Department of Mechanical Engineering

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Qualification	Specialization	University	Year
M.Tech	Production	Calicut University	2003
B.Tech	Mechanical Engg.	Kerala University	2000
Ph.D	Mechanical Engineering	CUSAT	2023

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Teaching Experience	15 years

Industrial Experience	5 years

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Material Science, Manufacturing, Nanofluids

Membership: ISTE

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Papers in Journals	9

Papers in Conferences	5

1. Smart Materials and Structures- A review, International Conference on Recent Developments in Structural Engineering, Manipal Institute of Technology.

2. The Science and Technology of Composite Materials, SJCET Journal of Engineering and Management, St.Joseph College of Engineering and Technology Palai.

3. Effect of Mechanical Defects on EM Shielding Properties of Carbon Composites in S band, AICTE sponsored National Conference, NSS College of Engineering Palakkad.

4. Design and Fabrication of Parabolic Trough Collector, International Conference on Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering ICAME 15,TKM College of Engineering Kollam.

5. Experimental Analysis of Parabolic Trough Collector, International Conference on Advances in Manufacturing and Thermal Engineering ICOMATE 16, MA College of Engineering, Kothamangalam.

6. Jesto Thomas, P.V.S.S. Srivatsa, S. Ramesh Krishnan and Rajesh Baby, Thermal Performance Evaluation of a Phase Change Material Based Heat Sink: A Numerical Study, December 2016 Procedia Technology Elsevier 25:1182-1190. DOI: 10.1016/j.protcy.2016.08.237

7. A real time analysis on the Impact of Knowledge management on Cost of Quality in Construction Projects, International Conference on Emerging Trends in Engineering Science and Technology, CRC Press- Taylor and Francis, August 2018.

8. S Ramesh Krishnan, VN Narayanan Namboothiri, Estimation of characteristic length of a horizontal cylindrical annulus for heat transfer through conduction using Rayleigh Number, International Conference on Recent Advancements and Effectual Researches in Engineering Science and Technology August 2018. IOP Conf. Ser. Mater.Sci. Eng. 396 012057.

9. S Ramesh Krishnan, VN Narayanan Namboothiri, Abin Mathew, Optimum fluid layer thickness for heat transfer effectiveness using water‐based nanofluids—A numerical estimation, Heat Transfer—Asian Research Wiley Volume 48, Issue 8, December 2019, 3945-3967. https://doi.org/10.1002/htj.21576.

10. Automatic Detection and Characterization of Weld Defects Using CNN algorithm in Machine Learning, S. Ramesh Krishnan, T.V. Abhishek, Akhil Vinod, Allen George, C.Harikrishnan, Asian Review of Mechanical Engineering, 10(1), 26-35, January 2021.

11. High specific strength steel as an alternative material for heavy vehicle chassis – an explicit analysis, K U Aathira, V C Keerthi, S Arjun, S J Kiran and S Ramesh, 6th Biennial International Conference on Emerging Trends in Engineering Science and Technology March 2021. IOP Conf. Ser.: Mater. Sci. Eng. 1114 012064.

12. Aravind V.H, Harikrishnan S, Hari Krishna Raj P. M, & Ramesh Krishnan S. Automatic Alcohol Detector, Recent Trends in Automation and Automobile Engineering, 4(1), 1–8, May 2021. http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4778037.

13. Ramesh Krishnan S, Narayanan Namboothiri VN, EMD analysis on the impact of temperature, volume fraction and molecular weight on the thermal conductivity of water-based nanofluids. Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry Springer. 146, November 2021, 1525–1537. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10973-020-10134-x.

14. Krishnan S R, Namboothiri VNN. Impact of volume fraction and fluid layer thickness on heat transfer effectiveness of water‐based nanofluids. Heat Transfer. Wiley Volume 51, Issue 3 May 2022, 2628-2644. doi:10.1002/htj.22417.

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Design and fabrication of parabolic trough collector,
Parametric analysis of factors impacting heat transfer effectiveness of nanofluids.

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1. Staff Advisor 2020-24 B.Tech Mechanical Batch
2. Staff in Charge Department Library
3. Assistant Bus Secretary
4. Assistant Superintendent of Examinations, Kerala Technological University