0000-0002-7696-0740 About
Dr. R Vijayakumar
Professor
Department of Ocean Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology – Madras
Chennai 600 036 INDIA
Scholar Profile
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Scopus Id 57216181685
The present position Professor from 10 Jan 2024 -Till Date
Associate Professor from 30 Sep 2019 -10 Jan 2024
Assistant Professor from 03 Feb 2016-29 Sep2019
R. Vijayakumar is a graduate of Naval Architect from the Cochin University of Science and Technology, Cochin. He completed a PG Diploma in Naval Construction from the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, and an M Tech. in Ocean Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, and Ph.D. from Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi.
He joined IITM as faculty in 2016, He is presently Professor in the Department of Ocean Engineering of Indian Institute of Technology, Madras. He has published 110 research papers. He has so far guided 10 Ph.D,7 MS projects and 32 M.Tech. projects. He is a consultant to a number of industrial organizations, and has so far completed more than 25 consultancies and sponsored projects
He is also veteran and served in Indian Navy for 21 years and retired as Commander. On completion of his graduate training, he joined the Corps of Naval Constructors of the Indian Navy. He had worked in various capacities in Indian Navy as Naval Architect Designer in Directorate of Naval Design and in Naval Dockyard Visakhapatnam and Mumbai.
His fields of interest include Ship Hydrodynamics, Ship Dynamics and Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) and green ship initiatives.
Research/Academic Positions:
( At IITM)
10 Jan 2024 till now Professor
09 Feb 2019 -10 Jan 2024 Associate professor
02 Feb 2016 -19 Sep 2019 Assistance professor
(Before IITM)
7 years Adjunct Faculty at, Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi,
(Jan12-30Jan 2016
&
Oct 05-Oct 09):
Faculty responsible for giving instructions on seakeeping and manoeuvering analysis, Structural Design of Advance marine vessels. Guidance to students on projects related to services subjects and technology aspects.
1year and 05 months
(Jun 04- Oct 05): Deputy Director Naval Design, Directorate of Naval Design,
Responsible to design and overseeing construction of Naval ASW corvette ship.
Industrial Experience
02 years Senior Manager Integrated Repair Complex Naval dockyard
(Oct 09-Jan 12) Mumbai
4 years Assistant Manager, Naval Dockyard, Vishakhapatnam, India
(Jun 98-Jun 02)
Academic Background
B. Tech. (Naval Architecture and Ship building) 1995 Cochin University of Science and Technology, Cochin, India
DIIT (Naval Construction ) 1998 Indian Institute of Technology,
Delhi, India.
M Tech(Ocean Engineering) 2004 Indian Institute of Technology Madras, India
Ph. D
(A Study on the Interaction of Exhaust Smoke with the Superstructure and Gas Turbine intakes of Naval Ships) 2009 Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, India
Fields of Interest
Ship Dynamics, Ship Hydrodynamics, Ship Structures, Ship Aerodynamics, Submarine Design, and CFD
Awards
Commendation by Chief of Naval Staff
2010
Commendation by Flag Officer Commending in Chief,
Western Naval Command, Mumbai
2010
SAM Dotiwala CASH award for best technical paper
presented at INA (Delhi Chapter)
2009
Commendation by Flag Officer Commending in Chief,
Eastern Naval Command,Vishakapatnam
2001
Commodore Garg Silver Medal of the Vice Chief of the
Naval Staff for best Design project and Dissertation in
DIIT(NC) Course 1998 1998
After Joining IITM
› Awarded with Cash Prize of Rs 10000/- and Certificate for the Research Article “India develops a methodology to reduce drag of ships by 43%”, submitted to Augmenting Writing Skills for Articulating Research (AWSAR) is a new initiative conceptualized & supported by National Council for Science & Technology Communication (NCSTC) Division, Department of Science and Technology (DST), Govt of India with Sudhir Sindagi Phd Student
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› Awarded with Second Prize by Springer Publications with USD 200 and the Certificate for the paper with title “Numerical investigation of influence of Micro Bubble injection, distribution, void fraction and flow speed on frictional drag reduction”, presented in International Conference of Ocean Engineering (ICOE) 2018 organized by Department of Ocean Engineering, IIT Madras – Feb 2018 with Sudhir Sindagi Phd Student
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› Meritorious Winner in the Poster Session for Young Scholars and as 'Outstanding Winner' in the Model Ship Design and Racing Competition at the 2019 International Summer School on Naval Architecture, Ocean Engineering and Mechanics held during July 22 - August 2, 2019 at Shanghai for the poster entitled 'Experiment Investigation on Carbon Composite Propeller for Maritime Application
› Pyrgotelis Zoitos Prize for the paper entitled “Numerical Fluid-Structure Interaction Ana
Employment
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Indian Institute of Technology Madras Professor2024 - Present
Education
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Projects & Funding
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Publications (33)
- Analysis of the impact of air lubrication on the hydrodynamic performance of KVLCC2 Save
- Hybrid biomimetic–analytical CFD-based parametric study of forebody geometry effects on underwater vehicles hydrodynamic resistance performance Save
- Influence of geometric variations and stacking sequencing of a composite marine propeller Save
- Performance analysis of a caudal fin in open water and its coupled interaction with a biomimetic AUV Save
- Experimental investigation on ship’s model in carrying out energy economics of BDR/ALS methodology Save
- Succinct review of MBDR/BDR technique in reducing ship’s drag Save
- Sensitivity Analysis of the Turning Motion of an Underwater Glider on the Viscous Hydrodynamic Coefficients Save
- Parametric CFD investigation of ALS technique on reduction in drag of bulk carrier Save
- A conceptual method to assess ship-helicopter dynamic interface Save
- Development of an energy efficient stern flap for improved EEDI of a typical high-speed displacement vessel Save