Mr. C. Sivakumar

Teaching

• Engineering Graphics
• Fluid Mechanics
• Mechatronics
• Automobile Engineering
• Robotics

Research

• Vibration damping
• Instrumentation, measurement and actuation.

• Sivakumar C., Muralidharan V., Ravikumar N., Murali Manohar D., “Investigations on the Mechanical and Damping Properties of Styrene-Butadiene Rubber with Graphene and Carbon Black”, FME Transactions, vol 51, pp 386-395, 2023
• Dharmaraj MM, Chakraborty BC, Begum S, Ravikumar N, Sivakumar C, et al. “Effect of nanoclay reinforcing filler in nitrile rubber/polyvinyl chloride blend: frequency response of dynamic viscoelasticity and vibration damping”, Iran Polym J 31, 1247–1261 (2022)

• Sathickbasha K, Surya Rajan B, Hariharasakthisudhan P, Sivakumar C. et al., “Tribological Performance of Brake Friction Composites with Sb2O3 Pre-blended with Metal Sulfide”, SAE Technical Paper 2022-28-0575, 2022
• C Sivakumar, V Muralidharan, Natarajan Ravikumar, Murali Manohar D. et al., “Numerical Analysis on Mechanical Behavior of Viscoelastic Nano Composite,” SAE Technical Paper 2021-28-0240, 2021
• Natarajan Ravikumar, S Riswan asif, C Sivakumar, and Murali Manohar D, “Experimental Modal Analysis Study on Graphene Filled SBR,” SAE Technical Paper 2021-28-0225, 2021
• Natarajan Ravikumar, Vignesh Ravi, C Sivakumar, Arulvizhi Varukumar et al., “Drag Optimization of Multi-Axle Commercial Vehicle Model Using ANSYS Fluent,” SAE Technical Paper 2020-28-0494, 2020.
• Temperature Distribution Study of Friction Stir Welded AA Alloy 7075 – T6 joints Reinforced with SiC “International Conference on Materials, Manufacturing and Modelling” March 29th to 31st 2019 held at VIT (Deemed to be University), Vellore.
• Influence of SiC Powders on AA 7075 – T6 joints by Friction Stir Welding Process “International Conference on Advances in Materials and Manufacturing Applications” August 16th to 18th 2018 held at Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham (Deemed to be University), Bengaluru.

• Organized a three days workshop on “Tractor Design” during October, 2018 at Valliammai engineering college. Supported by SAE India Southern Section.
• Organized a two day workshop on “Tractor Design” during October, 2017 at SRM Institute of Science & Technology. Supported by SAE India Southern Section.

• Completed online two-week Interdisciplinary Refresher Course in “ADVANCED RESEARCH METHODOLOGY” organized by Ramanujan college, New Delhi, from 22 May – 05 June 2023
• Completed a 4-Week Faculty Orientation Programme for “Faculty in Universities/Colleges/Institutes of Higher Education” organized by Ramanujan College, New Delhi, from 23 April – 22 May 2023
• Attended one week online FDP on “Smart manufacturing” organized by NITTR, Chennai, 21.02.2022 to 25.02.2022.
• Attended a seven days FDP on “Recent advancement in electric vehicle technologies”, organized by SRMIST, Chennai, 8-14 December 2020.
• Attended a five-day induction training program for faculty sponsored by “Tamil Nadu State Council for Science and Technology & NCSTC Delhi”, B. S. Abdur Rahman University, Chennai (June 2011).

• Attended a five day workshop on “Engineering Graphics” organized by Department of Mechanical Engineering, B. S. Abdur Rahman University, Chennai (July 2011).

• Attended one day workshop on “Quality Assurance in Academic and Sponsored Research” conducted by B. S Abdur Rahman University, Chennai (March 2015).

• Lab In-charge: Robolab
• Member – Curriculum development for B. Tech Mechanical Engineering
• Member in preparation NBA & NAAC file.
• Champion Tractor Design Competition 2018 & 2019 conducted by SAE India Southern Section, Chennai.