Subbarayan Sivasankaran

Dr. S.Sivasankaran is a faculty in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering, Qassim University. He has completed his Ph.D degree in Production Engineering (Manufacturing Technology – Nanocomposite Materials) from National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, India. He has passed his Bachelor Degree of Mechanical Engineering in First Class with Distinction under University of Madras, India. He did his M. Tech in Manufacturing Technology in first Class with Distinction from Department of Production Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, India. After his doctoral degree, he has worked as Associate Professor in KPR Institute of Engineering and Technology (KPRIET), Coimbatore, Tamilnadu, India. He has established advanced materials research laboratory and entrepreneurship development cell in KPRIET. He has received more research and seminar grants from Government of India. Further, he has served as Associate Professor in Hawassa University, East Africa from October 2014 to February 2016 where he has developed B.Sc-Industrial Engineering, M.Sc-Industrial Engineering & Management, and M.Sc-Manufacturing Technology curricula. He has published more than 50 research articles in refereed international journals in which 20 articles published in Elsevier, national journal and conferences. He has a Scopus h-index of 9 and research gate score of 23.03. He is acting as a reviewer for more than 10 refereed international journals (Elsevier). He has organized more than 10 national and international level workshops. He has experience in synthesis, characterization and mechanical behavior of Nanocomposites through high-energy ball milling (Powder Metallurgy process), manufacturing of Aluminium based metal matrix composites through stir-casting technique, processing of materials via sever plastic deformation (SPD) techniques, Friction stir processing, Materials Characterization using optical microscopy, XRD, SEM, TEM, microhardness measurement, Wear behavior, Machining behavior of composite materials, Modelling using Artificial Neural Network, Fuzzy logic, Adaptive Neuro-Fuzzy Inference System (ANFIS) and Optimization using Taguchi design of experiments. Finally, his research interests are: Nanocomposites; Mechanical Alloying; Powder Metallurgy; Stir-casting; Advanced welding; 3D Printing; Metal matrix composites; Polymer matrix composites; Mechanical behavior; Machining behaviour; Advanced characterization techniques; Optimization and modeling.