Dr. M Manikandan

Designation : HOD
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 Chennai

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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Completed Consultancy Project Details

Title Funding Agency
Investigation of Characteristic Performance of Armour Weldments under Sub-Zero Temperature CVRDE DRDO

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
Development of a Welding Technique for Armor-Grade Aluminum Alloy 7039 and 5083 for Light Weight Armor Tank Applications ARMREB DRDO
Studies, characterisation and generation of optimized welding parameters for similar and dissimilar joining Monel 400 and Monel K 500. ISRO

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
  • IIW D&H Secheron Award for the best technical paper presented “ A Comparative Evaluation on the Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of MDN 250 Grade Maraging Steel Joined by Gas Metal Arc Welding and Gas Tungsten Arc Welding Techniques” at 12 December 2024 Jamshedpur.
  • IIW D&H Secheron Award for the best technical paper presented “ A Comparative Evaluation on the Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of MDN 250 Grade Maraging Steel Joined by Gas Metal Arc Welding and Gas Tungsten Arc Welding Techniques” at 12 December 2024 Jamshedpur.

International Collaborations

  • Kielce Institute of Technology Poland
  • VSB Technical University Czech Republic
  • University Nova Lisbon Portugal
  • Heriot-Watt University
  • University West Sweden