Dr. Padmanabhan Krishnan

Designation : Professor Higher Academic Grade
School / Centre : School of Mechanical Engineering
Department : Manufacturing Engineering

Educational Details

Indian Institute of Science , Bangalore

Ph.D. [Engg]
Composites Technology
Graduated in 1995

Indian Institute of Science , Bangalore

M.Sc [Engg]
Composites Technology
Graduated in 1991

Annamalai University

M.Sc
Physics and Materials Science
Graduated in 1986

Post Doctoral Experiences

NTU, Singapore, University of Delaware, USA and Singapore MIT Alliance, Singapore


Research Details

Areas of Specialization
  • Materials Engineering
  • Composite Materials Design and Manufacturing
  • Fracture and Failure Analysis
  • Finite Element Analysis
  • Product Development.

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On-going Consultancy Project Details

Title Funding Agency
Design and Development of Ballistic Grade Helmets Concorde Helmets, Trichy

Completed Consultancy Project Details

Title Funding Agency
Design and Development of IC chips and electronic Packaging Concorde Helmets, Trichy
High Performance PTFE Composites – Preparation, Characterization and Testing

Completed Funded Project Details

Title Funding Agency
Design Optimization of Aerospace Sandwich Composites for Strength and Stiffness ARDB

Patent Published Details

Title Application No.
A PROCESS FOR MANUFACTURE OF POLYMER FIBRE REINFORCED METAL MATRIX COMPOSITE AND PRODUCT OBTAINED THEREFROM 201841011328 A

Patent Granted Details

Title Application No.
A PROCESS FOR MANUFACTURE OF POLYMER FIBRE REINFORCED METAL MATRIX COMPOSITE AND PRODUCT OBTAINED THEREFROM 201841011328

Books / Book Chapters Published Details

Title Publisher Published Year
A book chapter in a Wiley book on Hybrid composites, 2020 2020
Transformational Leadesrship: The new Mantra for pedagogy in Higher Education, In a Chapter in the Book on Engineering Pedagogy towards Outcome based Education CRC Press, 2023
Simulation of Decision making in the orthogonal turning operation of three different aluminium alloys using John-Cook plasticity model and Damage laws Industrial Automation and RoboticsCRC Press, 2023 2023
A comparative Study of sub-zero temperature quasi Static and fatigue reliability analysis of plain carbon steel and glass /epoxy pipes and beams under flexural loads, A chapter in a book on Polymer composite Systems in Pipeline repair by Elsevier Gulf Professional publishing, 2023 Elsevier Gulf Professional publishing 2023
Viscoleastic Response of Hybrid polymeric dental composites in sliding contacts and applications, A chapter in the Book on Hybrid Composites DeGruyter, Germany, 2023. 2023

Awards & Recognitions Details

  • Sarveppalli Radhakrishnan Award for Life Time Achievements in Materials engineering, NITI Ayog, New Delhi. 2022.
  • Bharat Vikas Award, Institute of Self Reliance, Orissa, 2023.
  • MHRD Sponsored -IITKGP-University of Cambridge Transformational Leadership Certification Programme, LeAP, 2019-20.
  • AICTE-NITTR Mentorship Certificate programme in 2021.
  • Hon. President of the Indian Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2019-2024

Other Information

Editorial Experience : In the editorial board of Two Journals by BI-Publishing, Singapore , From 2017 to 2023.