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Dr. Paul Praveen A.

Dr. Paul Praveen A.

Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering (ME)

a.praveen@sharda.ac.in

About

Dr. Paul Praveen A is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering (Design)  in the School of Engineering and Technology, Sharda University, India. He holds a full time Ph.D. from Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT), specializing in Honeycomb Composite Sandwich Structural Dynamics. He earned his M.Tech. in Mechanical (Design Engineering) from Karunya University, Coimbatore, and B.E. in Mechanical Engineering from Sri Krishna College of Engineering affiliated to Anna University, Chennai. He has seven years of experience in teaching and research. Apart from his academic and research endeavors, he actively participates in program and institutional accreditation activities, primarily focused on research and outcome-based education. Dr. Praveen's interests encompass Dynamics of composite structures, Honeycomb Structures, Hybrid sandwich modeling, and Buckling analysis of structures. He has an impressive publication record with over ten research papers in SCI Indexed high-impact factor international journals, authored four monographs and published one Indian patent. He has completed Six International Certification of core courses in Coursera online platform and completed Five National courses in AICTE-NPTEL India. He has completed DST-SERB funded project worth INR 21.4 Lakh as Project staff in VIT. He is actively engaged in collaborative research work with various researchers in India and abroad. He holds memberships in professional organizations such as the Indian Society of Mechanical Engineers, IIP, and the International Association of Engineers. Dr. Praveen is passionate for doing teaching, research and also focused on conducting FDPs, workshops, delivering guest lectures, and mentoring students to excel in academics and research with paper publication in SCI, WoS, and Scopus indexed journals, facilitating career opportunities for them in India and abroad.

Experience
  • Ph.D. (Full Time) in Mechanical Engineering (Design) from Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore (2015-2019). Thesis title: Vibration Analysis of Multi-Functional Hybrid Honeycomb Composite Sandwich Plates
  • M.Tech. (Full Time) in Mechanical (Design Engineering) from Karunya University, Coimbatore (2013 – 2015 - CGPA 8.30/10, First Class with Distinction).
  • B.E. (Full Time) in Mechanical Engineering from Sri Krishna College of Engineering, Arakkonam, Affiliated to Anna University (2009 – 2013 - CGPA 7.14/10 First Class).
  • XII from St. Andrews Higher Secondary School, Arakkonam, Tamilnadu, (2007 – 2008, Percentage: 78 %).
  • X from St. Andrews Higher Secondary School, Arakkonam, Tamilnadu, (2005 – 2006, Percentage: 78 %).
Qualification
  • Associate Professor, Sharda University, Greater Noida, Aug 2023 - Continuing
  • Associate Professor, Guru Nanak Institute of Technology, Hyderabad,     Feb – Aug 2023.
  • Assistant Professor, Malla Reddy Engineering College, Hyderabad, Aug 2019 – Jan 2023.
  • Teaching cum Research Assistant, VIT University, Vellore Campus, May – July 2019.
  • Project Senior Research Staff, DST-SERB, VIT University, Vellore, April 2016 – Feb 2019.
  • Research Associate, VIT University, Vellore Campus, Jan – March 2016.
Award & Recognition

  • Awarded “Best Teacher Award”, for the excellence in teaching and research by the Director of Malla Reddy Engineering College, on Teachers Day, Sep 2022.
  • UK-India Collaboration project applied for the title “A Joint UK-India based Collaboration for “Advanced Teaching & Training on Low Emissions Vehicle Manufacturing Technology”, Cranfield University, VIT (Under Progress), 2022.
  • DST-SERB project applied as Co-PI for the title “Experimental Investigation of Three Lobe Journal Bearing with Longitudinal Surface Roughness using   Different   Asperity   Ratios”,    CRG   Scheme,    2021.
  • Applied as PI for the project title “Dynamic Characterization of Functionally Graded Composite Sandwich Structures”, RPS Scheme (AICTE), 2021.
  • Awarded “Faculty Excellence Award, by VIJ Trust, Coimbatore, 2021.
  • Awarded “Global Eminent Teacher Award” by Ed & ImmiGo, Hyderabad, 2021.
  • Appreciation certificate awarded for organizing one week FDP program 2021.
  • Appointed as Honorable Editorial Board Member and Technical Editor for the “Journal of Automotive Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Research” (ISSN: 2229-9270).
  • Appointed as the Reviewer in the “Journal of Applied Mechanics and Materials” of Material Science and Engineering Publisher (ISSN: 1662-7482).
  • Nominated as reviewer in the “International Journal of Applied Mechanics and Materials” (ISSN: 1662-7482).
  • Nominated as reviewer in the “International Journal of Mechanical Sciences” (ISSN: 0020-7403).
  • Nominated as reviewer in the “International Journal of Advances in Materials & Processing Technologies” (ISSN: 2374-0698).
  • Certificate awarded for research core subjects with ELITE from IIT Kharagpur through NPTEL e-learning platform.
  • Invited for 10 days workshop from IISc, Bangalore, sponsored by DST-SERB, India.
  • Certified training awarded for 3 days workshop from CMTI, Bangalore which was sponsored by DST-SERB, India.
  • Certificate of appreciation received for volunteered in International Conference- ITSfew, organized by VIT, Vellore.
  • Received the Rank holder award in M.Tech. Mechanical Engineering (Specialized in “Design”) at Karunya University Coimbatore.
  • Received the Certificate of Merit on “VIDYA” from APTECH computer education during the training period 19th April 2008 to 19th May 2008.
  • Received the Certificate of Merit on “C-language” from APTECH computer education during the training period 20th May 2008 to 20th July 2008.

Research

International Journals

  • Vasudevan Rajamohan, P. Edwin Sudhagar, A. Paul Praveen, Umut Topal, Subrata Kumar Panda, and Trung Vo-Duy, Optimal Response Prediction of Composite Honeycomb Sandwich Plate: Theoretical and Experimental Verification, International Journal of Applied Mechanics, Vol. 14, Issue No. 04, ISSN: 1758-8251, Online: 07/2022, https://doi.org/10.1142/S1758825122500363, (JCR Impact factor 3.5).
  • Mesfin Kebede Kassa, Addamu Getachew, Lavish Kumar Singh, Paul Praveen A & Ananda Babu Arumugam, Dynamic Bending Characterization of Delaminated Epoxy/Glass Fiber Based Hybrid Composite Plate Reinforced with Multi-walled Carbon Nanotubes, Journal of Vibration Engineering & Technologies, Vol. 11, ISSN: 2523-3939, Online: 05/2022, https://doi.org/10.1007/s42417-022-00556-2, (JCR Impact factor: 2.7).
  • Tilak Rana, Mesfin Kebede Kassa, Abhishek Shinde, Paul Praveen A, Sushila Chowdhary & Ananda Babu Arumugam, Influence of MWCNT Fillers on the Elastic Properties of GFRP Hybrid Honeycomb Core: Numerical Study with Experimental Verification, Fibers and Polymers Vol. 23, ISSN: 1875-0052, Online 04/2022, https://doi.org/10.1007/s12221-022-4849-x, (JCR Impact factor: 2.5).
  • Akshay Pawgi, Akshay Bharadwaj Krishna, Shikhar Gupta, Paul Praveen A, Ananda Babu Arumugam, and Edwin Sudhagar P, Influence of graphene fillers on vibration characteristics of tapered hybrid GFRP composite beams under elevated temperature condition: Numerical and experimental study, Journal of Vibration and Control, Vol. 29, ISSN: 1741-2986,  Online 10/2021, https://doi.org/10.1177/10775463211045795, (JCR Impact Factor: 2.8).
  • Paul Praveen A, Vasudevan Rajamohan, Ananda Babu Arumugam, Sameer S Rahatekar, Assessment of dynamic properties of hybrid ribbon reinforced multifunctional composite sandwich plates: Numerical and experimental investigation, Thin-Walled Structures, Vol. 145, ISSN: 1879-3223, Online: 12/2019, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tws.2019.106365, (JCR Impact Factor 6.4).
  • Paul Praveen A, Vasudevan Rajamohan & Arun Tom Mathew, Material and Mechanical Characterization of Multi-Functional Carbon Nanotube Reinforced Hybrid Composite Materials, Experimental Techniques – Springer, Vol. 43, ISSN: 1747-1567, Online: 03/2019, https://doi.org/.1007/s40799-019-00316-0, (JCR Impact factor: 1.6).
  • Paul Praveen A, Vasudevan Rajamohan, Ananda Babu Arumugam, and Arun Tom Mathew, Vibration analysis of a multifunctional hybrid composite honeycomb sandwich plate, Journal of Sandwich Structures & Materials, Vol. 22, ISSN: 1530-7972, Online: 12/2018, https://doi.org/10.1177/1099636218820764, (JCR Impact Factor: 3.9).
  • Paul Praveen A, Vasudevan Rajamohan, Arun Tom Mathew, Recent developments in investigation on buckling and post buckling responses of laminated composite shells, Polymer Composites, Vol. 39, ISSN: 1548-0569, Online: 08/2017 https://doi.org/10.1002/pc.24562, (JCR Impact Factor: 3.531).
  • G. Lawrance, P. Sam Paul, A. S. Varadarajan, Paul Praveen A, X. Ajay Vasanth, Attenuation of vibration in boring tool using spring controlled impact damper, International Journal on Interactive Design and Manufacturing (IJIDeM), Vol. 11, ISSN: 1955-2505, Online: 2015      https://doi.org/10.1007/s12008-015-0292-1, (JCR Impact factor: 2.1).

 International Conference Papers Published in Scopus Indexed Journals

  • Paul Praveen A, Prasanth; G. K. Gupta, S. Agarwal, P. Edwin Sudhagar, Vibration analysis of MWCNT reinforced multi-layered sandwich composite structures with corrugated cores - an experimental study, American Institute of Physics, Volume 2341, Issue 1, ISSN 1551-7616, Online 13/2021, https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0050005. 
  • Paul Praveen A, Poojit Patangi, Experimentation on the MWCNT strips reinforced functionally graded honeycomb composite materials, American Institute of Physics, Vol. 2341, Issue 1, ISSN 1551-7616, Online 13/2021, https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0049968.
  • Paul Praveen A, N.V. Jatin, S.M. Raveen, R. Vasudevan, A. Ananda Babu, P. Edwin Sudhagar, Comparison of Shear Rigidity of Epoxy and Vinyl Ester Reinforced Hybrid Honeycomb Core, Materials today; Proceedings, Vol. 22, ISSN: 2214-7853, Online 05/2020, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matpr.2020.03.362.
  • Paul Praveen A, M. A. Moheez, M. M. Manjunath, A. Ananda babu, R. Vasudevan, Evaluation of shear properties of carbon nanotube reinforced functionally graded honeycomb composite materials, American Institute of Physics, Vol. 2057, Issue 1, ISSN 1551-7616, Online 01/2019, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5085638.
  • Edwin Sudhagar, Vasudevan Rajamohan, Ananda Babu A, Paul Praveen A & Arun Tom Mathew, Progressive Failure Analysis of a Tapered Thick Composite Plate, International Journal of Pure and Applied Mathematics, Vol. 118, Issue No. 18, ISSN: 1314-3395, Online 03/2018, https://shorturl.at/axCE0.
  • Paul Praveen A, Vasudevan Rajamohan & Arun Tom Mathew, Material and Free Vibration Characterization of Carbon Nanotube Reinforced Composite Materials, International Journal of Pure and Applied Mathematics, Vol.118, Issue No. 18, ISSN: 1314-3395, Online 03/2018, https://tinyurl.com/ypp4cj8a.

Book Chapters

  • Paul Praveen A, ‘Efficacy of MWCNT-Strips Integrated Honeycomb Sandwich Material, Advancement in Materials Processing Technology, Springer, (2023).
  • Paul Praveen A, ‘Modal Analysis of Symmetrical Ply-layered Hybrid Sandwich Structure, Advancement in Materials Processing Technology, Springer (2023).
  • Paul Praveen A and Vasudevan R, “Assessment of Dynamic Characterization of Hybrid Honeycomb Multifunctional Composite Sandwich Plates”, Lambert Academic Publishing, ISBN: 978-620-3-04051-7, Pages 1-140, 2020.
  • Halesh Koti, Paul Praveen A and N. Rishi Kanth, “Mechanical Systems”, Anuradha Publications, 2021

Patent

  • Paul Praveen A “Automatic Book Placer AI Robot”, Indian Patent Application No. 2021410666 A, India, 2022.

Area of Interest

  • Mechanical Characterization
  • Honeycomb Composite
  • Sandwich Structure
  • Vibration Control
  • Non Destructive Technique