Senior Lecturer in Engineering
I am a Senior Lecturer at the School of Engineering. I lead a research lab focused on AI-driven net-zero manufacturing. My work harnesses artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) to innovate in alloy design, additive manufacturing, and hybrid welding.
As a Fellow of the Institute of Materials, Minerals, and Mining (FIMMM) and a licensed Professional Engineer (P.E.) and Chartered Engineer (C.Eng), I have over 15 years of academic and research experience.
I serve as an associate editor for journals such as Part E: Journal of Process Mechanical Engineering (Sage Publishing), International Journal on Interactive Design and Manufacturing (IJIDeM) (Springer), and Welding International (Taylor & Francis). Additionally, I am an academic editor for Advances in Materials Science and Engineering and Advances in Polymer Technology (Wiley, Hindawi). I sit on the editorial boards of various journals, including the Journal of Adhesion Science and Technology (Taylor & Francis).
I hold adjunct professorships at Lovely Professional University and Chitkara University in Punjab, India. My research includes techniques like Big Area Additive Manufacturing (BAAM) and hybrid friction stir welding (FSW), exploring methods such as laser-assisted, ultrasonic vibration-assisted, and induction-assisted FSW, as well as Friction Stir Processing (FSP).
I investigate the mechanical, metallurgical, corrosive, and microstructural properties of dissimilar metals and alloys, including steels, magnesium alloys, aluminium alloys, and high entropy alloys.
A significant focus of my work is applying AI and ML to enhance our understanding of material properties and manufacturing processes, contributing to industrial and scientific advancements.
Teaching and supervision
I teach the following modules:
- EAT203: Engineering Mechanics
- ENX300: Manufacturing Systems Design
- EAT339: Engineering Dynamics and Thermofluids
- FDN014: Engineering Practice
- EDA106: Introductory Project
Project supervision:
- ENGM123: Project/Dissertation
- EDA309: Individual Projects
- ENGM118: Engineering Management Practice
Research interests for potential research students
Research
- Hybrid additive manufacturing
- Hybrid welding
- Dynamic mechanical behaviour of hybrid additive manufactured alloys
- Deliberate defects to enhance the ductility of additive manufacturing superalloys and high entropy alloys
- Novel post-processing methods for AM grain structure modification
- Corrosion studies
Publications
Article
Mohan, Dhanesh G, Palanikumar, K, Natarajan, Elango, Suresh, S, Prakash, Chander and Kaur, Kirtanjot (2024) Prospects of friction stir processed Mg alloys and composites-Reviews and suggestions. Journal of Materials Research and Technology, 31. pp. 971-997. ISSN 2238-7854
Mohan, Dhanesh G (2024) Multiobjective Optimization of Hard Turning on OHNS Steel Using Desirability and TOPSIS Approaches. Advances in Materials Science and Engineering, 2024 (992106). ISSN 1687-8434
Paniliyappan, Sabrinathan, Sivakumar, Narain Kumar, Rajakumar, S and Mohan, Dhanesh G (2024) Ultrasonic welding of Cork Wood/PLA composites: effect of welding factors on lap shear strength performance. Journal of Adhesion Science and Technology. pp. 1-20. ISSN 0169-4243
Suresh, S, Natarajan, Elango, Mohan, Dhanesh G, Ang, Chung Kit and Sudhagar, S (2024) Depriving friction stir weld defects in dissimilar aluminum lap joints. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part E: Journal of Process Mechanical Engineering. ISSN 0954-4089
Gopi, S and Mohan, Dhanesh G (2024) Microhardness and corrosion properties of friction stir welded phosphor bronze. The Paton Welding Journal, 2. ISSN 0957-798X
Gopi, S, Mohan, Dhanesh G and Natarajan, Elango (2023) Mechanical and Corrosion Properties of Friction Stir Welded and Tungsten Inert Gas Welded Phosphor Bronze. Advances in Materials Science. ISSN 2083-4799
Sasikumar, A, Gopi, S and Mohan, Dhanesh G (2019) Effect of magnesium and chromium fillers on the microstructure and tensile strength of friction stir welded dissimilar aluminium alloys. Materials Research Express, 6 (8). p. 86580. ISSN 2053-1591
- Additive manufacturing
- AI/Machine Learning
- High entropy alloys
- Hybrid welding
- Corrosion studies
- Material characterisation
- Cryogenic treatments
Honours and memberships:
- Fellow of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (FIMMM), UK
- Elected Full Member of Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Honor Society, USA
- Elected Member of EPSRC Peer Review College
- Professional Engineer (PE) – The Institution of Engineers (IEI)
- Chartered Engineer (CEng) – The Institution of Engineers (IEI)
- Member of Materials Research Society, USA
- Member of American Welding Society, USA
- Member of the Minerals, Metals and Materials Society, USA
- Member of the International Institute of Welding
- Life Member of the Indian Society for Technical Education, India
- Life Member of the Indian Society of Mechanical Engineers, India
- Life Member of the Indian Welding Society, India
PhD External Examiner:
- University of Wolverhampton, United Kingdom
- Annamalai University, India
- Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU), India
Associate Editor:
- Journal of Process Mechanical Engineering: Part E, Sage
- International Journal on Interactive Design and Manufacturing (IJIDeM), Springer
- Welding International, Taylor and Francis
Academic Editor:
- Advances in Materials Science and Engineering
- Advances in Polymer Technology
Editorial Board Member:
- Journal of Adhesion Science and Technology
- Materials Open Research
- Frontiers in Manufacturing Technology
- Advances in Materials
- Journal of Material Science and Technology Research
- Materials Science and Technology
- Journal of Engineering Trends and Technology
- International Journal of Mechanical Engineering
- The Paton Welding Journal
Topic Editor
Ongoing special issues:
- Special issue on 'Welding and Additive Manufacturing Processes,' Processes, MDPI.
- Special issue on 'Emerging Trends in Hybrid Welding and Hybrid Additive Manufacturing,' Weldining International, Taylor and Francis.
- Special Issue on 'Extended Reality for Product Design and Manufacturing: An Emerging and Intelligent Technology for Industry 4.0 to 6.0,' Journal: International Journal on Interactive Design and Manufacturing (IJIDeM), Springer.
- Special issue title: ‘Topology Optimization for Additive Manufacturing,' Journal: Frontiers in Manufacturing Technology, Frontiers.
Completed special issues:
- Special issue title: ‘Advances in Metal-based Hybrid Process of Additive Manufacturing', Journals: Alloys, Metals, Micromachines, Nanomanufacturing, and Processes. Publisher: MDPI.
- Special issue title: ‘Focus on Traditional and Hybrid-Solid-State Welding Methods for Dissimilar Metals Joining’, Materials Research Express, IOP Science.
- Special issue title 'Multi-materials Additive Manufacturing', Materials Open Research, Taylor & Francis, F1000.
Peer-reviewed journals:
- ACS Omega
- Advanced Engineering Materials
- Advances in Materials and Processing Technologies
- Advances in Materials Science and Engineering
- Advances in Mechanical Engineering
- Advances in Science and Technology Research
- Applied Mechanics
- Australian Journal of Mechanical Engineering
- Composite Interfaces
- Computational Particle Mechanics
- Corrosion Engineering, Science and Technology
- Emergent Materials
- Energies
- Engineering Research Express
- ES Materials and Manufacturing
- Frontiers in Manufacturing Technology
- Functional composites and structures
- Indian Journal of Engineering and Materials Sciences
- International Journal of Metalcasting
- International Journal on Interactive Design and Manufacturing
- International Materials Reviews
- Journal of Adhesion Science and Technology
- Journal of Advanced Joining Processes
- Journal of Engineered Fibers and Fabrics
- Journal of Engineering Materials and Technology
- Journal of Material Science
- Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance
- Journal of Manufacturing and Materials Processing
- Journal of Materials Research and Technology
- Journal of Materials Science
- Materials Research Express
- Material Science and Engineering Technology
- Materials Science and Technology
- Materials Today Communications
- Metrology
- Nanotechnology Reviews
- Part E: Journal of Process Mechanical Engineering
- Part L: Journal of Materials: Design and Applications
- Physica Scripta
- Progress in Additive Manufacturing
- Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers
- Reviews on Advanced Materials Science
- Scientific Reports
- Surface Review and Letters
- Surface Topography: Metrology and Properties
- Sustainability
- Transactions of the Indian Institute of Metals
- Welding International
- World Journal of Engineering
Conference Chair:
- 5th International Conference on Mechanical Engineering and Intelligent Manufacturing (MEIM 2024), organised by the Liaoning Institute of Science and Engineering, July 26-28, 2024, Jinzhou, China.
- 3rd International Conference on Advanced Materials and Chemical Engineering (AMCE2023), June 30-July 2, 2023, Dali, China.
Conference Committee Member:
- 6th International Conference on Welding and Non-Destructive Testing (ICWNDT 2024), at Azarbaijan Shahid Madani University on February 21-22, 2024, Tabriz, Iran.
- NANOFORUM2023, December 11-13, 2023, Hilton San Diego Mission Valley, San Diego, USA.
- 5th International Conference on Advanced Materials and Ecological Environment (AMEE2023), October 25-27, 2023, Wuhan, China.
- 1st Conference of Applied Mechanics in Aeronautics, June 5, 2022, École Supérieure De l'Aéronautique, ALger, Algeria.