014.
  • Vinod V, Bipin Balaram, M.D. Narayanan, Mihir Sen, Mutual synchronization of dissipatively coupled limit cycle oscillators in a ring, 8th Conference on Nonlinear Systems and Dynamics, Indian Institute of Technology, Indore, 2013.

National Conferences

  • Deepak L, Ganesh A, Dit R.S., Sreehari S.H., Vinod V., Krishnamohan G.P., Molecular Dynamics of carbon capture from the emissions of an IC engine using ZSM-5., 4th National conference on Multidisciplinary Design, Analysis and Optimization-IISC Bangalore, 2021.
  • Vinod V, Sajikumar K.S., Design and analysis of an antenna mounting structure for satellite application, Awarded as the best paper in Machine Design, National Conference on Technological Trends, 2007.
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Academic / Professional Outreach Activities KTU Board of Studies Member
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Awards / Distinctions / Rank / Other Achievements if any Best paper Award in Machine Design (NCTT -2007), College of Engineering Trivandrum

Mr. Aneesh A M

Employee Code / ID No. 10625084
Qualifications M.Tech (Thermal Engg.), P.hd (Pursuing)
Orcid ID 0009-0005-4861-580X
Industry / R & D Experience KSRTC Regional Workshop Mavelikkara( Graduate Apprentice Trainee)- 1 year
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Areas of Interest / Current Research Thermal Engineering/ Cryogenic Carbon Capture
Research,  Consultancy, Publication Publications
1.Dillep K.De,Idowu A.Oduniyi, Ashish alex Sam, Aneesh A M and Sandra
Akinmeji. Modeling carbon capture from power plants with low energy and water consumption using a novel cryogenic technology. Applied Thermal Engineering (IF:6.1). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2024.124315.

2.Aneesh AM, Sam AA. A mini-review on cryogenic carbon capture technology by
desublimation: theoretical and modeling aspects 2023:1–7.
https://doi.org/10.3389/fenrg.2023.1167099. Frontiers in energy research (IF:3.858).
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Academic / Professional Outreach Activities 1. Student volunteer for International conference on Electrochemistry for industry,health and environment (EIHE-2024) held at VIT university, Vellore on February 2024.
2.Coordinated 2 days FDP on computational fluid dynamics on June 2018 at UKF
College of Engineering & Technology.
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Awards / Distinctions / Rank / Other Achievements if any Honored by “Raman research award” from VIT university in June 2023 for the publication of paper in Scopus indexed journal.

Mr. JACOB VARGHESE KARINGOTTU

Employee Code / ID No. 10624081
Qualifications M.TECH (Machine Design), B.TECH (Mechanical Engineering)
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Areas of Interest / Current Research Machine Learning, Machine Design
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Dr. Adarsh S.J.

Employee Code / ID No. 10625087
Qualifications PhD in Mechanical Engineering
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Industry / R & D Experience Teaching cum Research Assistant at Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore
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Areas of Interest / Current Research Welding, Metal Matrix Composites, Additive Manufacturing, Material Characterization,Process optimization using Statistical tools.
Research,  Consultancy, Publication Publications     

  • Adarsh S J, Arivazhagan Natarajan, Studies on process parameter optimization and surface modification for joint strength enhancement of laser welded Aluminium 5754-Polyamide hybrid joints., Materials Today Communications, 2023,107198, ISSN 2352-4928, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mtcomm.2023.107198. (SCI, Impact Factor(2025): 4.5)
  • Adarsh S J, Arivazhagan Natarajan. Review on the advancements and relevance of emerging joining techniques for aluminium to polymers/carbon fibre-reinforced polymer lightweight hybrid structures. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part L: Journal of Materials: Design and Applications. 2022;236(12):2394-2435. doi.org/10.1177/14644207221090331. (SCI, Impact Factor(2025): 2.2)
  • Adarsh S J, Arivazhagan Natarajan. Analysis and prediction of the joint strength of friction stir welded Aluminium 5754 to polyamide using response surface methodology and artificial neural network. Journal of Thermoplastic Composite Materials.  2022;36(9):3644-3672). doi:10.1177/08927057221133091. (SCI, Impact Factor(2025): 3.4)
  • Renangi Sandeep, Bala Murali Nagarajan, S. Kamlesh Kumar, Adarsh S J, Manikandan Manoharan, Arivazhagan Natarajan, Strategies to improve joint strength of friction lap welded AA7475/PPS hybrid joint with surface pre-treatment on AA7475, Materials Letters, Volume 333, 2023, 133561, ISSN 0167-577X, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matlet.2022.133561. (SCI, Impact Factor(2025): 2.7)
  • Adarsh S J, Manoj George, Bibin Jose, and Kurian Antony Feasibility Study on the Bonding Mechanism and Mechanical Characteristics of Friction Stir Welded Aluminium 5754 to Polypropylene Hybrid Joints Springer Proceedings in Physics, Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2025 SPPHY 316, pp.1–6,2025. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-96-6541-9_13 (Scopus Indexed).
  • Davis Shaji, T. Hariharan, Basil V. Jolly, Aravind Vinu, Bibin Jose, Kurian Antony, Nandhakumar, and Adarsh S J, Development of Double Pulse Tungsten Inert Gas Welding Technique for High-Performance AA2024-T3 Aerospace Components, Springer Proceedings in Physics, Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2025 SPPHY 316, pp. 1–10, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-96-6541-9_14 (Scopus Indexed)
  • Bibin Jose, Adarsh S J, Application of Augmented Reality in Manufacturing,” submitted to “Emerging Technologies in Digital Manufacturing and Smart Factories” December 2023. Book chapter (Scopus Indexed).

 Conference

  • Adarsh S J, Rajeswari S “Experimental Investigation on Wear Properties of Aluminium 7075-Silicon Carbide-Graphite Hybrid Composite” at CSIR Sponsored National Conference. TAMMIE 2013 organized by KPR Institute of Technology.

Patents Filed/Published 

  • Advanced Blind Spot Detection for Enhanced Vehicle Safety in Assisted & Autonomous Driving (Published)
  • A Smart Drying Solution IOT Enabled Nutmeg Mace Dryer(Published)
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Academic / Professional Outreach Activities Attended more than 20 FDPs/Workshops/Seminars from different institutes/ agencies etc
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Awards / Distinctions / Rank / Other Achievements if any
  • Attained 94% (Top 1%) in the IIT Guwahati-organized NPTEL course on Advances in Welding and Joining Technologies in the year 2020.
  • Received “Raman research award” from VIT University in the year 2022 for publishing a paper in SCI Journal.