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M. Uthayakumar

M. Uthayakumar has obtained Master of Engineering in Production Engineering from Thiagarajar College of Engineering (Autonomous), Madurai, India. He did his research on bimetallic piston machining studies in the Department of Production Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli and received Ph.D from Anna University Chennai. He was awarded as young scientist by Tamil Nadu state council for Science and Technology and undergone the post doctoral fellowship on Tribology in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi. He has published currently 100 papers in the referred international journal. He has visited Cracow University of Technology Poland and Yeungnam University, Korea as visiting professor. He organized the second international conference on Advanced Manufacturing and Automation (INCAMA 2013) successfully and produced special issues in reputed journals. Currently he is working as Director (International relations) of Kalasalingam University, India.

Publications

Recent Advancements in Customized Investment Castings Through Additive Manufacturing: Implication of Additive Manufacturing in Investment Casting

Conventional investment casting (IC) has suffered from numerous limitations such as rigidity of the process, longer production cycles, higher tooling cost, and waste during...

Handbook of Research on Green Engineering Techniques for Modern Manufacturing

Green manufacturing has developed into an essential aspect of contemporary manufacturing practices, calling for environmentally friendly and sustainable techniques. Implementing...

Recent Advancements in Customized Investment Castings Through Additive Manufacturing: Implication of Additive Manufacturing in Investment Casting

Conventional investment casting (IC) has suffered from numerous limitations such as rigidity of the process, longer production cycles, higher tooling cost, and waste during...

Performance Study of LaPO4-Y2O3 Composite Fabricated by Sol-Gel Process Using Abrasive Waterjet Machining

This chapter presents an effective approach to assess the abrasive water jet machining of lanthanum phosphate reinforced with yttrium composite. A novel composite is prepared...

Optimization of Drilling Process on Al-SiC Composite Using Grey Relation Analysis

This study reveals the multi objective optimization of machining parameters in drilling of SiC reinforced with aluminium metal matrix composites through grey relational analysis....