Programmes Offered by MSRUAS
Click Here

Home
Ramaiah University of Applied Sciences

B U Balappa

Mr. Balappa Ukamanal

Assistant Professor

Mr. Balappa B Ukamanal has been an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, RUAS since 2010. 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.
He completed his MSc (Engineering) in New Product Design at M S Ramaiah School of Advanced Studies in Bangalore which is affiliated to Coventry University in the UK. Prior to that he had studied for his Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering at BLDEA’s College of Engineering and Technology, Dharwad.

Qualifications

  • MSc (Engineering) in New Product Design

    M. S. Ramaiah School of Advanced Studies, Bangalore, affiliated to Coventry University, UK

  • B.E. in Mechanical Engineering

    BLDEA's College of Engineering and Technology, Dharwad, Karnataka University

Experience

Total Experience: 24.68 years 

Assistant Professor in Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering at Ramaiah University of Applied Sciences, Bangalore (from 2010 to till date)

Training Manager at M. S. Ramaiah School of Advanced Studies, Bangalore (From April 2004 to 2007)

Research Interest: Farm Machinery Design

Research Expertise: FEM, Finite Element Analysis

Keywords

  • Farm Machinery Design
  • Finite Element Analysis
  • FEM

  • 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. 10.1007÷978−981−16−0550−5
  • 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 https://​doi​.org/​1​0​.​1​0​1​6​/​j​.matp…
  • 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

Awards / Achievements:

  • 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
  • Fund sanctioned: Rs.20 Lakhs, funding organization UAS‑D for research on Agri-robot o Fund sanctioned: Rs. 126.85 Lakhs,2014
  • Funding organization o KCTU, Bengaluru for (“R & D Centre for Automated Farm Machinery Design and Development for Small Farmers”)

Patents:

  • B. U. Balappa ​“Method, system and apparatus for de-husking flat beans”, Indian Patent Application: 4155/CHE/2013, September 17, 2013
  • B. U. Balappa, Srinivasa and K. B. Vinay ​“Method, System and Apparatus for Water Purification” Indian Patent Application: 581/CHE/2014, February 7, 2014
  • B U Balappa, Hariprasad Bhat, ​“Method, System and Apparatus for Threshing and De-husking of Ragi Crop” Indian Patent Application: 3862/CHE/2014, August 06, 2014.
  • B. U. Balappa, Chetan Neje, Jayaraj Acharya, M. Manjunath, Martin Evan Aldrine, Siddharth Akki and Virupaxayya Hiremath ​“Design Development of Multi-Profile Sheet Stamping Machine”, Indian Patent Application: 201641044562, December 28, 201

  1. Was instrumental in developing training center (MCAD) and leading a team of 15Engineers to train corporate clients in the filed of CAD/CAM/CAE.
  2. Developed two M. Tech Programs meeting both industry and academic requirements in less than six months
  3. Designed and developed of coconut tree climbing machine within 2 months
  4. Designed and developed four agriculture machine for KCTU, Bengaluru

  • IMechE: Institution of Mechanical Engineers, UK

    Member