Dr.R.Karunanithi

Designation	:	Associate Professor
Nature of Employment	:	Regular
Date of Joining	:	13-07-2015
Qualification	:	B.E,.M.E.Ph.D
Date of Joining	:	13-Jul-15
Phone	:	+91 44 2275 1347,48,50(Office)
Email ID	:	karunanithi@crescent.education

Teaching

Educational Background

Degree	Discipline	Year of Passing	University
Ph. D	Metallurgical and Materials Engineering	2015	National Institute of Technology, Durgapur, West Bengal.
M.E	Production Engineering	2001	Annamalai University, Chidambaram.
B. E	Mechanical Engineering	1999	Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappallai.

Work Experience

Designation	Institution	Duration	No. of Years
Associate Professor	B. S. Abdur Rahman University	July, 2016 to till date	Till date
Assistant Professor (Sr. Grade)	B. S. Abdur Rahman University	July, 2015 To June, 2016	1 year
Full time Institute Research Scholar	National Institute of Technology, Durgapur, West Bengal.	October, 2010 To October, 2014	4 years
Assistant Professor	S R M University (Main Campus), Kattankulathur, Chennai.	January, 2009 To October, 2010	1 year & 9 months
Senior Lecturer	Bharath University, Chennai	January, 2006 To January 2009	3 years
Lecturer	Sri Venkateswara Institute of Science & Technology, Kolunthalur, Thiruvallur.	June, 2003 To July, 2005	2 years
Senior Project Assistant	UPASI-Krishi Vigan Kendra Tea Research Foundation, Coonoor, Nilgiris.	March, 2002 To May, 2003	1 year & 2Months

Lecture Courses

• Engineering Metallurgy
• Total Quality Management
• Powder Metallurgy
• Applied Materials Engineering
• Machine Shop – Lab Incharge.

Research

Areas Of Research Interest

• Materials Characterization
• Powder Metallurgy
• Corrosion and Tribology Engineering
• Metal Matrix Composites and Biomaterials

Sponsored Research Project

Agency	Title of the project	Amount	Year
SERB-TARE (Teachers Associateship for Research Excellence)	Synthesis and characterization of ZrO2 Dispersed Ti, Ti-6Al-4V, Ti-6Al-5V, Ti-6Al-7Nb composite	18.3 Lakhs	2019-2022

Awards and Distinctions

• TARE Fellowship – 2019-2022 (SERB INDIA)
• Full-Time Research Scholar awarded by MHRD.

Publications

International Journal

• M.Prashanth, R. Karunanithi, S. RasoolMohideen, S. Sivasankaran, An exploration on microstructural observation and mechanical behavior of nanocrystallite Al 7017 alloy via mechanical alloying and uniaxial hot pressing, Materials Characterization, Vol. 171, 2021 PP 110803.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matchar.2020.110803
• Showkat Ali , R. Karunanithi , M. Prashanth, S. Sivasankaran, A novel study on mechanically alloyed nanocrystalline Ti-6Al-4V alloy fabricated by spark plasma sintering, Powder Metallurgy 2021, PP 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1080/00325899.2020.1867391.
• A.Karthik, R. Karunanithi, S. A. Srinivasan, S. P. Kumareshbabu, The Investigation of Microstructure and Mechanical Property of Incorporation of Cerium Oxide to AA2219 Through Liquid Forging Technique, J. Inst. Eng. India Ser. D, 2020, pp 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40033-020-00212-7
• Karunanithi. R, Ghosh. K.S. and Supriya Bera, 2014,‘Effect of dispersoid size and volume fraction on aging behavior and mechanical properties of TiO₂ dispersed Al 7075 alloy composites’, Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A, Vol. 45, 2014, pp. 4062-4072.https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11661-014-2337-7
• Karunanithi. R, Supriya Bera, and Ghosh. K.S, 2014, ‘Electrochemical behavior of TiO₂ reinforced Al 7075 alloy composites’, Materials Science and Engineering B,vol.190,pp133-143. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0921510714001573
• Karunanithi. R, Ghosh. K.S. Ghosh. M.M. and Supriya Bera, 2014, Influence of particle size of the dispersoid on compressibility and sinterability of TiO₂ dispersed Al 7075 alloy composites prepared by mechanical milling’, Advanced PowderTechnology,vol.25,pp.1500-1509. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0921883114001174
• Tuhin Das, Karunanithi. R, Ghosh. K.S. and Supriya Bera, 2016, Deformation, decomposition and hardening behavior of nano Al7075 alloy prepared by mechanical milling and hot pressing, Advanced Powder Technology, vol.27, pp. 1874-1877. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0921883116300930

International Conference

• R. Karunanithi,An investigation of the Synthesis, Characterization and Mechanical behavior of the ballistic performance on AA7017, MMM International Conference, National Institute of Technology, Trichy, during July 5-6, 2019.
• R. Karunanithi, Dry Sliding Wear Behavior and microstructural study of cold rolled Ti and Ti-6Al-4V alloy, European Advanced Material Congress, Stockholm, Sweden, during August 20–23, 2018.
• Karunanithi. R, SupriyaBera, and Ghosh. K.S, (IIM), Synthesis and characterization of TiO2 dispersed Al 7075 alloy – Poster Session on 65th Annual technical meeting of the Indian Institute of Metals (IIM) held at Hyderabad, during November 15-16, 2011.

National Conference

• R. Karunanithi, Corrosion Characterization of Al-Zn-Mg-Cu Alloy Prepared by High Energy Planetary Ball Mill 20th National Convention of electrochemists (NCE) held at Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore, during June 7-8 2018.
• Karunanithi. R, SupriyaBera, and Ghosh. K.S, ‘Surface Engineering of Metals and Alloys, (SEMA-2012) held at Bengal Engineering and Science University (BESU), Shibpur, West Bengal, during March 1-2, 2012
• Karunanithi.R, Karthikeyan.R, ‘Determining the optimal testing parameters on the Sliding Wear behavior of Al/SiCP Composite’ National Conference on Design and Manufacturing (NaConDM2011) held at IIT Madras Campus, Chennai, during May 27-28, 2011

PhD Students and Additional Responsibilities

PhD Students:

• Abdur Rahman (Thesis Submitted)
• Mr N. Sirajudeen(Thesis Submitted)
• Sowkat Ali (On-goinig)
• M.Prashanth (On-goinig)
• A. Karthik (On-goinig)
• Sundaramoorthy (On-goinig).

Additional Responsibilities:

Lab Incharge “Machineshop”
Class advisor – M. Tech (Manufacturing & CAD/CAM)