Faculty

Dr. R. Maniarasu

 rmumech@tce.edu

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PUBLICATIONS       

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SPONSORED PROJECTS

4

CONSULTANCY PROJECTS

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M.E./Ph.D. SCHOLARS

24

SEMINAR, CONFERENCE, WORKSHOP ATTENDED

 Educational Qualification

DEGREE BRANCH INSTITUTE YEAR
B.E Automobile University College of Engineering - BIT Campus, Anna University, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu 2016
M.E Automotive PSG College of Technology, Peelamedu, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu 2018
Ph.D Mechanical National Institute of Technology, Rourkela, Odisha 2023

 Experience

PERIOD NO OF YEARS DESIGNATION INSTITUTION
18-07-2018 to 25-05-2023 4.10 Full time MHRD Research Scholar National Institute of Technology Rourkela Odisha India
03-01-2024 to Till date .6 Assistant Professor Thiagarajar College of Engineering Madurai Tamil Nadu India

 Publications

 Journals
  1. R. Maniarasu, Sushil Kumar Rathore and S. Murugan, “Experimental studies of CO2 and NO mitigation using potential adsorbents in a standby power generation unit”, Environmental Progress and Sustainable Research, Wiley Online, 05 February 2025, https://doi.org/10.1002/ep.14553.
  2. R. Maniarasu, Sushil Kumar Rathore and S. Murugan, “Analysis and Evaluation of Potential Adsorbent for CO2 capture in a CI Engine Exhaust: An experimental study”, Water Air Soil Pollution, Springer Publisher, 05 February 2025, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11270-025-07780-y.
  3. R. Maniarasu, Sushil Kumar Rathore, S. Murugan. “Investigation of the performance of potential adsorbents for emissions mitigation in a diesel generator”, Environmental Science and Pollution Research, Springer Publisher, 02 July 2024, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-024-34028-9.
  4. Sushil Kumar Rathore, BamunusingheArachchigeUmeshMaduwantha, R. Maniarasu and S. Murugan, "Post-combustion CO2 capture in a CI engine usingadsorbent – a numerical and experimental study "International Journal of Global Warming, Inder Science Publishers, Volume 33, Issue 3, pp.264 – 283, 28 June 2024, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1504/IJGW.2023.134593.
  5. R. Maniarasu, Sushil Kumar Rathore, S. Murugan. “Performance evaluation of CO2 capture on using potential adsorbents in a CI engine exhaust-An experimental investigation”, Greenhouse Gases Science and Technology, Online Wiley Publisher, Volume 14, Issue 1, pp. 138 – 154, 12 December 2023, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/ghg.2256.
  6. R. Maniarasu, Sushil Kumar Rathore, S. Murugan. “Performance assessment on adsorbents for CO2 and NOx mitigation from CI engine exhaust”, International Journal of Global Warming, Inder Science Publishers, Volume 31, Issue 3, pp.314 – 339, 30 October 2023, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1504/IJGW.2023.134593.
  7. R. Maniarasu, Sushil Kumar Rathore and S. Murugan “Preparation and characterization studies of biomass-based adsorbents for CO2 capture”, Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance, Springer Publishers, 06 June 2023, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11665-023-08360-z.
  8. R. Maniarasu, Sushil Kumar Rathore and S. Murugan, “Comparative experimental studies of post-combustion carbon capture using adsorbents in a diesel engine exhaust”, Water, Air & Pollution, Springer Publisher, Volume 234, Issue 7, pp. 1-19, 19 June 2023, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11270-023-06413-6.
  9. R. Maniarasu, “Comparative performance assessment of adsorbents for CO2 capture via physisorption in a diesel engine exhaust”, CLEAN-Soil, Air, Water - Online Wiley Publisher, Volume 51, Issue 4, pp. 1-14, 03 February 2023, https://doi.org/10.1002/clen.202200275.
  10. R. Maniarasu, R. Mohan Kumar, “A Mini-Review on CO2 Role in Cell Culture and Medicinal Applications”, J Cell Sci Therapy, Longdom Publishing SL, Volume13, Issue 2, No: 1000346, 2022, DOI: 10.35248/2157-7013.22.13.346.
  11. R. Maniarasu, Sushil Kumar Rathore and S. Murugan, “Experimental investigation on using adsorbent for post-combustion CO2 capture from CI engine exhaust”, Environmental Progress & Sustainable Energy, Online Wiley Publisher, Volume 41, Issue 6, pp. 1-15, 30 August 2022, https://doi.org/10.1002/ep.13987.
  12. R. Maniarasu, “Assessment of enhanced activity of co-integration pathways for CO2 capture and CO2 utilization”, Energy and Environment, Sage Publisher, Volume 34, Issue 8, pp. 1-15, July 2022, https://doi.org/10.1177/0958305X221115092.
  13. R. Maniarasu, Sushil Kumar Rathore and S. Murugan, “Biomass-based activated carbon for CO2 adsorption–A review”, Energy and Environment, Sage Publisher, Volume 34, Issue 5, pp. 1-48, April 2022, https://doi.org/10.1177/0958305X221093465.
  14. R. Maniarasu, Sushil Kumar Rathore and S. Murugan, “Preparation, characterization and performance of activated carbon for CO2 adsorption from CI engine exhaust”, Greenhouse Gases Science and Technology, Online Wiley Publisher, Volume 12, Issue 2, pp. 284-304, 08 March 2022, https://doi.org/10.1002/ghg.2145.
  15. R. Maniarasu, Sushil Kumar Rathore and S. Murugan, “A review on materials and processes for carbon dioxide separation and capture”, Energy and Environment, Sage Publisher, Volume 34, Issue 1, pp. 3-57, Nov 2021, https://doi.org/10.1177/0958305X211050984.
  16. R. Maniarasu, Rajesh. P. K., Sudhir Kumar. V, Manikandan. N, “Virtual optimization of sitting posture analysis on using low-cost load cell based on various sitting position in automobile seating for comfort and safety”, International Journal of Mechanical Engineering and Technology (IJMET), Volume 10, Issue 06, pp. 292-302, June 2019.
  17. R. Maniarasu and Rajesh. P. K., “Ergo-human optimum sitting position with enhance the biomechanics to maintain the natural curvature of spine posture in prominent support and high comfort of backrest in automobile seating”, International Journal of Mechanical Engineering and Technology (IJRST), Volume 04, Issue 08, pp. 162-169, June 2018, DOI: 10.32628/IJSRST184839.
 Conferences
  1. R. Maniarasu, Sushil Kumar Rathore and S. Murugan “Development, characterization, and performance of adsorbent for emissions mitigation in a generator unit” International Conference Mechanical Engineering Conferences (iMECHON 2025), 4th International Conference on Sustainable Energy Solutions for a Better Tomorrow (SESBT 2025), during 9th – 11th January 2025, Vellore Institute of Technology, Che
  2. R. Maniarasu, Sushil Kumar Rathore and S. Murugan “Potential adsorbent for CO2 capture in a CI engine exhaust: An experimental study”, International Conference on Sustainable Energy and Environment (ICSEE-2024), during 23rd – 25th February, 2024, Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology, Bhopal, India.
  3. R. Maniarasu, Sushil Kumar Rathore and S. Murugan “A Comparative Study on Adsorbents for Post-Combustion CO2 Capture in a CI Engine”, National Conference on Waste to Energy, Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage (NCWECCUS 2023), during December 22-24, 2023, Organized by National Institute of Technology, Rourkela, Odisha, India.
  4. R. Maniarasu, Sushil Kumar Rathore and S. Murugan “Simulation study of potential adsorbents for CO2 capture using Aspen Adsorption”, International Conference on Advances in Renewable and Green Energy Technology (ICARGET-2023), during 07-08 December 2023, Guru Ghasidas Vishwavidyalaya-Central University, Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh, India.
  5. Presented a poster in the event of RESEARCH SCHOLARS’ WEEK, organized by the National Institute of Technology Rourkela, Odisha, on 12th -14th Nov 2023.
  6. R. Maniarasu, Sushil Kumar Rathore and S. Murugan “Preparation and characterization studies of biomass-based adsorbents for CO2 capture”, International Conference on Processing and Characterization of Materials (ICPCM–2022), during 09-11 December 2022, National Institute of Technology, Rourkela, Odisha, India.
  7. R. Maniarasu, Sushil Kumar Rathore and S. Murugan “Assessment of CO2 capture unit retrofitted to a CI engine exhaust”, 27th National Conference on Internal Combustion Engines and Combustion (NCICEC-2022), during November 04-07, 2022, Organized by Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India.
  8. R. Maniarasu, Sushil Kumar Rathore and S. Murugan “Simulation study of post-combustion CO2 adsorption using adsorbent”, SAE Technical Paper, Issue 2022-28-0318, May 2022, 10th SAEINDIA International Mobility Conference (SIIMC2022), Sustainable Multi-modal Mobility Ecosystem, during October 12-14, 2022, Hilton Embassy Bengaluru Manyata Business Park.
  9. R. Maniarasu, Sushil Kumar Rathore, S. Murugan. Presented the paper entitled “Potential of using biomass-based activated carbon for carbon dioxide capture” at the International Conference on Advances in Renewable and Sustainable Energy Systems (ICARSES2020), SRMIST, Kattankulathur, Chennai, India, during 3th-5th Dec 2020.
  10. R. Maniarasu, Rajesh. P. K., Presented the paper entitled “Ergo-human optimum sitting position with enhance the biomechanics to maintain the natural curvature of spine posture in prominent support and high comfort of backrest in automobile seating” at the 8th National Conference on Advances in Automotive Technology (NCAAT 18), PSG College of Technology, National Conference, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu

 Consultancy

NAME OF INDUSTRY DETAILS PERIOD
Tamil Nadu Government Municipality Cesspool Tanker Third Party Inspection of Tamil Nadu Government Municipality 18-06-2025 to 18-06-2025
Tamil Nadu Government Municipality Cesspool Tanker Third Party Inspection of Tamil Nadu Government Municipality 29-05-2025 to 29-05-2025
Tamil Nadu Government Municipality Cesspool Tanker Third Party Inspection of Tamil Nadu Government Municipality 27-05-2025 to 27-05-2025
Tamil Nadu Government Municipality Cesspool Tanker Third Party Inspection of Tamil Nadu Government Municipality 21-05-2025 to 21-05-2025

 Seminar, Conference, Workshop Attended

  1. Participated in the one-day workshop on "OBE: Instructional Methods for Better Teaching Learning" , organized by the Academic Process Team of Thiagarajar College of Engineering, Madurai on 07 Nov 2024, 07-11-2024 to 07-11-2024
  2. Participated in the Two-day Faculty Orientation Programme-"Life at TCE" conducted by the Faculty Development Cell at Thiagarajar College of Engineering, Madurai, Tamil Nadu., 04-04-2024 to 05-04-2024
  3. Attended a guest lecture on “Treasure in the Wooden Box: An Introduction to Indian Knowledge System” at Thiagarajar College of Engineering, Madurai, Tamil Nadu., 12-03-2024 to 12-03-2024
  4. Participated in a half-day-workshop on “Designing E-tivities and Designing Authentic Assessments” at Thiagarajar College of Engineering, Madurai, Tamil Nadu., 05-03-2024 to 05-03-2024
  5. Participated in a program on “Role of Tutors in Student’s Wellbeing” at Thiagarajar College of Engineering, Madurai, Tamil Nadu., 21-02-2024 to 21-02-2024
  6. Participated in a session of Infosys Springboard. Onwingspan.com, organized by the Deapartment of Computer Science, Thiagarajar College of Engineering, Madurai, Tamil Nadu., 07-02-2024 to 07-02-2024
  7. Participated in a five-day high-end karysahala workshop on “Biomass and Waste Based-CCHP Applications”, Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Institute of Technology Rourkela, Odisha., 19-12-2022 to 23-12-2022
  8. Attended "Elsevier Empowering Engineers to Become Corporate Ready-Solving India Specific Grand Challenge 2022", 14-09-2022 to 14-09-2022
  9. Participated in a five-day short-term course on “Energy Storage-Basics and Developments (ESBD-2022)”, Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Institute of Technology Rourkela, Odisha., 25-07-2022 to 29-07-2022
  10. Participated in a 2-day workshop on“Mechanically Assisted Surface Treatment” organized by the Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering at the National Institute of Technology Rourkela, , 28-06-2022 to 29-06-2022
  11. Attended "Unleashing the True Power of Collaboration with Researcher discovery feature on Scopus", 12-04-2022 to 12-04-2022
  12. Participated and completed successfully an AICTE-ATAL program on“Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage: Opportunities and Challenges” organized by the Government Engineering College, Kozhikode., 13-12-2021 to 17-12-2021
  13. Participated and completed successfully AICTE Training and Learning (ATAL) Academic FDP Programme on Fuel Cell Technology [FCT-2021]”, Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Institute of Technology Rourkela, Odisha., 21-06-2021 to 25-06-2021
  14. Attended a workshop on Everything you need to know about writing a publication-ready manuscript; understanding research integrity, ethics, and plagiarism jointly organized by the National Institute of Technology Rourkela, Odisha, and Wiley, 18-11-2019 to 18-11-2019
  15. Participated and completed successfully an AICTE-ATAL program on “Biofuels and its Applications in IC Engine” organized by the Gandhi Institute of Technology (GIFT), Bhubaneswar, 14-11-2019 to 25-11-2019
  16. Participated in the TEQIP III sponsored“Awareness Program on Gender Equality at Workshop-2019”, organized by the Internal Complaints Committe, National Institute of Technology Rourkela, Odisha, 20-08-2019 to 20-08-2019
  17. Participated in the TEQIP III sponsored “Awareness Program on Gender Equality at Workshop-2019”, organized by the Internal Complaint Committee (ICC), National Institute of Technology Rourkela, Odisha., 20-08-2019 to 20-08-2019
  18. Attended the CSIR (Council of Scientific and Industrial Research) and INSA (Indian National Science Academy) sponsored five-day short-term course on “Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS-2019)”, organized by the Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Institute of Technology Rourkela, Odisha., 15-07-2019 to 19-07-2019
  19. Participated in a short-term course on “Clean Energy Technologies”, conducted by the Centre of Energy under the TEQIP at the Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati, 10-06-2019 to 14-06-2019
  20. Participated in the GIAN course on “Advanced Refrigeration Systems”, organized by the Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Institute of Technology Rourkela, Odisha., 17-12-2018 to 22-12-2018
  21. Presented a project on “Study of Performance of PHEV VS Conventional Vehicles”, and awarded as the “BEST AUTO SOLUTIONS” of TAFE INNOVISTA 2K18., 10-03-2018 to 10-03-2018
  22. Participated in the Continuing Education Program on “Next Generation in 3D Printing” organized by the Department of Mechanical Engineering at IIT MADRAS, , 22-02-2018 to 23-02-2018
  23. Attended the TEQIP III Sponsored International workshop on “An Innovative Pipeline for Alternate Fuels and Fuel Cells – Future of Mobility” organized by the Department of Automobile Engineering , 07-09-2017 to 08-09-2017
  24. Participated and attended a workshop on “INTRODUCTION TO CFD (COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS)”- CRANK X’14, a National level Technical Symposium, conducted by the Department of Mechanical Engineering, SSN College of Engineering, Chennai , 09-09-2014 to 09-09-2014

 Seminar, Conference, Workshop Organised

  1. Acted as a main student coordinator and event organizer for a five-day high-end karysahala workshop on “Biomass and Waste Based-CCHP Applications”, organized by the Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Institute of Technology Rourkela, Odisha., 19-12-2023 to 23-12-2023
  2. Acted as a student coordinator and event organizer for a five-day short-term course on “Energy Storage-Basics and Developments (ESBD-2022)”, organized by the Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Institute of Technology Rourkela, Odisha, 25-07-2022 to 29-07-2022
  3. Acted as a course coordinator for the five-day “AICTE Training and Learning (ATAL) Academic FDP Programme on Fuel Cell Technology [FCT-2021]”, organized by the Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Institute of Technology Rourkela, Odisha., 21-06-2021 to 25-06-2021
  4. Acted as an overall conference coordinator as well as finance committee for three days “International Conference on Innovations in Thermo-Fluid Engineering and Science (ICITFES-2020)”, organized by the Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Institute of Technology Rourkela, Odisha., 10-02-2020 to 12-02-2020
  5. Acted as a main student coordinator and overall event organizer for a five-day short-term course on “Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS-2019)”, organized by the Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Institute of Technology Rourkela, Odisha., 15-07-2019 to 19-07-2019
  6. Acted as a student coordinator and event volunteer for the GIAN course on “Advanced Refrigeration Systems”, organized by the Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Institute of Technology Rourkela, Odisha., 17-12-2018 to 22-12-2018

 Lectures Delivered

TOPIC DELIVERED AT PERIOD
A guest lecture on Carbon Capture Utilization and Storage (CCUS) - CO2 capture techniques November 7, 2024, 10.30 am to 12.00 noon (Online Mode) in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Rajalakshmi Institute of Technology in our department 07-11-2024 to 07-11-2024
Post-combustion CO2 capture by using potential adsorbents via Aspen Plus Aspen Adsorption Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Institute of Technology Rourkela, Odisha 21-12-2022 to 21-12-2022

  Awards and Honours

  1. MHRD fellowship to pursue research at National Institute of Technology Rourkela, Odisha, MHRD, Govt. of India
  2. Study of Performance of PHEV VS Conventional Vehicles”, awarded as “BEST AUTO SOLUTIONS”, TAFE INNOVISTA 2K18
  3. Certificate of appreciation has secured top score during PG semester examination, PSG Tech, Coimbatore