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Dr. Vincent Shantha Kumar

Head of Department & Associate Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering

BioCorrosion of Materials, Biomaterials and Composites, Indentation Behaviors, Mechanical testing, Metal Foams, Metallic Glasses, Synthesis and Characterizations, Wastewater treatment

Research Projects Ongoing/ Completed

(1) Title of the Project: Collaboration for net-zero emission targets of Sweden and India - Higher education institutions approach 
Team Members from BITS: Dr. Vincent Shantha Kumar & Dr. Prakash Kumar (BITS Pilani Dubai Campus); Dr. Rajesh Mehrotra & Dr. Srinivas Krishnaswamy (BITS Pilani Goa Campus); Dr. Tribeni Roy & Mr. Manikantan R. Nair (BITS Pilani Campus)
Team Members from KTH Sweden: Dr. Shareq Mohd Nazir, Dr. Matthäus Bäbler, Dr. Amirreza Khataee, Dr. Frederico Penha & Ms. Pia Schmitt
Value: SEK 150,000 (AED 53,000).
Duration: 1 year
Funding Agency: STINT (The Swedish Foundation for International Cooperation in Research and Higher Education)
Status: Completed 
 
(2) Title of the Project: Textile Industry wastewater treatment by moving bed biofilm bioreactors and photocatalysis
Investigators: Dr. Vincent Shantha Kumar & Dr. Prakash Kumar (BITS Pilani Dubai Campus); Prof. Srikanth Mutnuri (BITS Pilani Goa Campus)
Value: INR 30 Lakh
Duration: 2 year
Funding Agency: Cross Disciplinary Research Framework (CDRF), BITS Pilani 
Status: Ongoing  
 
(3)  Title: Consultancy Project for NDTCCS
Role: Principal Investigator;
Duration: 4 Months, 2024
Value: AED 20,000
Funding: NDTCCS, Dubai; 
Status: Completed
 
(4)  Title: Consultancy Project for Barton Engineering FZ
Role: Principal Investigator;
Duration: 3 Months, 2023
Funding: Barton Engineering, Dubai; 
Status: Completed
 
(5) Title: Bio-tribo-corrosion of Bulk Metallic Glasses
 Role: Principal Investigator
Value: AED 90,000
Duration: 3 years, (January 2017 to January 2022)
Funding Agency: BITS SEED Grant
Status: Completed 
 
(6)  Title: Consultancy Project
Role: Principal Investigator;
Duration: 1 year, 2017
Funding: Indo-Gulf, Dubai; 
Status: Completed