- Light alloys and composites
- Metal foams
- Structure property correlation
- Precious metals (Gold and Silver)
- Solidification & Processing of Light alloys
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INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH PARTNERSHIP/COLLABORATION
Industry | Project title | Salient achievements |
Titan Company Ltd, Hosur (Tanishq) | Hardening of 22k and 24 K gold | We have developed a technology for improving the hardness of 22k gold for weight saving and high strength in cast and hand-made jewelleries. The technology has been transferred to Titan for the production of jewellery with the hard gold. First pilot scale was launched on 28th October 2016 on Danteras day. The second pilot scale was launched on 22 March 2018. Presently several designs of machine made bangle have been made and are available for sale in Tanishq Jewelleries in several flagship boutiques around India. The PI has realized this entire prestigious project in a record time of 20 months, which includes laboratory experiments, series of industrial trials and production by Titan company ltd. The technology has been patented jointly by Titan and SRM and it is owned by both the parties. |
Titan Company Ltd, Hosur (Watches) | High strength lead free and leaded brass | The purpose of increasing the hardness and strength in brass in order to minimize handling defects during manufacturing (polishing and plating) and also to improve the scratch and wear resistance at the user end. The project kick started on April 2018 and PI has delivered the proof of concept to the industry within five months on August 2018. The industry made pilot scale production and evaluated the property enhancement. As the way forward rigorous industrial trials are being conducted and “WATCH CASES” made using the hard lead free brass will be launched in the market in pilot scale on March 2019. Joint patent filed. |
FUNDED PROJECTS
Sl. No. | Sponsoring Agency | PI/Co-PI | Title of project | Collaborators | Total Amount | Period of support | Completed/on-going |
1. | Naval Research Board (NRB) | PI | Stabilization mechanism in aluminium foams containing solid particles | Nil | 23.65 Lakhs | 3 years (2014-2017) | Completed |
2. | DST-SERB-EMR (MMME) |
PI | Development of Liquid metal processing route for foaming magnesium | Dr. M. Mukherjee (Co-PI) IITM | 66 Lakhs | 4 years (2017-2021) | Ongoing |
3. | DST-SERB-EMR (Chemical Sciences) |
Co-PI | Development of Layered Conducting Ceramic Nanomaterials of MAX phase and MXenes for Energy Conversion and Storage Applications | Dr. BhalChandra Kakade, SRMIST (PI) | 50 Lakhs | 3 years (2017-2020) | Completed |
INDUSTRY FUNDED PROJECT
Sl. No. | Sponsoring Industry | Title of project | Total amount including Consultancy charges | Period of support | Status |
1. | Titan Company Ltd -Jewellery Division, Hosur (Tanishq) | Developing novel gold alloys for contemporary Jewellery application | 29.6 lakhs | 1 year | Ongoing |
2. | Titan Company Ltd, Hosur, (Jewelry Division – TANISHQ) | Hardening of 22k and 24k gold | 3.2 Crores | 3 years (2015-2018) | Completed |
3. | Titan Company Ltd, Hosur, (Watches Division ) & RMI, Wapi, Mumbai | Hardening of leaded and lead free Brass | 8.7 lakhs | 1 year (2018-2019) | Industrial trials Ongoing |
4. | Titan Company Ltd, Hosur, (Jewelry Division – TANISHQ) | Tarnish free Silver | 10 Lakhs | 2 years (2017- 2019) | Industrial trials Ongoing |
LECTURES/WORKSHOP/CONFERENCE ORGANIZED
Title of Conference and Workshop | Organizer(s) | Date | Responsibility |
Workshop on Alloys for Light weighting application | Indian Institute of Metals Chennai Chapter and SRMIST, Kattankulathur | March 15-16, 2014 | Coordinator |
Conference on Advances in Light Metals and Composites (CALM 2014) | Research Institute, SRM IST, Kattankulathur | December 6-7,2014 | Convener |
Workshop on Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Awareness | Research Institute, SRM IST, Kattankulathur | 9th October 2015 | Convener |
Special Lecture on Light Metal foams – Scientific challenges and industrial applications, By Prof. J. Banhart Head- Institute of Applied Materials, Helmholtz Centre Berlin for Materials and Energy, Berlin, Germany |
Mechanical Engineering Association, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, SRMIST, KTR | 8th December 2016 | Coordinator |
Workshop on Advanced Materials Characterisation Techniques | Research Institute, SRM IST, Kattankulathur | 20th December 2017 | Convener |
Workshop on Principles and Applications of Transmission Electron Microscopy | Research Institute, SRM IST, Kattankulathur | 27th February 2018. | Co-Convener |
Workshop on Principles and Applications of Transmission Electron Microscopy | Research Institute, SRM IST, Kattankulathur | 27 & 28th November 2018 | Convener |
Research Day 2020 | SRM Univeristy- AP Andhra Pradesh | 31st January | Co-Convener |
Sports Fest 2020 | SRM University-AP, Andhra Pradesh | 15th February | Convener |
Industry-Academia Summit 2020 | SRM University-AP Andhra Pradesh jointly with Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) | 20th & 21st February | Convener |