Curriculum Vitae Dr. A. THIRUGNANAM E-mail : thirugnanam_a@yahoo.com Mobile: 09527619938 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- OBJECTIVE To seek a challenging position to utilize my skills and abilities in Mechanical, Manufacturing, Metallurgical and Materials engineering that offers security and professional growth while being resourceful, innovative and flexible. PERSONAL SKILLS Decision making ability, Comprehensive problem solving ability, excellent verbal and written communication skills, ability to deal with people diplomatically, willingness to learn, team facilitator EDUCATIONAL DETAILS 2005 10 Doctorate of Philosophy (Met. & Maters. Engg.) Indian Institute of Technology Madras Chennai 600036, India Thesis: Processing and Characterization of Submicron/ nanostructured Titanium for Implant Applications. 2003-05 Master of Engineering (Manufacturing)* Faculty of Engineering and Technology, Annamalai University, Annamalai Nagar Chidambaram 608 001, TamilNadu, India. CGPA 9.2 1999-03 Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical) University of Madras. Chennai, TN, India Percentage 76.4 1998 Higher Secondary Course Doveton Corrie Boy s H S S, Vepery, Chennai 600 007. Tamil Nadu State Board (HSC) Percentage 87 1996 Anglo Indian School Leaving Course Doveton Corrie Boys H S S, Vepery, Chennai 600 007. Anglo Indian State Board Percentage 81.5 * University 1 st rank PROJECT EXPERIENCES 1. Organization : Regional Research Laboratory [Now NIIST] Thiruvananthapuram - 695 019, Kerala, India. Designation : Project Student Period : Nov 2004 May 2005 Responsibility : Dealing M.E. project entitled,"effect of Magnesium content on the fracture characteristic of Al-7Si-Mg alloys". 1
2. Organization : Madras Fertililizers Limited Manali, Chennai, India Designation : Project Student Period : Nov. 2003 Jan. 2004 Responsibility : Dealing B.E. project entitled,"design of Urea Screening System". INDUSTRIAL EXPERIENCE 1.3 years 1. Organization : Bharat Forge Ltd., Pune, Maharastra Duration : From October 2009 till date Designation : Assistant Manager (Metallurgical Quality Control) Key responsible areas Forging of aerospace and defense components (titanium, aluminium, superalloys, steel, etc) NADCAP standards accreditation/implementation. Forging of critical components (Turbine blades) Preparing PFMEA for Aerospace and Defense materials Developing Design Gate Review and QFD Developing Manufacturing Quality Plan (MQP) Designing Heat treatment cycles to achieve optimum properties. Structure property co-relation Establishing Central Metallurgical Laboratory. TRAINING DETAILS Undergone Transmission Electron Microscope (TEM) workshop. Integral Coach Factory, Villivakkam, Chennai. COMPUTER EXPOSURE Plat Forms used Languages known Packages : Ms-Dos, Windows, UNIX : C, C++ : Auto Cad, Pro-E, Ansys JOURNAL PAPERS PUBLISHED : 6 Nos. (Refer Annexure 1) PAPERS PRESENTED AT CONFERENCES : 9 Nos. (Refer Annexure 2) AWARDS/PRIZES ISRS Best paper Award at the International Symposium for Research Scholars on Metallurgy, Materials Science and Engineering ISRS 2008, 10-12th December, IIT Madras, Chennai, India 2
Elsevier Biomaterials Student Travel Award, 2008 at the International Conference on Medical Materials, Devices & Regenerative Medicine and Workshop, 23-25th November, 2008. Secured 1 st rank during post graduate (M.E. Manufacturing Engineering). Received, Ramasamy Padayachi Endowment, instituted by the Government of Tamil Nadu for the year 2003-04 and 2004-05 at Annamalai University for academic excellence. PERSONNEL INFORMATION Father s Name : K. Arunachalam Date of Birth : 18.08.1980 Nationality : Indian Sex : Male Address for Communication : 136, Satchidanandam Street, Perambur Barracks, Chennai 600 012. Tamil Nadu, India E mail : thirugnanam_a@yahoo.com LANGUAGES KNOWN Good command over English and Tamil Able to read and speak Hindi and French Able to speak Malayalam and Telugu DECLARATION I hereby declare that the information furnished above is true to the best of my knowledge and belief. Pune 24.01.2011 Thirugnanam 3
References: 1. Dr. Uday Chakkingal Professor Materials Forming Laboratory Department of Metallurgical & Materials Engineering Indian Institute of Technology Madras Chennai 600036 E-mail: udaychak@iitm.ac.in Phone:+91 044 22574775 2. Dr. T. S. Sampath Kumar Professor Medical Materials Laboratory Department of Metallurgical & Materials Engineering Indian Institute of Technology Madras Chennai 600036 E-mail: tssk@iitm.ac.in Phone:+91 044 22574772 3. Dr. K. Raghukandan Professor and Head Department of Manufacturing Engineering Faculty of Engineering and Technology Annamalai University, Annamalainagar Chidambaram Cuddalore district, Tamilnadu, 608 002 E-mail: raghukanthi@satyam.net Mob: 094434 88265 4
Annexure 1 Details of Research Publications 1) T. S. Sampath Kumar, A.Thirugnanam and Uday Chakkingal, Tailoring the Bioacitivity of Commercially Pure Titanium by Severe Plastic Deformation Techniques Archives of BioCeramics Research. Vol. 10, 2010, pp. 10-13. 2) A.Thirugnanam, T. S. Sampath Kumar and Uday Chakkingal, Enhanced in vitro bioactivity and osteoblast response of nanocrystalline titanium processed through ball milling Trends in Biomaterials and Artificial Organs- (Accepted -In press) 3) A.Thirugnanam, T. S. Sampath Kumar and Uday Chakkingal, Tailoring the Bioacitivity of Commercially Pure Titanium by Grain Refinement using Groove Pressing, Materials Science and Engineering C, Vol. 30(1), 2010, pp. 203-208. 4) A.Thirugnanam, T. S. Sampath Kumar and Uday Chakkingal, Bioactivity enhancement of Commercial Pure Titanium by Chemical treatments Trends in Biomaterials and Artificial Organs, Vol. 22(3), 2009, pp. 198-206. 5) A.Thirugnanam, K Sukumaran, UTS Pillai, K.Raghukandan, and B.C.Pai, Effect of Mg on the fracture characteristics of cast Al-7Si-Mg alloys, Materials Science and Engineering: A, Vol. 445-446, 2007, pp. 405-414. 6) A.Thirugnanam, K Sukumaran, K.Raghukandan, U.T.S.Pillai and B.C.Pai, Microstructural Aspects and Fracture Behavior of A356/357 Alloys, Trans. IIM, Vol. 58, No. 5, Oct 2005, pp. 777-787. 5
Annexure 2 - Details of Conference/Symposia attended 1. A.Thirugnanam, T. S. Sampath Kumar and Uday Chakkingal, Enhancement of Bioactivity of Commercial Pure Titanium by Chemical Modifications, Proceedings of International Conference on Advanced Materials and Composites (ICAMC-2007), Oct 24-26, 2007, Trivandrum, pp. 511-515. 2. A.Thirugnanam, Arpit Bajpai, T. S. Sampathkumar and Uday Chakkingal, Bioactivity of Titanium: Mechanical and Chemical Treatments, Achieves of Bioceramics Research, Vol-8, 8 th Asian Bioceramics Symposium, 3-5 th November, 2008, IIT Madras, Chennai. 3. A.Thirugnanam, T. S. Sampath Kumar and Uday Chakkingal, In-vitro bioactivity of nanocrystalline titanium processed through ball milling, NMD ATM 2008, 13-16 th November, 2008, New Delhi, India. 4. A.Thirugnanam, T. S. Sampath Kumar and Uday Chakkingal, Influence of ultra fine grain refinement on bioactivity enhancement of titanium, International Conference on Medical Device and Regenerative Medicine, 23-25 th November, 2008, Katmandu, Nepal. 5. A.Thirugnanam, N.Veera Chakravarthi, Uday Chakkingal and T.S.Sampath Kumar, Novel Titanium - Hydroxyapatite Biocomposites by Mechanical Milling, International Conference on Mechanochemistry and Mechanical Alloying (INCOME2008), 1-4 th December 2008, National Metallurgical Laboratory, Jamshedpur, India. 6. A.Thirugnanam, T. S. Sampath Kumar and Uday Chakkingal, Bioactivity Enhancement of Commercial Pure Titanium through Equal Channel Angular Pressing, International Symposium for Research Scholars on Metallurgy, Materials Science and Engineering ISRS 2008, 10-12 th December, IIT Madras, Chennai, India. 7. A.Thirugnanam, T. S. Sampath Kumar and Uday Chakkingal, The role of nanometer and submicron features on in-vitro bioactivity enhancement of commercial pure titanium, First International Conference on NANOBIO Tissue Engineering and Stem Cell research using Nanomaterials, 17-19 th Feb, 2009, Amrita Centre for Nanosciences AIMS, Kochi, Kerala, India. 8. A.Thirugnanam, T. S. Sampath Kumar and Uday Chakkingal, Effect of grain refinement by groove pressing on bioactivity enhancement of titanium sheets, NMD ATM 2009, 13 th to 16 th November 2009, Kolkata, India. 9. T.S. Sampath Kumar, A.Thirugnanam and Uday Chakkingal, Tailoring the Bioacitivity of Commercially Pure Titanium by Severe Plastic Deformation Techniques 10 th Asian BioCeramics Symposium, 2 nd -5 th November 2010, Gadjah Mada University, Yogyakarta 55281, Indonesia. 6