Ph.D.: Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Warangal, Telangana, India.
M.Tech.: Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, India.
B.Tech.: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Osmania University, Hyderabad, Telangana, India.
Welding and additive manufacturing, Processing and manufacturing, Characterization and microscopy, Mechanical properties of materials
April 2023 - till date: Assistant Professor, School of Engineering, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi, India.
February 2023 - April 2023: Research Associate, Defence Metallurgical & Research Laboratory (DMRL), Kanchanbagh, Hyderabad, Telangana, India.
Dec 2021 - January 2023: Research Engineer, Defence Research & Development Laboratory (DRDL), Kanchanbagh, Hyderabad, Telangana, India.
Qualified in The Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) in 2014.
Received MHRD (NIT Warangal) Institute fellowship [2016-2021].
Received DRDO (DMRL) - Research Associate fellowship [2023-2025].
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1. Kethavath Kranthi Kumar, Adepu Kumar and MVNV Satyanarayana, "Effect of friction stir welding parameters on the material flow, mechanical properties and corrosion behavior of dissimilar AA5083-AA6061 joints", Proc IMechE Part C: J Mechanical Engineering Science (SCI), Vol. 236(6), pp 2901–2917, 2021.
2. Kethavath Kranthi Kumar, Adepu Kumar and MVNV Satyanarayana, "Enhancing corrosion resistance and mechanical properties of dissimilar friction stir welded 5083-6061 aluminium alloys using external cooling environment", Proc IMechE Part L: J Materials: Design and Applications (SCI), Vol. 235(12), pp 2692–2708, 2021.
3. Kethavath Kranthi Kumar, Adepu Kumar, MVNV Satyanarayana and Korra Nagu, "Microstructure and strain hardening behavior at the inter-mixing zone of water-cooled friction stir welded dissimilar aluminum alloys", Materials Letters (SCI), Vol 326, pp 132991, 2022.
4. Kethavath Kranthi Kumar, Adepu Kumar and Saravana Sundar, "Investigation of microstructure characteristics and work hardening behaviour of water-cooled FSW dissimilar aluminium alloys", Materials today communications (SCI), Vol 35, pp 105857, 2022.
5. Kethavath Kranthi Kumar, Adepu Kumar and Korra Nagu, "Mechanical and Corrosion Behaviour of Friction Stir Welded 5083–6061 Aluminium Alloy Joints: Effect of Base Material Position", Transactions of Indian Institute of Metals (SCI), Vol 76, pp 1985–1996, 2023.
1. M.V.N.V. Satyanarayana, G. Manohar, Vikram Kumar S. Jain, Kethavath Kranthi Kumar, Adepu Kumar, and Saravana Sundar, "Influence of cooling media on the electrochemical behavior of friction stir processed Al2014 alloy," The Journal of The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (TMS) (SCI), Vol. 75, pp 526–536, 2023.
2. Satyanarayana MVNV, Yanda S, Kethavath Kranthi Kumar, et al., "Effect of multi-pass overlapping friction stir processing on fatigue behavior of Al-Cu alloy," Proc IMechE Part L: J Materials: Design and Applications (SCI), 2024 - Published.
3. Korra Nagu, A. Varun, Sandeep Mechiri, Kethavath Kranthi Kumar, MVNV Satyanarayana, and Adepu Kumar et al., "Fatigue behaviour of friction stir welded AA6061 alloy using brass insert," Proc IMechE Part E: Journal of Process Mechanical Engineering (SCI), 2024 - Published.
4. Kethavath Kranthi Kumar, Mukuloth Srinivasnaik, Ganapati Ramavath, Sangmesh, and Adepu Kumar et al., "Microstructure characteristics and crystallographic orientation in dissimilar friction stir welding," Proc IMechE Part L: Journal of Materials: Design and Applications (SCI), 2025 - Published.
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