Dr. MANJUNATH S V

Dr. MANJUNATH S V

Position: Associate Professor & HOD
Phone: 8951858040

Educational Qualifications

  • Diploma Tool and Die Making
  • B.E – Mechanical Engineering
  • M.E – Aerospace Propulsion Technology
  • PhD – Computational Fluid Dynamics- Heat Transfer

Total Experience

15 Years

Area of Interest

  • Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) & Drones
  • AI enabled Aerospace Systems
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)
  • Aircraft Propulsion Systems
  • Additive Manufacturing

 Technical Skills

  • DGCA Certified Remote Pilot License: [License Number: 2223/18/01/A78/MS]
  • CAE Tools : Ansys FLUENT, CFX, CF Turbo, ProCAST, DEFORM
  • Designing : Gas Turbines, Press Tool, Injection Moulds, Jigs & Fixtures, Die Casting.
  • CAD Tools : AutoCAD, Solid Edge, Solid works, ProE/PTC Creo, Unigraphics, Catia.
  • Programming Language: Python and MATLAB & Simulink.

Professional Membership

  • Global Society for Technical Education : Member
  • Indian Society for Technical Education : Member
  • The Aeronautical Society of India : Associate Member
  • Indian Institution of Production Engineers : Member
  • Institute for Engineering Research and Publication : Professional Member
  • The Institution of Engineering and Technology, IET India : Member
  • The Institute of Indian Foundry men : Member
  • Institution of Green Engineers (IGEN) : Member

Subjects Handled

UG Programme

  • Aircraft Propulsion
  • Applied Gas Dynamics
  • Aerodynamics
  • Aerothermodynamics
  • Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
  • Introduction to Drone Technology
  • Rockets and Missiles
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  •  Strength of Materials
  • Composite Materials
  • Mechanics of Machines
  • Finite Element Method
  • Computer Aided Machine Drawing,
  • Aircraft Stability & Controls

Journal Publications:

  • Vani, Manjunath.S.V, Basawaraj , Chennabasappa Hampali , Anand M. Raikar, Mallaradhya H. M., Krishna Prasad ‘Aerodynamic Design, Analysis and Optimization of Transonic Axial Compressor Blade with the Combination of NACA 65,Double Circular Arc (DCA) and Multiple Circular Arc Airfoil (MCA)’ Journal of Propulsion Technology, ISSN:1001-4055, Vol.44, Issue.4, pp. 8324-8339, 2023
  • Manjunath S.V, Abdul Sharief, S.K. Maharana, “A Study of Nucleate Boiling Phenomenon of Water Undergoing Phase Change over Two Rotating Heated Cylinders in Tandem Arrangement at Different Spacing and Surface Roughness”, published in, International Journal for Research in Engineering Application & Management (IJREAM), Vol-08, Issue 02, pp. 21-27, May 2022.
  • Manjunath S.V, S.K. Maharana, Abdul Sharief, “Bayesian Inference of Volume Fraction of Vapor Formed During Nucleate Boiling Phenomenon of Water Undergoing Phase Change over Two Heated Cylinders in Tandem Arrangement”, published in, International Journal of Innovative Research in Technology (IJIRT), Vol. 8, Issue 12, pp. 411-418, May 2022.
  • Shabresh A, Keerthana N, Manjunath.S.V, ‘Numerical Analysis of Heat Transfer over Horizontal Rotating Cylinder in Presence of Axial Flow’, published in International Journal of Engineering Applied Sciences and Technology, Vol. 4, Issue 12, pp. 301-304, 2020.
  • S.V, S.K. Maharana , Abdul Sharief, ‘Study of Effects of Rotational Rate of a cylinder on the Film Boiling Phenomenon of Water Undergoing Phase Change Over Two Heated Cylinders in Tandem Arrangement’, published in, International Journal of Modern Engineering Research (IJMER), Volume.8, Issue 12, December -2018.
  • S.V, Monisha M, Pooja S, ‘Design and Structural Analysis of Main Landing Gear for Lockheed T-33 Jet Trainer Aircraft” published in, International Journal of Engineering Research and Advanced Technology (IJERAT), Volume.4, Issue 8, August -2018.
  • MD. Azharuddin, Sabin Adhikari, Syed Imtiaz, Manjunath S.V, ‘Numerical Investigation of Flow and Temperature Characteristics Enhancement in Tube annular Combustor’, published in International Journal of Engineering Sciences & Research Technology, Vol. 5, No. 3, pp. 151-156, 2016.
  • MD. Azharuddin, Sabin Adhikari, Syed Imtiaz, Manjunath S.V, ‘Numerical Analysis of Combustor Flame Tube Cooling’, published in International Journal of Science, Engineering and Technology Research, Volume 5, Issue 7, pp. 2366-2370, 2016.

International Conferences:

  • S.V, K S Harisha, Maheshwari M, Pavithra V, Swathi O, AI-Optimized Wind, Turbulence, and Obstacle Avoidance for Aerial Payload Delivery’, International Conference on Emerging Technology in Autonomous Aerial Vehicles (ETAAV), Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, 2025.
  • S.V, Ankith Kumar Padhy, Steven Joel, Rithik P, Suraj Diyali, AI-Powered Image Analysis for Automated Crack Detection on Railway Tracks, International Conference on Emerging Technology in Autonomous Aerial Vehicles (ETAAV), Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, 2025.
  • S.V, Ankith Kumar Padhy, Steven Joel, Rithik P, Suraj Diyali, Real Time Crack Detection on Railway Tracks Using UAV Imaging, International Conference on Advances in Aerospace and Navigation Systems (ICAAN-2025), Saranathan College of Engineering, 2025.
  • S.V, K S Harisha, Maheshwari M, Pavithra V, Swathi O, Autonomous Real-Time Human Detection and Grid Based Mapping in Aerial Surveillance Systems’, International Conference on Advances in Aerospace and Navigation Systems (ICAAN-2025), Saranathan College of Engineering, 2025.
  • S.V, Basawaraj, ‘Aerodynamic Design, Analysis and Optimization of Transonic Axial Compressor Blade with the Combination of NACA 65, Double Circular Arc (DCA) and Multi Circular Arc (MCA) Airfoil’, 6th International Conference on Sustainable Materials and Recent Trends in Mechanical Engineering (SMARTME-2022), REVA University, Bengaluru, 8-9 July 2022.
  • Manjunath S V, S.K.Maharana, Abdul Sharief, ‘Study of Effect of Rotational Rate of a Cylinder on the Volume Fraction of Vapor Formed during Nucleate Boiling Phenomenon of Water’, Presented in, “ISBN- 978-93-92403-23-1”, Joint Conference of ICTACEM 2021, APCATS 2021, AJSAE 2021 and AeSI 2021, IIT-KGP, 20-22 Dec 2021.
  • Manjunath S V, S.K.Maharana, ‘Effect of Freely Rotating Cylinder Mounted near the Trailing Edge of the Wing for Boundary Layer Separation Delay’, Presented in, Engineering Insight into Design and Testing of Aircraft Engine Components, sponsored and organized by Institution of Engineers (India), on 19th Sept 2018.
  • Manjunath S V, S.K.Maharana, Abdul Sharief, “Numerical Simulation of Flow around Two Heated Circular Cylinders in Tandem Arrangement”, (Paper ID is 122NCWE), Presented in, “ISBN-978-93-5268-181-5”, 8th NCWE, IIT, BHU, 16-17 Dec 2016.
  • Manjunath S V, S.K.Maharana, Abdul Sharief, “Numerical studies on effect of a circular cylinder’s rotational speed on the nucleate boiling of water undergoing phase transition across two heated cylinders arranged in tandem”, Presented in AIRMAE-Academic and Industrial Research in Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering, Indian Society of Aeronautical Engineers in Tirunelveli, 4th March 2017.
  • Manjunath S V, A.R.K.Swamy, ‘Tribological Characteristics of Aluminum Matrix Composites with Solid Lubricant Particulate Reinforcement’, Presented in MECHFUSION-10 organized by Don Bosco Institute of Technology, Bangalore, in April 2010.
  • Manjunath S V, Suresh P M, ‘Role of Process Modelling in Production of Quality Castings’ Presented in Advanced Forming Technologies, AFT-10 organized by R.V. College of Engineering, Bangalore, in May 2010.
  • Won the best technical paper presentation award in State level student symposium ‘README-10’ forEmerging trends in modern Casting methods’ organized by Shayadri College of Engineering, Mangalore, in 2010.

Awards:

  • Awarded as Best Inspirational Teacher of the Year-Bangalore by Asia Education Summit & Awards 2022 organized by Asia Today Research & Media, 2022.
  • Won Best New Entry for the University’s RAKSHAK entry in the Undergraduate category in the 33rd Annual AHS Student Design Competition – Air Launched Unmanned Disaster Relief Delivery Vehicle – sponsored by Bell Helicopter, Textron, 2018.
  • Won First Place in south zoneBoeing –IIT National Aeromodelling Competition” -National Programming League held at the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (IITM), 2016.
  • Won the National Level Quiz on “Fluid Mechanics” organized by the Department of Civil Engineering, K L Deemed to be University, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh.
  • Won the best technical paper presentation award in State level student symposium ‘README-10’ for ‘Emerging trends in modern Casting methods’ organized by Shayadri College of Engineering, Mangalore, in 2010.

Patents:

  • Patent application filed for a research work “An AI-driven cognitive UAV for autonomous track surveillance” in March 2025. Innovators – Manjunath S V, Ankith Kumar Padhy, K.S Harisha, Maheshwari.M, P Steven Joel, Pavithra.V, Rithik P, Suraj Diyali, Swathi.O, Revati N Marihal and S.Yoshika. Patent Application number: 202541024429.
  • Patent application filed for a research work “An AI-Powered Smart Drone with Precise Aerial Delivery” in February 2025. Innovators Manjunath S V, Ankith Kumar Padhy, K.S Harisha, Maheshwari.M, P Steven Joel, Pavithra.V, Rithik P, Suraj Diyali, Swathi.O, Punitha D and Simran Murar. Patent Application number: 202541014857.

Research Grants:

  • Received a research funding of ₹ 9500 by KSCST under 47th Series Student Project Programme (SPP) 2024 for project proposal entitled “Design and Development of Robust Icosahedron Frame Capable of Absorbing and Dissipating Collision Forces, Minimizing the Risk of Critical Damage to Unmanned Aerial System”, Student Innovators – M. P. Thashwan Sarathi, Amrutha M, Sahana Ghorpade, Varshini A. R.
  • Received an research funding under industrial collaboration of ₹ 365000 by Gopalan Aerospace Pvt. Ltd for developing “Cognitive Unmanned Track Examiner (C.U.T.E)” in July 2024.
  • Received an research funding under industrial collaboration of ₹ 350000 by Gopalan Aerospace Pvt. Ltd for developing “Fire Fighting Drone” in December 2022.
  • Received an research funding under industrial collaboration of ₹ 350000 with Dr. G Ramesh by Gopalan Aerospace Pvt. Ltd for developing “Low-Speed Subsonic Wind Tunnel” in November 2021.

Recent FDPs Attended:

  • Five days FDP on “Mastering Jet Dynamics and High-Speed Aerodynamics”, organized by Global Academy of Technology, Bengaluru, from 4 th Feb 2025 to 8 th Feb 2025.
  • Five days FDP on “Emerging Technologies in Drone Design and Development” organized by ACS College of Engineering from 05th Feb 2024 to 09th Feb 2024 in association with AICTE Training and Learning (ATAL) Academy.
  • Two Weeks FDP on “Entrepreneurship Essentials” organized by Chitkara University, Punjab in association with Department of Science and Technology, Dec 2024.
  • Five days FDP in “Application of Machine learning Algorithms in Aerospace Engineering”, organized by dept. of Aerospace Engineering, RVCE.
  • Two days FDP, ‘Outcome Based Education’, organized by Alliance University in collaboration with IET India.
  • Completed level one in module offered by Multicloud4UTM Academy in ‘Creating Web APP and Containerized APP using ACK’.7. Five days online elementary FDP on ‘Design Thinking’, organized by Gyan Ganga Institute of Technology and Sciences in association with AICTE Training and Learning (ATAL) Academy.
  • Five days online elementary FDP on ‘Advancements in Computational Fluid Dynamics using FLUIDYN’, organized by Alliance University in association with AICTE Training and Learning (ATAL) Academy.
  • Five days online elementary FDP on ‘3D Printing and Design for Academicians & Entrepreneur’, organized by S R Engineering College in association with AICTE Training and Learning (ATAL) Academy.
  • One day FDP, ‘The future of Manufacturing-Additive Manufacturing’, by Mr. R. Abilash Chakaravarthy – Managing Director, ACE Robotics Pvt Ltd, Chennai’ organized by Department of Mechanical Engineering, ARJUN COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY, Coimbatore.
  • Five days FDP on, ‘Design of Experiments’, organized by Department of Aeronautical Engineering, Bharath Institute of Higher Education and Research in association with Aeronautical Society of India, Chennai.

Recent Projects Guided/Carried out:

  • CUTE: AI-driven Cognitive Unmanned Railways Track Examiner.
  • MediFly: AI-Powered Smart Drone for Precision Aerial Medical Delivery.
  • Numerical and Experimental Investigation of Magnetization effects on Xenon and Krypton Plasma Generation in 15cm Ion Thruster used in Small Satellites.
  • Design and Development of VTOL Fixed-Wing Unmanned Aerial Vehicle.
  • Design and Development of Intelligent Pesticide Spraying System in Agricultural Drone.
  • Design and Development of 10 Liters Payload capacity pesticide spraying Agri Drone (Hexacopter).
  • Design and Development of Robust Icosahedron Frame Capable of Absorbing and Dissipating Collision Forces, Minimizing the Risk of Critical Damage to Unmanned Aerial System.
  • Design and Development of Fire Fighting Drone (Quadcopter).
  • Design and Development of Low speed vertical axis wind turbine (Savonius wind turbine).
  • Design and Optimization of Transonic Axial Compressor Blade with the Combination of NACA 65, Double Circular Arc (DCA) and Multi Circular Arc (MCA) Airfoil.
  • Numerical investigation of Arrow Headed Aerospike missiles at different Mach regimes.
  • Design and study over aerodynamic characteristics of the morphed wedge profiles for NACA Super Critical Airfoil at various AOA and Mach regimes.
  • Fault Detection in UAV Control Systems, evaluated system resilience and fault recovery logic in MATLAB.
  • Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) for traceability and verification of UAV Subsystem Architecture to structure UAV propulsion and control flow
  • Design and analysis of Landing gear for Lockheed T-33 Jet Trainer Aircraft.
  • Design and CFD Analysis of can annular combustion chamber for Turbojet engine.
  • CFD Analysis of Cascade Axial Compressor blades used in turbofan engine.
  • Design and development of a Pneumatic operated Robotic arm.
  • Numerical and experimental investigation of exhaust flow in diffuser unit in afterburner system.
  • Experimental investigation on mechanical and tribological properties of Al6061/WC/Gr hybrid composites.
  • Experimental investigation on mechanical and tribological properties of Al6063/ZrSiO4/Al2O3 hybrid composites.
  • Experimental investigation on mechanical and tribological properties of Al7075/WC/Fly Ash hybrid composites.
  • Design and development of 3D printed micro jet engine.