Polymer Engineering

Mr. D.Murali Manohar

Designation:Assistant Professor
Nature of Employment:Regular
Qualification:B.Tech, M.Tech, (Ph.D)
Date of Joining:20-Jul-11
Phone:044-22751347 (Ext 290)(Office)
Email ID:murali@crescent.education

Teaching

Educational Background

ProgrammeSpecializationName of the University / InstitutionYear of Passing
M.TechPolymer Science and EngineeringCollege of Engineering, Anna University, Chennai2011
B.TechPolymer TechnologyMadurai Kamaraj University2004
DPE (SWC)Plastic EngineeringDOTE2000

Experience

DesignationInstitutionFromToDuration
Assistant ProfessorB.S.Abdur Rahman Crescent Institute of Science & TechnologyAugust 2011Till date
Design EngineerCentroid Creative Hubb, ChennaiSeptember 2007August 20091 year &
11 months
Engineer (Projects)Balda Motherson Solution India Ltd, SriperumbathurMarch 2007August 20076 months
Engineer (Quality Control)Saber Pens Pvt Ltd., ChennaiJune 2004February 20072 years & 8 months

Courses Taught

  • Polymer Process Engineering
  • Tyre Technology
  • Rubber Product Manufacturing Technology
  • Polymer Composite Engineering
  • Biodegradable Polymers
  • Biomedical Polymers
  • Social Entrepreneurship

Research

Areas of Research Interest

  • Polymer composites
  • Thermoplastic elastomers
  • Polymer process engineering
  • Plastic product design
  • Polymer Blends
  • Carbon-carbon composites from renewable materials
  • Elastomers for vibration damping applications

Publication

  • Murali Manohar Dharmaraj, Bikash Chandra Chakraborty & Shamshath Begum, The effect of graphene and nanoclay on properties of nitrile rubber/polyvinyl chloride blend with a potential approach in shock and vibration damping applications. Iran Polym J (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13726-022-01064-6.
  • Murali Manohar Dharmaraj, Bikash Chandra Chakraborty, Shamshath Begum, Ravikumar Natarajan & Sivakumar Chandramohan, Effect of nanoclay reinforcing filler in nitrile rubber/polyvinyl chloride blend: frequency response of dynamic viscoelasticity and vibration damping. Iran Polym J (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13726-022-01074-4.
  • D.Murali Manohar, B.C. Chakraborty, S.Shamshath Begum, “Study of the Effect of Graphite Filler on the Vulcanizing Behavior and Properties of Nitrile Rubber and NBR-PVC Blends”, J. Polym. Mater.Vol. 37, No.1-2, 2020, 91-107. DOI. https://doi.org/10.32381/JPM.2020.37.1-2.7

International Conference

  • Ravikumar Natarajan, Rizwan Asif S, Sivakumar C, and D Murali Manohar, “Experimental Modal Analysis Study on Graphene Filled SBR,” SAE Technical Paper 2021-28-0225, 2021, https://doi.org/10.4271/2021-28-0225.
  • Sivakumar C, Muralidharan V, Ravikumar Natarajan, D Murali Manohar, and Syed Anwar S, “Numerical Analysis on Mechanical Behavior of Viscoelastic Nano Composite,” SAE Technical Paper 2021-28-0240, 2021, https://doi.org/10.4271/2021-28-0240.
  • Arockia Julias A, Jeyakumar Ponniah Daniel, D.Murali Manohar, and Thirumurugan Muthiah and R. Sathish Kumar R, “Flexural Behavior of Hybrid Layered Composites Suitable for Automotive Structural Applications,” SAE Technical Paper 2021, pp. 1-6, doi:10.4271/2021-28-0210.
  • D. Murali Manohar, B.C.Chakraborthy and S.Shamshath Begum, Hardness – Elastic Modulus Relationship for Nitrile Rubber and Nitrile Rubber – Polyvinyl Chloride Blends, Emerging Trends in Design, Manufacturing, Materials and Thermal Sciences: (ETDMMT 2020), (September 24-25), B S Abdur Rahman Crescent Institute of Science & Technology, Chennai, 2020
  • S.Vijayarani, Dr.S.S.M.Abdul Majeed, Dr.S.Shamshath Begum, R.Daulath Banu, D.Murali Manohar and Basanta Kumar Behera presented a paper titled “Development and Characterization of Nylon 6/OMMT Clay Nanocomposites Compatibilized by Polyether Block Amide with Polyurethane Elastomer”, at the International Conference on “Macromolecules: Synthesis, Morphology, Processing, Structure, Properties and Applications, ICNM 2016” organized by Mahathma Gandhi University, Kottayam , Kerala during 13 – 15 May, 2016.
  • D. Murali Manohar and Vasanthakumari Raju, “Effect of pressure and temperature on properties of carbon-carbon composites prepared from renewable material,” 2016 International Conference on Control, Computing, Communication and Materials (ICCCCM), Allahabad, India, 2016, pp. 1-5. IEEE Xplore.

Book Chapter

  • D.Murali Manohar, B.C.Chakraborthy and S.Shamshath Begum, “Hardness – Elastic Modulus Relationship for Nitrile Rubber and Nitrile Rubber – Polyvinyl Chloride Blends, Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering, Advances in Design and Thermal Systems, Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering – Springer Publications, 2020. DOI : 10.1007/978-981-33-6428-8, ISBN : 978-981-336-427-1, pp 301 – 314

FDP

  • FDP on “Composite Materials Technology” at MIT, Anna University, Chennai from May 16 – 23, 2012
  • In-plant training in “Injection molding machine operation and maintenance” at Toshiba Machines (Chennai) Pvt. Ltd. From February 3 – 6, 2014
  • FDP on “ANSYS Mechanical APDL” conducted by the ANSYS Software Pvt.Ltd. at Department of Mechanical Engineering, B.S.Abdur Rahman University,Chennai from 4th to 8th May 2015
  • In-plant training in “Tyre Manufacturing and Testing” at Apollo Tyres Limited, from January 18 – 23, 2016
  • FDP on“Solid Mechanics”organized by the Department of Mechanical Engineering, B.S.Abdur Rahman University, Chennai from 20th – 25th June 2016
  • AICTE sponsored QIP program “Re-inventing fly ash into near-whitened material forgenerating white polymer composites: Technological Advancement” Material Sciences Program, IIT – Kanpur, from February 26 – 3 March 2018
  • FDP on “Entrepreneurship educator program” Wadhwani Foundations – NEN, Bengaluru, from 25 June – 3 July 2018
  • FDP on “Effective and Efficient Online Teaching in the age of COVID”. IIT Bombay, from May 16 – 18, 2020.
  • FDP on “Application of Moodle LMS” BSACIST, DYP College of Engineering, Intellect Infinity, JMI, New Delhi from 11.07.2020 – 25.07.2020
  • FDP on “3D Printing & Design”, ATAL Academy, New Delhi, from December 07 – 11, 2020
  • FDP on “Plastics Products and Mould Design”, ATAL AcademyNew Delhi, from July 20 – 24, 2021

NPTEL Courses

  • NPTEL Online Certification program and completed the 8 week course, “Product Design and Development” between Feburaury – Mar, 2017
  • NPTEL Online Certification program and completed the 8 week course, Processing of Polymers and Polymer Composites’ between July – December, 2017

Consultancy

Industrial consultancy

  • Amara Raja Batteries Limited, Thirupathi
  • Mahindra & Mahindra Limited, Chennai

Testing and Consultancy Works

  • SRF Limited, Chennai
  • Ford Motors India Limited, Chennai
  • Mahindra & Mahindra Limited, Chennai
  • TVS – WABCO Limited, Chennai
  • Motherson Automotive Technology & Engineering Limited, Chennai
  • CEG, Anna University
  • CIPET, Chennai
  • VIT, Vellore
  • SRM institute of Science & Technology, Chennai
  • Bannari Institute of Technology & Science, Sathyamangalam
  • Sri Sivasubramania Nadar Engineering College, Chennai.

Industrial Training Services

  • Foam for automotive applications – Mahindra & Mahindra Limited, Chennai – 2015
  • Rubber Technology – Bridgestone Automotive India Limited, Chennai – 2019