Research

The Department R&D Centre is recognized by VTU, offering Ph.D and MSc Engineering by Research Programmes.

KSCST SPP Projects

• 3 student projects guided by Dr Santhosh K, Dr Mahesh B R, Dr Naveena B E, Dr Jenoris Muthiya has been funded by KSCST in 2022-23 with Rs 20,000/- on 18.04.2023
• Two projects guided by Prof. Mahesh B R and Prof. Murgayya S B are approved and sanctioned Rs. 12,500/- (Rs. 6500 and Rs.6000) on 06-03-2020.

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List of Guides under VTU R & D Centre

Sl No	Guide Name	Domain
1.	Dr. H N Suresh	Quality, Reliability and Maintenance
2.	Dr. Naveena B E	Thermal Spray coating
3.	Dr. Nandakumar M B	Surface Engineering

PH.D SCHOLARS DETAILS

Sl No	Name of the Research scholar and designation	Year of registration & University	Domain/Topic	Guide	Status
1.	Govindaraju H	2015 VTU	Electronics Cooling/Augmentation of Heat Transfer in Vertical Semiconductor Devices	Dr. Srinivas G Bhatt Alliance University	Completed Comprehensive Viva-voce
2.	Anand Kakhandaki	2017 VTU	Condition based maintenance/Condition monitoring of machine tools using Vibration analysis and Process capability	Dr. H N Suresh, DSCE, Bengaluru	Registered

DETAILS OF PH.D SCHOLARS IN THE DEPARTMENT OF AUTOMOBILE ENGINEERING

Sl No	Name of the Research scholar and designation	Year of registration & University	Domain/Topic	Guide	Status
1.	Kavya J T	2017 VTU	Metal Matrix composites	Dr. R Keshavamurthy, Prof. and Head DSCE, Bengaluru	Completed course work

Faculty Achievements & Recognitions - Patents

Faculty name	Title	Application number	Role (Inventor/ co-inventor)	Date of submission	Status (Filed/Published/Grant)
Dr.S.Jenoris Muthiya& Dr. Naveena B E	Design and development of carbon dioxide reduction trap for IC engine	202241069874	Inventor	04/12/22	Published
Dr.S.Jenoris Muthiya & Dr. Naveena B E	Design and Development of Advanced Battery safety system for Electric Vehicle	202341042041 A	Applicant	23/06/23	Published
Dr.Ravikumar K.N.	4-speed peed epicyclic powertrain with electromagnetic clutch for electric Vehicles	202241028508 A	Co-inventor	17/06/2022	Published
Dr.Vijay T	Performance of HVOF Sprayed tio2 and Cr2O3 coatings on Aluminum die for development of Areca plates	202241001377	Inventor	Jan 2022	Published
Dr.Vijay T	Universal Jar Lid Opener Developed by FDM process using biocompatible Polymer Composite	2021105944	Inventor	Nov 2021	Granted
Dr.S.Jenoris Muthiya	Design and optimization and prototyping of electric bike frame with convenient frontal storage	202141053831	Inventor	Nov 2021	First Examination Completed
Dr.S.Jenoris Muthiya	Steering wheel for monitoring driver health emergencies for automatic braking for automobiles.	363975001	Co-inventor	June 2021	Second Examination Completed

Patent received

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• 4-speed epicyclic powertrain with electromagnetic clutch for electric-vehicle” patent published by Vishnu Athreya, Prathamesh Jadhav, Vishwanath Aradhya, Shreyas Kumar on 17.06.2022
• Design of electric bike chassis with frontal storage for convenient access” patent published by B R Rohith , Venkatesh Gowda B S , Aakash K P , Sudeep V on 10.12.2021
• Dr. Sekhar N, 2013 “A Plunger used for Briquetting tool plunger application, a Composition and a Method for coating the composition onto the plunger”, application number (Indian patent): 6054/CHE/2013, filing date: December 23, 2013.