Dr. Uppu Srinivas Rao
B.E. in Mechanical Engineering from R.E.C. Rourkela (NIT, Rourkela) in the year 1996.
M.Tech. and PhD in Manufacturing Engineering from IIT Madras in 2003 and 2013 respectively.
PhD Thesis Title: Modeling of tool edge radius effects and prediction of cutting force components in micro-end-milling.
M.Tech/IDD Students guided:
Sl. No. | Name of the Student(s) | Year of completion or in Progress | Title of Thesis | Guide or Co-guide in addition to myself |
1 | Mr. Vipin Kumar | 2012 | Cladding of Stainless Steel on Mild Steel by Gas Metal Arc Welding (M.Tech) | Dr. M. Z. Khan Yusufzai, Department of Mechanical Engineering, IIT (BHU) |
2 | Mr. Gajendra Singh | 2012 | Effect of Electrical Discharge Machining Process Parameters on Performance Measures (M.Tech) | Dr. M. Z. Khan Yusufzai, Department of Mechanical Engineering, IIT (BHU) |
3 | Mr. Surendra Kumar | 2014 | Effect of Minimum Uncut Chip Thickness (MUCT) on Theoretical Surface Finish in Mechanical Micromachining (IDD) |
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4 | Mr. Madhusudan Awasthi | 2014 | Study of Residual Stresses in Mechanical Micromachining (M.Tech) |
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5 | Mr. Sarvesh Kumar Mishra | 2014 | Tool Condition Monitoring by Using Wavelet Technique (M.Tech) | Dr. Sandeep Kumar, Department of Mechanical Engineering, IIT (BHU) |
6 | Mr. Rahul Walter Paul | 2015 | Tool Condtition Monitoring at Nano Regime machining (IDD) |
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7 | Mr. Sahil Dev | 2016 | Design and Development of Rotating Workpiece Holding Mechanism in Electric Discharge Machining (IDD) |
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8 | Mr. Sunny Jaiswal | 2016 | Tool Condition Monitoring during micro-end-milling of Al2024 using acoustic emission (IDD) | Prof. Santosh Kumar, Department of Mechanical Engineering, IIT (BHU) |
9 | Mr. Adarsh | 2016 | Optimization of machining parameters of Inconel 718 superalloy (IDD) |
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10 | Mr. Nikhilesh Kumar | 2017 | Experimental Investigation into cutting of Inconel 718 super-alloy using different cutting fluids (M.Tech) |
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11 | Mr. Nitesh Kumar Dubey | 2017 | Tool Condition Monitoring in Micro-machining using wavelets (M.Tech) | Dr. Sandeep Kumar, Department of Mechanical Engineering, IIT (BHU) |
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| Mr. Nagmani Singh
| 2018 | 2D FEM Model of Orthogonal Micro-Machining for Titanium Alloy |
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13 | Mr. Sandeep Kumar Singh | 2018 | Synthesis and Characterization of Magnesium Metal Matrix Composites Prepared through Powder Metallurgy and In-situ Method | Dr. R. K. Gautam, Department of Mechanical Engineering, IIT (BHU) |
14 | Mr. Rakesh Moharana | 2018 | Investigation on tribological behavior of grapheme coated bearing steel (EN31) | Dr. R. K. Gautam, Department of Mechanical Engineering, IIT (BHU) |
15 | Mr. Baljinder K Badhan | 2018 | Synthesis and Characterization of Aluminum Based Hybrid Composites | Dr. R. K. Gautam, Department of Mechanical Engineering, IIT (BHU) |
16 | Mr. Sanjeev Kumar | 2019 | EFFECT OF SINTERING TEMPERATURE ON Mg/MgO COMPOSITE PREPARED via MICROWAVE SINTERING (IDD) | Dr. R. K. Gautam, Department of Mechanical Engineering, IIT (BHU) |
17 | Ms. Ipshita Agarwal | 2020 | DUCTILE REGIME MACHINING OF ZIRCONIA |
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18 | Mr. VIPIN KUMAR YADAV | 2021 | Fabrication, Characterization and Machining study of Metal Matrix Composite | Dr. L. S. Rao, Department of Metallurgical Engineering, IIT(BHU) |
19 | Mr. SOURABH KUMAR | 2021 | FABRICATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF Al 356/Al2O3 METAL MATRIX COMPOSITES PROCESSED BY RHEOCASTING AND COOLING SLOPE METHOD FOLLOWED BY SIMA PROCESS | Dr. L. S. Rao, Department of Metallurgical Engineering, IIT(BHU) |
20 | Mr. SIDDHANT OMER | 2021 | Fabrication and Characterization of Natural Fibre Reinforced Polymer Matrix Composite (PMC) | Prof. R. K. Gautam, Department of Mechanical Engineering, IIT (BHU) |
21 | Mr. Abhijeet Singh | 2021 | Experimental and simulation based ductile regime machining of zirconia |
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22 | Mr. Arijit Roy | 2022 | DUCTILE REGIME MACHINING OF ZIRCONIA (ductile-brittle transition) |
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23 | Mr. Pranav Anand | 2022 | FABRICATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF A319 SiC COMPOSITES USING STIR CASTING AND SIMA PROCESS | Dr. L.S. Rao Senior Technical Officer, Department of Metallurgical Engineering |
24 | Mr. HARSHAL SHANKER PRASAD | 2022 | IN-SITU FABRICATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF Al-TIB2 METAL MATRIX COMPOSITES USING STIR CASTING PROCESS |
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25 | Mr. Niranjanan L | 2024 | Investigation into critical depth of cut in ductile regime machining of zirconia |
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26 | Mr. Sant Dayal Kumar | 2025 | Development and characterization of aluminium MMC |
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27 | Mr. Ramendra Pratap Singh | 2025 | Heat Assisted Machining of Zirconia |
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28 | Mr. Rohit Achukatla
| 2026 | Machinability study of zirconia with different cutting tools |
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29 | Mr. Samarth Srivastava | 2026 | Machinability of Aluminium–Titanium Diboride Metal Matrix Composite with Machine Learning Models |
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SI No.
| Name of The Student | Thesis Title | Year of Completion | Sup. and Co-Sup. |
1 | Mr. Rohit Kumar Singh Gautam | High Temperature Tribological Behaviour of Atmospheric Plasma Spray Deposited Ni-based Solid lubricating Coatings | 2020 | Sup: Prof. R. Tyagi Co-Sup: UPPU SRINIVAS RAO |
2 | Mr. Hemant Nautiyal | Synthesis and Tribological Characterization of copper based Self- lubricating composite | 2020 | Sup: Prof. R. Tyagi Co-Sup: UPPU SRINIVAS RAO |
3 | Mr. Ashutosh Roushan | Micro-Machining of Titanium alloy | 2023 | Sup: UPPU SRINIVAS RAO |
4 | Mr. Jitendra Kumar Singh | Ductile Regime Machining of 45S5 Bioglass | 2024 | Sup: UPPU SRINIVAS RAO Co-Sup: Prof. Ram Pyare (Ceramic Engg.) |
5 | Mr. Asgar Shakil | Fabrication and Characterization of Mg/MgO Metal Matrix Composites | 2024 | Sup: UPPU SRINIVAS RAO Co-Sup: Prof. R. K. Gautam |
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| Mr. Basudeb Rajak | Synthesis and Characterization of Al-TiB2 Functionally Graded Composite using Indigenously Developed Centrifugal Casting Machine | 2026 | Sup: UPPU SRINIVAS RAO Co-Sup: Prof. R. K. Gautam |
7 | Mr. Anshu Raj | Development of polymer composites for hydrogen storage devices | In Progress (Full Time) From July 2023 | Sup: Prof. R. K. Gautam Co-Sup:UPPU SRINIVAS RAO |
8 | Mr. Vivek Kumar | Ductile Regime Machining | In Progress (Full Time) From July 2026 | Sup: UPPU SRINIVAS RAO |
Completed one project titled “Study of tool wear in diamond turn machining & micro machining processes and development of tool wear monitoring and compensation methodology to enhance the size and shape accuracies of the ultra-precision machined components” sponsored by BARC, Mumbai as Co-PI (Grant: 24.058 lakh).
Worked as a Co-PI in a BRNS sponsored project titled “Technology development and fabrication of table-top CNC machine for micro-tubular- hydroforming set-up” (Grant: 49.27 lakh).
| Sl. No. | Title of the Paper |
24 | Basudeb Rajak, Uppu Srinivas Rao, Rakesh Kumar Gautam, Anurag Kumar Pandey, 2022, Dry Sliding Wear Behavior of TiB2 Embedded Functionally Graded Aluminum Composite Processed by Centrifugal Casting Technique" International Conference on Industrial Tribology 245-257 |
23 | Asgar Shakil, Rakesh Kumar Gautam, Uppu Srinivas Rao, 2023, "Synthesis and Characterization of Mg/MgO Composites through a Cost-Effective Sintering Approach" Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance, Pages 1-12 |
22 | Ashutosh Roushan, Uppu Srinivas Rao, Priyabrata Sahoo, Karali Patra, Sooraj Singh Rawat, 2023, " Wear behavior of AlTiN coated WC tools in micromilling of Ti6Al4V alloy using vegetable oil-based nanofluids" Tribology International Vol 188, Page 108825 |
21 | Jitendra Kumar Singh, US Rao, Ram Pyare, 2023, " Study of Traction Forces at Elevated Temperatures During Micro-Scratch Tests on 45S5 Bioglass" Recent Trends in Mechanical Engineering: Select Proceedings of PRIME 2021 Pages 565-575 |
20 | Ashutosh Roushan, Uppu Srinivas Rao, Priyabrata Sahoo, Karali Patra, 2023, "Performance study of uncoated and AlTiN-coated tungsten carbide tools in micromilling of Ti6Al4V using nano-MQL" Journal of the Brazilian Society of Mechanical Sciences and Engineering, Vol 45 Issue 1 Pages 63- |
19 | Asgar Shakil, Rakesh Kumar Gautam, Uppu Srinivas Rao, 2023, "Characterisation of Rapid Microwave-Sintered Mg/MgO Composite" Transactions of the Indian Institute of Metals, 1-8 (I.F.: 1.396) |
18 | Ashutosh Roushan, Uppu Srinivas Rao, Karali Patra, Priyabrata Sahoo, 2022, "Performance evaluation of tool coatings and nanofluid MQL on the micro-machinability of Ti-6Al-4V" Journal of Manufacturing Processes (73) 595-610 (5.684) |
17 | Ashutosh Roushan, U Srinivas Rao, Karali Patra, Priyabrata Sahoo, 2021 “Multi-Characteristics Optimization in Micro-milling of Ti6Al4V Alloy” Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 1950(1) IOP Publishing |
16 | Badhan, B.K., Nautiyal, H., Moharana, R., Rao, U.S., Gautam, R.K., Tyagi, R. (2021). Evaluation of Mechanical Properties and Tribological Behaviour of Self-lubricating Aluminium Matrix Hybrid Composites. In: Muzammil, M., Chandra, A., Kankar, P.K., Kumar, H. (eds) Recent Advances in Mechanical Engineering. Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-8704-7_85 |
15 | J. K. Singh, U. S. Rao and R. Pyare, 2020 “Design and development of a multipurpose portable heating setup for 45S5 bioglass and other ceramic samples” Review of Scientific Instruments 91(10): 105108 https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0006382 (I.F. : 1.480) |
14 | H. Nautiyal, S. Kumari, R. Tyagi, U. S. Rao and O. P. Khatri, 2021 “Evaluation of tribological performance of copper-based composites containing nano-structural 2D materials and their hybrid” Tribology International 153: 106645 (I.F.: 4.271) |
13 | Rohit Kumar Singh Gautam, U. S. Rao, Shashank Mishra, Rajnesh Tyagi, 2020 “Tribological Behavior of Atmospheric Plasma-Spray-Deposited Ni-Based Composite Coatings at Different Speeds and Temperatures” Journal of Thermal Spray Technology https://doi.org/10.1007/s11666-020-01016-7 (I.F. : 2.522) |
12 | Asgar Shakil, Sandip Kumar Singh, Basudeb Rajak, R. K. Gautam, U. S. Rao, 2020 “In situ infiltration Synthesis and Characterization of magnesium metal matrix composite” Materials Today: Proceedings 21 (2020) 1223–1228 (I.F. : 0.30) |
11 | Hemant Nautiyal, Sangita Kumari, U. S. Rao, Rajnesh Tyagi, Om P. Khatri, 2020 “Tribological Performance of Cu–rGO–MoS2 Nanocomposites Under Dry Sliding,” Tribology Letters (2020) 68:29 (I.F. : 1.63) |
10 | Ashutosh Roushan, U. S. Rao and L. Vijayaraghavan, (2020) “Prediction of cutting force in micro-end-milling by a combination of analytical and FEM method.” Journal of Micromanufacturing DOI: 10.1177/2516598419876158 |
9 | Gautam, R. K. S., U. S. Rao, Rajnesh Tyagi, (2019) "Influence of Load on Friction and Wear Behavior of Ni-Based Self-Lubricating Coatings Deposited by Atmospheric Plasma Spray." Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance 28(12): 7398-7406. (I.F.:1.48) |
8 | R Moharana, S S Sengar, B Badhan, U. S. Rao, R K Gautam and R Tyagi, 2019 “Tribological Behaviour of Graphene Coated Bearing Steel (EN31)” IOP Conf. Series: Journal of Physics: Conf. Series 1240 (2019) 012040 (I.F. 0.54) |
7 | Rohit Kumar Singh Gautam, U. S. Rao and Rajnesh Tyagi, 2019 “High temperature tribological properties of Ni-based self-lubricating coatings deposited by atmospheric plasma spray” Surface and Coatings Technology 372 (2019) 390–398 (IF: 3.192) |
6 | K. Sandeep, U. S. Rao and R. Balasubramaniam, 2018 “Tool wear compensation scheme for DTM” IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering 346 (2018) doi:10.1088/1757-899X/346/1/012046 |
5 | N K Dubey, A Roushan, U. S. Rao, K Sandeep and K Patra, 2018 “Tool Condition Monitoring in Micro-End Milling using wavelets” IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering 346 (2018) doi:10.1088/1757-899X/346/1/012045. |
4 | U. Srinivas Rao and L. Vijayaraghavan, 2018 “Revisiting size effect due to work of new surface formation in mechanical micro-machining using FEM” Materials Today: Proceedings 5 (2018) 7198–7206. (I.F.: 0.30) |
3 | Sarvesh Kumar Mishra; U. Srinivas Rao and Sandeep Kumar, 2016 “Tool wear prediction by using wavelet transform” International Journal of Precision Technology, Vol.6 Issue3/4, 216-230. |
2 | U. Srinivas Rao, L. Vijayaraghavan, 2013, “Determination of Minimum Uncut Chip Thickness in Mechanical Micro-Machining using Johnson-Cook Fracture Model” International Journal of Mechatronics and Manufacturing systems, Vol. 6, No. 4, 367-380. |
1 | U. Srinivas Rao, L. Vijayaraghavan, 2011, “Study of Edge Radius Effects in Mechanical Micro-Machining”, International Journal of Precision Technology, Vol.3 Issue1, 51-61. |
UG level:
Engineering Mechanics ME 1101/1201; Unconventional Manufacturing Processes ME-4209;
Mechanical Measurements ME-2104; Tool Design ME-4201;
Manufacturing Engineering II ME-3101; Tool Design and Metrology ME351; Metal Machining and Machine Tools ME261
PG level:
Metal Working Technologies; ME-5255,
Theory of Metal Machining ME5152;
Industrial Metrology and Inspection ME5156;
Machine Tool Engineering ME556