Dr. Sivakumar K. G. V.

Academic Qualifications

• Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2007
• M. S. in Materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2002
• B. Tech. in Metallurgical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, 2000

Professional Record

• Lead Engineer, GE India Industrial Pvt. Ltd, 2012-2018
• Research Engineer, GE India Technology Center, 2010-2012
• Research Engineer II, South Dakota School of Mines & Technology, 2008-2010
• Postdoctoral Fellow, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2007-2008

Awards

• Whitney award for scientific Excellence at GE Global Research, Bangalore (2017)

Area of Interest

• His research interests include the development of processing technologies enabling the design and development of ‘lean’ orthopedic implants, novel filling systems for gravity casting of cobalt alloys and casting modeling of total knee replacement implants, aimed at high-quality, defect-free castings.

Current Activities

• Development of processing technologies enabling the design and development of ‘lean’ orthopedic implants
• Heat treatment development for titanium alloys and studies of processing-structure-property relationships
• Processing-structure-property studies of titanium alloys
• Casting modeling of cobalt alloy-based total knee replacement implants

Patents

• An automatic self-locking clip arrestor for use with an anterior cervical plating system: Patent application no. 202341040576, Date: June 2023 Inventors: Siva Kumar KGV, Vishnu S Prasad and Muraleedharan CV
• Downstream heat treatment processes for strength enhancement of slender Ti6Al4V shaped, implant castings: Patent application no. 202141037803, Date: Aug. 2022 Inventors: Siva Kumar K G V, Ajmal T Mohammed and Muraleedharan CV
• Swab Collection Booth: Patent application no. 202041015925, Date: April 2020 Inventors: Ramesh Babu, Muraleedharan CV, Arvind Kumar Prajapati, Siva Kumar KGV, Saurabh Nair, Nagesh D
• Dual Chamber Swab Collection Booth; Patent application no. 202041018961, Date: May 2020 Inventors: Ramesh Babu, Muraleedharan CV, Asha Kishore, Arvind Kumar Prajapati, Siva Kumar KGV, Saurabh Nair
• An anterior cervical plate designed for the Indian population; Design Registration application no. 365502-001, Date: June 2022 Inventors: Siva Kumar K G V, Ajmal T Mohammed and Muraleedharan CV
• Self-locking clip arrestor for bone implants; Design Registration granted with no. 374796-001, Date: Nov. 2022 Inventors: Siva Kumar KGV, Vishnu S. Prasad and Muraleedharan CV

Membership

• Indian Institute of Metals
• American Society of Metals
• Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining

On-going Projects

• ‘Development of high strength Ti6Al4V castings for orthopedic implants’, funded by Technical Research Center, SCTIMST via the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India PoC. phase of the project comprising (i) downstream process heat treatment development and (ii) device design, modeling, fabrication and testing, starting Dec. 2019, is ongoing.

Projects Completed

Research

• Casting modeling of cobalt alloy-based total knee replacement implants

Organisational Activities

• SROP module instructor on 'Metals and alloys for implants and prostheses
• member of Internal Audit Committee, nominated by QUC
• Module instructor of the M. Tech. Clin. Eng. course on 'Failure mechanisms in metals'
• Served as a co-ordinator and course instructor of the M. Tech. Clin. Eng. program

Technology Transferred

• Developed swab collection and examination booths (non-classified medical devices) as part of COVID-19 fast-track projects and transferred these technologies with supporting documentation viz. technical specification and costing, validation reports and instructions-for-use documents, to companies such as HLL Lifecare Ltd., TVS Supply Chain Solution Ltd., etc.

Publications

Article

1. , A Finite element study of lean anterior cervical plating instrumentation designs, Under review- Medical Engineering and Physics, ,
2. S. P. Vishnu, K. G. V. Siva Kumar, C.V. Muraleedharan, P.S. Sarma, G. Divakar and K. Krishnakumar, A unique geometrical representation of the cervical spine based on meta-analysis-derived descriptors, To be submitted to- Annals of Biomedical Engineering, ,
3. K. G. V. Siva Kumar, J. Campbell, M. S. Subhash Kumar, S. P. Vishnu and M. R. Abhilash, A novel filling system for gravity casting of cobalt alloy prostheses, Under review- Transactions of the Indian Institute of Metals, ,
4. K. G. V. Siva Kumar, Ajmal T. Mohammed, Rajeev A. and Muraleedharan C. V., Finite element study of bending of a custom 2-level anterior cervical plate in 4-point configuration, Transactions of the Indian National Academy of Engineering, 2023, , DOI: 10.1007/s41403-023-00395-x
5. K. G. V. Siva Kumar, R. Oruganti and P. Chatterjee, X-Ray Rocking Curve Measurements of Dislocation Density and Creep Strain Evolution in Gamma Prime-Strengthened Ni-Base Superalloys, Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A, 2018,
6. R. Oruganti et al., A microstructure based model for creep of gamma prime strengthened nickel-based superalloys, ASME Journal of Engineering Materials and Technology, 2018, 141
7. C. Girish Shastry, V. S. K. G. Kelekanjeri, T. Vishwanath and S. Chaudhuri, Physical interpretation of creep in single crystal Rene N4TM based on a phenomenological model, Materials Science and Engineering: A, 2013, 585; 47
8. R. L. Whelchel, V. S. K. G. Kelekanjeri, R. A. Gerhardt and J. Ilavsky, Effect of aging treatment on the microstructure and resistivity of a nickel-base superalloy, Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A, 2011, 42A
9. R. L. Whelchel, V. S. K. G. Kelekanjeri and R. A. Gerhardt, Mechanical and electrical characterisation in age hardened Waspaloy microstructures, International Heat Treatment and Surface Engineering, 2009, 3(1)
10. V. S. K. G. Kelekanjeri, L. K. Moss, R. A. Gerhardt and J. Ilavsky, Quantification of the coarsening kinetics of, Acta Materialia, 2009,
11. V. S. K. G. Kelekanjeri and R. A. Gerhardt, Etch-pit and, Acta Materialia, 2009, 57; 616
12. V. S. K. G. Kelekanjeri and R. A. Gerhardt, A closed-form solution for computation of geometric correction factors for four-point resistivity measurements on cylindrical specimens, Measurement Scienceand Technology, 2008, 19(2)
13. V. S. K. G. Kelekanjeri and R. A. Gerhardt, Electrical characterization of aged Waspaloy microstructures, Advanced Materials Research, 2007, 4; 876
14. V. S. K. G. Kelekanjeri and R. A. Gerhardt, Electric field distribution within a metallic cylindrical specimen for an ideal two-probe impedance measurement, Journal of Applied Physics, 2007, 101 (4)
15. V. S. K. G. Kelekanjeri, W. B. Carter and J. M. Hampikian, Deposition of alpha-alumina via combustion CVD, Thin Solid Films, 2006, 515; 1905
16. V. S. K. G. Kelekanjeri and R. A. Gerhardt, Characterization of microstructural fluctuations in Waspaloy exposed to 760C for times up to 2500h, Electrochimica Acta, 2006, 51; 1873