Dr. Manjunath Patel G C

Areas of Interest

No areas of interest listed.

Ph.D. SUPERVISION

Awards / Grants

• Artificial Intelligence based Design and Development of Micro-textured Cutting Tools and Eco-friendly Cutting Fluids for Sustainable Machining of INCONEL 800 - Super Alloy, Vision Group of Science and Technology, Karnataka, INR. 300000 (Three Lakh Rupees), Status: Completed
• Optimization of high yield biodiesel production from fish oil using nano- catalyst and performance evaluation in diesel engine, VTU Competitive Research Funding Scheme, INR. 200000 (Two lakh rupees), Completed

Journal

• Authored over 100 research publications in reputed international journals, refer the links Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=IpgADK0AAAAJ&hl=en, Scopus author profile: https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=57226312880
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Conference

• Transesterification of sustainable binary feedstocks (waste cooking oil and soybean oil) for biodiesel production, International Conference on “Innovation in Sustainable Energy and Materials Science”, Date: 1-2 March 2024, JNN College of Engineering, Shivamogga, India (Best Paper Award).
• Investigation of Green Compression Strength and Green Shear Strength in Green Sand mould using Ant Hill Slit as a partial replacement of foundry sand using Response surface Methodology, 1st International Symposium on Characterization (ISC´21), Turkey, October 08-09, 2021
• Semi-automated puffed rice machine using agricultural waste burnt low smoke stove, International Conference on Applied Science, Engineering and Technology (ICASET-2018), Sri Sairam College of Engineering, Anekal, Bengaluru, India, 17th -18th May 2018
• Teaching learning based optimization of squeeze casting process for quality castings, In IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering (Vol. 376, No. 1, p. 012112). IOP Publishing. Ltd. United Kingdom (Scopus Indexed Conference). https://doi.org/10.1088/1757-899X/376/1/012112
• Design and development of magnetic chip collector machine, International Conference on Emerging Technological Innovations in Mechanical Engineering (ICETIME 2017), RR Institute of Technology, Bangalore, India. 26th -27th May 2017
• Purification of waste water for drinking application, Proceedings of International conference of manufacturing and technology simulation (ICMTS 2017), IIT Madras, Chennai, India. 7th-8th July 2017, pp. 254-258
• Optimization of squeeze cast process parameters on hardness of LM20 alloy using Taguchi method, 3rd World Conference on Applied Sciences Engineering & Technology (WCASET-2014), September, 27-29, 2014, Kathmandu, Nepal, pp. 340-343, ISBN 13: 978-81-930222-0-7 (Received Best Paper Award)
• Investigation of squeeze cast process parameters effects on secondary dendrite arm spacing using statistical regression and artificial neural network models, 2nd International Conference on Innovation in Automation and Mechatronics Engineering (ICIAME-2014), GCET, Gujarat, India, March 7-8, 2014, pp. 62
• Optimization of squeeze cast process parameters using taguchi and grey relational analysis, 2nd International Conference on Innovation in Automation and Mechatronics Engineering (ICIAME-2014), GCET, Gujarat, India, March 7-8, 2014, pp. 63
• Proc. of International conference on Engineering materials and processes (ICEMAP-2013), TEC, Chennai, India, May 23-24, 2013, pp-188-191
• Investigation of Squeeze Casting Process Parameters on Density of LM20 alloy, Advances in Engineering and Technology (AET-2013), National Capital Region India, December 13-14, 2013, pp. 776-785
• Investigation of Squeeze casting process parameters on surface quality of Aluminium alloy, Minamata International Symposium on Environmental and Energy Technology (MISSION-2013), Kumamoto university, Japan, December 4-6, 2013, pp. ME 4-7
• Sensitivity analysis using trained BP ANN & Fuzzy optimum design for validation of ANN model for the plastic injection molding process, All India Manufacturing Technology Design and Research (AIMTDR-2012), Jadavpur University, Kolkatta, India, December 14-16, 2012, pp. 70
• Prediction of process parameters of evaporative pattern casting processes using neural network models under forward and reverse mapping, Proceedings of International Conference on Advanced Materials & Processing (ICAMP-2011), RMK Engineering college, Chennai, India, December 19-20, 2011, pp 343-348
• Neural network model to predict the process parameters and responses using forward and reverse mappings for die casting process, International Conference on Advances in Materials and Materials Processing (ICAMMP-2011), IIT-Kharaghpur, India, December 9-11, 2011
• Neural network model to predict drilling parameters on surface roughness, Proc. of 5th International Conference on Advances in Mechanical Engineering (ICAME-2011), SVNIT Surat, Gujarat, India, June 06-08, 2011, pp. 1238-1242
• A Review on Human-Robot Collaboration: Revolutionizing Industries, Proceedings of the MARS-AI 2025, September 26, 2025, GM University, 577006, Davanagere, Karnataka, India
• Brainstorming and Fishbone diagram Tools for Enhancing the Student Placement in Technical Education System, National Conference on “Higher Education in INDIA: Challenges and opportunities”, PESITM, Shivamogga, India, November 15, 2019
• Applications of Artificial Neural Networks in Metal Casting Processes – A Review, Proc. of 7th National conference on Optimization Techniques in Engineering Sciences and Technologies (OPTEST-2012), BITS, Tamilnadu, India, April 20-21, 2012, pp 10

Book / Book Chapter

• Machining of Hard Materials - A Comprehensive Approach to Experimentation, Modeling and Optimization, In Manufacturing and Surface Engineering, SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology, Springer Book, pp. 1-129. ISBN 978-3-030-40101-6. https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9783030401016. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-40102-3 (Scopus Index, Q4)
• Biofuel Production, Performance, and Emission Optimization: A Comprehensive Approach to Modelling and Optimization, In Springer Optimization and Its Applications, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-84806-3. ISBN 978-3-031-84806-3. Corresponding Author

Indian

• Development of an unified platform and automated voice-based electronic health record (EHR) system for enhanced patient information management, Published on: 05/01/2024. Application Number: 202341082271
• A Complete Digital Evaluation System, Published on: 22/12/2023. Application Number: 202341078656.
• Fruit Berry Seperating Mechanism, Publication Date: 06/10/2023, Application No.202341059216 A
• Portable Fish Trapping Equipment, Publication Date: 01/09/2023, Application No. 202341046014

International

• An IOT Based Pollution Management System to Monitor the Pollutants Released in to Air or Water Bodies from Industries, Patent number: 2021103904, Australian Government, Innovation Patent. Granted: 30 March 2022

Attended

• Delivered a Technical Talk on “Trade-offs to Transformation: Optimization Strategies”, in the sponsored ATAL-FDP, titled Computational and Simulation Techniques, organized by Bangalore Institute of Technology, Bangalore, 11.11.2025.

Organised

• Prerana Expo-2020 a mega event comprising of Project Exhibition, CADD Modelling, Scrap to Craft, Treasure Hunt and Technical Quiz has been organized for Diploma Students at PESITM, Shivamogga. March 7th 2020. [Role: Convener].
• 2024 Second International Conference on Advances in Modern Age Technologies for Health and Engineering Science (AMATHE 2024), PESITM, Shivamogga, 16-17 May 2024. [Role: Publication Chair].