Dr. Uppu Srinivas Rao

Associate Professor
Department/School/Unit Name
Department of Mechanical Engineering, IIT (BHU) Varanasi
Phone No(s): +91-8765449290, 0542-7165574 (O)
Email: sruppu.mec@iitbhu.ac.in
Area of Interest: Modeling and Simulation, Micro-machining, Advanced Machining
  • B.E. in Mechanical Engineering from R.E.C. Rourkela (NIT, Rourkela) in the year 1996.
  • M.Tech. and PhD in Manufacturing Engineering from IIT Madras in 2003 and 2013 respectively.

       PhD Thesis Title: Modeling of tool edge radius effects and prediction of cutting force components in micro-end-milling.

22 Completed, 03 Ongoing

 

Sl. No.

Name of the Student(s)

Year of completion or in Progress

Name of Institution

Title of Thesis

Guide or Co-guide

1

Mr. Vipin Kumar

2012

IIT(BHU)

Cladding of Stainless Steel on Mild Steel by Gas Metal Arc Welding (M.Tech)

Dr. M. Z. Khan Yusufzai, Department of Mechanical Engineering, IIT (BHU)

2

Mr. Gajendra Singh

2012

IIT(BHU)

Effect of Electrical Discharge Machining Process Parameters on Performance Measures (M.Tech)

Dr. M. Z. Khan Yusufzai, Department of Mechanical Engineering, IIT (BHU)

3

Mr. Surendra Kumar

2014

IIT(BHU)

Effect of Minimum Uncut Chip Thickness (MUCT) on Theoretical Surface Finish in Mechanical Micromachining (IDD)

 

4

Mr. Madhusudan Awasthi

2014

IIT(BHU)

Study of Residual Stresses in Mechanical Micromachining (M.Tech)

 

5

Mr. Sarvesh Kumar Mishra

2014

IIT(BHU)

Tool Condition Monitoring by Using Wavelet Technique (M.Tech)

Dr. Sandeep Kumar, Department of Mechanical Engineering, IIT (BHU)

6

Mr. Sahil Dev

2016

IIT(BHU)

Design and Development of Rotating Workpiece Holding Mechanism in Electric Discharge Machining (IDD)

 

7

Mr. Rahul Walter Paul

2015

IIT(BHU)

Tool Condtition Monitoring at Nano Regime machining (IDD)

 

8

Mr. Chandrakant Nimoria

2016

IIT(BHU)

Tool condition monitoring using acoustic emission in Artificial Neural Network for turning of Inconel 718 (IDD)

 

9

Mr. Sunny Jaiswal

2016

IIT(BHU)

Tool Condition Monitoring during micro-end-milling of Al2024 using acoustic emission (IDD)

Prof. Santosh Kumar, Department of Mechanical Engineering, IIT (BHU)

10

Mr. Adarsh

2016

IIT(BHU)

Optimization of machining parameters of Inconel 718 superalloy (IDD)

 

11

Mr. Nikhilesh Kumar

2017

IIT(BHU)

Experimental Investigation into cutting of Inconel 718 super-alloy using different cutting fluids (M.Tech)

 

12

Mr. Nitesh Kumar Dubey

2017

IIT(BHU)

Tool Condition Monitoring in Micro-machining using wavelets (M.Tech)

Dr. Sandeep Kumar, Department of Mechanical Engineering, IIT (BHU)

13

 

Mr. Nagmani Singh

 

2018

IIT(BHU)

2D FEM Model of Orthogonal Micro-Machining for Titanium Alloy

 

14

Mr. Sandeep Kumar Singh

2018

IIT(BHU)

Synthesis and Characterization of Magnesium Metal Matrix Composites Prepared through Powder Metallurgy and In-situ Method

Dr. R. K. Gautam, Department of Mechanical Engineering, IIT (BHU)

15

Mr. Rakesh Moharana

2018

IIT(BHU)

Investigation on tribological behavior of grapheme coated bearing steel (EN31)

Dr. R. K. Gautam, Department of Mechanical Engineering, IIT (BHU)

16

Mr. Baljinder K Badhan

2018

IIT(BHU)

Synthesis and Characterization of Aluminum Based Hybrid Composites

Dr. R. K. Gautam, Department of Mechanical Engineering, IIT (BHU)

17

Mr. Sanjeev Kumar

2019

IIT(BHU)

EFFECT OF SINTERING TEMPERATURE ON Mg/MgO COMPOSITE PREPARED via MICROWAVE SINTERING (IDD)

Dr. R. K. Gautam, Department of Mechanical Engineering, IIT (BHU)

18

Ms. Ipshita Agarwal

2020

IIT(BHU)

DUCTILE REGIME MACHINING OF ZIRCONIA

 

19

Mr. VIPIN KUMAR YADAV

2021

IIT(BHU)

Fabrication, Characterization and Machining study of Metal Matrix Composite

Dr. L. S. Rao, Department of Metallurgical Engineering, IIT(BHU)

20

Mr. SOURABH KUMAR

2021

IIT(BHU)

FABRICATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF

Al 356/Al2O3 METAL MATRIX COMPOSITES

PROCESSED BY RHEOCASTING AND COOLING SLOPE METHOD FOLLOWED BY SIMA PROCESS

Dr. L. S. Rao, Department of Metallurgical Engineering, IIT(BHU)

21

Mr. SIDDHANT OMER

2021

IIT(BHU)

Fabrication and Characterization of Natural Fibre Reinforced Polymer Matrix

Composite (PMC)

Prof. R. K. Gautam, Department of Mechanical Engineering, IIT (BHU)

22

Mr. Abhijeet Singh

2021

IIT(BHU)

Experimental and simulation based ductile regime machining of zirconia

 

 

Total Number of Ph. D Awarded: 2

  1. Mr. Rohit Kumar Singh Gautam; Thesis Title: "High Temperature tribological properties of Ni based Self lubricating composite coatings" Supervisor: Prof. R. Tyagi Co-Supervisor: UPPU SRINIVAS RAO
  2. Mr. Hemant Nautiyal; Thesis Title: "Synthesis and Tribological Characterization of copper based Self lubricating composite" Supervisor: Prof. R. Tyagi Co-Supervisor: UPPU SRINIVAS RAO

Total Number of Ph. D Ongoing: 5

1

 

Mr. Hemant Kumar Choudhary

December 2015 (On Professional Leave)

 

Machining of Composite Materials

Co-Supervisor: Prof. R. K. Gautam, Department of Mechanical Engineering,

2.

Mr. Ashutosh Roushan

December 2015 (Full Time)

Micro-Machining of Titanium alloy

 

3.

 

Mr. Jitendra Kumar Singh

July 2016 (Full Time)

Machining of Ceramics

Co-Supervisor: Prof. Ram Pyare, Ceramic Engineering

4.

Mr. Asgar Shakil

July 2017 (Full Time)

Machining of Magnesium based MMC

Co-Supervisor: Prof. R. K. Gautam, Department of Mechanical Engineering,

5.

Mr. Basudeb Rajak

July 2017 (Part Time)

Characterization and Machining of MMC

Co-Supervisor: Prof. R. K. Gautam, Department of Mechanical Engineering,

 

1.         U. Srinivas Rao, L. Vijayaraghavan, 2011, “Study of Edge Radius Effects in Mechanical Micro-Machining”, International Journal of Precision Technology, Vol.3 Issue1, 51-61.

2.         U. Srinivas Rao, L. Vijayaraghavan, 2013, “Determination of Minimum Uncut Chip Thickness in Mechanical Micro-Machining using Johnson-Cook Fracture Model” International Journal of Mechatronics and Manufacturing systems, Vol. 6, No. 4, 367-380. (I.F.: 0.80)

3.         Sarvesh Kumar Mishra; U. Srinivas Rao and Sandeep Kumar, 2016 “Tool wear prediction by using wavelet transform” International Journal of Precision Technology, Vol.6 Issue3/4, 216-230.

4.         U. Srinivas Rao and  L. Vijayaraghavan, 2018 “Revisiting size effect due to work of new surface formation in mechanical micro-machining using FEMMaterials Today: Proceedings 5 (2018)  7198–7206. (I.F.: 0.30)

5.         N K Dubey, A Roushan, U. S. Rao, K Sandeep and K Patra, 2018 “Tool Condition Monitoring in Micro-End Milling using wavelets” IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering 346 (2018) doi:10.1088/1757-899X/346/1/012045.

6.         K. Sandeep, U. S. Rao and R. Balasubramaniam, 2018 “Tool wear compensation scheme for DTM” IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering 346 (2018) doi:10.1088/1757-899X/346/1/012046

7.         Rohit Kumar Singh Gautam, U. S. Rao and Rajnesh Tyagi, 2019 “High temperature tribological properties of Ni-based self-lubricating coatings deposited by atmospheric plasma spray” Surface and Coatings Technology 372 (2019) 390–398 (IF: 3.192)

8.         R Moharana, S S Sengar, B Badhan, U. S. Rao, R K Gautam and R Tyagi, 2019 “Tribological Behaviour of Graphene Coated Bearing Steel (EN31)” IOP Conf. Series: Journal of Physics: Conf. Series 1240 (2019) 012040 (I.F. 0.54)

9.  Gautam, R. K. S., U. S. Rao,  Rajnesh Tyagi, (2019) "Influence of Load on Friction and Wear Behavior of Ni-Based Self-Lubricating Coatings Deposited by Atmospheric Plasma Spray." Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance 28(12): 7398-7406. (I.F.:1.48)

10. Ashutosh Roushan, U. S. Rao and L. Vijayaraghavan, (2020) “Prediction of cutting force in micro-end-milling by a combination of analytical and FEM method.” Journal of Micromanufacturing DOI: 10.1177/2516598419876158

11. Hemant Nautiyal, Sangita Kumari, U. S. Rao, Rajnesh Tyagi, Om P. Khatri, 2020 “Tribological Performance of Cu–rGO–MoS2 Nanocomposites Under Dry Sliding,” Tribology Letters (2020) 68:29 (I.F. : 2.566)

12. Asgar Shakil, Sandip Kumar Singh, Basudeb Rajak, R. K. Gautam, U. S. Rao, 2020 “In situ infiltration Synthesis and Characterization of magnesium metal matrix composite” Materials Today: Proceedings 21 (2020) 1223–1228 (I.F. : 0.30)

13. Rohit Kumar Singh Gautam, U. S. Rao, Shashank Mishra, Rajnesh Tyagi, 2020 “Tribological Behavior of Atmospheric Plasma-Spray-Deposited Ni-Based Composite Coatings at Different Speeds and Temperatures” Journal of Thermal Spray Technology https://doi.org/10.1007/s11666-020-01016-7 (I.F. : 2.522)

14. H. Nautiyal, S. Kumari, R. Tyagi, U. S. Rao and O. P. Khatri, 2021 “Evaluation of tribological performance of copper-based composites containing nano-structural 2D materials and their hybrid” Tribology International 153: 106645 (I.F.: 4.271)

15. J. K. Singh, U. S. Rao and R. Pyare, 2020 “Design and development of a multipurpose portable heating setup for 45S5 bioglass and other ceramic samples” Review of Scientific Instruments 91(10): 105108 https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0006382 (I.F. : 1.480)

16. BK Badhan, H Nautiyal, R Moharana, U. S. Rao, RK Gautam, R Tyagi, 2021 “Evaluation of Mechanical Properties and Tribological Behaviour of Self-lubricating Aluminium Matrix Hybrid Composites” Recent Advances in Mechanical Engineering 691-698 Springer

17. Ashutosh Roushan, U Srinivas Rao, Karali Patra, Priyabrata Sahoo, 2021 “Multi-Characteristics Optimization in Micro-milling of Ti6Al4V Alloy” Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 1950(1) IOP Publishing

 

UG level:

Engineering Mechanics ME 1101/1201; Unconventional Manufacturing Processes ME-4209;

Mechanical Measurements ME-2104; Tool Design ME-4201;

Manufacturing Engineering II ME-3101; Tool Design and Metrology ME351; Metal Machining and Machine Tools ME261

 

PG level:

Metal Working Technologies; ME-5255,

Theory of Metal Machining ME5152;

Industrial Metrology and Inspection ME5156;

Machine Tool Engineering ME556