Prof.MSP Curriculum Vitae 26April2012mech.iitm.ac.in/PEIL HOME PAGE/Members/M.Singaperumal/Prof.M… · Curriculum Vitae 1. Personal Information a) Name : M. Singaperumal b) Designation

Curriculum Vitae

1. Personal Information

a) Name : M. Singaperumal

b) Designation : Professor Emeritus

c) Address for Correspondence : Precision Engg. & Instrumentation Lab

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Indian Institute of Technology Madras

Chennai - 600 036 (INDIA)

Email: [email protected]

Phone: (044)22574901 /22574678

Fax : (044)22574902

d) Date of Birth : 11th March 1946

e) Field of Specialization: Major Mechanical Engineering

Expertise Mechatronics, Fluid power,

Precision Engg. &

Instrumentation

2. Academic Background

Sl. No. Degree University Year Division

1. Ph. D. (Fluid Power) IIT Madras 1986 Degree

2. M.Tech. ( Machine Design) IIT Madras 1969 First Class

3. BE (Mechanical Engineering) Bangalore University,

Bangalore

1966 First Class

3. Employment Experience

Sl.

No.

Position and Organization Nature of Job Period

1. Professor Emeritus, IIT Madras Academic and

Research

2011 on wards

2. Professor, IIT Madras Academic and

Research

1990-2011

3. Asst. Professor, IIT Madras Academic and

Research

1986

4. Assistant Foreman, Electronic & Radar

Development Establishment, Min. of

Defense, Bangalore 1969 – 72

IIT Madras 1986

4. Publications

a. International Journals : 56

b. National Journals : 14

c. International Conferences : 63

d. National Conferences : 20

5. Research Guidance

Ph. D : 19 (Detailed in Sl. No 14 (a) of CV)

M.S : 15 (Detailed in Sl. No 14 (b) of CV)

6. Project Guidance

M. Tech : 46 (Detailed in Sl. No 14 (c) of CV)

B. Tech : -

7. Sponsored Projects : 19 (total worth of ` 2530.02 lakhs)

8. Consultancy Projects : 21 (total worth of ` 108.82 lakhs)

9. Text Books/Monographs : 12

10. a) Patents : 03

1. S. Karunanidhi and M. Singaperumal. Tripod for submicron level positioning, applied for joint

patent of DRDO and IIT Madras. (Ref. No. 1016/DEL/2009, dated 18th May 2009).

2. P. V. Manivannan, M. Singaperumal and A. Ramesh. A method of measuring the air fuel ratio

of a spark ignition engine. Patent application No: 3194 Che 08, dated: 19th December, 2008.

3. T. Asokan and M. Singaperumal. Design and Development of a 6 degree of freedom parallel

platform type motion simulator.

b) Honors, Awards, Prizes etc.

• Fellowship of the German Academic Exchange Services (DAAD) awarded by the MHRD, Govt.

of India for Research Work at the Technical University, Hannover, Germany (1976 – 78)

• Reinvitation program of DAAD for Research work at the University of Federal Armed

Forces, Hamburg, Germany (1987)

• Short Visit through DAAD for Research work at the University of Federal Armed Forces,

Hamburg, Germany (1988)

• Reinvitation program of DAAD for Research work at the University of Federal Armed

Forces, Hamburg, Germany (1992)

• Reinvitation program of DAAD for Research work at the University of Siegen, Germany (1995)

• SONE scholarship by a University of Japan for paper presentation and session chairing in

an International Fluid Power Conference at Yokohama, Japan (1996)

• Scholarship by the Japan Fluid Power Systems Society for paper presentation

• Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE) award -“Innovative Student Project Award

2005 (Best Ph. D. Thesis of the year 2004-05 in Mechanical Engineering Department)” for the

Ph. D. work guided for the student Somashekhar S. Hiremath on “Finite Element Modeling and

Analysis of the Fluid Structure Interaction in Hydraulic Servovalve” in 2005.

• S. R. I. prize for the project guided “Development of an autonomous defense vehicle (Targeting

Mechanism)” of Aakash Gupta bearing registration number ME06B105 in 2010.

11. Membership of Professional Bodies

• Member, Fluid Power Society of India (MFPSI)

• Member, Institution of Engineers (MIE)

• Fellow, Indian Institution of Plant Engineers (FIIPE)

• Member, Association for Machines and Mechanisms (AMM)

• Member, IFToMM Technical Committee on Mechatronics

• Member, Special interest group on Bond Graphs- IMACS TC16, Netherlands

• Member, SPIE-The Society of Photo-optical Instrumentation Engineers, California.

12. Administrative Responsibilities

•••• Former Dean (Administration), IIT Madras.

•••• Chairman, Centre for Continuing Education, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai

•••• Professor – in – Charge, International Cooperation, Indian Institute of Technology Madras,

Chennai

•••• Coordinator, Inter Disciplinary Research Group, Instrumentation & Control, Indian Institute of

Technology Madras, Chennai

•••• Member, ICE Work Flow Working Group – Stores & Purchase, Indian Institute of Technology

Madras, Chennai, India

•••• Member, Board of Governors, National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirapalli, India

•••• Director, Board of Directors, Tamil Nadu Small Industries Corporation Ltd. (TANSI), Chennai

•••• Member, Technical Advisory Committee, Fluid Control Research Institute (FCRI), Palakkadu

•••• Chairman, Industrial and Production Automation Systems and Robotics Sectional Committee, BP

18, Bureau of Indian Standards, New Delhi, India

•••• Member, Departmental Research Program Committee, Mechanical Engineering Department,

National Institute of Technology Karnataka, Surathkal, India

•••• Member, Executive Committee, Fluid Power Society of India (Madras Chapter), Chennai, India

13. Proposed Work Plan

• To continue Teaching, Research and Industrial Consultancy in the areas of Fluid Power

Controls, Mechatronics, Robotics, MEMS & Micro Systems Technology and System

Simulation

• To consolidate the DST consortium project on Low Cost Flexible Automation

• To continue to support indigenization efforts of Defence through support to projects in

Fluid Power

• To augment and mentor MHRD project on the setting up of Remote Triggered Robotics and

Mechatronics Laboratory

• To assist and mentor in the setting up of Center of Competence in Automation under FIST

program of DST

• To assist in the setting up of Center of Excellence in Manufacturing under NMCC – DST

• To develop a new research area in hydraulic hybrids

• To impart knowledge on system simulation using power bond graph technique for automotive

industries

14. Details of Research Guidance

(a) Ph.D. Research Scholars S.No Name of the

Student

Area of Research Status Co-Guide

1. A. Navatha

Electro hydraulic autonomous actuator

systems

On going Somashekhar S. H.

2. Ramakrishnan R. Modeling, Simulation and

investigations on series hydraulic

hybrid system

On going Somashekhar S. H.

3. U. Ramachandraiah Investigations on nonlinear adaptive

noise control for open square duct

system

2011 -

4. Periswamy Investigations of a dynamic coupling

and trajectory control of AUV-

manipulator System

2011 T. Asokan

5. I.A. Palani ND3+

: YAG Lase Assisted Annealing and

Texturing of Amorphous Silicon (a-Si)

Thin Films

2010 N. J. Vasa

6. Manesh K. K. Investigations on 3D Wall roughness

Effect on Flow characteristics of

micro-gap Fluid continuum

2010 B. Ramamoorthy

7. P. V. Manivannan Investigations on control methods for

engine management system of spark

ignition engines

2010 A. Ramesh

8. RM. Kuppan Chetty Distributed Formation Planning and

Control of Multiple Mobile Robots

2010 -

9. Muralidhara Investigations on micro-EDM process

with piezoactuated tool feed system

2010 N. J. Vasa

10. S.Karunanidhi Investigations on micro actuators for

hydraulic servovalve applications

2010 -

11. M. Kantha Babu Investigations into honing process and

surface topography of cylinder liners

using multiple sensors

2009 M. S. Shanmugam

12. M.Sreekumar Investigations on the elastic

deflection of a compliant parallel

manipulator actuated by multiple

shape memory alloy wires

2009 T. Nagarajan

13. Somashekhar S.

Hiremath

Modeling & Analysis of

Electrohydraulic Servo Systems using

JetPipe ServoValves.

2005 R. Krishna Kumar

14. Pugazenthi Dynamic Modeling & Simulation of

Hexapod Machining Center.

2003 T. Nagarajan

15. T. Asokan

Active Impedance Control of Progress

Robots using Electrohydraulic

Servosystem.

2002 Sole

16. Ganesha Udupa

Surface and Form Error

Characterisation by Optical

Profilometry.

1998 R. S. Sirohi

17. K. Sadashivappa

The. Effect of Form Errors on the

Performance of Hydraulic Actuators.

1997 K. Narayanasamy

18. A.M. Junaid Basha Investigations on Hydrostatic

Steering System of Armoured

Fighting Vehicles.

1996 K. Narayanasamy

19. N. Meikandan Investigations on Profiled Pistons of

Hydraulic Actuators.

1993 R. Raman

(b) M.S. Research Scholars

S.No Name of the

Student

Area of Research Status Co-Guide

1. K. Neelakanthu Performance enhancement of industrial

robots using calibration data

2011 T. Asokan

2. Riby Abraham

Boby

Detection and classification of coating

defects on textile ring components using

machine vision

2011 B. Ramamoorthy

3. Vamsi Krishna

Kanduri

Investigations on a developed Micro Electro

discharge Machine.

2005 K.Narayanasamy

4. P. Saravanakumar Investigations on the effect of form errors

and surface texture on the friction in

hydraulic assemblies

2005 B. Ramamoorthy

5. Vajra Mohan Performance Characteristics of Jet Pipe

Electro - hydraulic amplifier

2003 D. V. R. L. Rao

6. Jacob Franklin Development of a 3C-SiC based 2003 D.V.R.L.Rao

Piezoresistive Pressure Sensor for High

temperature Applications

7. Jitendra Shah Neuro Fuzzy Classification for Detection of

Tire Deflation

2004 Y.G. Srinivasa

8. K.

Sathyanarayanan

Ultrasonic Flowmeter for Manganese

Nodules

2004 -

9. Sanjiv Kumar

Design and Control of Self Guided Vehide 1997 Y.G. Srinivasa

10. T. M. Kethara

Pasupathy

Dynamics of Electrohydraulic Servo system

with Linear Actuators and Sealless Pistons

1994 -

11. Vinod.C.

Kotharkar

Dynamic Analysis of a Hydraulic Control

System for Power Shift TransmIssion

1994 -

12. V Ramamurthy Design & Analysis of Annular Piston

Hydrostatic Devices

1993 -

13. Y Mohan Dynamic Analysis of Commercial Air Brake

System

1991 - -

14. AR. Chadra

Shekar

Design & Analysis of a Pneumatic Pressure

Regulator for Aerospace Applications

1991 -

15. N. Sekar Dynamic Analysis of a Load Sensing

Hydrostatic Steering System

1991 -

(C) M.Tech. Students

S.No Name of Student Title of Thesis ( Co-Guide) Status Co-guide

1. Gangadhara k Integration and Control of Multiple Micro

Pumps to minimise Flow Pulsation

2012 -

2. Ch. Venkata

Ramakrishna

Modeling and Simulation of a dual tandem

electro hydraulic servo actuator for

Aircrafts

2012 P. V. Manivannan

3. Sridhar B Investigations on micro-abrasive jet fine

structures of silicon wafers

2012 Somashekhar S.

Hiremath

4. A. Venkata

Krishna

CFD analysis of Gear Pumps 2011 -

5. Nagaprasad Optimization of Parameters affecting First

Stage Pressure Recovery in Servovalves

2010 Somashekhar S.

Hiremath

6. Ajay Nain Modeling and Simulation of a Flapper Nozzle

Electrohydraulic Servovalve

2010 Somashekhar S.

Hiremath

7. Aakash Gupta Development of an autonomous defence

vehicle (Targeting Mechanism)

2010 P. V. Manivannan

8. Pradeep Kumar

Alaparti

Design, Kinematics and Dynamic Analysis of

Parallel Manipulator of a Mobile Robot

2009 Somashekhar S.

Hiremath

9. Arun T A

Development of Mobile Robot for Clearing

Clogged Sewer Pipes

2009 Somashekhar S.

Hiremath

10. S.Murali Nayak Clutch Pressure Control of Automatic

Transmission Modeling And Simulation of

Electro Hydraulic System

2005 -

11. Naga Krishna

Prasad

Investigations on Hydrostatic Bearings for

Electrohydraulic Jet Pipe Valve

2004 -

12. Neeraj Arora Composite Diaphragm Microactuator 2004 K. N Bhat

13. M.A.Shajahan Developmental study on Variable Buoyancy 2003 M.Ravindran

Device for Deep Oceanic Profiling Drifters

14. Hameed Faizul A Control System with a Variable Displacement

Axial Piston Pump

2003 D. V. R. L. Rao

15. V.D. Chitnis Development of Piezoelectric Acoustic sensor

for Launch pad Vehicle applications

2003 M. M. Nayak

16. R. Prabhu Technique for Estimation of residual Gradient

In Micro Machined Materials

2003 Krishnan

Balasubramaniam

17.

R. Srinivasan

Investigations on Flow control Components of

a cryogenic System

2002

-

18. M. Saminathan Investigations On Pressure Compensator valve

for Axial Piston Pump

2002 -

19. M. Sreekumar Investigations on the Dynamic Behaviour of a

Tank Pressuritation System

1999 N. Sridharan Dhas

20. S. Jagannathan Moseling and Dynamic Analysis of a Misture

Ratio Control Regulator by Bond Graph

Method

1998 N. Sridharan Dhas

21. A.Manimaran Mathematical Modeling of a Pneumatic

Pressure Regulator for Aerospace

applications

1998 N. Sridharan Dhas

22. S. Karunanidhi Response Study of a Squeeze filmDamper in

an Electro Hydraulic Servo Valve

1995 D.V. R. L. Rao

23. T. Elanchezhiyan Effects of Roundness Error in Pistons on the

Performance of Hydraulic Motor

1995 K. Narayanasamy

24. Rakesh Kumar

Arora

ActiveimpedancecontrolusingElectroHydraulic

Servo System -an Application to Robotic

Interaction Tasks

1995 -

25. Venkatesh R.

Katti

Development of Design & Manufacturing

Procedure ofFRP Blades for Wind Energy

Conversion Systems

1994 N.G.Nair

26. Jose P.George Effect ofform Error on Friction in Hydraulic

Motors

1993 K. Narayanasamy

27. V.Ramanaiah Automatic Balancing of a Hydraulic Load

Simulation System

1993 YG. Srinivasa

28. Shaik Anwar

Basha

Investigation on Hydrostatic Transmission

for Tracked Vehicles

1992 -

29. AKJaura Simulation Studies on the Dynamics of

Hydraulic Gun Control System

1990 -

30. RLakshmi

Narayana

Development of a DigitalComputer Model for

Design and Analysis of Aircraft Gas Turbine

Engine Fuel Controls

1990 M.KRamamurthy,

GTRE Bangalore

31. G.Sekar Design, Analysis and Implementation of

Proportional Hydraulics in Plastic Injection

Moulding Machines

1990 VH.Purushotham,

HMT Bangalore

32. K. Prasad Analysis& Design Improvements of a

Hydraulic Turret System

1990 P.C.Sasidharan,

HMT Kalamassery

33. V. Narayanan Some Experimental Studies on the Seal less

Tapered Pistons used in High Speed Hydraulic

Actuators

1989 R. Rama

34. Dinakara Karanth Investigation on the Starting Torque

Characteristics of Axial Piston Motors

1989 -

35. R.Rajasekaran Steady State Flow Analysis of Aircraft

Hydraulic Systems

1988 RN.Burbure, HAL

Bangalore

36. Rm. Thirupathi Design & Development of a Proportional 1988 -

Solenoid for Hydraulic Application

37. R. Y. Huliraj CAD Package for Optimization of Variable

Delivery Axial Piston Pump

1986 Devasis

Chowdhary, HAL

Lucknow

38. R. Madhavan Design of a High Power Density Axial Piston

Pump for Aircraft Application)

1986 L. Mehrotra, HAL

Lucknow

39. Maj. Asok Kumar

C.P.

Investigation of Pulsating Flow Hydraulic

Circuits

1986 -

40. Mahabaleshwar

Hegde

Bond Graph Analysis of Vibration Isolation

System

1985 -

41. N.R.Ramesh Kumar Dynamic Analysis of Yaw Damper System

USIng Power Bond Graph Approach

1984

Devasis

Chowdhary, HAL

Lucknow

42. D. Sundararaj Design and Development of a Freely

Programmable Microprocessor Controlled

Pneumatic Circuit

1984 -

43. A. S.Magikar Microprocessor Controlled Pneumatic

Positioner

1983 G.V.N.Rayudu

44. R. Sharath Design and Performance Studies of

Conventional Gear Pumps and Pumps with

Eccentrically mounted Gears

1981 -

45. R. Narayana

Reddy

Microprocessor based Illumination Control

for Vidicon Tube

1981 M. P. Kothiyal

46. S. Barathan Design & Development of Hydro-pneumatic

Rotary Indexing Table

1980 -

15. Projects

a) Sponsored Projects

S.No Title of the Project Sponsor Duration Value

(Lakhs)

Other

Investigators 1. Design & Development of a

Tool Makers Microscope

(Optical System)

NRDC

4 Years

(Completed)

2.33

G.Anjineyulu M.P

.Kothiyal \

RS.Sirohi

2. Design & Development of an

Optical Head for TV Tracker

ARDB

4 Years

(Completed)

3.60

G.Anjineyulu M.P.

Kothiyal RS.Sirohi

3. Design & Development of a

Laser Illuminator for Beam

Riding Guidance

ARDB 4 Years.

(Completed)

3.34

G.Anjineyulu

M.P.Kothiyal

R:S.Sirohi

4. Investigations on the Effect

of Form Errors and Surface

Irregularities on the Hydraulic

Lock in Axial Piston Pumps &

Motors

CSIR

4 Years

(Completed)

5.30

K. Narayanasamy

5. Low cost flexible automation

(LCFA) using robotic arms

TIFAC-DST 3 Years 10.85 -

6. Virtual remote robotics

laboratory under national

mission for virtual labs

MHRD-Govt.

of India

3 Years 150 P. V. Manivannan

7. Measurement of elemental Indian 3 years 19.53 Nilesh Vasa

species for space exploration

applications by using laser-

induced breakdown

spectroscopy technique

Space

Research

Organization

A. S. Laxmiprasad

8. Development of light emitting

devices based on ZnO

nanowires and hetero-

structures

DST 2 Years 5.75 Nilesh Vasa

9. Study on development of

MEMS based RF ion mobility

spectrometer for chemical

pollutants

Defense

Research

Development

Organization

2 Years 9.84 Nilesh Vasa

10. Technology development of

proportional solenoid valve for

space applications

ISRO-

IIT(M) STC

project

2 Years 13.37 T. Asokan

Poly P. John and

Ravi kiran Kurapati

11. Design & Development of

Underwater Manipulator Arm

NIOT 2 Years

19.50

T. Nagarajan

12. Fast Acting hydraulic Fin

Opening Mechanism

DRDO (OEC) 1 Year

2.00

OEC Faculty

13. Multipurpose ROY for Pipe Line

Inspection

NIOT

2 Years

30.00

T.Nagarajan

14. Simulation of Interaction of

Crawler Track & Deep Seabed

VW

3 Years

30.00

Y. G. Srinivasa

15. Metal Matrix Composites for

Automotive Applications

MHRD

(TDM)

3 Years

(ongoing)

85.00

R. Palaninathan C. Y.

Ookularatnam

16. Polymetallic Nodule Mining

from Deep Sea

DOD

5 Years

2000.0

Member of the

Team

17. Development of MEMS based

Micro Valves

ISRO-IITM

Cell

2 years 43.20 Prof. Amitava Das

Gupta

Prof. Nandita Das

Gupta

Dept. of Elec. Engg

18. Interdisciplinary project group

on Instrumentation & Control

IIT Madras 100.00

19. Design & Development of Self

Guided Vehicle

DST 2.5 years 12.00 Prof. Y.G. Srinivasa

b) Consultancy Projects

S.No Title of the Project Industry Value

(Lakhs)

Co- Consultant

1. Numerical Characterization of a

Jet pipe Electrohydraulic

Servovalve

RCI, Hyderabad

(DRDO)

9.71 Somashekhar S

Hiremath

2. Development of Mathematical

Model for jet pipe Servo Valves

RCI, Hyderabad

(DRDO)

9.54 Asokan T

3. Mechatronics Consultancy Honeywell 4.00 Asokan T

Somashekhar S.

Hiremath

4. Modeling, simulation and Autodesk Pvt. Ltd., 10.8 T. Asokan

development of a parallel

plateform (6dof0 for under

water research application using

Autodesk products

Bangalore

5. Development of Vehicle Control

and Guidance system for

Autonomous Underwater Vehicle.

NSTL, Vizag (DRDO) 38.00 T. Asokan

6. Design, Analysis, Modeling and

Dynamic Simulation of Jet Pipe

Servo Valve.

RCI, Hyderabad

(DRDO)

10.0 T. Asokan

7. Intel IXP University Exchange

Programme – Curriculum Develp.

Intel Corp. USA 30.00 -

8. Retainer Consultant for

Servovalve Development

NIOT, Madras

0.30

Y. G. Srinivasa

9. Retainer Consultant for PMN

Programme of DOD

BHEL, Ranipet

4.60

T.S.Chennabasavan

10. Design, Development & Testing

Trishul Missile Launcher

Hydraulic Control (RBIC)

Various Agencies 0.15 -

11. Axial Piston Pump Investigations Iyappan Engg., Madras 0.12

12. Technical Feasibility Report Narbhavi Associates. 0.05 P Kalyanasundaram

13. Gas Pressure Regulator Asiatic Engg., Madras 0.06 T.S.Chennabasavan

14. Electrohydraulic Servo system Iyappan Engg., Madras 0.08 D.V.R.L.Rao

15. Hydraulic Leather Set out

Machine

Gopi Engg., Vellore 0.04 -

16. Multi Barrel Rocket Launcher Marshall & Co., Madras 0.25 Y. G. Srinivasa

17. LPG Filling Machine IOC Ltd., Madras 0.20 T.Nagarajan

18. Hydraulic Vibratory Road Roller V AK Engg., Madras 0.05 -

19. Hydraulic Tube Splicing Machine L & T Ltd., Madras' 0.10 T.Nagarajan

20. Multicolour Web Printing Machine ITC Packaging Division 0.03 UP .Das

21. Mobile Cotton baling (Hydraulic

Actuation)

Chelmi Cottons, Guntur 0.25

M.A.Veluswami

T.Nagarajan

22. Foundry sand Cooling System Ennore Foundries,

Madras

0.03

T.Rajagopalan

16. Professional Development-Workshops/Short Term Training Programs Organized

Course Duration Venue Sponsored

Training Programme on “Industrial

Hydraulics“for Engineers of Ashoka

Leyland, Chennai.

16-18

August 2011

IIT Madras,

Chennai

Ashok Leyland, Chennai

Short Term Training Programme (STTP)

on “Micromachining-A Breakthrough

Technology” for Engineering College

Faculties, Industries and R&D Personnel

31st Jan-5th

Feb. 2011

IIT Madras,

Chennai

AICTE, New Delhi

Three Days workshop on “Industrial

Hydraulics” for Ashok Leyland

In the

month of

April 2010

Ashok

Leyland,

Chennai

Ashok Leyland, Chennai

Short Term Training Programme (STTP)

on “Mechatronics: Integrated

18th – 23rd

January

IIT Madras,

Chennai

AICTE, New Delhi

Technologies for Intelligent Machines”

for Engineering College Faculties,

Industries and R&D Personnel

2010

Five days in-house Training programme on

“Hydraulic Systems” for Engineers of

EATON India Ltd. Pune.

7th - 11th

Dec. 2009

Eaton India

Ltd., Pune

CEP (Continuing

Education Programme),

IIT Madras.

Short Term Training Programme (STTP)

on “Fluid Power Circuits and Controls:

Fundamentals and Applications” for

Engineering College Faculties, Industries

and R&D Personnel

13th – 18th

July 2009

IIT Madras,

Chennai

AICTE, New Delhi

Three days in-house Training Programme

on “Hydraulic Control System” for

scientist of Vikram Sarabhai Space

Centre (VSSC), Thiruvananthapurum.

29-06-09 to

01-07-09

VSSC, ,

Trivendrum-

695 022

VSSC, Trivendrum-

695022

Three days comprehensive course on

“Fluid Power Technology”

22-12-97 to

24-12-97

IIT Madras Fluid Power Society of

India, Madras Chapter

organized through

Continuing Education

programme)

17. Other Activities

a) Text Books / Monographs Authored / Co-authored

S.N Author Title Publisher

1 M. Singaperumal Emerging Challenges in Fluid Power

Technology Proc. Of the Intl.

Conference,/Nov. 2005,Chennai

Pub. By Fluid Power Society

of India, Madras Chapter

2 M. Singaperumal Emerging Challenges in Fluid Power

Technology Proc. of the National

Conference, /Jan, 2003, Chennai

Pub. By Fluid Power Society

of India, Madras Chapter

3 V. Radhakrishnan

M. Singaperumal

K. Narayanasamy

Precision Engineering Proc. Of the 2nd

SERC school,/Dec.2001, Chennai

Pub. By Dept. of Mech.

Engg., IIT Madras

4 M. Singaperumal TPM Approaches and Challenges/Dec-

1997, Chennai

Pub. By Indian Institution of

Plant Engineers.

5. R. Natarajan

M. Singaperumal

B.S. Prabhu

Plant Engineering & Management

Proc. Intnl. Convention of Plant

Engineers TEPEM 94, Madras

Tata McGraw Hill, 1994.

6. M. Singaperumal

Koehman

Stroemungstechnische und akustische

Untersuchungen von Ventilen

unterschiedlicher Bauart, Internal

Report

Uni.derBundeswehr,

Hamburg, Germany, 1992

7 M. Singaperumal Optimierung der Verteiler

Abmessurgen eines MiniaturHydraulik-

Aggregates, Internal Report

TU Hannover, Germany,

1978

8 M. Singaperumal Mechanical Design of Service

Electronic Equipment - Document for

internal circulation among Defence

R&D Establishments, 1970

9 M. Singaperumal Joint Service Specification for

Vibration & Defined Pulse Shock

Testing - draft Standard document

for Defence R & D Establishments,

1972

10 Somashekhar S.

Hiremath

M. Singaperumal

Modeling and Analysis of the Jet Pipe

Electrohydraulic Servovalve (2010).

Lambert Academy

Publishing, Germany, Number

# 5758, ISBN-NR 978-3-

8383-5442-2.

18. Publications

A. International Journals

1. R. Ramakrishnan, Somashekhar S. Hiremath and M. Singaperumal (2012). Theoretical

investigations on the effect of system parameters in series hydraulic hybrid system with

hydrostatic regenerative braking. Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology (JMST). vol.26

(5), 2012.p.1-11.DOI 10.1007/s12206-011-0913-y.

2. Kuppan Chetty, RM., Singaperumal, M.(2011), Behavior Based Multi Robot Formations with Active

Obstacle Avoidance Based on Switching Control Strategy. J. Advanced Materials Research 433,

6630-6635.

3. Kuppan Chetty, RM., Singaperumal, M. (2011), Distributed planning and control of multirobot

formations with navigation and obstacle avoidance. Recent Advances in Intelligent Computational

Systems (RAICS), 2011 IEEE, 621-626.

4. Kuppan Chetty, RM., Singaperumal, M. (2011), Distributed Formation Planning and Navigation

Framework for Wheeled Mobile Robots. Journal of Applied Sciences 11 (9), 1501-1509.

5. Riby Abraham Boy, Prashant S. Sonakar, B. Ramamoorthy and M. Singaperumal (2011).

Identification of defects on highly reflective ring components and analysis using machine vision.

International journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology.p. 217-233. DoI:10.1007/s00170-

010-2730.

6. RB Abraham, PS Sonakar, M Singaperumal, B Ramamoorthy (2011). Identification and

classification of defects on highly reflective textile machinery ring components. International

Journal of Precision Technology 2 (2), 172-191.

7. M Singaperumal, B Ramamoorthy, SP Sureshrao, RA Boby (2011). Identification of defects on

highly reflective coated ring components using dark field illumination and image segmentation

using simple thresholding technique. International Journal of Automation and Control 5 (1), 79-

96.

8. T Periasamy, T Asokan, M Singaperumal (2011). Investigations on the dynamic coupling in AUV-

manipulator system and the manipulator trajectory errors using bond graph method. Taylor &

Francis Group.

9. NJ Vasa, IA Palani, M Singaperumal (2011). Nd 3+∶ YAG laser assisted doping and simultaneous

texturization of amorphous Si film for tandem photovoltaic cell [J]. Editorial Office of Optics

and Precision Engineers 19 (9), 2263-2270.

10. Kuppan Chetty, RM., Singaperumal, M., Nagarajan, T. and Tetsunari Inamura (2011). Coordination

Control of Wheeled Mobile Robots – A Hybrid Approach, International Journal of Computer

Applications in Technology 41 (3), 195-204.

11. Kuppan Chetty, RM., Singaperumal, M., Nagarajan, T. and Tetsunari Inamura (2011). Coordination

Control of Wheeled Mobile Robots – A Hybrid Approach, Int. J. Modelling, Identification and

Control, Accepted for Publication in Vol.12, N0.2, Paper No. PCR03_IJMIC.

12. P.V. Manivannan, M.E.; M. Singaperumal, PhD; A. Ramesh, PhD (2011), Development of an idle

speed engine model using in-cylinder pressure data and an idle speed controller for a small

capacity port fuel injected SI engine, International Journal of Automotive Technology 12 (1), 11-20.

13. S. Karunanidhi, M. Singaperumal (2010). Design, analysis and simulations of magnetostrictive

actuator and its applications to high dynamic servovalve. J. Sensors and actuators A: 157 p. 185-

197.

14. Prashant S. Sonakar, Riby Abraham Boy, B. Ramamoorthy and M. Singaperumal. Identification of

defects on highly reflective coated ring components using dark field illumination and image

segmentation using simple thresholding technique. International journal of Automation and

Control. Accepted for publication.

15. N. J. Vasa, I. A. Palani, M. Singaperumal, T. Okada, (2010) ‘Influence of Nd3+:YAG Laser Beam

Profiles on Annealing and Nano-Texturing of Amorphous-Silicon Thin Films’, Transactions of

Materials Research Society of Japan, Volume: 35 Number 3, pp.601-606.

16. I. A. Palani, N. J. Vasa, M. Singaperumal, T. Okada, (2010) ‘Investigation on Laser annealing and

Subsequent Laser-nano texturing of Amorphous Silicon (a-Si) Films for Photovoltaic

Application’, Journal of Laser Micro/Nano engineering, Volume:5, pp.150-155,[DOI:

10.2961/jlmn.2010.02.0010].

17. S Karunanidhi and M Singaperumal (2010). Mathematical modelling and experimental

characterization of a high dynamic servo valve integrated with piezoelectric actuator. Proc.

IMechE Vol. 224 Part I: J. Systems and Control Engineering. Pp.419-435.

18. I. A. Palani, N. J. Vasa, M. Singaperumal, T. Okada, (2010) ‘Influence of laser wavelength and

beam-profile on Nd3+:YAG laser assisted formation of polycrystalline Si films’, Thin Solid Films,

Vol. 518, pp. 4183-4190.

19. K. Karunanidhi and M. Singaperumal (2010). Design, analysis and simulation of magnetostrictive

actuator and its application to high dynamic servovalve.Sensors and Actuators A 157, pp 185-

197.

20. Kuppan Chetty, RM., Singaperumal, M. and Nagarajan, T (2010). Behaviour Based Planning and

Control of Leader Follower Formations in Wheeled Mobile Robots, Int. J. Advanced Mechatronic Systems, Accepted for Publication in vol. 2(3), 2010, Paper No. IJAMechS_09301.

21. Somashekhar S. Hiremath and M. Singaperumal. (2010) Investigations on Actuator Dynamics

through Theoretical and Finite Element Approach. International Journal of Mathematical

Problems in Engineering, Hindawi Publishing Corporation. Volume 2010, Article ID 191898, 22

pages, doi:10.1155/2010/191898.

22. M. Sreekumar, T. Nagarajan, M. Singaperumal (2010), “Kinetostatic Analysis of a Spatial

Compliant Mechanism Actuated by Multiple Shape Memory Alloy Wires in Differential Form”,

Mechanics of Advanced Materials and Structures, Vol. 17(3), 225-236.

23. M. Sreekumar, and M. Singaperumal (2009), “A generalized analytical approach to the coupled

effect of SMA actuation and elastica deflection”, Smart Materials and Structures, Vol 18,

115026.

24. Muralidhara, N. J. Vasa, M. Singaperumal, (2010) ‘Wear ratio based tool wear compensation for

micro electro discharge machining of silicon through process simulation’, Journal of

Micro/Nanolithography, MEMS, and MOEMS (JM3) Vol. 9, pp. 013040-013046.

25.

26. Manesh KK, M. B. Rammoorthy and Singaperumal (2010). Numerical generation of anisotropic 3D

non-Gaussian engineering surfaces with specified 3D surface roughness parameters, Int. journal

of wear, Accepted for publications. DOI:10.1016/j.wear.2010.02.005.

27. M. Sreekumar, T. Nagarajan, M. Singaperumal (2009), “Design of a Shape Memory Alloy

Actuated Compliant Smart Structure: Elastica Approach”, ASME Journal of Mechanical Design,

Vol. 131/061008.

28. M. Sreekumar, T. Nagarajan, M. Singaperumal (2009), “Application of Trained NiTi SMA

Actuators in a Spatial Compliant Mechanism: Experimental Investigations”, Materials & Design-

Elsevier, Vol. 30, pp. 3020-3029.

29. Muralidhara, Nilesh J vasa, Singaperumal Makaram. Investigations on a directly coupled

piezoactuated tool feed system for a micro electro discharge machine. Int. journal of machine

tools and Manufacture. 2009. doi 10.1016.

30. N. J. Vasa, M. Singaperumal (2009) ‘Gas sensors based on superluminescent diodes for

combustion monitoring’, Applied Optics, Vol. 48 (31), pp. G1-G5.

31. P. Sarvanakumar, KK Manesh, M. Singaperumal, B. Rammoorthy. Modeling of fluid continuum

considering 3D surface parameters in hydraulic assemblies. Int. journal of Precision

Engineering, 33 (2009) pp. 99-106.

32. M. Sreekumar, T. Nagarajan, M. Singaperumal (2008), “Experimental Investigations on the

Large Deflection Capabilities of a Compliant Parallel Mechanism Actuated by SMA wires”, Smart

Materials and Structures, Vol. 17: 065025.

33. M. Sreekumar, T. Nagarajan, M. Singaperumal, (2008) “Modelling and Simulation of a Novel

Shape Memory Alloy Actuated Compliant Parallel Manipulator”, Proc. of the Institutional of

Mechanical Engineers (IMechE), Proc. IMechE, Part C: J. Mechanical Engineering Science,

222(C6), 1049-1059.

34. I. A. Palani, N. J. Vasa, M. Singaperumal, (2008) ‘Crystallization and ablation in annealing of

amorphous-Si thin-film on glass and crystalline-Si substrates irradiated by third harmonics of

Nd3+:YAG laser’, Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing, Vol. 11 (4), pp. 107-116.

35. M. Sreekumar, T. Nagarajan, M. Singaperumal, M. Zoppi, and R. Molfino (2007), “Critical review of current trends in shape memory alloy actuators for intelligent robots”, International Journal

of Industrial Robot, Vol. 34 (4), pp. 285-294.

36. S. H. Somashekhar, M. Singaperumal and R. Krishna Kumar (2007). Mathematical modelling and

simulation of a jet pipe electrohydraulic flow control servo valve. ImechE International Journal of Systems and Control Engineering - Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part I. vol. 221, Number 3/2007, p. 365-382. ISSN: 0959-6518. Professional Engineering

Publishing Limited, 1. Birdcage walk. Westminster, London, SWIH 9JJ.

37. M. Sreekumar, M. Singaperumal, T. Nagarajan, M. Zoppi, and R. Molfino (2007), “Recent Advances in Nonlinear Control Technologies for Shape Memory Alloy Actuators”, International Journal of Zhejiang University SCIENCE A, Vol. 8(5), pp. 818-829.

38. M. Sreekumar, T. Nagarajan, M. Singaperumal, M. Zoppi, and R. Molfino (2007), “Critical review of current trends in shape memory alloy actuators for intelligent robots”, International Journal

of Industrial Robot, July 2007, Vol. 34 (4), pp. 285-294.

39. M. Sreekumar, T. Nagarajan, M. Singaperumal, M. Zoppi, and R. Molfino (2006), “Training of a

Fuzzy Logic Controller using Table Lookup Scheme for the Control of SMA actuators”, Paper

ID-1747, International Journal of Mathematical Sciences, December 2006, Vol. 5(2), pp. 335-

353.

40. Periasamy T, Asokan T, Singaperumal M., “Investigations on the Dynamic Coupling in AUV-

Manipulator System and the Manipulator trajectory errors using Bond Graph Method”

International Journal of System Science, Manuscript Number: TSYS-2010-0113. Submitted

after first revision.

41. N.J.Vasa, I.A.Palani, M.Singaperumal, T. Okada “Influence of Nd3+:YAG Laser Beam Profiles on

Annealing and Nano-Texturing of Amorphous-Silicon Thin Films”, Transactions of the Materials

Research Society of Japan (Accepted)

42. M. Sreekumar, T. Nagarajan, M. Singaperumal, M. Zoppi, and R. Molfino (2006), “Training of a Fuzzy Logic Controller using Table Lookup Scheme for the Control of SMA actuators”, Paper ID-1747, International Journal of Mathematical Sciences, December 2006, Vol. 5(2), pp. 335-

353

43. Somashekhar S. Hiremath, M. Singaperumal and R. Krishnakumar (2006), Modelling the steady-

state analysis of a jet pipe electrohydraulic servovalve, Proc. of the Institution of Mech. Engineers Part I: Journal of Systems and Control Engineering, Vol. 220, No. 2/2006, p. 109 –

129.

44. Singaperumal M (2005), “ Dynamics Fluid Power Systems and Components,” Journal of the Japan

Fluid Power System Society, pp 11- 20

45. T Asokan, M Singaperumal and G Seet (2003) “Performance Analysis of an Electro hydraulic

Impedance Controller for Robotic Interaction Control, Advanced Robotics, Vol.17 (8), pp. 791-

806.

46. E.S. Prakash, K. Sadashivappa, Vince Joseph, M. Singaperumal (2001), Nonconventional cutting of plate glass using hot air jet: experimental studies, Mechatronics, Volume 11, Issue 6, 2001,

Pages 595-615.

47. K. Sadashivappa , M. Singaperumal and K. Narayanasamy (2001), Piston eccentricity and friction force measurement in a hydraulic cylinder in dynamic conditions considering the form deviations on a piston, Mechatronics, Volume 11, Issue 3, April 2001, Pages 251-266.

48. M. Singaperumal and T. Asokan (2001) Fluid Power in the Design of Controllers in the Physical

Domain - an application, Fluid Power, Vol. 27, No. 2, pp 8-13

49. Udupa Ganesha, Singaperumal, M., Sirohi, R.S. and Kothiyal, M.P., Characterization of surface topography by confocal microscopy: II. The micro and macro surface irregularities, Measurement Science and Technology, Volume 11, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 315-329.

50. Udupa Ganesha, Singaperumal, M., Sirohi, R.S. and Kothiyal, M.P. (2000), Characterization of surface topography by confocal microscopy: I. Principles and the measurement system,

Measurement Science and Technology, Volume 11, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 305-314.

51. Ganesha Udupa, M. Singaperumal, R. S. Sirohi and M. P. Kothiyal (1998), Assessment of surface geometry using confocal scanning optical microscope, Mechatronics, Volume 8, Issue 3, April

1998, Pages 187-215.

52. T. Asokan and M. Singaperumal (1997), Control of interaction impedance using an electrohydraulic servosystem: an application to robotic deburring, Journal of Materials

Processing Technology, Volume 65, Issues 1-3, March 1997, Pages 172-178.

53. T. Asokan and M. Singaperumal (1996), Damping variation through electrohydraulic servosystem: an application to active impedance control, Mechatronics, Volume 6, Issue 6, September 1996,

Pages 613-630.

54. K. Sadashivappa, M. Singaperumal and K. Narayanasamy (1996), On the efficiency of the axial piston motor considering piston form deviations, Mechatronics, Volume 6, Issue 3, April 1996,

Pages 283-301.

55. Meikandan, N., Raman, R. and Singaperumal, M. (1994), Experimental study of friction in hydraulic actuators with seal less pistons, Wear, Volume 176, Issue 1, July 1994, Pages 131-135.

56. Chandrashekar A. R., M. Singaperumal and S. Nagabushanam (1990). Design aspects for

improved performance of a pressure regulator for space application.Proc. I MechE. Part G-

Aerospace engineering, 1990.

B. National Journals

1. Somashekhar S. Hiremath and M. Singaperumal, S. Shanthakumar and T. Asokan (2011).

Investigation on the Static Pressure Recovery in Jet Pipe Electrohydraulic Servovalve using

Robust Design. Journal of Fluid Power, vol. 38, No. 3 September, 2011, p. 3-10.

2. Somashekhar S. Hiremath (2008), Frequency Response of Hydraulic Components. Journal of Fluid Power, vol. 35, No. 2, June, 2008, p.24-29.

3. Somashekhar. S. Hiremath and M. Singaperumal (2007). Dynamic Analysis of Electrohydraulic

Servovalve Using Finite Element Method. Journal of Fluid Power, vol. 34, No. 4 December, 2007,

p.10-18.

4. Somashekhar S. Hiremath, M. Singaperumal and R. Krishna Kumar (2004). Dynamic Analysis of

Electrohydraulic Servovalve. Journal of Fluid Power, vol.30 No.2, June, 2004, p.12-17.

5. Somashekhar. S. Hiremath, M Singaperumal and R Krishnakumar (2003). Design of precision

hydraulic components through reverse engineering. Journal of Fluid Power, vol. 29, No.1 March,

2003, p.13-25.

6. Somashekhar. S. Hiremath, M Singaperumal and R Krishnakumar (2003). Stiffness analysis of

precision hydraulic component feedback spring assembly by finite element method and

experimental validation. Journal of Fluid Power, vol. 29, No.2 June, 2003, p.15-20.

7. Somashekhar S. Hiremath, M. Singaperumal and R. Krishna Kumar (2002). Finite element

approach: Steady state analysis of electrohydraulic flow control servovalve. Journal of Fluid Power, vol. 28, No. 4 December, 2002, p.17-23.

8. Singaperumal M (2002). Fluid Power Systems - Enduring Trends of the Past and the Present, J.

Fluid Power, 2002, Vol. 28, No. 1, March 2002, pages 15-20.

9. Singaperumal M. and T. Asokan. (2001) Fluid Power in the Design of Controllers in the Physical

Domain - an application, Fluid Power, 2001, Vol. 27, No. 2, 8-13

10. K. Sathyanarayanan and M. Singaperumal (1998), Microprocessor Based Ultrasonic Process

Tomography Technique – A practical approach. Journal of the Instrument Society of India,

1998, Vol. 28. No. 3 190 – 194.

11. Venugopal P and M. Singaperumal (1998). Development of suitable tooling for hydrostatic

extrusion. Journal of Fluid Power, vol. 14, No. 4 December, 1998, p.27-36.

12. M. Singaperumal, K. Sadashivappa and Prakash (1998). Dynamic Characteristics of an Axial

Piston Motor in a Deep Sea Simulated Environment, J Fluid Power, 1998, Vol 24, No.3, 25 -30

13. Junaid Basha A.M., M. Singaperumal and Narayanasamy K. (1997) Mechanical design aspects of a

dual magnification optical system. Journal of Institution of Engineers, vol. 67, part ME 6, 1997,

p. 119-122.

14. V. Ramamurthi, M. Singaperumal and J. Pattabiraman (1971). Dynamic characteristics of

indigenous isolator materials. Journal of the institution of engineers (India), vol. 51, No. 11.

pp.ME6, July 1971.

C. International Conferences

1. R. Ramakrishnan, Somashekhar S. Hiremath and M. Singaperumal. Prediction of closed-loop

behaviour in series hydraulic hybrid system from open loop response using frequency domain

analysis. International Conference on Advances in Manufacturing Technology - ICAMT 2012 is

organized by Chennai Institute of Technology in association with ACMEE on 15th - 17th June

2012. Paper is selected for presentation and publication.

2. I.A.Palani, N.J.Vasa, M.Singaperumal, T.Okada. Investigation on solid state Nd: YAG line beam

laser annealing and texturing of amorphous silicon thin films. Proceedings of SPIE 7920,

79200M, 2011.

3. Ramakrishnan, Somashekhar S. Hiremath and M. Singaperumal. Open loop Dynamic Simulation of

Series Hydraulic Hybrid System with Hydrostatic Regeneration braking. Proceedings of ASME-

JSME-KSME Joint Fluid Engineering Conference July 24 - 29, 2011, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka

Prefecture, Japan. Paper No. AJK2011-07033.

4. Somashekhar S. Hiremath and M. Singaperumal. “Investigation on Electrohydraulic Servovalve

through a Finite Element Method”. Proceedings of the 2011 TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition.

February 27 - March 3, 2011, San Diego Convention Center, San Diego, California. USA.

5. I.A.Palani, Nilesh.J.Vasa, M.Singaperumal, T.Okada “Investigation on production of highly

textured Sb doped polycrystalline silicon using solid state Nd3+: YAG laser for photovoltaic

application ” SPIE Photonic West 2010, Jan 25th -28th 2010, Sanfransisco , USA. 8. R.

6. Kuppan Chetty, RM., Singaperumal, M. and Nagarajan, T. Distributed Formation Planning and

Navigation Framework for Wheeled Mobile Robots, in Proceedings of the International

conference on Plant Equipment and Reliability (ICPER), Kulalumpur, Malaysia, 2010 (Accepted for

Publication).

7. IA Palani, G Rajiv, NJ Vasa, M Singaperumal. Annealing and texturing of a-Si film using Nd3+:

YAG laser with Gaussian and flat-top beam profiles. TENCON 2010-2010 IEEE Region 10

Conference, 1909-1914.

8. P. Thangavel, A. Thondiyath, S. Makaram. Optimized robust controller for AUV-manipulator

system. TENCON 2010-2010 IEEE Region 10 Conference, 945-950.

9. Periasamy T, Asokan T, Singaperumal M, “Robust Controller for Trajectory Control of an AUV-

Manipulator System” accepted for presentation WMSCI2010 at Florida, USA.

10. Periasamy T, Asokan T, Singaperumal M, “Modelling and Simulation of 6 DOF Motion Simulator

for Underwater Research Applications” 8th ISOPE Ocean Mining Symposium, Septemper 20-24,

2009, Chennai, India.

11. Kuppan Chetty, RM., Singaperumal, M. and Nagarajan, T. Layered Framework for Formation

Control of Multiple Mobile Robots – A State based approach, Proceedings of the IEEE

International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics (ROBIO), Bangkok, Thailand, 2067-2072,

2009.

12. M. Sreekumar, T. Nagarajan and M. Singaperumal, “A smart compliant mechanism made of SMA

actuators utilizing shape memory and superelastic effects”, SPIE 16th

International symposium

on Smart Structures and Materials & Nondestructive Evaluation and Health Monitoring, 8-12

March 2009, San Diego, USA, Paper ID: 7288-94.

13. M.Singaperumal, Nilesh.J.Vasa, Palani.I.A “Pulsed solid-state laser induced annealing of

amorphous-Si thin-films on different substrates” SPIE, OPTIFAB (2009) 11-14 May

2009,Rochester Riverside, New York, USA .

14. I.A.Palani, Nilesh.J.Vasa, M.Singaperumal, T.Okada “Investigation on laser-annealing and

subsequent laser –Nano texturing of amorphous silicon for photovoltaic application ” The 5th

International congress on laser advanced material processing (LAMP 09). June29th to July 2nd

2009, Kobe, Japan.

15. I.A.Palani, Nilesh.J.Vasa, M.Singaperumal, T.Okada “Investigation on Solid Diffused Laser Doping

(SDLD) of a-Si and ZnO for functional device application ” The 10th International confrence on

laser ablation (COLA 09).Nov 21st -27th 2009, Singapore.

16. Somashekhar S. Hiremath and M. Singaperumal, "Fluid structure interaction in electrohydraulic

servovalve; a finite element approach," in ICMIT 2009: Mechatronics and Information

Technology, edited by Jeha Ryu, Kil To Chong, Ryojun Ikeura, Qingkai Han, Proceedings of SPIE

Vol. 7500 (SPIE, Bellingham, WA, 2010) 75000D.

17. Somashekhar S. Hiremath and M. Singaperumal. Fluid Structure Interaction in Electrohydraulic

Servovalve:A Finite Element Approach. Proceedings of the 2009 International Conference on

Mechatronics and Information Technology (ICMIT) organized by Gwangju Institute of

Science and Technology (GIST), Gwangju, South Korea, during 3-5 December 2009. Paper

Number F2D-6.

18. M. Sreekumar, T. Nagarajan and M. Singaperumal, Large Deflection Modeling and FEM simulation

of a Spatial Compliant Manipulator suitable for Medical Applications: Preliminary Design, Proc. of

5th

International Conference on Computational Intelligence, Robotics and Autonomous Systems

(CIRAS 2008), June 19-21, 2008, Linz, Austria, Paper ID: 47.

19. M. Sreekumar, T. Nagarajan, M. Singaperumal, “Parametric Approximation for Large Deflection

of a Spatial Compliant Parallel Mechanism”, Proc. Int. Conf. on Advances in Manufacturing

Technology (ICAMT 2008) for Young Engineers, Feb. 6-8, 2008, Chennai, India, Paper ID: C98.

20. Kuppan Chetty, RM., Singaperumal, M., Nagarajan, T. and Tetsunari Inamura. Formation Control

of Behaviour based Multiple Mobile Robots – A Reactive Approach, Proceedings of the 2nd

International and 23rd AIMTDR conference, Chennai, India, Dec, Vol. 2, 941-947, 2008.

21. Periasamy T, Asokan T, Singaperumal M, “Controller Design for Manipulator Trajectory Control

of an AUV- Manipulator System” third IEEE International Conference on Industrial and

Information Systems (ICIIS 2008) at IIT Kharagpur during 8-10 Dec 2008.

22. I.A.Palani , Nilesh.J.Vasa , M. Singaperumal “Investigations on Laser Interaction in Annealing of

Amorphous Silicon Films by Pulsed Nd:YAG Laser”, 23rd ASPE (American Society for Precision

Engineering) Meeting and 12th International Conference on Precision Engineering, October 19-

24, 2008, Portland Marriott Downtown Waterfront Hotel, Portland, Oregon (USA).

23. I.A.Palani, Nilesh.J.Vasa, M. Singaperumal “Investigations on ablation threshold in annealing of

silicon films by pulsed Nd: YAG laser”, International Conference on advances in manufacturing

technology(ICAMT07), 6-8 Feburary 08,Indian Institute of Tecnology Madras,India.

24. Somashekhar S. Hiremath and M. Singaperumal Investigation on Precision Hydraulic Component-

Electrohydraulic Servovalve through Finite Element Method. Proceedings of the 3rd

International Conference on Mechatronics, ICOM’08, organised by Department of Mechatronics

Engineering, Faculty of Engineering International Islamic University Malaysia, Jalan Gombak,

Kuala Lumpur from 18-20 December 2008 p. 29-37.

25. S. Karunanidhi, M. Singaperumal. Development of hydraulic valve components using precision

manufacturing technologies, Proceedings of 2nd international AIMTDR conference held at IIT

madras, Chennai, 15-17 december, 2008.

26. S. Karunanidhi, m. Singaperumal, v. k. kabra, Devasish dey, A. R. bhat and L. Sobhan Kumar. Study

of microactuators and their application in high frequency valves, international conference cum

exhibition on motion drive automation, international exhibition centre, Bangalore. 10-13

december 2008.

27. Muralidhara, Saswata M, Vasa N. J., Singaperumal M., “Influence of gap voltage and tool material

on micro geometry produced on silicon wafer using Micro EDM, 9th International Symposium on

Measurement and Quality Control, November 21-24, 2007, IITM Chennai, pp 184-188

28. Muralidhara, Vasa N. J., Singaperumal M., “ A piezoactuated tool feed mechanism for Micro

EDM”, 22nd ASPE Annual Meeting, October 14-19, 2007, Dallas, pp 465-468

29. Periasamy T, Asokan T, Singaperumal M, “Study on Coupled Dynamics of Underwater-Manipulator

System” A Bond Graph Approach, Proceeding of COPEN 2007, India, (2007) 93-98.

30. Kuppan Chetty, RM., Singaperumal, M. and Nagarajan, T. Coordination Control of Behaviour based

Distributed Networked Robotic Systems: a state modelling approach, Proceedings of the SPIE

International Conference on Mechatronics and Information Technology, ICMIT, Gifu, Japan, Vol.

6794, 2F1 -2F6, 2007.

31. Kuppan Chetty, RM., Singaperumal, M. and Nagarajan, T., Modelling and Control of Behaviour

Based Mobile Robots - A Design Perspective, Proceedings of the International conference on

Precision, Meso, Micro and Nano Engineering (COPEN), Trivandrum, India, 57-62, 2007.

32. Nilesh.J.Vasa, Palani.I.A, Kona.R, M. Singaperumal “Development of optical gas sensor for

emission monitoring ”, 9th International Symposium on measurements and quality control (9th

ISMQC), 21st -24th November 2007, IIT Madras

33. I.A.Palani , Nilesh.J.Vasa , M. Singaperumal “Investigation on Annealing of Silicon Films Using

Pulsed Nd3+:YAG Laser”, International Conference on Precision,Meso, Micro and Nano Engineering

(COPEN07), 13th &14th December07,College of Engineering, Trivandrum.

34. Manesh KK, M. B. Rammoorthy and Singaperumal. The effect of 3D anisotropic rough surface on

friction in precision hydraulic assemblies. proceedings of ASPE 2007 Annual Meeting, Dallas,

USA, 351-354.

35. Dr. Somashekhar S. Hiremath and Dr. M. Singaperumal. Dynamic Analysis of Electrohydraulic

Servovalve using Finite Element Method. Proceedings of the International Technical Seminar

organised by Fluid Power Society of India in association with Hannover Fairs India Pvt. Ltd. and

Deutsche Messe AG, Hannover, Germany from 4th to 7th December 2007 at Bangalore

International Exhibition Centre (BIEC), 10th Mile, Tumkur Road, Madavara Post, Bangalore – 562

123. p. C 6.1-C 6.9.

36. Muralidhara, Suryawansi C., Vasa N. J., Singaperumal M., “Experimental investigations of Micro

EDM on Silicon”, First International and 22nd All India Manufacturing Technology Design and

Research Conference (22nd AIMTDR) 21st – 23rd December, 2006, IIT Roorkee, pp 353-358.

37. Muralidhara, Suryawansi C., Vasa N. J., Singaperumal M., “Experimental investigations of Micro

EDM on Silicon”, First International and 22nd All India Manufacturing Technology Design and

Research Conference (22nd AIMTDR) 21st – 23rd December, 2006, IIT Roorkee, pp 353-358.

38. M. Sreekumar, M. Singaperumal, T. Nagarajan, M. Zoppi, and R. Molfino, “A Compliant Miniature

Parallel Manipulator with Shape Memory Alloy Actuators”, Proc. of IEEE International

Conference on Industrial Technology (ICIT2006), Dec. 15-17, 2006, Mumbai, India, Paper ID-

011177.

39. M. Sreekumar, T. Nagarajan, M. Singaperumal, M. Zoppi, and R. Molfino, “Design of SMA

actuated light weight parallel manipulator with intelligent controller”, Proc. of 8th International

IFAC Symposium on Robot Control (SYROCO 2006), Sep. 6-8, 2006, Bologna, Italy, Paper ID: R-

174.

40. M. Sreekumar, T. Nagarajan and M. Singaperumal, “Fuzzy Controller for the Non-linear Modeling

of SMA actuators for Robotic Applications”, Proc. of International conference on Resource

Utilisation and Intelligent Systems (INCRUIS-2006), Jan 04-06, 2006, Tamil Nadu, India, Paper

ID-INFE 311, pp. 499-505.

41. Kuppan Chetty, RM., Singaperumal, M. and Nagarajan, T. Design of Distributed Networked

Robotic System based on Intel IXP4XX X-Scale Network Processor, Proceedings of the Intel

Embedded and Communications education Summit, Hudson, Massachusetts, USA, 2006.

42. M. Sreekumar, T. Nagarajan and M. Singaperumal, “Design of Supervisory Adaptive Fuzzy

Controllers for Intelligent Robotic Vehicles”, Proc. of 2nd Indian International Conference on

Artificial Intelligence (IICAI-05), Dec. 20-22, 2005, Pune, India, Paper ID: 338, pp.2163-2177.

43. M. Sreekumar, T. Nagarajan and M. Singaperumal, “Singularity Avoidance in Parallel Manipulators

using Fuzzy Control”, CD ROM Proc. Of The 3rd International Conference on Computational

Intelligence, Robotics and Autonomous Systems (CIRAS 2005), Dec. 13-16, 2005, Singapore,

Paper ID: REG 1195.

44. M. Sreekumar, T. Nagarajan and M. Singaperumal, “On the Process of Improving the Response of

Shape Memory Alloy Actuators for Robotic Applications”, Proc. of International Conference on

Computational & Experimental Engineering and Sciences, (ICCES05), Dec. 1-10, 2005, Chennai,

India, Paper ID: ICCES0520050801554, pp. 3098-3103.

45. Kanthababu M., M. S. Shanmugam and M. Singaperumal. Selection of plateau honing parameters

using data mining approach. Proceedings of the International conference on computational and

experimental engineering and sciences, Chennai, December 2005. p. 3328-3333.

46. M. Sreekumar, T. Nagarajan and M. Singaperumal, “SMA actuated Mini-valve for Temperature

control in Hydraulic systems”, Proc. of International conference & Exhibition on Fluid Power

Technology (EMCHAFT2005), Nov. 25-27, 2005, Chennai, India, pp. 11-22.

47. M. Sreekumar, T. Nagarajan and M. Singaperumal, “Design, Modeling and Implementation of Self-

tuning Adaptive Fuzzy Controller for a Robot in Obstacle Avoidance”, Proc. of the 4th Asian

Conference on Industrial Automation and Robotics (ACIAR2005), May 11-13, 2005, Bangkok,

Thailand. Paper ID-F81.

48. Somashekhar, S. Hiremath., Y. Vrushabhendrappa, Dr. K. Sadashivappa and Singaperumal, M.

Dynamic Analysis of Jet Pipe Electohydraulic Flow Control Servovalve Using Matlab Simulation.

International Conference & Exhibition on Fluid Power Technology. EMCHAFT 2005, Fluid Power

Society of India Madras Chapter. 25-27 Nov. 2005, Chennai Trade Centre, Chennai.

49. Somashekhar S. H., K. Sadashivappa Y. Vrushabhendrappa, and M. Singaperumal. Experimental

investigation to produce microholes using electro-chemical spark machine. Proceedings of the

International Conference & Exhibition on Fluid Power Technology. EMCHAFT 2005, Fluid Power

Society of India Madras Chapter. 25-27 Nov. 2005, Chennai Trade Centre, Chennai. p. 221-228.

50. Swarna Ramesh, S. Sundaresh and Singaperumal M., “Study of effects of damper oil volume lag

on Hydrogas Suspension used in Armoured Fighting Vehicle” Proc. International Mobility

Engineering Congress and Exposition 2005 (P – 2005), 23-25 Oct. 2005 pp.273 – 276, SAE

International.

51. M.Singaperumal (2005), Study meeting on Advanced Manufacturing Technologies and Systems –

Precision Engineering Industries, 25-28 October 2005, Daegu , Republic of Korea

52. Somashekhar S. Hiremath., Y. Vrushabhendrappa, Singaperumal M. and Krishnakumar R. Design

and analysis of control element in feedback control system using finite element method. Proc.

International Conference on Recent Advances in Material Processing Technology (RAMPT’05),

National Engineering College, Kovilpatti, 23-25 Feb. 2005, p. 229-234.

53. P. Saravanakumar, B. Ramamoorthy and Singaperumal M. Investigations on the Friction Behavior

of Actuator and Spool Valve Due to Macro Geometric Irregularities. Proceedings of

International Conference on Emerging Technologies in Intelligent System and Control (EISCO –

2005), Kumaraguru College of Technology, Coimbatore – 641 006, Jan 2005, Vol. II p.847-852.

54. Somashekhar. S. H, M Singaperumal and R Krishnakumar Solid modeling and parametric evaluation

of two stage jetpipe flow control valve”, Proceeding of the Seventh Scandinavian International

Conference on Fluid Power, Linking, Sweden, May 30- June 1, 2001, volume 1, page 67-75.

55. Somashekhar. S. H, M Singaperumal and R Krishnakumar Stiffness Analysis of Feed Back Spring

and Flexure Tube of Jet Pipe Electrohydraulic Servovalve Using Finite Element Method ASME

Conference FEDSM'02, Paper No. FEDSM 2002-31304.

56. Somashekhar. S. H, M Singaperumal and R Krishnakumar Desıgn and optımızatıon of parameters

affectıng to statıc recovery pressure in two stage jetpıpe servovalve ASME Conference, ESDA

2002, 6th Biennial conference on engineering systems design and analysis, July 8-11, 2002,

Istanbul, Turkey, paper No. ESDA2002/DES-020

57. M Singaperumal, Somashekhar. S. H and R Krishnakumar Finite element and experimental

validation of stiffness analysis of precision feedback spring and flexure tube of jetpipe

electrohydraulic servovalve. Proceedings of the seventeenth annual meeting. American Society

for Precision Engineering, Oct 20-25,2002, St. Louis Missouri, Vol. 27, pp. 415-420

58. Somashekhar. S. Hiremath, M Singaperumal and R Krishnakumar Finite element analysis of steady

state operation of jetpipe electrohydraulic flow control servovalve. Proceedings of the 5th JFPS

International Symposium on Fluid Power, Nara, November 12-15,2002, Vol. 3, Paper No. 3C41,

pp.911-916.

59. Somashekhar. S. Hiremath, M Singaperumal and R Krishnakumar. Finite element simulation used

to predict the behaviour of some precision hydraulic component. Proceedings of the 2nd

International conference on Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power(INCFMFP-2002), Indian institute

of Technology, Roorkee, Dec 12-14,2002, vol.1, pp. 313-319.

60. S, S. Hiremath., Singaperumal, M. and Krishnakumar, R. FE approach- electro-mechanical-fluid

modelling of jet pipe electrohydraulic servovalve. International workshop on fluid power and

power transmission, University of Bath, U.K. Paper No. P003/002/2003, p. 53-64.

61. Asokan, T. and Singaperumal M.,(1997) “Hydraulic damping variation for active Impedance

Control in Robotics”, 4th Int. Nat. Conference on Fluid Power transmissions and Control, Zhejiang,

China.

62. Asokan, T. and Singaperumal M., “Control of Interaction Impedance using Electro hydraulic Servo

System, An application to robotic deburring”, Int. Nat. Conference on Advanced Manufacturing

Technology, Malaysia, 1996.

63. Asokan T., Singaperumal M., (1994) “Bond graph Modeling and Simulation of an active impedance

Control System for robotic interaction tasks”, Int. Nat. Conference on Modeling and Simulation,

Switzerland, 1994.

D. National Conferences

1. Muralidhara, Vasa N. J., Singaperumal M., “ Novel application of a piezoelectric tool feed

actuator to Micro EDM”, COPEN 2007, December 13-14, College of Engineering Trivandrum, pp

301-306.

2. Manesh KK, M. B. Rammoorthy and Singaperumal,. Effect of 3D surface parameters on friction

in precision hydraulic assemblies. Proceedings of the national conference on factory

automation, robotics and soft computing, NIT Warangal, India, 256-261.

3. Periasamy T, Asokan T, Singaperumal M., Study on Coupled Dynamics of Underwater Vehicle-

Manipulator System: A Bond Graph Approach, COPEN 2007, Trivandrum.

4. M. Sreekumar, T. Nagarajan and M. Singaperumal, “Recent Trends in the Design of Parallel Manipulators”, Proc. of the National seminar on Advances in Image Processing & Robotics

(ADIPRO2005), Chennai, India, Feb. 25-26, 2005, pp. 156-163.

5. M. Kantha Babu, M.S. Shanmugam and Singaperumal M, “Experimental Investigations on Finish

Honing of Cylinder Liners”, Proc. IV National Conference on Precision Engineering (COPEN

2005), Jadavpur Univesity, Kolkatta, 16-17 Dec 2005, pp. 82 – 87. 1. M.

6. Sreekumar, T. Nagarajan and M. Singaperumal, “Recent Trends in the Design of Parallel

Manipulators”, Proc. of the National seminar on Advances in Image Processing & Robotics

(ADIPRO2005), Chennai, India, Feb. 25-26, 2005, pp. 156-163.

7. M. Sreekumar, T. Nagarajan and M. Singaperumal, “Design of a Fuzzy Logic Controller for a Robot in Obstacle Avoidance”, Proc. of the National conference on Advances in Manufacturing

and Resource Analysis (AMARA2005), Dindugal, Tamil Nadu, India, Feb.18-19, 2005, pp. 65-73.

8. Swarna Ramesh, S. Sundaresh and M. Singaperumal, “Investigations into the hysteretic

characteristics of Hydrogas Suspension System used in Armoured Tracked Vehicles”, Proc. Of

National Conference EMCHAFT 2005, Nov. 2005, Chennai, India.

9. M. Sreekumar, T. Nagarajan and M. Singaperumal, “SMA actuated Mini-valve for Temperature

control in Hydraulic systems”, Proc. Of National Conference EMCHAFT 2005, Nov. 2005,

Chennai, India.

10. A. Hameed Faizul, D.V.R.L. Rao and M. Singaperumal, “Investigation of swash plate position

control system for variable displacement axial piston pump”, Proc. of National Conf. EMCHAFT

2005, Nov. 2005, Chennai, India.

11. Somashekhar. S. Hiremath, M Singaperumal and Krishnakumar R. Solid modeling and internal

leakage analysis in precision hydraulic component. Proc. of National Conf. on Advances in Manufacturing Technology (AMT 2003), NSS college of Engg., Palghat, 15-16 Feb. 2003, paper

No. 91 pp. 1-11.

12. Somashekhar. S. Hiremath, M Singaperumal and Krishnakumar R. Solid modelling and stiffness

analysis of some precision hydraulic components through finite element method. 20th AIMTDR,

Birla Institute of Technology Mesra, Ranchi, pp. 723-728.

13. Somashekhar, S. Hiremath., Singaperumal, M. Material sensitivity in design of hydraulic

components. Proceedings of the conference on Materials and Technologies for Nuclear Fuel cycle, December 15-16, 2003, SERC, Chennai, p. C71-C75.

14. Singaperumal, M, Somashekhar, S. Hiremath and Krishnakumar, R. Frequency response of

critical components of a hydraulic servovalve. Proceedings of the 11th National Conference on Machines and Mechanisms (NaCoMM – 2003), Dec. 18-19, 2003, New Delhi, paper No. mec011,

pp. 319-326.

15. Somashekhar S. Hiremath., Singaperumal, M. and Krishna Kumar, R. Fluid-structure interaction

through finite element method: Actuator dynamics. Proceedings of the Third National Conference on Precision Engineering. Central Manufacturing Technology Institute Bangalore.

December 19-20, 2003. Paper No. 10, p. 82-89.

16. Singaperumal, M., Somashekhar S. Hiremath and Krishna Kumar, R. Frequency response of

critical components of a hydraulic servovalve. Proceedings of the 11th National Conference on Machines and Mechanisms (NaCoMM–2003), December 18-19, 2003, Department of mechanical

engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IITD), New Delhi–110 0116, paper No.

mec011. p. 319-326.

17. Somashekhar. S. H, M Singaperumal and R Krishnakumar, Jan 2002 "Finite element analysis of

spring elements in two stage jetpipe electrohydraulic servovalve", Proc. of Second National Conference on Precision Engineering, COPEN 2002, PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore, pp.

174-179.

18. Asokan T., Singaperumal M. and Sollin Selvan (2000), “Electro hydraulic Controller for Co-

Operative Manipulation”, First National Conference on Precision Engineering- COOPEN 2000,

IIT Madras, India. pp. 473-481.

19. Asokan, T. and Singaperumal M.,(1998), “Fluid Power in the Design of Controllers in the Physical

domain–An application, Fluid Power Conference’98, Bangalore, India, pp.1-4.

20. Asokan T. and Singaperumal M. (1994), “Impedance Control of Robot Manipulators using

Electro hydraulic Servo System”, National Conf. on Machines and Mechanism (NACOMM), IIT.,

Khargpur, India. pp. 190-194.