Kesavan Ravi

Assistant Professor
Department of Fuel Minerals & Metallurgical Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology (ISM) Dhanbad
Mob: +91 8971897045

PAST POSITIONS______________________________________________________________
 Assistant Professor (Adhoc), National Institute of
Technology, Warangal
 Post-doctoral researcher (JSPS Fellow)
Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan

EDUCATION ______________________________________________________________________
2014-2017 Ph.D. in Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan & INSA Lyon, France
Mechanical (Dual Degree) – Sept 25, 2017
Engineering/
Material Science
2012-2014 M.S. in Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
Mechanical
Engineering
2008-2012 B.Tech. in Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, Nagpur
Metallurgical and (VNIT)
Materials
Engineering

TEACHING EXPERIENCE ____________________________________________________________

Aug 2019-Dec 2019
Oct 2017-Mar 2019
July 2016-Oct 2016
June 2013-Mar 2014
Assistant Professor (Adhoc), National Institute of Technology,
Warangal
Mentoring, Tohoku University
Research Assistantship, Tohoku University
Teaching Assistantship, Tohoku University

PATENTS _________________________________________________________________________
1. Kesavan Ravi, Yuji Ichikawa, Kazuhiro Ogawa, Tiana Deplanke, Olivier Lame, Jean-Yves Cavaille,
2018. Cold spray powder, the polymeric coating preparation and polymeric coating.
Grant JP6341505B2 (https://patents.google.com/patent/JP6341505B2/en)
2. Kesavan Ravi, Yuji Ichikawa, Kazuhiro Ogawa, Tiana Deplanke, Olivier Lame, Jean-Yves Cavaille,
2015. Powder for cold spray, method for manufacturing macromolecular coating film, and
macromolecular coating film. U.S. Patent Application.
Application US20170152601A1 (https://patents.google.com/patent/US20170152601A1/en)
3. Kesavan Ravi, Yuji Ichikawa, Kazuhiro Ogawa, Tiana Deplanke, Olivier Lame, Jean-Yves Cavaille,
2017. Powder for cold spray, method for manufacturing macromolecular coating film, and
macromolecular coating film
Application EP3149225A1 (https://patents.google.com/patent/EP3149225A1/en)
4. J-Y·卡瓦卢, O·拉梅, T·德普莱卡, 小川和洋, 科萨万·哈维, 2017. Powder for cold spray, method for
manufacturing macromolecular coating film, and macromolecular coating film
Application CN106574373A (https://patents.google.com/patent/CN106574373A/en)
PUBLICATIONS ____________________________________________________________________
Peer-reviewed

1. Ravi, K., Ichikawa, Y., Deplancke, T., Ogawa, K., Lame, O., & Cavaille, J. Y. (2015). Development of
Ultra-High Molecular Weight Polyethylene (UHMWPE) Coating by Cold Spray Technique. Journal of
Thermal Spray Technology, 24(6), 1015-1025.
(https://doi.org/10.1007/s11666-015-0276-5)
2. Ravi, K., Ichikawa, Y., Ogawa, K., Deplancke, T., Lame, O., & Cavaille, J. Y. (2016). Mechanistic
Study and Characterization of Cold-Sprayed Ultra-High Molecular Weight Polyethylene-Nano-
ceramic Composite Coating. Journal of Thermal Spray Technology, 25(1-2), 160-169.
(https://doi.org/10.1007/s11666-015-0332-1)
3. Deplancke, T., Lame, O., Barrau, S., Ravi, K., & Dalmas, F. Impact of carbon nanotube
prelocalization on the ultra-low electrical percolation threshold and on the mechanical behavior of
sintered UHMWPE-based nanocomposites. Polymer 111 (2017), 204-213.
(https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polymer.2017.01.040)
4. Ravi, K., Deplancke, T., Ogawa, K., Cavaillé, J. Y., & Lame, O. (2018). Understanding deposition
mechanism in cold sprayed ultra high molecular weight polyethylene coatings on metals by isolated
particle deposition method. Additive Manufacturing, 21, 191-200.
(https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addma.2018.02.022)
5. Ravi, K., Sulen, W., Bernard, C., Ichikawa, Y., Ogawa, K. (2019), Fabrication of micro-/nano-
structured super-hydrophobic fluorinated polymer coatings by cold-spray, Surface and Coating
Technology, 373, 17-24.
(https://doi.org/10.1016/j.surfcoat.2019.05.078)
6. Ravi, K., Deplancke, T., Ogawa, K., Lame, O., & Cavaille, J. Y., Dalmas, F., Influence of
Nanoceramic Interlayer on Polymer Consolidation during Cold-Spray Coating Formation, Journal of
Material Processing and Technology (In Press).
(https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmatprotec.2019.116254)
7. Sulen, W., Ravi, K., Bernard, C., Mary, N., Ichikawa, Y., & Ogawa, K. (2019). Effects of Nano-
Ceramic Particle Addition for Cold Sprayed Fluoropolymer Coatings. Key Engineering
Materials, 813, 141-146.
(https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/KEM.813.141)
8. Sulen, W.L., Ravi, K., Bernard, C., Ichikawa, Y. and Ogawa, K., Deposition Mechanism Analysis of
Cold-Sprayed Fluoropolymer Coatings and Its Wettability Evaluation.
(https://doi.org/10.1007/s11666-020-01059-w)
9. Bernard, C.A., Takana, H., Diguet, G., Ravi, K., Lame, O., Ogawa, K. and Cavaillé, J.Y., 2020.
Thermal gradient of in-flight polymer particles during cold spraying. Journal of Materials Processing
Technology, p.116805.
(10.1016/j.jmatprotec.2020.116805)

Refereed Conference Publications

1. Kesavan Ravi, Kazuhiro Ogawa, Tiana Deplancke, Olivier Lame, Jean-Yves Cavaillé, High Strain
Rate Sensitivity of Ultra-High Molecular Weight Polyethylene and its Consequence on Cold-Spray
Deposition Behavior, ITSC (2018), Orlando, USA
Peer-reviewed, Oral Presentation
2. Kesavan Ravi, Kazuhiro Ogawa, Olivier Lame, Jean-Yves Cavaille, Experimental analysis of impact
behavior of ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene-nano-ceramics composite particles by Isolated
Particle Deposition Method using downstream injection cold-spray technique, ITSC (2017),
Dusseldorf, Germany.
Peer-reviewed, Oral Presentation

3. Kesavan Ravi, Yuji Ichikawa, Kazuhiro Ogawa, Tiana Deplanke, Olivier Lame, Jean-Yves Cavaille,
Mechanistic study and characterization of cold sprayed ultra high molecular weight polyethylene-nano
ceramic composite coatings, ITSC (2015), California, USA.
Peer-reviewed, Oral Presentation
 Non-Refereed Conference Publications

1. Kesavan Ravi, Kazuhiro Ogawa, Tiana Deplancke, Chrystellle Bernard, Olivier Lame, Jean-Yves
Cavaillé, Polymer metal integration via cold-spray, IJBSFMM (2018), Chennai, India
Invited Talk
2. Kesavan Ravi, Kazuhiro Ogawa, Olivier Lame, Jean-Yves Cavaille, Tiana Deplancke, Chrystelle
Bernard, Inter-Particle Sintering of Ultra-High Molecular Weight Polyethylene (UHMWPE) – Fumed
Nano-Alumina (FNA) Nanocomposites under Different Interfacial Loading Conditions, ICFD (2017),
Sendai, Japan.
Oral Presentation
3. Kesavan Ravi, Yuji Ichikawa, Kazuhiro Ogawa, Tiana Deplanke, Olivier Lame, Jean-Yves Cavaille,
Development of ultra high molecular weight polyethylene coatings by cold spray technique, ATSC
(2014), Hyderabad, India.
Poster presentation
4. Kesavan Ravi, Yuji Ichikawa, Kazuhiro Ogawa, Tiana Deplanke, Jean-Yves Cavaille, Development of
ultra high molecular weight polyethylene coatings by cold spray technique, ICFD (2014), Sendai
Japan.
Oral Presentation
5. Kesavan Ravi, Yuji Ichikawa, Kazuhiro Ogawa, Tiana Deplanke, Olivier Lame, Jean-Yves Cavaille,
Development of polymer coating by cold spray on various surfaces, JTSC (2014), Japan.
Oral Presentation
6. Kesavan Ravi, Vivekanand Kain, Comparison of the electrochemical behavior of wrought and porous
Ni-Ti alloy in a body simulated solution, CORCON (2011), Mumbai, India.
Poster presentation

Workshops

1. Kesavan Ravi, Yuji Ichikawa, Kazuhiro Ogawa, Tiana Deplanke, Olivier Lame, Jean-Yves Cavaille,
Ultra high molecular weight polyethylene coatings by cold spray technique, ElyT Lab International
Workshop 2015, Matsushima, Japan.
Poster presentation
2. Kesavan Ravi, Yuji Ichikawa, Kazuhiro Ogawa, Tiana Deplanke, Olivier Lame, Jean-Yves Cavaille,
Development of polymer coatings by cold spray, FRIWS 2014, INSA Lyon, France.
Oral Presentation
3. Kesavan Ravi, Kazuhiro Ogawa, Feasibility study of polycarbonate coating on metallic materials,
FRIWS 2013, Beijing, China.
Oral Presentation
4. Tiana Deplancke, Olivier Lame, Jean-Yves Cavaillé, Jean-Pierre Franc, Kazuhiro Ogawa, Kesavan
Ravi, Mitigation of cavitation by polymeric coating. Interest of cold spray technique, ELyT Lab
International Workshop 2013, Frejus, France, February 20, 2013.
Oral Presentation

Non-Academic Publications

1. Kesavan Ravi, Development of High Functional Polymer/Metal and Polymer/Ceramic Integrated

Systems “Dream Beyond Your Dreams”. Japan Thermal Spray Society, 52(4), 149, 2015.
(http://www.jtss.or.jp/journal/52.html)

HONORS _________________________________________________________________________
Grants/Fellowships

1. JSPS Fellowship (DC & PD) a prestigious Research Fellowship for Young Scientists during doctor
course and post-doctoral tenure in Japan.
2. Tohoku University Presidents Fellowship 2016.

Awards

1. Tohoku University Dean of Engineering Award 2018 (「工学研究科長賞」2018)

2. Grand Prize at 15th Challenge Cup, Shanghai “National College Students Extracurricular
Academic Science and Technology Contest”
3. Best Poster Award 6th Asian Thermal Spray Conference (ATSC) 2014, Hyderabad, India
4. Best Poster Award for the poster presented at ELyT Lab International Workshop 2015, Matsushima,
Japan
5. Award for Young Engineer 2015, by Japan Thermal Spray Society JTSS (2015 年度日本溶射学会
「奨励賞).
Other Recognitions

1. 20 Outstanding Articles from Journal of Thermal Spray Technology published in 2016

Journal paper “Mechanistic Study and Characterization of Cold-Sprayed Ultra-High Molecular
Weight Polyethylene-Nano-ceramic Composite Coating (2016)”