Faculty

Dr.A.P.Sugunesh

 apsmech@tce.edu, suguneshap@gmail.com

10

PUBLICATIONS       

1

CONSULTANCY PROJECTS

4

SEMINAR, CONFERENCE, WORKSHOP ATTENDED

 Educational Qualification

DEGREE BRANCH INSTITUTE YEAR
B.E. MECHANICAL ENGINEERING KPR INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY 2016
M.E. ENGINEERING DESIGN KONGU ENGINEERING COLLEGE 2019
Ph.D. MACHINE DESIGN NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY PUDUCHERRY 2024

 Experience

PERIOD NO OF YEARS DESIGNATION INSTITUTION
11-05-2016 to 30-06-2017 1 YEAR AND MONTHS INDUSTRIAL ENGINEER QUANTUM KNITS, COIMBATORE
19-07-2019 to 23-09-2024 5 YEARS RESEARCH SCHOLAR NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY PUDUCHERRY
03-02-2025 to Till date 10 MONTHS ASSISTANT PROFESSOR THIAGARAJAR COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

 Publications

 Journals
  1. Nithyaprakash, R., Shankar, S., Naveenkumar, R., Mithun Krishna, J., Thangarasu, S.K., Abbas, G., Sugunesh, A.P., Prakash, C., Pramanik, A., Basak, A.K. and Manikandan, M., "Influence of Acetabular Cup Elevation Height on contact and Failure Analysis of Metal-On-Metal Hip Prosthesis Under mild and Severe Microseparations for Regular and Risky Gait Loads." Journal of Tribology, 2025, pp.1-20.
  2. Shankar, S., R. Nithyaprakash, A. P. Sugunesh, and M. S. Uddin. "Long-term wear prediction of zirconia on alumina ceramic for hip prosthesis." International Journal of Surface Science and Engineering 14, no. 3 (2020): 192-206.
  3. Sugunesh, A. P., S. Vignesh, A. Johnney Mertens, and R. Naveen Raj. "Polymer gear failure prediction: A regression-Based approach using FEA and photoelasticity technique." Engineering Failure Analysis 165 (2024): 108808.
  4. Sugunesh, A. P., and A. Johnney Mertens. "Disparate contact stress behavior of thermoplastic gears against steel gear using 2D and 3D FEA." Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science 238, no. 9 (2024): 4194-4211.
  5. Sugunesh, A. P., and A. Johnney Mertens. "A comprehensive study on Hertzian contact stress behaviour of engineering thermoplastic gears using 3D finite element analysis." Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science 238, no. 2 (2024): 586-597.
  6. Shankar, S., R. Nithyaprakash, A. P. Sugunesh, K. A. Selvamani, and M. S. Uddin. "Experimental and finite element wear study of silicon nitride against alumina for hip implants with bio-lubricant for various gait activities." Silicon 13 (2021): 633-644.
  7. Shankar, Subramaniam, Rajavel Nithyaprakash, Palanisamy Sugunesh, Mohammad Uddin, and Alokesh Pramanik. "Contact stress and wear analysis of zirconia against alumina for normal and physically demanding loads in hip prosthesis." Journal of Bionic Engineering 17 (2020): 1045-1058.
 Conferences
  1. Sugunesh, A. P., and A. Johnney Mertens. "2D and 3D numerical investigation on contact stress behaviour on different combinations of gear pair." Materials Today: Proceedings 90 (2023): 29-35.
  2. Sugunesh, A. P., and A. Johnney Mertens. "2D and 3D Numerical Investigation of Delrin Spur Gear." In International Symposium on Plasticity and Impact Mechanics, pp. 217-226. Singapore: Springer Nature Singapore, 2022.
  3. Sugunesh, A. P., and A. Johnney Mertens. "2D FEA study of Hertzian contact stress between two cylindrical bodies." Materials Today: Proceedings 44 (2021): 4474-4478.

 Consultancy

NAME OF INDUSTRY DETAILS PERIOD
Tamil Nadu Government Municipality Third Party Inspection 29-05-2025 to 29-05-2025

 Seminar, Conference, Workshop Attended

  1. Participated in the three-day FDP on "Inculcating Universal Human Values in Technical Education" Organized by AICTE at Thiagarajar College of Engineering, Madurai, Tamil Nadu, from 28-04-2025 to 30-04-202., 28-04-2025 to 30-04-2025
  2. Participated in the three-day FDP on "How Teachers can make a difference", organized by Teaching Learning Centre (TLC), IIT Madras, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, from 09-04-2025 to 11-04-2025, 09-04-2025 to 11-04-2025
  3. Participated in the five-day FDP on "Developing Innovation, Start-up, and Entrepreneurship Ecosystem in Engineering and Management Systems" Organized by Nandha Engineering College, Erode, Tamil Nadu, from 01-04-2025 to 05-04-2025, 01-04-2025 to 05-04-2025
  4. Participated in the five-day FDP on "AICTE IDEA Lab Execution and Training" Sponsored by AICTE - ATAL and AICTE IDEA Lab, Visvesvaraya Technological University, Muddenahalli, 17-03-2025 to 21-03-2025., 17-03-2025 to 21-03-2025

 Seminar, Conference, Workshop Organised

  1. Acted as a coordinator for the two-day International Conference on, “Digitally Empowered Sustainable Industrial & Energy Systems (DESINES'25),” organized by the Department of Mechanical Engineering & Mechatronics, Thiagarajar College of Engineering, Madurai, , 05-12-2025 to 06-12-2025
  2. Acted as a coordinator for the one-day Pre-conference workshop on “Innovations of Smart Integrated Energy Systems - In association with DESINES'25,” organized by the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Thiagarajar College of Engineering, Madurai,, 04-12-2025 to 04-12-2025
  3. Acted as a coordinator for the two-day hackathon, “International Hackathon 2025 - Smart Agro-Automation with AI/ML,” organized by the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Thiagarajar College of Engineering, Madurai, 12-09-2025 to 13-09-2025, 12-09-2025 to 13-09-2025
  4. Acted as a coordinator for the three-day workshop on “ANSYS 2025 R2 on APDL, Workbench & CFD,” organized by the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Thiagarajar College of Engineering, Madurai., 20-08-2025 to 22-08-2025

  Awards and Honours

  1. Research Fellow, MHRD