Karuppannan,D.Shri.

Area of Expertise

Rich experience in the Design & Manufacturing of Composite parts for Civil & Military Aircraft and developing innovative tooling for co-curing / co-bonding composite structures. More than twelve years of experience in composite materials and processing methodology. Knowledge of the processing of carbon-epoxy, carbon-BMI, and carbon LMPEAK (thermoplastic) materials systems using the autoclave-moulding process. Knowledge in the composite structural assembly technologies for teh development of aircraft structures.

Research Interests

a) Development of high-temperature-resistant composites
b) Development of airworthy thermoplastic composite products and their joints for Aerospace Applications.
c) Automation process development for layup process using Automatic fiber placement (AFP) system
d) Design & Development innovative tooling for co-cured composite products.

Academic_Qualification

M Tech in Engineering Design

Professional Experience

¿ Rich Experience in Composites Technology

¿ Preparation of Composite test specimens as per standards for material qualification & generation of Design allowables for composite material.

¿ Good knowledge in the design of composite tools /metallic tools for co-cured/ co-bonded structures to reduce lead time and cost.

¿ I have experience leading projects, which include detailed part manufacturing, assembly, and airworthiness qualification by static testing.

¿ Ability to contribute to conceptual, layout, detail, and assembly design.

Publication (ORCID ID/ Googal Scholar ID/ IRINS ID/ Vidwan ID

Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=3JtkbvMAAAAJ&hl=en

ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-8766-8098

Awards and Honors

a) CSIR- NAL is being conferred with the ICERP- JEC- Award 2023 for Process Machinery / Equipment Category for ‘Indigenous Design & Development of Prepreg Tape Winding Machine with the capability of Varied Tape Width’, which was built by our team in-house.
Awarding Agency: ICERP-JEC, Mumbai, during Jan 2023.
b) CSIR Diamond Jubilee Technology Award (CDJTA) 2020 received with production partner TASL for ‘Successful Commercialization of indigenously developed state-of-the-art Composite technologies for
c) CSIR-NAL received the JEC INNOVATION AWARD – JEC ASIA 2018 at Seoul under Aerospace-Structure Category jointly with ADA-DRDO for the development work of ‘Innovative Skin-Ribs Co-cured Engine Bay Door’ in my leadership.
d)Obtained Gold Medal from Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham University, Coimbatore, for First rank in M.Tech (Engineering Design) at the university level for the academic year of 2008-2010.