Dr.M.

Senthil kumar

Contact details
Associate Professor,
Department of Production Engineering,
PSG College of Technology,
Coimbatore 641 004,
India.
msenthil_kumar@[Link]
[Link]

Educational Qualification
B.E. (Mechanical Engg.)

- 1994

M.E. (Engineering Design)

- 1996

Ph.D. (Mechanical Engg.)

- 2008

Experience
Teaching
Industry
Research

- Since 1996
- 1 year
- Since 1999

Specialization
Composites, Vibration, Smart Structures, Machine Design

Sponsored Research
[Link].

Title of the Project

Funding
Agency
DRDO

Period

Studies on composite leaf spring and

drive shaft for automotive applications

20032005

Investigations on active suspension

system using smart materials

AICTE

20032005

Design and development of smart

composite structure for vibration
suppression and shape control

AICTE

20082010

Experimental studies on particle

damping technique for passive
vibration control

AICTE

20092011

Career award for research in vibration

control

AICTE

20092011

Development and performance testing

of metal matrix composite gears using
powder metallurgy

UGC

20132015

Design and development of tool

geometry for drilling of CFRP/Ti stacks

UGC

20132014

Membership of Professional Societies

Name of Society
ISTE - National
IE
- National
TSI
- National
IAENG International

Membership
Life Member
Life Member
Life Member
Life Member

Consultancy Works Undertaken

Title of Consultancy Work
Spring testing
Crank shaft analysis
Needle measurements
Bush measurements
Gear tooth analysis
Axial force in bearings
Leaf spring testing
Gear box key failure analysis
Dynamic balancing of rotors
Failure analysis of boiler
Vibration analysis of 5 kW motor
Weight reduction air-borne winch
Gear box failure analysis
Object climber
Failure analysis of main shaft of rope
car system

Client
Elgi Equipments
Elgi Equipments
Premier Polytronics
Aquasub Industries
Schutte Meyer
Bimetal Bearings
Tata Motors
Jega Precision Engineers
Lakshmi Precision Tools
BHEL
Sam Turbo
NPOL
Sakthi Sugars
NPOL
Palani Murugan Temple, Palani

Books/Chapters Written
Book Title

Chapter Title

Publishers

Materials Science and

Technology

Design, Manufacturing and

Testing of Polymer
Composite Multi-Leaf Spring
for Light Passenger
Automobiles A review
Design and Development of
PID Controller-Based Active
Suspension System for
Automobiles

InTech
Publishers,
Croatia,ISBN 978953-51-0193-2,
2012
InTech
Publishers,
Croatia,ISBN 978953-51-0405-6,
2012

PID Controller Design

Approaches Theory,
Tuning and
Application to Frontier
Areas

Organized
Short term training courses for technicians, graduate trainees engineers,
students Basic engineering, Composites, Vibration, Smart structures, etc.
Conferences, Seminars, Workshops, Faculty Development Programmes

Awards and Prizes (individual and along with students)

[Link] Award for Outstanding Academic in PSG College of
Technology for 2010-2011
AICTE Career Award for Young Teacher,2009
Biography included in Whos Who in Science and Engg. In the World
2008
ISTE-SGSITS National Award for Best Research by Young Teacher 2006
Best Paper Award Second Prize ( $ 500 ) (along with M.E.(ED) students)
2010 - International Science Research Competition - Jordon, Active
dynamic vibration absorber using shape memory alloy

 Tamilnadu State Council for Science and Technology funding for the PG
Project ( under my guidance) titled, Design and development of brake
actuators using smart materials, 2011, Rs.6,000/ Indian National Academy Award for Innovative UG Student Project (under
my guidance) (2011) titled, Design and Development of Smart Wing Using
SMA
Best Innovator Award for UG students (guided by me) in 2012 in
Mechanical Engg. Dept for developing Coconut de-husking machine
First Prize for the paper titled, Design of direction control valve actuated
by SMA in Paper contest in IIT Madras (Mechanica 2011) ,by UG students
guided by me (2011)
Best Project Award (B.E.(regular) students) Third Prize in MechXpo,2010
Design and fabrication of sample removing tool using bandsaw
Best Project Award (B.E.(sandwich)- students) - 2010 Design and
development of machine vision system using SMA actuator in product flow
testing
Best Project Award (B.E.(sandwich)- students) 2009 Experimental
studies on the influence on cutting parameters on thrust force and torque
during drilling of GFRP with SiC fillers

Patent applied
Onion Peeler

Foreign Universities Visited

Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal

Imperial College, United Kingdom
University of Paul Sabatier, France
New South Wales University, Australia
University of Notre Dame, USA

Current Research Topics

Bearing analysis
Vibration control Smart materials
Active suspension system Armored vehicle
Condition monitoring system
Development of composite gears
Drilling of stacked composites
Friction stir welding of metal matrix composite
Active suspension system Hydro-pnuematic system
Development of new sliding materials for machine tools
Vibration control using particle damping
Mechanical behavior of MMC
Alternate materials for machine tool applications

Guest Lectures Delivered

[Link].
1.
2.
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Nature of the
Programme
National Conference
SAE India
National Conference
SAE India
International
Conference
International
Conference
National Conference

Institution

[Link] College of
Engg.& Tech., Pollachi
PSG College of Tech.,
Coimbatore
Karpagam College of
Engineering, Coimbatore
Karpagam College of
Engineering, Coimbatore
Kumaraguru College of
Technology, Coimbatore
National Conference PSG College of Tech.,
Coimbatore
National Workshop KCG College of Engg.,
Chennai
National Seminar
Karpagam University,
Coimbatore
National Conference Dhanalakshmi Srinivasan

Role

Topic

Speaker

Active Suspension
Systems
Speaker
Active Suspension
Systems
Keynote speaker Composite Leaf Spring
Keynote speaker Composite Leaf Spring
Chairperson

Design and Vibration

Chairperson

Design and Modelling

Speaker
Speaker

Active Suspension
Systems
Vibration Engineering

Inaugural

[Link]

College of Engg.,
Perumbalaur
KSR College of Engg. &
Tech., Thiruchengode

address and
chairperson
Inaugural
address and
speaker
Speaker

10.

National Seminar

11.

AICTE Short Term

PSG College of Tech.,
Training Programme Coimbatore

12.

Workshop

GCT, Coimbatore

Guest speaker

13.

Short Training
Programme

Thiyagaraja Polytechnic,
Salem

Speaker

14.

SSK College of Engg. &

National Conference
Tech.

15.
16.

ECE Association
PSG CT
Valedictory Function
Pneumo Contest
PSG CT
Inaugural Function

17.

[Link]

18.

Workshop

19.

Technical Seminar

20.

Orientation Prog.

Machine Vision

Smart Suspension
System
Smart Mechanical
System
Smart Materials

Inaugural
Challenges for
address and key engineers and Smart
note speech
structures
Student role in National
Chief Guest
Service
Chief Guest

Inaugural Address

Opportunities &
Challenges towards
Mechanical Vibrations
Composite Structures
KPR Inst. Of Engg. & Tech. Keynote Speaker
and Deign of Joints
Dhanalakshmi Srinivasan
Applications of
College of Engineering and Speaker
Composite Materials in
Technology, Coimbatore
Aerospace Engineering
Tool & Die Center, PSG IAS Speaker
Yoga- A way of life
KPR Inst. Of Engg. & Tech.

Guest Lecture

Reviewer in the following journals

Journal of engineering, science and technology

World applied science journal
International journal of engineering, design and technology
Journal of convergence in engineering, technology and science
International journal of engineering, science and technology
National journal of technology
Journal of Zhejiang university Science A

Papers Published in Journals

1. [Link] kumar, Genetic algorithm-based proportional derivative controller for the
development of active suspension system, Intl. Journal of information technology and
control, Vol.36,No.1,2007
2. [Link] kumar and [Link], Analytical and experimental studies on active
suspension system of light passenger vehicle to improve ride comfort, Intl. [Link],
Vol.65, No.3, 2007, pp.34-41.
3. [Link] kumar, [Link] and [Link], Investigations on active
suspension system and its invariant properties, [Link] in vibration engineering,
No.1, Vol.5, January 2006, pp. 43-56.
4. [Link] kumar and [Link], Performance evaluation of semi-active
suspension system subjected to harmonic road input, [Link] engineering,
Vol.5, 2006, pp.36-40.
5. [Link] kumar and [Link], Linear quadratic regulator design for active
suspension system subjected to random road surfaces, Journal of scientific & industrial
research, Vol.65, March 2006, pp.213-226
6. A. Bhaskrara Rao, [Link] kumar and [Link], Performance of fully active
suspension system using PID controller, International journal for manufacturing science
and production, Vol.7, No.3-4, 2006.
7. [Link] kumar and [Link], Active suspension system A review,
Engineering today Magazine, Vol.6, No.10, Nov.2004, pp.41-43.
8. [Link], [Link] kumar and [Link], Evaluation of vehicle ride
characteristics of a quarter car model suspension system using frequency and time
domain analysis, National journal of technology, No.1, Vol.1, December, 2004, pp.41-47
9. [Link] kumar, Active vibration absorbers in machine tools using shape memory
alloys, Journal of CMTI, Vol.5, No.5, 2006, pp.16-19, 2006.
10. [Link] kumar and [Link], Design of LQR controller for active suspension
system, Indian journal of engineering materials, Vol.13, 2006, pp.173-179.
11. [Link] kumar and [Link], Analytical and experimental studies on fatigue
life prediction of steel and composite leaf spring for light passenger vehicles using life
data analysis, Intl.J. Materials Science, Vol.13, No.2, 2007, pp.141-146
12. [Link] kumar and [Link], Advances in active suspension systems for
automobiles A review, National journal of technology, Vol.2, No.1, March 2006,
pp.33-45.
13. [Link] kumar and [Link], Design and experimental analysis and
optimization of composite multi-leaf spring for light passenger vehicles, Intl.J.
Manufacturing engineering, Vol.4, 2005, pp.63-67.
14. [Link] kumar and [Link], Design and experimental analysis of
composite multi-leaf spring for light passenger vehicles, National journal of technology,
No.2, Vol.1, June, 2005, pp.113-118

15. [Link] kumar and [Link], Static analysis and fatigue life prediction of
steel and composite leaf spring for light passenger vehicles, Journal of scientific &
industrial research, Vol.66, February 2007, pp.128-134.
16. [Link] kumar and [Link], Design Optimization and Experimental
Analysis of Composite Leaf Spring for Light Passenger Vehicles, Intl.J. Advances in
vibration engineering, No.3, Vol.6, September 2007, pp.176-183.
17. [Link] kumar, Effort estimation study: A view through practical perspective in a
computer aided design service industry, Intl. J. Manufacturing engineering, Vol.7, No.1,
2008.
18. [Link], [Link] and [Link] kumar, A study on optimization
of process parameters in EDM using Taguchis DOE technique, International journal for
manufacturing science and production, Vol.8, No.2-4, 2007, pp. 181-186.
19. [Link], [Link], and [Link] kumar, Dynamic Modeling and
Simulation of Robot Arm Control Problem via Single Term Haar Wavelet Series, Intl. J.
Manufacturing engineering, Vol.3, 2009, pp.70-74.
20. [Link],[Link],[Link] and [Link] kumar, Experimental
investigation on corrosion and hardness of ion implanted AISI316L stainless steel,
Materials and Design, Vol.31, 2010,pp.2813-2817.
21. [Link],[Link],[Link] and [Link] kumar, An interactive Bi-criterion
algorithm for optimization of surface grinding process parameters using Taguchi
technique, Intl. J. Manufacturing Engineering, Vol.9, 2010, pp.22-24.
22. [Link] kumar,[Link] and [Link], Numerical analysis of hydrodynamic
journal bearing under transient dynamic conditions, Mechanika, 2(82),2010, pp.37-42.
23. [Link] kumar, Experimental studies on thrust force and torque during drilling of
GFRP with SiC fillers, Journal of advanced manufacturing systems, Vol.9, No.1, 2010,
pp.63-72.
24. Sudeep Cherian,[Link] and [Link] kumar, Design and development of an
active cantilever mass dynamic vibration absorber, National journal of technology,
Vol.6,No.2,2010, pp.9-15.
25. [Link] and [Link] kumar, Active vibration control of smart composite
structure a review, National journal of technology, Vol.6,No.2,2010, pp.27-33.
26. [Link] and [Link] kumar, Vibration control of GFRP composite beam using
SMA-Flexinol actuators, International Journal of Engineering, 3(8),2010,pp.288-295.
27. [Link] kumar, Determination of notch sensitivity of Jute/Isophthalic composites
an experimental study, International Journal of Engineering, 3(8),2010,pp.249-352.
28. [Link] kumar and [Link], "Experimental studies on the influence on cutting
parameters on thrust force and torque during drilling of GFRP with SiC fillers", Key
Engineering Materials, Vol.443, 2010, pp.342-346.
29. [Link] kumar, "Active vibration control of aluminium flexible structure using
optimal controller", Acta Mechanica Slovaca, Vol.14,No.1, 2010,pp.64-71.

30. [Link], [Link], [Link] and [Link] kumar, "Experimental

evaluation of corrosion and hardness on AISI 316L stainless steel implanted with
nitrogen and argon ions", Acta Mechanica Slovaca, Vol.14,No.1, 2010,pp.80-86.
31. [Link] and [Link] kumar, "Shape control of a flexible composite beam using
FLEXINOL actuators", International Journal of Industrial Engineering and Technology,
Vol.2, No.1, 2010, pp.125-134.
32. [Link] kumar, S.M. Maharaja, [Link] and L. Shyam sundar, "Employment of
SMA actuator in product flow testing line of machine vision system", International
Journal of Applied Artificial Intelligence in Engineering System, Vol.2, No.2, 2010, pp.167178.
33. [Link] and [Link] kumar, "Prediction of Tensile Behaviour of the Laterally
Crushed Filaments using Finite Element Method", Research Journal of Textile and
Apparel, Vol.15, No.2, 2011.
34. [Link], "Smart Machine Vision System in an Industrial Product Flow Line
using SMA Actuator", National Journal of Technology, Vol.7, No.2, 2011, pp.32-37.
35. [Link], [Link], [Link] and [Link], "Experimental
Investigation on Dynamic Vibration Absorber using SMA Springs", International Journal
of Applied Engineering Research, Vol.6, No.5, 2011, pp.769-776.
36. [Link], [Link] Prabhu, [Link] and [Link], "Tuned Vibration
Absorber using shape memory alloy", Annual research journal, Vol.1, 2011, pp.65-70.
37. [Link], "Development of active suspension system for a pot hole using PID
controller", Advanced Materials Research, Vols308-310, 2011, pp.2266-2670.
38. M. Yuvaraja, [Link] and [Link], "Study of vibration characteristics of
PZT actuated mildsteel and aluminium cantilever beams", Annals of faculty engineering
Hunedoara - International Journal of Engineering, Vol.9, No.3, 2011, pp.177-182.
39. [Link], [Link], [Link], [Link] and S. Indran, "Dry
sliding wear behaviour of carbon fabric-reinforced epoxy composite with and without
silicon carbide", Composite Interfaces, Vol.18, 2011, pp.509-526.
40. [Link] , M. Yuvaraja and [Link], "Vibration characteristics of a GFRP
beam using SMA actuator", National Journal of Technology, Vol.7, No.4, 2011, pp.11-17.
41. M. Senthil kumar, Rajkumar, Shyam Kirthi, "Shape Memory Alloy Based Actively
Tuned Undamped Mass Absorber ", International Journal of Manufacturing,Materials,
and Mechanical Engineering,Vol.2(1), 2012,66-74.
42. [Link] and R. Karthik, "Performance analysis of modified NACA 0012 airfoil
with a flap", MTA Review, Vol.21. No.4, 2011, pp.229-236.
43. [Link], [Link], [Link], [Link] ramanathan, N Elangovan and
[Link], "High speed drilling of CFRP-Ti stacks", Journal of modern manufacturing
technology, Vol.3, No.1, 2011, pp.167-181.

44. [Link], [Link] and [Link], "Active vibration control of a SMA

actuated GFRP cantilever beam using displacement feedback controller", Journal of
modern manufacturing technology, Vol.3, No.2, 2011, pp.139-155.
45. [Link], [Link] and [Link], "Experimental
investigations on cavitation in a Kaplan turbine", Acta Mechanica Slovaca, Vol.14, No.4,
2010, pp.1-8.
46. [Link] and [Link], "Comparative study on vibration characteristics of
a flexible GFRP composite beam using SMA and PZT actuators", Manufacturing and
Industrial engineering, Vol. 11, No.1, 2012, pp.28-33.
47. [Link], "Analysis of smart wing using shape memory alloy", International
journal of aerodynamics, Vol.2, No.1, 2012, pp.22-35.
48. [Link], [Link] and [Link], "Experimental Studies
on Impact of Particle Damping on Surface Roughness of Machined Components in
Boring operation" , European journal of scientific research, Vol.71, No.3, 2012, pp.327337.
49. [Link] and [Link] kumar, "Effects of misalignment and unbalance in a
vibration analysis of a rotor-bearing systems", National journal of technology, Vol.8,
No.1, 2012.
50. [Link], [Link] and [Link], "A case study on
vibration control in a boring bar using particle damping", International Journal of
Engineering, Science and Technology, Vol.3, No.8, 2011, pp.177-184.
51. [Link] and [Link], "Experimental studies on SMA spring based
dynamic vibration absorber for active vibration control", European Journal of Scientific
Research, Vol.77, No.2, 2012, pp. 240-251.
52. [Link], [Link] and [Link], "Design and fabrication of
composite bumper for light passenger vehicles", [Link] Engg. Research,2(4),2012,
pp.2552-2556.
53. [Link] and [Link], "Development of GFRP composite ceiling fan
blade", [Link] and Development, 2(3),2012, pp.59-64.
54. [Link] kumar, "Analysis of SMA actuated plain flap wing", Journal of Engineering
Science and Technology Review, 5(1), 2012, pp.39-43.
55. [Link] Suresh Babu, [Link], [Link], "Optimisation of cutting
parameters for CNC turned parts using Taguchi's technique", International Journal of
Engineering, 10(3), 2012, pp.493-496.
56. [Link], [Link], [Link] ramanathan , N Elangovan, [Link],
[Link] and Paulo davim, "Optimisation of machining parameters at high speed
drilling of carbon fiber reinforced plastic (CFRP) laminates", Composites : Part B, 43,
2012, pp.1791-1799.

[Link] kumar, [Link], [Link] Hameed and [Link], "Experimental

investigation on the effect of back pressure on the performance of a diesel engine",
National Journal of Technology, 8(3), 2012, pp. 32-35.
58. [Link], [Link], [Link] and [Link], "Dynamic
mechanical analysis and three-body abrasive wear carbon-epoxy composite filled with
SiC particles", Journal of reinforced plastics and composite materials,
31(21),2012,pp.1435-1448.
59. [Link], [Link] kumar and [Link], "Improvement of Surface
Properties of AISI 316L SS by Oxygen and Helium Ion Implantation", Journal of
Engineering, Design and Technology, Vol.11, No.1, 2013, pp.34-43.
60. [Link], [Link], [Link], [Link] and R. Zitoune,
"Optimisation and tool life study in drilling of titanium 9Ti-6Al-4V) alloy", Intl. J.
Machining and Machinablity of Materials, Vol. 13, No.2/3, 2013, pp. 138-157.
61. [Link] and [Link], "Smart material (SMA) based actively tuned
dynamic
vibration
absorber
for
vibration
control
in
real
time
applications", Journal Engineering and Technology, Vol.3, No.2, 2013.
62. [Link], [Link] and [Link], Multi-objective optimisation on
drilling of Titanium Alloy (Ti6Al4V)", Materials Forum, Vol.763, 2013, pp.29-49.
63. [Link], [Link], [Link], Don Bosco Thomas, [Link], [Link]
Ismail Faiyaz, "Development of energy saving and environment friendly aluminum hybrid
composite materials for vehicle, Advanced Materials Research, Vol.768, 2013, pp.195198.

Papers Published in International Conferences

1. [Link] kumar, [Link] and [Link], Optimal active suspension
system subject to stationary random road surfaces, Seventh international conference
on computational structures technology, Lisbon, Portugal, Sep. 2004, Paper No.234.
2. [Link] kumar, [Link] and [Link], An investigation on the stress
distribution around holes in compressively loaded GFRP composite laminates, Seventh
international conference on computational structures technology, Lisbon, Portugal, Sep.
2004, Paper No.50.
3. [Link] kumar, Development of active suspension system for automobiles using
PID controller, International conference of mechanical engineering, London,UK, July 24, 2008
4. [Link] and [Link] kumar, Design of self adaptive cantilevered mass dynamic
vibration absorber for suppressing vibration in simply supported beam under point
harmonic excitation, Intl. Conf. on Automotive and Mechanical Engineering, Oslo,
Norway, July29-31, 2009,Paper No. NO43198.

5. [Link] kumar and [Link], Experimental studies on the influence of cutting

parameters on thrust force and torque during drilling of GFRP with Sic fillers, Ninth
Asia-Pacific International Conference on Materials Processing, Sydney, Australia, June,
2010.
6. [Link], [Link] Kirthi and [Link] kumar, "Active dynamic vibration absorber
using shape memory alloy", The seventh Jordanian International mechanical engineering
conference,Jordon, September, 2010.
7. [Link], Development of active suspension system for pot hole using PID
controller", International conference advanced design and manufacturing engineering,
Guangdong university of technology, Guangzou, China, September, 2011.
8. [Link] kumar, [Link] and [Link], Development of an active
suspension system for a quarter car model of passenger vehicle, International
conference on emerging technologies intelligent system and control, Kumaraguru
college of technology, Coimbatore, India, Jan. 2005, pp.500-506
9. [Link] kumar and [Link], Statistical Design at Experiments for Predicting the
Nature of Built-up Edge, International Conference IFAMS 2000, CIT, Coimbatore,
January 1999.
[Link] kumar dodla, [Link] kumar and S. Vijayarangan, A study of semi-active
suspension system using continuously variable damper for vibration isolation of
harmonic disturbances, International conference on total engineering, analysis &
manufacturing technologies, IISc, Bangalore, Feb.28, 2006
[Link] kumar and [Link] , Design and optimisation of a FRP composite
leaf spring, International conference on recent advances in composite materials,
Banaras Hindu University, December 17-19, 2004.
[Link] kumar, Balamurlaidhar Singh and [Link], Active vibration control
of flexible structures using piezoelectric actuators, Conference on recent trends in
manufacturing , New Horizon College of Engineering ,Hydrabad, April2004
[Link] kumar, [Link] and [Link], Evaluation of anisotropic contact
behaviour of unidirectional continuous FRP composites, Conference on advances in
materials and manufacturing technology, IIT, Chennai, April2004.
[Link] kumar, and [Link], Analysis of self-rightening characteristics,
holding capacity & Strength of Rocket Propelled anchor for armour, Latest trends in
mechanical engineering , [Link] College of Engg. & Tech, Pollachi, Apr, 2005.
[Link] ahmed, [Link] and [Link] kumar, Notched strength in woven
jute fabric reinforced polyester composites with circular holes-applicability of stress
fracture criteria, International conference on global manufacturing and innovation,
Coimbatore, India, July, 2006.
[Link] kumar, [Link],[Link],[Link] and [Link], Vibration
control of a smart structure using Piezoelectric material, Sixth International Conference
on Precision, Meso, Micro and Nano engineering, Coimbatore, India, December, 2009.

[Link], [Link] kirthi and [Link] kumar, "Active dynamics vibration

absorber using Nickel-Titanium shape memory alloy", 6th International conference on
vibration engineering and technology of machinery, IIT Delhi, December, 2010.
[Link], [Link] Prabhu, [Link] and [Link], "Tuned vibration
absorber using shape memory alloy", International conference on emerging trends in
engineering, NMAM Institute of Technology, Nitte, May,2011.
[Link], [Link] raj kumar and [Link], "Experimental studies on
dynamic vibration absorber using shape memory alloy (NiTi) springs", Optics:
phenomena, materials, devices and characterization, American Institute of Physics,
2011.
[Link] rajkumar, [Link] and [Link], "Damping characteristics
study on a cantilever beam using magneto-rheological fluids", International Conference
on simulation modeling and analysis, Dec.2011, Amrita school of Engineering,
Coimbatore.
[Link], [Link], [Link], [Link] and [Link],
"Optimisation of machining parameters in CFRP/Ti stacks drilling", 2012 ASME
International Conference on manufacturing science and engineering, Notre Dame
University, USA, June 4-8,2012.

Products Developed
Composite Multi-Leaf Spring

Composite Mono-Leaf Spring

 Composite Propeller Shaft

Composite Axle

Adaptive Variable Camber Flap Aero Wing

 Active Suspension System