Faculty

Profile

College / Department

Teaching areas

Design, Manufacturing and Material Science, Manufacturing Processes, Advanced Manufacturing Technologies, Machining Science and Technology, CAD-CAE-CAM, Computer Integrated Manufacturing Deformation of Materials, Additive Manufacturing

Research areas

Advanced Manufacturing Techniques for Composites , Modelling of high-speed machining process , Development of Magnesium/Aluminium syntactic foams , Bio Material Characterization

Education

PhD, Mechanical Engg, University of New Brunswick, Canada, 2006

BE, Mechanical Engineering, University of Madras, India, 1998

Professional experience

Assistant Professor, American University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, 2016 - Present

Engineering Programme Manager - Boeing B787, Rolls-Royce plc, United Kingdom, 2014 - 2016

Technical Project Manager-, (airbus/boeing Programmes), Rolls-Royce plc, United Kingdom, 2009 - 2014

Manufacturing Technology Specialist, Rolls-Royce plc, United Kingdom, 2007 - 2009

Manufacturing Research Engineer, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom, 2006 - 2007

Memberships

Member, American Society for Engineering Education, July 2017

Member, European Society for Engineering Education, July 2017

Member, International Society for Engineering Pedagogy, June 2017

Fellow, Royal Institution of Mechanical Engineers (UK), June 2016

Chartered Engineer, Institution of Mechanical Engineers (UK), August 2009

Member of American Society for Mechanical Engineers (ASME), August 2007

Contact

[email protected]

+971 6 515 2972

Dr. Sathish Kannan

Assistant Professor

PhD, University of New Brunswick, Canada

Prior to joining AUS, Sathish Kannan was an engineering program manager at Rolls-Royce plc (UK). He led global program teams responsible for the design and manufacture of aerospace propulsion-related products in support of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner and Airbus A380/A350 XWB fleet. His areas of interest are Machining, Material characterization, Modelling, Magnesium/Aluminium Composites, Syntactic Foams. A Fellow of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (UK), he is a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and a Highly Qualified Personnel of AUTO21' Networks of Centres of ...

Publications

Kevin Thomas, Sathish Kannan, Mohammad Nazzal, Salman Pervaiz And Ramanujam Karthikeyan. A Numerical Simulation of Machining 6061 Syntactic Foams Reinforced with Hollow Al2O3 Shells, Metals, 2022

Mahmoud Awad, Noha Hassan And Sathish Kannan. Mechanical properties of melt infiltration and powder metallurgy fabricated aluminum metal matrix composite, Proceedings Of The Institution Of Mechanical Engineers, Part B: Journal Of Engineering Manufacture, 1 January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2021

Lewis Jonathan, Salman Pervaiz And Sathish Kannan. A Numerical Study to Investigate Machining Aspects of Convex Surface Drilling

Ali Shafahat, Salman Pervaiz And Sathish Kannan. Current Research Trends in Variants of Minimum Quantity Lubrication (MQL): A Review

Cherish Mani, Sozharajan Balasubramani, Ramanujam Karthikeyan And Sathish Kannan. Digital image correlation of tensile properties for monel 400/SS 316L dissimilar metal welding joints, Materials, 2 March 2021

Ibrahim Nouzil, Salman Pervaiz And Sathish Kannan. Role of jet radius and jet location in cryogenic machining of Inconel 718: a finite element method based approach, International Journal On Interactive Design And Manufacturing, 1 March 2021

Salman Pervaiz, Sathish Kannan, Dehong Huo And Ramulu Mamidala. Ecofriendly inclined drilling of carbon fiber-reinforced polymers (CFRP), International Journal Of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, 1 December 2020

Vyasaraj Manakari, Sathish Kannan, Gururaj Parande, Mrityunjay Doddamani, Soumya Columbus, K. Priya Sudha, S. Vincent And Manoj Gupta. In-vitro degradation of hollow silica reinforced magnesium syntactic foams in different simulated body fluids for biomedical applications, Metals, 1 December 2020

Sathish Kannan, S Pervaiz, M Haghshenas, R Klassen And D Huo. An energy-based analysis for machining novel AZ91 magnesium composite foam dispersed with ceramic microspheres, Journal Of Manufacturing Science And Engineering, October (4th Quarter/Autumn) 2020

Sathish Kannan, Ha Kishawy, S Pervaiz, K Thomas, R Karthikeyan And A Ramanathan. Machining of novel AA7075 foams containing thin-walled ceramic bubbles, Journal Of Materials And Manufacturing Processes, October (4th Quarter/Autumn) 2020

Fuzhong Sun, Dehong Huo, Guoyu Fu, Xiangyu Teng, Sathish Kannan And Hao Zhang. Micro-drilling of Mg-based MMCs reinforced with SiO2 nanoparticles: An experimental approach, Proceedings Of The Institution Of Mechanical Engineers, Part B: Journal Of Engineering Manufacture, 1 October (4th Quarter/Autumn) 2020

Sathish Kannan, Salman Pervaiz, M Jahan And D Venkatraghaven. Cryogenic Drilling of AZ31 Magnesium Syntactic Foams, Materials-mdpi, September 2020

Salman Pervaiz, Sathish Kannan And A Subramaniam. Optimization of Cutting Process Parameters in Inclined Drilling of Inconel 718 Using Finite Element Method and Taguchi Analysis, Materials-mdpi, September 2020

Sathish Kannan, S Pervaiz, A Alhourani, R Selvam, K Thomas And Ha Kishawy. On the Role of Hollow Aluminium oxide Microballoons during Machining AZ31 Magnesium Syntactic Foam, Proceedings Of The Institution Of Mechanical Engineers, Part B: Journal Of Engineering Manufacture, August 2020

Sathish Kannan And S Pervaiz. Surface morphology of inclined CFRP holes when machined under cryogenic environment, Journal Of Materials And Manufacturing Processes, July (3rd Quarter/Summer) 2020

C Mani, R Karthikeyan, Sathish Kannan And C Periasamy. Optimization of tensile properties of 316L stainless steel and Monel 400 weld joints using genetic algorithm, Science Direct-materials Today, 11 February 2020

Ibrahim Nouzil, S Pervaiz And Sathish Kannan. Numerical Assessment of Cryogenic Machining of Inconel 718: Qualitative Understanding of Jet Radius and Jet Location, International Journal On Interactive Design And Manufacturing

A Singh, B El Essawi, A Daneji, S Pervaiz And Sathish Kannan. Prospects and Challenges of Reinforcement Methodologies for 3D Printable Plastics, Proceedings Of The Joint Canadian Society For Mechanical Engineering (csme) And Cfd Society Of Canada, November 2019

A Ghoshal, A Khan, M Zahid, S Pervaiz And Sathish Kannan. Reviewing Machinability of Fibre-Reinforced Polymer (FRP)/Metallic Stacks Using MQL, Proceedings Of American Society For Mechanical Engineers (asme), 11 November 2019

S Pervaiz, A. Daneji And Sathish Kannan. 3D Finite Element Assisted Numerical Simulation of Orbital Drilling Process of Ti6Al4V, Proceedings Of American Society Of Mechanical Engineers (asme), 11 November 2019

I Nouzil, S Pervaiz And Sathish Kannan. Numerically Constructed Energy Consumption Mapping for the Orthogonal Machining of Ti6Al4V, Proceedings Of The American Society Of Mechanical Engineers (asme), 11 November 2019

C Mani, R Karthikeyan And Sathish Kannan. Electrochemical impedance analysis on cryogenically treated dissimilar metal welding of 316L stainless steel and Monel 400 alloy using GTAW, Journal Of Metals, 10 October (4th Quarter/Autumn) 2019

S Pervaiz, Sathish Kannan, Ibrahim Deiab And Ha Kishawy. Exploring the role of energy consumption, cutting tool and workpiece materials in sustainable machining, Imeche Part B : Journal Of Engineering Manufacture, September 2019

Abdulla Alhourani, Sathish Kannan And S Pervaiz. Orthogonal machining of pure magnesium/silica syntactic foam, Proceedings Of The Csme, 4 June 2019

Abdulla Alhourani, Abdulrahman Elmerhi And Sathish Kannan. Magnesium Syntactic Foams, 4th Student Research Colloquium On Advances In Engineering & Information Technology, (aeit-2019), 25 April (2nd Quarter/Spring) 2019

Mohammad Latifi, Soroush Shirazi, Ahmad Ibrahim And Sathish Kannan. Manufacturing of porous aluminum-graphene material system, 4th Student Research Colloquium On Advances In Engineering & Information Technology, (aeit-2019), 25 April (2nd Quarter/Spring) 2019

Sathish Kannan And Liu Kui. Experimental investigation of surface integrity during abrasive edge profiling of nickel-based alloy, Journal Of Manufacturing Processes, March 2019

W Sarmad, S Pervaiz, Sathish Kannan And R Karthikeyan. Numerical Modeling of Charpy Impact Test to Determine the Fracture Characteristics of Aluminium Alloy 6061, Society Of Experimental Mechanics (sem) Annual Conference & Exposition On Experimental & Applied Mechanics, Greenville, Sc, Usa 2018, 2018

S Pervaiz, Sathish Kannan And Wael Sarmad. A numerical study to investigate the influence of edge prep in vibration assisted machining, Proceedings Of Asme, November 2018

Sathish Kannan, S Pervaiz And A Ghoshal. An experimental investigation of inclined hole drilling of CFRP under different lubrication techniques, Proceedings Of Asme, November 2018

S Pervaiz, Sathish Kannan And Ha Kishawy. An extensive review of the water consumption and cutting fluid-based sustainability concerns in the metal cutting sector, Journal Of Cleaner Production, October (4th Quarter/Autumn) 2018

Sathish Kannan, Liu Kui, S Pervaiz, S Vincent And R Karthikeyan. Edge profiling of titanium alloys and attainable quality, Namri-sme, June 2018

N Pillai, R Karthikeyan, Sathish Kannan And S Vincent. Effect of Cryogenic treatment on VIKING cold working tool steel and development of wear mechanism maps, Namri-sme, June 2018

Salman Pervaiz And Sathish Kannan. FEM assisted observations of cutting forces, temperature, and chip curling in oblique machining, Csme, June 2018

R Arunachalam, Sathish Kannan And T. Srivatsan. Trends and Advances in Conventional Machining Practices for Metals and Composite Materials, Crc Press Taylor And Francis, March 2018

Meysam Haghshenas, Rj Klassen, Azm Islam, Sathish Kannan And M Gupta. Instrumented depth-sensing nanoindentation of a magnesium metal-matrix nanocomposite (AZ31-0.33wt% Carbon Nano Tube, 2017

Sathish Kannan, Ha Kishawy And Marek Balazinski. Analysis of Two and Three Body Abrasive Wear during Machining of Aluminium Based Metal Matrix Composite, International Journal Of Materials And Product Technology, 2013

I Muhammad, Sathish Kannan And Paul Mativenga. Evaluation of the effects of tool geometry on tool wear and surface integrity in the micro drilling process for Inconel 718 alloy, International Journal Of Machining And Machinability Of Materials, 2012

I Muhammad, Paul Mativenga And Sathish Kannan. An investigation into the effects of tool geometry in micro drilling of a nickel-based superalloy, 2010

F Boud, J Folkes,, N Tantra, Sathish Kannan And Iain Wright. A Study on Deburring Inconel 718 using Water Jet Technology, 2009

Sathish Kannan, Ha Kishawy And Ibrahim Deiab. Cutting Forces and TEM Analysis of the Generated Surface During Machining Metal Matrix Composites, Journal Of Materials Processing Technology, 2009

I Muhammad, Paul Mativenga, Sathish Kannan And Donka Novovic. An experimental investigation of deep-hole microdrilling capability for a nickel-based superalloy, Imeche Part B : Journal Of Engineering Manufacture, 2008

Sathish Kannan And Ha Kishawy. Effect of tool wear progression on cutting forces and surface quality during cutting metal matrix composites, International Journal Of Machining And Machinability Of Materials, 2008

Sathish Kannan And Ha Kishawy. Tribological aspects of machining Aluminium metal matrix composites, Journal Of Materials Processing Technology, 2008

Sathish Kannan, Ha Kishawy, Ibrahim Deiab And Surappa M. Role of reinforcements on the tool performance during cutting metal matrix composites”,, The Journal Of Manufacturing Processes, 2007

Sathish Kannan, Ha Kishawy And Marek Balazinski. Analysis of Abrasive Wear During Machining Metal Matrix Composites, 2006

Sathish Kannan, Ha Kishawy And Marek Balazinski. Flank wear progression during machining metal matrix composites, Journal Of Manufacturing Science And Engineering, 2006

Sathish Kannan And Ha Kishawy. Surface characteristics of machined Aluminium metal matrix composites, International Journal Of Machine Tools And Manufacture, 2006

Sathish Kannan, Ha Kishawy, Ibrahim Deiab And Surappa Mk. Analysis of tool wear during machining metal matrix composites, 2005

Sathish Kannan, Ha Kishawy, Ibrahim Deiab And Surappa Mk. Modeling of tool flank wear progression during orthogonal machining of aluminium composites used for automobile applications, 2005

Ha Kishawy, Sathish Kannan And Marek Balazinski. Analytical modeling of tool wear progression during machining particulate reinforced metal matrix composites, Annals Of The Cirp, 2005

Yaopeng Zhu, Sathish Kannan And Ha Kishawy. A model for orthogonal machining of metal matrix composites using finite element method, 2004

Sathish Kannan, H. El. Mounyari,, A. I. El.wahab, Leiming Li And Sathish Kannan. Characteristics of high speed machining of aerospace materials using self-propelled rotary tools, Eighth Conference On Mechanical Design And Production (mdp-08), Cairo, Egypt, 2004

Ha Kishawy, Sathish Kannan And Marek Balazinski. An Energy based force model for orthogonal machining of aluminium metal matrix composites, Annals Of The Cirp,, 2004

Conference Presentations

Design and Manufacture of Air Chair, 4th Student Research Colloquium On Advances In Engineering & Information Technology, (aeit-2019),, May 2019

Grants and sponsorships

Grant, Sustainable Machining of Ca-Mg-Zn-(hollow SiO2) Bioresorbable Syntactic Foams for Biomedical Temporary Implants, June 2021 - June 2021

Grant, Enhanced Faculty Research Grant-EFRG-2018, American University of Sharjah, May 2018 - December 2019

Grant, Faculty Research Grant-FRG-LARGE-2019, American University of Sharjah, May 2019

Grant, Enhanced Faculty Research Grant-EFRG-2018, American University of Sharjah, May 2018 - May 2019

Grant, Air Chair, EXPO LIVE 2020-University Innovation Programme- 2019, February 2019

Grant, Hollow Spheres for Commercial Vehicles, EXPO LIVE 2020-University Innovation Programme- 2018, 28 February 2018 - 28 February 2018

Grant, ELCAN Extended Life of Components through Advanced Nanostructured Coatings for Engineering Applications, GCC Research Program

Sponsored Research, Machining Characteristics of Nickel Based Super Alloy Manufactured through Powder Metallurgy Method, AIRBUS A350 XWB / Rolls-Royce (R&T), January 2013 - September 2013

Sponsored Research, Automated Edge Machining of Critical Rotating Aero Engine Components,, Rolls-Royce UK (Research &Technology), 2007 - 2011

Sponsored Research, High Value Manufacturing- Development of Adaptive Edge Machining Technologies, SAMULET- Technology Strategy Board (TSB-UK) / Rolls-Royce (R&T), January 2010 - January 2011

Sponsored Research, Extended Life of Micro Tools by Advanced Coating Technology, Technology Strategy Board (TSB-UK) / Rolls-Royce (R&T), 2007 - 2010

Sponsored Research, Benchmarking of Surface Finishing Technologies for Nickel based Components, Singapore Engineering Research Council SERC and Rolls-Royce (R&T), 2008 - 2009

Sponsored Research, Gap Gun- Edge Measurement Technology Development, Rolls-Royce UK (Research &Technology), March 2009 - August 2009

Sponsored Research, Deburring Technology Development for Large Static Components Made of Titanium, Rolls-Royce UK (Research &Technology), January 2008 - December 2008

Awards and Honors

Best Research Paper Award, 4th Student Research Colloquium on “Advances in Engineering & Information Technology, Best Research Paper Award, 2019

EXPO 2020-University Innovation Award (25,000 AED), EXPO 2020, University Innovation Award for Research, 4 December 2018

EXPO 2020-University Innovation Award (25,000 AED), EXPO 2020, Hollow spheres for commercial vehicles, February 2018

EXPO 2020-University Innovation Award (25,000 AED), EXPO 2020, Porous Titanium for biomedical applications, February 2018

Sandooq-Al-Watan Research Award (15,000 AED), Sandooq-Al-Watan, Light weight equipment using hollow sphere material technology, February 2018

Technology Development Award: Machining Characteristics of Nickel Based Super Alloy Manufactured through Powder Metallurgy Method (Grant: 237,000 AED), AIRBUS A350 XWB / Rolls-Royce (R&T), Project Title: Machining Characteristics of Nickel Based Super Alloy Manufactured through Powder...

Industrial Research Award-High Value Manufacturing- Development of Adaptive Edge Machining Technologies (Grant:355,500 AED), SAMULET- Technology Strategy Board (TSB-UK) / Rolls-Royce (R&T), Project Title: High Value Manufacturing- Development of Adaptive Edge Machining Technologies Role:...

Best Presenter Award, Graduate Research Conference, University of New Brunswick, Canada, 31 March 2005

Research Scholarship (136,000 AED), University of New Brunswick, Canada,  Research Scholarship- ($50,000), University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, NB, Canada, Jan 2003 - Jan 2006, January 2003

International Research Scholarship (50,000 AED), University of Western Ontario, Canada,  International Research Scholarship ($12000/Year for 1.5 years), University Of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada, Sept 2001-Dec 2002, September 2001

Special University Research Scholarship (20,000 AED), University of Western Ontario, Canada,  Special University Research Scholarship ($5000/Year), University of Western Ontario, Canada, Sept 2001-Dec 2002, September 2001