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Prof. K Srikanth

Professor

Department of Mechanical Engineering

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Room No: G-1 Mechanical Engineering +91-870-2462317 korla@nitw.ac.in Bio Sketch

    Key Notes

    • Journal(s): 20
    • Conference(s): 17
    • Book Chapter(s): 5
    • PhD: Current - 5  Awarded - 6
    • Event(s) Organized: Conference - 2  Workshop - 1  FDP - 1

    42

    PUBLICATIONS

    11

    DOCTORAL STUDENTS

    5

    PROJECTS

    2

    PATENTS

    Research Areas

    Data driven NDT & Structural Health Monitoring
    Hybrid Composite Laminates
    ML/DL models and algorithms for Pattern recognition
    EDUCATION QUALIFICATION
    Degree Institute Year
    Doctor of Philosophy Florida International University, Miami, FL, USA 2011
    Master of Technology Andhra University, Visakhapatnam 2004
    Bachelor of Engineering Andhra University, Visakhapatnam 2001
    COURSES HANDLED
    Course L-T-P Credit Degree Level
    Kinematics of Machinery(ME1203) 3-0-2 4 UG
    Analysis and Synthesis of Mechanisms(ME46023) 3-0-0 3 PG
    Kinematics of Machinery(ME152) 3-0-0 3 UG
    AI/ML for Engineering Analysis(ME46022) 3-0-0 3 UG, PG
    Dynamics of Machinery(ME1202) 3-0-2 4 UG
    Dynamics of Machinery(ME202) 3-0-0 3 UG
    Engineering Mechanics(ME1102) 3-0-0 3 UG
    Engineering Mechanics(CE101) 3-0-0 3 UG
    Analysis and Synthesis of Mechanisms(ME5413) 3-0-0 3 UG, PG
    Product Design & Development(ME5451) 3-0-0 3 UG, PG
    Integrated Product Design and Development(ME5711) 3-0-0 3 PG
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    PUBLICATIONS
    Journal(s)
    Mechanical and Vibrational Studies on Hybrid Fibre Metal Laminates, By Naresh Kali, Nikesh Chelimilla, Srikanth Korla, Trans Tech Publications Ltd, Materials Science Forum, vol.1149, pp.89-97, 2025
    Percussion-Assisted Laser Speckle Approach for Bolt Looseness Classification using Deep Learning, By Nikesh Chelimilla, Purnesh Singh Badavath, Vijay Kumar, Srikanth Korla, ASME, ASME Journal of Journal of Nondestructive Evaluation, Diagnostics and Prognostics of Engineering Systems, vol., pp.8(4): 041007, 2025
    Prediction of wear behavior in corn cob ash-reinforced aluminum composites using hybrid optimization models, By PY Babu, N Chelimilla, N Kali, S Korla, SAGE, Journal of Reinforced Plastics and Composites, vol.0(0), pp.1-29, 2025
    Audio feature augmentation for bolt looseness classification in data-deficient scenarios using machine learning, By Nikesh Chelimilla, Viswanath Chinthapenta, Srikanth Korla, Taylor & Francis, Nondestructive Testing and Evaluation, vol., pp., 2024
    Viscoelastic and vibrational studies of nano hybrid fibre metal laminates, By N Kali, A K Raju, S Korla, SAGE , Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science, vol.238 (2024) 9: 3919-3929, pp., 2024
    Addressing data scarcity using audio signal augmentation and deep learning for bolt looseness prediction, By Chelimilla, N. , Chinthapenta, V., Korla, S. , IOP Science, Smart Materials and Structures, vol., pp., 2024
    Review on recent advances in structural health monitoring paradigm for looseness detection in bolted assemblies, By Chelimilla N, Chinthapenta V, Kali N, Korla S, , SAGE , Structural Health Monitoring, vol.22(6):4264-4304, pp., 2023
    Modelling the joint rotational compliance of stud-pocket type flight inter-section joint, By M. Umakanth, P. Uday Kumar, V. Narayanamurthy, S. Korla, Elsevier, Thin-Walled Structures, vol.185 (2023) 110565 , pp., 2023
    Impact Behaviour of Nano-Hybrid (Carbon/Glass) Fibre Metal Laminates: An Experimental Study, By Kali, N., Korla, R. & S Korla, SPRINGER, Arab J Sci Eng, vol.48 (2023) 3881–3891, pp., 2023
    Bolt looseness detection in lap joints using Percussion Technique and Back Propagation Neural Network, By N Chelimilla, N Kali, S Korla, I Kavati, ES Babu, ISME, Journal of Mechanics and Design, vol.6 (1), pp.1-10, 2023
    Influence of nano nanoparticles on mechanical properties of hybrid polymer layered fibre metal laminates (FMLs), By N Kali, R Korla, S Korla, , SPRINGER, Transactions of the Indian Institute of Metals, vol.75 (2022)1979–1988, pp., 2022
    Performance of a Cantilever Energy Harvester under harmonic and random excitations, By K Manoj, V Narayanamurthy, S Korla, DRDO, Defence Science Journal, vol.71 (2021) 231-240, pp., 2021
    Modeling and simulation of a high-redundancy direct-driven linear electromechanical actuator for fault-tolerance under various fault conditions, By Gollapudi, A.M, Velagapudi, V., Korla, S., Elsevier, Engineering Science and Technology, an International Journal, vol.23, pp.1171-1181, 2020
    Analysis and characterization of a cantilever energy harvester, By K Manoj, V Narayanamurthy, S Korla, CSIR-SERC, Journal of Structural Engineering, vol.45, pp.1-5, 2018
    Performance of energy scavenging device by considering fatigue of PZT, By K. Viswanath Allamraju, Srikanth Korla, Emreld Group Publishing Ltd., World Journal of Engineering, vol., pp., 2016
    Investigation of Design Parameters and Actuator Constraints in Piezoelectric Energy Harvesters, By Allamraju, K. Viswanath, Raghavendra Ivani, and Srikanth Korla, Elsevier, Materials Today: Proceedings , vol.2(4), pp.1577-1584, 2015
    Analytical and Experimental Studies of Spring Comprised Piezo Electric Energy Harvester, By Allamraju, K. Viswanath, and Srikanth Korla, Elsevier, Materials Today: Proceedings, vol.2(4), pp.2155-2163, 2015
    Design and Testing of an Efficient and Compact Piezoelectric battery for micro power generation, By Srikanth Korla, Ibrahim Tansel, Leon yapici, Elsevier, Journal of Microelectronics, vol.42, pp.2:265-270, 2011
    Wear Estimation by Testing the Elastic Behavior of Tool Surface, By Ibrahim N. Tansel, Srikanth Korla, Benjamin L.Grisso, Gurjiwan Singh, Ramon Duran, Liming W. Salvino,, Elsevier, International Journal of Machine Tools and Manufacture, vol.51, pp.10-11:745-752., 2011
    Design and Development of a Flipping Biped Robot , By Korla, S., Shinde, P., Ajrawat, T., , ASME, ASME Early Technical Journal, vol.7, pp.1-5, 2008
    Conference(s)
    Multi-modal data acquisition and hybrid sensing frame work for damage and integrity evaluation in structural Assemblies By Srikanth Korla Nikesh Chelimilla , NDE 2025, 2025
    Forced vibration assisted laser speckle analysis for detection of bolt looseness By Sarthak Vinod Atkare, Srikanth Korla , NDE 2025, 2025
    Hybrid Fibre Metal Laminates By Naresh Kali, Srikanth Korla, ICOAT 2024, 2024
    Computer Vision Based Fruit Sorting System By Malik F, Chelimilla N, Thananjay P, Kali N, Korla S, ISME 2023, 2023
    Mechanical and Vibrational Studies on Hybrid Fibre Metal Laminates By Naresh Kali, Srikanth Korla, IMMT 2023, 2023
    Effect on vibration characteristics of fiber metal laminates sandwiched with natural fibers By Srikanth Korla, IMMT 2019, 2019
    Design and prototype testing of a cost efficient portable wind turbine for sustainable energy harvesting By Srikanth Korla, ICEEE2017, 2017
    Comparative study between tapping and straining for effective energy harvesting using piezoelectirc disc actuators By Suryawanshi Nikhil Ramakrishna , Chelimilla Nikesh, Viswanath K.Allamraju & Srikanth Korla., Smart Materials, Structures and Systems, 2016
    Design and experimental study of energy scavenging device by considering the fatigue failure and durability of a ferroelectric material By K.Viswanath Allamraju, Srikanth Korla., Fatigue Durability, 2015
    Fabrication and performance of a micro power scavenger for low power applications By K.Viswanath Allamraju, Srikanth Korla, ISME conference in advances in Mechanical Engineering, 2015
    Dual Direction Turbine By Akash Modi, Archit Jain, Arvind Karna, Srikanth Korla , International Conference on Industrial, Mechanical and Production Engineering: Advancements and Current Trends, 2014
    S transform algorithm to characterize wear data in micro cutting tools By Srikanth K, Ibrahim Tansel , ICMCME 2014, 2014
    Fingerprinting the Lamb wave signals by using S-transformation By Tansel, I., Yapici, A., Korla, S., Demetgul, M.,, Proceedings of SPIE, 2012
    Characterization and compaction of Lamb wave data using combination of S and wavelet transformations By Tansel, I.N., Singh, G., Korla, S., Grisso, B.L., Salvino, L.W., , Proceedings of SPIE, 2011
    Genetically Optimized Neural Network Systems (GONNS) Applications for Unmanned Vehicles By Tansel, I N., Singh, G., Singh, G., Li. M.,Korla,, UVW conference, 2010
    Degration of Signal Quality of Structural Health Monitoring Systems and Fault Tolerant Designs for Lifetime Operation By Demetgül, M., Tansel, I. N., Korla, S.,Li, M., ISHM conference, 2009
    Hybrid Driver concept for powering Ornithopters", By Demetgul, M., Korla, S., Tansel, I.N.,, 47 th Aerospace conference Proceedings, 2009
    Book Chapter(s)
    Influence of Fibre Layup on the Modal Parameters of Magnesium Alloy Fibre Metal Laminates By Kali Naresh;, Chelimilla, Nikesh, Parasa Yugandhar Babu, Korla Srikanth in Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering, Spinger, Book Chapter, 2026
    Development of a Computer Vision Based Fruit Sorting System Operated Using a Graphical User Interface (GUI) By Faiq Malik, Nikesh Chelimilla, Premashankar Thananjay, Naresh Kali & Srikanth Korla in Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering ((LNME)), Springer Nature, Book chapter, 2024
    Excitation bandwidth dependence of cantilever energy harvester, Recent Advances in Applied Mechanics By K Manoj, V Narayanamurthy & S Korla in Recent Advances in Applied Mechanics, Springer Nature, Book chapter, 2022
    Numerical Studies on Mode I Delamination and its Effect on the Vibrational Characteristics in Fibre Metal Laminates By N Kali, S Korla in Materials Science and Engineering, IOPScience, book chapter, 2022
    Excitation bandwidth dependence of cantilever energy harvester, Recent Advances in Applied Mechanics By K Manoj, V Narayanamurthy & S Korla in Recent Advances in Applied Mechanics, Springer Nature, Book chapter, 2021
    Patent(s)
    Dual Security PadLock (grant No. 409487)
    Pen Stand Puzzle (grant no. 432673)
    PROJECT / CONSULTANCY
    Development of a Robust AI-Driven Multi-modal Non-contact SHM Framework using Laser Speckle and Acoustic Diagnostics
    Role: Principal Investigator
    Type: Research
    Sponsor: ANRF
    Project Cost (INR): 8742720
    Date of Commencement: 18-12-2025  
    Duration: 36 Months
    Status: Ongoing
    Studies on 2-axis inertial properties measurement setup for flight hardware
    Role: Principal Investigator
    Type: Research
    Sponsor: ANSP, DRDL
    Project Cost (INR): 1060000
    Date of Commencement: 18-07-2024  
    Duration: 24 Months
    Status: Ongoing
    Modeling and simulation of energy harvesting using piezoelectric materials and supercapacitors
    Role: Principal Investigator
    Type: Research
    Sponsor: DRDO
    Project Cost (INR): 675000
    Date of Commencement: 17-01-2017   Date of Completion: 17-11-2019
    Duration: 34 Months
    Status: Completed
    Development of online pedagogy System and Controls
    Role: Co-Principal Investigator
    Type: Research
    Sponsor: ICT MHRD
    Project Cost (INR): 800000
    Date of Commencement: 21-09-2013   Date of Completion: 03-12-2016
    Duration: 39 Months
    Status: Completed
    Energy Harvesting for Micro Power Applications using Piezoelectric Actuators
    Role: Principal Investigator
    Type: Research
    Sponsor: MHRD
    Project Cost (INR): 500000
    Date of Commencement: 01-07-2012   Date of Completion: 03-07-2015
    Duration: 36 Months
    Status: Completed
    RESEARCH FELLOWS / PhD STUDENTS
    Current PhD Students
    Md Abdul Jameel
    Area of Research: Characterization of high entropy alloys
    Mr. M Ujwal Teja
    Area of Research: Optimization of Metal matrix composite process parameters using Machine learning algorithms
    Mr. Yugandhar Babu Parasa
    Area of Research: Laminated composites
    P Madhu
    Area of Research: Data Driven SHM in Additive Manufacturing
    S Balaji
    Area of Research: Strength enhancement studies on hybrid composite cylinders
    Previous PhD Students
    Mr. Ch Nikesh (2025)
    Area of Research: SHM using AI/ML
    Mr. Naresh Kali (2024)
    Area of Research: Laminated composites
    M Umakanth (2023)
    Area of Research: Studies on flight Intersection Joint
    Manoj K (2020)
    Area of Research: Vibration Energy Harvesting
    G Arun Manohar (2020)
    Area of Research: High Redundancy actuators for Fault tolerance studies
    K Viswanth Allamraju (2017)
    Area of Research: Investigative studies on vibration energy harvesting using piezoelectric disc type actuators
    CONFERENCE / WORKSHOP / SYMPOSIUM / SHORT TERM COURSE / FACULTY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME
    Infusing AI/ML and its applications into the non circuit engineering branch curriculum
    01-Dec-2025 → 06-Dec-2025
    Event Type: Workshop
    Role: Coordinator
    Funding Agency: MMTTC
    Indian conference on applied Mechanics (INCAM)
    11-Jul-2024 → 13-Jul-2024
    Event Type: Conference
    Role: Convenor
    Funding Agency: Self‑sponsored
    National Conference on Emerging trends in Mechanical Engineering
    09-Jan-2019 → 10-Jan-2019
    Event Type: Conference
    Role: Secretary
    Funding Agency: Self‑sponsored
    Teaching Engineering Standards and Intellectual Property Rights (ESIPR 2020)
    13-Feb-2020 → 18-Feb-2020
    Event Type: Faculty Development Programme
    Role: Coordinator
    Funding Agency: MHRD- TLC
    ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES
    •  Faculty Advisor MES (July, 2023 - June, 2025)
    •  Faculty Advisor, Robotics Club (July, 2022 - June, 2023)
    •  Associate Dean Academic Audit (July, 2020 - June, 2022)
    •  Hostel Warden (July, 2015 - June, 2017)
     Last updated on December 26, 2025