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Mr. Balappa Ukamanal
Assistant Professor
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School/College
Faculty of Engineering and Technology
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Department
Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering
With a back ground in B.E. in Mechanical Engineering, M.Sc. (Engg) in New Product Design, (Ph.D. in Farm Machinery) Mr, Balappa.B.U has been an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering Engineering, RUAS since 2004. And teaches for classes at both postgraduate undergraduate levels. Armed with over 16 years of experience in academics, over 3 years in in industry, his preferred teaching subjects include Computer Aided Design Engineering ,Finite Element Analysis of Mechanical Structures, Tribology and Heat Transfer, Design of Machinery, Design of Machine Elements, Engineering and Machine Drawing, delivered corporate training programs (CAD/ CAE domain) for various organizations including Mahindra Research Valley in Chennai, the Indian Railways, Altair Engineering Pvt Ltd, Satyam, BEML, Schneider Electric, Haritha and KPIT-Cummins in Bangalore.
Projects Carried out
- Fund sanctioned : Rs.20 Lakhs, funding organization UAS-D for research on Agri-robot
- Fund sanctioned : Rs. 126.85 Lakhs, funding organization
Qualifications
- M.Sc. in in New Product Design, Engineering
Coventry University UK , 2004
- B.E. in Mechanical Engineering
BLDEA's College of Engineering and Technology, from Karnataka University Dharwad , 2001
Experience
Total Years of Experience21 Years
Industry
3 Years
Research
3 Years
From 2004 to 2007, he was a Training Manager at M S Ramaiah School of Advanced Studies (now RUAS). He has delivered corporate training programs (CAD / CAE domain) for various organisations including Mahindra Research Valley in Chennai, the Indian Railways, Altair Engineering Pvt Ltd, Satyam, BEML, Schneider Electric, Haritha and KPIT-Cummins in Bangalore.
Training Experience (With Topics)
- From 2004 to 2007, he was a Training Manager at M S Ramaiah School of Advanced Studies (now RUAS). He has delivered corporate training programs (CAD / CAE domain) for various organisations including Mahindra Research Valley in Chennai, the Indian Railways, Altair Engineering Pvt Ltd, Satyam, BEML, Schneider Electric, Haritha and KPIT-Cummins in Bangalore
- Farm Machinery
Balappa B U, N C Mahendra babu, A C Lokesh (2020) ‘Development of semi-automated sowing machine for multiple crops’ Materials Today: Proceedings, Vol, 42, pp. 1317 -1320
Balappa.B.U, Navid , Shama Ravichandran, Presented the Research paper entitled:” Computer Vision System to Detect Maturity of Tomatoes in Real Time Using Deep learning” sixteenth International Conference on information processing ICInPRO-2021 Springer Nature publication.
Balappa.B.U, Sarvesh Presented the Research paper entitled:” Design and Development of Arachis Hypogea” International Conference on Progressive Research in Industrial & Mechanical Engineering (PRIME-2021) Springer publication
Training Courses Delivered - “Design of Fasteners” Mahendra Research valley Chennai, 2.24th, 25th and 26th of March 2014 and (21st April 2014 to 22 April 2014) Coimbatore 3 Days-Work shop on FEA at Faculty of Dental Sciences (From 28,29 and 30th Nov 2017) MSRUAS
- Astle Dsouza, Dr. Mohandas K. N., Dr. Dinesh P. A. Balappa Ukamanal “Investigating The Effect of Knurling on Fluid Flow Properties- Factors Affecting Boundary Layers Formation” 4th International Conference on Recent Advances in Engineering Sciences RIT -2022 (13th and 14th October 2022) PAPER ID: ME-6099
- Balappa.B.U, Dr. N. C. Mahendra Babu, Dr. A. C. Lokesh Presented the Research paper entitled:” Development of Semi-Automated Sowing Machine for Multiple Crops” in 2020 Second International Conference on Recent Advances in Materials and Manufacturing (ICARAMM2020)Materials today: PROCEEDINGS ELSEVIER
- Shwetha S, Dr. B S Dayananda, Pranupa S, Balappa B U, 2021, “Development of Automated Ammonia Monitoring System for Poultry Farm”, International Vertual Conference on Advances in Engineering, Sciences and - Management conducted by IEEE, Bangalore Division, held on 28th and 29th November 2021 at Bangalore, India.
- Navid , Shama Ravichandran, Balappa.B.U, Presented the Research paper entitled:” Computer Vision System to Detect Maturity of Tomatoes in Real Time Using Deep learning” sixteenth International Conference on information processing ICInPRO-2021 Springer Nature publication.
- Balappa.B.U, Sarvesh Presented the Research paper entitled:” Design and Development of Arachis Hypogea” International Conference on Progressive Research in Industrial & Mechanical Engineering (PRIME-2021) Springer publication.
- Manjunath M Ullegaddi, Balappa B U, N C Mahendra Babu (2020). ‘Machines, Mechanism and Robotics’ Design and development reaper for harvesting maize’. Springer.
- Balappa B U, N C Mahendra babu, A C Lokesh (2020) ‘Development of semi-automated sowing machine for multiple crops’ Materials Today: Proceedings, Vol, 42, pp. 1317 -1320
- Balappa B.U, Chetan Nije “Design and Development of Multi-Profile Sheet Forming Machine for Small Scale Industries” Published by Elsevier Ltd. Selection and Peer-review under responsibility of Advanced Materials, Manufacturing, Management and Thermal Science (AMMMT 2016), 2214-7853© 2017.
- Balappa B.U “Design and Development of Ragi-Thresher and De-Husking Machine International Conference on Advances in Design. &. Manufacturing. (ICAD&M'14)”2014 NIT, TRICHY vol. 2, pp. 854 - 857.
- Balappa B.U, Siddarth Akki “Development and Validation of a Simulation Model for Thermal Analysis of Structure with Built-in Cooling Systems” Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research, (Current Trends In Advanced Manufacturing and Energy Systems (Ctames)) May 2019, Volume 6, Issue 5.
- Balappa B.U, Iddris “Design, Modelling, Kinematic performance and prototype development of a Bionic Hand” Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research, (Current Trends In Advanced Manufacturing and Energy Systems (Ctames)) May 2019 Issue 5.
- Balappa B.U, Zuber, “Design and Development of Flower Stringing Machine” ,Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research , (Current Trends In Advanced Manufacturing and Energy Systems (Ctames)) May 2019 Issue 5.
- Balappa. B.U, Jagadesh.Y. J “Numerical simulation of incompressible boundary layer flows with turbulence model” ISBN 978-81 National conference on emerging trends in engineering and management
- Balappa. B.U, Jagadesh.Y. J “Numerical simulation of incompressible boundary layer flows with turbulent models in convergent and Divergent sections” ISBN: 978-81-923724-2-6 2nd World Conference Applied Sciences, Engineering and technology 2013
- Associate Member, The Institution of Engineers (India)
B. U. Balappa “Method, system and apparatus for de-husking flat beans”,
Indian Patent Application: 4155 / CHE / 2013, September 17, 2013 B. U. Balappa, “Method, System and Apparatus for Water Purification” Indian Patent Application: 581 / CHE / 2014, February 7, 2014
B U Balappa, “Method, System and Apparatus for Threshing and De-husking of Ragi Crop” Indian Patent Application: 3862/CHE/2014, August 06, 2014.
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