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  Indian Institute of Information Technology, Design & Manufacturing 
      (IIITD&M) Kancheepuram, Chennai - 600 127   
  (An Institute of National Importance Fully Funded by Govt of India) 
  
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Name : Dr. Gnanamoorthy R
      
       
        
Director & Professor of Mechanical Engineering
      
      
       
                        
                            
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                                    |  U. G   :  BE (Bharathiyar Univ)  |  
                                   
                                  
                                    |  P. G   :  MS (IIT Madras)  |  
                                   
                                   
                                    |  PhD   :  Dr Eng, (Japan)  | 
                                   
                                   
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                                    |  Email        :     gmoorthy@iiitdm.ac.in       Phone      :   +91-44-27476302  | 
                                   
                                
                                      
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Specialization
      
       
 
      
        
Research Interests
      
       
        
                -  Mechanical Design with Advanced Materials 
 
                - Nanocompsoites - Product Design and Manufacturing 
 
                - Surface Nanocrystallization - Novel Manufacturing Process Development 
 
                - Engineering the Surfaces for Improved Performance 
 
                - Fatigue and Fracture Mechanics of Advanced Engineering Materials 
 
                - Tribo Characteristics of Biomaterials and Polymer Nano Composites 
 
        
   
        
      
        
Memberships in Professional Societies
      
       
        
                - MPMAI, MIIM, MRSI, MAMM, MTSI 
 
                
        
   
        
       
 
      
        
Awards
      
       
        
                - 2011 B Tech Project Guided ¡V Ms Mihita IIITDM received Best Project Award 
 
                - 2008 M Tech Project Guided ¡VMr Kodeeswaran IITM received Best Project Award 
 
                - 2007 INAE Student Innovative Project Award was awarded for the Doctoral project work carried out Dr S Sethilvelan under my Guidance 
 
                - 2007 Received First Prize for Oral Presentation at National Seminar on Advanced Materials for Hostile Environment ¡V Present Scenario & Future S Dhanalakshi, R Gnanamoorthy and M Balasubramaniam, Thiruvananthapuram, March 2007. 
 
                - 2006 Served as Chairperson for a Surface Engineering Session during THERMEC 2006 held at Vancouver, Canada in July 2006. 
 
                - 2006 Received Best Poster Presentation Award at ISRS, IIT Madras, Dec 2006. 
 
                - 2003 M Tech Project Guided (Mr Abdul Hameed,) Best Project Award, IIT M 
 
                - 2001 Received Career Award for Young Teacher 2001 from AICTE, India 
 
                - 1990 ¡V 94 Recipient of Mombusho Government Fellowship Japan 
 
        
   
        
 
      
        
Employment 
      
       
        
                Research 
                - Research Associate, 1994 - 96, Inst for Materials Research, Tohoku Univ, Japan 
 
                - Researcher - Govt of Japan, 1990 - 91, Nagaoka Univ of Technology, Japan 
 
                Industry
                - David Brown Greaves Ltd, Pune, 1990
 
                Teaching
                - Director, IIITD&M, 2010 - onwards 
 
                - Director (Additional Charge), CICT -2011-12 
 
                - Deputy Director, IIITD&M, 2008 -2010 
 
                - Registrar i/c, IIITD&M, 2007 - onwards 
 
                - Faculty, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, 1997 onwards 
 
                - Visiting Scientist, Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research, India, 1996 ¡V 97 
 
                - Research Associate, Inst for Materials Research, Tohoku Univ, Japan, 1994 - 96 
 
                - Researcher ¡V Govt of Japan, Nagaoka Univ of Technology, Japan, 1990 ¡V 91 
 
        
   
        
 
      
        
Journals 
      
       
        
                - S Kirupa Sankar, C Gurunathan. R Gnanamoorthy "Transmission efficiency of polyamide nanocomposite spur gears", in Materials & Design , 39, August 2012, 338-343 
 
                - Anandakumar S, Ganesh Sundra Raman, T S N Sankaranarayanan, Gnanamoorthy R "Fretting Wear Behaviour of surface mechanical attrition treated alloy 718", in Surface & Coatings Technology, 206, 2012, 4425-4432 
 
                - Arun Prakash N, Gnanamoorthy, R and Kamaraj M "Fretting wear behaviour of fine grain structured aluminium alloy formed by oil jet peening and process under dry sliding condition’", in Wear, 294-295, 2012, p.427-437 
 
                - Anandakumar S, Ganesh Sundra Raman, T S N Sankaranarayanan, Gnanamoorthy R "Influence of surface mechanical attrition treatment on the fretting wear behaviour Ti-6Al-4V", in Advanced Materials Research, 463-464, 2012, p316-320 
 
                - Timmaraju V M, K Kannan, Gnanamoorthy R " Effect of initial imbibed moisture content on flexural fatigue behavior of polyamide 66/hectorite nanocomposites at laboratory condition", in Materials Science and Engineering A , 528 (6), 2011, 2960-2966 
 
                - Timmaraju V M, K Kannan, Gnanamoorthy R "Influence of imbibed moisture and organoclay on tensile and indentation behavior of polyamide 66/hectorite nanocomposites", in Composites Part B: Engineering, 42 (3),, 2011, 466-472 
 
                - Timmaraju V M, K Kannan, Gnanamoorthy R "Effect of environment on flexural fatigue behavior of polyamide 66/hectorite nanocomposites", in International Journal of Fatigue , 33 (4), 2011, 541-548 
 
                - Arun Prakash N, Gnanamoorthy, R and Kamaraj "Microstructural Evolution and Mechanical Properteis of oil jet peened aluminium alloy,", in Materials & Design, 31 (9),, 2010, 4066-4075. 
 
                - Rajeesh K R, Gnanamoorthy, R and Velmurugan R "Effect of Humidity on the Indentation Hardness and Flexural Fatigue Behavior of Polyamide 6 Nanocomposite", in Mat. Sci. Eng A, A 527, 2010, 2826–2830 
 
                - Rajeesh, Gnanamoorthy R, Velumurugan, "Effect of moisture content on tensile behaviour of polyamide 6 nanocomposites’", in , Proc of I Mech: J. Materials: Design & Applications, 4 (4), , 2010, 173-176. 
 
                - Ramkumar A, Gnanamoorthy R "Effect of nanoclay addition on the displacement-controlled Flexural Fatigue Behavior of a polymer, ", in J Mat Sci, 45 (15), , 2010, 4180-4187. 
 
                - Arun Prakash N, Gnanamoorthy, R and Kamaraj "Dry sliding wear behavior of oil jet peened aluminum alloy, AA6063-t6’", in Proc. IMechE Pt J: J. Engg Tribology,, 224 (11), 2010, 1189-1196 
 
                - Sahaya Grinspan and R Gnanamoorthy "Impact force of low velocity liquid droplets measured using piezo electric PVDF film’,", in Colloids & Surfaces A: Physiochemical and Engineering Aspects, , 356, (1-3) , 2010, 162-168 
 
                - Timmaraju V M, K Kannan, Gnanamoorthy R "Influence of organoclay on flexural fatigue behavior of polyamide 66/hectorite nanocomposites at laboratory condition", ", in Polymer Composites , 31 (11), 2010, pp. 1977-1986. 
 
                - Finney Charles D, Gnanamoorthy R, Parag Ravindran "‘Rolling contact fatigue behavior of polyamide clay reinforced nanocomposite - Effect of Load and Speed’, .", in Wear , 269 (7-8),, 2010, pp. 565-571 
 
                - Arun Prakash N, Gnanamoorthy, R and Kamaraj "Friction and wear behaviour of surface nanocrystallized Al alloy under dry lubricated conditions’", in Mat. Sci. Eng B, 168, 2009, 176-181 
 
                - Navaneethakrishnan P, Ganesh Sundara Raman S, Pathak SD, Gnanamoorthy R, Ravi N ") Fretting wear studies on diamond-like carbon coated Ti-6Al-4V", in Surface and Coatings Tech, 203(9), 2009, 1205-1212 
 
                - P Navaneethakrishnan, Ganesh Sundara Raman S, R Gnanamoorthy and Ravi, P "Relative performance of hydrogenated", in argon incorproted and nitrogen incorporated diamond like carbon -coated Ti-6Al-4V samples under fretting wear conditions, Accepted for Publication in Thin Solid Films, , 2009, 
 
                - Senthilvelan S and R Gnanamoorthy "‘Efficiency of injection molded polyer gear", in IMechE, 223, 2009, 
 
                - Ganesh Sundara Raman S, P Navaneethakrishnan, and R Gnanamoorthy "Influence of counterbody material on fretting wear behaviour of uncoated and diamond-like carbon-coated Ti-6Al-4V", in IMechE , 222, 2009, 
 
                - A Sahaya Grinspan and R Gnanamoorthy "Development of a Noovel Oil Cavitation Jet Peening System and Cavitation Jet Erosion in aluminum alloy", in Accepted for Publication in Trans ASME. J Fluid Engg,, , 2009, 
 
                - S Dhanasekaran and R Gnanamoorthy "Gear tooth wear in sintered steel gears under dry running conditions", in Wear, 265, 2008, 81/87 
 
                - Ramkumar A, Gnanamoorthy R "Axial fatigue behaviour of polyamide-6 and polyamide-6 nanocomposites at room temperature Composites Science and Technology", in , 68 (15-16), 2008, 3401-3405 
 
                - S Senthilvelan and R Gnanamoorthy "Influence of reinforcement on composite gear metrology", in metrology’Mechanism and Machine Therory, 43 (9), 2008, 1198-1209 
 
                - N Govindarajan and R Gnanamoorthy "Computation of sliding friction and ratcheting of sintered and hardened steel under rolling contact fatigue", in ASME J of Tribology, 130 (4), 2008, 
 
                - Kodeeswaran M, Gnanamoorthy R "Effect of strain rate on nanocrystalline surface formation in conrolled ball impact process in AISI 304 SS", in Mater Lett, Materials Letters, 62 (30), 2008, 4516-4518 
 
                - G Srinath and R Gnanamoorthy "'Effect of organoclay addition on the two-body abrasive wear characteristics of polyamide nanocomposites", in J Mat Sci, 42, 2007, 8326-8333 
 
                - Aravind Vadiraj, M Kamaraj and R Gnanamoorthy "'Fretting wear studies on PVD TiN coated ion implanted", in thermally oxidised biomedical titanium alloys', Surf Engg, 23, 2007, 209 
 
                - A Sahaya Grinspan and R Gnanamoorthy "'Effect of nozzle traveling velocity on oil cavitation jet peening of aluminum AA 6063 -T6", in ASME J Engg Mat & Tech , 129 (4), 2007, 609-613 
 
                - S Dhanasekaran and R Gnanamoorthy "'Heat generation in Fe-C-Cu-MoS2 sintered spur gears under unlubricated conditions", in Inst Mech Engrs. J Engg Tribology, 221(J6), 2007, 645-652 
 
                - A Sahaya Grinspan and R Gnanamoorthy "'Fatigue behavior of oil jet peened Al alloys AA6063 T6", in JSME J Solid Mech & Mat Engg, 1, 2007, 875-885