Dr. S. S. Mani Prabu
B.E., M.E., Ph.D.
Assistant professor
Department Of Mechanical Engineering
| Qualification | B.E. Mechanical (2012), M.E. Manufacturing (2015), Ph.D. (2019) |
| Institute of Ph.D. | Indian Institute of Technology Indore |
| Experience in SSN | Since August 2023 |
| Experience prior to SSN | 3 years of research experience in academic research institutions |
| Institutions worked previously | Research Associate, Indo-Russian Project, Indian Institute of Technology Indore – St. Petersburg University (July 2019 – August 2020) Post Doc, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (January 2021 – May 2022) Post Doc, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, South Korea (May 2022 – May 2023) |
| Research Interests | Manufacturing and metallurgy of bulk and thin film shape memory alloys, laser material processing, actuation of shape memory alloys |
| Research output prior to SSN | 26 publications in Journals; 11 presentations in Conferences |
| Research Profile | Google Scholar |
| Professional Activity | Completed summer research internship at “International Advance Research Centre for Powder Metallurgy and New Materials (ARCI)”, Hyderabad (May–June 2014) Life member of Indian Welding Society, Indian Laser Association (ILA), and Institute of Smart Structures and Systems (ISSS) Invited contribution to Add Skill newsletter – Feb 2023, ASAP, A Government of Kerala company (link) Served as a session chair at International Conference on Precision, Meso, Micro & Nano Engineering (Copen 11), 13 December 2019 |
| Professional recognition | Best Paper Award at IIT Indore, 2019 Sakura Science Exchange Fellow, NUT Japan, January 2019 Student participant in DST: DAAD PPP, 2017, IFW Dresden, Germany |
| Administrative Activity | Mechatronics lab (support) OD in charge DDMS (support) KMS (support) Internship (support) |
| As a Person | Passionate, Compassionate, Rational |
S. S. Mani Prabu et al.
“Microstructure, mechanical properties and shape memory behaviour of friction stir welded nitinol” Materials Science and Engineering: A, 693, 233–236, 2017.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.msea.2017.03.101S. S. Mani Prabu et al.
“Shape memory effect, temperature distribution and mechanical properties of friction stir welded nitinol” Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 776, 334–345, 2019.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2018.10.200S. S. Mani Prabu et al.
“Thermo-mechanical behavior of shape memory alloy spring actuated using novel scanning technique powered by ytterbium doped continuous fiber laser” Smart Materials and Structures, 28, 047001, 2019.
https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-665X/ab06d8S. S. Mani Prabu et al.
“Exploring the Functional and Corrosion Behaviour of Friction Stir Welded Shape Memory Alloy” Journal of Manufacturing Processes, 47, 119–128, 2019.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmapro.2019.09.017S. S. Mani Prabu et al.
“Solid-state welding of nitinol shape memory alloys: A Review” Materials Today Communications, 35, 105728, 2023.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mtcomm.2023.105728