Dr. V. Muthukumar M.E., Ph.D., - Saveetha (Autonomous) Engineering College

Dr V Muthukumar

Professor

Area of Specialization:

Computer Aided design, 3D printing

Research Interests:

3D Printing of biomedical components
composite Materials
Machining of composites and Optimization, etc.,

Journal Publications:

International Journals:

MuthuKumar, V.,Suresh Babu, A.,Venkatasamy R. and Raajenthiren, M., 2010, “Optimization of the WEDM Parameters on Machining Incoloy800 Super alloy with Multiple Quality Characteristics”, International Journal of Engineering Science and Technology, Vol.2, No.6, pp1538-1547.
No. of Citations : 124
K. Venkataraman, B.VijayaRamnath , V.Muthu Kumar, C.Elanchezhian, 2014, Application of Value Stream Mapping for Reduction of Cycle Time in a Machining Process, Procedia Materials Science, Vol. 6, pp. 1187 – 1196.(Elsevier Publications).
No. of Citations : 113
Muthukumar, V., Rajesh, N., Venkatasamy, R., Sureshbabu, A., Senthilkumar, N.,2014, Mathematical Modeling for Radial Overcut on Electrical Discharge Machining of Incoloy 800 by Response Surface Methodology, Procedia Materials Science Vol. 6, pp.1674 –1682. (Elsevier Publications).DOI :S2211812814005185.
No. of Citations : 52
Senthilkumar, N, Sudha, J, Muthukumar, V, 2015, A Grey-Fuzzy approach for optimizing Machining parameters and Approach Angle in Turning AISI 1045 Steel, Advances in Production Engineering & Management, Vol. 10, No. 4( December 2015), pp 195–208.
No. of Citations : 33
G. Venkatesan , N. Kulasekharan, V.Muthukumar, S. Iniyan, 2015, Regression analysis of a curved vane demister with Taguchi based optimization, Desalination, Vol. 370, pp. 33–43.
No. of Citations : 18
MuthuKumar, V., Suresh Babu, A.,Venkatasamy R. and Raajenthiren, M., 2010, “Multi Response Optimization of Machining Parameters of Wire-EDM using Grey Relational Analysis in the Taguchi Method”, International Journal of Applied Engineering Research, Vol.5, No.13, pp. 2325-2338.
No. of Citations : 07
Muthu Kumar, V., Venkatasamy, R., SureshBabu, A ., Jagan, K and Nithin, K, 2011, “Wear characteristic of Al alloy (LM4)-Sic particulate reinforced MMC”, International journal of production technology and Management Research, Vol.2, No.1, pp.49-54.
No. of Citations : 07
Muthukumar, V.,Sureshbabu, A., Venkatasamy, R., Senthilkumar, N., 2014, “An Accelerated Particle Swarm Optimization Algorithm on Parametric Optimization of WEDM of Die-Steel, Journal of the Institution of Engineers (India): Series C, Vols. 96(1), pp. 49–56.(Springer Publications) DOI : S 40032-014-0143-z.
No. of Citations : 13
Muthu Kumar, V., Venkatasamy, R., SureshBabu, A and Arunkumar, D, 2011, “A study on Mechanical Properties of Natural Fibre Reinforced Laminates of Epoxy (LY 556) Polymer matrix composites”, International journal of production technology and Management Research, Vol.2, No.2, pp.67-72.
No. of Citations : 19
Muthukumar, V.,Venkatasamy, R., Mariselvam, V., Sureshbabu, A., Senthilkumar, N., Antony George Fernando, A.2014, “Comparative investigation on Mechanical properties of Natural fiber reinforced polyester composites”, Applied Mechanics and Materials Vols. 592-594, pp. 92-96.
No. of Citations : 02
Manickavasagam, V.M., VijayaRamnath, B., Elanchezhian, C., Jenish, J., Jayavel, S., Muthukumar, V.,2014, “Investigation on impact and compression Properties of Pineapple Reinforced Polymer Composite”, Applied Mechanics and Materials Vol. 591, pp 116-119.
No. of Citations : 07
MuthuKumar, V.,Suresh Babu, A.,Venkatasamy R. and Raajenthiren, M., 2010, “Parametric Optimization of Wire-Cut EDM Process Using Grey Based Taguchi Method for Machining Titanium Alloy (Ti-6Al-4V)”, International Journal of Multidisciplinary Research and Advances in Engineering, Vol.2, No.2, pp.77-92.
Arun Kumar, N.E.,Sureshbabu, A.,Muthukumar, V.,2014, “Parametric study along with selection of optimal solutions in Wire cut machining of Titanium (Gr2)”, Advanced Materials Research Vols. 984-985, pp. 37-41.
D. Veenaraja, V. Muthukumar,R. Venkatasamy, M. Dharmendhirakumar, A. Sureshbabu,A. Antony George Fernando,2014, “Surface Roughness Analysis And Optimizationof EDM Machining Parameters In Machining Al/SiC MMC by Taguchi Method”, International Journal of Applied Engineering Research,Vol. 9 No.26 (2014) pp. 9386-9389.
D. Veenaraja, V. Muthukumar, R. Venkatasamy, M. Dharmendhirakumar, 2015, “Effect of Machining Parameters on EDM Process Responses: A Taguchi Based Approach For Al-Sic MMC”, International Journal of Applied Engineering Research,Vol. 10, Number 2 (2015) pp. 3399-3410.
V Muthukumar, SS Makendar, V.S, Pasupathy, R Nandha Kishore, T Raja, 2018, “Optimization of Anaerobic Bio-Digester Process Parameters for Biogas Production Using Taguchi Method”, Advanced Science, Engineering and Medicine, Vol. 10, No. 03, pp.518 – 521.
No. of Citations : 01

National Journals :

MuthuKumar, V., Suresh Babu, ., Venkatasamy, R., and Raajenthiren, M., 2011 “ Process Optimization of Wire-EDM Parameters by Grey Relational analysis based Taguchi method”, CURIE, Vol.3, No.3 and 4, pp.1538-1547.
Senthilkumar, N., Dhinakarraj, C.K.,MuthuKumar, V., Kathiresan, S., and Sreenivasan, K.S., 2012, “Multi-response optimization of cylindrical grinding parameters using Taguchi’s Technique and Simulated Annealing”, Journal of Engineering Today, Vol.14, No.2.
Jeysingh, V.K., MuthuKumar, V., Senthilkumar, N., 2013, “Analysis and Optimization of approach angle and surface roughness parameters in dry machining of AISI 1045 steel”, Journal of Emerging Technology in Mechanical Science and engineering 4 (1) 46-52.

Patents Received:

S.No

Title of the patent

Application Number/Year

Inventor

Status

A bio-compatible and bio-degradable natural fiber polymer composite internal fixation plate

201741003282

(E-2/268/2017-CHE)

1.Dr.V.Muthukumar

2.Mr.P.Ramesh 3.Dr.B.K.Gnanavel

4.Dr.A.Sureshbabu

Patent No: 406799, Granted on 16/09/2022

Hybrid metal matrix composite for brake drum

201741003283
(E-2/269/2017-CHE)

1.Dr.V.Muthukumar

2.Mr.T. Raja

3.Dr.B.K.Gnanavel

4.Dr.A.Sureshbabu

Patent No: 414423, Granted on 14/12/2022

Conferences / Seminars organized :

CONFERENCES ORGANIZED

Convenor and one of the editor (proceedings) for the Decennial Year National Conference on Emerging Trends in Design and Manufacturing (ETDM-2011), 24^th and 25^th March,2011, Organised by the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Saveetha Engineering Collge, Chennai, India.
Convenor and one of the editor (proceedings) for the National Conference on Emerging Trends in Design and Manufacturing (ETDM-2012), 28^th March,2012, Organised by the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Saveetha Engineering Collge, Chennai, India.
One of the Coordinator for the3^rd National Conference on EMERGING TRENDS IN DESIGN, THERMAL AND MANUFACTURING (ETDTM’13),18th April 2013, Organised by the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Saveetha Engineering Collge, Chennai, India.
One of the Coordinator for the 4^th National Conference on EMERGING TRENDS IN DESIGN, THERMAL AND MANUFACTURING (ETDTM’14), 27^thMarch 2014, Organised by the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Saveetha Engineering Collge, Chennai, India.

CONFERENCE CHAIRMAN

Session chair for one of the Poster presentation session titled “Sustainable energy, Recycling and Waste management” in 8^th International Conference on Advancements in Polymeric Materials, APM 2017 (February13, 2017) organized by ARSTPS, Chennai, R&D wing of CIPET held at Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru.
Session chair for one of the technical sessions in National Conference on Recent Advancements in Mechanical Engineering (RAME-2011), Rajalakshmi Engineering Collge, Chennai, India, 30^th March 2011.
Session chair for one of the technical sessions in the National Conference on Research Trends In Mechanical Engineering, NCRTME'12 , Vel’s University, Chennai, India, April 11, 2012.
Session chair in the National conference on Promizing Research and Innovations in Mechanical Engineering (PRIME - 2015) organized by Jeppiaar Institute of Technology, Sriperumbudur , Chennai, 25^th Feb’2015.

WORKSHOP ORGANIZED

Coordinator for the Two Day National Level Workshop on ADVANCED ENGINEERING OPTIMIZATION AND MODELING USING MATLAB & SCILAB, 29^th& 30^th November, 2012, Organised by the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Saveetha Engineering Collge, Chennai, India.
Coordinator for the Two-week ISTE STTP workshop on ˜Environmental studies" from 2nd June to 12th June 2015, conducted by IIT Bombay under the National Mission on Education through ICT, MHRD, Govt. of India, at Saveetha Engineering College, Chennai, India.
Coordinator for the Oxford University Press sponsored Two days Faculty workshop on "Engineering Graphics” from 31^stJuly 2015 to 1^st August 2015, Organised by the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Saveetha Engineering College, Chennai, India.

FDP’S ORGANIZED

Coordinator for the Anna University sponsored Faculty Development Training Programme on ME 2352 – Design of Transmission systems on 12^th to 19th Dec 2014, Organised by the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Saveetha Engineering College, Chennai, India.
Coordinator for the Anna University approved Faculty Development Training Programme on Design of Machine Elements during 13^th to 20^th June 2016, Organised by the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Saveetha Engineering College, Chennai, India.
Coordinator for the two days Faculty Development Programme on Engineering graphics during 5^th and 6^th August 2016, Organised by the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Saveetha Engineering College, Chennai, India.
Coordinator for the two days Faculty Development Programme on GE8152 - Engineering graphics during 11^th and 12^th August 2017, Organised by the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Saveetha Engineering College, Chennai, India.

PROJECT COMPETITION AND EXHIBITION ORGANIZED

Coordinator for the PROJECT EXHIBITION’12 conducted on 31^st March,2012 Organised by the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Saveetha Engineering Collge, Chennai.
Coordinator for the One day National Level “Project Competition and Exhibition” on 19th April, 2013, Organised by the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Saveetha Engineering Collge, Chennai, India.

SEMINARS ORGANIZED

Coordinator for Technical Lecture on "Cam Design and its Industrial Applications” sponsored by The Institution of Engineers (India), Kanchepuram Local Centre in collaboration with the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Saveetha Engineering College on March 8,2019.
Coordinator for Technical Seminar on “Recent Trends in Nano Technology” sponsored by The Institution of Engineers (India), Kanchepuram Local Centre in collaboration with the Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Saveetha Engineering College on March 29,2019.
Coordinator for the One day National Seminar on “Recent Trends in Green Manufacturing”, on 16.03.2012, Organised by the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Saveetha Engineering Collge, Chennai, India.

Working Papers:

3D Printing of Composite materials
EDM of composites
Thermal analysis of composite machining

Work in Progress:

Development of new material for Biomedical applications

Academic Experience:

Name of the College	Designation	Joining Date	Relieving Date	Experience
Name of the College	Designation	Joining Date	Relieving Date	Years	Months	Days
Saveetha Engineering College	Professor	24/02/11	-	10	2	13
Saveetha Engineering College	Associate Professor	01-06-10	23-02-11	0	8	22
Saveetha Engineering College	Assistant Professor	06-09-08	31-05-10	1	8	25
Madha Engineering college	Lecturer	13-07-05	05-09-08	3	2	22
St.Michel College college of Engineering and Technology	Lecturer	06-12-99	30-05-03	3	5	24
Total				19	1	06

FDP/Summer/Winter Schools attended :

Sl. No	Title of the FDP/Summer/Winter Schools attended	Institution/Organization	Duration
1.	Anna University sponsored Faculty development Programme on, “Finite Element Techniques”.	Department of Mechanical Engg, College of Engineering, Anna University, Chennai	29^th May 2006 to 10^th June 2006
2.	AICTE sponsored Staff Development Programme on, “Enhancing the Quality of Teaching”	KCG College of Technology, Chennai.	07^th Dec 2007 to 19^th Dec 2007
3.	A Course on “STATICS” as part of the Indo-US engineering Faculty Leadership Institute	Infosys Mysore Center.	29-06-2009 to 03-07-2009
4.	AICTE sponsored Staff Development Programme on “Industrial robotics-technology, programming and applications”	RajalakshmiEngineering College, Chennai.	13- Dec - 2010 to 27- Dec- 2010
5.	AICTE sponsored Staff DevelopmentProgramme on “Genetic Algorthim and Optimization Techniques”.	RajalakshmiEngineering College, Chennai.	07-01- 2011 and 08-01- 2011
6.	AICTE sponsored Staff Development Programme on “Computational Intelligence for Modeling and Optimization of manufacturing system”	BannariAmmana Institute of technology, Sathyamangalam-638 401.	06- 06 - 2011 to 18 - 06 - 2011
7	AICTE sponsored Staff Development Programme on “ Recent developments in Manufacturing and Management”	Sri Sairam Engineering College, Chennai.	25- 07- 2011 to 30 - 07 - 2011
8	Anna University sponsored Faculty development Programme on, “ME 2302 – Dynamics of Machinery”	Department of Mechanical Engineering,Saveetha Engineering College, Chennai	19^th June 2012 to 26^th June 2012
9	Faculty development Programme on, “Research Paper Writing and Publication”	Saveetha Engineering College, Chennai	21^st July 2012 to 22^nd July 2012
10	AICTE sponsored Staff Development Programme on “Industrial robotics-technology, programming and applications”	RajalakshmiEngineering College, Chennai.	16- Aug - 2012 to 29- Aug - 2012
11	Anna University sponsored Faculty development Programme on, “ME 2253 – Engineering Materials and Metallurgy”	Department of Production Technology, MIT campus, Anna University, Chennai	5^th Dec 2012 to 12^th Dec 2012
12	AICTE Sponsored Two Weeks Staff Development Programme on ‘Recent Research and Development in Manufacturing process'.	Department of Mechanical Engineering, M.A.M. College of engineering, Trichy.	29th April to 11th May 2013
13	TEQIP Sponsored STTP Program on ‘Green Manufacturing and Material Processing (GEM-2013)'.	Department of Mechanical Engineering, Pondicherry Engineering College, Pondhicherry	10^th June to 14^th June 2013
14	One week STTP on ‘Advanced Engineering Optimization through Intelligent Techniques’	Department of Mechanical Engineering, SVNIT, Surat	September 23-27, 2013
15	AICTE sponcered short term course on "Recent trends in compostie manufacturing"	Department of Aero Space Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras.	10-14 February 2014
16	Anna University sponsored Faculty development Programme on, “ME 2303 – DESIGN OF MACHINE ELEMENTS”	Department of Mechanical Engineering,Sri Venkateswara College of Engg., Pennalur, Irungattukottai, Sriperumbudur.	13^th– 20^th June 2014
17	Anna University sponsored Faculty development Programme on, “ME 2353 – FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS”	Department of Production Technology, MIT campus, Anna University, Chennai	4^th Dec 2014 to 10^th Dec 2014
18	One-week ISTE STTP for Coordinators workshop on ˜Environmental studies" at sponsored by MHRD, Govt. of India and conducted by IIT Bombay.	Department of CESE and HSS, IIT Bombay.	23^rd - 27^th March, 2015
19	Anna University sponsored Faculty development Programme on, “ME 2353 – METEROLOGY AND MEASUREMENTS”	Department of Production Technology, MIT campus, Anna University, Chennai	4^th to 10^th June 2016
20	8^th Summer School in Tribology	Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, (IISc), Bangalore	25-29 July, 2016
21	MHRD sponsored Innovative Methods for Teaching Mechanical Engineering	Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, NIT Warangal	22-26 March 2017

Seminars/Workshop attended :

Sl. No	Title of the Seminars/Workshop	Institution/Organization	Duration
1	Mission 10X Workshop on “High Impact Teaching Skills”, Dale Carnegie Training,Conducted by Wipro.	SreeSastha Institute of Engineering and Technology,Chennai	17^th – 21^st Nov, 2008
2	Three days workshop on “Exploring Computer Aided design and drafting”	SKR Engineering college, Chennai	04-05-2011 to 06-05-2011
3	TEDA Sponsored Seminar on “Renewable energy for future”.	SKR Engineering College, Chennai.	27^th August 2010
4	National Workshop on “Advances in Metrology & Measurements (Metroment 2010)”.	College of Engineering, DOME, Anna University, Chennai – 600 025.	22^nd& 23^rd November 2010
5	CSIR Sponsored National Seminar on “Intelligent Optimization Techniques for Manufacturing”.	Kongu Engineering College, Perundurai, Erode – 638 052.	26^th& 27^th November 2010
6	Workshop on “ Application of Intelligent Optimization Techniques Using MATLAB-7.0”.	BannariAmmana Institute of technology, Sathyamangalam-638 401.	07-01- 2011 and 08-01- 2011
7	A Course (No. C1113) on “Internal Auditing of Quality Management System as per ISO 9001:2008”.	BMQR Certifications Pvt Ltd, Chennai – 40.	04-04-2011
8	One day faculty Workshop on “Signal and Image processing”.	Saveetha Engineering College, Chennai	30-04-2011
9	Two-day ISTE workshop on “Writing Effective Conference Papers” sponsored by MHRD, Govt. of India and conducted by IIT Bombay.	Rajalakshmi Engineering College, Chennai	18-02-2012 & 19-02-2012
10	Two-week ISTE workshop on “Introduction to Research Methodologies” sponsored by MHRD, Govt. of India and conducted by IIT Bombay.	Saveetha Engineering College, Chennai	25-06-2012 & 04-07-2012
11	Two-day National Workshop on “Welding Research Today: Challenges & Opportunities (WRT - 2012)” conducted by The Indian Institute of Welding, Chennai Branch.	Dept. of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, IITM, chennai	23-11-2012 & 24-11-2012
12	Two-week ISTE workshop on “Engineering Thermodynamics” sponsored by MHRD, Govt. of India and conducted by IIT Bombay.	Saveetha Engineering College, Chennai	11-12-2012 & 21-12-2012
13	.Two day Workshop on "Multi Response Optimization"	Saveetha Engineering College, Chennai	21st and 22nd March 2013
14	NRB Research Dissemination Workshop on "Titanium Matrix Composites".	Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras	30 august 2013
15	Two-week ISTE workshop on “Engineering Mechanics” sponsored by MHRD, Govt. of India and conducted by IIT Bombay.	Saveetha Engineering College, Chennai	26-11-2013 & 06-12-2013
16	NRB Research Dissemination Workshop On Friction Stir Processing of Aluminium alloys and Composites	Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras	5^th March 2015
17	National Workshop On CNC Machines and Robotics [CMR-2015], 5 days	College of Engineering, DOME, Anna University, Chennai – 600 025	15^th and 19^th June 2015
18	3 days "Hands-on Training Programme on SOFT COMPUTING using MATLAB"	MIT Campus, Anna University.	28,29 & 30 August 2015
19	National Seminar on RECENT TRENDS IN MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY (RTMT 2017)	College of Engineering, DOME, Anna University, Chennai – 600 025	10^th and 11^th March 2017

AWARDS/HONORS RECEIVED:

Received the “Best Participant Award” and “honored” with “3D printed Miniature Model” in the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) sponsored one-week FDP on "3D printing in Engineering Education" organized by the Department of Mechanical Engineering in association with Teaching-Learning Centre (TLC), National Institute of Technology, Warangal (NITW) during 05-10 of June 2017.
Received the certificate of Charted Engineer (India) from the Institution of Engineers (India) on 15/02/2016.
Received the certificate of appreciation award for the propitious contribution as a JUDGE in the “STAR Summit” held on April 5, 2017 at Saveetha School of Engineering, Saveetha University, Chennai.
Received the certificate of training award for the successful completion of training in “CARDIO PULMONARY RESUSCITATION” held on April 7, 2016 at Saveetha University as part of ‘SAVE A LIFE MOVEMENT”.
Received the Honour code certificate for the successful completion of the course on “WHS791x: Technical Communication for Scientists and Engineers” issued on 21 December 2015 organized by IIT Bombay.
Received Best Faculty Advisor and Coordinator for the academic year 2018-19 during Student Chapters Meet & Award distribution function organized by The Institution of Engineers (India), Kanchepuram Local Centre on 30.10.2019 @ Sri Sai Ram Institute of Technology, Chennai.
Appointed as Anna University Result passing board member in April/May 2019 Examinations.
Appointed as Chairman for Mechanical board paper evaluation in April/May 2019 Examinations by Anna University Zone -2.
Appointed as answer key setter for Design of machine elements in Nov/Dec 2018 Examinations by Anna University Zone -2.
Received the certificate of reviewing award for the review made for the journal “Journal of the Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers” during June,2015.
Received the certificate of reviewing award for the review made for the journal “Journal of the Institution of Engineers (India) : Seriers C” during June, 2015.
Outstanding UG-Project award for guided the project Titled “ Design and Fabrication of Robo-Bin” in National Level Project Competition and Exhibition held on 19th April, 2013, Saveetha Engineering Collge, Chennai, India.
Received "Best Teacher award" from Madha Engineering College in the Year 2007.
Received "Best Teacher award" from Saveetha Engineering College in the year 2010.
Received "100 % pass percentage in Design of Transmission systems", from Saveetha Engineering College in the year 2009.
Received "100 % pass percentage in Engineering Graphics", from Saveetha Engineering College in the year 2008-09, 2009-10, 2010-11 & 2014-15.
Received "100 % pass percentage in Basic Civil and Mechanical engineering", from Saveetha Engineering College in the year 2010-11.
Received "100 % pass percentage in Finite Element Analysis in Manufacturing Engineering", from Saveetha Engineering College in the year 2010-11.
Received "100 % pass percentage in Rapid Prototyping”, from Saveetha Engineering College in the year 2011-12,2012-13
Received "100 % pass percentage in Integrated Manufacturing systems”, from Saveetha Engineering College in the year 2010-11
Received "100 % pass percentage in Integrated Mechanical design”, from Saveetha Engineering College in the year 2013-14.

INVITED LECTURES:

Delivered a Invited Lecture on "Polymer Nano composites " in National conference organized by Jeppiaar Institute of Technology, sriperumbudur , Chennai (25-Feb-2015).
Participated in a Invited Meet on "Research & Development Faciliation Meet " organised at Tamilnadu State Centre of Institution of Engineers, chennai on 04-Feb-2015.
Delivered a Lecture on "Design of Gear Box" in Anna University sponsored Faculty Development Training Programme on Me 2352 – Design of Transmission systems organized by Department of Mechanical Engineering, Saveetha Engineering College, Chennai (12^th Dec 2014).
Delivered a Lecture on "Design of Brakes" in Anna University sponsored Faculty Development Training Programme on Me 2352 – Design of Transmission systems organized by Department of Mechanical Engineering, Saveetha Engineering College, Chennai (17^th Dec 2014).
Delivered a Lecture on "Equilibrium of rigid bodies in 2D and 3D" in Anna University approved Faculty Development Training Programme on Engineering Mechanics (04^th Jan’16 – 11^thJan’16) organized by Department of Mechanical Engineering, Rajalakshmi Engineering College,Thandalam, Chennai (6^th January 2016).
Delivered a Lecture on " Friction in brakes- Band and Block brakes " in Anna University approved Faculty Development Training Programme on Kinematics of Machinery – ME 6401 (13^th June – 20^th June 2016) organized by Department of Mechanical Engineering, Rajalakshmi Engineering College,Thandalam, Chennai (20^th June 2016).
Delivered a Lecture on " Velocity and acceleration analysis of Four bar mechanism " in Anna University approved Faculty Development Training Programme on Kinematics of Machinery – ME 6401 (5^th December – 12^th December 2016) organized by Department of Mechanical Engineering, Sri Sai Ram Institute of Technology, Chennai (6^th December 2016).
Delivered a Lecture on " 2D - Scalar variable Problem " in Faculty Development Programme on Finite Element analysis – ME 6603 (08^th December – 10^th December 2016) organized by Department of Mechanical Engineering, Rajalakshmi Engineering College,Thandalam, Chennai (9^th December 2016).
Delivered a Invited Talk on " Reverse Engineering and Finite Element Analysis of a Human Tibia Bone " in 8^th International Conference on Advancements in Polymeric Materials, APM 2017 (February 12-13, 2017) organized by ARSTPS, Chennai, R&D wing of CIPET held at Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru.
Delivered a Lecture on " Design of Springs" in Anna University approved Faculty Development Programme on ME6503: Design of Machine Elements (22^nd May to 30^th May 2017) organized by Department of Mechanical Engineering, Panimalar Engineering College, Chennai (26/05/2017).
Delivered a Lecture on " Design of Clutches" in Anna University approved Faculty Development Programme on Design of Transmission Systems organized by Department of Mechanical Engineering, St.Joseph’s institute of technology, OMR , Chennai (10/12/2018).
Delivered a Invited Talk on " Reverse Engineering and 3D Printing of Patient Specific Hip Joint " in International conference on Advancements in Polymeric Materials (APM 2019) Organized by CIPET- ARSTPS, CHENNAI (22-01-19 to 24-01-19).
Delivered a Lecture on in Workshop on "Avenues in composites Materials – Processing and Characterization” @ Rajalakshmi Engineering College from 06th to 08th June, 2019.
Delivered an expert lecture in AICTE sponsored STTP on "Natural fibre Composites-Recent Technology for sustainability and Eco-Friendly Environment” Organized by Organized by Sri Sai Ram Engineering College, Chennai, 28th June
Delivered an invited guest lecture titled “ Development of Surfaces” in Three days Faculty development Programme on "Engineering Graphics" organized by the Departments of Automobile and Mechatronics Engineering, Rajalakshmi Engineering College, Chennai on 26.07.19.
Delivered an expert lecture in AICTE Sponsored FDP on the topic “3D PRINTED PLA BASED NATURAL FIBRE COMPOSITES FOR BIO MEDICAL APPLICATIONS” Organized by Panimalar Engineering College, Chennai on 15th November 2019.
Delivered an invited guest lecture to the participants of AICTE Sponsored Short Term Training Program (STTP) on “3D Printing – Concepts, Methods and applications” organized by the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Centre for Advanced Manufacturing, Rajalakshmi Institute of Technology, Chennai on 08/11/2019.
Handled a lively session with the participants of Anna University Sponsored FDTP on “GE-8292 Engineering Mechanics” and delivered a lecture in the topic “Equilibrium of Rigid bodies in Three Dimensions” organized by St. Joseph’s Institute of Technology, OMR, Chennai on 18/11/ 2019.

Reviewer for journals:

International Journal of Materials & Design (Elsevier Publications)
International Journal of Silicon (Elsevier Publications)
Journal of Industrial Textiles (Sage publications)
Materials today proceedings (Elsevier Publications)
Journal of the Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers(Elsevier Publications)
Chemical engineering communications (Sage publications)
Journal of the Institution of Engineers (India): Series C (Springer Publications)
International Journal of Machining and Machinability of Materials (Inderscience Publications)
Horizon Research Publishing, USA (HRPUB)

Projects Completed:

Name of the Coordinator	Title of the project	Amount sanctioned	Funding Agency
Dr.V.Muthukumar	Design and Development of Biodegradable Tibia bone internal fixation plate using CT/CAD/Additive Manufacturing (Project Ref. No.- PG2015008)	Rs. 50,000/-	(Institution of Engineers (INDIA), Kolkata
Dr.V.Muthukumar	Design and Development of Biodigester for Effective Food Waste Disposal (Project Ref. No.- UG2015011)	Rs. 15,000/-	(Institution of Engineers (INDIA), Kolkata
Dr.V.Muthukumar	Design and development of smart dust bin (Project Ref. No.:- EME-047)	Rs. 10,000/-	TNSCST, Chennai
Dr.V.Muthukumar	Development of Economic, Energy Efficient and Eco-friendly Cooling System for Solar Panels (Project Ref. No.: EME-033)	Rs.7500/-	TNSCST, Chennai

Amount Received (in Rupees):

Name of the Coordinator	Title of the program and duration	Amount sanctioned	Funding Agency
Dr. V. Muthukumar	Two-week ISTE STTP workshop on ˜Environmental studies" from 2^nd June to 12^th June 2015	Rs. 2,03,360/-	MHRD, Govt. of India
Dr.V.Muthukumar & Dr.B.K.Gnanavel	Two days Faculty workshop on "Engineering Graphics” from 31^stJuly 2015 to 1^st August 2015	Rs. 30,000/-	Oxford University Press (India)
Dr.V.Muthukumar& Dr.B.K.Gnanavel	Seven days Faculty Development Training Programme on ME 2352 – Design of Transmission systems on 12^th to 19th Dec 2014	Rs. 25,000/-	Anna University Chennai

R&D LAB facility Established:

Sl.No.	Name of the Facility	Resource Generated	Amount
1	Stir casting Machine	Through Third year mechanical students Mini-project	Rs. 1,40, 000/-
2	3D Printer (For PLA/ABS materials)	Through Third year mechanical students Mini-project	Rs. 35,000/-
3	3D Printer (three - in - one facility)	Through Third year mechanical students Mini-project	Rs. 40,000/-
4	Single screw Extruder	Through Third year mechanical students Mini-project	Rs. 35,000/-

Memberships in professional bodies:

Life Fellow Member in Institution of Engineers (India), F-150821-5
Life Member in Indian Society for Technical Education (MISTE), No : LM 78360
Life Member in Tribology society of india(TSI),No : LM 5787
Member, International Association of Engineers (IAENG), No : 120585
Member in SAEINDIA, Faculty Advisor for SAE Collegiate Club
Member, Scientific and Technical Committee & Editorial Review Board, World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology
Member, HKSME, member ID is: m20160108001 (from 08/01/2016)

AWARDS/HONORS RECEIVED :

Dr.V.Muthukumar, Professor of Mechanical Engineering has been awarded the Faculty Appreciation Award 2022 by The Institution of Engineers (India), Kanchepuram Local Centre, for his outstanding contribution and active involvement in promoting Technical Activities through IEI Students Chapter in Saveetha Engineering College. The award was conferred on 28th October 2022 at Jerusalem College of Engineering, Chennai.