Dr. P. Vivekanandhan

International Journals

19. G. Vijayaragavan, S. Paulraj, P. Vivekanandhan, H. Kumar, M. Sadhashivam, S.K. Makineni, K. G. Pradeep,
D. Prabhu and R. Gopalan, Atom Probe Tomography study of Grain Boundary Diffusion of DyF3 in sintered
Nd-Fe-B magnet, Journal of Alloys and Compounds (2026). (Under Revision)
18. Arun Raphel, Vivekanandhan.P and Kumaran.S, Tuning p-type semiconduction with ultra-low thermal
conductivity in nanocrystalline n-type BiSbTe1.5Se1.5 high entropy via Ag doping”, Applied Physics A, 130,
389 (2024).
17. Arun Raphel, P. Vivekanandhan.P, Arun Kumar Rajasekaran and S. Kumaran, Tuning Thermoelectric
Figure of Merit in Ag Doped Nanostructured Pbsntese Alloy by Entropy and Band Engineering Phenomena”,
Materials Today Communications, 35, (2023) 105880.
16. Arun Raphel, Vivekanandhan.P, Arun Kumar Rajasekaran and Kumaran.S, Tuning figure of merit in Na
doped nanocrystalline PbSnTeSe high entropy alloy via band engineering, Materials Science in
Semiconductor Processing, 138 (2022) 106270.
15. Arun Raphel, Vivekanandhan.P, Appu Kumar Singh and Kumaran.S, High entropy stabilization and band
engineering driven high figure of merit in nanostructured PbSn0.875TeSeBi0.125 alloy, Journal of Solid State
Chemistry, 303 (2021) 122531.
14. Arun Raphel, Appu Kumar Singh, Vivekanandhan.P and Kumaran.S, Thermoelectric performance of
nanostructured PbSnTeSe high entropy thermoelectric alloy synthesized via spark plasma sintering, Physica B
– Physics of Condensed Matter, 622 (2021) 413319.
13. K. Ananthakumar, P. Vivekanandhan and Kumaran.S, Spark plasma assisted diffusion bonding of titanium
and stainless steel: Role of pulse current in diffusion kinetics and microstructural evolution” Vacuum, 177
(2020) 109394.

12. Arun Raphel, Vivekanandhan.P and Kumaran.S, High entropy phenomena induced low thermal conductivity
in BiSbTe1.5Se1.5 thermoelectric alloy through mechanical alloying and spark plasma sintering, Materials
Letters, 269, (2020) 127672.
11. Vivekanandhan.P, Murugasami.R, Appu Kumar Singh and Kumaran.S, Structural features and
thermoelectric properties of spark plasma assisted combustion synthesised Magnesium silicide doped with
Aluminium, Materials Chemistry and Physics ,241 (2020) 122407.
10. Murugasami.R, Vivekanandhan.P , Kumaran.S, Suresh Kumar and John Tharagan, Synergetic enhancement
in thermoelectric and mechanical properties of n-type SiGe alloys prepared by solid state synthesis and spark
plasma sintering, Materials Research Bulletin, 118 (2019) 110483.
9. Vivekanandhan.P, Murugasami.R and Kumaran.S, Microstructure and mechanical properties of
nanocrystalline magnesium silicide thermoelectric compound prepared via Spark plasma assisted combustion
synthesis, Materials Letters, 231 (2019), 109–113.
8. Murugasami.R, Vivekanandhan.P and Kumaran.S, Suresh Kumar, John Tharagan, Simultaneous
enhancement in thermoelectric performance and mechanical stability of p-type SiGe alloy doped with Boron
prepared by mechanical alloying and spark plasma sintering, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 773 (2019),
752-761.
7. Vivekanandhan.P, Murugasami.R and Kumaran.S, Spark plasma assisted in-situ phase evolution and
densification of nanocrystallibe Mg2Si-SiGe thermoelectric composite: Pulse current effects and densification
mechanisms, Scripta Materialia, 146 (2018) 344-348.
6. Murugasami.R, Vivekanandhan.P, Kumaran.S, Suresh Kumar and John Tharagan, Thermoelectric power
factor performance of Si80Ge20 doped with Phosphorous by spark plasma assisted transient liquid Phase
sintering, Scripta Materialia , 143 (2018) 35-39.
5. Porselvan Vivekanandhan, Ramasamy Murugasami, V. R. S. Sairam Khahasti and Sinneruvadi Kumaran”
Simultaneous synthesis and densification of nanocrystalline magnesium silicide compound by spark plasma
sintering, Powder Technology, 319 (2017) 129-138.
4. Vivekanandhan.P, Murugasami.R, Kumaran.S” Rapid in-situ synthesis of nanocrystalline magnesium silicide
thermo-electric compound by spark plasma sintering, Materials Letters, 197 (2017), 106-110.
3. Murugasami.R, Vivekanandhan.P, Kumaran.S, Suresh Kumar and John Tharagan, Densification and alloying
of ball milled Silicon-Germanium powder mixture during Spark Plasma Sintering, Advanced Powder
Technology, 28 (2017), 506-513.
2. Murugasami.R, Vivekanandhan.P, Kumaran.S, Suresh Kumar and John Tharagan, Rapid Alloying and
Nanostructuring of Silicon-Germanium Powder Mixture by Spark Plasma Sintering, Transactions of Indian
Institute of Metals, 70 (3) (2017), 855-860.
1. Vivekanandhan.P, Anand.S, Paramasivam.A., ” Routing Optimization of Third Party Logistics Operations
using Greedy Search Approach”, Journal of Logistics Management,Vol.2,(1),2013,pp.1-8.

5. Arun Raphel, Vinoadh Kumar Krishnan, Vivekanandhan.P and Kumaran.S, “Mechanical Alloying and
Spark plasma sintering of AlCoCrFeTi based high entropy alloy”, for the upcoming book, Functional
Materials for Energy, Environment and Health Care, Springer, 2026 (In-press).
4. Vivekanandhan.P, Arun Raphel, Murugasami R, and Kumaran. “Spark plasma sintering”, in the book,
Powder Metallurgy: Characterization and Optimization Techniques, Page Nos. 253 – 268, Elsevier, Ist
Edition, 2025 DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-443-22025-8.00014-0 / ISBN: 9780443220258 / 9780443220265.
3. Arun Raphel, Vivekanandhan. P and Kumaran. “Green energy harvesting using high entropy
thermoelectric alloys”, in the book, Computational Intelligence based Optimization of Manufacturing
Process for Sustainable Materials, Page Nos. 111 – 131, CRC Press- Tayler and Francis, UK ,2023. DOI:
10.1201/9781003257714-6, ISBN 9781003257714, Ist Edition.
2. Vivekanandhan P, Murugasami.R and Kumaran. “Spark plasma-assisted combustion synthesis and
characterisation of nanostructured Magnesium silicide for mid-temperature energy conversion energy
harvesting application”, in the book, Computational Intelligence in Materials Science, Page Nos. 101 –
123, CRC - Press- Tayler and Francis, UK , 2022. DOI: 10.1201/9781003121954-5 / ISBN
9780367640576 , Ist Edition.
1. Vivekanandhan P, Development of Decentralized Supply Chain Management System” in the book titled
Supply Chain Management for Competitive Advantage, Published by Macmillan Publishers, India, pages
248-260, 2010. ISBN: 023-032-938-1.

International Conferences

29. P. Vivekanandhan, S. Paulraj, G. Viajayaraghavan, M. Sadhasivam, K.G. Pradeep, D. Prabhu and R.
Gopalan, Microstructure Engineering and Coercivity enhancement by the grain boundary diffusion in sintered
Nd-Fe-B magnet using Dy-Cu and Dy-Al-Cu, 59th National Metallurgists’ Day and 78th Annual Technical
Meeting (NMD ATM 2024), organized by Indian Institute of Metals, Bangalore, GKVK University,
Bangalore, 20 – 22 Nov 2024.

28. P. Vivekanandhan, S. Paulraj, and G. Viajayaraghavan, M. Sadhasivam, K.G. Pradeep, D. Prabhu and R.
Gopalan, Coercivity enhancement by the grain boundary diffusion in sintered Nd-Fe-B magnet using Dy-Cu
and Dy-Al-Cu, International Conference on Magnetic Materials and Applications (ICMAGMA-2023),
organized by Organized by Magnetics Society of India in association with Defence Metallurgical
Research Laboratory And Mishra Dhatu Nigam Limited (MIDHANI), Hyderabad, 04 - 06 Dec. 2023.
27. G. Viajayaraghavan, S. Paulraj, P. Vivekanandhan, M. Sadhasivam, K.G. Pradeep, D. Prabhu and R.
Gopalan, Coercivity enhancement through Dy-diffusionin sintered Nd-Fe-B magnet by grain boundary
diffusion process, 27th International Workshop on Rare Earth and Future Permanent Magnets and their
Applications (REPM 2023) held at the University of Birmingham, United Kingdom, 3-7th Sep, 2023.
26. Sathish Sudhandra Bharathi T, Vivekanandhan.P, Kumaran.S, Influence of Nano-CuO in Magnesium
Silicide thermoelectric behavior processed by combustion assisted spark plasma sintering, International
Conference on Recent Trends in Metallurgy, Materials Science and Manufacturing, organized by National
Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, 27-28 Dec 2019, Tamil Nadu, India.
25. Sathish Sudhandra Bharathi T, Vivekanandhan.P, Kumaran.S, Combustion Synthesis of nano oxide included
Magnesium Silicide thermoelectric compound by spark plasma sintering, Two days Symposium on
Thermoelectric materials, Devices and Systems organized by PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore, 10th –
11th Dec 2018.
24. Vivekanandhan.P, Murugasami.R, Kumaran.S, Densification Kinetics and Mechanical Properties of
Aluminium Doped Mg2Si Thermoelectric compound processed by Spark Plasma Sintering, First Research
Colloquim on Emerging Trends in Engineering, Science and Management, organized by National Institute
of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, 23-25th Mar 2018.
23. Vivekanandhan.P, Murugasami.R, Kumaran.S, Densification Kinetics and Mechanical Properties of
Aluminium Doped Mg2Si Thermoelectric compound processed by Spark Plasma Sintering, School on Clean
and Renewable Energy Technologies via Chemical Route, organized by The International Institute for
Complex Adaptive Matter (I2CAM) at University of California, Davis, United States and Jawaharlal
Nehru Centre for Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore, 27th Nov – 2 nd Dec, 2017,
Bangalore, India.
22. Vivekanandhan.P, Murugasami.R, Kumaran.S, Synthesis of Aluminium Doped Mg2Si Thermoelectric
compound processed by Spark Plasma Sintering, 55th National Metallurgists’ Day and 69th Annual
Technical Meeting (NMD ATM 2017), organized by The Indian Institute of Metals in association with
Birla Institute of Technology and Science Pilani (BITS, Pilani),Goa Campus, Nov 2017, Goa, India.
21. Murugasami.R, Vivekanandhan.P, Kumaran.S, Rapid Alloying and Nanostructuring of Silicon-Germanium
Powder Mixture by Spark Plasma Sintering, International Conference on Emerging Trends in Materials and
Manufacturing Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, 10 -12th Mar 2017, Tamil
Nadu, India.
20. Vivekanandhan.P, Murugasami.R, Kumaran.S, Synthesis, Characterization and Thermoelectric properties of
Mg2Si doped with Bi Thermoelectric compound by Spark Plasma Sintering, International Symposium for
Research Scholars (ISRS 2016), Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, Tamil Nadu, 21th–23th Dec 2016.
19. Murugasami.R, Vivekanandhan.P, Kumaran.S, Rapid Alloying of nanostructured Silicon-Germanium
Thermoelectric alloy doped with Phosphorous using Spark Plasma Sintering, the International
Conference of Young Researchers on Advanced Materials (IUMRS-ICYRAM 2016) organized by
International Union of Materials Research Society in association with Materials Research Society of India at
Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 11th – 15th Dec 2016.
18. Vivekanandhan.P, Murugasami.R, Kumaran.S, Synthesis of Bi doped Mg2Si Thermoelectric compound by
Spark Plasma Sintering, 53rd National Metallurgists’ Day and 69th Annual Technical Meeting (NMD ATM
2015), organized by The Indian Institute of Metals, Kolkata in association with PSG College of
Technology, Coimbatore and R&D Centre for Iron and Steel, Steel Authority of India, Ranchi, 13th –
16th Nov 2015.

17. Ashwin Vijayakumar, Gopinath Bharathi, Vivekanandhan Porselvan, Perceptions Of Indian Manufacturing
Industries In Adopting Green Supply Chain Practices –An Empirica’’ INFORMS Annual Meeting,
Philadelphia, U.S.A, Nov 1-4, 2015.
16. Cyril Prakhash.M, Boopathy, Vivekanandhan.P, “Application of Superconducting Fault Current Limiters in
Power Systems”, International Conference on Technological Convergence for Information, Health, Food
and Energy Security, CSIR- Central Leather Research Institute, Chennai, 01st – 02nd , May 2015.

15. Dinesh Kumar.R, Periyasami.N, Vivekanandhan.P, Preparation and Characterization of Myristic Acid-
Palmitic Acid-Stearic Acid Phase Change Material, In the proceedings of International Conference on

Advances in Materials, Manufacturing and Applications (AMMA-2015), National Institute of Technology,
Tiruchirappalli, 09th – 11 ,Apr 2015.
14. Vivekanandhan.P, Karthik.S and Ashwin.V “Adoption of Third Party Logistics in Manufacturing Industries
in South India –An Empirical Study” TIIKM’s Ist Annual World Conference on Supply Chain
Management-2015, Colombo, Srilanka., 17 – 18th, Feb 2015.
13. Sathish Kumar.G.K , Vivekanandhan.P and Umapathy.M.J “Thermal Stability of Natural Fibers (Jute,
Kenaf,Sisal and Banana) and Lignite fly ash reinforced Geopolymeric Composites, Annual Edition of 6th
International Conference on Advancements in Polymeric Materials, organized by Central Institute of
Plastics Engineering and Technology, Chennai in association with Indian Institute of Science
(IISc),Bangalore, and Central Power Research Institute(CPRI), Bangalore on 20 - 22, Feb, 2015.
12. Sathish Kumar.G.K , Umapathy.M.J and Vivekanandhan.P, “Synthesis and Charaterisation Studies on
Synthesis, Characterization in Natural Fibres/LFA reinforced Geo Polymer Composites”, 23rd International
Conference on Processing and Fabrication of Advanced Materials, Indian Institute of Technology,
Roorkee, Uttarkhand., 5 – 7th, Dec 2014.
11. Vivekanandhan.P, Karthik.S and Ashwin.V “Perspectives of Manufacturing Industries in adopting Third
Party Logistics Services”, 5th International & 26th All India Manufacturing Technology, Design and
Research Conference AIMTDR 2014, Indian Institute of Technology, Guwhati, Assam, 14 – 16th, Dec
2014.
10. Vivekanandhan.P, Viswanth Kanna, Prasanth and Vasanthavanan “Effects of Reinforcement Concentrations
on Wear Behavior of Aluminium/Lignite Fly Ash/Graphite Nano Composites”, International Conference on
Modeling Optimization and Computing., Noorul Islam University, Kanyakumari 10 -11th Apr 2014.
9. Vivekanandhan.P, Vasanthavanan, Viswanth Kanna, Pughaloli “Influence of composition and
Microstructure properties in the Tribological behavior of Aluminium/Lignite Fly Ash/Graphite Nano
Composites” International Conference on Advances in Tribology, organize by National Institute of
Technology, Calicut, 21 – 24, Feb 2014.
8. Vivekanandhan.P, Anand.S, ”Greedy Search and Genetic Algorithm - Combined approach in 3PL
Optimization – A Simulation approach for real Industrial Scenario”, In the abstracts of 3rd IIMA
International Conference on Advanced Data Analysis, Business Analytics and Intelligence, Indian
Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, 13 – 14, Apr, 2013.
7. Vivekanandhan.P, Anand.S, Shobana Swarna Rathna.P.R., Thanikaselam.A.,”Investigation on Synthesis,
Characterization and Mechanical properties of Lignite Flyash Reinforced Aluminum Alloy 6063 of different
volume fractions ”, In the abstracts of 4th International & 25th All India Manufacturing Technology,
Design and Research Conference AIMTDR 2012, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, 14 – 16th, Dec, 2012.
6. Subash Srinivasan.S, Vivekanandhan.P .,”The Genetic Algorithm approach for Vehicle Routing Problem In
Supply Chain Management”, In the Proceedings of International Conference on Modelling, Optimization
and Computing., organized by Noorul Islam University,Kanyakumari and University of Sheffield,
United Kingdom, 10&11th Apr 2012.

5. Vivekanandhan.P., Devi.P., Mohan Kumara Magalam.S and Thanikaselam.A, “A Comparative Study on the
Mechanical Properties of Natural Fiber Reinforced Polymer Matrix Composites”, COPEN 7: International
Conference on Precesion, Meso, Micro and Nano Engineering, College of Engineering Pune, 10th-11th
Dec 2011.
4. Devi.P., Vivekanandhan.P., Mohan Kumara Magalam.S and Somurajan.V, “Synthesis and Analysis of
Natural Fiber Reinforced Polymer Matrix Composite” Frontiers of Polymers and Advanced Materials”
Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi and The Society of Polymer Science, India, 15th-17th Dec 2010.
3. Vivekanandhan.P., Mohan Kumara Magalam.S., P.,Devi.P and Somurajan.V “Optimization of Operating
Parameters in Flux Cored Arc Welding Process by Simulated Annealing technique through a Weighted
Approach Method”, 43rd Annual Convention of Operational Research Society of India & International
Conference on Operational Research for Urban and Rural Development , Thiagarajar College of
Engineering, Madurai, Tamil Nadu on 15-17th Dec 2010.
2. Mohan Kumara Magalam.S.,Vivekanandhan.P and Devi.P., “A Experimental Study Of Jet Compressor
Characteristics In Engine Exhaust”, In the Proceedings of 43rd Annual Convention of Operational Research
Society of India & International Conference on Operational Research for Urban and Rural Development,
Thiagarajar College of Engineering, Madurai, Tamil Nadu on 15th-17th Dec 2010.
1. Vivekanandhan.P, Omkumar.M and Yuvaraja.R “A simulation of optimize Supply Chain Logistics
Management System using Ant Colony Algorithm”, In the Proceedings of Second annual Global Business
Summit Conference., Global Strategic Management Inc., USA at Karunya University, Chennai, 23-25 Jun
2010.

• Role : Co-Principal Investigator
Project Name : Modernization and Removal of Obsolescence (MODROBS)
Funding Agency: All India Council for Technical Education, New Delhi, New Delhi,
Govt. of India. (Ref.: 8024/RIFD/MOD-179 PVP/Policy iii/2011-12)
Total Cost : INR 13,00,000 (Rupees Thirteen Lakhs )
Period / Status : 2011 – 2012 / Completed
• Role : Technical Consultant
Nature of work : Design and Processing of CFRP Composite for Automobiles
Name of the Industry : M/s. Mind Resources, Chennai (For Mind Composites, Italy)
Total Cost : INR 0.15 Lakhs
Period / Status : 2017 / Completed.