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NICE MENACHERY

Assistant Professor

Areas of Specialization

Production & Industrial Engineering
Areas of Interest

Powder metallurgy
Nano composites
Manufacturing Process
Material science
Innovation & Entrepreneurship

Educational Summary


Course University Year
B.Tech - Mechanical Engineering University of Calicut, Kerala 2011
M.Tech - Production & Industrial Engineering Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala 2013
PhD - Material Science Christ University, Karnataka Pursuing

Experience


From Date To Date Institution Name Designation
2013-06-10 0000-00-00 Jyothi Engineering College Assistant Professor

Achievements


Achievement Year
Best paper award in IEEE-ICAET-2014 conference held at EGS Pillay Engg college, Nagappatinam. 2014
The project titled " Robotic assisted grafting of plants" has selected in the top five in the Agritech Hackathon held at ICAR-CPCRI Kasargod from 29-02-2020 to 1-3-2020, organized by CPCRI and KSUM. 2020
The project titled "UV Sterilizing Robot" has selected and participated in the Enlight 2020,ED Conclave organized by Dept. of Industries and Commerce, Govt. of Kerala 2020
Project titled “VIRUZID UV STERILIZER” has applied for IPR and published (application number 202041022870) 2020
Project titled “Machinability evaluation and wear behavior of hybrid Aluminum MMC reinforced with CNT and solid lubricants” is sanctioned by the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) through the Research Promotion Scheme (RPS) in the financial year 2021-2022. Principal Investigator : Dr. Deepanraj B Co-Principal Investigator : Mr. Nice Menachery Total Fund Sanctioned : Rs. 20,92,500/ 2021
Project titled” Low cost step climbing wheel chair” got funding of Rs. 35000/- from the Centre of Excellence for Disability Studies managed by LBS Centre for Science and Technology (A Govt of Kerala Undertaking). 2022
Design patent granted for Lower control arm for light vehicle suspension systems, Design no. 366543-001, dated 22/06/2022 2022
Design patent granted for Diaper recycling unit, Design no. 380421-001, dated 28/02/2023 2023
Project tilted adult diaper waste management has won the first position in Dekathon 2022 – “Towards Zero Sanitary Waste Pollution” with an award of Rs. 40000/- and 8 days fully sponsored internship at Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia 2023
3rd Prize in open category in VAIGA (Value Addition for Income Generation in Agriculture), a major event organized by the Department of Agriculture Development and Farmers’ Welfare 2023
Certificate of appreciation from JEC Managemnet for securing 100 % result in the fourth semster B.Tech University examinations for the subject Maufacturing Process 2023
Academic auditor of APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University 2023
Certified Entrepreneurship trainer by completing Ignite Entrepreneurship Course conducted by Wadhwani Foundation 2023
Best paper award at 6th International Conference on Advancements in Materials and Manufacturing 2024 (ICAAMM-2024) organized by MLR Institute of Technology, Hyderabad 2024

Papers Published


Menachery, Nice, C. V. Biju, and M. T. Sijo. "Investigation of Mechanical Properties and Grain Structure of 5xxx Aluminium Alloys under Precisely Controlled Annealed Conditions." International Journal of Scientific and Reseach Publications, Vol.3.1 (2013).
Menachery, Nice, Binoy Boban, and Jino Joy. "Cause and Effect Analysis for Reheating the Titanium alloys while forging operation-A case study." International Journal of Engineering Research and Development, Vol 6 (2013)
Sreejith K., Christy V. Vazhappilly, Nice Menachery, Nikhil N.S., Manoj Kumar V.K., Praveen Raj, “Performance Evaluation of Household Refrigerator using CuO Nanoparticle Lubricant Mixture and various Compressor Oils with Different Condenser Modes”. Research Inventy: International Journal of Engineering And Science, Vol. 5.1 (2015)
Shunmugesh K, Lakshmikanth G, Deepanraj B, Sukesh O.P, Nice Menachery " An Optimization of Drilling Process Parameters in Machining Epoxy Based Carbon Fibre Composites." International Journal of Mechanical and Production Engineering Research and Development (IJMPERD), Vol.9, pg 105-110 (2019)
Nice Menachery, Sreerag V Nambiar, Sangeeth S, Vishnu Thilak A, Nigil Sebastian, Shabin K Joby “The lost Low cost adult diaper waste management method.” International Journal of Mechanical and Production Engineering Research and Development (IJMPERD), Vol.9, pg 105-110 (2019)
Praveen Raj, P.L. Biju, B. Deepanraj , Nice Menachery "A systematic review on characterization of hybrid aluminium nanocomposites." Materials Today: Proceedings (2022).
Nice Menachery, Shijo Thomas, B. Deepanraj, N. Senthilkumar, “Processing of nanoreinforced aluminium hybrid metal matrix composites and the effect of post heat treatment: a review”, Applied nanoscience (2022)
Shijo Thomas, Nice Menachery, Lijo P Thomas, Santhosh N, Pradeep Kumar G S & Gurumoorthy S Hebbar, "Influence of nano hexagonal boron nitride on the wear properties of aluminium alloy", Advances in Materials and Processing Technologies (2023)

Conferences / Workshop / FDPs Attended


Participated in the International Conference on “Safety by design” (ICSBD-2013) featuring – Recent Trends in Design & manufacturing, on 16th-17th Aug, 2013 organized by Jawaharlal College of Engineering and Technology, Palakkad
Presented a paper entitled “Six Stroke Engine with a Pre-Cooler system for Low Consumption of Fuel”, IEEE - International Conference on Advances in Engineering and Technology-(ICAET 2014), on 2nd and 3rd May, 2014 conducted by E.G.S. Pillay Engineering College, Nagapattinam.
Presented a paper entitled “Fuel Consumption Reduction System in Four Stroke Engines”, IEEE - International Conference on Advances in Engineering and Technology-(ICAET 2014), on 2nd and 3rd May, 2014 conducted by E.G.S. Pillay Engineering College, Nagapattinam.
Presented a paper entitled “Steam Consumption Reduction in Tyre industry”, IEEE 2nd International conference on knowledge collaboration in Engineering (ICKCE-2015), on 27th-28th, March, 2015 conducted by Kathir College of Engineering, Coimbatore.
Presented a paper entitled “Low-cost adult diaper waste management method” International Conference on advancements in Mechanical Engineering (ICAME 2019) on April 10-11,2019 conducted by Jyothi Engineering College, Cheruthuruthy, Kerala.
Participated in the AICTE sponsored by International conference on Technological Advancements in Materials, Design, Manufacturing and Energy sectors (ICTAMDMES’20 ) on 20-21st Feb,2020, conducted by St . Joseph's College of Engineering, Chennai.
Presented a paper titled, “Investigation of mechanical properties of eco friendly composite prepared from sawdust”, Virtual International Conference on Advanced Technologies and Research in Mechanical Engineering during 26 th to 28 th October 2020 organized by Department of Mechanical Engineering, MEA Engineering College, Malappuram, Kerala.
Presented a paper titled, “Experimental investigation of nano hexagonal boron nitride reinforcement in Aluminium alloys through casting method”, on SERB Sponsored International Conference on Recent Advancements in Materials Science and Technology (ICRAMST'24) on 29th and 30th Jan, 2024 organized by Karpagam Academy of Higher Education (KAHE), Tamil Nadu
Presented a paper titled, “Development and characterization of carbon fiber reinforcement in Aluminium metal matrix composite”, 6th International Conference on Advancements in Materials and Manufacturing 2024 (ICAAMM-2024) on 16th and 17th Feb 2024 organized by MLRIT, Hyderabad
Presented a paper titled, “The behavior of Hexagonal Boron Nitride nanoparticles in Aluminium Metal Matrix Composite synthesized by high energy ball milling and conventional sintering” on International conference on Recent trends in material science (ICRTMS24) on 6th & 7Th March, 2024 organized by Kristu Jayanthi College, Bangalore

Projects Guided


Projects Name Details Year
Fuel Consumption Reduction System in Four Stroke Engines 2013
Experimental Study on Friction Weldin 2014
Design and Fabrication of Multi Utility Agro Kart 2014
Steam Consumption Reduction in Hot Water Deaerator 2015
Steel Rod Bending Machine 2015
Alternate safety Braking System 2016
Viscous Braking system 2016
Lean Initiative in Surgical Industry 2018
Hybrid Vertical Axis Wind Turbine with Maglev System 2019
All Terrain Wheelchair 2019
Profitable mini municipal waste separator 2020
Design of Eco-friendly composite from saw dust 2020
Liquid Body Armor using Shear Thickening Fluid 2020
UV sterilizing Robot 2020
Design and fabrication of racoon-the pipe climbing robot 2021
E-waste composites 2021
Property analysis of magnesium metal matrix composite reinforced with silicon carbide and tungsten carbide 2021
Characterization of Al metal matrix reinforced with hBN 2021
Oobleck Enhanced Flexible Bulletproof Vest 2022
Effect of Solid Lubricants on AA7075 Manufactured using Stir Casting Method 2023
Tribological behaviour of Aluminium metal matrix composites 2024