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Department

Mechanical Engineering

Designation

Assistant Professor

Qualification

M.E., Ph.D.

Area of Expertise

Energy storage Materials, High Temperature Materials, Corrosion

Short Bio

Dr. Prem Kumar M earned his Ph.D in Mechanical Engineering at Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore after completed Postgraduate in Engineering Design, and Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering in 2013 and 2015 respectively. He has 4 years of experience in teaching and 4 years in research respectively. Currently he serves as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Builders Engineering College. He has authored eight research articles published in esteemed journals such as Elsevier, Springer, Taylor & Francis and Sage publications. He contributed one Book chapter in Wiley publication.

Departmental Roles

Class Advisor, NBA Department Coordinator, Macbro Incharge, Department Website Incharge

Journal Publications

1. Prem Kumar M and M Manikandan., “Effect of molten binary salt on Ni-Cr-Fe and Ni-Cr-Fe-W super alloys for thermal energy storage applications: A Corrosion study”. Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance.

2. Renangi Sandeep, Bala Murali Nagarajan, Prem Kumar M, Bibin Jose, Manikandan Manoharan, Arivazhagan Natarajan., “Influence of welding environment on joint characteristics of friction stir lap welded AA7475-PPS polymer hybrid joints”. Materials Letters.

3. Prem Kumar, M and Manikandan, M., “Investigation of corrosion behaviour on Ni–Cr–Co and Ni–Cr–Mo alloys exposed to molten salt for thermal energy storage applications”. Corrosion Engineering, Science and Technology, pp.1-12.

4. Prem Kumar, M and Manikandan, M., “Insights into the surface behavior of Inconel 617 and Inconel 625 material in molten salt”. Materials Letters. Volume-333, p.133679.

5. Prem Kumar M and M Manikandan., “Effect of Sodium sulfate-diatomite eutectic mixture functionalized on Inconel 617 and 625 alloys surface a comparative study”. Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science.

6. Nandhakumar, E., P. Selvakumar, A. Arulraj, E. Vivek, M. R. Venkatraman, A. Sasikumar, M. Prem Kumar, R. V. Mangalaraja, R. Kamatchi, and N. Senthilkumar., "Investigation on rod like SnO₂@ CdCO₃ nanocomposite-based electron transport layer for CsPbBr₃ heterojunction perovskite solar cell applications." Materials Letters 330 (2023): 133396.

7. Nandhakumar, E., P. Selvakumar, A. Sasikumar, M Prem kumar, E. Vivek, and R. Kamatchi. "Facile eco-friendly synthesis of rare-earth cobaltite-based perovskite nanostructures as electrocatalysts for oxygen evolution reaction." Materials Letters 315 (2022): 132002.

8. Muthu, S. M., Prem Kumar, M. Venkateshkannan, R. Dinek, N. Arivazhagan, and M. Natesh. "Influence of Microstructure on the Oxidation Characteristics of Conventional and Wire Arc Additive Manufactured Alloy 625 at 750⁰C." Materials Letters (2023): 133853.

National / International Conferences

1.  “Development of Mathematical Model for Milling of GFRP Using RSM Method” in National Conference at Bannari Amman Institute of Technology.

2. “Design and Analysis of Four Seated Off-Road Vehicle” in National Conference on Recent Trends in Engineering and Technology at KSR Institute for Engineering and Technology.

Books / Book Chapter Published

1. E. Nandhakumar, E. Vivek, E. Vaishnavi, M. Prem Kumar, Perumal Devaraji, P. Selvakumar, N. Senthilkumar., “Carbonaceous Nanostructures based Photocatalysts for Sustainable H₂ Production”. 

Patent

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