Education

Academic Apointments

Talks

• 3D and 4D printing for healthcare application, Markforged FX10 product launch, Chennai, India.

  Dec 19, 2024

• 3D and 4D printing of advance materials for healthcare application, Workshop on "Manufacturing and Characterization of Advanced Materials for Health Care and Défense Applications", NIT Trichy, India.

  Nov 18-23, 2024

• Design for additive manufacturing, INAE Engineers Conclave 2024, Hyderabad, India.

  Sep 26-27, 2024

• DfAM, 14th international conference + Expo on Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing, Bengaluru, India.

  Sep 11-12, 2024

• Design for additive manufacturing, DfAM workshop, IIIT&DM Kancheepuram, India.

  Jun 11, 2024

• Design for additive manufacturing of biomedical implants, Workshop MetAMeT, University of Stavanger, Norway.

  Jun 3-4, 2024

• Medical applications of Additive Manufacturing, Faculty Empowerment Program on "Additive Manufacturing", Anna University (MIT Campus) Chennai, India.

  Feb 5-10, 2024

• FE simulation of cervical spine biomechanics, 23rd Microneurosurgery workshop, Voluntary Health Services Chennai, India.

  Jan 28-30, 2024

• Additive Manufacturing and distuptive innovations, 5th International Conference on Advances in Additive Manufacturing Technologies (ICAAMT 2023), Chennai, India.

  Nov 27-29, 2023

• Medical applications of Additive Manufacturing, Workshop on 3D printing applications and its potential for entrepreneurship, NIT Uttarakhand.

  Sep 28 - Oct 02, 2023

• Accelerate LPBF adoption - IIT Madras & Industry Partnership, Intech’s User Conference 2023, Bengaluru.

  Sep 11, 2023

• Distortion prediction using FEA in LPBF process, One Week Short Term Training Program on Computer Aided Design/ Computer Aided Manufacturing/ Computer Aided Engineering (CAD/CAM/CAE – 2023), IIITD & M Kancheepuram, Chennai.

  May 11-17, 2023

• Addiitive Manufacturing: biomedical applications, Invited lecture at MNNIT Allahabad.

  Mar 28, 2023

• Design Applications : Medical, 3D Techno Symposium, Bengaluru.

  Feb 17, 2023

• Simulations for Metal Additive Manufacturing, 2-Week Workshop on "Monitoring & Characterization @ Metal Additive Manufacturing, M& C@MAM-2022 sponsored by DST-SERB under Accelerate Vigyan, Karyashala Scheme at VNIT Nagpur.

  Dec 5-18, 2022

• Modelling of complex waveform controlled GMA-WAAM of thin-walled components, STTP on Additive Manufacturing of Metallic and Non-metallic Components, IIITD & M Kancheepuram, Chennai.

  Dec 5-10, 2022

• Reverse engineering: methods and application, AICTE Sponsored QIP Short Term Course on Additive Manufacturing of Biomedical and Aerospace Components, IIITD & M Kancheepuram, Chennai.

  Feb 21-26, 2022

• Support structure charecterization and optimization in DMLS, A Workshop on "Metal Additive Manufacturing, MAM-2021" at VNIT Nagpur.

  Dec 13 - 17, 2021

• Biomechanics of spine fixation- Does Robotics offer an edge over conventional method?, Panel discussion, International Conference on Clinical Spine& Orthopedic Biomechanics: Virtual, ISIC, New Delhi

  Apr 16-18, 2021

• Rear-impact neck whiplash: Role of head inertial properties and spine morphological variations on segmental rotations, International Conference on Clinical Spine& Orthopedic Biomechanics: Virtual, ISIC, New Delhi

  Apr 16-18, 2021

• 3D Printing Functionally Graded Hydrogels, E-Symposium on Health Materials & Devices as part of Deakin – IITM - IITH CoE on Advanced Materials and Manufacturing, IITM, Chennai

  Apr 15-16, 2021

• Computer Vision and Image analysis, 2021 IEEE First International Conference on Advances in Electrical, Computing, Communications and Sustainable Technologies (IEEE ICAECT 2021) held at Shri Shankarachariyar Technical Campus (SSTC), Bhilai

  19 - 20, Feb 2021

• Reverse Engineering: introduction, methods and applications, AddWize Program, Wipro3D, Bangalore

  18, Nov 2020

• Pedagogy of Design Thinking: Experiences in conducting a product design course, FDP under ATAL scheme on Design Thinking, Sri Manakula Vinayagar Engineering College, Madagadipet,Puducherry.

  8-12, Nov 2020

• Optimizing build parameters for additive manufacturing, Keynote in The International Conference on Applications in Computational Engineering, VIT, Chennai.

  30-31, Oct 2020

• Specialty Products Manufacturing Panel discussion, under 'Advanced Manufacturing Technologies' theme vertical, Vaibhav Summit, GoI

  15, Oct 2020

• Machine and Manufacturing Sector : A key engine of economic growth for Atmanirbhar Bharat, TIFAC, DST, New Delhi

  20, Aug 2020

• Intoduction to 3D Printing and Medical Applications, AICTE STTP under ATAL scheme on 3D Printing and Design, MES College of Engineering, Kuttippuram, Kerala.

  2-6, Dec 2019

• Medical Applications of Additive Manufacturing, AICTE STTP on Internet of Things and Advanced Technologies in Manufacturing, Panimalar Engineering College, Chennai.

  11-23, Nov 2019

• Introduction to 3D Printing, AICTE STTP on 3D Printing - Concepts, Methods and Applications, Rajalakshmi Institute of Technology, Chennai.

  04-11, Nov 2019

• Multi objective GA and Topology optimization, Workshop on Optimization techniques in Engineering design and application, SRM IST Chennai.

  09-13, Sep 2019

• FE simulation of Cervical spine biomechanics, Workshop on Basics of Biomechanics using FEA, SRM IST Chennai.

  21-23, Aug 2019

• DfAM considerations for Generative Design: a case study with FDM parts, STTP on Design for Additive Manufacturing, IIITDM Kancheepuram.

  6-10, May 2019

• Influence Of Cervical Spine Curvature On Range Of Motion Under Physiological Loading, 3rd International Conference on Clinical Orthopedics & Spine Biomechanics, Indian Spine Injuries Center, New Delhi.

  26-28, Apr 2019

• Design of part preparation, Build Orientation in Additive Manufacturing, Two days workshop on Additive Manufacturing, College of Engg. Guindy.

  19-20, Mar 2018

• Preprocessing CAD data for Additive Manufacturing, Next generation 3D printing, IIT Madras.

  22-23, Feb 2018

• Direct layered manufacturing of multi-resolution models from point clouds, TEQIP II Sponsored FDP titled Additive Manufacturing and its Applications , CIT Coimbatore.

  12-17, Sep 2018

• Advances in Additive Manufacturing and its Applications, KLN College of Engineering, Madurai.

  Sep 2016

• Finite element modeling of functional spine unit, 2 Day Research Workshop on Orthopedic Biomechanics, PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore.

  Aug 2016

• Digital modeling and fabrication in manufacturing, One day international symposium on 3D printing of concrete, Indian Concrete Institute and IIT Madras.

  Aug 2016

• Imaging studies in human spine, Popular Lecture Series in Biomedical Engineering and Biotechnology discipline sponsored by DBT India, Karpaga Vinayaga College of Engineering and Technology, Kancheepuram.

  Aug 2016

• Digital design and manufacturing for Bio-medical engineering, Sahrdaya College of Engineering and Technology, Kodakara, Kerala.

  Apr 2016

• Rapid product development for biomedical engineering, SERB sponsored two day national workshop on Rapid manufacturing and 3D printing, NIT Trichy.

  Apr 2016

• Computation and Software for Reverse engineering, STTP on Fundamental and trends in Additive manufacturing, Marwadi Education Foundations Group of Institutions, Rajkot.

  Apr 2016

• Advances in research and application (focusing on biomedical) of 3D printing, Two days workshop on 3-D Printing and Laser Application in Manufacturing Processes, NIT Agartala.

  Mar 2016

• Application of 3D Printing in Bio-medical Engineering, Training programme on 3D Printing & Manufacturing, National productivity Council, Chennai.

  Jul 2015

• Reverse Engineering: an enabler for rapid product development, One day workshop on Techniques of Reverse Engineering in Product development and Manufacturing, IIITD&M, Kancheepuram.

  Jul 2015

• Research avenues in additive manufacturing, Symposium on 3D Printing and Additive Manufacturing Technologies Applications, Jain University, Bangalore.

  Feb 2015

• Additive manufacturing: technology, application and research, 1st International Conference on Advances in Mechanical Sciences-2014, Vardhaman College of Engineering, Hyderabad.

  Jan 2014

• FEM in Design Optimization, TEQIP-II sponsored faculty developement program on Finite Element Methods and its applications in Engineering , TKM College of Engineering, Kollam.

  Oct 2013

• Enablers of Rapid Product Development, CSIR sponsored one day National Workshop on Challenges in RPD, IIITDM Kancheepuram.

  Sep 2013

• Challenges and opportunity in manufacturing, One day national symposium on Recent Trends in Manufacturing Sciences, Dhanakahsmi Srinivasan College of Engineering and Technology, Maamallapurm.

  Mar 2013

• Reverse Engineering and Rapid Prototyping, DST sponsored two day National Seminar on Integration of Reverse Engineering & Rapid Prototyping, Siddhartha engineering College, Vijayawada.

  Mar 2012

• Intelligent Design and Use of Materials for Energy Efficient Automotive Systems. IEEE Madras section sponsored Faculty Development Program on Intelligent Computing to Clean Energy.

  Oct 2011

• Fractal Tool Paths for Layered Manufacturing, Mathematics Seminar Series, IIT Madras.

  Aug 2011

• Engineering Design Process: Functional & Conceptual Design, NIT, Trichy.

  Apr 2011

• Reverse Engineering: theory & applications and Rapid Prototyping: micro & bio fabrication, VTU-VGST Faculty Development Program on Digital Manufacturing in Advanced Manufacturing Materials, Cambridge Institute of Technology, Bangalore.

  Mar 2011

• Genetic Algorithms, IEEE sponsored faculty development program on Natural Computation in Engineering, Velammal Engineering College, Chennai.

  Feb 2010

• Reverse Engineering and Rapid Prototyping: Enablers of Agile Manufacturing, AICTE sponsored QIP short term course on Lean and Agile Manufacturing , National Institute of Technology Trichy.

  7-11 Dec 2009

• 3D Reconstruction and Rapid Prototyping in Biomedical Applications, MEDCON09, Sahrdaya College of Engineering and Technology, Kodakara, Kerala.

  Nov 2009

• Rapid Prototyping for Biomedical Applications, National Conference on Rapid Prototyping and Manufacturing RPM 2009, R V College of Engineering, Bangalore.

  May 2009

• Micro-rapid Prototyping, National Conference on Recent Trends in Mechanical Engineering, Paavai Engineering College, Namakkal.

  Apr 2009

• Reverse Engineering, AICTE Staff Development Programme on CAD & FEM at MNIT Allahabad.

  Jul 2008

• Micro-rapid Prototyping, QIP Short Term Course on Introduction to Micro-manufacturing Technologies, IIT Guwahati.

  Feb 2008

• Plastic Product Development: Rapid Techniques, Process Selection and Case Studies, QIP Short Term Course on Advanced Engineering Polymers, IIT Guwahati.

  Dec 2007

• Computer Aided Design Applications in Design and Analysis of Fan Impellers, QIP Short Term Course on Industrial Applications of Tubomachines, IIT Guwahati.

  Nov 2007

• Reverse Engineering, DONER sponsored Short Term Course on CAD using Pro/E, CIPET Guwahati.

  Aug 2007

• Reverse Engineering application and theory, Short Term Training Program CAE in Machine Design, IIT Madras.

  Jun 2006

• Reverse Engineering, AICTE-ISTE Short Term Course on Rapid Design & Manufacturing: CAD/CAM/RP/RT/CE/RE, IT BHU Varanasi, New Delhi.

  Jan 2004

• Hybridization of Computational Models, Short Term Course on Computational Neuroscience, IIT Kanpur in collaboration with National Brain Research Center, Manesar.

  Jul 2003

• Rapid Prototyping, 3^rd SERC School on Precision Engineering, IIT Kanpur.

  Jun 2002

Events

Events Organized

• Organized a workshop under the aegis of SPARC on Introduction to Vehicle Occupant Safety, in collaboration with faculty from Chalmers University, Sweden and VIT Chennai Campus. More details can be found in the webpage.

  23-27, Sep 2024

• NPTEL online course on Additive Manufacturing Technologies for Practising Engineers. Principal Faculty along with Dr. Murugaiyan A.

  Current

• INDIA - NORWAY jont workshop on additive manufacturing of bio-implants: acdemia & industry perspectives organized by IIT Madras, University of Stavanger Norway and Nordic Institute for Dental Materials Oslo, Norway. Coordinator and Principal Faculty along with Dr. Murugaiyan A, MME.

  10-11, Mar 2023

• NPTEL online course on Design for Quality, Manufacturing and Assembly. Principal Faculty along with Dr. Palaniappan Ramu.

  Current

• Summer school Strengthening new partnership in India - Comparative evaluation and development of Additive Manufacturing for the graduate students from the University of Wollongong, Australia was conducted by Additive Manufacturing Research Group of pCoE Materials and Manufacturing of Futuristic Mobility, IIT Madras with mobility funding from the Government of Australia under 2022 New Colombo Plan in tune of AU$ 25,000.

  5-19, Jul 2022

• Virtual Research Symposium was organized to present reseach activities of Additive Manufacturing Research Group of pCoE Materials and Manufacturing of Futuristic Mobility, IIT Madras and AMIST, University of Louisville, USA, to promote academic exchange.

  8-9, Apr 2022

• Organized 4th National Conference on Multidisciplinary Design, Analysis, and Optimization (NCMDAO 2021) at IIT Madras, Chennai, India in the capacity of Co-Chair. Chair: Dr. Palaniappan Ramu, ED.

  7-9 Oct 2021

• Joint Workshop was organized to introduce faculty members and researchers of Additive Manufacturing Research Group of pCoE Materials and Manufacturing of Futuristic Mobility, IIT Madras and AMIST, University of Louisville, USA, to promote academic exchange.

  28-29, Jul 2021

• PDMA India Conference at IIT Madras along with Product Development and Management Association (PDMA)-India.

  30 Dec 2017 ; 22 Dec 2018

• GIAN course on From Subdivision to Wavelets and Fractals with Prof. David Levin, Tel-Aviv University, Israel. Principal Faculty along with Dr. A K B Chand, Mathematics.

  4-11, Dec 2017

• Short Term Course on Optimization for Engineering Design at IIT Madras. Course Coordinator and Principal Faculty along with Dr. Palaniappan Ramu, ED.

  26 Sep 2016 - 01 Oct 2016

• CEP on Introduction to Optimization at Mahindra and Mahindra, Mahindra Research Valley, Chennai. Principal faculty along with Dr. Palaniappan Ramu, ED.

  8-9 Jan 2015

• Short Term Course on Product Design and Engineering, IIT Madras. Course Coordinator and Principal Faculty along with Dr. Palaniappan Ramu and Dr. Sandipan Bandyopadhyay, ED.

  21-25 Oct 2013

• Short Term Course on Optimization for Engineering Design, IIT Madras. Course Coordinator and Principal Faculty along with Dr. Palaniappan Ramu, ED.

  3-7 Sep 2012

• Organized 15th National Conference on Machines and Mechanisms (NaCoMM) at IIT Madras, Chennai, India from November 30th to December 2nd 2011 in the capacity of Co-Chair. Chair: Dr. Sandipan Bandyopadhyay, ED.

  30 Nov-2 Dec 2011

• QIP Short Term Course on Computer Aided Design, IIT Madras. Course Coordinator and Principal Faculty along with Dr. M Ramanathan, ED.

  12-16 Sep 2011

• One day workshop on Engineering Optimization, to provide a broad overview of optimization as applicable for engineering design to the mechanical engineering executives of Piping Centre Division, BHEL-Chennai. Principal faculty along with Dr. Palaniappan Ramu, ED.

  25 Apr 2011

• One day workshop on Problem Space Visualisation - Creative Design Methods, to facilitate the dual degree students of Dept. of Engg. Design, to appreciate methods for product innovation. Principal faculty members: Dr. Ajanta Sen, Director, Solar Project, Mumbai, India & Prof. Ravi Poovaiah, Industrial Design Centre (IDC), IIT Bombay, Mumbai, India.

  12 Mar 2011

• QIP Short Term Course on Rapid Product Development, IIT Guwahati. Course Coordinator and Principal Faculty.

  11-15 Dec 2006

• QIP Short Term Course on Computer Aided Design and Manufacturing, IIT Guwahati. Course Coordinator and Principal Faculty.

  12-16 Dec 2005

Association and Participation

• Invited Delegate, Indo-Australian workshop on Advances in Materials and Additive Manufacturing, IIT Madras.

  21-22 Mar 2018

• Invited Delegate, A day-long meeting to discuss the status of R&D in optimization in India and finds ways to accelerate it in the coming years, IISc Bangalore.

  27 Aug 2016

• Invited Delegate by British High Commission to be a member of Indian Delegate to UK on Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing.

  Jul 2014

• Multiobjective Optimization and Genetic Algorithms in: Optimization Techniques for Engineering Design, MNIT, Jaipur, India.

  23 Mar 2013

• Faculty in CEP program(s) on Manufacturing Excellence, for Anand Automotive Ltd., IIT Madras. Course Coordinator: Prof. Venkatesh Balasubramanian, ED. Lectures and labs on Design for Manufacturing and Assembly.

  Dec 2011 - Dec 2018

• Invited Delegate, International Workshop on MEMS and Micro/Nano Systems Technology for Bio-Implants and Bio Applications, organized by Indo US S&T Forum at IIT Kharagpur.

  Dec 2006

• Invited Delegate, Joint Indo-US Workshop on Rapid Manufacturing at TERI, Bangalore by Indo-US forum.

  Jun 2006

• Student Delegate, Joint Indo-US Workshop on Futuristic Manufacturing, IIT Kanpur by Indo-US forum.

  Mar 2004

• Workshop on Curriculum Development for Soft Computing, IIT Kanpur sponsored by AICTE.

  Jul 2003

• Short Term Course on Computational Neuroscience, IIT Kanpur in collaboration with National Brain Research Center, Manesar.

  Jul 2003

• aagaman, a continuing education program on Listening to Arts organized by Srishti School of Art, Design and Technology, Bangalore and supported by the IIT Kanpur hub of Media Lab Asia for development of crafts in India. Participated as panelist in the discussion forum ''Technology for Arts''.

  May 2002

• Asian Regional Conference of UNICT Task Force held at Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi. Exhibited a stall on Info Sculpture theme of Media Lab Asia Project.

  Apr 2002

• Participant, QIP Short Term Course on Neural Networks and its Engineering Application, IIT Kanpur.

  Jun 2000

Honors/Awards

• IEEE MAS Best Researcher Award, for age category 40-50 for the year 2020 by the IEEE Madras Section, INDIA.

  2021

• Felicitation and award by National Innovation council for a proposal submitted in response to the call of proposals to reduce the drudgery of Indian working class population.

  2012

• Young Engineer award in Mechanical Engineering Discipline from Institution of Engineers (INDIA), Kolkata.

  2009

• SERC Fast Track Project Grant for Young Scientist by Department of Science and Technology, Government of India, New Delhi.

  2007

• IEEE Student Grant award from IEEE Neural Network Society for the paper presented in the International Congress on Evolutionary Computation, Canberra, Australia.

  2003

• Obtained M.E with first class and distinction. Cash Prize for consistently holding first rank during the entire course period.

  1999

• Obtained B.E with first class and distinction. Gold Medal for consistently holding first rank during the entire course period.

  1997

Affiliations

• Member, Association of Computing Machinery (ACM)
• Senior Member, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
• Life Member, Association for Machines and Mechanisms, India (AMM).
• Member, Society of Manufacturing Engineers, US (SME)
• Member, Institution of Engineers, India (IE)
• Life Member, Indian Society for Technical Education, India (ISTE)
• Member, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, US (ASME)

Product Design

Journal Articles

Note: # IF : Journal Impact Factor. The values shown are the values corresponding to the period of publication.

1. Vijay, Prasad, M.G.P., Saravana Kumar, G., A novel class of zipper fractal Bézier curves and its graphics applications. Chaos, Solitons & Fractals, 2025, 190, 115793. IF: 5.3
2. Karthick, M., Shanmugam, P., Saravana Kumar, G., Long-term water quality assessment in coastal and inland waters: An ensemble machine-learning approach using satellite data. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2024, 209 (Part B). IF: 5.3
3. Das, R., Saravana Kumar, G., A comprehensive study on numerical homogenization of re-entrant honeycomb lattice and analytical model assessment. Int J Mech Mater Des. 2024. IF: 2.7
4. Dheivya, I., Saravana Kumar, G., vSegNet - A Variant SegNet for Improving Segmentation Accuracy in Medical Images with Class Imbalance and Limited Data. Medinformatics. 2024.
5. Prajapati, A.K., Ramavarma H.V.P., Saravana Kumar, G., Muraleedharan, C. V., Divakar, G., A novel pedicle screw design to maximize screw-bone interface strength using finite element analysis and design of experiment techniques. Asian Spine Journal, 2024. IF: 2.3
6. Vijay, Saravana Kumar, G., Chand, A.K.B., A comprehensive discussion on various methods of generating fractal-like Bézier curves. Comp. Appl. Math. 2024, 43, 368. IF: 2.5
7. Ranjith Kumar I, Koundinya NTBN, Hariharan K, Saravana Kumar G, Murugaiyan A, Ravi Sankar K, Influence of powder surface chemistry on the defect formation in AlSi10Mg alloy processed via laser powder bed fusion additive manufacturing, Materialia, 2024, 34, 102102. IF: 3.4
8. Rajnandini Das, Saravana Kumar G, Auxetic Honeycomb Lattice Structure in Thin Solids for Enhanced Energy Absorption: Innovative Two-Wheeler Helmet Design and Analysis, Computer-Aided Design & Applications, 2024, 21(6), 1136-1148.
9. Rahul R, Saravana Kumar G, Hybrid optimization for build orientation in fused filament fabrication using low-and high-fidelity build time estimation models, The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, 2023, 128, 4283–4301. IF: 3.4
10. Subin P George, Venkatesh Krishnan, Saravana Kumar G, Development, calibration and validation of a comprehensive customizable lumbar spine FE model for simulating fusion constructs, Medical Engineering & Physics, 2023, 04016. IF: 2.356
11. Pradeep, N., Sadasivam, P., Saravana Kumar, G, Murugaiyan Amirthalingam, Data-Driven Modelling of Complex Current–Voltage Waveform Controlled Gas Metal Arc-Wire DED Processes, Met. Mater. Int., 2023, 29, 1113–1131. IF: 3.451
12. Gopalakrishnan B, Saravana Kumar G., Arul Prakash K, Parametric analysis and optimization of gas-particle flow through axial cyclone separator: A numerical study, Advanced Powder Technology, 2023, 34(2), 103959. IF: 4.969
13. Muhammed Hisham, Saravana Kumar G., Abhijit P. Deshpande, Process optimization and optimal tolerancing to improve dimensional accuracy of vat-photopolymerized functionally graded hydrogels, Results in Engineering, 14, 2022, 100442. IF: 3.9
14. Ananda, V., Saravana Kumar, G., Jayaganthan, R., Srinivasan, B., Distortion Prediction in Inconel-718 Part Fabricated through LPBF by Using Homogenized Support Properties from Experiments and Numerical Simulation, Materials. 2022, 15, 5909. IF: 3.748
15. Naveen G, Aravindhan V, Benjamin J, Shikha Mary Zachariah, Suresh Devasahayam, Saravana Kumar G., Sathya S., Electrical modelling of tissue experiments confirms precise locations of resistance and compliance in systemic arterial tree—they are mutually exclusive, Clin Exp Pharmacol Physiol. 2022; 49: 242– 253. IF: 2.963.
16. Athertya JS, Saravana Kumar G., Classification of certain vertebral degenerations using MRI image features, Biomed Phys Eng Express. 2021 May 13. IF: 1.5.
17. Sameer Sharma, N. Iniyan Thiruselvam, Sankara Jayaraman Subramanian and Saravana Kumar G., Computation of Strains from Stereo Digital Image Correlation using Principal Component Analysis, Measurement Science and Technology, 2021. IF: 1.857.
18. Narayan Yoganandan, Jamie L Baisden, Jobin D. John, Saravana Kumar G., Anjishnu Banerjee, Hoon Choi, Vertebral Level-dependent Kinematics of Female and Male Necks Under G+x Loading, Military Medicine, 186(1):619-624, 2021. IF: 1.025.
19. John D. John, Saravana Kumar G., Narayan Yoganandan, Vedantham Rajshekhar, Influence of cervical spine sagittal alignment on range of motion after corpectomy: a finite element study, Acta Neurochirurgica, 2020. IF: 1.817.
20. Reddy K. M., Saravana Kumar G., Chand A. K. B., Family of shape preserving fractal-like Bezier curves , Fractals, 28(6), 2050106 (18 pages), 2020. IF: 4.536.
21. Venkatesh Krishnan, Vicky Varghese, Saravana Kumar G., Narayan Yoganandan, Identification of Pedicle Screw Pullout Load Paths for Osteoporotic Vertebrae , Asian Spine Journal, 14(3):273-279, 2020. IF: 1.785.
22. Vicky Varghese, Venkatesh Krishnan, Saravana Kumar G., Comparison of pullout strength of pedicle screws following revision using larger diameter screws , Medical Engineering & Physics, 17:180-185, 2019. IF: 1.785.
23. Ravi Khatri, Vicky Varghese, Sunil Sharma, Saravana Kumar G., and Harvinder Singh Chhabra, Pullout Strength Predictor: A Machine Learning Approach , Asian Spine Journal, 13(5):842-848, 2019. IF:1.117.
24. Jobin D. John, Saravana Kumar G., and Narayan Yoganandan, Rear-impact neck whiplash: Role of head inertial properties and spine morphological variations on segmental rotations, ASME Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, 141(11):111008-111008-10. 2019. IF: 1.916.
25. Jobin D. John, Saravana Kumar G., and Narayan Yoganandan, Cervical spine morphology and ligament property variations: A finite element study of their influence on sagittal bending characteristics, Journal of Biomechanics, 85: 18-26, 2019. IF: 2.431.
26. Katiyar S.K., Chand A.K.B, and Saravana Kumar G., A New Class of Rational Cubic Spline Fractal Interpolation Function and its Constrained Aspects, Applied Mathematics and Computation, 346: 319-335, 2019. IF: 2.3.
27. Nakkina Parameswara Rao, Prakash K. Arul, and Saravana Kumar G., A surrogate model based method to obtain optimal design in spiral casing of Francis turbine, , International Journal of Mathematical Modelling and Numerical Optimisation, 9(2): 105–126, 2019. IF: 0.4.
28. Athertya J.S., Saravana Kumar G., Govindaraj J., Detection of Modic changes in MR images of spine using local binary patterns, Biocybernetics and Biomedical Engineering, 39(1):17-19, 2019. IF: 1.374.
29. Vicky Varghese, Venkatesh K., and Saravana Kumar G., Pullout strength of pedicle screw- is bi layer model a better representation of vertebra?, Asian Spine Journal, 12(3): 398-406, 2018. IF: 1.117.
30. Vicky Varghese, Saravana Kumar G., and Venkatesh K., Evaluating pedicle screw instrumentation using decision tree analysis based on pullout strength, Asian Spine Journal, 12(4): 611-621, 2018. IF: 1.117.
31. Jobin D. John, Narayan Yoganandan, Mike W. J. Arun and Saravana Kumar G., Influence of morphological variations on cervical spine segmental responses from inertial loading, Traffic Injury Prevention, 19(1): 29-36, 2018. IF: 1.448.
32. Ramu P., Saravana Kumar G., Neelakantan P. and Bathula K.K., Cost-reliability trade-off of path generating linkages using multi-objective genetic algorithm, Int. J. Reliability and Safety, 11(3/4): 200-219, 2017. IF: 0.5
33. Saravana Kumar G. and Subin P. George, Optimization of custom cementless stem using finite element analysis and elastic modulus distribution for reducing stress-shielding effect, Journal of Engineering in Medicine - Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers - Part H, 231(2): 149-159, 2017. IF: 0.996
34. Vicky Varghese, Saravana Kumar G., and Venkatesh K., Effect of various factors on pull out strength of pedicle screw in normal and osteoporotic cancellous bone models, Medical Engineering Physics, 40: 28-38, 2017. IF:1.619
35. Vicky Varghese, Saravana Kumar G., Palaniappan Ramu, and Venkatesh K., Pull out strength calculator for pedicle screws using a surrogate ensemble approach, Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine, 137:11-22, 2016. IF:1.862
36. Athertya J.S., Saravana Kumar G. Fuzzy clustering based segmentation of Vertebrae in T1-weighted spinal MR images, International Journal of Fuzzy Logic Systems, 6(2): 23-34, 2016.
37. Athertya J.S., Saravana Kumar G. Automatic segmentation of vertebral contours from CT images using fuzzy corners, Computers in Biology and Medicine, 72: 75-89, 2016. IF: 1.240
38. Nakkina Parameswara Rao, Prakash K. Arul, and Saravana Kumar G., Numerical studies on fluid flow characteristics through different configurations of spiral casing, Engineering Applications of Computational Fluid Mechanics, 10(1): 297-311, 2016. IF: 1.033
39. Vicky Varghese, Venkatesh K., and Saravana Kumar G., Comparative analysis of effect of density, insertion angle and reinsertion on pull-out strength of single and two pedicle screw constructs using synthetic bone model, Asian Spine Journal , 10(3): 414-421, 2016. IF: 0.844
40. Krishnan Kumar, and Saravana Kumar G., An experimental and theoretical investigation of surface roughness of poly-jet printed parts, Virtual and Physical Prototyping, 10(1): 23-34, 2015. IF: 1.600
41. Subin P. George, and Saravana Kumar G., Patient specific parametric geometric modelling and finite element analysis of cementless hip prosthesis, Virtual and Physical Prototyping, 8(1): 65-83, 2013. IF: 1.100
42. Abhishek T. Dhumal, Ganesh Narayanan R., Saravana Kumar G., Simulation based expert system to predict the tensile and deep drawing behavior of tailor welded blanks, International Journal of Modeling, Identification and Control, 15(3): 164-172, 2012. IF: 0.868
43. Susanta Kumar Dey, Ganesh Narayanan R., Saravana Kumar G., Computing the tensile behaviour of tailor welded blanks made of dual-phase steel by neural network-based expert system, International Journal of Computer Integrated Manufacturing. 25(2): 158-176, 2012. IF : 1.071
44. Abhishek T. Dhumal, Ganesh Narayanan R., Saravana Kumar G., Simulation based expert system to predict the tensile behaviour of tailor welded blanks, International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Systems. 13(1): 159-172, 2011.
45. Susanta Kumar Dey, Ganesh Narayanan R, and Saravana Kumar G, Prediction of tensile behavior of DP 590 Steel Tailor Welded Blanks by ANN, Advanced Materials Research,383-390, 1019-1026, 2011.
46. Ganesh Narayana R., Veerababu K., Sivakrishna K., Saravana Kumar G., Determining the Forming Behavior of Tailor Welded Blanks, Stamping Journal, FMA publication, January, 14-17, 2011.
47. Veerababu K., Ganesh Narayanan R. and Saravana Kumar G., An expert system to predict the deep drawing behaviour of tailor welded blanks, Expert Systems with Applications. 37: 7802-7812, 2010. IF: 2.908
48. Pandithevan, P. and Saravana Kumar, G., Finite element analysis of a personalized femoral scaffold with designed microarchitecture, Journal of Engineering in Medicine - Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers - Part H, 224(7): 877-889, 2010. IF: 0.951
49. Saravana Kumar G. and Sahasrabudhe A. D., Design optimization of fan impeller by using feature-based CAD and flow solver, Int. J. Modelling & Simulation, 30(1): 73-79, 2010. IF: 0.276
50. Pandithevan P. and Saravana Kumar G., Personalised bone tissue engineering scaffold with controlled architecture using fractal tool paths in layered manufacturing, Virtual and Physical Prototyping, 4(3): 165-180, 2009. IF: 1.000
51. Pandithevan P. and Saravana Kumar G., Reconstruction of subject specific human femoral bone model with cortical porosity data using macro-CT, Virtual and Physical Prototyping, 4(3): 115-129, 2009. IF: 1.000
52. Veerababu K., Ganesh Narayanan R. and Saravana Kumar G., An expert system based on artificial neural networks for predicting the tensile behavior of tailor welded blanks, Expert Systems with Applications, 36: 10683 - 10695, 2009. IF: 2.908
53. Saravana Kumar G., Pandithevan P. and Ambatti A., Fractal raster tool paths for layered manufacturing of porous objects, Virtual and Physical Prototyping, 4(2): 91-104, 2009. IF: 1.000
54. Saravana Kumar G., Kalra P. K. and Dhande S. G., Hybrid computation using ANN, GA and classical optimization for b-spline curve and surface fitting, Int. J. Hybrid Intelligent Systems. 1(4): 176-188, 2004. IF: 0.795
55. Saravana Kumar G., Kalra P. K. and Dhande S. G., Direct layered manufacturing of point sampled geometry, Int. J. Manufacturing Technology & Management, 6(6): 534 - 549, 2004. IF: 0.125
56. Saravana Kumar G., Kalra P. K. and Dhande S. G., Curve and surface reconstruction from points: an approach based on self-organizing maps, Applied Soft Computing Journal, 5: 55-66, 2004. IF: 0.974
57. Tandon P., Shukla M., Siva Prasad K., Saravana Kumar G., Dhande S. G., Feature based design and rapid product development of saddletree, International Journal of Agile Manufacturing, 4(2): 147-161, 2002. IF: 0.111

Conference Articles/Presentations

Note: Wherever archived proceedings are available they are linked.

1. Farhanuzzaman Khan, Jag Parvesh Dahiya, Saravana Kumar, G., Murugaiyan A., Jayaganthan R., Investigation of novel support structure design with spatially varying TPMS for distortion control in LPBF parts, The International Conference on Additive Manufacturing and Characterization (ICAMC 2025), IIT Bombay, Jan 9-11, 2025.
2. Amit Pathak, Saravana Kumar, G., Murugaiyan A., Topology optimization for LPBF metal AM addressing anisotropy and support constraints, The International Conference on Additive Manufacturing and Characterization (ICAMC 2025), IIT Bombay, Jan 9-11, 2025.
3. Vishwas Swarnkar, Saravana Kumar, G., Murugaiyan A., Development of Surrogate Models for Distortion Prediction in Laser Powder Bed-Fused Lattice Structures, The International Conference on Additive Manufacturing and Characterization (ICAMC 2025), IIT Bombay, Jan 9-11, 2025.
4. Farhanuzzaman Khan, Rahul Ramachandran, Saravana Kumar G, Build orientation optimization using a multi-objective framework for minimizing build time and surface roughness of fused filament fabricated lattice structure part, 1st International and 7th National Conference on Multidisciplinary Design, Analysis and Optimization (iNCMDAO 2024), IISc-Bengaluru, Dec 16-18, 2024.
5. Vishwas Swankar, Murugaiyan A, Saravana Kumar G, Does Base Plate Preheat Temperature and Gas Flow Rate Distribution Significantly Affect the Bead Morphology in Single-Track Experiments Fabricated using LPBF?, 7th Asian Symposium on Material and Processing 2024, IIT Madras. Dec 5-7, 2024.
6. Farhanuzzaman Khan, Jayaganthan R, Saravana Kumar G, Influence of laser scan strategy on morphological characteristics of sheet-based Schwarz diamond TPMS lattice structure manufactured by LPBF, 7th Asian Symposium on Material and Processing 2024, IIT Madras. Dec 5-7, 2024.
7. Amit Kumar M, Sourav Rakshit, Saravana Kumar G, Swarup Kanti Gupta, Rahul Sakrikar, Design and Development of Robotic Ingot Handling System for Recovery of Heavy Ingot from Post-Discharge Environment, ICNGT 2024, IIT Madras. Nov 13-15, 2024.
8. Rishi Raj, Devinder Yadav, Ravi Kumar NV, Saravana Kumar G, Imteyaz Ahmed, Electrification of Ceramics Manufacturing (ECM), MS&T24: Where Materials Innovation Happens, Pittsburgh, US, Oct 6-9, 2024.
9. Rajnandini Das, Saravana Kumar G, Investigating the Crashworthiness Behaviour of Crash Box Filled with Hybrid Lattice Filler, International Conference on Composites: Design, Processing, Manufacturing and Health Monitoring, IIT Mandi, India, June 20-21 2024.
10. Bhagaban Jena, Vipul D Choudhari, Saravana Kumar G, K Arul Prakash, Numerical investigation of gyroid heat exchanger, 9th European Thermal Sciences Conference (Eurotherm 2024), Lake Bled, Slovenia, June 10-13 2024.
11. Dheivya I, Saravana Kumar G, Multi-resolution neural network for road scene segmentation, 5th International Conference on Deep Learning, Artificial Intelligence and Robotics (ICDLAIR), NIT Kurukshetra, India, December 7-9 2023.
12. Subin P George, Saravana Kumar G, Machine learning based ROM prediction for a lumbar motion unit, Design and Optimization of Materials and Metamaterials - NCMDAO, 6th National Conference on Multidisciplinary Design, Analaysis and Optimization, IIT Guwahati, India, December 6-8, 2023.
13. Rajnandini Das, Saravana Kumar G, Machine learning based predictions of effective elastic properties of auxetic honeycomb lattice, Design and Optimization of Materials and Metamaterials - NCMDAO, 6th National Conference on Multidisciplinary Design, Analaysis and Optimization, IIT Guwahati, India, December 6-8, 2023.
14. Subin P George, Saravana Kumar G, Venkatesh K, Development, Calibration and Validation of a Comprehensive Lumbar Spine FE Model for Simulating Fusion Constructs, CMC Vellore Spine CME & Prof. GD Sundararaj Oration 2023, CMC Vellore, India, 4th November 2023.
15. Rajnandini Das, Farhanuzzaman Khan, Saravana Kumar G, Design of Novel Auxetic Hybrid Metamaterials: Experimental and Numerical Study, 2023 14th International Conference on Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (ICMAE), Polytechnic University of Porto, Porto, Portugal, July 18-21, 2023.
    Excellent oral presentation award
16. Rajnandini Das, Saravana Kumar G, An Innovative Two-Wheeler Helmet with Auxetic Honeycomb Lattice Structure: Design and Analysis, Proceedings of CAD’23, Mexico City, Mexico, July 10-12, 2023, 323-328.
17. Subin P George, Saravana Kumar G, Venkatesh K, Nonlinear calibration and sensitivity analysis of a lumbar motion unit using a morphing approach, Experimental Mechanics in Engineering and Biomechanics - Proceedings ICEM20, 20th International Conference on Experimental Mechanics , Porto 2-7 July 2023.
18. Kannan Sekar, Saravana Kumar G, Palaniappan Ramu, Jayaganthan, Sankarasubramanian R, Venugopal Rao A, Kaushlendra Kumar, A novel multi-objective optimization formulation for strain variance optimization in isothermal forging, The 15th World Congress of STRUCTURAL AND MULTIDISCIPLINARY OPTIMISATION, WCSMO-15, Cork, Ireland 5th-9th June 2023.
19. Subin P. George, Saravana Kumar G., Validation of a Novel Lumbar Functional Spine Unit, CMBBE 2023: The 18th International Symposium on Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering, 3 – 5 May 2023 in Paris, France.
20. Subin P George, Saravana Kumar G, Venkatesh K, A pilot study on change in Range of motion of adjacent segments following Single Level Lumbar Fusion using disk angle, SpineWeek 2023, 1-5 May 2023, Melbourne, Australia.
21. Rajnandini Das, Saravana Kumar G, Effective elastic properties of polymeric 3D printed novel Honeycomb Cuboid lattice: Numerical homogenization and experimental validation, Advancements in Polymeric Materials, 17-19 March 2023, Bengaluru, India.
    Best paper award
22. Dheivya I., and Saravana Kumar G., Deep learning-based WBC segmentation in histology images, International Conference on Advanced Biomedical Imaging, IIT Madras Research Park, January 9-11, 2023.
23. Varun A. and Saravana Kumar G., Print quality in additively manufactured metal lattice structure, 3rd Indo-Japan Bilateral Symposium on Futuristics Materials and Manufacturing towards Sustainable Development Goals, IIT Madras, December 2-3, 2022.
24. Dheivya I., and Saravana Kumar G., Deep Learning Based Lumbar Metastases Detection and Classification from Computer Tomography Images, 2022 IEEE-EMBS Conference on Biomedical Engineering and Sciences (IECBES), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 2022, pp. 398-403.
25. Subin P George, Saravana Kumar G, Venkatesh K, A Pilot study on change in range of motion of adjacent segments following single level lumbar fusion using disk angle, CMC Vellore Spine CME & Prof. GD Sundararaj Oration 2022, CMC Vellore, India, 26th November 2022.
    GD Sundararaj best paper award
26. Naveen Gangadharan, Sathya Subramani, Saravana Kumar G. and Suresh Devasahayam, Dopler based estimation of arterial resistance and compliance in humans, 2022 MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES CONGRESS -TIPTEKNO'22, October 31 – November 2, 2022, Antalya, Turkey.
27. Ranjith Kumar I, Koundinya N T B N, Hariharan K, Saravana Kumar G, Murugaiyan A, Ravi Sankar K, Role of microstructure on mechanical anisotropy in additively manufactured AlSi10Mg alloy, The 19th International Conference on Strength of Materials, June 26 - July 1, 2022, Metz, France.
28. Vipul Choudhari, Saravana Kumar G., Arul Prakash K, Numerical analysis of Gyroid structure based cross-flow heat exchanger, Proceedings of the 26th National and 4th International ISHMT-ASTFE Heat and Mass Transfer Conference, December 17-20, 2021, IIT Madras, Chennai.
29. Naveen Gangadharan, Sathya Subramani, Saravana Kumar G., Suresh Devasahayam. Estimation of arterial resistance and compliance in humans. 43rd Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine Biology Society, EMBC2021. 1-5 Nov 2021 (Online).
30. Kumud Mittal, Saravana Kumar G., K Arul Prakash, Sreenivas Jayanti and Vengadesan S, Parametric Modelling, Analysis and Design of Compact Diffuser for Heat Exchanger.4th edition of the National Conference on Multidisciplinary Design, Analysis, and Optimization (NCMDAO 2021), 7-9 October 2021 (Online).
31. Rahul Ramachandran and Saravana Kumar G., Optimization of Fused Filament Fabrication for maximum stiffness considering anisotropy. 4th edition of the National Conference on Multidisciplinary Design, Analysis, and Optimization (NCMDAO 2021), 7-9 October 2021 (Online).
32. Varun A and Saravana Kumar G., DMLS support structure optimization using homogenized model distortion prediction.4th edition of the National Conference on Multidisciplinary Design, Analysis, and Optimization (NCMDAO 2021), 7-9 October 2021 (Online).
33. Rahul Ramachandran, Sourav Rakshit and Saravana Kumar G.,Topology optimization with orthotropic material model for design-dependent loads. 4th edition of the National Conference on Multidisciplinary Design, Analysis, and Optimization (NCMDAO 2021), 7-9 October 2021 (Online).
34. Pradeep N, Prakash S, Saravana Kumar G and Murugaiyan Amirthalingam, A data-driven modelling of complex current-voltage waveform controlled gas metal arc based wire arc additive manufacturing processes, Annual Assembly of International Institute of Welding, Agenda Commission XII, "Arc Welding Processes and Production Systems", Virtual mode, 15-17, July 2021.
35. Naveen Gangadharan, Aravindhan V, Benjamin Jebaraj, S Zachariah, Suresh Devasahayam, Saravana Kumar G., Sathya Subramani, Changes in aortic resistance and small artery compliance during vasoconstriction, Physiology 2021, , 12-16 July 2021 (Online). The Physiological Society.
36. Muhammed Hisham, Abhijit Deshpande, Saravana Kumar G., Properties and Shape Morphing Behaviour of DLP 3D Printed Functionally Graded Polyethylene Glycol Diacrylate Hydrogels, International Conference on Direct Digital Manufacturing and Polymers 2021, Polytechnic of Leiria, Leiria, 20 - 22, May 2021.
37. Subin P. George, Venkatesh Krishnan, Saravana Kumar G., Influence of Vertebral Disc angle on Inter body fusion Range of Motions, International Conference on Clinical Spine and Orthopedic Biomechanics: Virtual, ISIC, New Delhi, April 16-18, 2021.
38. Muhammed Hisham, Abhijit Deshpande, Saravana Kumar G., 3D Printability and Properties of PEGDA Hydrogels at various Concentrations and Printer Parameters, Complex Fluids 2020, IIT Bombay, India, 10-12, December 2020.
39. Krishna Phanindra, S.P., Saravana Kumar G., Jayanti, S. Analysis of a compact heatexchanger concept based on space-filling curves , In: Proc. of 25th National and 3rd International ISHMT-ASTFE Heat and Mass Transfer Conference, IIT Roorkee, India, 28-31, Decemeber 2019.
40. Dhinesh Natarajan, Jobin D. John, and Saravana Kumar G., Automated calibration of cervical spine motion segment finite element model for physiological kinematics , In: Kumar, R., Chauhan, V.S., Talha, M., Pathak, H. (eds) Machines, Mechanism and Robotics. Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering. Springer, Singapore. (Proc. of 4rth International and 19th National Conference on Machines and Mechanism, IIT Mandi, India, 5-7, Decemeber 2019.)
41. Jamie L. Baisden, Jobin D. John, Saravana Kumar G., N. Yoganandan, Vertebral Level-dependent Kinematics of Female and Male Necks under G+x loading, Military Health System Research Symposium (MHSRS), Kissimmee, Florida, 19-22 Aug 2019.
42. Shashwat Joshi, Saravana Kumar G., and Sreenivas Jayanthi, Heat transfer optimization in wavy tube, 13th World Congress of Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization (WCSMO), Beijing, China, 20-24 May 2019.
43. Jamie Baisden, Jobin D. John, Narayan Yoganandan, and Saravana Kumar, G., A dynamic multi-segmental finite element model of rear-impact cervical whiplash: Role of spine morphological variations and head inertial properties on segmental rotations , 35th Annual Meeting Cervical Spine Research Society - Europe, Rome. 22-24 May 2019.
44. Jamie Baisden, Jobin D. John, Narayan Yoganandan, and Saravana Kumar G., Cervical spine morphology and ligament property variations: a finite element study of their influence on sagittal bending characteristics , 35th Annual Meeting Cervical Spine Research Society - Europe, Rome. 22-24 May 2019.
45. Shashwat Joshi, and Saravana Kumar G., Heat Transfer Optimization in Wavy Tubes, 2nd NCMDAO conference, Bengaluru. 22-23 March, 2019.
46. Neel Shah, and Saravana Kumar G., Support Structure Design for Enhanced Heat Transfer in Metal Additive Manufacturing, 2nd NCMDAO conference, Bengaluru. 22-23 March, 2019.
47. Ramu P., and Saravana Kumar G., Bringing Industry to Classrooms: Experiences in Conducting a Product Design Laboratory, In: Chakrabarti A. (eds) Research into Design for a Connected World (Proceedings of ICoRD 2019, IISc Bangalore). Part of "Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies" series, vol 135. Springer, Singapore 2019.
48. Nandhini Raju, Balaganesan, G., and Saravana Kumar G., Energy Consumption of Welding Based Additively Manufactured Materials,In: Shunmugam M., Kanthababu M. (eds) Advances in Additive Manufacturing and Joining. Lecture Notes on Multidisciplinary Industrial Engineering. Springer, Singapore 2020. (Proceedings of AIMTDR 2018)
49. Gokulakrishnan, J. and Saravana Kumar, G. Experimental and Numerical Investigation of the Flexural Behavior of Fused Deposition Modelling Parts , In: Shunmugam M., Kanthababu M. (eds) Advances in Additive Manufacturing and Joining. Lecture Notes on Multidisciplinary Industrial Engineering. Springer, Singapore 2020.(Proceedings of AIMTDR 2018)
50. Hoon Choi, Jobin D. John, Narayan Yoganandan, Mike Arun, Saravana Kumar G., Jamie Baisden, Influence of Cervical Lordosis on the Range of Motion under Physiologic Loading, Congress of Neurological Surgeons 2018 Annual Meeting, Houston, Texas, USA. October 2018.
51. Jobin D. John, Saravana Kumar G., Mike W. J. Arun, N. Yoganandan, Which Geometric Variations in the Cervical Spine influence Vertebral Rotations under Combined Loading?, International Research Council on the Biomechanics of Injury, Annual Conference, Athens, Greece, September 2018.
52. Gokulakrishnan J. and Saravana Kumar G. Optimum Adaptive Slicing Considering the Layer Strength of Fused Deposition Modelling Parts, In: proceedings of 6^th International Conference on Engineering Optimization, pp. 442-452, Springer, Cham. 2019. (6^thInternational Conference on Engineering Optimization (EngOpt 2018), Lisbon)
53. Jobin D. John, Mike W. J. Arun, N. Yoganandan, Saravana Kumar G., Contribution of segmental size, disc height and facet joint variations to cervical spine dynamic response, World Congress of Biomechanics, Dublin, Ireland, July 2018.
54. Jobin D. John, Mike W. J. Arun, N. Yoganandan, Saravana Kumar G., How do morphological variations influence cervical spine range of motion in physiological loading?, World Congress of Biomechanics, Dublin, Ireland. July 2018
55. Jobin D. John, N. Yoganandan , Mike W. J. Arun, Saravana Kumar G., Jamie L Baisden, Influence Of Cervical Spine Curvature On Range Of Motion Under Physiological Loading, In: Global Spine Journal, 2018, Vol. 8 (IS) pp. 195S-196S. (Global Spine Congress 2018, Singapore.)
56. Jobin D. John, Mike W. J. Arun, N. Yoganandan, Saravana Kumar G., Influence of curvature on adjacent segment responses after uninstrumented corpectomy, European Cervical Spine Research Society 34th Annual Meeting , Lisbon, Portugal, May 2018.
57. Jobin D. John, N. Yoganandan, Mike W. J. Arun, Saravana Kumar G., Contribution of Forces and Morphology to Segmental Rotation during Combined Loading of Cervical Spine: Investigation using Parametric Finite Element Models, International Research Council on the Biomechanics of Injury, Asia Conference, Lonavala, India, April 2018.
    Best paper Award
58. Jothibabu G. and Saravana Kumar G., Surrogate Based Sensitivity Analysis of Part Strength due to Process Parameters in Fused Deposition Modelling In: Procedia Computer Science, 133, 772-778, 2018. (RoSMa2018, IIITDM Kancheepuram)
59. Gokulakrishnan J, Saravana Kumar G., Surrogate based sensitivity analysis of part strength due to process parameters in fused deposition modeling, NCMDAO conference, IISc Bengaluru, 23-24 March 2018.
60. Jobin D. John, Saravana Kumar G., Mike W. J. Arun, Narayan Yoganandan, Metamodel-based sensitivity analysis of spine segmental stiffness variations due to vertebral geometry, NCMDAO conference, IISc Bengaluru, 23-24 March 2018.
61. Ravi Khatri, Saravana Kumar G., Vicky Varghese, Sunil Sharma, H. S. Chhabra, Pull out Strength Prediction: A Machine learning Approach , NCMDAO conference, IISc Bengaluru, 23-24 March 2018.
62. John, Jobin D., Narayan Yoganandan, Mike W. J. Arun, and Saravana Kumar G.,Sagittal Curvature and Vertebra Axial Geometry Effects on Cervical Spine Global and Local Responses In: International Research Council on the Biomechanics of Injury (IRCOBI) Conference, Antwerp, Belgium, 13-15 Sept 2017.
63. Ravi Khatri, V. Varghese, Saravana Kumar G., Design Exploration for Patient Specific Pedicle Screw , In: The 39th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC 17), July 2017, Jeju Island, South Korea.
64. Sajaysurya Ganesh, Saravana Kumar G., Evolutionary Algorithms for Programming Pneumatic Sequential Circuit Controllers, In: Procedia Manufacturing (27th International Conference on Flexible Automation and Intelligent Manufacturing, FAIM2017, 27-30 June 2017, Modena, Italy), 11:1726-1734, 2017.
65. John Jobin D., Mike W. J. Arun, Saravana Kumar G. and Narayan Yoganandan. Cervical Spine Finite Element Model with Anatomically Accurate Asymmetric Intervertebral Discs, In: Summer Biomechanics, Bioengineering, and Biotransport Conference, June 24-27, 2017. Tucson, Arizona.
66. John Jobin D., Mike W. J. Arun, Narayan Yoganandan, Saravana Kumar G. Mapping Block-Based Morphing for Subject-Specific Spine Finite Element Models. , In: 54th Annual Rocky Mountain Bioengineering Symposium & 54th International ISA Biomedical Sciences Instrumentation Symposium 2017, Biomedical Sciences Instrumentation Volume 53, ISA Volume 512, March 30-31, 2017, Denver, Colorado.
67. V. Varghese, Saravana Kumar G., and V. Krishnan, Comparison of meta modelling techniques to develop pullout strength calculator for pedicle screw implant, Computational science symposium, March 2017, IISc Banglore, India.
68. Jiyo. S. Athertya, Saravana Kumar G., Data augmentation techniques for classifying vertebral bodies from MR images, In: R S., Sharma M. (eds) Data Science Analytics and Applications. DaSAA 2017. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 804. Springer, Singapore 2018.
69. Jiyo.S. Athertya, Saravana Kumar G, Sensitivity analysis on effect of biomechanical factors for classifying vertebral deformities , In: Abraham A., Cherukuri A., Madureira A., Muda A. (eds) Proceedings of the Eighth International Conference on Soft Computing and Pattern Recognition (SoCPaR 2016). SoCPaR 2016. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 614. Springer, Cham. 2018
70. Sivakumar A, Palaniappan Ramu, Saravana Kumar G., Sandipan Bandyopadhyay, Design of a Four-bar mechanism to guide the motion of a falling tube, Proc. of IPRoMM 2016, VNIT Nagpur, 22-23 Dec 2016.
71. Sivakumar A, Saravana Kumar G., Sandipan Bandyopadhyay, Palaniappan Ramu, HuMotor: A humane way to utilize human efforts at a workplace, Proc. of IPRoMM 2016, VNIT Nagpur, 22-23 Dec 2016.
72. Vicky Varghese, Venkatesh, K., and Saravana Kumar G., A Finite Element Analysis Based Sensitivity Studies on Pullout Strength of Pedicle Screw in Synthetic Osteoporotic Bone Models, IEEE EMBS Conference of Biomedical, Engineering and Sciences, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 04-08 Dec 2016.
73. Jiyo.S. Athertya, Saravana Kumar, G., Segmentation of vertebral bodies using active shape model, International Conference on Scientific Computing (ICASC2016), Dept. of Mathematics, IIT-Madras, 28-30 Nov 2016.
74. N Parameswara Rao, K. Arul Prakash and Saravana Kumar G., Analysis of total head loss in various configurations of spiral casing: a numerical study, In: Proc. ASME. 50619 Volume 7: Fluids Engineering, V007T09A072. November 11, 2016. (ASME 2016 International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition, Phoenix, USA, November 11-17, 2016)
75. Vivek Velivela and Saravana Kumar G., A Finite Element Model to Predict the Part Strength of Fused Deposition Modeling Printed Parts, In: Proc. ASME. 50527 Volume 2: Advanced Manufacturing, V002T02A067. November 11, 2016 (ASME 2016 International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition, Phoenix, USA, November 11-17, 2016)
76. Suresh J. A., Saravana Kumar G., Palaniappan Ramu, Jayaganthan R., Fatigue life characterization of additively manufactured acrylic like poly-jet printed parts, In: Prakash R., Jayaram V., Saxena A. (eds) Advances in Structural Integrity. Springer, Singapore 2018. (First Structural Integrity Conference and Exhibition (SICE-2016), Bangalore, July 4-6, 2016)
77. Saravana Kumar G., Katiyar S.K., and Chand A.K.B, Affine Fractal Interpolation Functions for Multi-valued Data,In: Proceedings of 3rd International Conference on Developments in Science, Management and Engineering, Trichy, India, April 15-16, 2016.
78. Jiyo.S. Athertya, Saravana Kumar G., Segmentation and Labelling of Human Spine MR Images Using Fuzzy Clustering, The Second International Conference on Computer Science, Engineering and Information Technology (CSITY 2016) Chennai, India, April 02-03, 2016.
79. Jiyo.S.Athertya, Thiyagarajan R., and Saravana Kumar G., Segmentation of lumbar vertebrae from MRI using expectation maximization and hidden markov random fields, International Conference on Biomedical Systems, Signals and Images, IIT Madras, Chennai, India , 24-26, February 2016.
80. Vicky Varghese, Venkatesh K., and Saravana Kumar G., Simulation of axial pull out of pedicle screw in synthetic bone models, International Conference on Biomedical Systems, Signals and Images, IIT Madras, Chennai, India , 24-26, February 2016.
81. Aravind Baskar, Saravana Kumar G., and Sandipan Bandyopadhyay, Design of a static balancing mechanism for coordinated motion of an external load, In: Proc. of 2nd International and 17th National Conference on Machines and Mechanism, IIT Kanpur, India, 16-18, Decemeber 2015.
82. Vicky Varghese, Venkatesh K., and Saravana Kumar G., Pull out strength of pedicle screw in normal and osteoporotic bone model, In: IEEE Conference on Biomedical Engineering and Sciences, Miri, Malaysia , 8-10, December 2014.
83. Jiyo.S.Athertya, and Saravana Kumar G., Automatic initialization for segmentation of medical images based on active contour, In: IEEE Conference on Biomedical Engineering and Sciences, Miri, Malaysia , 8-10, December 2014.
84. Karthik Vijayakumar, Saravana Kumar G., Sandipan Bandyopadhyay, Investigations on different geometric elements for Quadtree-based scanning of 2D spaces, In: Proceedings of CAD 2014, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, 23-26, June 2014.
85. Parameswara Rao, N., Arul Prakash, K., and Saravana Kumar G., Comparison of spiral casing designs of hydraulic turbine using SUPG finite element method- a numerical study, CAE 2013, IIT Madras, 19-21 December 2013.
86. Bathula, K.K, Ramu, P., and Saravana Kumar G., Reliability Synthesis of Path Generating Linkages and Cost Optimization Using Multi-Objective Genetic Algorithm, CAE 2013, IIT Madras, 19-21st December 2013.
87. Kumar, K., Saravana Kumar G., A study on surface roughness of rapid prototypes fabricated using poly-jet 3D printing system, CAE 2013, IIT Madras, 19-21st December 2013.
88. Mahipal Reddy, Saravana Kumar G., and Chand A.K.B, Fractal splines using derivative boundary conditions, CAE 2013, IIT Madras, 19-21st December 2013.
89. Chand, A.K.B, Katiyar, S.K., and Saravana Kumar G., A New Class of Rational Fractal Functions for Curve Fitting, In Proc. of CAE 2013, IIT Madras, 19-21st December 2013.
90. Jaideep Badduri, Rangaprasad Arun Srivatsan, Saravana Kumar G., and Sandipan Bandyopadhyay, Coupler-Curve Synthesis via Multi-Objective Optimisation Using NSGA-II, In Proc. of iNaCoMM 2013, IIT Roorkee, 18-20, December 2013.
91. Kumar K. and Saravana Kumar G., Experimental investigation of surface roughness in parts fabricated using poly-jet 3D printing system, International Conference & Exhibition on Additive Manufacturing Technologies Bangalore, India, 7-8 October 2013.
92. Saravana Kumar G., and Kumar K., Surface roughness investigation and prediction models for poly-jet 3D printed parts, In: Proc. of 6th International Conference on Advanced Research in Virtual and Rapid Prototyping, Leiria, Portugal, 1-5 October 2013.
93. Jaideep Badduri, Srivatsan R. A., Saravana Kumar G. and Sandipan Bandyopadhyay, Coupler-curve synthesis of a planar four-bar mechanism using a genetic algorithm based optimisation method, In: Bui L.T., Ong Y.S., Hoai N.X., Ishibuchi H., Suganthan P.N. (eds) Simulated Evolution and Learning. SEAL 2012. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 7673. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, 2012.
94. Sajay Surya G. and and Saravana Kumar G., Hybrid Intelligent Systems for Pneumatic Sequential Circuit Design, 11th International Conference on Hybrid Intelligent Systems (HIS), Universiti Teknikal Malaysia, Melaka, Malaysia, December 05 - 08, 2011.
95. Chowdary P.V., Saravana Kumar G. and Palaniappan Ramu, A Reliability Based Robust Multi-objective Optimal Synthesis of Linkage Mechanisms Considering Tolerances, In Proc. of 15th National Conference on Machines and Mechanisms (NaCoMM), IIT Madras, Chennai, India, November 30 - December 02, 2011.
96. Saravana Kumar G. and Manu Gupta, Patient specific parametric geometric modelling of cementless hip prosthesis, In Proc. of 5th International Conference on Advanced Research in Virtual and Rapid Prototyping, Leiria, Portugal,28 September - 01 October 2011.
97. Manish Kadam, Manu Gupta, P.V. Sivaprasad, Saravana Kumar G. and Olle Wijk, Modelling and finite element analysis of stress distribution in total hip replacement using different material combinations, International Conference of World-Class Technology in Materials and Manufacturing (M& MT 2011), Pune, March 8-10, 2011.
98. Sudhir Kindo, Amitava Ghosh and Saravana Kumar G., Methodology to estimate grit density of abrasives bonded in single layer configuration, In Proc of 3rd International and 24th AIMTDR conference, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, December 13-15, 2010.
99. Susanta Kumar Dey, Ganesh Narayanan R. and Saravana Kumar G., Computing the tensile behavior of tailor welded blanks by ANN based expert system, In Proc. of 3rd International and 24th AIMTDR conference, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, December 13-15, 2010.
100. Aditya Arikere, Saravana Kumar G., and Sandipan Bandyopadhyay, Optimisation of double wishbone suspension system using multi-objective genetic algorithm, In: Deb K. et al. (eds) Simulated Evolution and Learning. SEAL 2010. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 6457. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg (SEAL 2010, IIT Kanpur, December 2010)
101. Susanta Kumar Dey, Ganesh Narayanan R. and Saravana Kumar G., Prediction of tensile behavior of DP 590 steel tailor welded blanks by ANN, In Proc. of ICMST 2010, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, November 2010.
102. Abhishek Dhumal, Ganesh Narayanan R. and Saravana Kumar G., Estimation of tailor-welded blank parameters for acceptable tensile behaviour using ANN, In: S. Choudary et.al. (Eds.): PReMI 2009, LNCS 5909, pp. 140-145, 2009.
103. Siva Krishna K., Ganesh Narayanan R., Saravana Kumar G., Simulation based expert system to predict the forming limit of tailor welded blanks, 3rd International congress on Computational mechanics and simulation (ICCMS - 09), IIT Bombay, December 1-5th, 2009, pp. 227-228.
104. Saravana Kumar G. and Pandithevan P., Fractal tool paths for layered manufacturing of scaffolds with matched bone properties, 4th International Conference on Advanced Research in Virtual and Rapid Prototyping, Leiria, Portugal, 6-10 October 2009. In: P.J. Bartolo et al. (Eds.):Innovative developments in design and manufacturing - Advanced Research in Virtual and Rapid Prototyping, 2009, Taylor & Francis. (ISBN 978-0-415-87307-9)
105. Appa Rao A and Saravana Kumar G., Fractal tool paths for layered manufacturing, In: M.S. Shunmugam & N. Ramesh Babu (Eds.): Competitive Manufacturing-Proceedings of the 2nd International & 23rd AIMTDR Conference, IIT Madras, December 2008, pp. 1103-1108 (ISBN 81-904235-7-6).
106. Veerababu K., Ganesh Narayanan R. and Saravana Kumar G., Prediction of deep drawing behavior of tailor welded blanks using ANN, In: M.S. Shunmugam & N. Ramesh Babu (Eds.): Competitive Manufacturing-Proceedings of the 2nd International & 23rd AIMTDR Conference, IIT Madras, December 2008, pp. 97-103 (ISBN 81-904235-7-6).
107. Saravana Kumar G., Multimaterial representation in CAD using material features, International Conference on Product Lifecycle Modelling, Simulation and Synthesis, NAL, Bangalore, November, 2008.
108. Pandithevan P. and Saravana Kumar G., Reverse engineering subject specific human femoral bone with cortical porosity data, International Conference & Exhibition on Total Engineering, Analysis & Manufacturing Technologies, IISc Bangalore, September, 2008.
109. Venkateshwara Chowdary P. and Saravana Kumar G., Muli-objective optimization of path generating linkage mechanisms, IISc Centenary - International Conference on Advances in Mechanical Engineering, Bangalore, July, 2008.
110. Veerababu K., Ganesh Narayanan R. and Saravana Kumar G., Prediction of tensile behavior of tailor welded blanks using ANN, IISc Centenary - International Conference on Advances in Mechanical Engineering, Bangalore, July, 2008.
111. Pandithevan P, Saravana Kumar G., Optimal allocation of weights for NURBS curve fitting, Proc. of International Conference on Computer Aided Engineering, IIT Madras, India, December, 2007, pp. 366-374 (ISBN 978-81-904235-3-3).
112. Sanka Sai Babu, Saravana Kumar G., Triangular mesh generation over an arbitrary two-dimensional domain by hybrid advancing front technique, Proc. of 2nd International Congress on Computational Mechanics and Simulation, IIT Guwahati, India, December, 2006, Vol. 1, pp. 941-948, I.K. International New Delhi India (ISBN 81-89866-16-8). Book Link @ Amazon
113. Ramesh Meena, Saravana Kumar G., Shasrabudhe A. D., Feature based modelling, analysis and design of axial fan impeller, Proc. of International Conference on Global Manufacturing and Innovation, Coimbatore, India, July 27-29, 2006.
114. Saravana Kumar G., Kalra P. K. and Dhande S. G., Parameter estimation for b-spline curve fitting using neural networks, Proc. of 2nd International Conference on Computational Intelligence, Robotics and Autonomous Systems, Singapore, December 15-18, 2003, Paper No. PS09-3-02 (ISSN: 0219-6131).
115. Saravana Kumar G., Kalra P. K. and Dhande S. G., Hybridization of GA, ANN and classical optimization for b-spline curve fitting, Proc. of 3^rdInternational Conference Hybrid Intelligent Systems, Melbourne, Australia, December 14-17, 2003, pp. 897-906, IOS Press Netherlands (ISBN 1 58603 394 8).
116. Saravana Kumar G., Kalra P. K. and Dhande S. G., Parameter optimization for b-spline fitting using genetic algorithms, Proc. of 2003 Congress of Evolutionary Computation, Canberra, Australia, December 8-12, 2003, Vol. 3, pp. 1871-1878 (ISBN 0-7803-7804-0).
     IEEE Student Paper Award
117. Yugandara Rao P., Saravana Kumar G. and Dhande S. G., A modeler for feature-based design of saddletrees, Proc. of 2^nd National Conference on Computer Integrated Design & Manufacturing, Coimbatore, India, November 28-29, 2003.
118. Saravana Kumar G., Kalra P. K. and Dhande S. G., Direct layered manufacturing of point sampled geometry, Proc. of 1^st International Conference on Advanced Research in Virtual and Rapid Prototyping, Leiria, Portugal, October 1-4, 2003, pp. 131-138 (ISBN 972-99023-0-5).
119. Yugandara Rao P., Saravana Kumar G., and Dhande S. G., Feature based modeling of saddletree shapes, Proc. of International Conference on CAD, CAM, Robotics and Autonomous Factories, IIT Delhi, India, August 11-13, 2003.
120. Saravana Kumar G., Kalra P. K. and Dhande S. G., An approach to direct rapid prototyping of point sample models, Proc. of 1^st International Symposium on Rapid Prototyping and Tooling, Bangalore, India, June 6-7, 2003.
121. Saravana Kumar G., Kalra P. K. and Dhande S. G., Curve and surface reconstruction from points: an approach based on self-organizing maps, Proc. of NUM 3D - The 8^th international rendez-vous for 3d digitisation and modelling professionals, Paris, April 23-24, 2003.
122. Jain M. L., Dhande S. G., Saravana Kumar G., Rastogi S., Shukla M., Gupta, T. V. K., Preliminary study of clubfoot deformity in new born baby by rapid prototype models, Proc. of International Congress on Biological and Medical Engineering, Singapore, December 4-7, 2002.
123. Shukla M., Saravana Kumar G., Siva Prasad K., Dhande S. G., Finite element analysis of 3 wheeler chassis,Proc. Of 46^th Congress of ISTAM, Hamirpur, India, December 19-22, 2001.
124. Tandon P., Shukla M., Siva Prasad K., Saravana Kumar G., Bansal V., Mathematical modeling and simulation of scooter suspension system, Proc. of National Conference on Mathematical and Computational Models, Coimbatore, India, December 27-28, 2001, pp. 271-277, Allied Publishers India (ISBN 81-7764-230-8).

Patents

Granted

• Nandan N Pitre, Pranav Muppirishetty, Rishii Nandhan K N, Shrey S V, Tejasvin Srinivasan, G. Saravana Kumar, Palaniappan Ramu, Automatic gear transmission mechanism for bicycles using continuous variable transmission gears, Indian Patent No. 423770 dated Mar 2023, Application No. 1369/CHE/2015 dated 19 Mar 2015.
• Siddharth Dash, Sachin K Sunny, Ghanshyam Karol, Rohit Janagal, Palaniappan Ramu, G. Saravana Kumar, An alternate water extraction mechanism by vacuum drying in vertical axis washing machines, Indian Patent No. 490505 dated Dec 2023, Application No. 5973/CHE/2014 dated 28 Nov 2014.
• Saurav Agarwal, Sivasankar Arul, Edward Jero, Murali K Karnam, Sandipan Bandyopadhyay, G Saravana Kumar, Palaniappan Ramu, Plunger system for measuring pressure on the wall of a rotating drum and methods thereof, Indian Patent No. 429318 dated Apr 2023, Application No. 5972/CHE/2014 dated 28 Nov 2014.
• M.Prathyusha, V.Naga Sowjanya, Rajeevi Rathod, Nivea Valsaraj, Aditi Malpani, Palaniappan Ramu, G. Saravana Kumar, Joint Mechanism for Modular Jewellery, Indian Patent No. 404551 dated Aug 2022, Application No. 5601/CHE/2014 dated 07 Nov 2014.
• Sagar Joshi, Neeraj Gadkari, Rakesh N Rao, Piyush Kumar Maske, Sai Teja Dommeti, Palaniappan Ramu, G. Saravana Kumar, Variable speed mechanism to eliminate chain shifting in bicycles, IN 393966 dated Mar 2022, Application No. 5862/CHE/2014 dated 24 Nov 2014.
• Rohan Chavan, Aneesh Bhir, Dhruvesh Patel, Ruturaj Bargal, Harshad Dahake, Palaniappan Ramu, G. Saravana Kumar, An inflated hot air bag design for washing machine and uses thereof, Indian Patent No. 384433 dated Dec 2021, Application No. 6045/CHE/2014 dated 02 Dec,2014.
• Derek D Kuttikkat, Aswin R, Muhammed Shahidh, Mohammed Safwan KP, P.Bharath Kumar, Palaniappan Ramu, G. Saravana Kumar, Integrated Watch Crown Battery-Battery placed inside crown of the watch, Indian Patent No. 379620 dated Oct 2021, Application No. 6341/CHE/2014
• Matha Sai Akhil, Sandeep Rajkumar, Sai Sri Harsha Gangasani, Vamshi Pavan, Saketh Chennamasetty,Palaniappan Ramu, G. Saravana Kumar, A push button mechanism for time change in analog wrist watch, Indian Patent No. 377792 dated Sep 2021, Application No. 5861/CHE/2014 dated 24 Nov 2014.
• Sagar Sathrasala, Vamsi Krishna Gujjala, Ningthoujam Nelson Singh, Mohit Kumar Meena, Palaniappan Ramu, G. Saravana Kumar, Loop based adjustable metal strap using key-presser, Indian Patent No. 374707 dated Aug 2021, Application No. 4296/CHE/2014 dated 03 Sep 2014.
• Kiran Vaidhya, Rakesh K S, Reddy Kotha Bharath Kumar, Balaji K Prasad, Palaniappan Ramu, Saravana Kumar G, Method for increasing RPM and drying rates in a washing machine with an epicyclic gear assembly, Indian Patent No. 370284 Jun 2021, Application No. 6046/CHE/2014 dated 02/12/2014.
• Swapnil Jain, Tarun Mehta, Sandipan Bandyopadhyay, Saravana Kumar G., A clutch assembly, Indian Patent No. 366033 , Application No. 4252/CHE/2012 dated 11/10/2012.
• Abishek Karunagaran, Arun Raghupathy, Athul Vijayan, Maharishi RB, Palaniappan Ramu, G. Saravana Kumar, Alternate Drying Mechanism and Water Extraction in Washing Machine, Indian Patent No. 357555 dated Feb 2021, Application No. 146/CHE/2015 dated 09/01/2015.
• Palaniappan Ramu, Aayush Maloo, Anant Gupta, Anupam Chandra, Sujata, Dheepika, Saravana Kumar G, N Chandrasekaran, Balaji NS, Raghothaman H, Seshadri R, A Screw Type Adjustable Linkage Interface For Watch Strap Assembly, Indian Patent No. 363122 dated Mar 2021, Application No. 4295/CHE/2014 dated 03/09/2014.
• Tarun Mehta, Swapnil Jain, Sri Ram Charan Chepylala, Jaideep Badduri, Sayantan Biswas, Sandipan Bandyopadhyay, Saravana Kumar G., A human powered device, Indian Patent No. 351230, Application No. 3633/CHE/2012 dated 3/9/2012.
• Srivatsan R. A., Gawali B., Rampal H., Mehta K., Bandyopadhyay S. and Saravana Kumar G., A hands-free device for enabling the differently abled to turn the pages of a book while reading, Indian Patent No. 326619, Application No. 2597/CHE/2010 dated 07/09/2010.
• Saravana Kumar G., Methods and Systems for Modelling a Physical Object, US Patent No. US8660825B2, Application No. 12/647072 dated 4/12/2009.

Design Registration

• Subin P George, G. Saravana Kumar, Custom modular hip implant set for hip cancer patients, Design Registration No. 394730-001 dated 8 Sep 2023.
• Subin P George, G. Saravana Kumar, A battery powered sit-to-stand device for mobility of paraplegic patients with electric actuator, Design Registration No. 393129-001 dated 23 Aug 2023.
• Subin P George, G. Saravana Kumar, A battery powered sit-to-stand device for mobility of paraplegic patients with gas springs, Design Registration No. 393128-001 dated 18 Aug 2023.

Books

P Pradeep Pratapa, G Saravana Kumar, Palaniappan Ramu, RK Amit (Eds.)Advances in Multidisciplinary Analysis and Optimization: Proceedings of the 4th National Conference on Multidisciplinary Analysis and Optimization, Springer Nature, 2022. (ISBN: 978-981-19-3938-9).

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S. Bandyopadhyay, Saravana Kumar, G., and Palaniappan Ramu (Eds.), Machines and Mechanisms,Narosa Publishing House, New Delhi, 2012. (ISBN : 978-81-8487-192-0).

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Zaki Ahmad (Ed.), Recent Trends in Processing and Degradation of Aluminium Alloys, InTech, Croatia, 2012. (ISBN: 978-953-307-734-5).

contributed one chapter

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Saravana Kumar, G., Geometric Modeling Methods using Point Cloud Data: Computing Techniques for Recognition and Fitting of Free-form Curves and Surfaces, LAP Lambert Academic Publishing GmbH & Co. KG, Germany, 2010. (ISBN: 978-3-8433-5912-2).

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Saxena, A. and Sahay, B., Computer Aided Engineering Design, Anamaya Publishers (India) and Springer (The Netherlands), 2005. (ISBN: 978-1-4020-2555-6).

contributed two chapters

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Lecture Notes

• NPTEL online course on Additive Manufacturing Technologies for Practising Engineers. Principal Faculty along with Dr. Murugaiyan A.
• NPTEL online course on Design for Quality, Manufacturing and Assembly. Principal Faculty along with Dr. Palaniappan Ramu, ED.
• Dixit U S and Saravana Kumar G., Video course on Engineering Mechanics under National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning (NPTEL), sponsored by Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India, New Delhi.
• Saravana Kumar G., Computer Problems in Engineering Mechanics, Computer Aided Instructional Package under QIP Project, IIT Guwahati, 2007-08.

Miscellaneous Articles

• Subin P George, Saravana Kumar G, Venkatesh K, Sensitivity of a lumbar motion unit disk angle to the range of motion, 2023 BETA CAE Systems Open Meeting in Chennai, 24 February 2023, Chennai.
• Saravana Kumar G., 3D Printers, Association Machines and Mechanisms News bulletin, July 2016.
• Siva Krishna K., Ganesh Narayanan R., Saravana Kumar G., Tailor welded blank forming limit computation by neural network based expert system, Journal of computer and experimental simulations in engineering and science (CESES), Issue 8, October 2010.
• Saravana Kumar G., Sculptured Object Reconstruction: from Points to Physical Prototype, The RPD Magazine- the magazine for layered manufacturing and rapid product development technologies, Issue 3, 2009.
• Saravana Kumar G., 3D Reconstruction from Points to Freeform Shapes, Mechanika - annual magazine of Mechanical Engineering Students Association, IIT Guwahati, 2007.
• Saravana Kumar G., Engineering Design Methodology Projects: Creative Engagement for Learning, Mechanika - annual magazine of Mechanical Engineering Students Association, IIT Guwahati, 2007.
• Saravana Kumar G., Development of Geometric Modeling Methodologies using Point Cloud Data. PhD Thesis, IIT Kanpur. 2004.
• Saravana Kumar G., Kalra P. K., Optimization by Neural Networks, Directions - quarterly scientific magazine of IIT Kanpur, Vol. 6, No. 3, September 2004.
• Muley H. B., Saravana Kumar G., Mukerjee A., Interactive Shape Optimization for Aesthetics using Genetic Algorithm, EDS PLM User Conference 2003, Pune, November 13-14, 2003.
• Yugandara Rao P., Gupta T. V. K., Saravana Kumar G., Free Form Shape Design and Manufacturing - A case study, The 11^th SDRC India Users Conference, Bangalore, October 21-22, 2002.
• Saravana Kumar G., Dhande S. G., Modelling Archaeological Collections, GIS Development - the asian GIS monthly, Vol. 6, Issue 6, June 2002.
• Saravana Kumar G., Dhande S. G., On a Model Rapid Prototyping Course for Engineering Curriculum, Proc. of National Conference on Recent Trends in CAD/CAM, JNTU College of Engineering, Kakinada, March 30, 2002.
• Shukla M., Saravana Kumar G., Siva Prasad K., Kulkarni S., Development of a New Chassis for VIKRAM 3 Wheeler, The 10^th SDRC India Users Conference, Delhi, November 7-9, 2001.
• Tandon P., Shukla M., Rahul Kumar, Siva Prasad K., Saravana Kumar G., Dubey S., Yadav A., Kulkarni Y. B., Computer Aided Design and Development of Saddletree, The 9^th SDRC India Users Conference, Pune, October 9-11, 2000.
  Best Paper Award

BibTeX

Research

slideshowDesign Optimization

Major emphasis has been in developing methods for automating design procedures suitable for design optimization and mass customization. With the advent of additive manufacturing that can fabricate parts directly from CAD, rapid generation of customized designs become a central issue. As an example we have worked on patient specific geometric modeling and optimum design of femoral implant. Short term and long term research focus is to develop computer methods that can be used to rapidly generate optimum designs, employing customized geometric models along with representation of material heterogeneity that can be additively manufactured for mass customization.

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slideshowMedical Image Analysis and Biomechanics

A very related area to design optimization in biomedical engineering is employing image based 3D reconstruction for anatomical geometry. We have been working in the area of CT and MRI based image processing, segmentation for computer aided diagnosis and anatomical modeling with focus in the applying the methods to orthopedics domain. Spine is one of the most complicated supporting structures of the body posing various challenges in modeling the same. Degenerative disc diseases are one of the most common diseases and the treatment includes options like spinal fusion and/or spine stabilizing implants. The current research focus is in computer aided diagnosis, the mechanics of various stabilization procedures and help in better treatment planning using experimental as well as numerical models. Some of the studies completed and currently being taken up are illustrated. Long term research plan includes applying CNNs for computer aided diagnosis for spine and orthopedic diagnosis, development of patient specific models for implant design.

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slideshowAdditive Manufacturing

Design for additive manufacturing (DfAM) bring challenge to traditional CAD and analysis since most of them can only deal with homogeneous materials as of now, and also in terms of understanding the constraints posed by the AM process. My earlier work in this domain was in developing a framework of modelling and data transfer that includes material heterogeneity information apart from the external geometry for AM. Some of the recent studies currently being taken up are illustrated.

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Resources

Resources for Additive Manufacturing Research: Major facilities in the domain of additive manufacturing is listed here. The genesis is the Rapid Prototyping Laboratory which was conceived as a prototyping facility for the department and created in the year 2008. The facility is extensively used by students and faculty across the department as well as IIT Madras, academic institutions and industries out side IIT Madras. Several research and consultancy projects are being carried out using these facilities.

Note: Contact the faculty in charge / technical staff in lab to obtain a quote for prototyping service.

ED120, Engineering Design

+91-44-2257 4624

Eden 350V RP machine from Stratasys®

The first rapid prototyping machine installed at IIT Madras, based on Multi-jet technology. The machine was Eden 350V® from Stratasys®. The machine after serving for a decade has been retired.

Some leagcy pictures of parts printed using this facility

iFusion SF1, Intech Additive India®

A new state-of-the-art metal laser powder bed fusion additive manufacturing equipment is installed in the Additive Manufacturing Reseach Group, pCoE Materials and Manufacturing of Futuristic Mobility (Make iFusion SF1, Intech Additive India®). The m/c build volume – 150 mm diameter and 180 mm height, Inert or nitrogen atmosphere. This facility is located in CWS 404, Joining and Additive Manufacturing Lab, Dept. of MME, IIT Madras.

Creator 3 Series FFF printer m/c from Flashforge®

This Fused Filament Fabrication printer has relatively larger machine size, and is well suited for needs from prototyping in polymers.This machine from Flashforge®. This offers a material processing envelope of 300*250*200mm and can process PLA, ABS, PVA, PETG, HIPS, PA, PC, ASA, & PACF.

LPX 600 3D scanner from Roland DG Corp. Ltd.®

3D scanning and shape synthesis is the process of producing design details in the form of CAD model from the physical part. The process also know as reverse engineering consists of first scanning the object concerned to create a point cloud that represents the skin of the object. Then using a surface modelling software the skin i.e. the surface model of the object is created. The lab has a 3D laser scanner LPX 600® from Rolland DG Corp. Ltd.®. The scanning accuracy is +/- 0.05 mm with a scanning pitch of 0.2mm. The scanning area is, width 254 mm and height 406.4mm.

Example Projects: Inspection of reaction injection molded component with its CAD model using 3D scanning.

MDX 40 Desktop CNC milling m/c from Roland DG Corp. Ltd.®

CNC machining along with suitable CAM software is a useful tool to machine components directly from CAD models in the materials as specified in bill of materials. The MDX 40 milling machine from Rolland DG Corp. Ltd.® is a easy to use desktop CNC milling machine that can machine wide range of materials including wood, wax and resin. The machine also supports a rotary axis thus supporting machining revolved parts and large part machining.

VERSA VLS-2.30 Laser engraving and cutting m/c from Universal Laser Systems®

Laser material processing systems with computer interface can integrate computer generated drawing to machining, engraving and cutting operations. The lab has a desktop VLS2.30 laser machine from Universal Laser Systems®. The VLS2.30® is well suited to prototype development and offers a material processing envelope of 406 x 305 x 102mm.

buildProjects

Note: # L : One Lakh Indian Rupees.

Collaborators

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Conference Visits

CMBBE 2023, Paris: CMBEE conference venue - Arts et Métiers, in front of Bezier Hall.

CMBBE 2023, Paris: iconic tower in night.

CMBBE 2023, Paris: visit to RAM lab in Rotterdam, Netherlands.

CMBBE 2023, Paris: streets of Amsterdam.

iNaCoMM 2019, IIT Mandi: with organizers of conference.

iNaCoMM 2019, IIT Mandi: a visit to Parashar Lake.

ICoRD 2019, Bangalore: IISc Bangalore

ICoRD 2019, Bangalore: meeting Prof.(s) Ravi and Amaresh Chakraborty

Indian Spine Injury Center, New Delhi: Informal meeting with Prof. Vijay Goel

IRCOBI 2018: Acropolis of Athens

IRCOBI 2018: after presentation

IRCOBI 2018: Temple of Olympian Zeius Athens

NCMDAO 2018: The gathering

NCMDAO 2018: Jobin's presentation

NCMDAO 2018: Gokul's presentation

IPRoMM 2016: Day 1

IPRoMM 2016: Day 1

IPRoMM 2016: Informal discussion with Prof. Amarnath, President AMM

ASME Mech Engg Congrees 2016: Day 1

ASME Mech Engg Congrees 2016: Visit to Garnd Canyon

ASME Mech Engg Congrees 2016: Meeting Prof. Mark Henderson, ASU

ASME Mech Engg Congrees 2016: Meeting Jobin in Chicago enroute

UK India Research Initiative 2014: Visit to Ranishaw, Stone, UK

UK India Research Initiative 2014: UK India delegate meet, UKBC, London

Department

with dual degree batch passing in 2018

department retreat 2011

Lab

with lab members in 2016

one of the earliest meeting with our colloborator Prof. Yoga, MCW, US

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Media

• RS (Rajya Sabha) TV in their science monitor program, reports on the nano filter media designed and developed by a team of faculty members from IIT Madras....

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  11-Jul-2020

• IEEE MAS Section Prof. G. Saravana Kumar receives best researcher award...

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  Feb-2021

• TCC digest reports, IITM in association with PDMA India, organizes first PDMA India cnference...

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  Dec-2017

• Blog by Vijay Iyer, Senior Science & Innovation Adviser, Common Wealth Office about 3D printing and UK and India initiative...

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  Jul-2014

• A Puthiyathalaimurai TV report on the PageFlipper designed and developed by a team of faculty members from Department of Engineering Design, IIT Madras....

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  23-Sep-2013

• A Puthiyathalaimurai TV report on the Tricycle designed and developed by a team of faculty members from Department of Engineering Design, IIT Madras....

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  16-Dec-2012

• The Indianexpress reports, The National Innovation Council has decides to support a bunch of innovators...

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  4-Apr-2012

• IEEE Madras section organizes a faculty developement program...

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  Nov-2011

• The Hindu reports, Harnessing designing prowess for a cause. Autodesk Inventor Student contest at IIT- Madras...

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  17-Nov-2011

• IEI News reports, Dr. G Saravana Kumar receives Yound Engineer Award...

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  25-Oct-2010

• The New Indian Express reports, must have books for a course on rapid product development...

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  25-Oct-2010

• Eureka students in the Department of Engineering Design at the Indian Institute of Technology Madras in Chennai have come up with the idea of using oil lamps to power fans for use in villages with no access to electricity…

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  17-Jun-2009