The document provides details of research activities planned for the Department of Aeronautical Engineering for the academic year 2023-24. It summarizes that there is currently 1 research scholar in the department working with Dr. Senthilkumar. It also outlines 4 new research proposals that have been submitted by faculty members, including proposals on supercritical CO2 centrifugal compression, laser powder bed fusion of high temperature materials, and experimental investigation of a gravity geothermal heat pipe. The department has also created a propellant preparation facility and is pursuing collaborations with industry partners including discussions to sign MoUs with Win-KALAM, Vayusastra Aerospace, and Brahmastra.

1. Dean Presentation
Department of
AERONAUTICAL
Engineering
1
RESEARCH ACTIVITIES
PLANNED FOR THE ACADEMIC
YEAR 2023-24

2. RESEARCH SCHOLAR DETAILS
2
S.No Parameter Mech & Auto
1 No. of Research scholar in the dept., (Both FT/PT) 01 (Dr. Senthilkumar’s
scholar)
2 No. of Research scholars doing PhD more than 5 years -
3 No. of Research scholars doing PhD more than 4 years -
4 No. of Research scholars doing PhD more than 3 years -
5 No. of Research scholars completed -
6 No. of research scholars working in industry
problem/collaboration
-
RESEARCH SCHOLAR IN THE DEPARTMENT

3. RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
(DEPARTMENT)
3
S.No Parameter Aero Details
1 No. of outreach and
extension activities
planned and
conducted with its
outcome
1 Space Week 2023 – proposal submitted to ISRO.
2 No. of MoUs signed
with industry
- -
3 Initiatives taken for
signing MoU with
industry
Win-KALAM
Vayusastra
Aerospace
Brahmastra
Win-KALAM – Sep., 2023
Vayusastra Aerospace & Brahmastra –
Discussion in progress
4 Initiatives taken from
the department for
consultancy
1 NCCRD, IIT-Madras – Electrically controlled Solid
propellant test

4. RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
(FACULTY MEMBERS)
4
S.No Parameter Aero
1 To. No. of Faculty members with PhD 3
2 To. No. of Faculty members pursuing PhD 1
3 No. of New Proposals Submitted 4
4 Ongoing Projects -
Publication 5
JRF/SRF -
UG/PG Students Utilization 09
Research Facility Created Propellant
preparation facility

5. FACULTY MEMBERS RESEARCH PUBLICATION DETAILS
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Sl. No.
Name of the Faculty
members Designation Department
Target for
Publication
No. of Papers
Indexed in Scopus
No. of Papers
Accepted
No. of Papers
communicated
Expected month of
target completion Remarks
1 Er. J.S.Sebastin Asst. Professor Aero 4 2 - 2 Nov., 2023 2 papers under review
2 Dr. Senthilkumar Associate Professor Aero 6 1 - 1 Nov., 2023
Manuscript under
preparation
3 Dr. Jessy Michla Asst. Professor Aero 4 - - 2 Dec., 2023
Manuscript under
preparation
4 Dr. Ramkumar Associate Professor Aero 6 1 1 5 Nov., 2023 3 papers under review

6. FACULTY MEMBERS PROPOSAL
SUBMISSION/PLANNED DETAILS
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Sl. No. Name of the Faculty members Designation Department Proposal title Funding Agency Submission date Remarks
1 Dr. Senthilkumar Associate Professor Aero
Estimation of design
parameters of a
supercritical CO2
centrifugal compressor at
different initial &
operating conditions
using machine learning
algorithm. ARDB 01.03.2023 -
2 Dr. Jessy Michla Asst. Professor Aero
Surface treatments of
Laser powder bed
fusioned high
temperature Materials on
Aerospace Applications MSME July, 2023 -
3 Dr. Ramkumar Associate Professor Aero
Experimental
Investigation of Gravity
geothermal heat pipe for
root warming in crops
during monsoon season
at subtropical region TNSCST 14.08.2023 -
4 Er. J.S.Sebastin Asst. Professor Aero
Multi-Objective
Optimization and Active
Noise Cancellation of
Drone
Propeller Noise through
Waveform Approximation
and Pitch-Shifting DRDO -
Proposal under revision.
Planned to submit in the
month of Sep., 2023

7. Thank you
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