Resume

                           Name          :  N.MURUGAN 

                           Designation : Professor 

                          Age and Date of birth: 48 years, 21.04.1959 

 Educational Qualification

 EXPERIENCE:    INDUSTRY / TEACHING / RESEARCH : 24 Years 

AICTE / UGC SPONSORED PROJECTS RECEIVED AND IMPLEMENTED 

 MAJOR EQUIPMENTS PURCHASED AND INSTALLED 

·         SYNERGIC GMA/GTA/MMA WELDING SYSTEM From Esseti, Italy with PC Interface

·         Automatic Welding Manipulator

·         Automatic Hardfacing Manipulator

·         AC GILL Corrosion resistance measuring system with software.

·         Ferritescope with PC interface.

·         Microhardness tester cum microscope with Image Processing Software.

·         Plasma Transferred arc welding / surfacing system

·         Digital Olympus 4000C Digital Camera

·         SYSTAT software

·         ANSYS software

·         NASTRAN software

·         STAR-CD software

Ph.D. GUIDED AND AWARDED 

1.       SOME STUDIES ON SUBMERGED ARC WELDING OF PIPES - V.GUNARAJ, Dec. 2000.

2.       CONTEMPRORARY TQM IS INDEED CLASSICAL (SOME STUDIES ON TQM, AN INTEGRATION OF QUALITY, PROCESS AND PRODUCT) - T.P.MANI, Dec. 2002.

3.       NONDESTRUCTIVE EVALUATION OF RESIDUAL STRESSES IN CARBON STEEL WELDED JOINTS - A.JOSEPH – March 2004.

4.        STUDIES ON STAINLESS STEEL CLADDING BY FLUX CORED ARC WELDING -P.KOSHYMATHEWS, Dec. 2005.

5.       STUDIES ON WELDING OF STAINLESS STEEL SHEETS BY PULSED CURRENT GAS TUNGSTEN ARC WELDING (P-GTAW) PROCESS - P.K.GIRIDHARAN, Sep. 2006.

6.       STUDIES ON LASER BEAM WELDING OF AISI 304 STAINLESS STEEL SHEETS -  K.MANONMANI, May 2007.

1.       STUDIES ON CLADDING OF STRUCTURAL STEEL WITH DUPLEX STAINLESS STEEL DEPOSITED BY FLUX CORED ARC WELDING BY T.KANNAN,  JULY 2007.

2.       STUDIES ON PLASMA TRANSFORRED ARC HARDFACING OF VALVE SEAT RINGS BY K.MARIMUTHU, JULY 2007.

Ph.D. GUIDED AND SUBMITTED

1.       Studies on Stellite-6 Hardfacing of Valve Seat Rings by Gas Tungsten Arc Welding Process by R.SHANMUGAM, Viva voce will be during August 2007.

2.       Studies on 317L stainless steel claddings deposited by flux cored arc welding process by P.K.Palani, May, 2007.

3.       Studies on Measurement of performance of selected Tamil Nadu state transport corporations (TNSTCs) by M.Thiagarajan, June 2007. 

Ph.D. ONGOING

Name of Research Scholar                                                Research Area 

1.       R.NARAYANAN                               - Finite element Analysis of weldments

2.       P.VENUGOPAL                               - Welding of Al-SiC metal matrix composites

3.       J.AMOS JEYACHANDRAN               - Study of stainless steel claddings by PTAW

4.       K.SIVA                                           - Wear studies on hardfaced valve seat rings

5.       N.SRIMATH                                    - Study on hardfacing of stainless steels

6.       K.MARIAPPAN                                - FEA of residual stress and distortion

7.       K.MOHAN                                       - PTA surfacing

8.       N.SHANMUGASUNDARAM              - Studies on Residual stresses in weldments

9.       S.M.SIVAGAMI                                -Finite element simulation of thermal cycles in hardfaced                                                          valves

10.  K.PUNITHARANI                              - Finite element simulation of residual stresses and its                                                         effects on corrosion behaviour.

11. T.V.CHRISTY                                   - Friction Stir Welding of Al metal matrix composites.

            12. G.Bansal Rajkumar                          - Studies on hybrid welding 

EXAMINER FOR Ph.D. THESIS

·         The thesis entitled “Development of Effectiveness Improvement Model for Technological Institutions uses Taguchi Technique” submitted by Mr.S.Jose, Department of Mech. Engg., College of Engg., Anna University, Chennai  was evaluated and conducted Viva-voce on 13.12.2002.

·         The thesis entitled “Some Investigations on Welding of High Strength Aluminium Alloy” submitted by Mr. V.Ravisankar, Department of Manufacturing Engg.,  Annamalai University, Chidamparam  was evaluated and conducted Viva-voce on 15.03.2005.

·         The thesis entitled, “Fracture Analysis of Cryogenically Treated Low Alloy Steel Weldments” submitted by Mr.S.Rasool Mohideen, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering, Anna University, Chennai  was evaluated and conducted Viva-voce on 31.07.2006.

·         Conducted Public Viva-voce examination for by Mr.J.Jerald, Department of Production Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirapalli for the thesis entitled “Scheduling of Flexible Manufacturing System using Non-Traditional System \techniques” submitted to Bharathidasan University on 23-8-2006.

·         The thesis entitled, “Study of Friction and Wear Behaviour of Aluminium Based Metal Matrix (Al-SiC_p) Composite for Automotive Parts” submitted during August 2006 by Mr.G.Hemath Kumar, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Technology, Jamia Millia Islamia – (A Central University), New Delhi  was evaluated.

·         The thesis entitled, “Wear and Mechanical properties of permanent moulded austempered ductile iron” submitted during October 2006 by Mr.K.Narasimha Murthy, Department of Studies in Mechanical Engineering, University Visvesvaraya College of Engineering, Bangalore University, Bangalore  was evaluated. 

M.S. (RESEARCH) ONGOING           

1.I.Esther          Corrosion behaviours of welded high nitrogen stainless steel components. 

AERAS OF INTEREST           

         Welding process modeling by regression analysis, neural networks and finite element analysis, metallurgical characterization of stainless steel claddings, hardfacing of valve seat rings, wear studies, residual stress and distortion in weldments, welding of metal matrix composities, pulse MIG welding, colour metallography, corrosion of stainless steel claddings and hardfacing, Welding procedure specification and welder qualification and failure analysis. 

AWARDS / DISTINCTIONS/ PRIZES / SCHOLARSHIPS WON 

·         Received the Prestigious MCKAY-HELM AWARD for the best contribution for the advancement of knowledge in the field of stainless steel surfacing from AMERICAN WELDING SOCIETY for the year 1998.

·         Received THE K.C.P. AWARD for the best technical paper on Fabrication presented at the National Welding Seminar 2001 from The Indian Institute of Welding.

·         Received PRESIDENT OF INDIA’S PRIZE for 2004 from Institution of Engineers (India) for the best paper published in Journal of Institution of Engineers.

·         Selected for RASHTRIYA GAURAV AWARD for the year 2004 from India International Friendship Society.

·         Received ISNT AWARD for the best technical paper in Industrial Application published in JNDE, the official Journal of ISNT for the year 2004.

·         Awarded INSA Fellowship to study FEM applied to weldments for two months at IIT, Madras during from 11-10-1999 to 10-12-1999.

·         Awarded FIRST PRIZE consecutively in Metallographic Contests during Metallurgist’s Day conducted by IIM at i) Hyderabad during Nov. 1993 & ii) Vizag during November, 1994.

·         Received BEST TEACHER AWARD in the academic year 1999-2000 instituted by Coimbatore Institute of Technology.

·         Obtained NATIONAL MERIT SCHOLARSHIP during 1975-1981

·         Secured Honors in B.E. and Obtained 4^TH RANK IN COLLEGE

·         Obtained 2^nd RANK IN SCHOOL

REVIEWER OF JOURNALS / PROCEEDINGS 

·                    Reviewer of JOURNAL OF MATERIALSPROCESSINGTECHNOLOGY, Elsevier Science Ireland Ltd.  Europe since 2000

·                     Advances in Engineering Software, Elsevier Science Ireland Ltd.  Europe since 2007.

·                     Journal of Zhejiang University SCIENCE, Applied physics & Engg.  (JZUS-A) since 2007.

·                     Reviewer of Technology Journal, published by P.S.G.College of Technology, Coimbatore.

·                     Reviewer of Journal of Material Science and Engineering, Council of Scientific and Industrial   Research, New Delhi.

SOFTWARE PROFICIENCY:

            Having expertise to apply AUTOCAD, ANSYS, MATLAB, SYSTAT and SIXSIGMA.     Instructor for AUTOCAD and ANSYS. 

PASSPORT DETAIL

            Name:  Nadarajan Murugan

            Date of Issue:  3-10-2001

            Date of Expiry:  2-10-2011

 TECHNICAL PAPER PUBLICATIONS 

o        International Journal                                                   36

o        National Journal                                                         16

o        International Conferences                                            37

o        National conferences                                                  51

o        Total                                                                       140

 INTERNATIONAL JOURNALS  

1.       N.Murugan, R.S.Parmar and S.K.Sud, Effect of Submerged arc process variables on dilution and bead geometry in single wire surfacing, JOURNAL OF MATERIALS PROCESSING TECHNOLOGY, Jan.  1993, vol.37, p 767 to 780, ISSN 0924-0136. 

2.       N.Murugan and R.S.Parmar, Effects of MIG process parameters on the geometry of bead in the automatic surfacing of stainless steel, JOURNAL OF MATERIALS PROCESSING TECHNOLOGY, vol.41, 1994, p 381 to 398, ISSN 0924-0136. 

3.       N.Murugan and R.S.Parmar, Mathematical models for bead geometry in automatic stainless steel surfacing by MIG welding, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF JOINING OF MATERIALS (JOM), Sep.1995, vol.7, No.2/3, p 71 to 80, ISSN 0905-6866. 

4.       N.Murugan and R.S.Parmar, Effect of welding conditions on Microstructure and properties of type 316L stainless steel submerged arc cladding, WELDING JOURNAL, May 1997, p 210-s to 220-s, ISSN 0043-2296.  

5.       N.Murugan and R.S.Parmar, Stainless steel cladding deposited by automatic GMAW, WELDING JOURNAL, October, 1997, p 391-s to 403-s, ISSN 0043-2296. 

6.       V.Gunaraj and N.Murugan, Application of response surface methodology for predicting weld bead quality in submerged arc welding of pipes, JOURNAL OF MATERIALS PROCESSING TECHNOLOGY, vol.88, 1999, p 266 to 275, ISSN 0924-0136. 

7.       V.Gunaraj and N.Murugan, Prediction and comparison of the area of the heat-affected zone for the bead-on-plate and bead-on-joint in submerged arc welding of pipes, JOURNAL OF MATERIALS PROCESSING TECHNOLOGY, vol.95, 1999, p 246 to 261, ISSN 0924-0136. 

8.       V.Gunaraj and N.Murugan, Prediction and optimization of weld bead volume for the Submerged arc Process – Part 1, WELDING JOURNAL, Oct. 2000, vol. 79 (10). pp 286-s to 294-s, ISSN 0043-2296. 

9.       V.Gunaraj and N.Murugan, Prediction and optimization of weld bead volume for the Submerged arc Process – Part 2, WELDING JOURNAL, vol. 79 (11) Nov. 2000, pp 331s to 338s, ISSN 0043-2296. 

10.   A.Joseph, A.S.Ramesh, T. Jayakumar and N.Murugan, “Failure Analysis of a dissimilar weld joint in a Steam Generator", PRACTICAL METALLOGRAPHY, 38 (2001) 12, p 667 – 679, ISSN 0032-678X.  

11.   V.Gunaraj and N.Murugan, "Prediction Of Heat Affected Zone Characteristics In Submerged Arc Welding Of Structural Steel Pipes", WELDING JOURNAL, March, 2002, p 45-s - 53-s, ISSN 0043-2296. 

12.   T.P.Mani, N.Murugan and C.Rajendran, "TQM is a must for success, but not sufficient for survival: A Conceptual Frame Work as Contemplated in Ancient Tamil Literature in India", TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT, 2003, Vol.14, No.4, pp. 395-405, ISSN: 1478-3363. 

13.   T.P.Mani, N.Murugan and C.Rajendran, "Classical Approach to Contemporary TQM: An Integrated Conceptual TQM Model As Perceived in Tamil Classical Literature", Total Quality Management, 2003, Vol.14, No.5, pp. 609-640, ISSN: 1478-3363.  

14.   K.Marimuthu and N.Murugan, "Effects of PTAW Process Parameters on the Bead Geometry in Automatic Stellite Hardfacing Of Valve Seat Rings", SURFACE ENGINEERING JOURNAL, 2003, Vol.19, p 143 to 149, ISSN 0267-0844. 

15.   Joseph, Sanjai K. Rai, T. Jayakumar and Dr N. Murugan, “Evaluation of residual stresses in dissimilar weld joints”, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRESSURE VESSELS AND PIPING, Vol. 82, 2005, 700 to 705, ISSN 0308-0161.  

16.   N.Murugan and V.Gunaraj, Prediction and control of Weld Bead Geometry and shape relationships in Submerged Arc Welding of Pipes”, JOURNAL OF MATERIALS PROCESSING TECHNOLOGY, Vol.168, 2005, p 478 to 487, ISSN 0924-0136. 

17.   P.K Palani, N.Murugan, “Metal Transfer and Burn off Characteristics of Pulsed current Gas Metal Arc Welding: A Review”, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF JOINING OF MATERIALS (JOM), Voll. 18 (3/4) 2006, p 76 to 85 ISSN 0905-6866. 

18.   K.Marimuthu and N.Murugan “Sensitivity Analysis of Process Parameters in PTA Hardfacing of valve seats using Response Surface Methodology”  INT. JOURNAL OF MATERIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, 2005, Vol.21, no.8, p 941 – 947, ISSN 0267-0836.  

19.   P.K Palani and N.Murugan, “ Statistical modelling and optimization of heat input in cladding by  Gas Metal Arc Welding”, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF JOINING OF MATERIALS (JOM), vol.18, no.1, March, 2006, p 8 - 18 ISSN 0905-6866. 

20.   K Manonmani and N.Murugan, “Effect of Process Parameters on the weld bead Geometry on Laser Beam Welded Stainless Steel Sheets”, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL of JOINING OF MATERIALS (JOM), v17, No.4, Dec. 2005, p 103 – 109 ISSN 0905-6866. 

21.   P.K Palani and N.Murugan, “Review - Selection of Parameters of Pulsed current Gas Metal Arc Welding”, JOURNAL OF MATERIAL PROCESSING TECHNOLOGY, Vol.172, 2006, 1-10, ISSN 0924-0136.  

22.   P.K Palani and N.Murugan, “Development of Mathematical models for prediction of weld bead geometry in cladding by flux cored arc welding, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ADVANCED MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY, Vol.30, Nos. 7 & 8, pp 669-676, ISSN 0268-3768.  

23.   T.Kannan and N.Murugan, “Prediction of Ferrite Number of duplex stainless steel clad metals using RSM” WELDING JOURNAL, Vol.85, No.5, May 2006, pp 91s-100s, ISSN 0043-2296.