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Prof. Velagapudi Vasu

PhD (JNTU Hyderabad)

Professor

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Room No: 653   +91-870-2462356
vasu@nitw.ac.in
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Research Areas

 Advance Manufacturing Process & Robotics 

 Digital Manufacturing 

 Industrial Internet of Things ( IIoT) 

 Industry 5.0 

 Mechatronics & MEMS  

 Micro & Nano Manufacturing 

 Nano lubricants, Nanocomposites,  

 Virtual Reality & Augmented Reality ( VR & AR)  

  • Courses Handled
  • Research IDs
  • Selected Publications
  • Project/Consultancy
  • Current PhD Students
  • Awards and Accolades
  • Additional Responsibilities
  • Micro and Nano Manufacturing Processes(ME26025)
  • Design Thinking(ME1101)
  • Industry 4.0 and IIoT(ME36004)
  • Mechatronics and IIoT Laboratory(ME36008)
  • Mechatronics System Design(ME5603)
  • Mechatronics and MEMS(ME5302)
  • Mechatronics and Automation Laboratory(ME5305)
  • Industry 4.0 and IIoT(ME5368)
  • Mechatronics Laboratory(ME355)
  • Micro and Nano Manufacturing(ME5211)
  • Seminar - II(ME5698)
  • ORC ID: 0009-0008-3357-3725
  • ISI Researcher ID: https://nitw.irins.org/profile/154219
  • Google Scholar ID: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=kqKkuEsAAAAJ&hl=en


  • Boehmite nanoparticles for potential enhancement of Tribological and EP performance of lubricating oils, , By Maurya, U., Vasu, V. , Elsevier, Wear, , vol. Vol. 498–499, , pp.204311-12, , 2022
  • Bayesian Optimization LSTM/bi-LSTM Network With Self-Optimized Structure and Hyperparameters for Remaining Useful Life Estimation of Lathe Spindle Unit, By Thoppil, N.M., Vasu, V. & Rao, C.S.P , , ASME, ASME Journal of Computing and Information Science in Engineering, vol., vol.22, , pp.021012-1 - 12 , , 2022
  • "Synergistic Effect Between Phosphonium-Based Ionic Liquid and Three Oxide Nanoparticles as Hybrid Lubricant Additives, By Upendra, M., and Vasu, V. , ASME, ASME. Journal Tribology. , vol.142(5), , pp.052101-12, , 2020
  • Ionic Liquid-Nanoparticle-Based Hybrid-Nano-lubricant Additives for Potential Enhancement of Tribological Properties of Lubricants and Their Comparative Study with ZDDP, By Maurya, U., Vasu, V. & Kashinath, D, Springer US, Tribology Letters, , vol.70, , pp.11-24 , , 2022
  • Health indicator constructionand remaining usefl life estimation for mechanical systems using vibration signal prognostics , By Thoppil, N.M., Vasu, V. & Rao, C.S.P, Springer US, International Journal of system assurance engineering Management, vol.21,, pp.pp.119-126, , 2021
  • Deep Learning Algorithms for Machinery Health Prognostics Using Time-Series Data: , By Thoppil, N.M., Vasu, V. & Rao, C.S.P. , Springer US, Journal of Vibration Engineering & Technologies , vol.34, pp.1-23. , 2021
  • Modeling and simulation of a high- redundancy direct-driven linear electromechanical actuator for fault-tolerance under various fault conditions, , By Arun Manohar, V Vasu, K Srikanth, , Elsevier, Engineering Science and Technology, an International Journal, , vol.23, , pp.pp.1171-1181, , 2020
  • Failure Mode Identification and Prioritization Using FMECA: A Study on Computer Numerical Control Lathe for Predictive Maintenance. , By Thoppil, N.M., Vasu, V. & Rao, C.S.P. , Springer US, Journal of Failure Analysis and Prevention, vol.19, pp.1153–1157 , 2019
  • A Composite (Taguchi-Utility- RSM) Approach for Optimizing the Tribological Responses of Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) Nanocomposites for , By Gamini Suresh, V Vasu, M Venkateswara Rao ,, Springer US, Silicon, , vol.10, pp.pp,2043-2053,, 2018
  • Nano-innovations in lubrication: Unveiling the synergistic boundary lubrication potential of zinc titanate with phosphonium ionic liquid, By Upendra Maurya , V. VASU , Vinay Saini , Elsevier, Tribology International, vol.Volume 199, pp. 109987, 2024

Synergizing AR/VR and Hand Gestures to Enhance Industrial Assembly and Disassembly Performance

  • Role Principal Investigator
  • Type Research
  • Sponsor ASEAN-DST International Collaboration
  • Duration 32 Months
  • Project Cost (INR) 4000000
  • Status Ongoing

Experimental investigations on different geometrical shapes of passive direct Methnol Fuel cell stacks for low power applications

  • Role CO-Principal Developer
  • Type SPARC Project
  • Sponsor SPARC- MHRD
  • Duration 34 Months
  • Project Cost (INR) 4325000
  • Status Completed

Indigenous test bed for Industry 4.0 using Visible Light Communication with Industrial Internet of Thing

  • Role Co-Principal Investigator
  • Type Research
  • Sponsor SERB- ASEAN
  • Duration 45 Months
  • Project Cost (INR) 6800000
  • Status Completed

Synergistic Effect of Phosphonium, Ammonium Based Ionic Liquid and Nano Lubricants on the Tribological and Rheological Properties

  • Role Principal Investigator
  • Type Research
  • Sponsor SERB-DST
  • Duration 48 Months
  • Project Cost (INR) 1764000
  • Status Completed

Development of online pedagogy System and Controls

  • Role Principal Investigator
  • Type Research
  • Sponsor ICT MHRD
  • Duration 36 Months
  • Project Cost (INR) 1000000
  • Status Completed

Development of online pedagogy Mechatronics

  • Role Principal Investigator
  • Type Research
  • Sponsor ICT MHRD
  • Duration 36 Months
  • Project Cost (INR) 1000000
  • Status Completed

Investigation of surface monopoly, mechanical, thermal properties, Halloysite nanotubes filled PTFE Nanocomposites

  • Role Principal Investigator
  • Type Research
  • Sponsor NRCM, IISC Bangalore
  • Duration 32 Months
  • Project Cost (INR) 150000
  • Status Completed

Investigation and optimization of Al2O3, graphite particle & molybdenum di sulphide nanoparticles reinforcement in ZA-27 alloy composites for Tribological applications (Co PI Prof. Subodh Kumar, Department of Materials Engineering, IISC Bangalore)

  • Role Principal Investigator
  • Type Research
  • Sponsor NRCM, IISC Bangalore
  • Duration 35 Months
  • Project Cost (INR) 150000
  • Status Completed

Performance and behaviour of novel nanoparticles based Coolants (Nanofluids) in Minimum quantity lubrication in Turning and Milling.

  • Role Principal Investigator
  • Type Research
  • Sponsor SERB-DST
  • Duration 35 Months
  • Project Cost (INR) 1875000
  • Status Completed


Anuj Kumar

  • Area of Research: Cyber-Physical Machine-Tools: Designing for Industry 4.0

M Vijay ( Part-Time)

  • Area of Research: High Entropy Alloys

S Sripad ( Part-Time)

  • Area of Research: Innovative EDM Approaches for High-Toughness Materials

Varun Sharma ( Part-Time)

  • Area of Research: AI ,ML, DL Enabled condition monitoring
  • 2nd prize in Global Design Competition 2022
  • Best Engineering Researcher 2020
  • Erasmus Mundus – Heritage Post-Doc fellowship
  • Visvesvaraya PhD fellowship
  • Young Engineer Award 2010
  • Coordinator of CoE on Virtual Reality & Augmented Reality (Continuing from May, 2024)
  • Member in CoE of Drones & Autonomous Vehicles (Continuing from May, 2024)
  • Digital Manufacturing & Automation COE : Mechatronics & Smart Factory Lab Incharge (April, 2023 - March, 2025)
  • Associate Dean, Industrial Consultancy (July, 2022 - February, 2024)
  • Alumni Coordinator Member NITW (April, 2021 - April, 2023)
  • Faculty in-charge & Coordinator for Departmental Training and Placement (March, 2017 - June, 2020)
  • Program coordinator for M.Tech ( CIM) (March, 2016 - April, 2020)