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LIST OF PUBLICATIONS

1. "Evaluation of Process Capability in Gas Carburising Process to Achieve Quality

through Limit Design Concept -An Experimental Investigation with Case

Hardening Nickel Alloy Steel Material", Transactions of Materials and Heat

Treatment, Vo1.25, No.5 (I), 2004 pp. 395-397.

2. "Parameter Optimization Study on Control of Distortion in Bright Bar Used in

Rack Application Subjected to Induction Heat Treatment", Transactions of

Materials and Heat Treatment, Vo1.25, No.5 (I), 2004 pp.579-581.

3. "Optimization of Process Variables in Gas Carburizing Process: A Taguchi Study

with Experimental Investigation on SAE 8620 and AISI 3310 Steels", Turkish

Journal of Engineering and Environmental sciences, Vol.5,September 2005,

pp.279-284.

4. "Optimization of Process variables in Gas carburizing - An Experimental

Investigation with AISI 33 10 steel material", International Journal of Materials

and Manufacturing Processes, 2 1, pp. 1 1 1 - 1 13,2006.

5. "An experimental approach on AISI steel materials for Induction hardening

process parameter selection", Engineering Advances - A Premier technology

magazine of the engineering industry, Vo1.17, No.9, Sept.2005 (ISSN 0971-

2968), pp20-30.

6. "Experimental analysis of Thermo-chemical Treatment", Under Final review for

possible publication in International Journal of Engineering Manufacture ,Part -B.

7. "Hardness and Micro Structure Study of Carbon Steel Subjected to Hardening by

Conventional Quenching Vs Hardening by Cryogenic Quenching", National

Conference on Recent Development in materials and processing - 6th March-2004

BCET, Karaikal, INDIA, pp.39-44.

8. "Achieving Quality through Optimization of Process variables in Gas Carburizing

Process - An Experimental investigation with AISI 3310 steel material", National

conference on Challenges in achieving global Quality , 24-25 May 2004 , TCE,

Madurai, INDIA, pp. 283-286.

9. "Evaluation of process parameters in case hardening through optimization

techniques - An experimental study with SAE 8620 case hardening steel",- 2nd

International Conference on New developments in Metallurgical process

technology 19-2 lSt September-2004, Rivadelgarda ITALY.

10. "Some Studies on Control of Distortion in Carbon Steel Subjected to Induction

Hardening" - 2nd International Conferences on New developments in

Metallurgical process technology 19-2 lSt September- 2004, Rivadelgarda ITALY.

11. "Shape and size distortion study of EN 353 material - An experimental

investigation in Gas Carburising process", - 4th International Mechanical

Engineering Conference, 29-3 1'' December -2004, DHAKA, Bangladesh, pp. 175-

178.

12. "An optimization study on control of distortion in EN steels subjected to

Induction hardening process - Experimental comparison of EN 8C and EN 18D" - International Conference on RAMPTYO5, 23-25" February-2005, NEC,

Kovilpatti, INDL4,pp.57-6 1.

13. "Control of Distortion in AISI 4340 steel subjected to Induction heat treatment -

A Design of Experiment study" - National Conference on Product Developments

with Mechatronic systems for Global Quality,-2005, 2-3 rd May-2005, TCE,

Madurai, INDIA, pp.455-458.

14. "An Experimental Approach on AISI steel materials for Induction hardening

process parameter selection", - National conference on AIM-2005, 13-14 th May-

2005, Vasavi College of Engineering, Hyderabad, INDL4,pp.P-9 -P-12.

15. "Case Depth and Hardness Analysis in Gas Carburizing - A Limit Design

Concept Study Subjecting AISI Steels", - National Conference on STAMOS, 27-

29& July-2005, Pondicheny Engineering College, Pondicheny, INDIA, pp.125-

126.

16. "A Study on volume changes and dimensional changes in surface hardened parts

Transformation and thermal stress analysis in Induction hardening process", - National Conference on RAMT -2005, 22-23 rd, October-2005, National Institute

of Technology, Rourkela, Orissa, INDIA,pp.323-329.

17. "Process Parameter optimization in Gas Carburizing subjecting AISI Steel

materials", - International Conference on Resource Utilization and Intelligent

Systems, 4-6 January 2006 -KEC, Erode, India.pp.393-396.

18. "Surface integrity of case hardened steels from residual stress point of view - An

experimental study in Gas carburizing process", - National Conference on

ETIME - 06, 10 -1 la February,2006. BMS College of Engineering, Bangalore,

INDIA, pp.68-69.

KPajaniradja @ Kichena is a Senior Lecturer in Mechanical Engineering Department at

Pondicheny Engineering College, Pondicheny. He has ten years of teaching experience,

out of which seven years of teaching experience at Postgraduate level. He was born in

1972. He completed his schooling, Matriculation and H.S.C at Petit Seminarire Higher

Secondary School, Pondicheny in 1990. He received his Bachelor Degree in Mechanical

Engineering from Pondicheny Engineering College, Pondicheny 1994. He received

Master of Technology Degree in Energy Technology from Pondicherry Engineering

College, Pondicherry in 1996. He also has four years of research experience. His research

area includes Thermal aspects in Heat treatment, Process optimization, Design of

Experiment studies. He is also guiding projects in the area of Heat transfer, Energy

conservation, and Thermal analysis in conventional and non conventional energy sources.

He has presented more than twenty papers in the reputed National and International

Conferences. He published ten papers in National and International Journals. He is a,

Member in Indian Society of Technical Education, and Member in various professional

bodies and also an Honorary Member of Aeronautical Institute of Bangladesh.