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Dr. Vincent Shantha Kumar

Head of Department & Associate Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering

BioCorrosion of Materials, Biomaterials and Composites, Indentation Behaviors, Mechanical testing, Metal Foams, Metallic Glasses, Synthesis and Characterizations, Wastewater treatment

Ph.D. Students & Research Collaborators

PhD Completed

1.  Supervisor: Electrochemical behavior, cytotoxicity and mechanical properties of the novel Magnesium based multicomponent alloys
PhD Student: Priya Sudha K - 2019PHXF0010U (registered Dec 2019)
In Collaboration with National University of Singapore
Status: Defended Thesis on 5th October 2023
 
2. Co-Supervisor: Synthesis and Characterization of Aluminum-Al2O3/SiO2 Syntactic Foam Materials
PhD Student: S . S. Murali. Kartheek (registered Oct 2019)
PI: Prof. Suresh Kumar Reddy, BITS Pilani Hyderabad Campus
Status: Defended Thesis on 31st January 2024
 
 PhD Ongoing
 
3. Supervisor: Zirconium Based Bulk Metallic Glasses for Biomedical Applications
PhD Student: Daffiny Sara Joshua (registered Oct 2023) (Joint BITS-RMIT PhD Student)
Its a Joint PhD Collaboration with Prof. Yuncang, Prof. Cuie Wen and Prof. Ravi Shukla at RMIT Australia
Status: Ongoing
 
4. Co-Supervisor: Biotribocorrosion study on Additvely Manufactured High Entropy Alloys 
PhD Student: Sozharajan B (registered Jan 2023)
PI: Prof. R. Karthikeyan, BITS Dubai Campus
Status: Ongoing 
 
5. Co-Supervisor: Textile Industry wastewater treatment by moving bed biofilm bioreactors and photocatalysis 
PhD Student: Vishav Kant (registered Jan 2024)
In Collaboration with Prof. Prakash Kumar and Prof. Srikanth Mutnuri, BITS Goa Campus
Status: Ongoing 
 
6. Co-Supervisor: Novel Zr based metallic glasses for bioimplant applications
PhD Student: Shubhra Shitole (registered Oct 2021)
In Collaboration with Prof. Adbel Mourad, United Arab Emirates University, Al-Ain and Seoul National University South Korea
Status: Ongoing
 
7. Co-Supervisor: Bio-corrosion and Tribology studies on a novel Mg composite developed by Hybrid Microwave Sintering for potential biomedical applications
PhD Student: Arun Mohan (registered Jan 2022)
In Collaboration with Amrita University, India
Status: Ongoing
 
Research Collaborators:
 
Prof. Manoj Gupta, National University of Singapore, Singapore
Prof. E.S.Park, Seoul National University, South Korea
Prof. Abdel-Hamid Mourad, United Arab Emirates University, UAE
Prof. Sundeep Mukherjee, University of North Texas, USA
Prof. Yuncang Li, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Australia
Prof. Ravi Shukla, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Australia
Prof. Seeram Ramakrishna, National University of Singapore, Singapore
Prof. Jatin Bhatt, VNIT Nagpur, India 
Prof. Suresh Kumar Reddy, BITS Hyderabad, India
Prof. Srikanth Mutnuri, BITS Goa, India
Prof. Balakrishnan Shankar, Amrita University, India
 
Materials Research Lab at BITS Pilani Dubai Campus !!!
 
  • Scanning Electron Microscopy with EDS
  • Potentiostat / Galvanostat for Corrosion Testing
  • Microhardness Tester
  • Fatigue Testing 
  • DSC/DTA Analysis
  • Retsch Mono Ball Mill for Mechanical Alloying
  • Stir Casting Equipment for Composite Materials 
  • Wear Testing Machine
  • Microwave Furnace 
  • Vaccum Hot Press
  • Plastic Injection Moulding
  • Universal Testing Machine
  • 3D Printer
 For Testing and Collaboration, please write to : vincent@dubai.bits-pilani.ac.in