Mr. A.Sivalingam
Assistant Professor, Department of Mechatronics Engineering
Sona College of Technology, Salem – 636 005
Ph: +91 – 427 – 4099999 Ext: 888 Email : sivalingama@sonatech.ac.in,



Academic Profile
Degree Branch Institute Year
Ph.D., Nanofluid Heat transfer Anna University Pursuing
M.E., Thermal Engineering Government College of Engineering, Salem 2012
B.E., Mechanical Engineering Government College of Engineering, Salem 2010

Experience
Industry
Period No of Years Designation Department Institution
01-04-2003 to 01-04-2007 4.0 Junior Engineer Production M/s Madhav Granite & Realty Ltd, Thoppur
Teaching
Period No of Years Designation Department Institution
02-04-2007 to 21-06-2010 3.3 Instructor Production Engineering Thiagarajar Polytechnic College, Salem
01-06-2012 to 31-12-2012 0.7 Assistant professor Mechanical Engineering Jayalakshmi Institute of Technology, Thoppur
02-01-2013 to Till date   Assistant professor Mechanical Engineering Sona College of Technology, Salem

Publications

International Journals

  1. A.Sivalingam , T. Balusamy, S. Suseel Jai Krishnan, P. K. Nagarajan, ‘Evaluating the potential of Azadirachtaindica–assisted zinc oxide particles as efficacious nanofluids by convective experiments with twisted tape annexed circular tube’, Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery, https://doi.org/10.1007/s13399-021-01344-w, ISSN 2190-6815, Impact Factor 4.987, SCI Indexed (2021).
  2. Sivalingam Amirthalingam & Balusamy Thangavel, ‘On the thermal conductivity and viscosity of bionanofluid with neem (Azadirachta indica) assisted zinc oxide nanoparticles’, Journal of Thermal Science and Technology, vol. 15, no. 3, ISSN 1880 – 5566, Impact Factor 0.66, SCI Indexed, (2020).
  3. Sudharsan Gunasekaran, Suresh Periyagounder, Sivalingam. A, & Saravanan Annamalai Experimental Study on Micro Electrochemical Machining of SS 316L using Teaching Learning based Optimization, International Journal of Mechanical and Production Engineering Research and Development (IJMPERD), 10, 3, 1051-1060, ISSN 2249-8001 SCOPUS Indexed (2020).
  4. B.Iniyaraja, A.Sivalingam, B.Srivijai, S.Murugan Experimental study of surface roughness and Overcut in Electrochemical machining of High Carbon High Chromium Die steel, Test Engineering and Management,83, 11731-11741, ISSN 0193-4120, SCOPUS Indexed (2020).
  5. B.Iniyaraja, A.Sivalingam, Dr.S.Mahalingam, R.Sathish Experimental study on electrochemical machining of high carbon high chromium die steel, International journal of scientific research and innovations XIII, 37-45, ISSN 2455-7579 (2018)
  6. A.Sivalingam, B.Iniyaraja, Dr.S.Mahalingam, S.Surya, Study on heat loss reduction and economization of kiln furnace by insulation, International journal of scientific research and innovations XIII,22-28, ISSN 2455-7579 (2018)
  7. P.Vijayalakshmi, S.Suresh, A.Sivalingam, B.Iniyaraja, Experimental investigation on EDM machining parameters of Al/Alumina composite and  Optimization by Genetic Algorithm, Jn. Of Manufacturing Engineering, Vol 13, Issue 3, ISSN  0973-6867 (2018)
  8. A. Sivalingam , T. Balusamy, Review on Heat Transfer Enhancement Using Nanofluids in Heat Exchangers, International Journal of Science and Research, 7, 2, ISSN (Online): 2319- 7064, DOI: 10.21275/ART2018203 (2018)

Sponsored research (Grants received)
Title Sponsoring Agency Amount Responsibility
Establishment of Multi Skill and Personality Development Program Centre for SC/ST Students AICTE 3,00,000 Department Coordinator

International Conferences
  1. A.Sivalingam, A.Baraniraj, Reduction of Heat Loss in 100T Rotary Kiln Furnace And Economization By Insulation, INCACMA 2012 at Kongu Engineering College, Perundurai, Erode (2012)
  2. A.Sivalingam, Study on Enhancement of Heat Transfer Using Nanofluids in Heat Exchanger, International Conference on Recent Advances in Mechanical Engineering (ICRAMEK 17) at GCE, Salem (2017).
  3. P.Vijayalakshmi, S.Suresh, A.Sivalingam, B.Iniyaraja, Experimental Investigation on EDM Machining Parameters of Al/Alumina Composite and Optimization by Genetic Algorithm, AMPIE 18 at Mahendra Institute of Engineering and Technology,  Namakkal (2018).
  4. A.Sivalingam, B.Iniyaraja, Dr.S.Mahalingam, S.Surya, Study on Heat Loss Reduction and Economization of Kiln Furnace by Insulation, ICSRI 18 at Chennai Institute Of Technology (2018).
  5. B.Iniyaraja, A.Sivalingam, Dr.S.Mahalingam, R.Sathish, Experimental Study on Electrochemical Machining of High Carbon High Chromium Die Steel, ICSRI 18 at Chennai Institute Of Technology (2018).

FDP Attended
  1. Two week AICTE Sponsored SDP on Multi-Objective Optimization Techniques for Manufacturing Process at Muthayammal Engineering College, Namakkal (April 2012)
  2. Two week AICTE Sponsored FDP on Computational techniques in heat and fluid flow at SCT, Salem (November 2019).
  3. TEQIP-II sponsored  FDP on Research Scope in Thermal Engineering at GCE, Salem (December 2016)
  4. Two days FDP on Project Management and Leadership Workshop at SCT, Salem (April  2017)
  5. Five days Pedagogy training at SCT, Salem (June 2019).
  6. FDP on ISO 14001:2015 Environmental Management Systems at SCT, Salem (February 2020).
  7.  Five days FDP on Virtual Labs as part of the PALS-VLABS 2020-21 initiative with NITK Surathkal (August 2020)
  8. Six days FDP on Problem Solving using Python Programming sponsored by Anna University at SCT, Salem (July 2021)

Seminar/Conference/Workshop organized
  1. Two week ISTE workshop on Heat Transfer (Teaching assistant)conducted by IIT Bombay at GCE, Salem (November-December 2011)
  2. Three day Workshop on ATV Design and Development in association with SAE (July 2017)
  3. Two days workshop on  Heating, Ventilation and Air-Conditioning in Industrial Applications at SCT, Salem (February 2018)
  4. Guest lecture on Industrial Automation by Ms.T.Vijayalakshmi, NIKE (September 2019)
  5. Guest lecture on Lean thinking by Mr.R.Shravankumar, BMW, Chennai (October 2019)
  6. Webinar on Stress management in Pandemic: COVID 19 by Mr.R.Shravankumar, BMW, Chennai (July 2020)
  7. Webinar on Fundamentals of Raspberry pi –workshop (July 2020)
  8. Two weeks IOCC on IOT programming for real time applications by Tessolve semiconductors, Bangalore (July 2021)
  9. Five days FDP on Inculcating Universal Human Values in Technical Education by AICTE (September 2021)
  10. Seminar/Conference/Workshop attended
  11. Technical workshop on Cost of Poor Quality at Thiagarajar Polytechnic College, Salem  (August 2008)
  12. Two days Industrial training at Burn Standard Company Ltd, Salem (May 2010)
  13. SAE associated National level workshop on Alternative Energy Sources at IRTT Erode (March 2012)
  14. Two weeks ISTE workshop on Computational Fluid Dynamics conducted by IIT Bombay at GCE, Salem (June 2012)
  15. Two weeks ISTE workshop on Engineering Thermodynamics conducted by IIT Bombay at SCT, Salem (December 2012)
  16. Three days course on Quantitative Tools for Research at Kongu Engineering College, Perundurai, Erode (September 2013)
  17. Two weeks ISTE workshop on Engineering Mechanics conducted by IIT Bombay at SCT, Salem (November 2013)
  18. AICTE sponsored national level seminar on Renewable Energy Sources for sustainable development at Thiagarajar Polytechnic College, Salem (January 2014)
  19. National workshop on  Nanomaterials Synthesis and Characterization at KSRCT, Thiruchengode (February 2014)
  20. Two weeks ISTE workshop on Fluid Mechanics conducted by IIT Bombay at SCT, Salem (MAY 2014)
  21. One day workshop on Friction Stir Welding and Processing at Jayalakshmi Institute of Technology, Thoppur (February 2015)
  22. Knowledge sharing sessions on Systematic Research and Report Writing at Kongu Engineering College, Perundurai, Erode (August 2015)
  23. National level workshop on Advances in Manufacturing Process at Mahendra Institute of Engineering and Technology, Namakkal (August 2016)
  24. Skill development programme on Research Methodology and Quality Publications conducted by IEI  at SCT,Salem (March 2017)
  25. One day workshop on How to Write Research Articles to Quality Journal at SCT, Salem (May 2017)
  26. Two days  workshop on Micromachining and Its Optimization at SCT, Salem (January 2018)
  27. Two days workshop on  Heating, Ventilation and Air-Conditioning in Industrial Applications at SCT, Salem (February 2018)
  28.  Three days Internship Training at Excel Die Castings, Chennai (December 2018)
  29. One day workshop on Internet of Things conducted by Enthu Technologies Pvt Ltd at SCT, Salem (February 2019)
  30. Three days FESTO Industrial Automation Training at SCT, Salem (July & August 2019)
  31. One day workshop on Advanced Materials Synthesis, Characterization and Applications conducted by IEI at SCT, Salem (September 2019)
  32. Webinar on Smart manufacturing with FANUC CNC, IOT and FANUC Robot (April 2020)
  33. Webinar on Robots-ABB (April 2020)
  34. 3 day Workshop on Virtual simulations- Teaching and Learning with ICT tools (MAY 2020)
  35. Webinar on CFD simulation of Thermal Management of Batteries and Power Converters at Vel Tech High Tech Dr Rangarajan Dr Sakunthala Engg College, Chennai (MAY 2020)
  36. Online assessment course on Level up your proficiency in Mechanical Engineering by Mahendra Institute of technology, Namakkal (MAY 2020)
  37. Webinar on Role of a Mechanical Engineer in the Industry at Sathyabama University Chennai (June 2020)
  38. Webinar on Effective and Efficient writing of research papers for Web of Science, Scopus indexed journals, and Conferences using Typeset Creation Suite (August 2021)

Guest Lectures/Seminars delivered (Outreach)
Topic Delivered at Period
Engineering Graphics ONLINE 24-04-2020
Industry 4.0 ONLINE 01-05-2020

Membership
Name of the society Period
ISTE LIFE MEMBER

Other activities/achievements