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Dr. S. Srikari
Professor
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School/College
Faculty of Engineering and Technology
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Department
Aerospace and Automotive Engineering
Working as Professor in Automotive and Aeronautical Engineering Department. Specialization in Ceramics and composites, coatings, biomaterials, selection of materials and manufacturing processes for aerospace, automotive applications. Working has Head of Bio-materials Research Center, previously worked has Associated Dean Research and Head of the Department. Had worked as PI and Co-PI for more than 8 sponsored projects from DST, AR&DB, GTRE, ICMR, DBT, BRNS and Faurecia Clean Mobility. Sponsored projects were aimed at development and studies on coatings for various applications like biomaterials, energy and sensors. Have conducted several Corporate trainings on Selection of Materials and Manufacturing for Automotive and Aerospace Industries. Have supervised more than 30 PG students on material and manufacturing solutions for automotive and aerospace applications and 2 Ph.D. Scholars.
Qualifications
- (Ph.D. with Specialization)
Materials Science : High temperature materials (Ceramic matrix composites), 2003
- (PG with Specialization)
M.Sc. Materials Science
M.Tech. Materials Engineering, 1993 - (UG with Specialization)
B.Sc. (Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics), 1991
Experience
Total Years of Experience24 Years
Academic Experience
16 Years, MS Ramaiah University of applied Sciences and MS Ramaiah School of Advanced Studies
Industry Experience
8 Years Worked as Research Associate in National Aerospace Laboratories and IIT Bombay
Training Experience (With Topics)
FDP Conducted
- Selection of Materials and Surface Engineering: VCET, Puttur on “Role of Materials Science in the Continuous Progress of Engineering and technology”
- Research Proposal Writing: Eat Point College of Engineering
- Biomaterials : FDS, RUAS
- Invited Lecture : “Ceramics and Composites : Automotive Applications” Tata Motors, Pune
Corporate Trainings
- Automotive Materials
- Polymers and Composites
- Heat Treatment of Materials
- Corrosion and its Prevention
- Coatings and Surface Treatments
- Selection of Materials for Automotive Applications
- Aerospace Materials and Selection
- Design Consideration and Testing Methods for Material Selection
List of companies : Mercedes Benz (R&D), Mahindra Research Centre (MRV), Indian Railways, Goodrich India, Mahindra Navistar, Rane Holdings, Rane NSK Ltd., HCL India, Schneider Electrics, Ingersoll Rand, KPIT-Cummins, Bosch Ltd., Volvo-Eicher, BFL, Continental
- Synthesis and behavior studies of materials for varied applications in automotive, aerospace, biomaterial and energy fields
Expertise
- Ceramics and its composites; High temperature materials
- Biomaterials
- Coatings : CVD, PVD and Spin coatings
- Nanomaterials & Composites
- Selection of materials and manufacturing for automotive and aerospace applications
Best Teachers Award MSRUAS, 2021
National Conference Papers
- Niranjan G. S., Suman M. L. J. and Srikari S., “Effect of Molding Process Induced Anisotropy on Structural Performance of Bumper Fascia”, Proceedings of TFMS 2014, 2nd National Conference on Thermal Fluid and Manufacturing Science, January 24-25, 2014, Surat, Gujarat, India
- Srikari S. and Parthasarathy, B. “Study on the Effect of Cation Substitution for Hydroxyapatite Porous Coating on Titanium Substrates” National Conference on Recent Advances in Material Science, MSRIT, Bengaluru, 2011
International Conference Papers
- B.H. Harshitha Gowda, Srikari S., and K. Ravishankar, “Assessment of inorganic and organic components in demineralized tooth graft material’, AIP Conference Proceedings 2274, 050003 (2020); https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0022470
- Bharath Hemanth, N. C. Mahendra Babu, H. G. Shivakumar and Srikari S., “Design and Analysis of Grid Stiffened Fuselage Panel with Curved Stiffeners”, AIP Conference Proceedings, 1943, 020006, 2018
- Shreyas Sudheendra, Rahul M. Cadambi, Srikari S., “MoS2 Nanosheets for Improving Electrode Potential Properties”, Materials Today Proceedings International Conference on Nanotechnoplogy, IIT Roorke: Ideas, Innovation and Initiative, 2017 Keyur N. Solanki, Rahul M. Cadambi, Srikari S. and S. R. Shankapal, “Synthesis of Nanostructured Molybdenum Disulfide by Chemical Vapour Deposition”, AMMMT Conference 2016
- Suman M.L.J., Srikari S., Mahesh G. and Vinod K. Banthia, “Prediction of Fatigue and Fracture Life of an Autofreggated Turbine Compressor Disc using Finite Element Analysis”, Proceedings of the ASME 2014 Gas Turbine India Conference, GT India 2014-8243
- Nitin Tekavde, Suman M. L. J., Srikari S. and Vinod K. Banthia, “Redesign of Crash-Box for Enhanced Energy Absorption in Low Velocity Impact” SAE International, SAE Technical Paper 2016-28-0254, 2016, doi:10.4271/2016-28-0254
- Anil Kumar, Lalith Kumar, Srikari S. and Vinod K. Banthia, “Effect of Hydroforming and Stamping Processes for Crashworthiness of an S-rail” Int. Conference on Forming Technology: Advances in Materials and Processing Technologies, Malaysia, 2009.
National Journal Papers
- Dhanasekaran Radhakrishnan, Libin George Alexander, Raja R. and Srikari S., Performance of Thermal Barrier Coating on Exhaust System Component, ARAI Jl. Of Mobility Technology, Inaugural Jl., 2021
- Sooraj Satheesh, Srikari S. and Shivakumar H.G., Numerical Investigation of Cross Car Beam using Magnesium Alloy for Weight Reduction, Vol 17, Issue 1, January 2018
- Vandana Chaturvedi, Srikari S. and M. L. J. Suman, “Effect of Bonding Technique on Debonding of Complex Composite Skin/Stringer Configuration” , SASTECH Journal, 15, No.1, 2015-04-02
- Santosh R. N., Suman M. L. J. and Srikari S., “Design of Helicopter Main Drive Flexible Shaft with Hybrid Construction for Weight Reduction”, SASTECH Journal, 14, No.1, 2015-04-02
- Vinay G. Hegde, Arup K. Bhattacharya and Srikari S., “Design of Mobile Raw Milk Chilling Unit for Rural Areas”, SASTACH Journal, 13, No.1, 2014
- Ramesh C. K., Srikari S. & Suman M. L. J., “Design of Hood Stifefner of a Sedan Car for Pedestrain Safety” SASTECH Journal, 11 No.2, pp.67-73, 2012
- Shree Harsha, Srikari S. & Suman, M. L. J., “Prediction of Car Fuel Tank Behavior under Rear Impact by a Moving Deformable Barrier” SASTECH Jl, 10, No.2, 2011.
- Thomas, T.G., Srikari S. & Suman, M.L.J. () “Design of Connecting Rod for Heavy Duty Applications Produced by Different Processes for Enhanced Fatigue Life” SASTECH Jl, 10, No.1, 2011
- Sujith S. Deshpande, Vinod K Banthia., Srikari S., Jagadeesh K. and Chowdhary N. “Investigation of the Effects of Different Braking Systems on Rail Wheel Spalling”, SASTECH Jl., Sep. 2010
- Satheesh Kumar P., Srikari S., Mahesh N. S., and Sanjeev Reddy S. “Structural Analysis of Fiber Filled Plastics with Process Induced Anisotropy”, SASTECH Jl., Sep. 2010
- Vinay S. Seeba, Srikari S., Vinod K. Banthia, “Design and Analysis of a Plastic Door Module for a Car Body Application”, SASTECH Jl., Vol.1, Issue 10, May 2010.
- Raghunathan M. A, Vinod K. Banthia, Rahul Ravi and Srikari S., “Design of Front End of a Low Speed Vehicle for Pedestrian Safety”, SASTECH Jl., Vol.1, Issue 10, May 2010.
- Anil Kumar, Lalith Kumar, Srikari S. and Vinod K. Banthia, “Effect of Hydroforming and Stamping Processes for Crashworthiness of an S-rail”, SASTECH Jl., Vol.2, Issue 9, Sep. 2009.
International Journal Papers
- Sheetal V. N., Malthi S., Chetan Kulkarni and Srikari S., “Performance Evaluation of Aircraft Communication Antenna for Lightning Strike Protection : A Coupled Electrical and Thermal Analysis”, 2022, IEEE Proceedings (MAPCON)
- P. N. Anantharamaiah, H. M. Shashanka, Srikari S., Debabrata Das, Ahmed A. El-Gendy and C. V. Ramana, Structural, Magnetic, and Magnetostriction Properties of Flexible, Nanocrystalline CoFe2O4 Films Made by Chemical Processing, ACS Omega, 7 (2022) 43813-43819.
- Keyur N. Solanki, Rahul M. Cadambi, Srikari S. and S. R. Shankapal, Synthesis of Nanostructured Molybdenum Disulfide by Chemical Vapour Deposition”, Materials Today Proceedings, 4 (2017) 11134–11140
- Srikari Tantri P., Sheela K. Ramasesha. J-S. Lee, T.Yano, and U. Ramamurthy, “Effect of double reinforcements on elevated temperature strength and toughness of Molybdenum disilicide”, J. Amer. Ceram. Soc. 87(4), 626-632 (2004).
- Srikari Tantri P., E. Moses, S. K. Biswas and Sheela K. Ramasesha, “Role of in-situ generated tribo-film on the tribological characteristics of Monolithic and TiB2 reinforced MoSi2”, Mater. Sci. & Engg. A336, 64-71, (2002).
- Srikari Tantri P., S. Ushadevi and Sheela K. Ramasesha, “High temperature x-ray studies of Barium and strontium zirconium phosphate based low thermal expansion materials”, Mater. Res. Bull., 37 (6) 1141-1142 (2002).
- E. Moses, Srikari Tantri P., T. A. Bhaskaran, S. K. Biswas and Sheela K. Ramasesha, “Performance of Monolithic and TiB2 reinforced MoSi2 in dry sliding contact with steel”, Mater. Lett. 53, 379-383 (2002).
- Srikari Tantri P., Anup K. Bhattacharya and Sheela K. Ramasesha, “Synthesis and properties of MoSi2 based engineering ceramics”, Proc. of Indian Acad. of Sci., Chemical Sci. 113 (5&6), 633-649 (2001).
- Srikari Tantri P., K. Geetha, A. M. Umarji and Sheela K. Ramasesha, “Thermal Expansion Behaviour of Barium and Strontium Zirconium Phosphates”, Bull. Mater. Sci. 23(6), 491-494 (2000).
- Sheela K. Ramasesha, Srikari Tantri P., E. Moses and S. K. Biswas, “Effect of densification and TiB2 reinforcement on the wear of Molybdenum Disilicide”, Tribol. Lett. 8, 219-222 (2000).
- Sheela K. Ramasesha, Srikari Tantri P. and Anup K. Bhattacharya, “MoSi2 and MoSi2 – based materials as structural ceramics”, Metals, Materials and Processes, 12, 181-190 (2000).
- Satish Vitta and Srikari Tantri P., “Microstructural dependence of electrical transport in bulk CuxGe1-x”, Mater. Sci. & Engg. B52, 185-188 (1998).
Life Members
Materials Research Society of India (MRSI)
Indian Structural Integrity Society (InSIS)
Indian Carbon Society
Member of DAC committee of NAL, Materials Division: Has been elected as AcSiR member, NAL- Materials Science Division from CSIR for selection of Candidates for Ph.D. programmes and review of Ph.D. progress of the candidates, Examiner for Ph.D. candidates as well as JRF and SRF selection member
Technical Committee member of NCMDAO 2019 & 2020 : Had carried out review of papers