Page 9 - SMEC Annual Newsletter-2022-23

FUNDED PROJECTS National
School of Mechanical Engineering

Title: Establishing the High Temperature Fatigue Testing Facility
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Coordinator: Dr. A. Raja Annamalai, Deputy Coordinator: Dr. K. Devendranath Ramkumar , Members: Dr. R. Vasudevan ,
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Dr. C. Pandivelan , Dr. Ashish Kumar , Dr. Anoj Giri , Dr. Ranjeet Kumar 7
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Contact: : raja.annamalai@vit.ac.in
Agency: DST-FIST
Amount: Rs. 92,00,000/-
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Title:Separation efficiency and distillate yield enhancement using advanced technologies in integrated ocean thermal
energy conversion-low temperature thermal desalination.
PI: Dr. S. Arulvel, Co-PI: Dr. D. Dsilva Winfred Rufuss , Dr. D. Sakthivadivel , Dr. K. Balaji N 4
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Agency: Deep Ocean Mission, Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES), Govt. of India;
Amount: Rs. 1,98,48,896/-
Contact: arulvel.s@vit.ac.in 1 2 3 4

Title: Design and Development of Surface Engineered Solutions to Enhance the Corrosion Resistance of the Solar Energy
Storage
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PI: Dr. Chalasani Chiranjeevi, Co-PI: Dr. Rajasekhar. Y. , Dr.M. Manikandan , Dr. Arivazhagan N 4
Agency: ARBD-DRDL, Hyderabad 1 4
Amount: Rs. 50,00,000 /- 2 3
Contact: chiranjeevi.c@vit.ac.in

Title:Numerical studies on start/unstartbehavior of scramjet intake
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PI: Dr. P. Senthilkumar, Co-PI: Dr. Bibin John , Dr. R. Thundil Karuppa Raj , Dr. M. Ganapathi 4
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Agency: ARBD-DRDL, Hyderabad
Amount: Rs. 23,35,200/-
Contact: psk@vit.ac.in 1 2 3 4

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