Faculty Profile

AJAY KUMAR VADDEPALLY

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR

Metallurgical and Materials Engineering

1. Energy conversion materials 2. Thin film solar cells 3. Friction stir welding 4. Corrosion 5. Residual stress and texture of materials

Degree	Programme / Specialization	University / Board
PG	MTech	Indian Institute of Technology - Kharagpur
PG	MSc	Osmania University
UG	BSc	Kakatiya University
Others	Intermediate	Board of Intermediate Education Andhrapradesh
Others	SSC	Board of secondary education Andhrapradesh
PhD	Metallurgical and Materials Engineering	National Institute of Technology - Warangal

Institution / Organization	Designation	From	To
RGUKT-Basar	Lecturer	2010	2016
RGUKT-Basar	Assistant Professor	2016	Till Date

1. Biplab Paul, Ajay Kumar V, P Banerji, “Embedded Ag-rich nanodots in PbTe: Enhancement of thermoelectric properties through energy filtering of the carriers”, Journal of Applied Physics, 108, (2010), 064322-5, doi:10.1063/1.3488621.
2. K. Pavani, Ajay Kumar V, “ZnO Nanostructures: Simple Routes of Synthesis”, International Journal of Engineering Research & Technology, 4, (2015), ISSN: 2278-0181. http://dx.doi.org/10.17577/IJERTV4IS090518
3. Md Vazeed, J Akash, M Anusha, Ajay Kumar V, K Pavani, “Quantitative and Qualitative Analysis of Silicon extracted from Godavari river sand, Kandakurthi, Telangana, India” International Journal of Engineering Research & Technology, 4, (2015), ISSN: 2278-0181. http://dx.doi.org/10.17577/IJERTV4IS110261
4. T Narender Reddy, B Ramu, M D Vazeed, Ajay Kumar V, “ZnO thin film: Synthesis and Characterization”, International Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, 1, (2016), 20-22, eISSN: 2456-0081. DOI: 10.21276/iaard_ijnsnt
5. D Narender Naik, T Rakesh Reddy, Ajay Kumar V, “Synthesis and Characterization of Docetaxel Loaded Solid Lipid Nanoparticles for Drug Delivery”, International Journal of Engineering Science and Computing, 6, (2016), 6686-6688, DOI 10.4010/2016.1601
6. K Pavani, Ajay Kumar, “Zero- and One-Dimensional Polyoxomolybdate Based Solids: Supramolecular synthons as structure directors”, International Journal of Modern Sciences and Engineering Technology, 3(5), 54-59, (2016), ISSN 2349-3755.
7. Pavani K, Ajay Kumar V, Narender Reddy T, Ramu B, Srivani K, “Phase Transformation of Iron Oxide Nanoparticles from Hematite to Maghemite in Presence of Polyethylene Glycol: Application as Corrosion Resistant Nanoparticle Paints” Journal of Nanoscience, 2016, 1-6. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/1328463
8. Ajay Kumar V, K Pavani and K Mahesh “Corrosion Analysis of Friction Stir-Welded Brass-Brass and Copper-Copper Samples”, Journal of Corrosion Science and Engineering, Vol. 19, 3, 2016, ISSN: 1466-8858.
9. U Prem Kumar, Ajay Kumar V, K Pavani, “Nanosilica Extraction from Rice Husk: Green Corrosion Inhibitor for Brass in 1M HNO3 Solution”, International Journal of Emerging Technology and Advanced Engineering, Vol. 7,Issue 9, 2017, ISSN 2250-2459.
10. Pavani K, Kumar V. A, Laxman N. “pH as a Structure Director in the Synthesis of Copper Molybdates” Mat.Sci.Res.India; 14(2). DOI: 10.13005/msri/140204

1. Sangishetti Uday Kumar, AJAY KUMAR V Katikaneani Pavani, “Phase transformation of Cu2O from CuO in presence of PEG” December 2017, Acta Crystallographica Section A: Foundations and Advances 73(a2):C1231-C1231, DOI: 10.1107/S2053273317083437
2. Ravi Kumar Goud, Ajay Kumar V., T. Rakesh Reddy, B. Vinod, and S. Shravani, “Effect of metal oxide nanoparticles on Godavari river water treatment”, International Conference on Inventive Research in Material Science and Technology AIP Conf. Proc. 1966, 020003-1–020003-4; https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5038682

1. Narender, M., Ajay Kumar, V., Manoj, A. (2021). A Review on Latest Trends in Derived Technologies of Friction Stir Welding. In: Reddy, A., Marla, D., Favorskaya, M.N., Satapathy, S.C. (eds) Intelligent Manufacturing and Energy Sustainability. Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies, vol 213. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-33-4443-3_23

1. Materials Research Society of India
2. Indian Institute of Metals
3. Indian Crystallographic Association
4. Electron Microscope Society of India

1. Two day workshop on 'Curriculum Development for/with Faculty' organised by National Counsil of Rural Institutes-RGUKT, Basar during 29-30nDecember 2017
2. One week faculty development programme on "Mineral Processing: Principles, Processes & Practice" organised by Indian Institute of Technology Dhanbad-Faculty development centre, Indian Schole of mines Dhanbad during 26 June to 1 July 2017.
3. One day Workshop on 'NPTEL Workshop' organised by NPTEL, RGUKT-Basar on 29 July 2017.
4. One week faculty development programme on "Rural Community Engagement in Rural Tourism, ICT in Rural Governsnce and Entrepreneurship" organsed by Nantional Council of Rural Institutes, RGUKT-Basar durig 25-31 March 2018.
5. One day workshop on "Consultation on Rural Education Curriculum Framework for Rural Resilience" organised by Nantioal Council for Rural Institutes, RGUKT-Basar on 17 March 2018.
6. International Conference on "Electron Microscopy & Allied Techniques EMSI-2017" organised by IGCAR, Kalpakam, IIT Madras, Chennai during 17-19 July 2017.
7. International conference on "Magnetic Materials and Applictions" Organised by DMRL Hyderabad-Magnetics Society of India during 1-3 February 2017.
8. Conference on "Wear and corrosion: Synergitic Effects and Road Mapping Solutions for Mitigation in Industrial & service Environment" Organised by Trobo Corrosion V, NFTDC Hyderabad during 12-13 December 2016.
9. Conference on "Coatings, Thin films, Multilayer device & Systems-I" Organised by Coatings, Thn films, Multilayer devices & Systems-NFTDC, Hyderabad during 14-16 december 2016.
10. Short term course on " Nanomaterials: Characterization & Applications" organised by AICTE-Applied Science Department NITTTR- Chandigarh during 13-17 November 2017.
11. Faculty development programme on "Welding Processes" organised by NPTEL online during Jan-Apr 2019 (12 week course)
12. Faculty development programme on "Welding Metallurgy" organised by NPTEL online during July-October 2019 (12 week course)
13. Faculty development programme on "Surface Engineering of Nanomaterials" organised by NPTEL online during Jan-Mar 2019 (8 week course)
14. Faculty development programme on "Structural Analysis of Nanomaterials" organised by NPTEL online during Jal-Aug 2019 (4 week course)
15. Faculty development programme on "Nanotechnology Science & Applications" organised by NPTEL online during Jal-Sep 2019 (8 week course)
16. Faculty development programme on "Physics of Materials" organised by NPTEL online during Jal-Oct 2019 (12 week course)
17. Faculty development programme on "Theory and Practice of Nondistructive testing" organised by NPTEL online during Jan-Mar 2019 (8 week course)
18. Faculty development programme on "Surface Engineering for Corrosion and Wear Resistance Applications" organised by NPTEL online during Jan-Apr 2019 (12 week course)
19. Faculty development programme on "Advanced Materials Processes" organised by NPTEL online during Jui-Oct 2019 (12 week course)
20. NPTEL online certification course on "Corrosion part-1" organised by NPTEL online during Jan-Mar 2020 (8 week course)
21. NPTEL online certification course on "Principles of Casting Technology" organised by NPTEL online during Jan-Mar 2020 (8 week course)
22. NPTEL online certification course on "Metal Cutting and Machine Tools" organised by NPTEL online during Feb-Mar 2020 (4 week course)
23. NPTEL online certification course on "Inspection and Quality control in Manufacturing" organised by NPTEL online during Feb-Mar 2020 (4 week course)
24. NPTEL online certification course on "Failure analysis and Prevention" organised by NPTEL online during Feb-Apr 2020 (8 week course)
25. NPTEL online certification course on "Thermodynamics" organised by NPTEL online during Jan-Apr 2020 (12 week course)
26. Faculty development programme on "Electrospinning Nanofibers" organised by AICTE Training and Learning Academy online during 12-16 July 2021
27. International conference on "Women in Learning and Leadership" organised by NIT Warangal during 8-9 March 2022
28. International conference on "Powder metallurgy 2022" organised by PMAI online during 18-20 April 2022.
29. Webinar on "Recent advancement in Nano/Micro Mechanical Testing" organised by Lab india instruments PVT LTD, Vellore institute of technology on 14 July 2021.

1. Faculty development programme on "Rural Community Engagement in Rural Tourism, ICT in Rural Governance and Entrepreneurship" is conducted at RGUKT Basar during 25 -31 March 2018.
2. One day national seminar on "Emerging Technological Applications of Chemistry" conducted at RGUKT-Basar on 25 August 2018.
3. International conference on "Advanced functional materials" conducted at RGUKT-Basar during 18-20 December 2017.
4. National symposium on "Recent Advances in Chemical and Material Sciences" conducted at RGUKT-Basar during 20-21 August 2016.
5. National workshop on "Powder metallurgy and advanced ceramics" conducted by MME Department, RGUKT-Basar during 19-21 February 2019.
6. Two day Workshop on "Mechanical testing and materials charecterization" conducted in MME Department, RGUKT-Basar during 14-15 March 2016
7. workshop on "Matlab" conducted in MME and Chemical Engineering department RGUKT-Basar during 26-29 October 2022

1. Electronic Materials
2. Physics of Materials
3. Physical Metallurgy
4. Phase Transformations
5. Nonmetallic Materials
6. Nanostructured Materials
7. Materials Science and Engineering
8. Materials Joining
9. Materials Characterization
10. Heat Treatment
11. Engineering workshop
12. Engineering work shop Laboratory
13. Foundry Technology Lab
14. Heat Treatment Laboratory
15. Engineering Physics
16. Semi Conducting Devices
17. Basic Electronics
18. Managerial Economics
19. Heat Treatment Laboratory
20. Materials Characterization Laboratory
21. Materials Joining Laboratory
22. Metal Casting Laboratory
23. Mechanical Metallurgy Laboratory

1. Friction stir welding of Al-Cu plates
2. Friction stir welding of Brass Plates
3. Friction stir welding of Cu plates
4. Green Synthesis of CuO Nanoparticles
5. Synthesis and Characterization of Iron oxide nanoparticles
6. Synthesis and Characterization of Nickel oxide nanoparticles
7. Synthesis and Characterization of Zinc oxide nanoparticles
8. Synthesis and Characterization of SiO2 nanoparticles
9. Synthesis and Characterization of Iron Nickel oxide nanoparticles
10. Synthesis and Characterization of Iron Cobalt oxide nanoparticles
11. Synthesis and Characterization of Iron Magnesium oxide nanoparticles
12. Extraction of silica from rice husk
13. Extraction of silicon from Godavari river sand
14. Embedded Feo into Al plates by friction stir welding
15. Embedded NiO into Al plates by friction stir welding
16. Embedded NiFeO into Al plates by friction stir welding
17. Embedded CoFeO into Al plates by friction stir welding
18. Embedded MnFeO into Al plates by friction stir welding
19. Synthesis and Characterization of Co3O4 Nanoparticles
20. Effect of tool dimensions on friction stir welding of Al Plates
21. Friction welding of Al rods
22. Al/Co3O4 by friction stir processing
23. Al/Co3O4 by friction welding
24. Tensile behavior of friction stir processing of Al plates
25. Friction stir welding of mild steel plates
26. Under water friction stir welding of Cu plates
27. Tensile behavior of friction stir processed of Cu plates
28. Tensile behavior of friction stir processed of Brass plates
29. Microstructural behavior of friction stir processed brass plates
30. Residual stress behavior of friction stir processed Cu plates for various parameters
31. effect of process parameters on friction stir welding of Al plates
32. effect of process parameters on friction stir welding of Cu plates
33. effect of process parameters on friction stir welding of Brass plates
34. effect of process parameters on friction stir processing of Al plates
35. effect of process parameters on friction stir processing of Cu plates
36. effect of process parameters on friction stir processed Brass plates
37. Optimization of tool profile for FSW
38. Optimization of tool profile for FSP
39. A review on multifunctional materials
40. Green Synthesis of FeO Nanoparticles
41. Green Synthesis of NiO Nanoparticles
42. Green Synthesis of CoO Nanoparticles

1. Faculty in-charge for Maintanance of Drainage System and STP (2022-till date)
2. Hostel Warden (2016-2017)
3. Convener for Faculty and staff welfare committe (2017-2021)