Dr Sreekumar M
Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering

1. M. Sreekumar, M. Singaperumal, “A generalized analytical approach to the coupled effect of SMA actuation and elastica deflection”, Smart Materials and Structures, ARTICLE IN PRESS, Paper ID: SMS/327033/PAP.

2. M. Sreekumar, T. Nagarajan, M. Singaperumal, “Kinetostatic Analysis of a Spatial Compliant Mechanism Actuated by Multiple Shape Memory Alloy Wires in Differential Form”, Mechanics of Advanced Materials and Structures, ARTICLE IN PRESS, Paper ID: UMCM-2008-0059.

3. M. Sreekumar, T. Nagarajan, M. Singaperumal, "Design of a Shape Memory Alloy Actuated Compliant Smart Structure: Elastica Approach", ASME Journal of Mechanical Design, June 2009, Vol. 131/061008 1-11.

4. M. Sreekumar, T. Nagarajan, M. Singaperumal, "Application of Trained NiTi SMA Actuators in a Spatial Compliant Mechanism: Experimental Investigations", Materials & Design, 2009, Vol. 30, pp. 3020-3029.

5. M. Sreekumar, T. Nagarajan, M. Singaperumal, "Experimental Investigations on the Large Deflection Capabilities of a Compliant Parallel Mechanism Actuated by SMA wires", Smart Materials and Structures, Dec. 2008, Vol. 17: 065025.

6. M. Sreekumar, T. Nagarajan, M. Singaperumal, "Modelling and Simulation of a Novel Shape Memory Alloy Actuated Compliant Parallel Manipulator", Proc. of IMechE, Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science, 2008, 222(C6), pp. 1049-1059.

7. M. Sreekumar, T. Nagarajan, M. Singaperumal, M. Zoppi, and R. Molfino, "Critical review of current trends in shape memory alloy actuators for intelligent robots", International Journal of Industrial Robot, July 2007, Vol. 34 (4), pp. 285-294.

8. M. Sreekumar, M. Singaperumal, T. Nagarajan, M. Zoppi, and R. Molfino, "Recent Advances in Nonlinear Control Technologies for Shape Memory Alloy Actuators", International Journal of Zhejiang University SCIENCE A, May 2007, Vol. 8(5), pp. 818-829.

9. M. Sreekumar, T. Nagarajan, M. Singaperumal, M. Zoppi, and R. Molfino, "Training of a Fuzzy Logic Controller using Table Lookup Scheme for the Control of SMA actuators", Paper ID-1747, International Journal of Mathematical Sciences, December 2006, Vol. 5(2), pp. 335-353.

10. M. Sreekumar, M. Singaperumal, Control of a robot manipulator in obstacle avoidance, Proceedings of the IMechE, Part I: Journal of Systems and Control Engineering, UNDER REVIEW, Paper ID: JSCE857.

2. M. Sreekumar, T. Nagarajan and M. Singaperumal, A smart compliant mechanism made of SMA actuators utilizing shape memory and superelastic effects, SPIE 16th Annual International Symposium on Smart Structures & Materials/NDE, 8-12 March 2009, San Diego, USA, Paper ID: 7288-94.

3. M. Sreekumar, T. Nagarajan and M. Singaperumal, Large Deflection Modeling and FEM simulation of a Spatial Compliant Manipulator suitable for Medical Applications: Preliminary Design, Proc. of 5th International Conference on Computational Intelligence, Robotics and Autonomous Systems (CIRAS 2008), June 19-21, 2008, Linz, Austria, Paper ID: 47.

4. M. Sreekumar, T. Nagarajan, M. Singaperumal, "Parametric Approximation for Large Deflection of a Spatial Compliant Parallel Mechanism", Proc. Int. Conf. on Advances in Manufacturing Technology (ICAMT 2008) for Young Engineers, Feb. 6-8, 2008, Chennai, India, Paper ID: C98.

5. M. Sreekumar, M. Singaperumal, T. Nagarajan, M. Zoppi, and R. Molfino, "A Compliant Miniature Parallel Manipulator with Shape Memory Alloy Actuators", Proc. of IEEE International Conference on Industrial Technology (ICIT2006), Dec. 15-17, 2006, Mumbai, India, Paper ID-011177.

6. M. Sreekumar, T. Nagarajan, M. Singaperumal, M. Zoppi, and R. Molfino, "Design of SMA actuated light weight parallel manipulator with intelligent controller", Proc. of 8th International IFAC Symposium on Robot Control (SYROCO 2006), Sep. 6-8, 2006, Bologna, Italy, Paper ID: R-174.

7. M. Sreekumar, T. Nagarajan and M. Singaperumal, "Fuzzy Controller for the Non-linear Modeling of SMA actuators for Robotic Applications", Proc. of International conference on Resource Utilisation and Intelligent Systems (INCRUIS-2006), Jan 04-06, 2006, Tamil Nadu, India, Paper ID-INFE 311, pp. 499-505.

8. M. Sreekumar, T. Nagarajan and M. Singaperumal, "Design of Supervisory Adaptive Fuzzy Controllers for Intelligent Robotic Vehicles", Proc. of 2nd Indian International Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IICAI-05), Dec. 20-22, 2005, Pune, India, Paper ID: 338, pp.2163-2177.

9. M. Sreekumar, T. Nagarajan and M. Singaperumal, "Singularity Avoidance in Parallel Manipulators using Fuzzy Control", CD ROM Proc. Of The 3rd International Conference on Computational Intelligence, Robotics and Autonomous Systems (CIRAS 2005), Dec. 13-16, 2005, Singapore, Paper ID: REG 1195.

10. M. Sreekumar, T. Nagarajan and M. Singaperumal, "Design, Modeling and Implementation of Self-tuning Adaptive Fuzzy Controller for a Robot in Obstacle Avoidance", Proc. of the 4th Asian Conference on Industrial Automation and Robotics (ACIAR2005), May 11-13, 2005, Bangkok, Thailand. Paper ID-F81.

11. M. Sreekumar, T. Nagarajan and M. Singaperumal, "SMA actuated Mini-valve for Temperature control in Hydraulic systems", Proc. of International conference & Exhibition on Fluid Power Technology (EMCHAFT2005), Nov. 25-27, 2005, Chennai, India, pp. 11-22.

12. M. Sreekumar, T. Nagarajan and M. Singaperumal, "On the Process of Improving the Response of Shape Memory Alloy Actuators for Robotic Applications", Proc. of International Conference on Computational & Experimental Engineering and Sciences, (ICCES05), Dec. 1-10, 2005, Chennai, India, Paper ID: ICCES0520050801554, pp. 3098-3103.

13. M. Sreekumar, T. Nagarajan and M. Singaperumal, "Design of a Fuzzy Logic Controller for a Robot in Obstacle Avoidance", Proc. of the National conference on Advances in Manufacturing and Resource Analysis (AMARA2005), Dindugal, Tamil Nadu, India, Feb.18-19, 2005, pp. 65-73.

14. M. Sreekumar, T. Nagarajan and M. Singaperumal, "Recent Trends in the Design of Parallel Manipulators", Proc. of the National seminar on Advances in Image Processing & Robotics (ADIPRO2005), Chennai, India, Feb. 25-26, 2005, pp. 156-163

1) Research Grants from University of Genova, Italy for three months (Dec. 2005 to Feb. 2006) and one year (May 2006 to April 2007).

2) Awarded First Prize for the essay titled "Manufacturing Technology in 2050" for the essay competition conducted during the International Conference on Advances in Manufacturing Technology (ICAMT2008), organized by INAE and DAE which was held at IITMadras during Feb. 06-08, 2008.

Reviewer for:
1. Proceedings of IMechE, Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science,
2. Smart Materials and Structures