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B.E (Mechanical), M.E (CAD) and PhD, IIT

6+ years experience in research and development

 

 

Dr.Murugaiyan Sivasankar

IIT Guwahati

 

Mobile  :                                   +91-9945099477

   Email     : sivasankar.iitg@gmail.com;sivasankar@iitg.ernet.in

Address : 144/B1,Thukkapet&Po, Chengam Tk, Tiruvannamalai Dist, TN-India-606 709

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Date of Birth:                                                                                                  March 9th, 1973

 

 

 

 


CAREER OBJECTIVE: To develop technical skills in the area of Biomechanics, Medical Devices, Finite Elements, Wear Analysis, Fatigue Analysis, Stress Analysis, Design to pursue in the field of Research & Development.

 

Professional Experience

 

 

·          Creating and analysing hip models using ANSYS and APDL codes, and ABAQUS

·          Worked in MATLAB, Grapher and digitizer Packages

·          Expert working knowledge in CAD and CAM

·          Expert knowledge on total hip replacement and the 3D Finite Element Analysis of the hip joint

 

*Working with Wipro Technologies, Bangalore, India since March 2007.

* Worked in ANYBODY like multi body dynamics software.

 

Projects handled at Wipro Technologies:

 

1.     Drop test of ECG Transmitter.

 

2.  Durability study of LG tube while 180 degree bending of Endoscope.

 

3.     Wire Durability study of Endoscope.

 

4.     Study of Torque wire manufacturing simulation using Abaqus Explicit.

 

5.     Literature survey for Snare spring back mechanism

 

6.     Co-ordination for Elastomer characterization.

 

 

 
Doctoral Research, (August 2001 – November 2007) Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati, Assam

 

 

 

Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati is the sixth member of the IIT fraternity was established in 1994. IIT is among the foremost of institutes of national importance in higher technological education and in basic and applied research.

 

Key Responsibilities:

·          Creating and analysing a hip model using ANSYS software, and doing fatigue and wear analysis over the prosthesis.

·          Theoretically setting and analysing the composite properties

·          Assisting my guide (Supervisor) in preparing his lecture notes and in other aids for the lab and theory classes.

·          Initiating for setting the biomechanics lab in our institute.

·          Assigning duties to the students, conducting class tests and valuing the papers.

 

 

 

Failure Analysis of Hip Prosthesis:

 

 

The research deals with the implementation of alternative material for the human hip joint. Total hip replacement is taking a new dimension with the UHMWPE (Ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylene), Ti6Al4V, Co-Cr alloy and PEEK (PolyEtherEtherkeetone) composite materials. Using the material properties of these materials an idealised hip prostheses model has been developed and analysed in ANSYS using a 3D-Finite Element Analysis. Static and Dynamic Stress Analyses were done on the model and the results were compared with the previous standard results of Bergmann’s model and Kayabasi model. The fatigue analysis has been done on the model for different activities also to determine the life period of the prosthesis using MATLAB. A strength degradation model is taken for this fatigue analysis.

 

Stress values and fatigue life were found for different postures like slow walking, normal walking, fast walking, upstairs climbing, downstairs, standing up, sitting down, standing on 2-1-2 legs and knee bend.  Further work has been done on Wear Modelling of the Prosthesis based on contact analysis on this research. Statistical methods are used to determine the wear rate of the model.  A new empirical relationship has been used to find the wear rate of prosthesis material by modifying the Archard’s wear law. This method helps in analysing the damage on the model.  A collective work of stress (static and dynamic) analysis, fatigue analysis, contact and wear analysis have been performed to give the suggestion to the medical surgeons to use which model of prosthesis and what material can be used for which aged patients.

Course work opted for are Advanced Engineering Mathematics, Theory of Elasticity,

Finite Element Analysis and Introduction to Composite Materials.  Have done a review on knee and hip joints for the comprehensive examination as a part of course works. In addition to these,  a static analysis on knee joints using Ansys was also been done, loads with different materials were applied to the joint and the stress values also were obtained and applied them in the fatigue analysis using MATLAB and got the fatigue life of that knee prosthesis.

 

 

 
Sr.Lecturer and Consultant (CAD / CAM)                          February 1999 – August 2001
 

Arunai Engineering College, Tiruvannamalai, Tamilnadu

 

 

 

Arunai Engineering College is an ISO9000-2002 certified Engineering College in Tamilnadu, India. 

 

Key Responsibilities:

·          Conducted classes in FEM (Finite Element Methods), CAD (Computer Aided Design), Production planning and control.

·          Handled the CAD lab Incharge post for 2 semesters and gave many projects in ANSYS, AutoCAD and ADAMS to the students. Done some link analysis by creating and joining the links using ADAMS package.

·          Researched on single cylinder two stroke petrol cars.

·          Guided research projects like design and fabrication of a mini tractor, finite element analysis of connecting rod, Finite element analysis of a Gas turbine accessory base.

 

 

Software Skill Set

 

·          ANSYS

·          APDL 

·          MATLAB

·          Hyper mesh

·          Abaqus

·          IDEAS

 

 

Academic Qualification

 

 

·          Doctor of Philosophy (Mechanical – Biomechanics - Failure Analysis of Hip Prosthesis) – IIT Guwahati, Assam, India (2001 -2007)

 

·          Master of Engineering (Mechanical - CAD) University 7th rank - Government College of Engineering, University of Madras, TN, India (1995-1997).               

Finite Element Analysis of Engine Flywheel for Ashok Leyland, a leading OEM - The project deals with an Axi-Symmetric Model of Flywheel. Stress analysis is done on the flywheel using I-DEAS (Master Series) software. The dimensions were modified and the stress values were reduced from the existing model. The rotation speed of the flywheel was set at about 3500 rpm and this project is a big success under Indian road conditions.

 

·          Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical) - University of Madras, TN, India (1990-1994).

 

Design and Fabrication of Solar Assisted Desalination Plant - The project deals with a Desalination Plant using solar energy.  The plant could produce up to 20 litres of desalinated water on a hot day.

 

Other Qualifications

 

1.           Finite Element Analysis

AU-FRG Institute for CAD / CAM, Anna University, Chennai, India

 

·                      Studied and modelled static and dynamic analysis of the damped and static systems using IDEAS (Integrated Design and Engineering Analysis Software).

·                      Completed a course on Introduction to ANSYS and Pro-Engineer Software

 

2.           Advanced Computer Training

 

CMC Ltd., Chennai, India

 

Trained in C, C++, Visual Basic, Oracle and Developer 2000. Completed project on Employee Pay System using Oracle and Developer 2000.

 

3.           Proficient in using all Windows OS, Linux, Linux Xmanager, IRIX  and Unix

 

Awards won and Other Activities

 

·          Have delivered an invited talk in NAFEMS workshop on Finite element methods & Practical stress analysis, held in Bangalore between 8th and 9th February 2008 at Aeronautical society of India, Bangalore.

·          Attended four days non residential training course at IRMRA, Thane, on “Rubber technology with special reference to Automobile and Industrial rubber products” between 21st and 24th January 2008.

·          Awarded a Half time teaching research assistantship (HTRA) by MHRD (Ministry of human resource and development), Government of India for 4 years from 2001 to 2005.

·          Worked as a resource person in the QIP short term course on Design and manufacturing of Composite materials held in between 6th to 10th December 2004 at IIT Guwahati.

·          Worked as Technical Assistant in the technical committee of ISTAM 2003 (Indian Society for Theoretical and applied mechanics) at IIT Guwahati and with IAS 2003 (Indian Academy of Science) in the year 2003.

·          Organized the national level conference, CONTECH-2010, which was headed by the President of India, Dr.A.P.J. Abdul Kalam in the year 2001.

·          Coordinated the International Conference on Quality Techniques on Taguchi Method with Qualitek Software in the year 2000 at Arunai Engineering College, India.

 

Papers Published and Communicated

 

1.      M. Sivasankar, D. Chakraborty, S. K. Dwivedy, 2004, Finite element analysis of composite hip prosthesis, Proceedings of National Conference on Biomechanics held on 19th-21st November 2004, 30, 214-220.

2.      M. Sivasankar, D. Chakraborty, S.K. Dwivedy, 2006, Fatigue analysis of artificial hip joints for different materials, Proceedings of Society for Biomaterials and Artificial Organs of India (SBAOI)  conference, IIT Delhi, Feb’24-26.

3.      M. Sivasankar, D. Chakraborty, S.K. Dwivedy, 2006, Fatigue analysis of artificial hip joints for different materials and activities, Published in recent Advances in Computational Mechanics and Simulations, Vol-II, pp.2043-2048, Proceeding of Second International Congress on Computational Mechanics and Simulations, ICCMS’06, IIT Guwahati, Dec 8-10.

4.      M. Sivasankar, T. Benarjee, D. Chakraborty, S.K.Dwivedy, 2006, Dynamic stress and fatigue analysis of artificial hip prosthesis, National Conference on Biomechanics, BESU, West Bengal, held in December, 2006. Also published in Indian Journal of Biomechanics.

5.      M.Sivasankar, T.Banarjee, N.Ravikiran, D.Chakraborty, S.K.Dwivedy, 2007, Dynamic stress and fatigue analysis of artificial hip prosthesis, Indian Journal of Biomechanics, 1, 53-58.

     The following papers are under communication with the Journal of Biomechanics             and other journals:

 

a)      A review on Total Hip Replacement

b)      Fatigue evaluation of Composite hip prosthesis.

c)       Wear analysis of acetabular cup for daily activities.

d)       Determination of Fatigue parameters in Residual Strength Degradation Model for some Biomaterials

 

 

Passport Details

           Passport Number          : G5882000

           Date of issue                : 13-11-2007

           Date of Expiry               : 12-11-2017

 

Professional Affiliations

 

·          Life member in Indian Society of Biomechanics (ISB).

·          Life member in Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE).

·          Student member in American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME).

·          Life member in Society for Biomaterials and Artificial Organs – India (SBAOI).