Dr. Sivakumar K. G. V.
Engineer 'E'
Phone : 0471-2520319, 9731288033

Academic Qualifications

Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2007

M. S. in Materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2002

B. Tech. in Metallurgical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, 2000

Professional Record

Lead Engineer, GE India Industrial Pvt. Ltd, 2012-2018

Research Engineer, GE India Technology Center, 2010-2012

Research Engineer II, South Dakota School of Mines & Technology, 2008-2010

Postdoctoral Fellow, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2007-2008

Awards

Whitney award for scientific Excellence at GE Global Research, Bangalore (2017)

Area of Interest

His research interests include the development of processing technologies enabling the design and development of `lean? orthopedic implants, novel filling systems for gravity casting of cobalt alloys and casting modeling of total knee replacement implants, aimed at high-quality, defect-free castings.

Current Activities

Development of processing technologies enabling the design and development of `lean? orthopedic implants

Heat treatment development for titanium alloys and studies of processing-structure-property relationships

Processing-structure-property studies of titanium alloys

Casting modeling of cobalt alloy-based total knee replacement implants

Patents

An automatic self-locking clip arrestor for use with an anterior cervical plating system: Patent application no. 202341040576, Date: June 2023 Inventors: Siva Kumar KGV, Vishnu S Prasad and Muraleedharan CV

Downstream heat treatment processes for strength enhancement of slender Ti6Al4V shaped, implant castings: Patent application no. 202141037803, Date: Aug. 2022 Inventors: Siva Kumar K G V, Ajmal T Mohammed and Muraleedharan CV

Swab Collection Booth: Patent application no. 202041015925, Date: April 2020 Inventors: Ramesh Babu, Muraleedharan CV, Arvind Kumar Prajapati, Siva Kumar KGV, Saurabh Nair, Nagesh D

Dual Chamber Swab Collection Booth; Patent application no. 202041018961, Date: May 2020 Inventors: Ramesh Babu, Muraleedharan CV, Asha Kishore, Arvind Kumar Prajapati, Siva Kumar KGV, Saurabh Nair

An anterior cervical plate designed for the Indian population; Design Registration application no. 365502-001, Date: June 2022 Inventors: Siva Kumar K G V, Ajmal T Mohammed and Muraleedharan CV

Self-locking clip arrestor for bone implants; Design Registration granted with no. 374796-001, Date: Nov. 2022 Inventors: Siva Kumar KGV, Vishnu S. Prasad and Muraleedharan CV

Membership

Indian Institute of Metals

American Society of Metals

Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining

On-going Projects

`Development of high strength Ti6Al4V castings for orthopedic implants?, funded by Technical Research Center, SCTIMST via the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India PoC. phase of the project comprising (i) downstream process heat treatment development and (ii) device design, modeling, fabrication and testing, starting Dec. 2019, is ongoing.

Projects Completed

Research

Casting modeling of cobalt alloy-based total knee replacement implants

Organisational Activities

SROP module instructor on 'Metals and alloys for implants and prostheses

member of Internal Audit Committee, nominated by QUC

Module instructor of the M. Tech. Clin. Eng. course on 'Failure mechanisms in metals'

Served as a co-ordinator and course instructor of the M. Tech. Clin. Eng. program

Technology Transferred

Developed swab collection and examination booths (non-classified medical devices) as part of COVID-19 fast-track projects and transferred these technologies with supporting documentation viz. technical specification and costing, validation reports and instructions-for-use documents, to companies such as HLL Lifecare Ltd., TVS Supply Chain Solution Ltd., etc.

Publications

Article

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, A Finite element study of lean anterior cervical plating instrumentation designs, Under review- Medical Engineering and Physics, ,
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S. P. Vishnu, K. G. V. Siva Kumar, C.V. Muraleedharan, P.S. Sarma, G. Divakar and K. Krishnakumar, A unique geometrical representation of the cervical spine based on meta-analysis-derived descriptors, To be submitted to- Annals of Biomedical Engineering, ,
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K. G. V. Siva Kumar, J. Campbell, M. S. Subhash Kumar, S. P. Vishnu and M. R. Abhilash, A novel filling system for gravity casting of cobalt alloy prostheses, Under review- Transactions of the Indian Institute of Metals, ,
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K. G. V. Siva Kumar, Ajmal T. Mohammed, Rajeev A. and Muraleedharan C. V., Finite element study of bending of a custom 2-level anterior cervical plate in 4-point configuration, Transactions of the Indian National Academy of Engineering, 2023, , DOI: 10.1007/s41403-023-00395-x
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K. G. V. Siva Kumar, R. Oruganti and P. Chatterjee, X-Ray Rocking Curve Measurements of Dislocation Density and Creep Strain Evolution in Gamma Prime-Strengthened Ni-Base Superalloys, Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A, 2018,
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R. Oruganti et al., A microstructure based model for creep of gamma prime strengthened nickel-based superalloys, ASME Journal of Engineering Materials and Technology, 2018, 141
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C. Girish Shastry, V. S. K. G. Kelekanjeri, T. Vishwanath and S. Chaudhuri, Physical interpretation of creep in single crystal Rene N4TM based on a phenomenological model, Materials Science and Engineering: A, 2013, 585; 47
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R. L. Whelchel, V. S. K. G. Kelekanjeri, R. A. Gerhardt and J. Ilavsky, Effect of aging treatment on the microstructure and resistivity of a nickel-base superalloy, Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A, 2011, 42A
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R. L. Whelchel, V. S. K. G. Kelekanjeri and R. A. Gerhardt, Mechanical and electrical characterisation in age hardened Waspaloy microstructures, International Heat Treatment and Surface Engineering, 2009, 3(1)
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V. S. K. G. Kelekanjeri, L. K. Moss, R. A. Gerhardt and J. Ilavsky, Quantification of the coarsening kinetics of, Acta Materialia, 2009,