S. Sammil, and Sridharan, M.  Employing ensemble machine learning techniques for predicting the thermohydraulic performance of double pipe heat exchanger with and without turbulators, Thermal Science and Engineering Progress, Vol. 47, 2024, 102337, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tsep.2023.102337  – (SCI Indexed IF 5.1).

A. Mercy Vasan, M. Sridharan, V. Gopalakrishnan, R. S. Shiva Ranjani. 2024. " Machine Learning Aided Numerical and Experimental Investigation of Hydrodynamic Performance in the Circulating Fluidized Bed Boiler" ASME. J. Thermal Sci. Eng. Appl. doi: https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4064077   (SCI Indexed IF 2.1)  

Senthilkumar, T.S., Sridharan, M. et al. AA4032-TiC-h-BN-related composites: a machine learning model-based experimental study with performance prediction. J Braz. Soc. Mech. Sci. Eng. 46, 30 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40430-023-04615-x  - – (SCI Indexed IF 1.8)  

Sridharan, M. Performance Augmentation Study on a Solar Flat Plate Water Collector System with Modified Absorber Flow Design and its Performance Prediction Using the XGBoost Algorithm: A Machine Learning Approach. Iran J Sci Technol Trans Mech Eng (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40997-023-00648-8  – (SCI Indexed IF 1.5).

Sridharan, M., Balaji, S.S. An adaptive neuro-fuzzy approach to predict the thermal efficiency of differently configured solar flat plate water collector systems. Environ Dev Sustain (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10668-023-03000-x  – (SCI Indexed IF 4.7).

Sathyanarayanan S, Suresh S, and Sridharan M. 2022. "Application of CFD and ANN in predicting the flow nature of flue gas in the catalytic converter", NISCAIR - Journal of Scientific and Industrial Research (Accepted Manuscript) – (SCI Indexed IF 2.1).

D.B. Sivakumar, M. Arulmozhi, S. Sathyanarayanan, Sridharan M. 2022. “Optimization of gasoline engine operating parameters fueled with DIPE-gasoline blend: Comparative evaluation between Response Surface Methodology and Fuzzy Logic Expert System”, Elsevier - Process Safety and Environmental Protection, 2021, ISSN 0957-5820, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psep.2021.12.015  (SCI Indexed IF 6.9)

Sathyanarayanan S, Suresh S, and Sridharan M. 2022. “Effect of Sucrose Catalyst in the Catalytic Converter on Performance and Emission of Spark Ignition Engine” ASME. J. Thermal Sci. Eng. Appl. April 2022, 14(4): 041015. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4052692   (SCI Indexed IF 2.1)  

Franklin, C., Chandrasekar, M., and Sridharan, M. 2021. "Performance of downstream finned solar photovoltaic thermal air (PVTa) system." ASME. J. Thermal Sci. Eng. Appl. doi: https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4049426   (SCI Indexed IF 2.1) 

G. Sakthi Balan, M. Sridharan, et al. 2021. “Degradation Analysis of Jute Fiber Reinforced Waste Tile PowderFilled Polymer Composite on Wear Characteristics”, Hindawi -International Journal of Polymer Science Volume 2021, https://doi.org/10.1155/2021/8587383  (SCI Indexed IF 3.3)

S. D. G. A. Arockiaraj and M. Sridharan, "Influence of Surface Roughness And Wettability of Novel Surface on Nucleate Boiling Performance in Deionised Water At Atmospheric Pressure," Thermal Science International Scientific Journal, 2022, https://doi.org/10.2298/TSCI211202062T   (SCI Indexed IF 1.1)

International and National Conferences:

Vishal R, Sudhersanan M, Sundara Raman S, Raja B, Paramaguru S and Sridharan M, Performance Comparison Analysis on Unglazed PV/T Solar Water Collectors Connected in Series and Parallel, International Conference on Newer Engineering Concepts and Technology (ICONNECT), K.Ramakrishnan College of Technology on 23th and 24th of March 2018.

Sridharan M et.al, "Performance improvement analysis of series and parallel connected solar PV/T water collectors" in the proceedings of "ICERME-2018" Organized by Department of Chemistry, University College of Engineering, Villupuram on 04-01-2018 to 05-01-2018

Sridharan M et.al,”Experimental Study on Performance Variation of Helical Coil Heat Exchanger”, ICADM-14, 5-7 Organized by NIT, December 2014.

Sridharan M et.al, "Experimental Analysis and Eff. Improvement for Solar Plate Collector" in the proceedings of "ICRESE 13" Organized by Karunya University on 06 Dec 2013.

Sridharan M et.al, "Experimental investigation on Eff. Improvement for Solar Plate Collector" in the proceedings of "ICAIEA 13" Organized by Anna University on 08 Jan 2014.

Sridharan M et.al, "Steady State Analysis on Efficiency Improving Methods for Series Flat Plate Solar Water Heaters" in the proceedings of "International Mechanical Engineering Congress 14 (IMEC 14)" Organized by NIT, Trichy on 13-15 Jun 2014.

Sridharan M et.al, "Transient Thermal Analysis on Mixed Mode Solar FPC" in the proceedings of "International Conference on Adaptive Technologies for Sustainable Growth (ICATS 2014)" Organized by Paavai Engineering College, Namakkal on 05 May 2014.

Scientific Books Published

Sridharan M (2024) IoT-enabled monitoring for natural convection solar dryers, Taylor & Francis Chapter 2, 1-12 ISBN 9781003465171.https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003465171 

Sridharan M and Senthil Kumar S (2024) Predicting PV thermal collector performance with Apriori algorithm, Taylor & Francis (Chapter 8, 1-9) ISBN 9781003472629. https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003472629  

Sridharan M (2020) Applications of artificial intelligence techniques in heat exchanger systems, Advanced Analytic and Control Techniques for Thermal Systems with Heat Exchangers, Academic Press (325-334) ISBN 978-0-12-819422-5. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-819422-5.00015-3 

Sridharan M (2020)Application of fuzzy logic expert system in predicting cold and hot fluid outlet temperature of counter-flow double-pipe heat exchanger, Advanced Analytic and Control Techniques for Thermal Systems with Heat Exchangers, Academic Press 307-323, ISBN 978-0-12-819422-5.https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-819422-5.00014-1   

Patents:

Published

Design No. 382160-001, “Milk Quality Analysing Device” and published on 23.03.2023, by Gunawan Widjaja, Dr. Pavithra M. K. S, Nithin. V. K, Dr. M. Sridharan, Dr. N. Nagabhooshnam, Dr. L. Anantha Raman

Awarded a Gold Medal for presenting a research paper during Research Day 2024 Award Winner organized by SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Kattankulathur on 04.03.2024.University First Rank in M.E Computer Science and Engineering

Secured, NPTEL Topper (Elite + Silver Medal) for the course titled “Advanced Machining Processes” during August – October 2023

Participated in the one week FDP titled “Universal Human Values – II” organised by the AICTE at Sri Sai Ram Engineering College, Chennai between January 22/01/2024 and 26/01/2024.

Participated in the 21 Days International FDP titled “DATA SCIENCE TOOLS” organized by the Department of Computer Science Engineering, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Tiruchirappalli Campus between 12/07/2023 and 01/08/2023.

Participated in the 7 Days FDP titled “RECENT ADVANCEMENTS IN VLSI MODELLING AND IC DESIGN” organized by the Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Tiruchirappalli Campus between 24/07/2023 and 30/07/2023.

Participated in the one week FDP titled “Universal Human Values – I” organised by the AICTE at Sri Sai Ram Engineering College, Chennai between January 23/01/2024 and 27/01/2024.

Participated in the 15 Days International FDP titled “FRONTIERS OF MATHEMATICS” organized by the Department of Mathematics SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Ramapuram Campus between 05/07/2023 and 19/07/2023.

Participated in the 5 Days International FDP titled “INCULCATING UNIVERSAL HUMAN VALUES IN TECHNICAL EDUCATION” organized by the AICTE between 12/06/2023 and 16/06/2023.

Participated in the 7 Days FDP titled “EMERGING TECHNIQUES IN 6G WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS” organized by the Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Tiruchirappalli Campus between 04/01/2023 and 10/01/2023.

Participated in the 10 Days FDP titled “EMBEDDED SYSTEMS” jointly organized by the NIT Warangal and IITDM Kurnool between 16/08/2022 and 25/08/2022.

Participated in the 7 Days FDP titled “HOLISTIC DEVELOPMENT AND OUTCOME BASED EDUCATION IN THE LIGHT OF NEP 2020” organized by the University of Engineering and Management, Jaipur between 13/06/2022 and 19/06/2022.

Participated in the 10 Days FDP titled “ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING AND 3D PRINTING” jointly organized by the IIT Roorkee, MNIT Jaipur, NIT Patna and IITDM Jabalpur between 18/07/2022 and 29/07/2022.

Participated in the 07 Days FDP titled “ADVANCEMENTS IN THERMAL AND RENEWABLE ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES” organized by the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Lakireddy Bali Reddy College of Engineering, Mylavaram, Andhra Pradesh between 04/07/2022 and 09/07/2022.

Participated in the 05 Days FDP titled “OPTIMIZATION AND CONTROL DESIGN TECHNIQUES INNOVATIONS AND CHALLENGES” organized by the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Lakireddy Bali Reddy College of Engineering, Mylavaram, Andhra Pradesh between 04/07/2022 and 09/07/2022.

Participant, Online workshop on “BIO-INSPIRED OPTIMIZATION ALGORITHMS”, from 04th to 08th   January 2022 organized by IEEE-SB & RST, National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli. 

Co-Convener, ATAL sponsored FDP titled “APPLICATIONS OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN MECHANICAL ENGINEERING”, K. Ramakrishnan College of Engineering (Autonomous), 02/08/2021 - 06/08/2021.

Participant, Online workshop on “TOOLS & TECHNIQUES FOR QUALITY RESEARCH”, from 29th to 31st  October 2020 organized by Department of Energy & Environment, National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli. 

Participant, Five Days course on “GREEN TECHNOLOGY & SUSTAINABILITY ENGINEERING (GTSE-2020)”, from 19th to 20th October 2020 organized by Department of Mechanical Engineering, Dr BR Ambedkar National Institute of Technology, Jalandhar. 

Participant, Five Days course on “ANALYTICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL TECHNIQUES IN THERMAL ENGINEERING (AETTE-2018)”, from 04th to 08th June 2018 organized by School of Mechanical & Industrial Design, NIT Rourkela. 

Participant, "RECENT ADVANCES IN PCM BASED COOLING TECHNOLOGY" organized by Indian Institute of Technology at Bhubaneshwar on 11-12-2017 to 15-12-2017 

Participant, "APPLICATION OF INTELLIGENT TECHNIQUES IN MANUFACTURING PROCESS" organized by Saranathan College of Engineering at Tiruchirappalli on 16-11-2017 & 17-11-2017. 

Participant of National Level Technical Work Shop on the Topic RECENT RESEARCH METHODOLOGY conducted By JJCET, Tiruchy. 

Participant of National Level Technical Work Shop on the Topic SOLAR POWER at NIT Tiruchy. 

Participant, FDP on "ADVANCED COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS" organized by AICTE, SIT Madurai on 02-14 Dec 2013. 

Organized

Organized a Two-day Workshop on Photonic and Photovoltaic Devices (WOPPD-2022) with industry resource persons and from top educational institution speakers, during September 29-30, 2022

Academic Experience:

Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, SRM Institute of Science and Technology (Tiruchirappalli Campus), Tamil Nadu (May 2022 – Till Date)

Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, K. Ramakrishnan College of Engineering, Tiruchirappalli , Tamil Nadu (Jan 2021 – May 2022)

Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Saranathan College of Engineering, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu (July 2013 – April 2020)

• Indian Society of Heat and Mass Transfer (ISHMT), Life Member, 2016
• Indian Society of Systems for Science and Engineering (ISSE), Life Member, 2017
• The Institution of Engineers India (IEI), Life Member, 2018

Funded Research Projects: (Worth – Rs.0.98 L)

The Institution of Engineers India, R&D Grant in Aid Scheme, Rs 23,500 for project titled Process Automation and Control Study on Solar Photovoltaic Thermal Water Collector System, October 2022 - March 2023 [Project ID: UG2023014].

The Institution of Engineers India, R&D Grant in Aid Scheme, Rs 30,000 for project titled Performance Investigation on Solar Distillation System Using Air Conditioning Unit Reject Water as Working Fluid, September - November 2019 [Project ID: UG2020014].

The Institution of Engineers India, R&D Grant in Aid Scheme, Rs 30,000 for project titled Experimental Investigation on Solar Hybrid Heatrier System, January-June 2019  [Project ID: RDPG2018010].

The Institution of Engineers India, R&D Grant in Aid Scheme, Rs 15,000 for project titled Experimental Investigation on Hybrid Flow Heat Exchanger, April-June 2018  [Project ID: RDUG2017035].