Dr. Somashekhar received his doctoral degree in 2004 from the Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. Original contributions from his research work and those of the scholars he has supervised have been published in 78 referred journals, 150 conferences, 5 books, 5 book chapters, 8 granted Indian patents, and 160 invited technical talks. During the present assignment at IIT Madras and the earlier assignment, he has supervised 20 doctoral students, 5 MS (by research) students, and 55 M.Tech./DD student projects. He has coordinated 11 AICTE-sponsored FDPs for teachers of various engineering colleges in the country and 10 tailor-made continuing education programs for engineers of various industries and scientists. He has been handling many core and elective courses for UG/PG, namely Oil Hydraulics and Pneumatics, Microprocessors in Automation, Robotics, Mechatronic Systems, AI in Manufacturing, and Automation in Manufacturing. His academic standing has been recognized with several awards. His current research areas are mechatronic system design, system simulation and modeling, robotics, finite element modeling (basically fluid structure interactions), micromachining, advanced machining processes (basically hybrid processes), fluid power systems, and last but not least, additive manufacturing of bio-inspired structures. Currently, he is handling many consultancy and sponsored projects of various industries and R&D institutions of the Defense, Government of India.
His own Ph.D. thesis was awarded the Best Ph.D. Thesis Award (2005) in Mechanical Engineering from INAE, New Delhi.
K. Arumugam National Award (2005) for Outstanding Research Work from ISTE, New Delhi
In 2011 and 2019, one of his MS scholars' and M. Tech students' theses received the Best M.S. thesis and M. Tech. thesis from ISTE, New Delhi.
In 2013, one of his M.Tech. student theses received the Prof. M. Singaperumal Endowment Prize.
In 2016, one of his Ph.D. scholars' theses received the Prof. M. S. Shanmugam Endowment Prize, and another M. Tech. student’s thesis received the Lucas-TVS Ltd. Prize.
In 2021 and 2022, two of his PhD scholars received the Institute Research Award.
In 2023, one of his Ph.D. scholars received the Prof. R. Krishnamurthy Endowment Award, and one M.Tech. student received the Prof. Mizar Devadas Pai Memorial Endowment Prize.
Under the WillPower Project, Erasmus Mundus, he was invited twice as a visiting professor at ECN, France (2010) and WUT, Warsaw, Poland (2011)
He was considered a recognized trainer on hydraulics, pneumatics, and PLCs from Bosch-Rexroth, Germany.
Current Courses
He has been handling many core and elective courses for UG/PG, namely Oil Hydraulics and Pneumatics, Microprocessors in Automation, Robotics, Mechatronic Systems, AI in Manufacturing, and Automation in Manufacturing.
Arnab Gupta and Somashekhar S Hiremath (2024) Morphological evolution and biocorrosion response of a hierarchical micro-nano-structured Ti alloy: Physico-chemical characterization and electrochemical studies. Surface and Coatings Technology- Elsevier publication, Volume 477, 15 February 2024, 130288. Impact Factor: 5.4 (2022). Q1 (2022).https://doi.org/10.1016/j.surfcoat.2023.130288
Deepak Sharma and Somashekhar S Hiremath (2023) High-temperature creep behavior of SLM fabricated lattice structures inspired from Euplectella Aspergillum. Advanced Engineering Materials- John Wiley publication, 2301303. Impact Factor: 4.122 (2022). Q1 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1002/adem.202301303
Ananth Kumar Das and, Somashekhar S Hiremath (2023) Multi-objective optimization of a novel butterfly-wing vortex generator fabricated in a rectangular microchannel based on CFD and NSGA-II genetic algorithm. Applied Thermal Engineering - Elsevier publication, 234 (2023) 121187. Impact Factor: 6.4. Q1 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2023.121187.
Deepak Sharma and Somashekhar S Hiremath (2023) Design of Euplectella aspergillum based bionic thin tubes for impact absorbing application under different loading conditions. Journal of Materials Research and Technology- Elsevier publication, 23, 3790-3810. Impact Factor: 6.4 (2022). Q1 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmrt.2023.01.199.
Aruna K and Somashekhar S Hiremath (2023) Experimental investigation on machining of multiple micro-square holes. Materials and Manufacturing Processes - Taylor & Francis publication. 38 (7), 878-887. Impact Factor: 4.8 (2022). Q1 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1080/10426914.2022.2149783.
Deepak Sharma and Somashekhar S Hiremath (2023) In-plane elastic properties of the Euplectella aspergillum inspired lattice structures: Analytic modelling, finite element modelling and experimental validation. Structures- Elsevier publication, 48, 962-975. Impact Factor: 4.1 (2022). Q1 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.istruc.2023.01.002.
