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Dr Santhosh Mozhuguan Sekar

Dr Santhosh Mozhuguan Sekar

Post-Doctoral Research Fellow

Academic Qualifications

PhD (Mechanical Engineering)
Master of Engineering in Engineering Design
Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering

Professional Bodies

  1. MISTE - Member of Indian Society for Technical Education
  2. AMIE - Associate Member of the Institution of Engineers

Research

  1. Received All India Council for Technical Education - Grant for Organizing conference for the year 2022-2023 - F. No.67-10/ IDC/GOC/POLICY-4 /2022-23 Dated: 17th January, 2023. – Rs 1,95,000.00 INR – Completed.
  2. Received Grant of Rs. 7,500.00 INR from Tamilnadu State Council for Science and Technology under Student Project Scheme (SPS) for the project "Manufacturing of Light Weight Fire Retardant Composite Battery Carton/Boxes for E-Vehicles" – Project No: EME 0648 – Completed.

Publications

  1. Pawar, Suyash Y., Soheil Gohari, Mizan Ahmed, Santhosh Mozhuguan Sekar, Elango natarajan, Uzwalkiran. Rokkala and Chun Kit Ang. Tribological and Microstructure Studies of LM26/SiC Metal Matrix Composite. Materials Research Express accepted and in press https://doi.org/10.1088/2053-1591/acde4b.
  2. Pawar, Suyash Y., Julfikar Haider, Giuseppe Pintaude, Santhosh Mozhuguan Sekar, Vikram Kolhe, Kailas Chandratre, Sandipkumar Sonawane, and Parmeshwar Ritapure. "Mechanical and Tribological Behavior of LM26/SiC/Ni-Gr Hybrid Composites" Journal of Composites Science 7, no. 4: 159, 2023. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcs7040159.
  3. Elango Natarajan, Lídio Inácio Freitas, M.S.Santhosh. Experimental and numerical analysis on suitability of S-Glass-Carbon fiber reinforced polymer composites for submarine hull, Defence Technology, DOI: 10.1016/j.dt.2022.06.003.
  4. Elango Natarajan, Kalaimani Markandan, Santhosh Mozhuguan Sekar, Kaviarasan Varadaraju Saravana kumar. Drilling-Induced Damages in Hybrid Carbon and Glass Fiber-Reinforced Composite Laminate and Optimized Drilling Parameters. Journal of composite science, MDPI, Vol. 6 (10), 2022.
  5. M. S. Santhosh, L. Natrayan, S. Kaliappan, Pravin P. Patil. Mechanical and Wear Behaviour of Nano-Fly Ash Particle-Reinforced Mg Metal Matrix Composites Fabricated by Stir Casting Technique. Journal of Nanomaterials, Hindawi, Vol. 2022, 5465771, 2022.
  6. Santhosh. MS, Sasikumar. R & Elango Natarajan 2021, ‘E-Glass/phenolic matrix/APP laminate as a potential candidate for battery casing of e-vehicle - experimental investigations’. Materials Research Express, vol. 4, no. 8, pp. 045310. ISSN: 2053-1591, https://doi.org/10.1088/2053-1591/abf8e5.
  7. Natarajan, Elango, Santhosh. MS, Markandan, Kalaimani, Sasikumar. R, Saravanakumar. N; Dilip A. Anto. ‘Mechanical and wear behaviour of PEEK, PTFE and PU: review and experimental study’, Journal of Polymer Engineering, Vol. 42 (5), 407-417, 2022 https://doi.org/10.1515/polyeng-2021-0325.
  8. Santhosh. MS, Sasikumar. R, Khadar. SDA; Natrayan. L 2021. ‘Ammonium polyphosphate reinforced E-Glass/Phenolic hybrid composites for primary E-Vehicle battery casings–A study on fire performance’. Journal of New Materials for Electrochemical Systems, vol. 24, no. 4, pp. 247-253. https://doi.org/10.14447/jnmes.v24i4.a03.
  9. N. Maniselvam, M.S. Santhosh, R. Sasikumar, P. Murugesan, M. Chandru. “Study of Corrosion Behavior of Carbon Fiber Reinforced Plastics (CFRPs)”, Materials Science Forum (2019), Vol. 969, pp 175-180, DOI: 10.4028/www.scientific.net/MSF.969.175.
  10. Natarajan, Elango, Santhosh. MS, Modeling of multiwall carbon nanotubes reinforced natural rubber for soft robotic applications – A comprehensive presentation, Materials Today: Proceedings, Volume 46, Part 9, 2021, Pages 3251-3258.
  11. Santhosh M.S, Thangavel Thiyagarajan, R. Sasikumar. Mechanical and fire performance of aluminium hydroxide filled E-Glass/ phenolic hybrid composites. Materials today: proceedings, Volume 37, Part 2, 2021, Pages 2792-2797.
  12. L. Natrayan & M. S. Santhosh, Effect of Pineapple/Coconut Sheath Fiber Reinforced with Polyester Resin Matrix on Mechanical and Microstructure Properties of Hybrid Polyester Composite, Advances in Materials and Manufacturing Engineering. Springer Proceedings in Materials, vol 7. Springer, Singapore.
  13. M.S.Santhosh, R.Mohanraj, G.Karthikeyan. Mechanical and morphological behavior of rice husk/prosopis juliflora reinforced bio composites. December 2019, Materials today: proceedings, DOI: 10.1016/j.matpr.2019.12.021.
  14. M.S. Santhosh, R. Sasikumar, L. Natrayan, M. Senthil Kumar, V. Elango and M. Vanmathi. Investigation of mechanical and electrical properties of Kevlar/E-glass and Basalt/E-glass reinforced hybrid composites, International Journal of Mechanical and Production Engineering Research and Development, 2018, Vol. 8(3), 591-598.
  15. L. Natrayan, M.S. Santhosh, R. Mohanraj, R. Hariharan. “Mechanical and Tribological Behaviour of Al2O3 & SiC Reinforced Aluminium Composites Fabricated via Powder Metallurgy, IOP Conf. Series: Materials Science and Engineering, 561, 2019. doi:10.1088/1757-899X/561/1/012038. 
  16. L. Natrayan, E. Aravindaraj, M.S. Santhosh, M. Senthil Kumar. Analysis and Optimization of Connecting Tie Rod Assembly In Agriculture Application, Acta Mechanica Malaysia (AMM), Vol. 3 (1), 06-10, 2019.
  17. L. Natrayan, V. Sivaprakash, M.S. Santhosh. Mechanical, Microstructure and wear behavior of the material AA6061 reinforced SiC with different leaf ashes using advanced stir casting method, International Journal of Engineering and Advanced Technology (IJEAT), Vol. 8 (2s), 366-371, 2018.
  18. Alireza Golshahr, Elango Natarajan, M.S. Santhosh, R. Sasikumar, S. Ramesh, Rajkumar Durairaj, Multiwall Carbon Nanotube Reinforced Silicone for Aerospace Applications, International Journal of Mechanical and Production Engineering Research and Development Vol. 8 (4), 743-752, 2018.
  19. R. Mohanraj, R. Hariharan, M.S. Santhosh, V. Gopinath. Performance study of micro-ECM process to drilling, International Journal of Applied Engineering Research Vol. 10 (13), 11063-11065, 2015.
  20. M.S. Santhosh, R. Gunasekaran, R. Sasikumar. Mechanical Behaviour of Basalt / Carbon / Aluminium Fiber Metal Laminates – An Experimental Study. The International Journal of Engineering and Science (IJES), Vol. 8 (3), 2019.
  21. M.S. Santhosh, T. Thangavel, R. Sasikumar. Mechanical Behaviour of Aluminium Powder Modified Carbon/Basalt Reinforced Vinyl Ester Composites, IOSR Journal of Polymer and Textile Engineering (IOSR-JPTE), Vol. 6 (1), 52-58, 2019.
  22. M.S. Santhosh, R. Sasikumar, T. Thangavel et al. Fabrication and Characterization of Basalt / Kevlar / Aluminium Fiber Metal Laminates for Automobile Applications, International Journal of Materials Science, Volume 14 (1), 1-9, 2019.
  23. Santhosh M.S, Sasikumar R. Influences of Aluminium / E-Glass Volume Fraction on Flexural and Impact Behaviour of GLARE Hybrid Composites, Journal of Engineering Sciences, Volume 6 (1), 2019. DOI: 10.21272/jes.2019.6 (1).c2.
  24. E. Aravindaraj, L. Natrayan, M.S. Santhosh, M. Kumar, Design and Analysis of Connecting Tie Rod Assembly for Automotive Application, Journal of Engineering Sciences, Vol. 5 (2), D15 - D20, 2018.
  25. L. Natrayan, M.S. Santhosh, S. Yogeshwaran. Design and Investigation of Safety Cross Stand for Scrambler, International Research Journal of Engineering and Technology, Vol. 3 (10), 186-190, 2016.

 

Books Published

  1. Production and Optimization of Nano Crystalline Materials, (ISBN Number: 978-613-9-84188-2), Lambert Academic Publishing, 2019.
  2. Computer Integrated Manufacturing (CIM – 1st Edition), (ISBN Number: 9783330011465), Lambert Academic Publishing, 2018.
  3. Significance of Boron Nitride in Composites and Its Applications, (DOI:10.5772/intechopen.81555), Chapter of Book Titled “Recent Advances in Boron Containing Materials”, Intech Open Publishing UK, 2019.
  4. Computer Integrated Manufacturing (CIM), As per Syllabus of Anna University Chennai 2017 Regulation. (ISBN Number: 9789352356034), Selvam Press, 2015.