INTERNATIONAL JOURNALS:   

1.Balasundaram.R, Valavan.D, Baskar.N,  (2014) ‘Heuristic Based Approach for BI-CriteriaOptimization of Minimizing Makespan and Total Flow Time of Flowshop Scheduling’, International Journal of Mechanical & Mechatronics Engineering IJMME-IJENS Vol:14 No:02, pp 1-11.

2.Balasundaram. R. Valavan,D. & Baskar,N. (2014) ‘Minimizing Total Flow Time in Permutation Flowshop Scheduling by Two-Phase Approach’, International Review of Mechanical Engineering, Vol. 8, No. 3, pp 631-637.(Cite Score : 1.3) (Q4)

3.Balasundaram R. Kannan,G. Baskar,N. & Siva Sankar.R, (2015)‘Rule Based Heuristic Approach For Minimizing Total Flow Time  in Permutation Flowshop Scheduling’,TEHNICKI VJESNIK-TECHNICAL GAZETTE – Croatia. Vol.22, No.1, pp.25-32.(IF : 0.67)(Q3)

4.Balasundaram. R. Valavan, D. Srinivasan, D & Baskar, N  (2015) ‚ ‘Learning Effective Dispatching Rule for Minimzing Total Flow Time in Permutation Flowshop Scheduling’, International Journal of Applied Engineering Research, Vol. 10, no. 6, pp. 14357-14370. 

5.Valavan  D,   Balasundaram R&  Rajkumar G, (2016),  ‘Experimental Design and Analysis of Carbon Fiber Reinforced Composite Drive Shaft’, Asian Journal of Research in Social Sciences and Humanities Vol. 6, No. 11, pp. 167-178. ISSN 2249-7315  DoI No.:10.5958/2249-7315.2016.01183.7

6.Kannan G, Balasundaram, R. Baskar, N, & Asokan. P. (2017) ‚ ‘A Hybrid Approach For Minimizing Makespan In Permutation Flowshop Scheduling’ Journal of Systems Science and Systems Engineering, Springer- China, Vol.26, Issue No. 1, pp. 50-76,  DOI : 10.1007/s11518-016-5297-1,   ISSN 1861-9576. (IF: 1.228) (Q2)

7.Balachandar, R.  Balasundaram R. and Rajkumar G. (2018), ‘Dry Sliding Wear Characteristics of  Aluminum 6061-T6, Magnesium AZ31, and Rock Dust Composite’,  IOP Conference Series : Materials Science and Engineering, Vol. 314, Issue  no.1, http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1757-899X/314/1/012013/meta

8.Ramakrishnan, H., Balasundaram, R., Ganesh, N. Karthikeyan, M. (2018), ‘ Experimental Investigation of Cut Quality Characteristics of SS321 Using Plasma Arc Cutting’, Journal of Brazilian Society of Mechanical Engineering, Vol. No. 60, Issue No. 80, https://doi.org/10.1007/s40430-018-0997-8 (IF : 1.75)( Q2)

9. Rajkumar, G., Balasundaram, R., Ganesh, S., Rajaram, S. (2018), ‘Investigation of Turning Parameters of Machining INCONEL-718 Using Titanium and Carbide Inserts’, Materials today : Proceedings, Vol.5, Issue No. 5, Part. 2, pp.11283-11294,https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matpr.2018.02.095, (IF :0.57)

10.Rajaram, S., Rajkumar, G., Balasundaram, R., Srinivasan, D. (2018) ‘Experimental Investigation of Drilling Small Hole in Duplex Stainless Steel (SS205) Using EDM’,  Journal of Mechanics and Mechanical Engineering, Vol. 22, Issue. 1, pp. 285-293.(Cite Score : 5.22)(Q3)

11.Balasundaram, R., Sathiya Devi, S. (2019) ‘ Genetic Algorithm-Based Hybrid Approach For Optimal Instance Selection Of Minimising Makespan In Permutation Flowshop Scheduling’, International Journal of Business Intelligence and Systems Engineering,  Vol.1, Issue No.3, pp. 197-225. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1504/IJBISE.2019.098864

12.Ramakrishnan. H, Balasundarm. R, Selvagapathy. P, Santhakumari P, Sivasankaran. P, Vignesh, P. (2019)Experimental Investigation Of Turning Al 7075 Using Al2O3 Nano-Cutting Fluid: ANOVA And TOPSIS Approach, SN Applied Sciences, Vol.1, Issue No. 12, DOI:https://doi.org/10.1007/s42452-019-1664-0

13. Srinivasan. D, Balasundaram. R  Rajkumar. G. (2020)‘ Investigation On Turning Parameters On Machining Time And Vibration Of Carbon Fibre Reinforced Laminates’, International Journal of Manufacturing Technology and Management, Issue no. 34, Issue No. 1, pp.78-96. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJMTM.2020.105819 (Cite Score : 0.7)(Q3)

14. Balachandar. R, Balasundaram. R and Ravichandran, M. (2021) , ‘Analysis of Surface Roughness of Rock dust Reinforced AA6061-Mg  Matrix Composite in Turning “,  Journal of Magnesium and Alloys,doi.org/10.1016/j.jma.2021.03.035(IF 10.08)  (Q1)

15.Ramakrishnan. H, Balasundarm. R. (2021), ‘Experimental Investigation of Process Parameters for Pack Boronizing of SS410 using ANOVA and Machine Learning Approaches ”,Surface Topography: Metrology and Properties, Vol. 9, Issue no. 2,doi.org/10.1088/2051-672X/ac0c8d, (IF 2.038)(Q2)

16.Alagarsamy S.V, Balasundaram.R,  Ravichandran.M,  Mohanavel V, Alagar K, and Sathiya Devi. S, (2021),  ‘Taguchi Approach and Decision Tree Algorithm for Prediction of Wear Rate in Zinc Oxide-filled AA7075 Matrix Composites’, Surface Topography: Metrology and Properties,  Vol. 9, Issue no. 3, doi.org/10.1088/2051-672X/ac0f34 (IF 2.038) (Q2)

17.  Ramakrishnan H , Balasundaram R, Baskar N , Radhakrishnan B and Chellamuthu K. (2021), ‘ Surface Modification Method Of Duplex Type Stainless Steels By The Pack Boriding Process’,  Hemijska Industrija,  Vol.75, Issue No. 3, pp. 155-166.doi.org/10.2298/HEMIND210103019H  (IF 0.627) (Q4)

18.  Sakthi Balan G,  Sridharan, M.   Balasundaram  R.  Sasikaran  Sagar A.M,  Dinesh S,  Vijayan, V,  Rajkumar, S. (2021), ‘ Degradation Analysis of Jute Fiber Reinforced Waste Tile Powder-Filled Polymer Composite on Wear Characteristics”, International Journal of Polymer Science,  https://doi.org/10.1155/2021/8587383 , Vol. 2021,  29 December,   (IF 2.67) (Q2)

19.  Srinivasan  D,  Balasundaram  R,  Ravichandran M,   Sakthi balan G,  Vijay S and   Vishnu S,  (2022), ‘Wear behavior of hydroxyapatite reinforced polymer composite for biomedical applications’, Surface Topography: Metrology and Properties,  Vol. 10,  Issue 1, https://doi.org/10.1088/2051-672X/ac4a43(IF 2.038) (Q2)

20. Balasundaram R, Sathiya Devi S, Sakthibalan G (2022), ‘ Machine learning approaches for’prediction of properties of natural fiber composites : Apriori algorithm ’, (2022) Australian Journal of Mechanical Engineering, Published 12 Feb -2022, https://doi.org/10.1080/14484846.2022.2030091(cite score 1.7) (Q3)

21.Sakthi Balan G,  Balasundaram R,Chellamuthu K,  Nandha Gopan, S  Dinesh S, Vijayan V,  Sathish S and Rajkumar S, (2022) ‘Flame Resistance Characteristics of Woven Jute Fiber Reinforced Fly Ash Filled Polymer Composite’,  Journal of Nano Materials, Article ID 9704980 | https://doi.org/10.1155/2022/9704980, IF 2.9 (Q2)

22. Vasanthkumar P,  Balasundaram R and Senthilkumar N, (2022), ‘Sliding-friction wear of a seashell particulate reinforced polymer matrix composite: modeling and optimization through RSM and Grey Wolf optimizer ’,  Transactions of Canadian  Journal of Mechanical Engineering”,   https://doi.org/10.1139/tcsme-2021-0139, IF 1.45 (Q3)

23. Srinivasan D, Ganesh N, Jafrey Daniel James D, Ramakirhsnan H, Balasundaram R, Sanjeevi R,(2022), ‘ Investigation of Surface Roughness and Material Removal Rate of WEDM of SS304 using ANOVA and Regression models’,  Surface Topography: Metrology and Properties,  Volume 10, Issue 2, DOI:10.1088/2051-672X/ac6c9e,   IF 2.038  (Q2)

24.Ramakrishnan H, Balasundaram R,  Lenin K , Dhanapal C and Saravanan S, (2022)                        ‘  Experimental Investigation of Borided Kinetics on Martensitic Stainless Steel ’  Materials Today : Proceedings,  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matpr.2022.07.140 , July 2022,  Cite Score 2.4

25. Vasanthkumar P, Balasundaram R, Senthilkumar N,  Palanikumar, K, Lenin K and Deepanraj B, (2022), ‘Thermal and Thermo-Mechanical Studies on Seashell Incorporated Nylon-6 Polymer Composites ’ ,  Journal of Materials Research and Technology, November 2022, doi.org/10.1016/j.jmrt.2022.10.117 IF: 6.226 (Q1)

26. Srinivsan D, Ramakrishnan H, Balasundaram R, Ravichandran M,  (2023), ‘ Optimization of Laser Cutting Process Parameters on SS347 Using GRA and TOPSIS’, Surface Review Letters, Vol. 30, No. 06,  https://doi.org/10.1142/S0218625X23500397  IF: 1.24 (Q3)

BOOK  CHAPTER   :   

1.Balasundaram. R,  Baskar. N and  Siva Sankar. R, “Discovering Dispathcing Rules for Job Shop Scheduling Using Data Mining”, Published in  Springer link book Series  – Advances in Intelligent systems  and Computing , Volume178, pp. 63-72,2013  ISBN: 978-3-642-31599-2.

http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-642-31600-5_7

2. BalasundaramR.,  Baskar.N and  Siva Sankar.R, “A New Approach to Generate Dispatching Rules for Two Machine Flowshop Scheudling using Data Mining” ,  Published in – Elsevier – Procedia Engineering Vol:38, pp. 238-245, 2012,Annexure-II.

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/18777058/38

 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE   :    

1.Balasundaram.R and Baskar.N,  (2010) ‘Minimizing Completion Time Variance In Single Machine System Using Scatter Search Algorithm’ ,  International Conference on Advances in Industrial Engineering Applications ICAIEA, Organized by the Department of Industrial Engineering, College of Engineering, Anna University Chennai,   January 6-8.

2.Balasundaram.R,  Baskar.N and  Siva Sankar.R,  (2011)‘Minimizng Number Of Tardy Jobs In Single Machine Scheduling Using Decision Tree Based Approach’,  International Conferenceon Computational Intelligence and Engineering Applications, 16 -17th,October, 2011, Bhubaneswar, India. pp -24-30

3.Balasundaram.R, Baskar.N and  Siva Sankar.R, (2011)‘Minimizng Maximum Lateness In Single Machine Scheduling Using  Data Mining  Based Approach’,  International Conference on Simulation, Modeling and Analysis (COSMA 2011), 14 -16th,December,2011, Amirtha University,  Tamilnadu, India  pp- 446 to 452.  http://www.scribd.com/doc/76708467/COSMA-2011-Proceedings

4.Balasundaram.R,  Baskar.N and  Siva Sankar.R,  (2012)‘ Minimizing Mean Flow Time In A Single Machine Scheduling Using Data Mining’4th International Conference & 25th  All India Manufacturing Technology, Design and Research Conference – AIMTDR 2012, December 14-16, 2012, Vol. II, PP 1253- 1258. Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India.

5. Balachander R, Balasundaram  R and  Rajkumar G, (2017) ‘Dry Sliding Wear Charactristics of Aluminum Al 6065-T6, Magnesium AZ31 and Rock Dust Composite’, International Conference On Advances In Metaullurgy, Materials And Manufacturing – ICAMMM2017, March 6-8 , pp. 347-357, Organized by Government College of Engineering, Salem, Tamilnadu, 

6. Rajkumar G, Balasundaram R, Ganesh N and Rajaram S, (2017) “Investigation On Turning Parameters Of Machining Inconel 718 Using Titanium & Carbide Tool Inserts  ”, International Conference on Materials, Manufacturing and Modeling, March 9-11, Organized by VIT, Vellore, Tamilnadu, India 

NIL

nized Two days workshop on “Quality Conscious & Quality Sustenance in Higher Education,” Sponsored by National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC), Bangalore sponsored by on 16 & 17thof Feb , 2017.

Organized One week FDP on the topic of “ Application of Data Science in Mechanical Engineering” Sponsored by AICTE – ATAL , 21 -25, of  September 2020.

Organized One week FDP on the topic of “Application of Artificial Intelligence for Mechanical Engineering”,  Sponsored by AICTE – ATAL , 2 -6, of  October, 2021. 

Academic Experience:

Lecturer, Department of  Mechanical Engineering,  Shanmuga College of Engineering,  Tamilnadu (June1996 – April 1997) 

Lecturer, Department of  Mechanical Engineering,  SRM Engineering Shanmuga College of Engineering,  Tamilnadu (November1997 – November 2003) 

Lecturer, Department of  Mechanical Engineering,  TAFE, Sermban, Malaysia  (November 2003 – March 2006) 

Sr.Lecturer, Department of  Mechanical Engineering,  SASTRA University ,  Tamilnadu (June2006 – October 2008) 

Asst.Professor, Department of  Mechanical Engineering,  Shri Anglamman College of Engineering,  Tamilnadu (December 2008 – April 2015) 

Professor,  Department of  Mechanical Engineering, K.Ramakrishnan College of Engineering,   Tamilnadu (June 2015 –  August  2021) 

Professor, & Associate Dean,  Department of  Mechanical Engineering,  SRM University- Tirucirappalli Campus,  Tamilnadu (August 2021 – till date) 

• MISTE, Indian Society for Technical Education, Life Member,2010
• MIE, Institution of Engineers India, 2015 
• Life Member, Indian Welding Society, 2017

Received Rs 30, 000/- from The Institution of Engineers (IEI) for the project  titled “ Development and Processing of Hydroxyapatite (Waste human dental teeth) into useful composite ’’ in September 2019 – Ref : RDUG2019030

Received Rs. 18, 51, 759 /- ( Eighteen laksh fifty one thousand seven hundred and fifty Nine only) under MODROBS – AICTE for Establishment of  AR/VR Lab dated 21 /10/2020 . File No. 9-/IDC/MODROB/Policy –1/2019-20

Received Rs 23,500 /-  from The Institution of Engineers (IEI) for the project  titled “Process Automation and Control Study on Solar Photovoltaic Thermal Water Collector System “,  in August 2022,  – Ref : RDUG2022014