Research Centre, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Chennai Institute of Technology is the approved research centre under Centre for Research, Anna University since 2017. Totally seven research scholars have completed their doctoral degree under this centre and 30 research scholars are pursuing doctoral research. Department of Mechanical Engineering nurtures research culture not only among the faculty and researcher scholar but also for students. This research culture is being supported by our centre of excellence such as Centre for Applied Research, Digital Manufacturing and 3D printing lab, Kuka Robotics centre, Industrial Automation and Robotics Centre, New energy and CNC matching centre. Computational facilities are available with 60 high configuration computers and Research versions of Software ANSYS, ABAQUS, TOSCA, iSight, FeSafe, NxCAE.
List of Recognized Supervisors
| S.No | Supervisor | Designation | Specialization |
| 1 | Dr.A.Ramesh (3120036) |
Principal & Professor | Metal Casting, Composite Materials, Tribology |
| 2 | Dr.B.R.Ramesh Bapu (2720086) |
Professor | Thermal / Energy |
| 3. | Dr. V. Dhinakaran (3020038) |
Professor | Additive Manufacturing, Welding, Computational Mechanics |
| 4. | Dr.P.Gurusamy (2620052) |
Professor | Composite Materials |
| 5 | Dr.S.Ravi (2020376) |
Professor | Manufacturing |
| 6 | Dr. Ezilarasan C (2920030) |
Professor | Machining of Super Alloys and Composite, Material Characterization, Optimization of Parameters |
| 7. | Dr. V.Mohanavel (3420013) |
Assistant professor | Manufacturing and Composite Materials |
List of Scholars pursuing PhD (Anna University) in the research Centre
| S.No | Name of the Scholar | Register No. | Supervisor |
| 1 | P.Santhanakrishnan | 11210331087 | Dr.A.Ramesh (3120036) |
| 2 | K R Sakthivel | 71110331058 | |
| 3 | Kayalvizhi S | 1522499259 | Dr.B.R.Ramesh Bapu (2720086) |
| 4 | Yuwaraj K R | 19172997179 | |
| 5. | Allwinson Paul G | 20142991225 | |
| 6. | Sadasivan N | 16152997210 | |
| 7. | Somasundaram S | 2011172056 | |
| 8. | Balajikrishnabharathi A | 19142997197 | |
| 9. | Karthikeyan K | 20122991212 | |
| 10. | Sankaramoorthy T | 20142991201 | |
| 11. | Suresh A | 18122997124 | |
| 12. | Vinayagamoorthy M | 19132997153 | Dr. V. Dhinakaran (3020038) |
| 13. | Saravanan H | 19142597172 | |
| 14. | Ranjith Kumar R | 17132597314 | |
| 15. | Gopikrishnan C | 1614259230 | |
| 16. | N.Velmurugan | 1513299775 | Dr.S.Ravi (2020376 |
| 17. | B Yokesh Kumar | 1614299213 | Dr Sevvel |
List of Scholars Provisionally Selected for PhD (2020)
| S.No | Name of the Scholar | Supervisor |
| 1 | T N Suresh kumar | Dr.B.R.Ramesh Bapu (2720086) |
| 2 | R Kishore kumar | Dr. V. Dhinakaran (3020038) |
| 3 | R P Diwakar Raviram | |
| 4 | Udhaya kumar | |
| 5. | S Tirupathi Raja | Dr.P.Gurusamy (2620052) |
| 6 | S Harikrishan | |
| 7. | J Lokesh kumar | |
| 8. | S Suresh Kumar | Dr. V.Mohanavel (3420013) |
List of Scholars pursuing PhD (Other University) in the research Centre
| S.No | Name of the Scholar | University | Co Supervisor |
| 1 | S Sivaraj | Annamalai University | V.Dhinakaran |
| 2 | G K Kannan | Annamalai University | V.Dhinakaran |
| 3 | K Krishna Kumar | Veltech University | Dr.B.R.Ramesh Bapu |
| 4 | N Vinoth | VIT University | Dr.B.R.Ramesh Bapu |
List of Scholars completed PhD in the research Centre
| S.No | Name of the Scholar | Title | Supervisor/Co Supervisor | Year |
| 1 | V.Shankar | Investigation on Effects of Ageing Procedure on the Microstructure and Mechanical Characteristics of Aluminum-Silicon Alloys | Dr.S.Muthu | 2017 |
| 2 | M.Meignanamoorthy | Experimental Investigations on Properties of Boron Carbide Reinforced AA8079Matrix Composites prepared by Powder Metallurgy Technique | Dr.V.Dhinakaran | 2019 |
| 3. | Alagarsamy S V | Experimental Investigation on Properties and Machinability of Titanium Dioxide Reinforced AA7075 Matrix Composites | Dr.V.Dhinakaran | 2019 |
| 4. | S Dinesh kumar | Investigation on Properties and Machining Behaviour of Zirconium Diboride Reinforced Aluminium Matrix Composites | Dr.V.Dhinakaran | 2019 |
| 5. | Gayathri N | Enhancing the life and efficiency of Turbo engines by optimizing the design of turbine blades by using nano composite coating and validation using CFD Analysis | Dr.B.R.Ramesh Bapu | 2019 |
| 6. | Sathish Kumar P | Investigation of A356-SiC-Gr Hybrid Composites Fabricated by Stir Cum Squeeze Casting Process | Dr.A.Ramesh | 2020 |
| 7 | T. Hariprasad | Development and Characterization of Aluminium Hybrid Composites | Dr.S.Ravi | 2020 |