Prof Gnanamoorthy, Ace Micromatic Institute Chair Professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Specially Appointed Professor at the Nagaoka University of Technology, Japan, received his Doctor of Engineering (Dr Engg) degree from Nagaoka University of Technology, Japan. He also serves as an Expert Member in SDG GIGAKU UNITWIN Network Japan. Prior to becoming a faculty member at IIT Madras in 1997, he was a regular employee of Tohoku University Japan's Institute for Materials Research. Prof Gnanamoorthy served as the Prof Gnanamoorthy, served as the Founder Director of IIITDM Kancheepuram, and was instrumental in introducing Design Centric Engineering in 2007 and Smart (Industry 4.0) Academic Programs in India in 2010. In addition, he has held the positions of Director i/c at the Central Institute for Classical Tamil in Chennai and Mentor Director at IIITDM Kurnool, AP.
His teaching and research interests include Sustainable Materials and Engineering Design, Agrowaste Based Materials for Engineering Applications, Advanced Additive Manufacturing, Architected & Multi Material Product Design, Design with Polymer and Nanocomposities, Bearings and Gears, Special Purpose Test Machine Design, Damage Tolerant & Tribo Design, implant materials, and Surface Engineering.
Prof Gnanamoorthy has published more than 350 original research publications in reputed International Journals and Conferences. His research publications were cited in more than 3800 research publications worldwide. He has guided 14 Doctoral Research Scholars, 20 Masters level Research Scholars in addition to more than 100 B Tech and M Tech students. He holds about 9 patents (awarded and applied). He has completed many sponsored research projects for Government organizations such as NRB, ISRO, DST, IGCAR and offered consultancy services to reputed Industries in India and Abroad.
He was on the International Advisory Board of Japanese Society of Mechanical Engineers, and serves on a number of Government, Academic, and Industry committees and advisory bodies associated with the development of new Institutes, curriculum improvement and new product development. He has also served as an Expert Member of Engineering Education for Next Generation Global Engineers, Japan
Sustainable Materials & Engineering Design, Architected & Additive Manufacturing, Tribology, Fatigue and Fracture Mechanics, Advanced Composites and Design
Institute Chair Professor, IIT Madras, (2020-)
Specially Appointed Professor, Nagaoka UT, Japan (2019-26)
Expert Member, Sustainable Development Goals (GIGAKU SDG), Nagaoka UT, Japan
Fellow of National Academy of Engineering (FNAE) 2017
Best Alumnus Award, Coimbatore Institute of Technology, 2013
Current Courses
Failure Analysis and Design
Engineering Design with Polymers
Engineering Design with Additive Manufacturing
Previous Courses
Design with Advanced Engineering Materials
Introduction to Fracture Mechanics
Design of Machine Elements
Materials and Design
1. Current–Voltage–Friction Characteristics of Grease in Electromechanically Loaded Sliding Contacts GV Balakrishna, R Gnanamoorthy, Journal of Tribology 147 (5), 051105 (2025)
2. Friction Performance of 3D Printed PEEK For Journal Bearing Application Under Grease Lubrication SK Prajapati, R Gnanamoorthy Journal of Tribology, 1-23 (2024)
3. Effect of the infill percentage of 3D printed Polyetheretherketone under the dry sliding condition SK Prajapati, R Gnanamoorthy Journal of Manufacturing Processes 131, 2073-2081(2024)
4. Effect of infill orientation on the wear behaviour of 3D printed polyetheretherketone SK Prajapati, R Gnanamoorthy Journal of Materials Science 59 (44), 20840-20853 (2024)
5. Prediction of wear of short glass fiber reinforced polyamide 66 composite sprocket K Sivakumar, M Venkata Timmaraju, R Gnanamoorthy Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part L: (2024)
6. Impact of cyclic compression of metal foam flow fields on the functional and structural properties of gas diffusion layer used in proton exchange membrane fuel cells G Venkatesh, R Gnanamoorthy, M Okazaki Journal of Power Sources 605, 234399 (2024)
7. Prediction of temperature rise in ball-on-disk contacts under electromechanical loading GV Balakrishna, R Gnanamoorthy Tribology International 194, 109476 (2024)
8. Lightweight design of steel sprocket for roller chain drive using explicit dynamic simulation K Sivakumar, MV Timmaraju, R Gnanamoorthy Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part C: (2024)
9. Surface Design of 3D-printed Polyether Ether Ketone for Abrasive Wear Resistance SK Prajapati, R Gnanamoorthy Tribology Transactions, 1-12 (2024)
10. Enhancing the fretting damage resistance of suspension plasma sprayed hydroxyapatite coating with Titania addition S Moharana, Y Otsuka, R Gnanamoorthy Surface and Coatings Technology 476, 130236 (2024)
Integrated Additive Manufacturing of Multi-Requirement Products Using Multiple Material (Patent No. 449088 dt 25/11/2022)
An Apparatus for measurement of tribological quantities for electromechanically loaded contacts (Patent No. 436865 dt 10/11/2022)
A method and apparatus for carrying out oil jet peening (Patent No. 779/CH/2006)
