Materials, Design and Manufacturing for Sustainable Environment

Dr. Elango Natarajan is working as an associate professor in Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering Department, UCSI University, Malaysia. He received his bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering and his master’s degree in CAD from University of Madras and PhD from Anna University, India. He received C.Eng from Engineering Council, UK. Dr Elango worked as B.E Programme Coordinator in Kolej Universiti Linton Coventry University. Malaysia. His research interests include manufacturing and machining of composites, optimization and artificial intelligence, soft actuator and biomedical applications, finite element analysis (CAE) and engineering design. He has published 66 research articles in Scopus/WoS.  He is supervising 8 PhD scholars and has 5 funded projects to a tune of RM 637527. He has given many guest lectures and keynote addresses and is an official reviewer in 27 journals.Dr. S. Vinod is an associate professor in the Department of Production Engineering, NIT National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, India. He completed his Ph.D. degree under AICTE National Doctoral Fellowship scheme from PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore, India. He was a Gold Medallist in his undergraduate study. He has published over 175 papers in International Journals. He received Highly Commended Paper Award from Emerald Publishers for the year 2016.  He is the recipient of Innovative Student Project Award 2010 based on his Ph.D. Thesis from Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE), New Delhi, India. His research interests include Sustainable Manufacturing, Lean Manufacturing, Agile Manufacturing, Rapid Manufacturing, Product Development and Industry 4.0.Dr. V. Rajkumar he is working as associate professor in Mechanical Engineering Department at PSG Institute of Technology and Applied Research, India. He did his undergraduate studies in mechanical engineering at PSG College of Technology andpostgraduate studies from School of Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering, University of Windsor, Ontario, Canada. He holds his PhD in Manufacturing from School of Mechanical Engineering, Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore. His research interests are in metal joining, materials characterization and additive manufacturing. He is a reviewer in more than 10 international journals.

• Experimental Characterization of CNSL -Epoxy Resin Reinforce Natural Fibre.- Studies on elastic-plastic behavior of plasma-sprayed ceramic coatings on TI-6AL-4V substrate.- Development of Sustainable Banana Plantain FibreExtractor.- Studies of effects of pollutants M Sand, Wood ash, Rice Husk Ash and Graphene on mechanical properties of recycled aluminium.- Effect of the Hardness in Al/TiB2 MMC with Sand Mould and Permanent Mould.- Improved Mechanical Properties and Use of Rice Husk Reinforced Recycled Thermoplastic Composite in Safety Helmets.- Numerical studies on VMC base made of Epoxy Granite.- Formability Assessment and Process Parameter Optimization in Single Point Incremental Forming of AA2024.- Investigation on machinability of EN8 steel through Taguchi Method, ANOVA and Genetic Algorithm.- Design and Performance Optimization of Electric Resistance Furnace Using ANSYS Simulation Software.- Experimental investigation on the influence of cutting parameters during dry machining ofTi-6Al-4V.- Design and Development of Portable Blender Cum Heater.- Prediction of Strength and Durability Characteristics of Rice Husk Ash Concrete Using Artificial Neural Network (ANN).- Study and Development of Remote Control Appliances in DailyLife.- Experimental Study on Thrust Force and Wall Angle in Single Point Incremental Forming of Ti6Al4V.- Design and Development of River Water Trash Collector for a sustainable environment.- Electric Discharge Drilling of Ti-6Al-4V with O2 as di-electric medium.- Effect of heat treatment on mechanical properties of stir casted Al7075-SiC composites.