Curriculum Vitae

1. Personal Information
a) Name b) Working Institute : : Dr. Somashekhar S. Hiremath Asst. Professor Precision Engineering & Instrumentation Laboratory Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras Chennai-600 036. Sate -Tamil Nadu. INDIA c) Date of Birth d) Sex e) Category f) Passport No. g) Driving Licenses : : : : : 05-07-1970 Male General Merit B5655555 Four wheeler: DL No.F/TN/007/014322/2002 Two Wheeler: DL. No. 466/97 h) Income Tax PAN No. i) PRAN Number : ; : AYPPS8227E 110020653459 Major - Manufacturing

j) Field of Specialization

Ancillary - Fluid Power Systems, Mechatronics, Precision Engineering, FEM h) Professional Licenses :

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1. 2. 3. 4.

Institution/Organization
Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE) Fluid Power Society of India (FPSI) Madras Chapter American Society for Precision Engineering (ASPE) European Society for Precision Engineering and Nanotechnology (EUSPEN) Life Member of Youth Hostels Associations of India

Nature of Licence
Life Member LM 23560 Member Member Member Membership Number 51271 Life Member 027-YH10-L049187

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2. National Awards Name

1.

Organization
Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE), New Delhi.

Year
2005

Certificate/Cash Prize
Merit Certificate, a Medallion and Rs.10,000/- in cash. Presented at the Annual Convention of the Academy on 10th December 2005 at National Institute of Advanced Studies (NIAS), IISC. Campus, Bangalore. Merit Ccertificate, a Medallion and Rs.8, 000/- in cash. Presented at 35th ISTE Annual Convention and National Seminar, 15-17, December, 2005, BIET, Davangere.

Ph. D. Thesis of the year 2004-05 in Mechanical Engineering Department)

Innovative Student Project Award 2005 (Best

2. Prof. K. Arumugam National Award for

Innovative Research Work in Engineering and Technology (for Faculty of

Degree Level Institution)

Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE), New Delhi.

2005

Technical

3. Professional/Academic honours Name

1. Certificate of Merit (Best Teacher). 2. Certificate of Merit (Best Teacher). 3. Certificate of Merit (Best Teacher). 4. Certificate of Merit (Best Teacher). 5. Young Scientist Travel Grant. 6. Research Scholar Travel Grant. 7. Research Scholar Travel Grant. 8. Invited Talk.

Institution/Organization
Bapuji Institute of Engineering & Technology Davangere. Bapuji Institute of Engineering & Technology Davangere. Bapuji Institute of Engineering & Technology Davangere. Bapuji Institute of Engineering & Technology Davangere. CSIR, New Delhi. I.I.T. Madras, Chennai. I.I.T. Alumni Chennai. Musashi Institute Technology Tokyo, Japan. of

Year
1997 1998 1999 2000 2002 2002 2002 2002

Certificate/Cash Prize
Merit Certificate with Medal. Merit Certificate with Medal. Merit Certificate with Medal. Merit Certificate with Medal. Rs. 35,000/- to present paper at Nara, Japan. Rs. 23,000/- to present paper at Nara, Japan. Rs. 20,000/- to present paper at Nara, Japan. Appreciation certificate with 30,000 YEN as a token of respect. Merit Certificate and mementoes at National Conference on Emerging Challenges in Fluid Power Technology, 2003). Merit Certificate.

9. Best Award.

Technical

Paper

Fluid Power Society of India (Madras Chapter).

2003

10. Certificate of Achievement at the Training Programme on Hydraulics and Pneumatics. 11. Certificate of Achievement at the Training Programme on IndraWorks/IndraLogicPLC.

Bosch Rexroth Germany.

AG,

Lohr,

2007

VTU-BR Centre of Competence in Automation Technology, Mysore and Bosch Rexroth AG, Lohr, Germany.

2007

Merit Certificate.

12. Selected for a Mobility scheme supported by the European Commission through WILLPower Network

Visiting Professor at ECOLE CENTRALE DE NANTES, FRANCE

200910

Scholarship for One month to work in Ecole Centrale De Nantes, france under Erasmus Mundus External cooperation Window (EMECW)

4. Professional Development-Workshops/Short Term Training Programs Organized Course

1. Short Term Training Programme (STTP) on Nonlinear Analysis in Mechanical Engineering Systems (NAMES-2007) for Engineering College Faculties 2. Workshop on Mathematical Applications in Engineering Systems- 2007 (MAINES-2007) for Engineering College Faculties 3. Workshop on Basic Hydraulics was organized for PES College of Engineering Students Mandya. Karnatak 4. Workshop on Basic Hydraulics was organized for National Institute of Engineering (NIE) Students Mysore 5. Workshop on Electrohydraulics was organized for NTTF, Bangalore.

Duration
26 30 March, 2007
th th

Venue
Bapuji Institute of Engineering & Technology, Davangere

Sponsored
AICTE, New Delhi.

27th October, 2007 24th -26th April 2008

Bapuji Institute of Engineering & Technology, Davangere Visveswarai Technological University (VTU)-Bosch Rexroth Centre of Competence in Automation Technology, Mysore Visveswarai Technological University(VTU)-Bosch Rexroth Centre of Competence in Automation Technology, Mysore Visveswarai Technological University(VTU)-Bosch Rexroth Centre of Competence in Automation Technology, Mysore Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC), SSC Conference Hall, Thiruvananthapurum-695 022 IIT Madras, Chennai

ISTE, New Delhi.

VTU, Belgaum

7th -9th May 2008

VTU, Belgaum

2nd June 2008

VTU, Belgaum

6. Three days in-house Training Programme on Hydraulic Control System for scientist of Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC), Thiruvananthapurum. 7. Short Term Training Programme (STTP) on Fluid Power Circuits and Controls: Fundamentals and Applications for Engineering College Faculties, Industries and R&D Personnel 8. Five days in-house Training programme on Hydraulic Systems for Engineers of EATON India Ltd. Pune.

29-06-09 to 01-07-09

VSSC, Thiruvananthapuru m-695022

13th 18th July 2009

AICTE, New Delhi

7th - 11th Dec. 2009

Eaton India Ltd., Pune

CEP (Continuing Education Programme), IIT Madras.

9. Short Term Training Programme (STTP) on Mechatronics: Integrated Technologies for Intelligent Machines for Engineering College Faculties, Industries and R&D Personnel 10. Three Days workshop on Industrial Hydraulics for Ashok Leyland

18th 23rd January 2010

IIT Madras, Chennai

AICTE, New Delhi

In the month of April-May

Ashok Leyland, Chennai

Ashok Leyland, Chennai

5. Professional Development-Workshops/Short Term Training Programs Attended Course

Methodology of Teaching & Evaluation of Mechanical Engineering Design & Allied Subjects CNC Machine Tools Advanced Machining Processes Computer Aided Design-Drafting SERC School on RAM Engineering in Manufacturing Recent Advances in Industrial Tribology Induction Training Engineering Programme in

Duration
27-31 July 1996

Venue
BIET, Davangere.

Sponsored
AICTE, New Delhi. AICTE, New Delhi. AICTE, New Delhi. AICTE, New Delhi. DST, New Delhi. AICTE, New Delhi. AICTE, New Delhi. IGNOU, New Delhi.

18-19 Jan. 1997 21-26 July1997 22-27 Sept. 1997 17-29 Nov. 1997 15-27 March 1999 18 May-7June 1999 30-31 March, 1999

BIET, Davangere. IIT, Kanpur. BIET, Davangere. IIT, Kanpur. REC, Calicut. Pondichery University, Pondichery. IGNOU, Regional Centre, Bangalore.

Orientation Programme of Management (Finance, Operation. Marketing and Human Resource Management) for Academic Counselor Orientation Programme for Academic Counselor Non Conventional Energy Sources 19th All India Manufacturing Technology, Design and Research Conference. SERC School on Precision Engineering. Workshop on Industrial Hydraulics and Pneumatics. Workshop on Customers Awareness.

3-4 Dec.1999

IGNOU, Regional Centre, Bangalore. BIET, Davangere. IIT Madras, Chennai.

IGNOU, New Delhi. ISTE, KSCST, IE. AIMTDR.

31 July-1 Aug 1999 14-16 Dec. 2000

4-13 Dec. 2001 01 Oct. 2004 11-16 April 2005

IIT Madras, Chennai. NIE Mysore. BIET, Davangere.

DST, New Delhi. VTU, Belgaum. The Indian Institute of Public Administration

35th ISTE Annual National Convention.

15-17 Dec. 2005

BIET, Davangere.

BIET and ISTE, New Delhi. AICTE, New Delhi. QIP Center, IIT Roorkee.

Short Term Training Program on CAE in Mechanical Design. Quality Improvement Programme on Advanced Processing of Composite Materials. Workshop Pneumatics. on Hydraulics and

5-16 June 2006 24-28 July 2006

IIT Madras, Chennai. IIT Roorkee (Uttaranchal).

18-30 June 2007

Bosch Rexroth, Lohr, Germany. VTU-BR Center of Competence in Industrial Automation, Mysore. VTU-BR Centre of Competence in Industrial Automation, Mysore.

Workshop on PLCs, Mechatronics and Robotics.

22nd Dec. 2007

VTU and Bosch Rexroth, Lohr, Germany. VTU Belgaum

Workshop on Programmable Logic Controller-Train-theTrainer Programme.

18-22 Feb. 2008

Bosch Rexroth , Germany and VTU Belgaum

6. Research Work
Sl. No. 1. Name of the Student and Address Gokul B MS Scholar, PEIL, Department of Mech. Engg. IIT Madras R. Ramakrishnan Ph.D. Scholar, PEIL, Department of Mech. Engg. IIT Madras Jinka Ranganayakulu MS Scholar, PEIL, Department of Mech. Engg. IIT Madras Jagannath N. Senior Lecturer, Dept. of IP Engg., STJM Institute of Technology, Chitradurga Sathish N. Senior Lecturer, Department of Mech. Engg., Ballary Engineering College, Bellary Discipline M.S. Topic Design, development and investigations of an embedded based control system for networked intelligent mobile robots Investigation on Hybrid Hydraulics University IIT Madras Status on going

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Ph. D.

IIT Madras

on going

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M.S.

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Ph.D.

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Ph.D.

Design, Development and Investigation on micrElectro-Chemical-Spark Machine Modeling, analysis and experimental investigation of abrasive hot air jet machining for brittle materials. Experimental investigations to produce micro holes on nonconducting materials using electro-chemical spark machining.

IIT Madras

On going

Visvesvaraya, Technological University, Belgaum Visvesvaraya, Technological University, Belgaum

On going

On going

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Murgesh M. C. Senior Lecturer, Department of Mech. Engg., GM Institute of Technology, Davangere Sharan A.S. Lecturer, Dept. of Mech. Engg., Bapuji Institute of Engineering & Technology, Davangere

Ph.D.

Experimental and theoretical investigation of machining the epoxybased composite material. Investigation on characterization electrohydraulic servovalve. the of

Visvesvaraya, Technological University, Belgaum

On going

7.

Ph.D.

Kuvempu University, Shimoga

On going

7. M. Tech. Project Work Guided

Sl. No. Name of the Student and the Institution Arun T A IIT Madras Pradeep Kumar Alaparti IIT Madras Ajay Nain Manikanta Rajesh Y Madhu Kumat Nagaprasad Discipline Dual Degree Dual Degree Dual Degree Dual Degree M. Tech. M. Tech. Topic Development of Mobile Robot for Clearing Clogged Sewer Pipes Design, Kinematics and Dynamic Analysis of Parallel Manipulator of a Mobile Robot Investigation on Electrohydraulic Servovalve Investigation on ECSM Investigation on Thermal cutting Investigation static pressure recovery in jet pipe EHSV Year 2009 Status Completed

2009

Completed

200910 200910 200910 200910

on going on going on going on going

8. Sponsored and Consultancy Projects

Project Number MEE0809245 NFSCSSOM Title Experimental Investigations into micro-electro-chemicaldischarge-machining on ECDM Modelling, Simulation and Development of a Parallel Platform for Under Water Research Name of the Investigators Dr. Somashekhar S Hiremath Start and Closing date 2008 to 2011 Cost (Rs.) 5,00,000=00

RB0809EDD00 1AUTDTASO

Dr. Asokan T Dr. Somashekhar S Hiremath

23-10-2008 to 30-10-2009

10,80,000=00

EDD0910005A UTDTASO

Modelling, Simulation and Development of a Parallel Platform (6dof) for Under Water Research Applications using AUTODESK products Mechatronics Consultancy

Dr. Asokan T Dr. Somashekhar S Hiremath

08-05-2009 to 30-10-2009

2,52,000=00

IC0809MEE04 3HTSLMSIN

Dr. Singaperumal M Dr. Asokan T Dr. Somashekhar S Hiremath Dr. Singaperumal M Dr. Somashekhar S Hiremath

25-09-2008 to 25-09-2011

4,00,000=00

RB0910MEE01 0RCIXMSIN

Numerical Characterization of a Jet pipe Electrohydraulic Servovalve

25-09-2009 to 25-09-2010

9,71,000=00

9. Publications
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International Journals
Hiremath S. S., M Singaperumal and R Krishna Kumar. Design parameters and their optimization to get maximum pressure recovery in two stage jet pipe electrohydraulic servovalve". Journal of SAE SP, No. 1708, p.233-238. Society of Automotive Engineers, Inc. Publishing Limited, USA. 2002. 2. Hiremath S. S., M. Singaperumal and R. Krishna Kumar. Steady-state analysis of a precision hydraulic flow control servovalve using finite element method. International Journal of Micromechatronics. vol. 3, No. 2, p. 103-122. ISSN: 1389-2258. VSP Publishing Limited, Netherlands, 2005. 3. S. H. Somashekhar, M. Singaperumal and R. Krishna Kumar Modelling the steady-state analysis of a jet pipe electrohydraulic servovalve. ImechE International Journal of Systems and Control Engineering - Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part I. vol. 220, Number 2/2006, p. 109-129. ISSN: 0959-6518. Professional Engineering Publishing Limited, 1. Birdcage walk. Westminster, London, SWIH 9JJ. 4. S. H. Somashekhar, M. Singaperumal and R. Krishna Kumar. Mathematical modelling and simulation of a jet pipe electrohydraulic flow control servo valve. ImechE International Journal of

Systems and Control Engineering - Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part I.

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vol. 221, Number 3/2007, p. 365-382. ISSN: 0959-6518. Professional Engineering Publishing Limited, 1. Birdcage walk. Westminster, London, SWIH 9JJ. Somashekhar S. Hiremath and M. Singaperumal. Investigations on Actuator Dynamics through Theoretical and Finite Element Approach. International Journal of Mathematical Problems in Engineering, Hindawi Publishing Corporation. Volume 2010, Article ID 191898, 22 pages, doi:10.1155/2010/191898. Gokul Balakrishnan and Somashekhar S Hiremath. Design, Development and Investigation on an Embedded System Based Control for Networking Mobile Robots. International Journal of Recent Trends in Engineering [ISSN 1797-9617], vol. 2, No. 1-6, Nov 2009, p. 57-61. Academy Publisher in cooperation with the ACEEE (Association of Computer Electronics & Electrical Engineers), Finland. Jagannatha. N and Somashekhar S. Hiremath. An experimental study on machining of glass plate using abrasive hot air jet machining. Journal of Materials Processing Technology. Under Review. Somashekhar S. Hiremath and M. Singaperumal. Mathematical Modeling of Static Pressure Recovery in Electrohydraulic Servovalve. International Journal of Mathematical Problems in Engineering, Hindawi Publishing Corporation. Under Review.

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National Journals
Somashekhar S. Hiremath, M. Singaperumal and R. Krishna Kumar. Finite element approach: Steady state analysis of electrohydraulic flow control servovalve. Journal of Fluid Power, vol. 28, No. 4 December, 2002, p.17-23. Somashekhar S. Hiremath, M. Singaperumal and R. Krishna Kumar. Design of precision hydraulic components through reverse engineering. Journal of Fluid Power, vol. 29, No.1, March, 2003, p.1325. Somashekhar S. Hiremath, M. Singaperumal and R. Krishna Kumar. Stiffness analysis of precision hydraulic component feedback spring assembly by finite element method and experimental validation. Journal of Fluid Power, vol. 29, No.2 June, 2003, p.15-20. Somashekhar S. Hiremath, M. Singaperumal and R. Krishna Kumar. Dynamic Analysis of Electrohydraulic Servovalve. Journal of Fluid Power, vol.30 No.2, June, 2004, p.12-17. Somashekhar S. Hiremath and M. Singaperumal. Dynamic Analysis of Electrohydraulic Servovalve Using Finite Element Method. Journal of Fluid Power, vol. 34, No. 4 December, 2007, p. 10-18. Somashekhar S. Hiremath, Frequency Response of Hydraulic Components. Journal of Fluid Power, vol. 35, No. 2, June, 2008, p.24-29. Somashekhar S. Hiremath. Gauging frequency response, enhancing hydraulic systems performance. SEARCH-The Industrial Sourcebook, vol. 12, No. 11, November 2009. P. 94 and P.96.

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International Conferences
Somashekhar S. H. and K. Sadashivappa. Micro-drilling of Non conducting Materials Using Electro-Chemical Spark Machining (ECSM)", Proceedings of the 14th Annual meeting of the American Society for Precision Engineering (ASPE) 1999 Annual meeting, Oct.31- Nov.5, 1999, Volume 20, p.188-191. Somashekhar S. H., K. Sadashivappa,Y. Vrushabhendrappa, and M. Singaperumal. A modern Machining Method for Cutting Micro-profiles on Non conducting Materials , Proceedings of OPTO'2000, S8., May 9-11,2000, Special Session on Innovative Products, Erfurt, Germany. Somashekhar S. H., M. Singaperumal and R. Krishna Kumar. Solid modeling and parametric evaluation of two stage jetpipe flow control valve, Proceeding of the Seventh Scandinavian International Conference on Fluid Power, Linking, Sweden, May 30- June 1, 2001, volume 1, p. 6775. Somashekhar S. H., M Singaperumal and R Krishna Kumar. Design Parameters And Their Optimization To Get Maximum Pressure Recovery In Two Stage Jet Pipe Electrohydraulic Servovalve", Proceedings of 2002 SAE International Off-highway Congress, IFPE2002, March1921 2002, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, Session No. 27.6 Electrohydraulics, paper No.2002-01-1462 NCFP I02-27.6. Somashekhar S. H., M. Singaperumal and R. Krishna Kumar. Stiffness Analysis of Feed Back Spring and Flexure Tube of Jet Pipe Electrohydraulic Servovalve Using Finite Element Method Proceedings of ASME Conference FEDSM'02, Paper No. FEDSM 2002-31304. Somashekhar S. H., M. Singaperumal and R. Krishna Kumar. Design and optimization of parameters affecting to static recovery pressure in two stage jetpipe servovalve Proceedings of

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7. M Singaperumal, Somashekhar S. H. and R. Krishna Kumar. Finite element and experimental validation of stiffness analysis of precision feedback spring and flexure tube of jetpipe electrohydraulic servovalve. Proceedings of the Seventeenth Annual Meeting, the American Society for Precision Engineering, October 20-25,2002, St. Louis Missouri, Vol. 27, p. 415-420. 8. Somashekhar S. Hiremath, M. Singaperumal and R. Krishna Kumar. Finite element analysis of steady state operation of jetpipe electrohydraulic flow control servovalve. Proceedings of the 5th

ASME Conference, ESDA 2002, 6th Biennial conference on engineering systems design and analysis, July 8-11, 2002, Istanbul, Turkey, paper No. ESDA2002/DES-020.

3C41, p.911-916. 9. Somashekhar S. Hiremath, M. Singaperumal and R. Krishna Kumar. Finite element simulation used to predict the behaviour of some precision hydraulic component. Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power (INCFMFP-2002), Indian institute of Technology, Roorkee, Dec 12-14, 2002. Vol. 1, p. 313-319. 10. S. S. Hiremath., Singaperumal, M. and Krishna Kumar, R. FE approach- electro-mechanical-fluid modelling of jet pipe electrohydraulic servovalve. International Bath Workshop on Power Transmission and Motion Control (PTMC 2003), University of Bath, U.K. September 10-12, 2003. Paper No. P003/002/2003, p. 53-64. Professional Engineering Publishing Limited, 1. Birdcage walk. Westminster, London, SWIH 9JJ. ISBN: 9781860584145. 11. Somashekhar S. Hiremath., Singaperumal, M. and Krishna Kumar, R. Modeling and Investigation on a Jet pipe Electrohydraulic Flow Control Servovalve. Proceedings of ASPE 2003 Annual Meeting, Portland, Oregon, USA, October 26-31, 2003, p. 135-138. 12. Somashekhar S. Hiremath., Singaperumal, M. and Krishna Kumar, R. FE Approach: Electromechanical-fluid interaction of Jet Pipe Electrohydraulic Flow Control Servovalve. Proceedings of 2003 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition (IMECE03), Washinton, D.C, USA, November 16 - 21, 2003, Paper No. IMECE2003-42384. FPST 2003; Vol. 10, p. 189-194. 13. Somashekhar S. Hiremath., Singaperumal, M. and Krishna Kumar, R. FE Approach: Role of fluid properties in actuator dynamics. Proceedings of the third SAE International Conference on Automotive and Fuel Technology, 16-19 January 2004. India Habitat Center, Delhi, India. Paper No. 2004-28-0009. p. 39-43. DK-171610. 14. Somashekhar S. Hiremath., Y. Vrushabhendrappa, Singaperumal, M. and Krishna Kumar, R. Design and analysis of control element in feedback control system using finite element method.

JFPS International Symposium on Fluid Power, Nara. November 12-15, 2002, Vol. 3, Paper No.

15. Somashekhar S. H., Y. Vrushabhendrappa, M. Singaperumal and R. Krishna Kumar. Dynamic Analysis of Jet Pipe Electohydraulic Flow Control Servovalve Using Matlab Simulation.

Proceedings of the International Conference on Recent Advances in Material Processing Technology (RAMPT05), National Engineering College, Kovilpatti, 23-25 Feb. 2005, p. 229-234.

Chennai. p. 31-40. 16. Somashekhar S. H., K. Sadashivappa Y. Vrushabhendrappa, and M. Singaperumal. Experimental investigation to produce microholes using electro-chemical spark machine. Proceedings of the International Conference & Exhibition on Fluid Power Technology. EMCHAFT 2005, Fluid Power Society of India Madras Chapter. 25-27 Nov. 2005, Chennai Trade Centre, Chennai. p. 221-228. 17. Dr. Somashekhar S. Hiremath and Dr. M. Singaperumal. Dynamic Analysis of Electrohydraulic Servovalve using Finite Element Method. Proceedings of the International Technical Seminar organised by Fluid Power Society of India in association with Hannover Fairs India Pvt. Ltd. and Deutsche Messe AG, Hannover, Germany from 4th to 7th December 2007 at Bangalore International Exhibition Centre (BIEC), 10th Mile, Tumkur Road, Madavara Post, Bangalore 562 123. p. C 6.1-C 6.9. 18. Dr. Somashekhar S. Hiremath. Frequency Response of Hydraulic Components. Proceedings of the International Technical Seminar organised by Fluid Power Society of India in association with Hannover Fairs India Pvt. Ltd. and Deutsche Messe AG, Hannover, Germany from 4th to 7th December 2007 at Bangalore International Exhibition Centre (BIEC), 10th Mile, Tumkur Road, Madavara Post, Bangalore 562 123. p. C 7.1-C 7.6. 19. Somashekhar S. Hiremath and M. Singaperumal Investigation on Precision Hydraulic ComponentProceedings of the 3rd Electrohydraulic Servovalve through Finite Element Method. International Conference on Mechatronics, ICOM08, organised by Department of Mechatronics Engineering, Faculty of Engineering International Islamic University Malaysia, Jalan Gombak, Kuala Lumpur from 18-20 December 2008 p. 29-37. 20. Somashekhar S. Hiremath and M. Singaperumal. Fluid Structure Interaction in Electrohydraulic Servovalve:A Finite Element Approach. Proceedings of the 2009 International Conference on

Proceedings of the International Conference & Exhibition on Fluid Power Technology. EMCHAFT 2005, Fluid Power Society of India Madras Chapter. 25-27 Nov. 2005, Chennai Trade Centre,

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Institute of Science and Technology (GIST), Gwangju, South Korea, during 3-5 December 2009. Paper Number F2D-6. Somashekhar S. Hiremath and B. Gokul. Embedded System Based Control for Networking Mobile Information Robots. Proceedings of the 2009 International Conference on Mechatronics and Technology (ICMIT) organized by Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST), Gwangju, South Korea, during 3-5 December 2009. Paper Number T2B-3. Jagannatha N., Somashekhar S. Hiremath and K. Sadashivappa, "Experimental Study on Etching of Glass Plate using Abrasive Hot Air Jet Machining" Proceedings of Sixth International Conference on Precision, Meso, Micro and Nano Engineering, PSG , 11-12 December 2009, B-1 to B-5. A. S. Sharan, Somashekhar S. Hiremath and C. S. Venkatesha, "Torque Motor Modeling of an Electrohydraulic Servovalve" Proceedings of Sixth International Conference on Precision, Meso, Micro and Nano Engineering, PSG , 11-12 December 2009, p. J-17 to J-21. K. C. Devendrappa, A. S. Sharan, K. Sadashivappa and Somashekhar S. Hiremath "Mechanical Characterization of Wood Plastic Composite under Varied Wet Conditions" Proceedings of Sixth International Conference on Precision, Meso, Micro and Nano Engineering, PSG , 11-12 December 2009, p. H-9 to H-13. Somashekhar S. Hiremath and M. Singaperumal, "Fluid structure interaction in electrohydraulic servovalve; a finite element approach," in ICMIT 2009: Mechatronics and Information Technology, edited by Jeha Ryu, Kil To Chong, Ryojun Ikeura, Qingkai Han, Proceedings of SPIE Vol. 7500 (SPIE, Bellingham, WA, 2010) 75000D.

Mechatronics and Information Technology (ICMIT) organized by Gwangju

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National Conferences/ Symposiums/Workshops

Somashekhar S. H., K. Sadashivappa. Computer Aided Design for Strip Layout and Die Set for Blanking and Piercing Operation. Two Day National Seminar on Software Development in Mechanical Engineering (MECHSOFT 1998), Dayananda Sagar College of Engineering, Bangalore, Proceedings of MECHAFT 98, Dec 30-31, 1998. p.12. Somashekhar S. H., K. Sadashivappa. Qualitative Analysis of Micro Drilled Non conducting Materials Drilled by Electro Chemical Spark Machine (ECSM) ", Proceedings of National Conference on Quality Control in Metallurgical Industries, PSG College, Coimbattore, Sept. 29-30, 1999. p. 34-40. Somashekhar S. H., K. Sadashivappa, Y. Vrushabhendrappa, and M. Singaperumal. ECSM: A New Approach for Precision Micro drilling of Non-conducting Materials, Proceedings of the First National Conference on Precision Engineering, IIT Madras, Chennai, Jan. 12 - 13, 2000. p.123-127. Somashekhar S.H., Singaperumal. M and Krishna Kumar. R. Finite Element Analysis of Feed Back Element in Two Stage Jet Pipe Electrohydraulic Servovalve. Proceedings of the National Symposium on Systems, IIT Madras, Chennai, September 2, 2001. p. 40-42. Somashekhar S.H., Singaperumal. M. and Krishna Kumar. R. Optimization of Parameters Affecting to Static Recovery Pressure in Electrohydraulic Servovalve. Proceedings of the Symposium on Manufacturing Excellence (SYMAX), January 7-8, 2002. p. 71-72. Somashekhar S. H., M. Singaperumal and R. Krishna Kumar. Finite element analysis of spring elements in two stage jetpipe electrohydraulic servovalve, Proceedings of Second National Conference on Precision Engineering, COPEN 2002, PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore. January 11-12, 2002. p. 174-179. Somashekhar S. H., M. Singaperumal and R. Krishna Kumar. The Role of Reverse Engineering in Design of Precision Hydraulic Components. Proceedings of Second National Conference on Precision Engineering, COPEN 2002, PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore. January 11-12, 2002. p. B1-B8. Somashekhar S. H., M. Singaperumal and R. Krishna Kumar. Dimensional Sensitivity Analysis of Feed Back Spring through Finite Element Simulation. Proceedings of First National Conference on CAD/CAE, GissEta India, Chennai. February 22-23 2002. p. 209-214.

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9. Somashekhar S. Hiremath, M. Singaperumal and Krishna Kumar R. Solid modelling and stiffness analysis of some precision hydraulic components through finite element method. Proceedings of 20th All India Manufacturing Technology Design and Research Conference, Birla Institute of Technology Mesra, Ranchi. December 13-15, 2002. Paper No. 114, p. 723-728. 10. Somashekhar S. Hiremath, M. Singaperumal and Krishna Kumar R. Electro-mechanical-fluid Modeling through Finite Element Method. Proceedings of the National Conference on Emerging Challenges in Fluid Power Technology (EMCHAFT 2003), January 10-11, 2003. Fluid Power Society of India Madras Chapter, Chennai. p. 21-28. Best Technical Paper Award. 11. Somashekhar S. Hiremath, M. Singaperumal and Krishna Kumar R. Solid modeling and internal leakage analysis in precision hydraulic component. Proceedings of National Conference on Advances in Manufacturing Technology (AMT 2003), Department of Mechanical Engineering NSS College of Engineering, Palghat. February 15-16, 2003. Paper No. 91 p. 1-11. 12. Somashekhar S. Hiremath., Singaperumal, M. Material sensitivity in design of hydraulic components. Proceedings of the Conference on Materials and Technologies for Nuclear Fuel cycle (Covering Materials, Robotics, Process Instrumentation and Inspection Technologies). December 15-16, 2003, SERC, Chennai. p. C71-C75. 13. Somashekhar S. Hiremath., Singaperumal, M. and Krishna Kumar, R. Fluid-structure interaction through finite element method: Actuator dynamics. Proceedings of the Third National Conference on Precision Engineering. Central Manufacturing Technology Institute Bangalore. December 19-20, 2003. Paper No. 10, p. 82-89. 14. Singaperumal, M., Somashekhar S. Hiremath and Krishna Kumar, R. Frequency response of critical components of a hydraulic servovalve. Proceedings of the 11th National Conference on Machines and Mechanisms (NaCoMM2003), December 18-19, 2003, Department of mechanical engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IITD), New Delhi110 0116, paper No. mec011. p. 319-326. 15. Somashekhar S. Hiremath, M. Singaperumal and Krishna Kumar R. Role of material property of feedback spring element in feedback control system. Proceedings of the Conference on Advances in Materials and Manufacturing Technology (CAMMT 2004), April 2, 2004, Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IITM), Chennai-600 036, p. 129-130. 16. N. Sathish, Dr. Somashekhar S. Hiremath and Dr. K. Sadashivappa. Precision Machining of Microholes on Non-Conducting Materials Using Hybrid Machining Process. Proceedings of the National Conference on Recent Advances in Mechanical Engineering-README05, 1-3 Nov. 2005 Department of Mechanical Engineering college of Engineering, Near Mangalore University, Mangalore-574 153. Paper No.T3-B5. 17. N. Jagannath, Dr. Somashekhar S. Hiremath, Dr. K. Sadashivappa. Analysis of temperature distribution in Thermal Cutting of Plate Glass. Proceedings of the National Conference on Recent Advances in Mechanical Engineering-README05, 1-3 Nov. 2005 Mechanical Engineering Department, PA College of Engineering, Near Mangalore University, Mangalore-574 153. Paper No. T3-B6. 18. Dr. Somashekhar S. Hiremath. Finite Element Approach for Electro-Mechanical-Fluid Modelling. Proceedings of the National Conference on Mechanical Engineering Trends (COMET2006) organized by Department of Mechanical Engineering, Bellary Engineering College, Bellary583 104. Design Section, Paper No. D3, p. 1-9. 19. M. C. Murugesh, Dr. Somashekhar S. Hiremath. Proposed Investigations on Epoxy-Filled Composites. Proceedings of the National Conference on Mechanical Engineering Trends (COMET2006) organized by Department of Mechanical Engineering, Bellary Engineering College, Bellary583 104. May 19-20, 2006. Production Section Paper No. P11. 20. Jagannatha. N, Dr. Somashekhar S. Hiremath, Dr. K. Sadashivappa. Development of Laboratory Model of Abrasive Jet Machining for Brittle Materials. Proceedings of the National Conference on Mechanical Engineering Trends (COMET-2006) organized by Department of Mechanical Engineering, Bellary Engineering College, Bellary- 583 104, May 19-20, 2006. Production Section Paper. Paper No. 02.

21. Sathish N, Jagannath N, Somashekhar S. Hiremath and Sadashivappa. Machining of microholes on composite materials using ECDM. Proceedings of the National Conference on Development of advanced composite components in aerospace and automobile applications (DAC2K7) organised by department of Mechanical Engineering, Bapuji Institute of Engineering and Technology, Davangere-577 004, February 9-10, 2007. p. 63-68. 22. M. C. Murgesh and Somashekhar S. Hiremath. Machinability Aspects of Polymer Epoxycomposites- A Review. Proceedings of the National Conference on Advances in Materials and Manufacturing Processes- October 5-6, 2007 organized by Department of Studies in Mechanical Engineering, University B. D. T. College of Engineering, Davangere. p. 98-102. 23. Jagannatha. N and Somashekhar S. Hiremath. A Study on Abrasive Hot Air Blasting Process on Brittle Materials. Proceedings of the National Conference on Advances in Materials and Manufacturing Processes- October 5-6, 2007 organized by Department of Studies in Mechanical Engineering, University B. D. T. College of Engineering, Davangere. p. 339-342. 24. Dr. Somashekhar S. Hiremath. R&D Work in Fluid Power: An Innovation in Servomechanism. Proceedings of One Day Workshop on Hydraulics & Pneumatics, October 16th, 2007, organized by Department of Mechanical Engineering, GM Institute of Technology, Davangere-577 006. p. 1840. 25. Gokul Balakrishnan and Somashekhar S. Hiremath. Design and Development of an Embedded System Based Industrial Fauly Diagnoser. Proceedings of IPRoMM 2009 (National Conference on Design and Manufacturing Issues in Automotive and Allied Industries), organised by Indian Institute of Information Technology, Design and Manufacturing (IIITD&M), Kancheepuram, Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IITM) and Association for Machines and Mechanisms (AMM) from 10th to 11th July 2009 at IIT Madras, Chennai. p. 157-164.

10. Popular Articles Written

7. CEP Course Material: Micro-Electro Mechanical System Technology (1999) 8. CEP Course Material: Introduction to Stereolithography (2001) 9. Monograph: Modeling and Analysis of the Jet Pipe Electrohydraulic Servovalve (2010). Lambert Academy Publishing, Germany, Number # 5758, ISBN-NR 978-3-8383-5442-2.

11. Conferences Organized

1. State Level Technical Student Paper Presentation I-PRIX 2004 was organized at BIET Davangere on 10th Dec. 2004. Totally 64 technical papers of various fields of Engineering from Various Engg. College Students of Karnataka are presented. Totally 150 participants are participated in the symposium and response was very good. Mr. Subba Rao, Director, Laxmi Group of Foundries and Mr. M. S. Raveesh, Deputy General Manager, HRD, Ashok Iron Works Pvt. Ltd., Belgaum are the Chief-guests of the function. 2. National Student Technical Symposium Mech-Iprix 2005 was organized at BIET Davangere on 25th Dec. 2005. Totally 35 technical papers of various fields of Engineering from Various Engg. College Students of Karnataka are presented. Totally 100 participants are participated in the symposium and response was very good.

12. Invited Talks Delivered

1. Delivered the talk on CADD for Press Tools at ISTE-BIET Students Chapter on 8th Jan. 2000. 2. Delivered the talk on Variable Mission Manufacturing at One Day Seminar on Mechatronics under ISTE-BIET Student Chapter on 17th August 1999. 3. Delivered the talk on Solid Modelling and Parametric Evaluation of Two Stage Jet Pipe Flow Control Valve at Joint Workshop on Control Engineering by the University of Kaiserslautern, Germany and Indian Institute of Technology Madras on 14th June 2001.

4. Delivered the talk on Design of Precision Hydraulic Components through Reverse Engineering. Technical Seminal of Fluid Power Exhibition and Seminar FPES'02 at Bangalore on 09th Jan. 2002. 5. Delivered the talk on Technical education in India and research work on Jet pipe Electrohydraulic servovalve". Musashi Institute of Technology, TOKYO, JAPAN on 19th Nov. 2002. 6. Delivered the talk on Dynamic Finite Element Analysis of Fluid-structure Interaction Problems, in Short-term course on Advanced Earthquake Geotechnical Analysis (AEGA 2004), Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Madras, Chennai on 14th July 2004. 7. Delivered the talk on Design Consideration in Mechatronic Component-Jet pipe Electrohydraulic Servovalve in two weeks Short Term Training Programme (STTP) Sponsored by AICTE-ISTE on Precision Manufacturing and Nanotechnology (PAN) organized by Department of Mechanical Engineering, PES College of Engineering, Mandya571 401 on 26th Nov. 2004. 8. Delivered the talk on Performance Prediction of Mechatronic Component-Jet Pipe Electrohydraulic Servovalve using Finite Element Method in two weeks Short Term Training Programme (STTP) Sponsored by AICTE-ISTE on Precision Manufacturing and Nanotechnology (PAN) organized by Department of Mechanical Engineering, PES College of Engineering, Mandya 571 401 on 26th Nov. 2004. 9. Delivered the talk on Design of Mechatronic Components in ISTE Student Chapter, S. J. M. Institute of Technology, Chitradurga-577 502 on 03rd June 2005. 10. Delivered the talk on The Dynamic Interaction between an Elastic Structure and Fluid using Finite Element Method in AICTE Staff Development Programme on FEM & its applications to Non-linear Problems at PES college of Engineering, Mandya-571 401 on 19th July 2005. 11. Delivered the talk on FEA of Jet Valve in Air Craft Engine in one week TEQIP sponsored short term training course on Recent Trend in Applications of Finite Element Analysis from 6th-10th March, 2006, at Department of Mechanical Engineering, Basaveshwar Engineering College, Bagalkot-587 102 on 07th March 2006. 12. Delivered the talk on Reverse Engineering: An approach for Design of Precision Mechatronic Component in One Week Short Term Training Programme (STTP) on Smart Actuators during 27-31st, March, 2006, at Department of Mechanical Engineering, BLDEAs College of Engineering and Technology, Bijapur-586 103, on 27th March 2006. 13. Delivered the talk on Mechatronics-Integrated and Interdisciplinary Approach for Design of Electro-mechanical System at Department of Mechanical Engineering, GM Institute of Technology, Davangere-586 103, on 26th April 2006. 14. Delivered the talk on Finite Element Approach for Electro-Mechanical-Fluid Modelling at the National Conference on Mechanical Engineering Trends (COMET-2006) from 19th and 20th May 2006, organized by Department of Mechanical Engineering, Bellary Engineering College, Bellary- 583 104 on 19th 2006. 15. Delivered the talk on Numerical Approach for Design of Electro-mechanical Systems in Short Term Training Programme (STTP) on Mechatronics during 03-07-2006 to 07-07-2006 at Bapuji Polytechnic Shabanur, Davangere-577 004 on 04th July 2006. 16. Delivered the talk on Numerical and Experimental Approach for Analysis of Engineering Materials in one week TEQIP sponsored Short Term Course (STC) on Recent Advances in Engineering Materials from 21st-26th Aug. 2006, at MCE, Hassan on 23rd Aug. 2006. 17. Delivered the talk on An Overview: Mechatronics System Design at Department of Mechanical Engineering, UBDT College of Engineering, Davangere on 02nd Nov. 2006. 18. Delivered the talk on An Overview: the importance of surface texture in precision parts and mathematical analysis of surface texture in AICTE sponsored Staff Development Programme on Reliable Surface Engineering (RSE)- 3rd-14th September 2007 organized by Department of Mechanical Engineering at PES College of Engineering, Mandya-571 401 on 04th September 2007.

19. Delivered the talk on Qualities of Entrepreneur and Education System of Entrepreneurship in Three Days Entrepreneurship Awareness Camp 21st-23rd September, 2007 Sponsored by Department of Science & Technology, Govt. of India, New Delhi and Organized through Centre for Entrepreneurship Development of Karnataka (CEDOK) at SJM Institute of Technology, Chitradurga on 21st Sept. 2007. 20. Delivered the talk on R&D Work in Fluid Power: An Innovation in Servomechanism in One day workshop on Hydraulics & Pneumatics. Organized by Department of Mechanical Engineering, GM Institute of Technology, Davangere-577 006 on 16th October 2007. 21. Delivered a technical talk on Linear and Nonlinear System: Mathematical Modelling of Servovalve in On Delivered the talk on e day workshop on Mathematical Applications in Engineering Systems- 2007 (MAINES-2007) organized through ISTE-BIET Chapter by Department of Mathematics and Industrial Production Engineering, Bapuji Institute of Engineering and Technology, Davangere on 27th October 2007. 22. Delivered the talk on Role of Finite Element Simulation in Present Day Industrial Sector in One Day Workshop on Role of FEM in Industry organized by Cranes Software International Limited, Bangalore and Department of Mechanical Engineering of Rao Bahadur Y. Mahabaleswarappa Engineering College [Formely: Vijayanagar Engineering College], Cantonment, Bellary-583 104 on 24th Nov. 2007. The Workshop was organized for Engineering College Teachers of Karnataka. 23. Delivered the talk on Introduction to Fluid Power, Basic Laws, Pumps and Control Elements on 30th January 2009 at two days training programme on Hydraulic systems-Components and Operations from 30th and 31st January 2009 organized by MAXSOFT, Bangalore. 24. Delivered the talk on Control Elements and Hydraulic Break Systems on 2nd February 2009 at Three Days Training Programme on Basic Hydraulics and Pneumatics organized for Govt. ITI College, Mysore from 2nd-4st February 2009 organized by VTU-BR Centre, Mysore. 25. Delivered the talk on Proportional and Srvohydraulics on 28th February 2009 at One Week Staff Development Programme on Hydraulics and Pneumatics from 24th-28st February 2009 organized by National Institute of Engineering, Mysore under TEQIP. The programme was held at VTU-BR Centre, Mysore. 26. Delivered the talk on Basics of Hydraulics and Pneumatics, fundamental principles ,Hydraulic Pumps-Constructions and Operations on 14th March 2009 during the Workshop on Mobile Hydraulics organized by the Department of Mechanical Engineering for Caterpillars under Continuing Education Programme (CEP) from 14th March 2009 to 4th April 2009 at IIT Madras, Chennai. 27. Delivered the talk on Control Elements on 25th March 2009 during the Two day Workshop on Hydraulics and Pneumatic Controls organized by the Department of Mechanical Engineering, University College of Engineering (Autonomous), Osmania University, Hyderabad and Department of Mechanical Engineering, Sreenidhi Institute of Science and Technology, Ghatkesar, Hyderabad under Technical Education Quality Improvement Programme (TEQIP) from 25th-26th March 2009 at Osmania University, Hyderabad. 28. Delivered the talk on Actuators-Constructions and Operations and Servohydraulics on 28th March 2009 during the Workshop on Mobile Hydraulics organized by the Department of Mechanical Engineering for Caterpillars under Continuing Education Programme (CEP) from 14th March 2009 to 4th April 2009 at IIT Madras, Chennai. 29. Conducted the laboratory classes on Hydraulics and Pneumatics during the Workshop on Mobile Hydraulics organized by the Department of Mechanical Engineering for Caterpillars under Continuing Education Programme (CEP) on 24th April 2009 and 1st May 2009. 30. Delivered the talk on Modelling the Coupled Problemson 2nd June 2009 during the Short Term Course on Fundamentals of Finite Element Analysis organized by the Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras from 29th May 2009 to 2nd June 2009. 31. Delivered the talks at In-house Training Programme on Hydraulic Control Systems organized at Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC), Government of India, Department of Space, Thiruvananthapuram-695 022 from 29th, 30th June 2009 and 1st July 2009.

32. Delivered the talks at Short Term Training Programme on Industrial Hydraulics during 14th 18th September 2009 for L & T Engineers R&D Personnel at L&T Training Centre, Mysore on 14th Sept. 2009 and 15th Sept. 2009. 33. Delivered the talk on Finite Element Analysis through ABAQUS on 9th October 2009 during the Short Term Training Programme on Basics of Matrix and Finite Element Analysis of Structures (BMFEAS 2009) organized by the Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai from 5th 10th October 2009. 34. Delivered the talk on Introduction to Hydraulics-Basics and Fundamental Principles on 28th March 2009 during the Workshop on Hydraulics organized by the Department of Mechanical Engineering for FLSmidth under Continuing Education Programme (CEP) from 20th June 2009 to 19th December 2009 at IIT Madras, Chennai. 35. Delivered the talk on Introduction to Hydraulics-Pumps and Actuators on 12th December 2009 during the Workshop on Hydraulics organized by the Department of Mechanical Engineering for FLSmidth under Continuing Education Programme (CEP) from 20th June 2009 to 19th December 2009 at IIT Madras, Chennai. 36. Delivered the talk on Jet Pipe Electrohydraulic Servovalve on 10th February 2010 organized by Fluid Power Society of India, Madras Chapter, workshop division, CVRDE, Min. of Defence, Avadi, Chennai at Hotel Palmgrove, Nungambakkam, Chennai-600 034. 37. Delivered the keynote address and four lectures at JNTU Hyderabad on 8th and 9th March 2010 during UGC Sponsored Refresher Course on Design and Applications of Robotic Systems and Advanced Mechanisms -8th to 31st March 2010. 38. Delivered the talk on Role of Microsensors and Microactuators during the workshop on on 22nd may 2010 organized by Fluid Power Society of India, Madras Chapter, workshop division, CVRDE, Min. of Defence, Avadi, Chennai at Hotel Palmgrove, Nungambakkam, Chennai-600 034.

13. Invited Talks Arranged

1. The invited talk was organized for students of BIET on Good Mental Health on 06th December 2004 Under Prod-Mech forum, BIET. Davangere. Dr. Nagaraj Rao, Psychiatrist, JJM Medical College, Davangere was the speaker on the day. The invited talk was organized for students of BIET on Good Health on 09th December 2004 Under Prod-Mech forum, BIET. Davangere. Dr. P. Mallesh, Cardiologist, JJM Medical College, Davangere was the speaker on the day. The invited talk was organized for students of BIET on Introduction about Apparel Training & Design Center ATDC on 22nd March 2005 Under Ind. Prod. Engg. Dept. and Text. Engg. Dept. of BIET. Davangere. Mr. U. Prasanna, Lecturer, Apparel Training & Design Center (ATDC), Bangalore the speaker on the day. The invited talk was organized for students of BIET on Job opportunities and Career Growth in Garment Industries on 22nd March 2005 Under Ind. Prod. Engg. Dept. and Text. Engg. Dept. of BIET. Davangere. Prof. R. Balaji, Deputy Registrar, Apparel Training & Design Center (ATDC), Bangalore is the speaker on the day. The invited talk was organized for students of BIET on Prospects of Industrial Engineering in Garment Industries on 22nd March 2005 Under Ind. Prod. Engg. Dept. and Text. Engg. Dept. of BIET. Davangere. Prof. T. S. Ravishankar, Consultant, Bangalore is the speaker on the day.

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14. Academic Activities

1. Various Industrial Tours are arranged for students to expose them to the new technological developments and innovations in industries.

2. Worked as a Deputy Chief-Superintendent at GM Institute of Technology, Davangere from 01st June 2005 to 07th June 2005 vide Visveswaraiah Technological University, Belgaum. Order No. VTU/ROM/2005-06, dated 28th May 2005. 3. Worked as a Deputy Chief-Superintendent at GM Institute of Technology, Davangere from 04th July 2005 to 25th July 2005 vide Visveswaraiah Technological University, Belgaum. Order No. VTU/ROM/2005-06, dated 27th June 2005. 4. Worked as a Deputy Chief-Superintendent at SJM Institute of Technology, Chitradurga from 30th July 2005 to 31st July 2005 vide Visveswaraiah Technological University, Belgaum. Order No. VTU/ROM/2005-06, dated 27-07-2005. 5. Working as a Staff Advisor in Prod-Mech Forum activities of Departments of Mechanical and IP Engineering, BIET, Davangere. 6. Working as a Flying Squad in detection of ragging activities in BIET College and Hostel Premises. 7. Working as a Secretary-cum-Treasure for BIET ISTE Staff Chapter, New Delhi Davangere since from 2005. 8. Worked as a Managing Committee Member for ISTE Student Chapter, 2006-07. 9. Worked as a Member of Research Compendium and Silver Jubilee Souvenir of BIET Davangere. 10. Worked as Member in Technical Paper Committee on the occasion of 35th ISTE Annual Convention and National Seminar, 15-17, Dec. 2005, BIET, Davangere. 11. Guiding Three Ph. D. Research Scholars at Visveswaraiah Technological University Belgaum and One Ph. D. Research Scholar at Kuvempue University, Shimoga. 12. Worked as Member of Editorial Committee and Publication, Souvenir and Technical Committee of 35th ISTE Annual Convention and National Seminar, Organized by BIET, Davangere on 15-17 December 2005. 13. Worked as a Chairman-Flying Squad: Mysore Region in smooth conduction of MBA/MCA/Practical Examination of VTU from 19th Dec. 2005 to 31st Dec. 2005 vide Visveswaraiah Technological University, Belgaum. Order No. VTU/ROM/2005-06, dated 13th Dec. 2005. 14. Worked as a Deputy Chief-Superintendent (Internal) at BIET, Davangere 0n 23rd Jan. 2006. 15. Worked as an Advisory committee member of a National Level Conference on Mechanical Engineering Trends (COMET-2006) organized by Department of Mechanical Engineering, Bellary Engineering College, Bellary-583 104 on 19th-20th May 2006. Also worked as a Chair Person for Design Stream technical paper Presentation during the conference. 16. Worked as a Deputy Chief-Superintendent at Jawaharlal Nehru National College of Engineering, Shimoga from 30-01-2006 to 04-02-2006 vide Visveswaraiah Technological University, Belgaum. Order No. VTU/ROM/2006-07, dated 27-01-2006. 17. Involved in the Syllabus Formulation on Hydraulics and Pneumatics for final Year Mechanical students. The Programme was arranged at NIE, Mysore on 01st Oct 2004. 18. Involved in the Formulation of Curriculum for Training Programme in Hydraulics and Pneumatics for the students of VTU to be conducted at VTU-Bosch Rexroth Center of Competence in Industrial Automation, Mysore on 04th August 2007. 19. Involved in the Training Programme as a Trainer on Customized Hydraulics for Engineers of Automotive Axle, Ltd., Mysore and Employees of Different Companies from 10th14th September 2007 at VTU-Bosch Rexroth Center of Competence in Industrial Automation, Mysore. 20. Involved in the Finalization of the Scheme and Syllabus; Methods of Student Assessment and Conduct of Certificate/Diploma Courses in the first meeting of the members of the Board of Studies on Sunday 16th September 2007 in the Department of Industrial and Production Engineering, B. V. Bhoomaraddi College of Engineering & Technology, Hubli. 21. Worked as a Technical Session Chairman on 6th October 2007 during the National Conference on Advances in Materials and Manufacturing Processes- October 5-6, 2007 organized by Department of studies in Mechanical Engineering, University B. D. T. College of Engineering, Davangere.

22. Involved in the Training Programme as a Trainer on Basic Hydraulics for Students of P. E. S. College of Engineering, Mandya from 01th02nd November 2007 at VTU-Bosch Rexroth Center of Competence in Industrial Automation, Mysore. 23. Worked as a Technical Session Chairman on 3rd November 2007 during the State Level Students Technical Seminar on Recent Advances in Mechanical Engineering (RAME-07), November 2nd 3rd, 2007 organized by Department of Mechanical Engineering, GM Institute of Technology, Davangere-577 006. 24. Worked as a Technical Session Chairman on 7th December 2007 during the International Technical Seminar organised by Fluid Power Society of India in association with Hannover Fairs India pvt. Ltd. and Deutsche Messe AG, Hannover, Germany from 4th to 7th December 2007 at Bangalore International Exhibition Centre (BIEC), 10th Mile, Tumkur Road, Madavara Post, Bangalore 562 123. p. C 7.1-C 7.6. 25. Worked as a Deputy Chief-Superintendent at GM Institute of Technology, Davangere from 24th Dec. 2007 to 18th Jan. 2008 vide Visveswaraiah Technological University, Belgaum. Order No. VTU/ROM/2007-08, dated 22nd Dec. 2007. 26. Involved in the Training Programme as a Trainer on Basic Hydraulics for Students of Govt. I.T.I College, Mysore from 04th06th March 2008 at VTU-Bosch Rexroth Center of Competence in Industrial Automation, Mysore. 27. Worked as a Technical Session Chairman on 8th March 2008 during the State Level Convention of ISTE Students Chapter AVISHKAR-2008 organized by Bapuji Institute of Engineering & Technology, Davangere-577 004. 28. Working as a faculty Advisor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, IIT Madras since from 2008. 29. Working as Member in Staff Advisory Committee of Department of Mechanical Engineering, Shridevi Institute of Engineering & Technology, Tumkur. Karnataka. 30. Attended the meeting on 27-12-2008 at VTU-BR Centre, Mysore in connection with designing training programmes for students/faculty/industry for forthcoming years at VTU-BR Centre Mysore. 31. Worked as Institute Representatives of GATE 2009:8th February 2009 at Government First Grade College, Cudapa. Andra Pradesh. 32. Worked as Institute Representatives of JEE 2009: 12th April 2009 at Cochin University of Science and Technology, Kochi 682 022. Kerala. 33. Working as a Member of Board of Studies in the Department of Industrial and Production Engineering, B. V. Bhoomaraddy College of Engineering & Technology, Hubli-31. 34. Worked as a Technical Session Chairman on 3rd December 2009 during International Conference on Mechatronics and Information Technology (ICMIT) organized by Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST), Gwangju, South Korea, during 3-5 December 2009. 35. Worked as a Technical Session Chairman on 5th December 2009 during International Conference on Mechatronics and Information Technology (ICMIT) organized by Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST), Gwangju, South Korea, during 3-5 December 2009. 36. Working as a Technical Committee Member in the 2nd International Conference on Computer and Electrical Engineering (ICCEE 20090), December 28-30, 2009, Dubai, UAE. 37. Worked as Institute Representatives of GATE 2010:14th February 2010 at SRR Government Degree College, Karim Nagar. Andra Pradesh. 38. Working as a Technical Committee Member in the 3rd International Conference on Computer and Electrical Engineering (ICCEE 20090), November 16-18, 2010, Chengdu, China. 39. Working as a Doctoral Committee Member for Ph. D. student at Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Institutes of Technology (NIT) Trichy. 40. Dr. Somashekhar S. Hiremath, Attended the Board of Studies meeting at Industrial Production Department of B. V. B. College of Engineering Hubli. Karnataka State on 6th March 2010.

15. Computer Knowledge

Drawing Package: Auto CAD, Solid Edge. Design Package: IDEAS v. 7.0, Solid Works, Master CAM v.7.4. Finite Element Analysis Package: IDEAS v. 7.0, ABAQUS v. 6.8, ANSYS v.5.8 Lumped Simulation Package: Matlab-Simulink. Languages: Pascal, C, FORTRAN. General: UNIX, DOC, EXCEL, Power Point, Photoshop etc.

16. Abroad Visit

1. Technical Visit to Nara, Japan, to present the technical paper "Finite Element Analysis of Steady State Operation of Jet Pipe Electrohydraulic Flow Control Servovalve" at 5th JFPS international conference held at Nara, JAPAN during Nov.12-15, 2002. Technical Visit to Tokyo, Japan, to deliver a lecture on "Technical Education in India and Research Work on Jetpipe Electrohydraulic Servovalve ", Nov. 19, 2002.

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Bosch Rexroth, Germany and Visvesvaraya Technological University, Belgaum is identified me as a expert in Hydraulics and Pneumatics and trained in Bosch Rexroth, Lohr, GERMANY under Train-The-Trainer Programme on Hydraulics and Pneumatics from 18th June 2007 to 30th June 2007. Presently I am working as recognized trainer at VTU-Bosch Rexroth Center of Competence in Industrial Automation, Mysore. Visited other countries Switzerland and Srilanka during Germany trip. 4. Technical Visit to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia to present the technical paper Precision Hydraulic Component-Electrohydraulic Servovalve through Finite Element Method" at 3rd International Conference on Mechatronics, ICOM08 held at International Islamic University, Jalan Gombak, Kuala Lumpur during 18-20 December 2008. 5. Technical Visit to Gwangju, South Korea to chair and present the two technical papers at 2009 International Conference on Mechatronics and Information Technology (ICMIT), Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST), Gwangju Science and Technology Park, Gwangju, Korea, during 3-5 December 2009. 6. Selected as a Visiting Professor at ECOLE CENTRALE DE NANTES, FRANCE under Mobility Scheme supported by the European Commission through the WILLPower network from 1st June 2010 to 30th June 2010.