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Prof. R. Arockia Kumar

PhD (KAIST, South Korea)

Associate Professor

Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering

Room No: MM204 Metallurgy and Sciences Block   +91-870-2462528
arockia@nitw.ac.in
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Research Areas

 Biodegradable materials 

 Damping properties 

 Friction stir processing 

 Shape memory alloys 

  • Courses Handled
  • Research IDs
  • Selected Publications
  • Project/Consultancy
  • Current PhD Students
  • Awards and Accolades
  • Additional Responsibilities
  • Non-destructive Testing Techniques(MM26005)
  • Design Thinking(MM1101)
  • Comprehensive Viva-voce(MM6147)
  • Dissertation Work Part - A(MM6149)
  • Transport Phenomena(MM204)
  • Computational Materials Engineering Laboratory(MM355)
  • Computational Materials Engineering(MM352)
  • Smart Materials(MM314)
  • Materials Engineering(MM235)
  • Materials Science & Engineering(MM186)
  • Computational Approaches in Materials Engineering(MM5118)
  • Dissertation Work Part - B(MM6199)
  • Constitution of India(IC207)
  • ORC ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6867-4939
  • Google Scholar ID: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=vnUs9XkAAAAJ&hl=en


  • Microstructure and mechanical properties of friction stir processed Zn-Mg biodegradable alloys, By MV Naik, N Narasaiah, P Chakravarthy, RA Kumar, Elseveir, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, vol.970, pp.172160, 2024
  • Effect of Die Profile on Strain Inhomogeneity During Constrained Groove Pressing, By S Dhiliban, P Chakravarthy, R Arockia Kumar, VS Sooraj, Springer, Transactions of the Indian Institute of Metals, vol., pp.1-8, 2024
  • Viscoelastic and vibrational studies of nano hybrid fibre metal laminates, By N Kali, A Kumar Raju, S Korla, SAGE Publications, Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science, vol., pp.09544062231203988, 2023
  • Hot-extrusion behavior of biodegradable Zn-Mg alloys, By M Vidhish Naik, N Narasaiah, P Chakravarthy, R Arockia Kumar, Elseveir, Materials Today: Proceedings, vol.56, pp.1432-1439, 2022
  • Damping property of AA6061/SiCp surface composites developed through friction stir processing, By Koppula Venkateswara Reddy, Ramavath Bheekya Naik, Gankidi Madhusudhan Reddy, Chakravarthy Pammi, Raju Arockia Kumar, Springer, Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance, vol.31, pp.1-7, 2022
  • Fine tungsten precipitates in the matrix phase and their influence on the mechanical properties of a tungsten heavy alloy, By G Prabhu, R Arockia Kumar, TK Nandy, Taylor & Francis, Philosophical Magazine, vol.101, pp.2004-2023, 2021

Development of zinc-based biodegradable alloys through scalable severe plastic deformation techniques

  • Role Principal Investigator
  • Type Research
  • Sponsor DST-SERB-CRG
  • Duration 36 Months
  • Project Cost (INR) 4603192
  • Status Ongoing

Development and characterization of novel bioresorbable zinc alloys for biomedical applications

  • Role Principal Investigator
  • Type Research
  • Sponsor DST-ICD
  • Duration 36 Months
  • Project Cost (INR) 1352000
  • Status Completed

Development of high vibration damping composite layers through friction stir processing

  • Role Principal Investigator
  • Type Research
  • Sponsor DST-SERB-ECR
  • Duration 41 Months
  • Project Cost (INR) 4024115
  • Status Completed

Wear life enhancement study of coal pulverizer grinding media

  • Role Co-Principal Investigator
  • Type Research
  • Sponsor BHEL
  • Duration 12 Months
  • Project Cost (INR) 350000
  • Status Completed

Evaluation of creep-fatigue crack growth (CFCG) for IN 625 cast material

  • Role Co-Principal Investigator
  • Type Research
  • Sponsor AUSC
  • Duration 11 Months
  • Project Cost (INR) 49500000
  • Status Completed

Development of ductile Cu-Sn shape memory alloys through powder metallurgy route

  • Role Principal Investigator
  • Type Research
  • Sponsor UGC-DAE-CSR
  • Duration 24 Months
  • Project Cost (INR) 90000
  • Status Completed

In Situ hydrogen damage evaluation of boiler water wall tubes using NDT

  • Role Principal Investigator
  • Type Research
  • Sponsor NTPC-NETRA
  • Duration 11 Months
  • Project Cost (INR) 1059000
  • Status Completed


Chandrashekhar B Banad

  • Area of Research: Friction welding

M Vidhish Naik

  • Area of Research: Biodegradable alloys, friction stir processing

V Uday Kumar

  • Area of Research: Biodegradable alloys, friction stir processing
  • Best Oral Presentation Award
  • NIMS Young Scientist poster award
  • Member of the admissions team (UG-Foreign) (Continuing from November, 2023)
  • Member, NBA Core Committee (Continuing from August, 2023)
  • Faculty Advisor (Continuing from July, 2023)
  • Member, Institute Ranking Committee (Continuing from January, 2018)