DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

Dr. K. Asrar Ahmed

Designation : Assistant Professor (Sr. Gr.)
Nature of Employment : Regular
Date of Joining : 09-01-2012
Qualification : B.E., M.E., Ph.D.
Phone : +91 44 2275 1347,48,50 (Office)
Email ID : asrarahmed@crescent.education

Teaching

Educational Background
Programme Discipline Year of Passing University
B. E Mechanical Engineering 2009 C. Abdul Hakeem College of Engineering & Technology, Melvisharam, Ranipet Dist. (Anna University)
M.E Refrigeration & Air Conditioning 2011 College of Engineering, Guindy (CEG), Main Campus, Chennai.
Ph.D. Friction Materials Thesis Submitted B.S. Abdur Rahman Crescent Institute of Science and Technology, Vandalur – Chennai 600048.
Work Experience
Designation Institution Duration No. of Years
Assistant Professor B.S.Abdur Rahman Crescent Institute of Science & Technology. Jan 2012 to till date 10 years
Lecture courses
  • Fluid Mechanics and Machinery
  • Engineering Thermodynamics
  • Thermal Engineering
  • Social Entrepreneurship
  • Computational Fluid dynamics

Research

Areas Of Research Interest
  • Brake Friction Composites
  • Optimization Techniques
Publications International Journal
  • Ahmed, K. A., Mohideen, S. R., Balaji, M. A. S., and Rajan, B. S., 2020, “Tribological Performance of Brass Powder with Different Copper and Zinc Content in the Brake Pad,” Tribol. Ind., 42(2), pp. 177–190. (Scopus indexed with SNIP 1.065)
  • K. A. Ahmed, S. H. R. Mohideen, M. A. S. Balaji, and P. B. Sethupathy, “Synergic effect of metallic fillers as heat dissipaters in the tribological performance of a nonasbestos disk brake pad,” Proc. Inst. Mech. Eng. Part J J. Eng. Tribol., 2021, doi: 10.1177/13506501211018953. (SCI Extended with Impact factor 1.778).
  • K. Asrar Ahmed, S. Rasool Mohideen, S. R. Balachandran, and M. A. Sai Balaji, “Varying Cu and Zn composition in brass and its effect on the fade and recovery behavior of the phenolic-based friction composites,” Polym. Compos., no. April, pp. 1–17, 2022, doi: 10.1002/pc.26706. (Scopus indexed with Impact factor 3.171).
  • B Surya Rajan, Sathickbasha, Asrar Ahmed, Hariharasakthisudhan, Velmurugan, Baskara Sethupathi, Balaji, Francesco Cotilli, K J Nagarajan, “Synergistic effect of Bismuth III sulphide and Iron sulfide in the Tribological performance of brake friction composite,” 2022 Surf. Topogr.: Metrol. Prop. 10 025015, doi.org/10.1088/2051-672X/ac6c41. (WOS with Impact factor 2.038).
International Conferences
  • Asrar Ahmed K, Rasool Mohideen S, and Saibalaji M.A, Synergic effect of metallic fillers as heat dissipaters in the tribological performance of a nonasbestos disk brake pad, presented in an international virtual conference on Tribology – TRIBOINDIA 2022. Decebmber 2020, Chennai, India
Workshops
  • 10 days training program on the course Social Entrepreneurship organized by Wadhwani foundation.
  • One day national level workshop on friction Materials concepts – formulation, testing & environmental issue in 2018.
  • Workshop for taking classes online using Moodle for two weeks, conducted by MBA department in BS Abdur Rahman Crescent Institute of Science and technology.
Extension Additional Responsibilities
  • Admission coordinator in department of Mechanical Engineering
  • Lab in charge of Fluid Mechanics laboratory
  • Class Advisor for B.Tech Mechanical Engineering students (2021 – 2025 batch)
  • Faculty advisor for B.Tech Mechanical Engineering students (2018 – 2022 batch)