Dr. M Manikandan

Designation : Associate Professor Senior
School / Centre : School of Mechanical Engineering
Department : Design & Automation

Educational Details

VIT University

PhD
Welding
Graduated in 2015

VIT University

M.Tech
CAD/CAM
Graduated in 2011

Anna University

B.E
Mechanical
Graduated in 2009

Post Doctoral Experiences

Research Details

Areas of Specialization
  • Metal Joining
  • Additive Manufacturing
  • Hot Corrosion
  • Thermal Spray Coatings
  • Energy Storage Materials.

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Ongoing Funded Project Details

Title Funding Agency
Design and Development of Surface Engineered Solutions to Enhance the Corrosion Resistance of the Solar Energy Storage Container DST
Development of a low heat-input welding technique for armor steel joints to enhance high cycle fatigue behavior by suppressing softening of the Heat-affected zone DRDO

Completed Funded Project Details

Title Funding Agency
Studies on Laser-GMA- Hybrid welding of maraging steel MDN 250 DRDO
Comparative evaluation of Joints produced by GTAW and PAW in 12 mm thick plates of maraging steel MDN 250 for microstructure, microsegregation, strength and fracture toughness AR&DB
Special steels and superalloys for advanced thermal, concentrating solar power and heat storage plants (MATAPP 2021) IGSTC
Similar/Dissimilar materials welding of automotive and Aerospace Sectors IGSTC

Patent Published Details

Title Application No.
Development of technique to preclude the segregation in aerospace alloy UNS N06002 by conventional double pulse arc welding. 201941046300
Wire + Arc additive Technology development for producing UNS N06625 alloy for conventional pulsed current gas tungsten arc welding 201941048015
Autogenous Double Pulse Gas Tungsten Arc Welding System for Joining Super Alloys. 202341070940

Books / Book Chapters Published Details

Title Publisher Published Year
Hot Corrosion Characteristics of HVOF-Sprayed Cr3C2-25NiCr Protective Coating on Ni-Based Superalloys Taylor & Francis USA 0
Welding Metallurgy of Corrosion Resistance Superalloy C-276 Intec Publication 0
Welding of Alloy C-276 Apple Academic Press – Taylor & Francis USA 0
Welding Metallurgy of Corrosion Resistance 21st Century Ni-based superalloy 686 Springer Nature Publication 0
Machine Learning Applications for Additive Manufacturing State of Art and Future Perspectives Taylor & Francis USA 0

Awards & Recognitions Details

  • The project carried out by to DRDO received high appreciation from the panel for the systematic novel approach and outcome catering to the DRDO requirement. The details of the project are printed in the DRDO compendium. Honourable Defence Minister Shri Rajnath Sing released the DRDO compendium during the DRDO -Academia conclave 25. 05.2023 at DRDO Bawan, New Delhi.
  • Appointed as a reviewer for the AAPG Generic call – 2023. French National Research Agency’s (ANR) main. The French National Research Agency (ANR) is a public administrative institution under the authority of the French Ministry of Higher Education, Research and Innovation.
  • Associate Editor: Heliyon Material Science
  • Academic Editor: Journal of Corrosion Science

Other Information

Editorial Experience : Reviewer, Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance, Reviewer, Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering, ASME , Reviewer, Journal of Manufacturing Processes – Elsevier, Reviewer, Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Materials, DE GRUYTER ,