The Department of Mechanical Engineering, Ahalia School of Engineering and Technology organized a 3-day online Faculty Development Programme, sponsoredbyAPJ Abdul Kalam Technological University (KTU) on “Advanced Engineering Materials & Characterization Technique” from19.05.2021 to May 21.05.2021. The programme was coordinated by Prof. D Prakash (Head of the Department), Mr. Dheeraj P (Assistant Professor) & Mr. Anil M(Assistant Professor)
Prof D Prakash welcomed the gathering and briefed about the FDP and its importance. He explained various outcome of the program. He gave a brief outline of program and requestedall participants to enrich their knowledge from this FDP by their effective participation.
The programme was inaugurated on 19th May 2021 by Dr. P.R Sreemahadevan Pillai, Principal, Ahalia School of Engineering and Technology and Director, Ahalia group of Academic Institutions. He pointed out the importance of material science for all the engineering branches. He stressed on the necessity of participation for such online Faculty Development Programme (FDP) in the current academic scenario. He appreciated the Department for taking the initiative and bringing funded programmes. Dr. Krishna Kumar Kishor, Vice- Principal, Ahalia School of Engineering and Technology and Assistant Director, Ahalia Group of Academic Institutions, felicitated the gathering. He highlighted the need to study new technologies related to the material development. He felt that the participants will find this 3-day FDP productive and enriching their knowledge. Mr. Dhanesh S, Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering proposed the vote of thanks.
There was a total of 9 sessions. Each session was handled by experts from reputed academic institutions like IITs, NITs and other renowned institutions.Various topics like Micro-Machining, Additive Manufacturing, Characterization Technique, Nano-Indentation etc were handled by these experts. A total of 95 participants from across the country registered and 44 participants actively participated in the programme.
The FDP was concluded with valedictory function on 21 May 2021. The chief Guest for Valedictory function was Dr. U Sudeep, Professor, NSS College of Engineering, Palakkad. The session ended with a thank-you note from Prof. D Prakash, FDP Coordinator. He emphasized the enormous contributions of the members of the Organizing Committee and the experts. He also thanked Dr. PR Sreemahadevan Pillai, Principal of the Ahalia School of Engineering and Technology and Director of the Ahalia Academic Institutions Group, and Dr. Krishna Kumar Kishor, Vice President and Assistant Director of the Ahalia Academic Institutions Group. He thanked the members of the Ahalia Management for the support extended for conducting the event. He also expressed his sincere gratitude to all the speakers who have devoted their precious time. He thanked all the participants for their active involvement in all the three days and for making this event a grand success.
Details of the Event:
Day 1
Session 1 was handled by Dr. U Sudeep, Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, NSS College of Engineering, Palakkad. The topic of the session was “Introduction to surface & Material Characterization”, where he pointed out the need for characterization. He gave a brief explanation with the help of few examples.
Session 2 was handled by Dr. S Kanmani Subbu, Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, IIT Palakkad. The topics of his session include the need for micro-machining, conventional and non-conventional micro machining, variants of micro EDM and the issues related to micro-machining
Session 3 was handled by Dr. Pramod V R, Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, NSS College of Engineering, Palakkad. The topic of the session was “Modern Trends in Composite Materials”. The session contents include the modern composite materials, their advantages and disadvantages, effect of fibre orientation and methods of manufacturing.
Day 2
Session 1 was handled by Dr. Aneesh Kumar P, Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, NSS College of Engineering, Palakkad. The topic of the session was “Functionally Graded Materials, an overview”. He talked about this new class of composite materials which draws considerable attention theses days. He discussed the specification and applications of the Functionally Graded Materials and compared the same with traditional materials.
Session 2 was handled by Dr. D Kesavan, Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, IIT Palakkad. The topic of the session was “Metal Additive Manufacturing”. He presented a brief overview about the need of metal Additive manufacturing in industries. He went to discuss the steps involved and concluded with the opportunities of research in the field.
Session 3 was handled by Dr. Hanas T, Assistant Professor, School of Materials Science and Engineering, NIT, Calicut. The topic of the session was “Nanotechnology & Medical Materials”. He started with a small introduction to the world of Nanotechnology and went to discuss some nano scale effects and its anomalies. He also discussed its medical applications and also the areas of current research.
Day 3
Session 1 was handled by Dr. U Sudeep, Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, NSS College of Engineering, Palakkad. The topic of the session was “Few micro/nano manufacturing techniques for advanced materials”. His topic of discussion included additive manufacturing for making porous structured bio-implants, fabrication of atom probe tomography needle using Focus Ion Beam Machining and three precision finishing techniques (AFF, MRF and MRAFF)
Session 2 was handled by Dr. R Vaira Vignesh, Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Amrita School of Engineering & Technology, Coimbatore. The topic of the session was “Engineering the corrosion kinetics of Magnesium Alloy for Biodegradable Implant Applications”. His started with the need for biodegradable implants and the materials used for such implants. He discussed Friction stir processing of Magnesium alloy AZ91 with and without SiO2 and concluded with their limitations
Session 3 was handled by Mr. Arunkumar M, Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, NSS College of Engineering, Palakkad. The topic of the session was “Mechanical Behavioral study using Nano-Indentation”. He explained typical P-h curves for the loading portion of a nanoindentation and schematics of indenter tips. He also gave a short introduction to the background of Atomic force microscope and its applications.
The following Feedback was received from the participants:
• 81.6% of the participants felt that the delivery and presentation of the Resource Persons were excellent and 16.3% of the participants felt that it was very good.
• 79.6% of the participants responded that the coordination of the FDP as excellent 16.3% of the participants felt that it was very good.
• Most of the participants gave excellent rating for all the sessionsthey attended in terms of usefulness and effectiveness.
FDP on ‘Advanced Engineering Materials and Characterisation Technique’
