Geetha Manivasagam, Ph.D., FTNASc

Director Centre for Biomaterials, Cellular and Molecular Theranostics (CBCMT)

Sr. Professor , School of Mechanical Engineering,

VIT University, Katpadi, 632 014, TN,India

Email: gmv1225@yahoo.com; geethamanivasagam@vit.ac.in

Phone: (+91) 9840896296 (Mobile)

Carrier Objective

Academia & Research

Current Position

Director & Sr. Professor (October 2013 – till date)

VIT University,

Current research Focus:

-Development of Ti implants with high wear resistance and

enhanced osseointegration

Education Qualifications

1999 -2002 : Doctor of Philosophy – PhD (Anna University, Chennai, India –

Work carried out at Defense Metallurgical Research Laboratory (DMRL)

and Indira Gandhi Center for Atomic Research (IGCAR),India.

Research Focus: Biomaterials, Surface engineering, Corrosion, heat

treatment and structure property correlations (in vitro conditions)

1989 – 1990 : Master of Philosophy:– M.Phil,Crystallography and Biophysics

(Madras University)

Research Focus: Crystallography – Energy calculations

Programming to determine the energy of atoms in the unit cell to figure

out the abnormality in the number of atoms in the unit cell in certain

crystal structures.

1986 – 1988 : MSc,Crystallography and Biophysics (Madras University)

1983-1986 : Bachelors in– B.Sc. (Physics) (Stella Maris College, Madras

University, Chennai. India(

Positions held

Since January 2015 : Director, Centre for Biomaterials, Cellular and Molecular

Theranostics

Since October 2013 : Sr. Professor, School of Mechanical and Building

Sciences, VIT University Director

2008 - 2014 : Professor – School of Mechanical and Building Sciences,

VIT University, India

2008 - 2009 : Associate Professor – School of Mechanical and

Building Sciences, VIT University

2004 - 2008 : Assistant Professor – School of Mechanical and

Building Sciences, VIT University

1995 - 2002 : Lecturer, Department of Physics, Sathyabama University,

Chennai, India

2003 - 2004 : Post doctoral Reasearch Fellow, Department of Materials

Science and Engineering, Clemson University, Clemson ,

South Carolina , USA

2007, 2009 : Visiting Professor – University de Technology ,

Compiègne, France

2012, 2014 : Visiting Professor- Univesity of De Technology Rables,

UFRT,Tours, France

Publications

A1. Degradation mechanisms and future challenges of titanium and its alloys

for dental implant applications in oral environment, A Revathi, Alba

Dalmau Borrás, Anna Igual Muñoz, Caroline Richard, Geetha

Manivasagam, Materials Science and Engineering: C, Volume 76, 1 July

2017, Pages 1354-1368

A2. Tribocorrosion and electrochemical behaviour of nanocrystalline diamond

coated Ti based alloys for orthopaedic application, V Gopal, M Chandran,

MSR Rao, S Mischler, S Cao, G Manivasagam, Tribology International

106, 88-100, 2017

A3. Comparison of electrochemical behavior of hydroxyapatite coated onto

WE43 Mg alloy by electrophoretic and pulsed laser deposition, M Sankar,

S Suwas, S Balasubramanian, G Manivasagam, Surface and Coatings

Technology, 2016

A4. Current advances in enhancement of wear and corrosion resistance of

titanium alloys–a review, VK Balla, M Das, G Manivasagam, Materials

Technology 31 (12), 696-704, 2016

A5. Control of Stem Cell Fate and Function by Polymer Nanofibers, Deepti

Rana, Maria Leena, Manasseh Nithyananth, Renu Pasricha, Geetha

Manivasagam, Murugan Ramalingam, Journal of Nanoscience and

Nanotechnology 16 (9), 9015-9021, 2016

A6. Suture materials—Current and emerging trends, C Dennis, S Sethu, S

Nayak, L Mohan, YY Morsi, G Manivasagam, Journal of Biomedical

Materials Research Part A 104 (6), 1544-1559, 2016

A7. Comparative study on corrosion behavior of plasma sprayed Al2O3, ZrO2,

Al2O3/ZrO2 and ZrO2/Al2O3 coatings, S Sathish, M Geetha, Transactions

of Nonferrous Metals Society of China 26 (5), 1336-1344, 2016

A8. Influence of Coating Parameter and Sintering Atmosphere on the

Corrosion Resistance Behavior of Electrophoretically Deposited

Composite Coatings, U Vijayalakshmi, M Chellappa, U Anjaneyalu, G

Manivasagam, S Sethu, Materials and Manufacturing Processes 31 (1),

95- 106, 2016

A9. Measurement of Wear and Friction Resistance of Bulk and Coated

Materials, C Richard, G Manivasagam, YM Chenc, Materials

Characterization: Modern Methods and Applications, 259-287, 2015

A10. Effect of non-ionic surfactant assisted modification of hexagonal boron

nitride nanoplatelets on the mechanical and thermal properties of epoxy

nanocomposites, M Saha, P Tambe, S Pal, P Kubade, G Manivasagam, M

Anthony Xavior, Composite Interfaces 22 (7), 611-627, 2015

A11. Microstructure, mechanical properties and electrochemical behavior of a

novel biomedical titanium alloy subjected to thermo-mechanical

processing including aging, Mohammed, Mohsin Talib; Khan, Zahid A;

Geetha. M; Siddiquee, Arshad N; Journal of Alloys and Compounds

(634) 2015 272-280, 2015

A12. Effect of duplex aging on microstructure and mechanical behavior of beta

titanium alloy Ti–15V–3Cr–3Al–3Sn under unidirectional and cyclic

loading conditions, R Santhosh, M Geetha, VK Saxena, MN Rao,

International Journal of Fatigue 73, 88-97, 2015

A13. Microstructure and Corrosion Behaviour of Plasma Sprayed Bilayered

Ceramic Coatings, S Sathish, M Geetha, Transactions of the Indian

Ceramic Society 74 (2), 97-103, 2015

A14. Effect of thermo-mechanical processing on microstructure and

electrochemical behavior of Ti-Nb-Zr-V new metastable beta titanium

biomedical alloy, Mohammed, Mohsin Talib; GEETHA, M;

Transactions of Nonferrous Metals Society of China (25) 2015 759-769,

2015

A15. Influence of thermo-mechanical processing on microstructure, mechanical

properties and corrosion behavior of a new metastable β-titanium

biomedical alloy, Mohammed, Mohsin Talib; Khan, Zahid A; Geetha. M;

Siddiquee, Arshad N; Mishra, Prabhash; Bulletin of Materials Science

(38) 2015 247-258, 2015

A16. Summary of the National Conference on Challenges in Biomaterials

Research jointly organized by VIT and CSIR- CECRI G Manivasagam,

B Subramanian, TJ Webster, International Journal of Nanomedicine 10

(Suppl 1), 2015

A17. Wear studies on plasma-sprayed Al2O3 and 8mole% of Yttrium- stabilized

ZrO2 composite coating on biomedical Ti-6Al-4V alloy for orthopedic

joint application P Ganapathy, G Manivasagam, A Rajamanickam, A

Natarajan International Journal of Nanomedicine 10 (Suppl 1) 213, 2015

A18. Tribological and corrosion behaviors of warm- and hot-rolled Ti-13Nb-

13Zr alloys in simulated body fluid conditions T Lee, E Mathew, S

Rajaraman, G Manivasagam, U Vijayalakshmi, International Journal of

Nanomedicine 10 (Suppl 1) 31, 2015

A19. Preparation and evaluation of the cytotoxic nature of TiO2 nanoparticles

by direct contact method M Chellappa, U Anjaneyalu, G Manivasagam,

U Vijayalakshmi, International Journal of Nanomedicine 10 (Suppl 1) 107,

2015

A20. Influence of thermomechanical processing on biomechanical compatibility

and electrochemical behavior of new near beta alloy, Ti-20.6 Nb-13.6 Zr-

0.5 VMT Mohammed, ZA Khan, G Manivasagam, AN Siddiquee,

International journal of nanomedicine 10 (Suppl 1), 223, 2015

A21. Enhancement of bioactivity of titanium carbonitride nanocomposite thin

films on steels with biosynthesized hydroxyapatite, VVA Thampi, P

Dhandapani, G Manivasagam, B Subramanian, International journal of

nanomedicine 10 (Suppl 1), 107, 2015

A22. Efficacy and safety of 1% terbinafine hydrochloride versus 2%

sertaconazole cream in the treatment of tinea corporis A Sumitha, G

Manivasagam, GH Shashikala, HS Somashekar, KS Chandan,

International Journal of Basic & Clinical Pharmacology 4 (3), 474-478,

2015

A23. Synthesis and In-Vitro Electrochemical Study of Composite Coatings on

Implant by Electrophoretic Deposition M Chellappa, U Anjaneyalu, G

Manivasagam, U Vijayalakshmi, Journal of the Indian Chemical Society

92 (4), 501-504, 2015

A24. Experimental study and computer modelling of the β→ α+ β phase

transformation in Ti15-3 alloy under isothermal conditions, M Naveen, R

Santhosh, M Geetha, MN Rao, Journal of Alloys and Compounds 616,

607-6131, 2014

A25. The use of artificial neural network for the prediction of wear loss of

aluminium magnesium alloys Hariprasad T; Shivalingappa, D Nagaraj, A;

Manivasagam Geetha; International Journal of Computer Aided

Engineering and Technology (7) 2015 72-80, 2014

A26. A questionnaire survey of pediatric inflammatory bowel disease in India,

M Sathiyasekaran, S Bavanandam, S Sankaranarayanan, N Mohan, M

Geetha, Nishanth Wadhwa, Mohit Kehar, Vishnu Biradar, Indian Journal

of Gastroenterology 33 (6), 543-549, 2014

A27. Bacterial adherence and biofilm formation on medical implants: a review,

S Veerachamy, T Yarlagadda, G Manivasagam, PKDV Yarlagadda,

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part H: Journal of

Engineering in Medicine, 2014

A28. Influence of Rate of Heating to Aging Temperature on Precipitation

Hardening in a Metastable ß Titanium Alloy, A Pande, S Sainis, S

Rajaraman, G Manivasagam, MN Rao, Advanced Materials Research,

2014

A29. Studies on single and duplex aging of metastable beta titanium alloy Ti-

15V-3Cr-3Al-3Sn, R. Santhosh, M. Geetha, V. K. Saxena and M.

Nageswara Rao, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 2014, 605, 222-229,

2014

A30. Comparison of TiAlN, AlCrN, and AlCrN/TiAlN coatings for cutting-tool

applications,TS Kumar, SB Prabu, G Manivasagam, KA Padmanabhan,

International Journal of Minerals, Metallurgy, and Materials 21 (8), 796-

805, 2014

A31. Metallurgical Characteristics of TiAlN/AlCrN Coating Synthesized by the

PVD Process on a Cutting Insert, TS Kumar, SB Prabu, G Manivasagam,

Journal of materials engineering and performance 23 (8), 2877-2884, 2014

A32. Biodegradable Mg and Mg based alloys for biomedical implants, G.

Manivasagam and S. Suwas, Materials Science and Technology, Vol. 30,

Issue 5, 2014, pp. 515-520, 2014

A33. Detonation gun sprayed Al2O3–13TiO2 coatings for biomedical

applications, M. Geetha, S. Sathish, K. Chava, S. V. Joshi, Surface

Engineering , Vol. 30, Issue 4, 2014, pp. 229-236, 2014

A34. Wear studies on plasma sprayed Al2O3–40 wt% 8YSZ composite ceramic

coating on Ti–6Al–4V alloy used for biomedical applications, G. Perumal,

M. Geetha, R. Asokamani, N.Alagumurthi , Wear, Vol. 311 , 2014, pp.

101–113, 2014

A35. The Potential of Magnesium Alloys as Bioabsorbable/Biodegradable

Implants for Biomedical Applications, F Živić, N Grujović, G

Manivasagam, C Richards, J Landoulsi, V Petrović, Tribology in Industry

36 (1), 2014

A36. Surface modification of Ti-13Nb-13Zr and Ti-6Al-4V using

electrophoretic deposition (EPD) for enhanced cellular interaction,

Bhawanjali Saxena, Revathi A, Ketul C. Popat and Geetha

Manivasagam, Materials Technology, Vol. 1 , Issue 1, 2014, pp. B54-

B58, 2014

A37. Comparative study of electrochemical behaviour of CP-titanium and Ti–

6Al–4V with other titanium based alloys for biomedical applications, A.

Revathi, U. Vijayalakshmi, M. Geetha, Materials Technology, Issue 1,

Vol. 29,2014, pp. 49-53, 2014

A38. Structure-Property Correlation in an Aircraft Sheet Metal Alloy Ti-15V-

3Cr-3Al-3Sn Santhosh Rajaraman, Geetha Manivasagam, Vikas Kumar,

M Nageswara Rao, TMS 2014 Supplemental Proceeding, 2014, pp. 105-

112, 2014

A39. Micro-hardness and Young’s modulus of a thermo-mechanically processed

biomedical titanium alloy,MT Mohammed, ZA Khan, M Geetha, AN

Siddiquee, 2014

A40. Comparative Studies on the Corrosion and Scratchbehaviors of Plasma

Sprayed ZrO 2 and WC-Co Coatings., S Sathish, M Geetha, R

Asokamani, Procedia Materials Science 6, 1489-1494, 2014

A41. Decreased Staphylococcus aureus and increased osteoblast density on

nanostructured electrophoretic-deposited hydroxyapatite on titanium

without the use of pharmaceuticals, D Mathew, G Bhardwaj, Q Wang, L

Sun, B Ercan, M Geetha, TJ Webster, Int J Nanomed 9, 1775-81, 2014

A42. Investigation on the corrosion behavior of the bilayered ceramic coatings

deposited using atmospheric plasma spraying, S.Sathish, C.S.

Swaminathan, C.Senthilvel, B. Dilip Jerold, Mohd F.Shabir, M. Geetha,

Procedia Technology, Vol.8, 2013, pp. 299-305, 2014

A43. Effect of Texture and Grain Size on Bio-Corrosion Response of Ultrafine

Grained Titanium, N.P Gurao, Geetha Manivasagam, P Govindraj, R

Asokamani, Satyam Suwas, Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A,

Vol. 44A, 2013, pp. 5602-5610, 2013

A44. Studies on corrosion and wear behavior of submicrometric diamond coated

Ti alloys, D Durgalakshmi, M Chandran, G Manivasagam, MSR Rao, R

Asokamani, Tribology International 63, 132-140, 2013

A45. Lubricated sliding wear behaviour of Al2O3–13TiO2 coatings P. V.

Deshpande; A. Vadiraj, G. Manivasagam, P. R. Bhagat, P. N. Muskawar,

V. S. Sreenivasan, P. M. Anil, Surface Engineering No 6, Vol. 29, 2013,

pp. 447-454, 2013

A46. Comparative studies on Tribocorrosion behaviour of Plasma sprayed and

detonation gun coatings of Al2O3-13%TiO2 on biomedical alloy Ti-

13Nb-13Zr and Gum metal , P.S. Rathore, Sidhant Gulati, Duanjie Li,

Geetha Manivasagam, S.T. Aruna, S.V. Joshi,J. A. Szpunar, Selected

Technical Papers STP 1563, 2012 , (Published by ASTM), 2013

A47. A comparative Study on the Wear Behavior of Al2O3 and SiC Coated Ti-

6Al-4V Alloy Developed Using Plasma Spraying Technique, G. Perumal,

M. Geetha, R. Asokamani, N. Alagumurthi, Transactions of the Indian

Institute of Metals, Issue 2, Vol. 66, 2013, pp. 109-115, 2013

A48. Effect of Welding Speed on CO2 Laser Beam Welded Aluminum-

Magnesium Alloy 5083 in H321 Condition, K.Subbaiah, M.Geetha,

B.Shanmugarajan and S.R. Koteswara Rao, Advanced Materials Research,

Vol. 685, 2013, pp. 259-263 , 2013

A49. Comparative evaluation of tungsten inert gas and laser beam welding of

AA5083-H321, Subbaiah K, Geetha M, Shanmugarajan B., Koteswara

Rao S.R, Sadhana - Academy Proceedings in Engineering Sciences, Issue

5, Vol. 37, pp. 587-593, 2013

A50. Granulation of Nano Alumina Powder for Improved Flowability by Spray

Drying, S. Sathish, M. Geetha, A. Udayakumar, S. Senthil Kumar, R.

Asokamani, Transactions of the Indian Institute of Metals, , Issue 5, Vol.

65, pp. 485-490, 2012

A51. Spectrum of pancreatitis in children and adolescents, M Geetha, M

Saumya, V Balakrishnan,Indian Journal of Gastroenterology 31 (4), 175-

178, 2012

A52. Comparison of tungsten inert gas and friction stir welding of AA 5083-

H321 aluminum alloy plates, Subbaiah K , Geetha M, Sridhar N ,

Koteswara Rao, S.R.,ASM Proceedings of the International Conference:

Trends in Welding Research , 2012, pp. 598-603

A53. Electrophoretic Deposition of Nanocomposites (HaP+TiO2) on Titanium

alloy for Biomedical applications, L. Mohan, D. Durgalakshmi, M.

Geetha, T.S.N. Sankara Narayanan, R. Asokamani, Ceramics

International , Vol. 38, 2012, pp. 3435–3443, 2012

A54. Effect of Equal Channel Angular Extrusion on Wear and Corrosion

Behavior of the Orthopedic Ti-13Nb-13Zr Alloy in Simulated Body Fluid,

K.S. Suresh, M. Geetha, C. Richard, J. Landoulsi, H. Ramasawmy, S.

Suwas, R.Asokamani, Materials Science and Engineering C, Issue 4,

Vol.32, pp. 763-771, 2012.

A55. Mechanical Properties of Friction Stir Welded Cast Al–Mg–Sc Alloys, K.

Subbaiah, M. Geetha, M. Govindaraju ,S. R. Koteswara Rao, Trans Indian

Institute of Metals, Issue 2, Vol.65, pp.155-158, 2012

A56. Corrosion Behavior of Ultra Fine Grain Pure Magnesium for Automotive

Applications, PKA Babu, AS Nilawar, P Vishvakarma, S Biswas, S

Suwas, SAE International Journal of Materials and Manufacturing, 2012

A57. Effect of nano oil additive proportions on friction and wear performance of

automotive materials, Aravind Vardraj, Geetha M, Kevel Kamani,

Tribology in Industry, Issue 1,Vol.34, pp. 3-10,2012

A58. Corrosion resistant Ti-XNb-XZr alloys for nitric acid applications in spent

nuclear fuel reprocessing plants, Geetha Manivasagam, V.Anbarasan, U.

Kamachi Mudali, Baldev Raj, Metallurgical and Materials Transaction, A,

Vol.58, pp. 1-11, 2011.

A59. Sliding wear behavior of plasma sprayed nanoceramic coatings for

biomedical application, Sathish S, Geetha M, Aruna S.T., Balaji,N, Rajam

K.S., Asokamani R., Cermaic International Wear, Issues 5, Vol. 271, pp.

934-941, 2011

A60. Studies on plasma sprayed bilayered ceramic coatings on biomedical Ti-

13Nb-13Zr alloy, Sathish S, Geetha M, Aruna S.T., Balaji,N, Rajam K.S.,

Asokamani R., Cermaic International , Vol. 37 ,2011, pp. 1333-339

A61. Laser Hardening of Beta Titanium Alloy(Ti-23 Nb-0. 7 Ta-2 Zr-1 O) for

Biomedical Applications, V Nainar, G Manivasagam, Minerals, Metals

and Materials Society/AIME, 420 Commonwealth Dr., P. O. Box, 2011

A62. Studies on the corrosion and wear behavior of the laser nitrided biomedical

titanium and its alloys, S.Satish, M. Geetha, N.D.Pandey, C.Richard

R.Asokamani, Materials Science and Engineering C, Issue 3, Vol.30,2010,

pp. 376-382

A63. Corrosion and wear behavior of thermally sprayed nano ceramic coatings

on commercially pure Titanium and Ti–13Nb–13Zr substrates, Kowandy ,

J. Landoulsi , M. Geetha, H. Ramasawmy, International Journal of

Refractory Metals and Hard Materials, Issue 1, Vol.28, 2010, pp.115-123

A64. Biomedical Implants: Corrosion and its Prevention – A Review, Geetha

Manivasagam, Durgalakshmi Dhinasekaran, Asokamani Rajamanickam,

Recent Patents on Corrosion Science,Vol.2, 2010, pp. 40-54.

A65. Friction Stir Welding of Aluminum-Magnesium Alloy, K Subbaiah, S

Vijayan, G Manivasagam, N Sridhar, SRK Rao, Advances n Mechanical

Engineering, 463, 2010

A66. In vivo studies of the ceramic coated titanium alloy for enhanced

Osseointegration in dental applications, Thair L. Alzubaydi Shatha S.

Ameer , Thekra Ismaeel, Athraa Y. A.Hijazi, M. Geetha, Mater Sci:

Mater Med ,Vol.1, 2009, pp. 35-42

A67. Titanium based biomaterials ‘the ultimate choice for orthopedic implants –

A review, M. Geetha, AK ,Singh AK, Gogia R. Asokamani , Progress in

Materials Science, Issue 3, Vol.54, 2009, pp. 397–425

A68. Thermal property characterization of a Ti - 4wt.%Nb - 4wt. % Zr alloy

using drop and differential scanning calorimetry, V.Anbarasan, B.Jeya

Ganesh, S.Raju, S.Murugesan, E.Mohandas, U.Kamachi Mudali and

Geetha Manivasagam, Journal of Alloys and Compounds , Vol.463,

2008, pp. 160-167

A69. Corrosion Resistance of Laser Nitridied Commercially Pure Titanium and

Ti-13Nb-13Zr Biomedical alloys, S.Satish, N.D.Pandey, M. Geetha and

R. Asokamani, Tran. Indian. Inst. Met., Vol. 61, 2008, pp. 235-238

A70. Review on the microstructure of biomedical titanium alloys, Geetha

Manivasagam, Singh AK , Kamachi Mudali U , Gogia AK Asokamani

Metals, Materials and Process, Vol.1,2008, pp. 47-66

A71. Titanium in Dental Applications, Journal of Metal, Materials and

Processes, Swaminathan Sethu, Geetha Manivasagam and J.G.

Kannappan, Special Issue on Titanium alloys, Vol.18,2008, pp. 3-4

A72. Ductility enhancement of Ti based alloys- a theoretical approach,

R.Asokamani and Geetha Manivasagam, Journal of Metals, Materials

and Processes, Special Issue on Titanium alloys, Vol.18, 2008, pp. 3-4

A73. Effect of thermomechanical processing on evolution of various phases in

Ti–Nb–Zr alloys, Geetha M, Sing A.K., Gogia A.K., Asokamani R,

Journals of alloys and Compounds Vol.384,2004, pp.131-144

A74. Microstructural and corrosion evaluation of laser surface nitrided Ti-

13Nb-13Zr alloy, Geetha M, Kamachi Mudali U., Asokamani R., Baldev

Raj, Surface Engineering, Vol. 20, 2004, pp. 1-7

A75. Influence of microstructure and alloying elements on corrosion behavior of

Ti- 13Nb-13Zr alloy, Geetha M, U.Kamachi Mudali, A.K.Gogia,

Asokamani R. and Baldev Raj, Corrosion Science, Vol. 46, 2004, pp. 877-

892

A76. Corrosion and microstructural aspects of Ti and its alloys as orthopedic

devices Geetha M, U.Kamachi Mudali, R.Asokamani and B. Raj,

Corrosion Review, Special issue 2-3, Vol. 2-3, 2003

A77. Effects of Thermomechanical Processing on Microstructure of a Ti-13Nb-

13Zr alloy, Geetha M, Singh A.K., Muraleedharan K., Gogia A.K. and

Asokamani R, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, Vol. 329, 2001, pp. 264

-271

Conference Presentations

Comparison of Tungsten Inert Gas and Friction Stir Welding of AA 5083- H321

Aluminum Alloy Plates, K.Subbaiah, M. Geetha, N. Sridhar, S.R. Koteswara

Rao, Trends in Welding Research, Proceedings of the 9th International

Conference, June 4–8, 2012, Chicago, Illinois, USA, Copyright © 2013 ASM

International

Eshaan, S. Shivi, S.T. Aruna, G. Manivasagam, C. Richard, N. Ranganathan

Studies on Tribological and corrosion behavior carbon nanotubes reinforced

alumina-titania coating on a Ti13Nb13Zr Substrate, SMT 26

Santhosh Rajaraman, Geetha Manivasagam, M Nageswara Rao , Structure-

property correlation in beta Ti alloy for aerospace applications, 5th

International

SET conference organized by VIT University Vellore. [ Best Paper Award]

P.K. Ajeet Babu, Akshay S.Nilawar, Pankaj Vishvakarma Somjeet Biswas,

Satyam Suwas , Geetha Manivasagam , Corrosion Behavior of Ultra Fine Grain

Pure Magnesium for Automotive Applications, SAE 7th International

Mobility Conference in Delhi from Jan 9th - 11th

Geetha M, Kevel Kamani, Asokamani R, micro/nano tribological studies on Ti

based alloys for biomedical applications’ Joint ICTP-FANAS Conference on

Trends in Nanotribology, 12 - 16 September 2011,

Sathish Sathyavageeswaran, Venkatesh M, Geetha Manivasagam, Asokamani

Rajamanickam, Nandy T.K Wear Behaviour of the Newly Developed Biomedical

Beta Titanium Alloy (Ti-23Nb-0.7Ta-2Zr-1O) , February 14-18, 2010

,Washington State Convention Center , Seattle, WA

Geetha Manivasagam, Asia pacific Interfinish 2010,10th

International

conference on Applied Surface Engineering,5th International conference on

surface and Interface Science and Engineering, ‘Advanced Biomaterials

Challenges Ahead’, offered a course in the workshop, October 19-

22,2010,Singapore

Ajeet Babu PK, Akshay S.N and Geetha M, Corrosion Characteristics of

Magnesium alloys, Copper alloys, IF Steels and their application in Automotive

International Conference on Environmental and Building Sciences in the 3rd

Millennium, 14-16th December 2009,VIT University, Vellore 632 014,India

Sathish , S.T.Aruna, K.S.Rajam , N.Balaji,

M. Geetha, R. Asokamani

, Air Plasma

Sprayed coatings based on Al2O3-13Wt % TiO2 bilayer coating on Ti-13Nb-!3Zr

alloy for, biomedical applications, Journées Internationales 21èmes Francophones

de Tribologie,UTC,Compiegne, France, May 5-6th

,2009

Satish .S, Aruna S.T., , Rajam SK., N.Balaji, Geetha M, Asokamani R,

Nanostructured Al2O3 –TiO2+ plasma sprayed coating on Ti alloy for Biomedical

Applications, National Conference on Recent Advances in Surface Engineering,

NAL,Bangalore, February 2009

Sornambikai.S, Sankaranarayanan T.S.N, Geetha Manivasagam, R.Asokamani.

EPD of Bioactive TiO2 on Stainless Steel for Implant Applications on Ti alloys

for Biomedical Applications, AMC 2008, VIT University, Vellore, India

V.Anbarasan, Geetha Manivasagam, U.Kamachi Mudali, Baldev Raj, New

generation Titanium alloys for nitric acid service, International conference on

corrosion (CORCON 2007), 26-28 Sep 2007, Mumbai. (Best Paper Award)

Thair Latif, U. Kamachi Mudali, M. Geetha, R. Asokamani, The role of heat

treatments on the corrosion behavoiur and biocompatibility of Ti-6Al-7Nb alloy

in simulated body fluids, International Conference on Corrosion (CORCON),

28 – 30 November 2005, held at Chennai Trade Center.

Geetha M, Kamachi Mudali, Pandey NS, Asokamani R and Baldev Raj, Laser

surface modification of Ti-XNb-XZr alloys , International Conference on

?Frontiers in the Design of Materials?, (FDM-2005), Chennai, Nov.12-13, 2005,

Best paper presentation award

U.Kamachi Mudali, A.Ravi Shankar, V.Anbarasan, Geetha Manivasagam,

N.Saibaba, Baldev Raj, High performance materials for severely corrosive nitric

acid medium, International conference on Advance Materials (IUMRS-ICAM

2007), 8-13 October 2007, Bangalore, India.. National Conference on Medical

Materials (NCMM 2007), 13th

–14th

Dec 2007, Indian Institute of Technology,

Madras, Chennai, India.

Poster Presentation

Taekyung Lee, Eshaan Mathew, Santhosh Rajaraman, Geetha Manivasagam,

Ashok Kumar Singh, Chong Soo Lee, “Tribological and Corrosion Behaviors of

Warm- and Hot-Rolled Ti-13Nb-13Zr Alloys in Simulated Body Fluid

Conditions” , Proceedings of the National Conference on Challenges in

Biomaterial Research, 23-24th

December 2013, Organized by Centre for

Biomaterials Science and Technology, VIT University, Vellore. Bagged Best

Paper Award

Santhosh Rajaraman, Geetha Manivasagam, Vikas Kumar, and M Nageswara Rao

“ Age Hardening Behavior of Beta Titanium Alloy Ti-15V-3Cr-3Al-3Sn”,

Proceedings of the 67th Annual Technical Meeting of The Indian Institute of Metals

(IIM-NMD-ATM), 12-15th November 2013, Varanasi, U.P. Organized by IIM

Varanasi Chapter

D.B Prashant, Santhosh R, Geetha M, Vikas Kumar, M Nageswara Rao “ Effect

of Thermomechanical Processing on Mechanical Property of Beta Titanium Alloy

Ti-15-3, International conference of heat treatment and surface engineering, 16-

18th May 2013

D. Durgalakshmi, M. Chandran, G. Manivasagam, M-S. Ramachandra Rao, R.

Asokamani, Studies on corrosion and wear behaviour of HFCVD coated Ti

alloys, International Conference on BioTribology 18-21 September 2011,

Imperial College London, UK

S.Satish, M.Vennkatesh, M.Geetha , R.Asokamani, T.K.Nandi, Wear behavior of

the nanoceramic coated Ti-13Nb-13Zr alloy, 23rd

International conference on

Surface Technologies, , SMT 2009,2-5,November,Temple Bay,

Mamallapuram,India

Mohan L, P.Govindaraj, M.Geetha, R.Asokamani, Nanoceramic coatings on

biomedical titanium alloys for enhanced osseointegration using EPD, National

Conference on Recent Advances in Surface Engineering, NAL,Bangalore ,

February 2009(Best Poster Award)

Sathish S, Pandey N.D, Caroline J, Geetha M, Asokamani R, Studies on the

tribological behavior of the laser hardened biomedical Ti and its alloys, 16emes

Journees Francophones de Tribologie, 22–23 May, Poitiers JFT Poitiers, 20th to

23rd May 2007, France.

Anbarasan V, Geetha M. Structure-Property correlation in Biomedical Ti alloys.

International Conference on Biochromatography and NanoBiotechnology, 11th to

15th February 2007, Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore

Thair Latif, Salem A.L. Salem,6 Sabah S. Al-Habib, M. Geetha, R. Asokamani,

In vivo studies on Dental screws made from commercially pure Titanium and Ti-

6Al-7Nb alloy, International Conference on Corrosion (CORCON). 28 – 30

November 2005, Chennai Trade Center, Chennai. Best poster presentation

award

M. Geetha, S. Sornambikai, R. Arumuga kumar, N.D. Pandey, U. Kamachi

Mudali, R. Asokamani, Surface Engineering of Biomedical and Automobile

Components, Fifth DAE-BRNS National Laser Symposium, 7 – 10 December,

2005, Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore

Geetha Manivasagam, Kamachi Mudali and ND Pandey, Corrosion behavior of

laser surface modified Ti-13Nb-13Zr alloy, 1st Asia Pacific Conference & 6th

National Convention on Corrosion, 28-30 Nov 2001 at Hotel Taj Residency,

Bangalore

Geetha M , Singh AK, Gogia AK, and Asokamani R, Thermomechanical

treatment and Laser Nitriding of Biomaterial Ti-Zr-Nb alloys, , -Solid State

Physics, (India) December (2002).

Projects Handled

Completed Projects:

Development of High Corrosion resistant titanium alloy for nuclear

applications” –Funding Agent- IGCAR,India, 2005-2008

Development of new novel titanium alloy with improved tribological

properties for biomedical applications – Funding Agent-Department of

Science and Technology, DST, New Delhi, India, 2006-2009

Development of nanoceramic coatings on Cp-Titanium and titanium alloys by

Electrophoretic deposition-Funding Agent Council for Scientific and

Industrial Research , CSIR, Delhi, India, 2007-2010

Ongoing:

Studies on HCF of beta titanium alloys –Funding Agent- Defense Research

Organization funded by DRDO, India

Development of Porous Titanium based implants for osteoporotic bone by

rapid manufacturing and its chemical and biomechanical evaluations funded

by DST, India.

Development of nanocomposite Alumina -hydroxyapatite based biocomposite

coatings on real life Ti-based orthopedic bone implant substrate for enhanced

service life funded by DST-UKIERI Thematic Partnerships scheme

Affiliation Memberships

Fellow – Tamil Nadu Academy of Sciences

Member – Society of Biomaterials and Artificial organs ,India

Member – ICTE,India

Member – MRSI, India

Editorial board member- Tribology for Industries

Collaborators

UTC, compiegene, France, in the area of tribology

National Aeronautic Laboratory, India, Plasma Spraying

Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore,India in the area of titanium processing

Defence Metallurgical Research Laboratory, India, in the area of Titanium

development

Indira Gandhi Centre for atomic Research, India, in the area of corrosion of

nuclear Materials

National Metallurgical Laboratory, soft coatings , Chennai, India

Advanced Research Centre for Powder Metallurgy , Characterization,

Hyderabad , India CNT coating

University of Saskachewan, Canada, Tribo corrosion

University of Serbia, Nanotribology

Scientists Interactions

Dr. Thomas J. Webster - Brown University and the Division of Orthopedic

Surgery at Brown University Medical School

Dr. T.Sudarshan- CEO, MATMOD Inc, USA, Editor, Surface Engineering

Dr.Landousli- Laboratoire de Réactivité de Surface, UMR 7197 CNRS,

France

Dr.Gogia AK- Aerospace Department, Defence metallurgical Research

Lab,India

Dr.Bhattacharji, Dr.Ak.Singh -Titanium Alloy Group, Defence Metallurgical

Research Lab,India

Dr.Gopal, Department of Physics, NUS, Singapore

Dr. Teixeira Susana, ILL,Grenoble, France

Scholarships & Awards

Best Active Researcher Award – 2008- 2009 ,2013 VIT University

,India

Best poster presentation award and cash prize for the paper presented

in the national conference , RASE’09 NAL,Bangalore

Best poster presentation award and cash prize for the paper presented

in the CORCON-2007, International Conference on Corrosion, India

,2007

Best paper presentation award and cash prize for the paper presented

in the International Conference on Frontiers in the Design of

Materials, (FDM-2005), Chennai, Nov.12-13, 2005

Best poster presentation award in the CORCON-2005 (International

conference on Corrosion), India, Nov 28-30, 2005

Attributes

Excellent spoken and written communications skills in English. (French:

Beginners’ course)

Very familiar in writing scientific manuscripts and grant proposals.

Team player, Analytical, Organized, Perseverance, Integrity, Fast learner,

good scientific and social communication skill, Passion for knowledge,

science & research.

Other details

Community participation: Volunteer – SEED- An organization to help children of the parents who are life

sentenced, India

Volunteer – Young India, (for the rural children), India.

Conduct of workshop/conference

National conference on Advanced Materials and characterization, 23-25

July 2009 , & One day workshop on nanomaterials for School students ,

July 2008,VIT

National workshop on Nanomaterials and processing –The Road Ahead,

February

2006-

Training/workshop attended (National/International)

Sponsored by the organizers :Workshop on Surface Engineering for industrial

application, September, 2010, Bombay,India.

Sponsored by the organizers:Joint ICTP/FANS conference on Trends in

Nanotribology,19-23rd

,October 2009,ICTP, Italy.

National meet on Nanoscience and nanotechnology , NSMT, 2007,Hyderabad.

Sponsored by the organizers: nternational Training Course-cum-Business

Opportunities Workshop on Surface Engineering, Hyderabad, India, 19-26

July 2005

Sponsored by VIT University- International Workshop on Surface

Engineering, IIT,Chennai, 26-27th November, 2005

Reviewed Articles for the following Journals

Journal for Mechanical behavior of biomedical materials

Biomaterials

Corrosion Science

Acta Biomateriala

Journal of alloys and compounds

Materials Science and Technology

Defence Science Journal,India

Materials Chemistry and Physics

Materials Science and Engineering C & A

Surface Coatings

Invited Talks and countries visited

Served as CHAIR-Technical Session for International Conference on

Materials, manufacturing and Modelling, ICMMM 2017 held at VIT

University, 9th -11

th March

Nanostructured coatings for orthopedic applications, 4TH

IBTN – US

Research symposium, Feb 17th

, 2017, Chicago, IL, USA

Materials for implant applications: Challenges and Solutions, University of

Illinois College of Medicine, Chicago, USA

Theme meeting on Recent Trends in Materials Chemistry organized by

School of Advanced Sciences , VIT University and IGCAR Kalpakkam

between 25-27th July 2013

Two day workshop on Tissue Engineering and its Applications organized

by Department of Biomedical Engineering, PSG College of Technology,

Coimbatore between 3-4 January 2013.

ANM 2012 4th

International Conference on Advanced Nano Materials

“Nanosurface Engineering of biomedical implants “ October 17-19,

2012,IIT Chennai, India

Research Scenario in the Field of Surface Engineering of Titanium Dental

Implants in 25th

ISDR & IADR (India Chapter ) International Conference

,India, October 2012.

“Nanocoatings on Titanium Alloys” in Brown University, USA on 24th

April 2012.

Surface Engineering of biomedical alloys, International conference and

workshop on Surface Engineering, February 2010, Hotel Resedency,

T.Nagar.TN,India,

Enhancement of tribological properties and osseointegration of titanium

and its alloys by nanoceramic coatings for biomedical applications,

Institute of Rizzoli, Bologna, Italy,October 2009

Tribology of orthopedic implants – from macro to nano,One day workshop on

nanotribology,March 8th

,2009, PSG college , Coimbatore,India

ILL, Grenoble ,France, Titanium alloy for nuclear and biomedical

applications –, May 2009

Characterization of nanoceramic coatings, DMRL, Hyderabad, 2007

Biotribology, course for the Scientists at DRDO labs, DMRL, Hyderabad2011

Nanoceramic coatings on Ti alloys, JFT, UTC, Compiegne ,–, France,

May 2009

Biomaterials the future trend. Mathematical Institute of Sciences, Chennai ,

on 8th April,2009

Ti based biomaterials- ILL, Grenoble, France, May 2009

Characterization of nanoceramic coatings on biomedical alloys, invited lecture

in the conference, nanomaterial charactereization using

SAXS:DMRL,Hyderabad, March 2008

Nanotechnology in Medicine, Annamalai University ,National workshop on

the nanomaterials, March, 9th-11-, 2007

Characterization of nanoceramic coatings for biomedical alloys, National

conference on characterization of nanomaterials, Defence Metallurgical

Research Laboratory, Feb-3,2008

Titanium and its alloys as biomaterials, Tamil Nadu Science city – for

University students to promote science and technology , April, 2008

Structure property correlations in Ti alloys for biomedical applications, Tata

Institute of Fundamental Research , , Bombay April, 2002

Heat treatment and corrosion of titanium alloys, Baba Atomic Research

Centre., Bombay,. April, 2008

Biomaterials and its application, Tamil Nadu Academy of Sciences, summer

training program, Summer training program – May- 2002, 2005, 2007

Visited

MaX Planck Institute, Stuttgart, Germany, May 2009

ICTP,Trieste, Italy, May 2009

ILL,Grenoble, May 2009.

Academic Contributions

Developed center for Materials Engineering as a part of School of

Mechanical and Building Sciences, to carry out research in the field of

Materials Science and Engineering.

Was instrumental in signing an MoU between VIT and companies like TTK,

Health Care,2014, Ducom PVT Ltd, 2014, Microcom, 2010

Was instrumental in signing an MoU with University of Rables, Tours,

France,2010

Was instrumental in Signing an MoU for a dual degree M.Tech/MS in the area

of mechanical engineering between VIT and University of Rables,

Tours,France, 2015.

Research Guidance- Ph.D

Areas

Nano composite coatings and Wear of Titanium alloys (Completed)

Surface coatings –soft and hard coatings by laser, plasma spraying and

Electrophoretic deposition techniques (On going)

Welding of Al alloys (Completed)

Studies on fatigue life of aerospace alloys (Completed)

Studies on laser shock peening and Shot peening of aerospace alloy(Ongoing)

Studies on coatings of Mg alloys for biomedical appliucations(Ongoing)

LENS manufacturing of bioimplants (Ongoing)

Biocompatibility of plasma sprayed Titanium alloys(Ongoing)

Tribological studies on plasmasprayed CNT+HaP coatings (Ongoing)

M.Tech Projects (completed)

corrosion of ultra fine grained Magnesium alloys

Design and Development of Depth sensing Indentation Equipment

Laser surface hardening of titanium alloys

Development of Nanocomposites for brake liner applications

Design of solenoid valve

Multilayered PVD coatings and its antibacterial activity

Synthesis and characterization of POP+Mg composites for biomedical

applications

Corrosion of UGF Ti and its alloys

Synthesis and coating of nanoHaP+nano TiO2 on Ti alloys using EPD

Development of an instrument called Kazhi to treat joint diseases

Optimization of parameters for Anodization of Ti alloy for surgical tools

B.Tech projects (Completed/Ongoing)

CNT+alumina composite coatings for engine applications

high temperature tribology of composite coatings for engine applications

software analysis of thermally sprayed coatings

design and fabrication of wear testing machine

coatings on copper alloy using cold spray technique to enhance its

conductivity

SEM analysis of laser welded surface

Nanotexturing of Ti alloys and its wettability studies

Development and analysis of equipment to inspect tyres

Wear and corrosion studies of Hot rolled and Warm rolled alloys

Corrosion of Mg alloys

Wear of textured Mg alloys

Wear studies of Plasma sprayed Stainless steel for automotive applications

Other Activities

Staff coordinator for the Students Chapter “Students for exploration and

development of space ,SEDS-VIT,2005- Till date

Development of payload for sounding rocket in collaboration with Vikram

Sarabai Space Centre, ISRO, Thiruvananthapuram, India- Launched the

rocket on 7-7-2010

Signed an MOU with Microcom. UK based company at India to execute space

related projects on 12-12-2010

National Conference on space technology SINC’10, April 19-20, VIT

National Conference on space technology SINC’09, Feb 28th

and March 1st,

VIT

International conference on Space programmes for students chapter (SEDS)-

September – 2007,2009,2014

Personal particulars

Nationality: Indian Current country of domicile: India