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Ashwath Pazhani
Country of origin: India Currently in: India, Vellore General field of specialization: Engineering sciences-
Degrees
2020 Doctorate Engineering sciences2017 Master Engineering sciences2011 Undergraduate Engineering sciences -
Current Research Activities
Engineering sciences
Surface modification and surface treatments for aluminium alloys and its composite for space exploration application
Publications resulting from Research:
Anthony, Xavior M., and P. Ashwath. "Strengthening Effect of SiC and Al2O3 Particles Addition to AA 2900 and AA 2024 MMC’s Synthesized Through Microwave Sintering." In Emerging Technologies for Sustainability, pp. 467-472. CRC Press, 2020.
Ashwath, P., J. Joel, P. Jeyapandiarajan, Anthony Xavior, and R. Rajendran. "Frictional property evaluation of aluminium alloy based metal matrix composites under dry braking condition in pin—on—disc system." Materials Research Express 7, no. 1 (2019): 016509.
Ashwath, P., M. Anthony Xavior, and R. Rajendran. "Improving the Surface Characteristics by Employing FSP on the Composites for the Automobile Brake Pad Application." In ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, vol. 59377, p. V02AT02A001. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2019.
Xavior, Anthony. "Fatigue life and Fracture Morphology of Inconel 718 machined by spark EDM process." Procedia Manufacturing 30 (2019): 292-299.
Ashwath, P., and M. Anthony Xavior. "Effect of microwave heat treating processing on frictional behaviour of aluminium alloy 2900 composites." Tribology-Materials, Surfaces & Interfaces 12, no. 2 (2018): 85-96.
Kumar, HG Prashantha, M. Anthony Xavior, and P. Ashwath. "Ultrasonication and microwave processing of aluminum alloy-Graphene-Al2O3 nanocomposite." Materials and Manufacturing Processes 33, no. 1 (2018): 13-18.
Ashwath, P., and M. Anthony Xavior. "Effect of ceramic reinforcements on microwave sintered metal matrix composites." Materials and Manufacturing Processes 33, no. 1 (2018): 7-12.
Ashwath, P., and M. Anthony Xavior. "Processing methods and property evaluation of Al2O3 and SiC reinforced metal matrix composites based on aluminium 2xxx alloys." Journal of Materials Research 31, no. 9 (2016): 1201.
Xavior, M. Anthony, N. Ranganathan, HG Prashantha Kumar, J. Joel, and P. Ashwath. "Mechanical properties evaluation of hot extruded AA 2024–Graphene Nanocomposites." Materials Today: Proceedings 5, no. 5 (2018): 12519-12524.
Xavior, M. Anthony, N. Ranganathan, and P. Ashwath. "Effect of recast layer on the low cycle fatigue life of electric discharge machined inconel 718." Materials Today: Proceedings 5, no. 5 (2018): 12666-12672.
Ashwath, P., P. Jeyapandiarajan, M. Anthony Xavior, Mayank Somani, Utkarsh Dharnia, and Himanshu Grover. "Effect of Copper Alloying and Reinforcement Percentage on the Microstructure-Tribological Aspects of the Aluminium Alloy Composites." Materials Today: Proceedings 5, no. 5 (2018): 11853-11858.
Ashwath, P., P. Jeyapandiarajan, and M. Anthony Xavior. "Analysis of Strength and Microstructural Characteristics of Heat Treated Al Alloy Composites." Materials Today: Proceedings 5, no. 5 (2018): 11802-11807.
Ashwath, P., P. Jeyapandiarajan, J. Joel, M. Anthony Xavior, N. Sumanth, and Chillakuru Saketh Reddy. "Flexural studies of graphene reinforced aluminium metal matrix composite." Materials Today: Proceedings 5, no. 5 (2018): 13459-13463.
Kumar, HG Prashantha, M. Anthony Xavior, P. Ashwath, J. Joel, Shivprasad Hosmani, Prateek M. Shivalli, Hrishikesh Singh, and Kaustav Chakraborty. "Synthesis and property evaluation of hot extruded AA2024–MWCNT Nanocomposites." Materials Today: Proceedings 5, no. 5 (2018): 12545-12550.
Ashwath, P., J. Joel, M. Anthony Xavior, Anubhav Goel, Tushar Nigam, and Mohit Rathi. "Processing and characterization of extruded 2024 series of aluminum alloy." Materials Today: Proceedings 5, no. 5 (2018): 12479-12483.
Ashwath, P., P. Jeyapandiarajan, and M. Anthony Xavior. "Heat Treating Studies of Graphene Reinforced Aluminium Metal Matrix Composite." Materials Today: Proceedings 5, no. 5 (2018): 11859-11863.
Ashwath, P., J. Joel, M. Anthony Xavior, and HG Prashantha Kumar. "Effect of SiC and Al2O3 particles addition to AA 2900 and AA 2024 MMC’s synthesized through microwave sintering." Materials Today: Proceedings 5, no. 2 (2018): 7329-7336.
Kumar, HG Prashantha, M. Anthony Xavior, Ashwath P. Joel, and J. Kaustav Chakraborty. "Effect of flake reinforcement on mechanical properties of AA 6061 nano composite with secondary nano platelet-Graphene processed through powder metallurgy." Materials Today: Proceedings 5, no. 2 (2018): 6626-6634.
Xavior, M. Anthony, P. Ashwath, Harun Ali, Atef Moideen, Pansura Banu, Muhammad Raneez, and Saneesh Sancylal. "Effect of recast layer thickness on the mechanical characteristics of INCONEL 718 machined by spark EDM process." Materials Today: Proceedings 5, no. 2 (2018): 8249-8255.
Ashwath, Pazhani, M. Anthony Xavior, Tushar Nigam, Anubhav Goel, and Mohit Rathi. "Effect of Recast Layer on the Strength Properties of the Spark Electric Discharge Machined Aluminium Alloy Composites." In ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, vol. 58356, p. V002T02A058. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2017.
Current profession
Current professional activities type:ResearchTeaching• Involved in taking care of Assessment and Evaluation of Academic research works of B. Tech and M. Tech (Metal Matrix Composites Lab). • Involved in preparing teaching materials and preparing lectures for B. Tech students in their Design and Manufacturing subjects. • Responsible for framing Course curriculum for the B. Tech Students. • Involved in supervising powder metallurgy related final year Capstone projects at B. Tech and M. Tech levels of students. • Helping Students to write research paper in both technical and language aspect. • Engaged with 15 Hrs of teaching per week and invigilating-evaluating the Final assessment Test (FAT) and various management duties. • Engaged in organizing industrial visits and organizing workshops and conference at school of mechanical engineering. • Have published 22 Research papers in peer reviewed journals and conference publications with H-Index of 5 and 80 Citation.
Workshop and Conference Attended
2012 Anekal India Sustainability Management , Reporting and Optsustain2014 Chennai India Theme Meeting on Advanced Characterization Techniques for engineering nano-materials2018 Chennai India 7th international and 28th All India Manufacturing Technology, Design and Research Conference 20182019 Kerala India International Conference on Emerging Technology for sustainability2015 Vellore India work shop on project management2010 Coimbatore India workshop on Advanced measurement techniques for metal cutting research2018 Kerala India International conference on advanced materials and manufacturing processes for strategic sectors2019 Vellore India International workshop on digital manufacturing towards industry 4.0