1. Title of the project:                                                                            

Environmental Conditioning of Composite sandwich Laminates

Principal Investigator:      Prof. Ramesh Adusumalli

Co-Investigators:                Prof. Nandanavanam Jalaiah

Cost & Duration:                5,75,368 (5.75 lakhs) & 3.5 months from 27 Nov. 2025

Sponsor:                              Advanced Systems Laboratory (ASL), DRDO, Hyderabad

2. Title of the project:                                                                            

Developmental studies on Interlaminar Fracture Toughness of Neat resin and Composites 

Principal Investigator:      Prof. Ramesh Adusumalli

Co-Investigators:                Dr. Pavan Kumar Penumakala

Cost & Duration:                11,22,703 (11.22 lakhs) & 10 months from 17 Feb 2025

Sponsor:                              UL India Private Limited, Bengaluru 

3. Title of the project:                                                                            

Developmental studies on the influence of temperature on carbon/epoxy composite properties 

Principal Investigator:        Dr. Pavan Kumar Penumakala

Co-Investigators:                 Prof. Ramesh Adusumalli

Cost & Duration:                45.78 lakhs &  36 months from Mar. 2022

Sponsor:                               Advanced Systems Laboratory (ASL), DRDO, Hyderabad

4. Title of the project:                                                                            

Developmental Studies on evaluation of paint for Composite substrate

Principal Investigator:        Dr. Ramesh Adusumalli 

Co-Investigators:                 Dr. Kurra Suresh

Cost & Duration:                 16.24 lakhs & 18 months from Feb. 2021

Sponsor:                              Advanced Systems Laboratory (ASL), DRDO, Hyderabad

5. Title of the project:            

Developmental Studies on Environmental Conditioning of QCE Composite Materials 

Principal Investigator:         Dr. Ramesh Adusumalli 

Co-Investigators:                 Dr. Mithun Mondal

Cost & Duration:                  24.9 lakhs & 20 months from Dec. 2020

Sponsor:                                Advanced Systems Laboratory (ASL), DRDO, Hyderabad

6. Title of the project: 

Comparison of phenolic resin from two sources for their Properties 

Principal Investigator:         Dr. Karthik Chethan V

Co-Investigator:                   Dr. Ramesh Adusumalli

Cost & Duration:                 9.79 lakhs & 15 months from March 2018

Sponsor:                            Advanced Systems Laboratory (ASL), DRDO, Hyderabad

7. Title of the project: 

Characterization of Fibre / Matrix interface in Advanced Composites

Principal Investigator:       Dr. Ramesh  Adusumalli 

Co-Investigators:               Dr. Karthik Chethan V, Dr. N. Jalaiah

Cost & Duration:              9.96 lakhs & 15 months from Aug. 2015

Sponsor:                          Advanced Systems Laboratory (ASL), DRDO, Hyderabad

8. Title of the project: 

Nano-scale characterization of human hair fibres by using indentation technique

Principal Investigator:      Dr. Ramesh  Adusumalli 

Cost & Duration:               29.89 lakhs & 3 years from Aug. 2014

Sponsor:                             DST-SERB, Gov. of India