Dr. Gobikrishnan Udhayakumar

Dr. Gobikrishnan Udhayakumar, Ph.D

Email: gobikrishnan@sonatech.ac.in

Designation: Assistant Professor

Experience: Teaching – 10 years, Industry – 0 years

Specialization: Product Design and Development

Journal Publications

  1. Udhayakumar, G., Adithiya, B., Jayakumar, P., Arun, V. and Akash, R., 2025, February. Drilling investigation of 15-5 PH stainless steel with an improvement of metal removal rate and minimize overcut using micro-ECM. AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 3204, No. 1.
  2. Rajesh, S., Udhayakumar, G., Bhuvaneswari, M., Chakravarthy, R.A., Arun, M. and Jayabalan, C., 2025, February. Prediction of ultimate tensile strength of dissimilar substances welding using random forest regression. AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 3204, No. 1.
  3. Kumar, T.J., Prabu, D.A., Udhayakumar, G., Rajesh, S., Palaniappan, S. and Subramanian, A., 2025, February. Forecasting the material extraction rate of inconel 625 alloy in micro electrochemical drilling through machine learning approaches. AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 3204, No. 1.
  4. Seenivasan, M., Kumar, T.P., Udhayakumar, G., Rajesh, S., Bhuvaneswari, M. and Ali, L.F., 2025. Forecasting the Material Removal Rate of Inconel 718 Alloy in Electrochemical Machining through Machine Learning Approaches (SAE Technical Paper No. 2024-01-5253).
  5. Raja, T., Mohanavel, V., Kovuru, V., Udhayakumar, G., Alnaser, I.A., Abdo, H.S. and Abdelgawad, H., 2024. Study of basalt/hemp fibers reinforced B4C nanoparticles influenced hybrid epoxy composite: a novel approach for optical fiber insulation. Optical and Quantum Electronics, 56(3), p.427.
  6. Bhuvaneswari, M., Kumar, T.P., Gobikrishnan, U., Rajesh, S., Prabu, D.A. and Seenivasan, M., 2024. Solar Radiation Forecast Utilizing an Artificial Neural Network Model with Three Distinct Learning Algorithms (SAE Technical Paper No. 2023-01-5174).
  7. Gobalakrishnan, B., Rajaravi, C., Udhayakumar, G. and Lakshminarayanan, P.R., 2023. A comparative study on ex-situ & in-situ formed metal matrix composites. Archives of Metallurgy and Materials, pp.171-185.
  8. M.N.V.S.A. Sivaram Kotha, T.J. Prasanna Kumar, U. Gobikrishnan, T.A. Selvan, S. Rajesh, S. Madhankumar, 2023. Electrical discharge Machining process variable assessment on Al 7075 mixed composite materials utilizing multi-criteria optimization method. Materials Today: Proceedings, pp. 2007-2012.
  9. Udhayakumar, G., Suresh, P., and Raja, K.V., 2022. Assessment of Influence of the Process Parameters on Electrochemical Micromachining of 15-5 PH Stainless Steel. Int. J. Electrochem. Sci, 17(220334), p.2.
  10. Rajesh, S., Gobikrishnan, U., Rao, N.K., Balamurugan, R., Senthilkumar, K.M., Selvan, T.A. and Madhankumar, S., 2022. Electrochemical machining of aluminium 7075 alloy, silicon carbide, and fly ash composites: An experimental investigation. Materials Today: Proceedings, 62, pp.863-867.
  11. Arun Kumar P M, Gobikrishnan Udhayakumar, Balamurugan S, Akshey P.B, Gurubaran S K M, Jayabharathi B, 2021. Design and Implementation of Secondary Positioner for improving the OEE of Robotic Welding System, IEEE InCAP, Jaipur, pp. 324-327, doi: 10.1109/InCAP52216.2021.9726483.
  12. Gobalakrishnan, B., Rajaravi, C., Udhayakumar, G. and Lakshminarayanan, P.R., 2021. Effect of ceramic particulate addition on aluminium based ex-situ and in-situ formed metal matrix composites. Metals and Materials International, 27, pp.3695-3708.
  13. S. Gowthaman, Gobikrishnan U., 2021. Effect of port injection pressure on mixture quality in Homogeneous charges compression ignition (HCCI) engine, International Journal of Emerging Trends in Engineering Research, 9(2).
  14. B. Gobalakrishnan, C. Rajaravi, Gobikrishnan Udhayakumar, P.R. Lakshminarayanan, M. Sivanesh Prabhu, 2021. Analysis of mechanical properties of cold extruded Al 6061 TiB2 MMCs and validated for finite element analysis. Materials Today: Proceedings, 43(2), pp.1283-1292.
  15. Udhayakumar Gobikrishnan, Periyagoundar Suresh, Paramasivam Kumaravel, 2021. Drilling investigations on Inconel alloy 625 material of material removal rate using micro electrochemical machining. Materials Today: Proceedings, 37(2), pp.1629-1633.
  16. S. Yogeshwaran, L. Natrayan, Gobikrishnan Udhayakumar, G. Godwin, L. Yuvaraj, 2021. Effect of waste tyre particles reinforcement on mechanical properties of jute and abaca fiber-epoxy hybrid composites with pre-treatment. Materials Today: Proceedings, 37(2), pp.1377-1380.
  17. A. Saravanan, P. Suresh, G. Sudharsan, P. Kumaravel, Udhayakumar Gobikrishnan, 2019. Investigation of fatigue life and dynamic behavior of magnesium alloy of an automobile connecting rod, Caribbean Journal of Science, 53(2), pp.1576-1596.
  18. Ramesh, S., Gobikrishnan, U., Umanath, K., 2015. Micro Drilling Studies on Titanium Alloy Using Micro Electro Chemical Machining. Aust. J. Basic & Appl. Sci., 9(11), pp.934-941.

Conference & Book Publications

Conference Publications: NIL

Book Publications: NIL

Research Projects

Funded Projects: NIL

Patent

  • A Hybrid Measurement technology of Welding Synchronization using computer for Efficient Tracking of Workpiece.

Professional Membership

  • Life Member of Indian Society for Technical Education (LM -111221)
  • Indian Society of Systems for Science and Engineering (LM – 05347)

Researcher IDs

Awards & Recognitions

  • NPTEL ELITE Awards
  • NPTEL Online Courses - Top Achiever: Top 5% in "Manufacturing Process Technology - I & II" (2024)
  • NPTEL Discipline Stars Award (2024)
  • Elite + Silver Certification in "Computer Integrated Manufacturing" (2024)
  • Elite Certification in "Rapid Manufacturing" (2024)
  • Elite Certification in "Introduction to Composites" (2023)
  • Elite Certification in "Introduction to Industry 4.0 and Industrial Internet of Things" (2022)