Dr. Rangaraj M. Desai | Faculty Mechanical Engineering - Graphic Era Hill University, Dehradun

Dr. Rangaraj M. Desai
Assistant Professor

RESEARCH AREA
Smart materials and Semi-active vibration control of Automotive Suspension

EDUCATION

Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering, NITK Surathkal, India (2021)
M. Engineering, Mechanical Systems, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada (2012)
B.E. Mechanical Engineering, NITK Surathkal, India (2006)

AWARDS/HONORS

Qualified in the GATE 2019 exam in Mechanical Engineering with a score of 487 and AIR of 12,566.
Received Best Paper Award in ICAMEN 2019, international conference by Manipal University Jaipur in 2019.
Nodal Centre Coordinator for Virtual Labs at GEU, Dehradun – An Initiative under NMEICT by the Ministry of Education, Govt. of India since May 2022. Took a self-initiative of making GEU a Nodal Centre by reaching out to my former Professor at NITK, Surathkal.
One of the Coordinators for Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat (EBSB) Govt. of India initiative at GEU, Dehradun.
Golden Key award for excellent academic performance during M.Eng by Golden Key International Honors Society in 2011.
Got an overall band score of 8.0 out of 9.0 in the IELTS exam certifying that I am a very good user of the English language in 2009.
Certified twice in French language courses in 2003 and 2007.
Got 98th rank to the state in the Karnataka Common Entrance Test (CET)-Eng. in 2002.

Dr. Rangaraj M Desai has a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering with 3 Yrs experience in teaching and two years experience in Automotive MNC. Dr. Desai has published 7 peer reviewed articles in international Journals which are both SCOPUS and SCIE indexed. He has also particapted and published research articles in 5 international conferences. He completed his doctorate degree at National Institute of Technology Karnataka, Surathkal in 2021 by working on development, design and testing of Magneto-Rheological Dampers for application in semi-active suspension of automobiles. The research work consisted of working with Smart Materials for mechanical vibrations applications. His research work was part of IMPRINT Project, which was funded by MHRD and MoRTH, Govt. of India, research guide was the Principal Investigator and it also involved collaboration with industries. Before pursuing his Ph.D. degree, he was Assistant Professor in School of Mechanical Engineering at Reva University, Bengaluru, India for two years. During this time, he has taught various courses in the B.Tech as well as M.Tech programs such as Mechanical Vibrations, Design of Machine Elements, Strength of Materials, Theory of Machines, Automobile Engineering, Automotive Chassis and Suspension, Computer Aided Design, Design of Mechanisms, Gear Engineering, Design for Manufacturing, Dynamics of Machinery and Hydraulics and Pneumatics.

RESEARCH DETAILS

ORCID ID: 0000-0002-0378-9866
Scopus ID : 57216830061
Google Scholar ID: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=UZji9voAAAAJ&hl=en

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