Faculty Bio

Dr. Ajith Ramesh currently serves as Associate Professor at department of Mechanical Engineering, School of Engineering, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore. His areas of research include FEM, Creep and Faliure Analysis, Contact Mechanics and Composite Structures.

Education

• 2009: Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering
  The University of North Carolina at Charlotte, North Carolina, USA.
• 2005: MS in Mechanical Engineering (MSME)
  The University of North Carolina at Charlotte, North Carolina, USA.
• 2000: B.Tech. in Mechanical (Production) Engineering
  The University of Kerala, India.

Experience

Areas of Research Interest

Computational Modeling & Analysis (FEM) and Experimental Evaluation of non-linear, coupled, large deformation problems:

• Machining and Machinability of Materials (Hard-to-machine materials: Titanium-based alloys, AUSC alloys)
• Metal Forming (Hot & Cold Rolling, Flow-forming, Hydro-forming, Punching, etc.)
• Creep, Fatigue, Fracture and Failure
• Wear of coated systems (Polymer-coated sliding bearings, bone implants, etc.)
• Spring-based energy storage systems

Development of Innovative and Cost-effective design solutions

Research

Sponsored Projects

• Fulbright Specialist Scholar Program
  Duration : 16 days
  Funding Agency : USIEF
  Investigators : Dr. Ajith Ramesh
• Modeling of Deformation in Machining Processes
  Duration : 2 years
  Funding Agency : DRDL, Hyderabad
  Investigators : Dr. Ajith Ramesh, Mr. Vinod Tiwari, Dr. K. Ramesh Kumar

Invited Talks

1. Faculty Development Program at Department of Mechanical Engineering, Sri Krishna College of Engineering and Technology, Kuniamuthur, Coimbatore, in “How to Effectively Teach Solid Mechanics?”
2. Mechanical Engineering Seminar Series at Department of Mechanical Engineering, Sri Krishna College of Technology, Kuniamuthur, Coimbatore, in “Finite Element Methods – Theory and Applications”.
3. Mechanical Engineering Seminar Series at Department of Mechanical Engineering, Royal College of Engineering and Technology, Thrissur, Kerala, in “Mechanics of Solids”.

Reviewer – Journals, Conferences and Books

1. International Journal of Analytical, Experimental, and Finite Element Analysis.
2. International Journal of Mechanics and Design.
3. International Journal of Automation.
4. International Journal of Production Engineering.

Conferences – Organized

1. Organized Faculty Development Programs, Workshops, and Student Interaction Lectures under the Fulbright Specialist Scholar program sponsored by the US-India Educational Foundation in January 2018.
2. International Conference on Simulation, Modeling, and Analysis (COSMA), co-hosted by Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore and NIT-Calicut in December, 2011.

Conferences, Seminars and Workshops – Participated

1. Remote Center Coordinator for the IIT-Bombay ISTE Workshop on ‘Pedagogy for Effective use of ICT in Engineering Education’, in Jan 2015.
2. Participated and presented paper at the Eleventh ISAMPE National Conference on Composites organized by Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, in Nov 2012.
3. Organizing committee member, and presented research papers at COSMA-2011 International Conference, co-hosted by Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham and N.I.T-Calicut, in Dec 2011.
4. Organized a workshop on “Developing Successful Research Proposals” at Amrita in Jan 2010.
5. Participated in the Sixth International Conference on Precision, Meso, Micro, and Nano- Engineering, organized by Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, P.S.G. College of Technology, and University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA, in December 2009.
6. Presented a research paper at the Abaqus Users’ Conference at Dassault Systems Simulia, Newport, Rhode Island, USA, in May 2008.

Other Academic/Non-Academic Activities

1. Member of the Board of Studies for B.Tech (2010-2013) and M.Tech programs (2010-till date) at Amrita.
2. Course Coordinator and Class Advisor for the M.Tech – Engineering Design program.
3. M.Tech – Engineering Design, Projects Coordinator and Review Panel member.
4. Review Panel member for B.Tech – Mechanical Engineering projects.
5. Doctoral Committee member for 1 internal (Amrita) and 2 external (Anna Univ.) Ph.D. committees.
6. Member of Ph.D. admissions panel for the department of Mechanical Engineering.
7. Member of the M.Tech admissions panel for the department of Mechanical Engineering.
8. Volunteer of Amala Bharatham – a world-wide cleaning drive organized by the Mata Amritanandamayi Math.
9. Organizing committee member and coordinator for several technical and non-technical events at the university.

Honors & Awards

1. Awarded scholarship/grant by The Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, U.S.A., as a Research Assistant towards successful completion of Ph.D. research at UNC Charlotte.
2. Awarded scholarship by National Science Foundation (N.S.F), U.S.A., to attend a short course in Nano-Scale Design of Materials which was organized by the Summer Institute on Nano-Mechanics and Materials, during Aug 25 – 29, 2003, at The North-Western University, Chicago.
3. Awarded the 3^rd Best Research Presentation at the Graduate Research Fair at UNC Charlotte in Mar 2008.
4. Chaired 2 sessions of the International Conference, ICONAMMA-2016 at Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Bangalore campus.
5. Chaired 2 conference sessions for COSMA-2011 organized by Amrita & NIT, Calicut
6. Successfully completed 2 under-graduate projects of social relevance, with seed funding from Mata Amritanandamayi Math.

Professional Bodies

1. Member of the Student Chapter for Precision Engineering at UNC Charlotte, NC, USA.

Student Guidance

Doctoral Students

1. Mr. Sumesh C. S. – “Finite Element Modeling and Experimental Evaluation of Deformation and Chip Morphology in Machining Processes involving Hard to Machine Materials”.
2. Mr. Unnikrishnan D. – “Modeling the Effect of Blade Shape on Performance and Structural Integrity of Vertical Axis Wind Turbines”.

Masters Students

1. 9 M.Tech – Engineering Design students completed their thesis successfully in the period 2014 – 2018.
2. 16 M.Tech – Engineering Design students completed their thesis successfully in the period 2009 – 2014.

Other Activities

• Captain and active member of the Faculty Cricket team for the department
• Active participant in cultural and sports & games activities at the university