- Quality Assurance & quality control activities in development of special purpose machines
- Team member in sponsored R&D projects
- Augmenting materials characterization & processing facilities
- Quality Manager of Material Testing Laboratory as per ISO/ IEC 17025:2017
- Mentor for thesis dissertation of post graduate students
- Faculty for scheduled training programs in the area of Metallurgical Engineering
Diploma/Mechanical Engineering (Govt Polytechnic College, Mahabubnagar, Telangana)
B.Tech/Mechanical Engineering (JNTU – Hyderabad)
M.Tech/Industrial Metallurgy (IIT-Roorke)
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Fellowships/ Employment |
Name of Institution |
Period |
R & D activity |
| Apprentice Officer |
CMTI, Bangalore |
March, 2009-March, 2010 |
Induction training programme |
| Scientist B |
CMTI, Bangalore |
March, 2010 – June, 2014 |
Testing & Characterization of metals & alloys
Quality Assurance & Quality Control in development of Special Purpose Machines
Failure analysis of Engineering Components
Team member in sponsored R&D projects
|
| Scientist C |
CMTI, Bangalore |
July, 2014-August , 2020 |
| Scientist D |
CMTI, Bangalore |
September, 2020- till date |
Sponsored projects :
| Role |
Funding Agency |
Reference |
Status |
|
Team member |
DoS, New Delhi |
Development of Special Purpose Machines |
5 Completed
1 On-going |
| DRDO, New Delhi |
4 Completed
1 On-going |
| DAE, Mumbai |
Diffusion Alumination Processing of Low alloy steels
|
1 Completed
1 On-going |
[1] Silicon nanomachining in ductile regime –A Review, 3rd International and 24th AMTDR conference, December 13 – 15, 2010
[2] Effect of Crystallographic Orientation on Ductile to Brittle Transition Using Nano-Scribing Method, 1st National conference on Micro and Nano Fabrication, January 21 -23, 2013
[3] Comparative study of estimated uncertainty values by conventional GUM and Monte Carlo Simulation method for Vickers hardness calibration, 3rd National conference on Advances in Metrology, February 19 – 21, 2014
[4] A Study of failure component made out of OHNS during heat treatment owing to the geometry aspect and inappropriate control of heat treatment parameters- S S Avadhani and Ch. Srinivasa Rao. Manufacturing Technology Today (MTT), Vol-16, issue -11, November, 2017.
[5] Design of special fixture for hard chromium plating on internal surface of hollow cylinder open at one end and with restricted opening at the other end with L/D ratio more than 4 SS Avadhani, Champuri Srinivas Rao and CJ Kumara. Manufacturing Technology Today (MTT), Vol-18, issue -03, March, 2019.
[6] Mechanical and structural characterization of DLC prepared by PECVD technique Champuri Srinivas Rao and Leo Prakash. Manufacturing Technology Today (MTT), Vol-18, issue -03, March, 2019.
- Initiative for developing and establishing diffusion aluminization process technology for low alloy steels after successfully addressing the process and supply of aluminized & heat-treated adapter sleeves of quantity -310 nos with consistent and acceptable results (coating & mechanical properties)
- Failure analysis case studies to determine the root cause for failure to the satisfaction of customers as listed below
- Drive bolt failed during assembly
- Trunnion component failed during hydraulic pressure test.
- TMT bars failed during reverse bend test
- Stud M24 failed during service
- Bar stock material of grade EN 19 is suspected to find preexisting cracks
- Determining the root cause of failure of CB28 pump housing components
- Determining the root cause for failure of wire drawn from cold forming
- Determining the root cause for premature failure of cam ring.
- Cracked Pitman Arm failed during durability test
- Determining the root cause for premature failure of turbine rotor
- Determining the root cause for premature failure of leaf spring used for steam turbine applications
