2020 - 2021
- Guest Editor: Dr. S. Prabhu appointed as a “Guest Editor” for the “Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry (JTAC) with indexed in SCI (IF: 2.731)
- International Ambassador: Dr. Shubrajit Bhaumik appointed as “International Ambassador” by Surface Ventures, United Kingdom.
- Guest Editor: Dr. Shubrajit Bhaumik appointed as “Guest Editor” for the special issue “Tribological Properties of 2D Materials and Liquid Crystals”, in the Journal “Crystal” with indexed in SCIE (IF: 2.404).
- Expert Member: Dr. S. Datta is selected as an expert member for the PROJECT MONITORING AND REVIEW COMMITTEE of DRDO Young Scientists’ Laboratory for Smart Materials (DYSL-SM), Hyderabad.
- Excellence in Reviewing: Dr. R. Senthil received a certificate of “Excellence in Reviewing” from the Journal of Engineering Research and Reports, 23rd September 2020.
- Best Academician Award: Dr. R. Senthil received an award for the “SAS Best Academician Awards 2020 (Engineering Category)”from the SAS Society, 03rd August 2020.
- Coordinator: Dr. R. Senthil was appointed as the Coordinator for Solar Energy Society of India (SESI) – SRMIST Regional Chapter.
- Reviewer & Examiner: Dr. R. Senthil evaluated and acted as an external examiner of a PhD. Thesis of Sri Satya Sai University of Technology and Medical Sciences, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh.
- Member of Advisory Committee: Dr. R. Senthil acted as an Advisory Committee Member for International Conference on Recent Advances in Renewable Energy Sources 2021, 26-27 February 2021, Organized by Government Engineering College Banswara, Rajasthan.
- Appreciation: Mr. S. Shakthivel received a certification of appreciation from School of Mechanical and Chemical Engineering and Chemical Engineering of Wollo University, Ethiopia in association with University- TVET-Industry-Institution linkage for participating International Level Quiz on Automobile Engineering, 24th December 2020.
- Best Paper Award: Ambigai. R, Prabhu. S, “Centrifugal Casting and Characterization of Functionally Graded LM6 Alloy” International conference on Materials, Manufacturing, and Machining for Industry 4.0 (ICMMM 2.0), organized by the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Bannari Amman Institute of Technology, Sathyamangalam 9th to 10th August 2020.
- Best Paper Award: M.D. Kathir Kaman, M. Cheralathan, “Experimental investigation on thermal properties of graphene-based nanofluids for cooling applications,” International Conference on Advances in Renewable and Sustainable Energy Systems, Department of Mechanical Engineering (ICARSES), SRM IST, Kattankulathur, 3rd – 5th December 2020.
- Best Paper Award: R. Sathish Kumar, G. Balaji, M. Cheralathan, K. Sureshkumar, “Reduction of carbon dioxide emission from diesel engine fuelled with plastic pyrolytic oil using modified charcoals,” International Conference on Advances in Renewable and Sustainable Energy Systems, Department of Mechanical Engineering (ICARSES), SRM IST, Kattankulathur, 3rd – 5th December 2020.
- Best Paper Award: Chinmaya Rath, Mukund Gupta, Nilanshu Ghosh, R. Senthil, ”Exergetic optimization of a concentrated solar receiver with latent heat storage,” International Conference on Advances in Renewable and Sustainable Energy Systems, Department of Mechanical Engineering (ICARSES), SRM IST, Kattankulathur, 3rd – 5th December 2020.
- Best Paper Award: Avipsita Das, V. Thirunavukkarasu, M. Cheralathan, “Desiccant materials for the production of water from humid air using concentrated solar power,” International Conference on Advances in Renewable and Sustainable Energy Systems, Department of Mechanical Engineering (ICARSES), SRM IST, Kattankulathur, 3rd – 5th December 2020.
- Best Paper Award: Joji Johnson, S Manikandan “Solar radiation model of bifacial photovoltaic module for tropical latitude zone” International Conference on Advances in Renewable and Sustainable Energy Systems, Department of Mechanical Engineering (ICARSES), SRM IST, Kattankulathur, 3rd – 5th December 2020.
- Best Paper Award: V. Mathan Raj, Akshay Manoj, “Improvement in performance and combustion of Crdi engine with Simarouba blended fuel as an alternative fuel”, International Conference on Advances in Renewable and Sustainable Energy Systems, Department of Mechanical Engineering (ICARSES), SRM IST, Kattankulathur, 3rd – 5th December 2020.
- Best Paper Award: V. Rajasekar, C. Prabhu, T. Prakash, “Experimental investigation on the performance and emission characteristics of a crdi engine with lemon grass oil and orange oil blends,” International Conference on Advances in Renewable and Sustainable Energy Systems, Department of Mechanical Engineering (ICARSES), SRM IST, Kattankulathur, 3rd – 5th December 2020.
- Best Paper Award: M. Gunasekaran, Rinku Mukherjee “Analysis of aerodynamic hysteresis in echelon formation”, International Conference on Advances in Renewable and Sustainable Energy Systems, Department of Mechanical Engineering (ICARSES), SRM IST, Kattankulathur, 3rd – 5th December 2020.
- Best Paper Award: N. Vijay Krishna, S. Manikandan, C. Selvam “The state of the art review on thermal management techniques for the thermoelectric cooler”, International Conference on Advances in Renewable
