Advanced Manufacturing Technology Development Centre
Center of Excellence on Machine Tools and Production Technology
Supported by
Department of Heavy Industry
Ministry of Heavy Industries & Public Enterprises
Government of India
Core Group
IITM Faculty
Dr. N. Ramesh Babu
Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, IIT Madras

Dr. Ramesh Babu received his PhD from IIT Madras in the year 1990. His research interest includes Manufacturing Technology, Grinding, Abrasive Waterjet Machining, Sheet metal fabrication, Laser Beam Machining, CNC, PLCs & Robotics, Precision Machine Tool development, Process modeling and Simulation of manufacturing systems. His publications include 61 International Journal Papers and 104 National/International Conference Papers.

Personal Web page:
https://mech.iitm.ac.in/meiitm/personnal/n-ramesh-babu/

Dr. Krishna Vasudevan
Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, IIT Madras

Dr. Krishna Vasudevan received his PhD from IIT Madras in the year 1996. His research interest includes Power Conversion and control for renewable energy, Drives for Low speed Motor Control, Grid interface for Low voltage renewable energy sources and CSI based grid interface for PV systems.

Personal Web page:
http://www.ee.iitm.ac.in/user/krishna/

Dr. G. L. Samuel
Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, IIT Madras

Dr. G.L. Samuel received his Ph.D. from Indian Institute of Technology Madras. He works as professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at IIT Madras.
He is life member of Indian Society for Technical Education and also member of Institution of Engineers, Fluid Power Society of India, Australian Institute of High Energetic Materials and Single Point Diamond Tool (SPDT) Society.
He has authored a book titled ‘Measurement Systems for characterization of Micro/Nano finished surfaces’.

Personal Web page:
https://mech.iitm.ac.in/meiitm/personnal/g-l-samuel/

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Dr. S. Sathyan
Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, IIT Madras

Dr. Sathyan Subbiah received his Ph.D. from Georgia Institute of Technology in the year 2006. He works as an associate professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at IIT Madras. His interest is in the area of machining (i.e breaking and removing unwanted regions). He is also interested in the broken material that comes out of this process. His current research activities include explorations in tribo-emissions, graphene exfoliation, grinding and powder fabrication.

Personal Web page:
https://home.iitm.ac.in/sathyans

Dr. Sivasrinivasu Devadula
Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, IIT Madras

Dr. Sivasrinivasu Devadula received his Ph.D. from Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT-Madras), India in 2008.
His research interest includes in particular – machining of 3D-surfaces on advanced engineering materials (super alloys, shape memory alloys, high entropy alloys, diamond, engineering ceramics, engineering composites), abrasive waterjet machining, novel tool path strategies, optimization, process modelling and simulation of machine tools.

Personal Web page:
https://mech.iitm.ac.in/meiitm/personnal/dr-sivasrinivasu-devadula/

Dr. Piyush Shakya
Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, IIT Madras

Dr. Piyush Shakya received his PhD from IIT Delhi in the year 2010 (Data fusion based diagnosis and prognosis of ball bearings). His research interest includes Diagnosis and Prognosis, Structural Health Monitoring, Machine Elements (Rolling element bearings and gears), Signal Processing. He worked as Research Fellow in School of Aerospace, Transport and Manufacturing, Cranfield University, Cranfield, U.K. prior to joining IIT Madras. Currently he is working as Assistant Professor in IIT Madras.

Personal Web page:
https://mech.iitm.ac.in/meiitm/personnal/dr-piyush-shakya/