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Dr. Raja R
Professor
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School/College
Faculty of Engineering and Technology
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Department
Aerospace and Automotive Engineering
Worked in core automotive OEM and various software companies at different capacities and imparting the courses with industry experience. Focused more on practical teaching for UG and PG students. Focusing more on development of Electric Vehicle technologies.
Qualifications
- Ph.D. in Automotive Engines
Anna University, 2006
- M.E. (Automobile)
MIT, Anna University , 1998
- B.E. ( Mechanical)
Madras University, 1995
Experience
Total Years of Experience27 Years
Academic Experience
15 Years
- RMKEC, Chennai - 2 Years
- Professor and Head - The Oxford College of Engineering, Bangalore - 3.5 Years
- Professor and Head - M. S. Ramaiah University of Applied Sciences - 5.5 Years
- Professor, M. S. Ramaiah University of Applied Sciences - ( 2015 - Till date) - 7.5 Years
Industry Experience
12 Years
- Project Engineer-Quantum Consultants Inc., Hyderabad - 1.5 Year
- Team Leader - Tata Auto Comp System Pvt. Limited, Pune - 1.5 Years
- Country Manager, CSM Software Pvt. Ltd., Bangalore - 4.5 Years
- Technical Manager - TMW, Cranes Software International Pvt. Limited - 3.5 Years
- Program Manager, MSC Software India Pvt. Limited, Pune. - 1 Year
Training Experience (With Topics)
- Received the award of best of Employee of Year 2006 and 2008
- Received the Design Patent from Govt. of India in July 2019
- Received International Award of “BEST PACE Lab-2017”from PACE organizers during PACE Annual Forum -2017 held at Mexico, for various activities conducted and effective usage by RUAS
- Received PACE –PUMA, ” Judges Special Perseverance Award” for Best design of Personal Urban Mobility Vehicle (PUMA), during Annual Forum of PACE -2018 Conference held at Detroit, USA
- Received the Annual Exemplary Faculty Award in RUAS, 2021
- Alternate Energy Sources of Automotive propulsion, Automotive Pollution Control, Power train, Vehicle Body Engineering
- Automotive Engines and Sub Systems, Electric Vehicle, Battery Cooling and Design Validation of Automotive systems
- Improvement of Automotive engines and subsystems for better performance
- Improvement of Electric vehicle battery performance
- Received the award of best of Employee of Year 2006 and 2008
- Received the Design Patent from Govt. of India in July 2019
- Received International Award of “BEST PACE Lab-2017”from PACE organizers during PACE Annual Forum - 2017 held at Mexico, for various activities conducted and effective usage by RUAS
- Received PACE –PUMA, ” Judges Special Perseverance Award” for Best design of Personal Urban Mobility Vehicle (PUMA), during Annual Forum of PACE -2018 Conference held at Detroit, USA
- Received the Annual Exemplary Faculty Award in RUAS, 2021
National Conference Papers
- Raja R. Mr. Vijay Saldanha, and Mr. Monish Gowda M. H. (2018), “Redesign of Truck Cab Suspension for Improved Ride”, FISTIA World Automotive Congress, Chennai.
- Raja R, Mr. Ankit Mehta, and Mr. Monish Gowda M. H., (2018), “Analysis Of Combined Effect of Caster Angle and SAI on Steering Performance of the Vehicle”, FISTIA World Automotive Congress, Chennai.
International Conference Papers
- Trupti, P. Wani, Raja, R. and Sampathkumaran, P. (2017) “Investigation on Wear and Friction Characteristics of Bi-Directional Silk Fiber Reinforced Nanoclay added HDPE Composites”, International Conference on Advances in Materials and Manufacturing Applications, Bangalore.
National Journal Papers
- Raja R, Karthik YC and Mithun SK, (2019), “Experimental Investigation on the Effect of Fuel Magnetization for Improvement of Diesel Engine’s Efficiency”, SASTECH J., 18(1), pp. 9 – 12
- Raja, R. Nithin, K. Narayanan and Sriram, A. T. and (2018) Improvement on Performance of a Heavy-Duty Diesel Truck Engine by Utilizing Waste Heat Energy with Organic Rankine Cycle, SASTECH J., 17(1), pp. 37 – 40
- Raja, R., Rakesh, S., and Ananthesha (2017) Multi-Fuel Blend Ratio Estimation for Improvement in Performance and Reduction of Emissions in CI Engines”, — Part A, SASTECH J., 16(2), pp. 38 – 41.
- Raja, R., Rakesh, S., and Ananthesha, (2017), Multi-Fuel Blend Ratio Estimation for Improvement in Performance and Reduction of Emissions in CI Engines — Part B, SASTECH J., 16(2), pp. 42 – 45.
International Journal Papers
- Raja R , Trupt P Wani and Sridhar Deshpande, (2022), “Tribological behaviour of Silk fiber reinforced HDPE nano composites”, Tribology- Materials , Surfaces and Interfaces, https://doi.org/10.1080/17515831.2021.2023289
- Raja R , Trupti Wani P, Madhusudhan Reddy, Sridhar Dhespande, (2021), “Synthesis and mechanical properties of HDPE based Nano-Clay polymer composites for industrial applications”, Advances In Materials and Processing Technologies, Taylor and Francis online,https://doi.org/10.1080/2374068X.2021.1896864
- Raja R , Radhakrishnan, D., Srikari S., and Alexander, L. G, (2021), “Performance of Thermal Barrier Coating on Exhaust System Component”, ARAI Journal of Mobility Technology, 1(Inaugural), pp43–50. https://doi.org/10.37285/ajmt.1.0.6
- Raja R, P Trupti P Wani, Sampathkumaran, S Seetharamu , (2018), “Experimental Investigation on Wear and Friction Characteristics of Bi-Directional Silk Fiber Reinforced Nanoclay Added HDPE Composites”, Elsevier, Materials Today: Proceedings 5 (2018) 25713 – 25719
- Raja R, Mohan N, C R Mahesha, (2017), “Tribo-mechanical behaviour of SiC filled glass-epoxy composites at elevated temperatures”, International Journal of Engineering, Science and Technology, Vol. 6, No. 5, pp. 44 – 56
- Raja R, Trupti P Wani, (2017), “Design And Analysis Of Muffler For Reducing The Vibration”, International Journal of Research In Aeronautical And Mechanical Engineering. Volume 4, issue 1
- Raja R and Mahesh M R, (2014), CFD Analysis for Fixed Bed Fischer-Tropsch Process, International Journal for Ignited Minds (IJIMIINDS)
- Raja R , Dinesh Kumar J and Harish R Shankar, (2014), Design Optimization of Automotive Emission System using Computational Fluid Dynamics, International Journal of Engineering Research & Technology (IJERT), Vol. 3 Issue 11,
- Raja R, Dinesh Kumar J and Harish R Shankar, (2013),”Influence Of Thermal Barrier Coatings on S.I Engine Performance”, International Journal of Engineering Research & Technology (IJERT), Vol. 2 Issue 6.
- Raja R, Chetan H Rao, (2013), “Design of Kiln Wagon Pulling Vehicle” VSRD Journal.
- Life Member – ISTE (LM – 136815)
- Membership (10 Yrs) Society of Automotive Engineers (Member Id: 722010162)
- Member in International Association of Engineers
- Dr. Raja R, Mithun SK and ManojKulkarni R, “Portable Personal Mobility Device” ( Design Patent by GOI, Design No : 303770 , dated on 16/07/2019 )