Areas of Interest:
Machining of difficult to machine materials, Grinding of Ceramics, Micro/Nano Manufacturing, Sustainable Machining.
Education
- Ph.D., Indian Institute of Technology Madras, India
- M.Tech., Indian Institute of Technology Madras, India
- B.Tech,, Regional Engineering College Warangal, India
Academic/Industrial Experience
- Head, Mechanical Engineering, IIT Delhi, September 2018 to till date
- Professor, Mechanical Engineering, IIT Delhi, October 2006 to till date
- Head, Central Workshop, IIT Delhi, April 2007 to August 2010
- Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering, IIT Delhi, January 2000 to October 2006
- Visiting Assistant Professor, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, USA, January to June 1999
- Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering, IIT Delhi, September1996 to January 2000.
Selected Publications
- A.Goswami, S.Aravindan, P.V.Rao and M.Yoshino, "Structured Surfaces for Generation of Negative Index of Refraction", Critical Reviews in Solid State and Materials Sciences, Vol.41, No.5, 2016, pp.367-385.
- Goswami A., Aravindan S. and Rao P.V., "Optimization of nanohole array parameters for improving the ultimate efficiency of nanohole structured c-Si solar cells", Proceedings of the IMechE, Part N: Journal of Nano engineering and Nano systems, Vol.230, No.4, 2016 , pp.231-240.
- Setti D., Sinha M.K., Ghosh S., Rao P.V., "Performance evaluation of Ti-6Al-4V grinding using chip formation and coefficient of friction under the influence of nanofluids", International Journal of Machine Tools and Manufacture, Vol.88, 2015 , pp.237-248.
- SanketN.Bhavasar, Aravindan, S. and Venkateswara Rao, P., "Machinability Study of High Speed Steel for Focused Ion Beam (FIB) milling process-An Experimental Investigation at Micron/nano scale", Precision Engineering, Vol.38, No.1, 2014, pp.168-173.
- Sanjay Aggarwal and Venkateswara Rao, P., "Grinding Characteristics, material removal & damage formation mechanisms in removal rate grinding of Silicon Carbide", International Journal of Machine tools & Manufacture, Vol.50, No.12, 2010, pp.1077-1087.
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