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Dr. Karunamurthy K

Professor and Dean

Date of Joining: 09.05.2014
Nature of Association: Regular

Employee ID 50566
Intercom 1509
Educational details (Please mention all the degrees with latest first)
Degree Passed out year Specialization Institute/University/ College
PhD 2015 Mechanical Engineering Anna University Chennai
M.Tech 1998 Energy Technology Pondicherry University
B.E 1996 Mechanical Engineering Bharathidasan University
Research Details
Areas of Specialization Solar Energy, Solar Desalination,Enhanced Heat Transfer, Thermal Energy Storage, Hydrogen Engine and  Optimization.
ORCID ID orcid.org/0000-0002-7108-1261
Scopus ID 58896827300
H-index (scopus) 10
Google Scholar ID https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=L9PcGU8AAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao
i10 index 10
Completed Consultancy Project Details               
1. Thermal Analysis of a Voltage Stabilizer (Vibromech Advanced Technologies) – Rs. 1,85,000 (2022-23).
2. Thermo- Structural Analysis of Furnace cum Process Chamber        (Phase I) VIBROMECH Advanced Technologies, India – Amount: 13.89 L
Period: 17-10-2022 to 31-01-2023 (Four Months).
3. Thermo – Structural Analysis of Furnace cum Process Chamber (Phase II)VIBROMECH Advanced Technologies, India – Amount: 5.62 L
Period: 10.04.2023 to 10.05.2023 (1 Month)
4. Thermal Analysis of Furnace Assemblies (Fluid Therm) – Rs.24,000 (2022-23)
5. Thermal Analysis of a Heat Shield (Vibromech Advanced Technologies) – Rs. 29,500 (2021-22)
  6. Failure Studies of a Temperature Door of Car HVAC System – (HANON SYSTEMS) – Rs. 2,93,112 (2020-21)
Ongoing Funded Project Details              
Ongoing Funded Project Title 1. Design Of The Cost-Effective Hydrogen Generation Using Polymer Exchange Membrane Water Electrolyzer (Rs 14.8l) – Two Years – Start Date: 01-02-2024 ; Funding Agency: VIT Chennai.
2. Unnat Bharat Abhiyan Program
Funding Agency: Ministry of Human Resource Development, National
Amount: 50,000
Completed Funded Project Details              
Design and Development of a Microbiological fuel cell integrated Solid Waste Composter
Funding Agency: Vellore Institute of Technology Chennai,
Amount : 1,50,000, Duration : 1 Year, Status: Completed, Year: 2022
Patent Granted Details UNDERWATER VEHICLE Design No: 413542-001 Date: 15/04/2024
Patent Published Title Patent Published Application No. 201741016104
 
Book / Book Chapter Published Details
Title Publisher Year
1. Predicting Effectiveness of Solar Pond Heat Exchanger with LTES Containing CuO nanoparticle using Machine Learning Taylor and Francis 2021
2. Class dependency-based learning using Bi-LSTM coupled with the transfer learning of VGG16 for the diagnosis of tuberculosis from chest X-rays IET 2022
3. An Effective Model for Performance Prediction of a Centrifugal Pump with Nose Caps Using ANN Springer
4. MIRA: An Affordable Design and Engineering of an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle IEE Explore 2025
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Editorial Experience
(if any)
1. Editor in Material Today: Proceedings
2. Editor in IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science.

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