Faculty Profile

Dr. K. MAHESH

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR

Associate Dean of Engineering

Mechanical Engineering

Degree	Programme / Specialization	University / Board
UG	B.Tech (Mechanical Engineering)	JNTU Hyderabad
PG	MS (By Research) [Specialization in Metal Forming]	Indian Institute of Technology Madras
PhD	Pursuing	Indian Institute of Technology Delhi

Institution / Organization	Designation	From	To
GRIET, Hyderabad	Research Associate	2008	2009
RGUKT Basar	Lecturer	2011	2016
RGUKT Basar	Assistant Professor	2016	Till date

1. Pankaj Wankhede, Mahesh K, Suresh Kurra and Swadesh Kumar Singh, 'Heat treatment and temperature effects on formability of AA2014-T6 in incremental forming' Materials and Manufacturing Processes, Vol. 37 (12), pp. 1384-1392, 2022.
2. Pankaj Wankhede, K Mahesh, Suresh Kurra, Amrita Priyadarshini, Nitin Kotkunde, 'A comparative study on the effect of grid printing methods and camera hardware in automatic strain measurement through CGA' Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part E: Journal of Process Mechanical Engineering, pp. 1-10, June 2022.
3. C. Anand Badrish, Nitin Kotkunde, Gauri Mahalle, Swadesh Kumar Singh, and K. Mahesh, 'Analysis of Hot Anisotropic Tensile Flow Stress and Strain Hardening Behavior for Inconel 625 Alloy' Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance, Vol. 28(12), pp 7537-7553, 2019.
4. MA Wahed, AK Gupta, V Sharma, K Mahesh, SK Singh and N Kotkunde, 'Material Characterisation, Constitutive Modelling and Processing Map for Superplastic Deformation Region in Ti-6Al-4V Alloy' The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, Vol. 104, pp 3419–3438, 2019.
5. Tanya B, K. Mahesh, Nitin Muttil, B. Nageshwar Rao, J. Nagalakshmi and Swadesh Kumar Singh, 'Characterization of plywoods produced by various bio-adhesives' 5th Materials Today : Proceedings, Vol.4, pp 496-508, 2017.
6. K. Mahesh, Sankaran, S., and Venugopal, P., 'Formability and Microstructural Characterization of Sintered Powder Metallurgical Preforms of Dual-Phase Steel' Materials Performance and Characterization, Vol. 2 (1), pp. 105-119, 2013.
7. K. Mahesh, S. Sankaran and P. Venugopal, 'Microstructural Characterization and Mechanical Properties of Powder Metallurgy Dual Phase Steel Preforms' Journal of Materials Science and Technology, vol.28 (12), pp 1085-1095, 2012.
8. Swadesh Kumar Singh, K. Mahesh and Amit Kumar Gupta, 'Prediction of mechanical properties of extra deep drawn steel in blue brittle region using Artificial Neural Network (ANN)', Materials and Design, vol.31 (5), pp 2288-2295, 2010.
9. Swadesh Kumar Singh, K. Mahesh, Apurv kumar and M. Swati, 'Understanding Formability of Extra Deep Drawing Steel at Elevated Temperature Using Finite Element Simulation' Materials and Design, Vol. 31 (9), pp 4478-4484, 2010.
10. Swadesh Kumar Singh, Amit Kumar Gupta and K. Mahesh, 'A study on the extent of ironing of EDD steel at elevated temperature' CIRP Journal of manufacturing Science and Technology, 2010, Vol. 3 (1), pp. 73-79, 2010.
11. Apurv kumar, P. Viswanath, K. Mahesh, M. Swati, P M Vinay Kumar, A. Abhijit and Swadesh Kumar Singh, 'Prediction of Spring back in V – Bending and Design of Dies Using Finite Element Simulation' International Journal of Materials and Product Technology, Vol. 39 (3-4), pp 313-323, 2010.

1. K. Mahesh, Suresh Neelakantan, D. Ravi Kumar, 'Effect of Constrained Groove Pressing on Grain Refinement and Mechanical Properties of β-21S Alloy' 3rd Indian Materials Conclave (IndMac) and 32nd Annual General Meeting of MRSI conference, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, India, 2021.
2. S. Ramakrishna, C. Sravani, B. Ravinder, S.S.L. Thirupathamma, Sk. Farzana, J. Nagalakshmi, K. Mahesh and A.V.V. Anupama Sridevi, 'Influence of Bending Process Parameters and Heat Treatment Methods on Springback of AISI 1026 Steel' International Conference on Emerging Trends in Mechanical Engineering (ICETiME-2016), Faculty of Science and Technology, ICFAI Foundation of Higher Education, Hyderabad, Telangana, India, 2016.
3. G.D.N. Sri Lakshmi, Y. Ashalatha, A. Ashok Kumar, J. Nagalakshmi, A.V.V. Anupama Sridevi and K. Mahesh, 'Effect of Aging and Dissimilar Welding of AA5083 and AA6082 on Mechanical Properties' International Conference on Emerging Trends in Mechanical Engineering (ICETiME-2016), Faculty of Science and Technology, ICFAI Foundation of Higher Education, Hyderabad, Telangana, India, 2016.
4. T. Nagaraju, L. Sagar, A. Ashok Kumar, J. Nagalakshmi, A.V.V. Anupama Sridevi and K. Mahesh, 'Effect of Friction Stir Welding Parameters and Aging on 2014-6061 Al Dissimilar Welding' International Conference on Emerging Trends in Mechanical Engineering (ICETiME-2016), Faculty of Science and Technology, ICFAI Foundation of Higher Education, Hyderabad, Telangana, India, 2016.
5. Md. Sohel, S. Uday Kumar, A.V.V. Anupama Sridevi, K. Mahesh and J. Nagalakshmi, 'Effect of Thickness and Aging Time on Mechanical Properties and its Influence on Springback of Al 6061' International Conference on Emerging Trends in Mechanical Engineering (ICETiME-2016), Faculty of Science and Technology, ICFAI Foundation of Higher Education, Hyderabad, Telangana, India, 2016.
6. K. Mahesh, S. Sankaran and P. Venugopal, 'Studies on Micro Alloy Dual Phase Steel through Powder Metallurgy Route' International Symposium for Research Scholars (ISRS-2010) on Metallurgy, Materials Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, India, 2010.
7. Rahul Shashikant Sanghvi, M. Azharuddin, Sai Kiran. J.G, K. Srikesh, K. Mahesh, Amit Kumar Gupta and Swadesh Kumar Singh, 'Study the Effect of Temperature on Material Properties of EDD Steel Using Artificial Neural Network (ANN)' International Conference on Advances in Mechanical Engineering, S.V. National Institute of Technology, Surat, Gujarat, India, 2009.
8. Swadesh Kumar Singh, PAPN Varma, K. Mahesh, Vamsi Krishna, M. Harshal, Azharuddin, D. Ramesh and Srikesh, 'Evaluation of friction at 200 C and experimental study on the extent of deformation in flow forming of EDD steel using deep drawing setup' International conference of The journal La Metallurgia Italiana on hot forming of steels and material properties Grado, Italy, 2009.
9. Swadesh Kumar Singh and K. Mahesh, 'Evaluation of Friction in Deep Drawing Under Warm Conditions' National Conference on Recent Advances in Manufacturing Technology, Shastra, Tamil Nadu, India, 2009.
10. Swadesh Kumar Singh, K. Suresh and K. Mahesh, 'A note on design considerations in flow forming using deep drawing set up' National Conference on Emerging Trends in Mechanical Engineering, SNIST, Hyderabad, India, 2009.
11. Apurv kumar, P. Viswanath, K. Mahesh, M. Swati, P. M. Vinay Kumar, A Abhijit and Swadesh Kumar Singh, 'Design of dies in V – bending using Finite Element Simulation' National Conference on Emerging Trends in Mechanical Engineering, SNIST, Hyderabad, India, 2009.

1. Authored chapter entitled 'Martensite—Ferrite Microalloyed Steels' of the text book entitled 'Encyclopedia of Iron, Steel, and Their Alloys', Published by CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, Boca Raton, US in the year 2016, ISBN No. 978-1-4665-1108-8 by N Anand, R Madhavan, K Mahesh, S Suwas, S Sankaran.

1. Two day Conference on 'Current Trends in Sheet Metal Forming' organized by Sheet Metal Forming Research Association (SMFRA) in association with Indian Institution of Technology Delhi, during 18-19 December 2020.
2. Two week Online AICTE Recognized Faculty Development Programme on 'Refresher Course in Mechanical Engineering' organised by NITTTR, Chandigarh, during 10-21 August 2020.
3. One week Online AICTE Recognized Faculty Development Programme on 'Materials Processing and Optimization' organised by NITTTR, Chandigarh, during 6-10 July 2020.
4. One week Faculty Development Program on 'Optimization Techniques & Tools For Mechanical Engineers' organised by the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Sreenidhi Institute of Science & Technology, Hyderabad, 22-27 June 2020.
5. One week International Faculty Development Program on 'Research and Development in Materials Behaviour, Processing and Characterization Techniques' organised by Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, GLA University in association with The Indian Institute of Metals (IIM), Mathura Chapter and Punjab University, during 9-14 June 2020.
6. One week Online AICTE Recognized Faculty Development Programme on 'Recent Advances in Material Characterization' oganised by NITTTR, Chandigarh,during 23-28 May 2020.
7. One week Short Term Course on 'Engineering Research Methodology' organized by University College of Engineering, Osmania University, Hyderabad during 9-13 December 2019.
8. NPTEL – AICTE Faculty Development Programme on 'Fundamentals of Manufacturing Processes' during Jul – Oct 2019 (12 weeks Course).
9. NPTEL – AICTE Faculty Development Programme on 'Principles of Metal Forming Technology' during Jul – Sep 2019 (8 weeks course).
10. Six weeks 'Summer Faculty Research Fellow Programme' organised by QIP, Continuing Education Programme, IIT Delhi, during 13 May 2019 to 21st June 2019.
11. One month 'Orientation Course' organised by Osmania University, Hyderabad during July 2018
12. One week Short Term Training Program on 'Nano, Micro and Bulk Material Processing and Nanotechnology' organized by NIT Bhopal and GRIET at Hyderabad, during 20-26th March 2017.
13. One Week Faculty Updation Program 'Product Design and Manufacturing' organized by C-DAC, Hyderabad in collaboration with Telangana Academy for Skill and Knowledge (TASK),Hyderabad during 28 November 2016 to 2 December 2016.

1. One week Short Term Course on 'Emerging Technologies in Processing of Advance Materials and its Characterization' is conducted in online mode, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, during 4th to 8th January 2021.
2. Train The Trainers a Faculty Development Program on 'Product Design Engineer' is conducted in the CAD/CAM Lab, Dept.of Mechanical Engineering, RGUKT Basar, during 3rd to 7th April 2018.
3. Two day workshop on 'Mercedes Engine Overhauling' is conducted in the Engineering Workshop and CAD/CAM Lab, Department of Mechanical Engineering, RGUKT Basar, on 2nd and 3rd February 2018.
4. Coordinating committee Member for Workshop on “Mechanical Testing & Characterization of Materials”, (WMTC – 2016), RGUKT Basar, on 14th and 15th March 2016.

1. Mechanics of Solids
2. Engineering Mechanics
3. Dynamics of Machinery
4. Introduction to Manufacturing Processes/Engineering Workshop
5. Manufacturing Processes -1/Manufacturing Processes
6. Materials Joining and Particulate Technology
7. Physical Metallurgy / Materials Science and Metallurgy
8. Materials Processing / Foundary Technology
9. Engineering Drawing
10. Machining and Machine Tools
11. Metrology and Instrumentation
12. Advanced Mechanics of Solids (PG Course)
13. Mechanics of Sheet Metal Forming (PG Course)

1. B.Tech - 30+ Projects
2. M.Tech - 4 Projects

1. Associate Dean Engineering, RGUKT Basar (August 2019 to December 2019)
2. Head, Department of Mechanical Engineering, RGUKT Basar (December 2016 to October 2019)
3. Faculty Coordinator, Research and Development (R&D) Cell (Engineering), RGUKT Basar, (March 2016 to February 2021 )
4. Member of Board of Studies and Co-Convenor, Board of Studies, Department of Mechanical Engineering, RGUKT Basar, 2018 and 2019.
5. Committee Member for Campus Quarters Allocation, RGUKT Basar (2018 - 2020).
6. Core Committee Member, ANTAHPRAGYA, RGUKT Basar, 2017 and 2018.
7. Member of University Digital Initiatives Committee, RGUKT Basar, 2017 - 2018
8. Department Faculty Representative, ANTAHPRAGYA, RGUKT Basar, 2015 - 2016
9. Hostel Warden, RGUKT Basar, 2015 - 2016
10. Department Scrutiny Committee member for scrutinizing and shortlisting the applications for the post of Lecturer on contract basis during May 2016 and December 2016.