Responsibilities:

Member – BOE, VTU Belagavi

Member-BOS, NMAMIT Nitte

Member-BOS, JCE, Belagavi

Instrumental in establishing Research Center at SJEC, Vamanjoor

Served as Doctoral Committee member, M.I.T Manipal

Chaired international conference at several institutes

Awards/ Achievements/Memberships:

Secured 7^th Rank in B.E (Mysore University)

Guide for eight research candidates (all have received the degree from VTU Belagavi)

Institute Level: (Before Joining BNMIT)

Instrumental to get accreditation to all eligible UG programs by NBA between 2020-2025

Institute achieved NAAC accreditation in two cycles (2019 and 2024)

Autonomous status to the institute under my leadership (2025)

Established incubation center (under section 8 company in the year 2025)

Department Level: (Before Joining BNMIT)

Established research center and Center of Excellence

Professional Memberships:

Life Member – Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE)

Life Member – Indian Society for Training and Development (ISTD)

Fellow of Institute of Engineer (FIE)

Expertise/Subjects handled

• Design of Machine Element
• Mechanics of Materials
• Control Systems
• Operation Research
• Engineering Graphics
• Mechatronics
• Finite Element Analysis
• Manufacturing Process

Research:

• Eight research scholars awarded Ph. D degree from VTU Belagavi
• Doctoral Committee member at M.I.T Manipal

Research Interest:

• Composite Material
• Advanced Manufacturing

Publication

• Thirumaleshwara Bhat. et al. “Modified Approach for Indirect Cutting Force Measurement for Face Milling”, International Journal of Innovative System Design and Engineering, International Institute of Science, Technology & Engineering, 2011, Vol. 2, No 2, 36-46.
• Thirumaleshwara Bhat. et al. “A Condition Monitoring System to Measure the Cutting Force using Data Acquisition System”, International Journal of Mechanical Engineering Research and Development (IJMERD), Jan 2011, 1, No.1, pp. 19-22.
• Thirumaleshwara Bhat. et al. “Effect of Cutting Force and Surface Roughness of Al Components using Face Milling Process-A Taguchi Approach”, International Journal of Scientific Research, 2012, Vol.3, Issue 4, 7-13.
• Thirumaleshwara et al. “Mechanical Properties of Potassium Titanate Whisker Reinforced Epoxy Resin Composites”, Journal of Minerals & Materials Characterization & Engineering, Vol. 11, No.2 pp.193-211, 2012. (Scientific Research Publishers)
• Thirumaleshwara et al. “Optimization of Dry Sliding Wear Performance of Ceramic Whisker Filled Epoxy Composites Using Taguchi Approach”, Advances in Tribology, Volume 2012, pp.1-9, (Indexed by Scopus) (Hindawi Publisher)
• Thirumaleshwara et al. “Finite Element Analysis of Thermal Characteristics of Annular Fins With Different Profiles”, ARPN Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences (ISSN 1819-6608), Vol. 7, No. 6, June 2012, pp. 750-759(Indexed by Scopus)
• Thirumaleshwara et al. “Modelling and Analysis for Wear Performance in Dry Sliding of Epoxy/Glass/PTW Composites Using Full Factorial Techniques,” ISRN Tribology, vol. 2013, pp. 1-11 (Directory of open access journal)
• Thirumaleshwara Bhat. et “Effect of potassium titanate whiskers on the performance of vacuum moulded glass/epoxy composites”, Journal of Reinforced Plastics and Composites, Vol. 32, No. 16, pp. 1177-1187. (2013 Impact factor 1.188) (SAGE publications)
• Thirumaleshwara Bhat. et al. “Effect of filler content on the performance of Epoxy/PTW composites”, Advances in Materials Science and Engineering, doi:10.1155/2014/970 (Indexed by Scopus), Volume 2014, pp.1-11 (Hindawi Publishers)
• Thirumaleshwara Bhat. et al. “Enhanced mechanical and wear performance of epoxy/glass composites with PTW/Graphite hybrid fillers”, Procedia Materials Science, Volume 6, 2014, pp. 975-987. (Indexed by Scopus) (ELSEVIER)
• Thirumaleshwara Bhat. et al. “Performance and Emission Characteristics of a C.I. Engine fuelled with diesel and TiO₂ nanoparticles as fuel additives”, Published in Science Direct, Materials Today: Proceedings 2 (2015) pp. 3728-3735. (Science Direct)
• Thirumaleshwara et al. “Optimizing of Biodiesel Production: A Review, International Journal of Science and Research (IJSR), ISSN (Online): 2319-7064 (2015)
• Thirumaleshwara Bhat. et al. “Effect of Titanium Dioxide and Calcium Carbonate Nano additives on the Performance and Emission characteristics of CI Engines, Journal of Mechanical Engineering and Automation 2016, 6(5A): 28-31, DOI: 5923/c.jmea.201601.06
• Thirumaleshwara Bhat. et al. “Mechanical and Tribological Properties of Injection Moulded Modified CaCO3/PP, LDPE Composites”, American Journal of Materials Science 2016, 6(4A): 61-66 DOI: 10.5923/c.materials.201601.12.
• Thirumaleshwara Bhat. et al. “Effect of Copper oxide Nano additives on the Performance and Emissions Characteristics of a I. Engine, Energy and Power 2017, 7(4): 99-104, DOI: 10.5923/j.ep.20170704.02
• Thirumaleshwara Bhat. et al. “Development and Characterization of Low Cost Bamboo Fibre Reinforced Polymer Composites, American Journal of Materials Science 2017, 7(5): 130-134, DOI: 10.5923/j.materials.20170705.02
• Thirumaleshwara Bhat. et al. “Investigation of Tribological Property of Coconut Shell Powder Filled Epoxy Glass Composites, American Journal of Materials Science 2017, 7(5): 174-184, DOI: 10.5923/j.materials.20170705.10
• Thirumaleshwara Bhat. et al. “Fabrication and Analysis of Jute, Glass and Flax Hybrid Composites Using Rice Husk Charcoal as Filler Material, American Journal of Materials Science 2017, 7(5): 135-139, DOI: 5923/j.materials.20170705.03
• Thirumaleshwara Bhat. et al. “Comparative Study of Pongamia Biodiesel Blends with Titanium Dioxide Nano additives on Performance Parameters of CI Engine”, Journal of Critical Review, ISSN- 2394-5125 Vol 7, Issue 10, 2020
• Thirumaleshwara Bhat. Et al. “Experimental Analysis of Influence of Injection Timing on Compression Ignition Engine with Blend of Biodiesel And Nanoparticles, Journal of Critical Reviews, ISSN- 2394-5125 VOL 7, Issue 10, 2020
• Thirumaleshwara Bhat. et al. “Effect of Water Absorption on the Mechanical Properties of Alkaline Treated Bamboo and Flax Fiber Reinforced Epoxy Composites”, Trends in Sciences 2022; 19(18): 5779, https://doi.org/10.48048/tis.2022.5779
• Thirumaleshwara Bhat. Et al. “Taguchi method to study the performance and emission characteristics of CI engine fuelled with blends of Jatropha biodiesel & Titanium dioxide nano additive, Materials Today Proceedings, Materials Today: Proceedings 92 (2023) pp. 202–208.
• Thirumaleshwara Bhat. et al. “Modeling and analysis of the effects of age hardening, magnesium dissolution, and SiC reinforcement on wear properties in eutectic Al-Si composites using full factorial techniques”, Materials Research Express 11 (2024).
• Thirumaleshwara Bhat. et al. “Contribution of Mg dissolution on the age hardening characteristics of SiC reinforced Al-Si alloy composites”, Cogent Engineering, https://doi.org/10.1080/23311916.2024.2396041(2024)
• Thirumaleshwara Bhat. et al. “Effects of Magnesium Content and Age Hardening Parameters on the Hardness and Ultimate Tensile Strength of SiC-Reinforced Al-Si-Mg Composites”, Journal of composite sciences, https://doi.org/10.3390/jcs9010005 (Dec 2024)

Conference

• “Validation of Analytical methods of evaluate the elastic properties of multi/Alumina ceramic matrix composites using Finite Element method”, International conference on Advances in manufacturing held at MIT Manipal (24-26 October 2007).
• “Modified Method of Estimation of the Specific Cutting Force for Mechanistic Cutting Force Models”, International Conference on Emerging Trends in Engineering (ICETE 12), held at NMAMIT, Nitte (2012).
• “Processing and Characterization of Potassium Titanate Whisker Reinforced Epoxy based Polymer Matrix Composites”, International Conference on Advanced Materials (ICAM 2011), held at BTLIT, Bangalore (19-20 August 2011).
• “Dry Sliding Wear Behaviour of Potassium Titanate Whisker Reinforced Epoxy based Polymer Matrix Composites”, International Multi Component Polymer Conference (IMPC 2012), held at Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala (23-25 March 2012).
• “Abrasive Wear Performance of Epoxy/Glass/PTW Composites”, International Conference in Emerging Trends in Engineering (ICETE 12), held at NMAMIT, Nitte (2012).
• “Enhanced Mechanical and Wear Performance of Epoxy/Glass Composites with PTW/Graphite Hybrid Fillers”, International Conference on Materials Processing and Characterization (ICMPC 2014), held at Gokaraju Rangaraju Institute of Engineering and Technology, Hyderabad (8-9 March 2014)
• “Influence of Aluminium Oxide Nanoparticles in a Compression Ignition Engine with Simarouba Biodiesel”, IOP Conf. Series: Materials Science and Engineering 376 (2018) 012080 doi:10.1088/1757-899X/376/1/012080.
• “Effect of TiO2 nanoparticle concentration in Pongamia Pinnata methyl ester on performance and emission characteristics of CI engine, AIP Conference Proceedings 2080, 030006 (2019); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5092909, Published Online: 08 March 2019
• “Application of Taguchi techniques to study the effect of alkaline treatment and fiber length on mechanical properties of short bamboo fiber reinforced epoxy composites”, AIP Conference Proceedings 2080, 020019 (2019); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5092902, Published Online: 08 March 2019
• “Investigation of the effect for a higher biodiesel blend and titanium dioxide nano additive on the performance parameters of CI engine”, AIP Conf. Proc. 3060, 030004 (2024), https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0196128

Hobbies:

• Listening Carnatic Music
• Performer -Yakshagana
• Reading books