• Friction Stir Welding (FSW) and Processing (FSP) of various Non-ferrous metal for automotive, aerospace and shipbuilding applications.
• Extrusion and testing of Metal Matrix Composite (MMC) for defence vehicle applications.

• Computer Aided Design and Analysis (CAD)
• Manufacturing Technology
• Material Science and Metallurgy
• Rapid Prototyping (3-D Printing)

Industrial Experience 15 years; Teaching Experience: 7 years

• Feb 2021 Onwards: Associate Professor Department of Mechanical Engineering, SRM University, Delhi NCR, Sonepat, Haryana.
• Jan -2016: Research Associate in Department of Mechanical Engineering, Anna University, CEG, Guindy, Chennai. Successfully completed CVRDE-CARS (Government) project for defence, aerospace and automobile application.
• Nov- 2007: Additional Director in SIAM commercial Group in Bangkok, Thailand and China. Monitoring and Directing the company\'s overall operations and procedures, as well as undertaking R&D for automotive manufacturing unit.
• Feb 2001: Production Manager in Dhanish Group of Company Bangkok, Thailand. Plan, implement and control the production schedule. Improved profit margins by 8% while reducing quality defect losses by 15%.
• May 1998: Lecturer in Department of Mechanical Engineering, Dr. M.G.R University, Chennai.

• Successfully completed a consultancy funded project on MMC materials for CVRDE used in various defence vehicles.
• MSME capacity building (SME) trained by BOSCH and facilitates workshops on Industry-Academia collaboration regarding plant layout, safety, and Japanese management style.
• Technology implementation: Introduced leading-edge technologies into the production process and implemented software application for workflow management and cost control.
• Cost Reduction & Productivity Improvement: reduced cost 20% and further reduced labor cost 10% and 30% increased productivity upon implementation of technologies

• Sankar, R., Rathinasuriyan, M. Puviyarasan, and VS Senthil kumar. "Relationship between microstructure, mechanical properties and wear behavior of friction stir processed az31b alloy under various medium." Surface Review and Letters (2022): 2250073.
• Sankar, C.Rathinasuriyan and Vijayan R “Effect of Friction Stir Processing on the High Cycle Fatigue Behavior of AZ31B Alloy.” Materials Today: Proceedings (2022).
• Haruna, Abdullahi I., Sankar, and Abdullahi Y. Mohammed. "Design and construction of gas and charcoal-fired crucible furnace." Materials Today: Proceedings (2021).
• Sankar and C. Rathinasuriyan "Wear and Corrosion Behavior of Cryogenic Friction Stir Processed AZ31B Alloy." Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance 30.4 (2021): 3118-3128.
• Rathinasuriyan, C., E. Pavithra, Sankar, and VS Senthil Kumar. "Current status and development of submerged friction stir welding: A review." International Journal of Precision Engineering and Manufacturing-Green Technology 8, no. 2 (2021): 687-701.
• Sankar, and V. S. Senthilkumar. "Effect of the process parameters on magnesium alloy using the submerged friction stir process." KOVOVE MATERIALY-METALLIC MATERIALS 57, no. 4 (2019): 275-285.
• Sankar, Senthil Kumar Velukkudi Santhanam, and Puviyarasan Muthuguru. "Effect of scroll pin profile and tool rotational speed on mechanical properties of submerged friction stir processed AZ31B magnesium alloy." Materials Research 21 (2018).
• Rathinasuriyan, C., A. Mystica, Sankar, and VS Senthil Kumar. "Experimental investigation of cooling medium on submerged friction stir processed AZ31 magnesium alloy." Materials Today: Proceedings (2021).
• Karthik, K., C. Rathinasuriyan, T. Raja, and Sankar. "Mechanical Characterization of Kenaf/Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymer Matrix Composites with Different Stacking Sequence." In Bio-Fiber Reinforced Composite Materials, pp. 175-187. Springer, Singapore, 2022.
• Velukkudi Santhanam, Senthil Kumar, Jeffrin Michael Gnana Anbalagan, Shanmuga Sundaram Karibeeran, Dhanashekar Manickam, and Sankar. "Multi Response Optimization of Friction Stir Processing Parameters on Cryo-Rolled AZ31B Alloys." In ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, vol. 84485, p. V02AT02A021. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2020.
• Rathinasuriyan, C., Sankar, Avin Ganapathi Shanbhag, and V. S. SenthilKumar. "Prediction of the average grain size in submerged friction stir welds of AA 6061-T6." Materials Today: Proceedings 16 (2019): 907-917.
• Karibeeran, Shanmuga Sundaram, Dhanalakshmi Sathishkumar, Sankar, and Rajamanickam Subban. "Investigations on the Structure and Properties of the Hot Extruded AA2014-Nano SiCp Composite." In ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, vol. 52170, p. V012T11A020. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2018.
• Sankar, Senthil Kumar Velukkudi Santhanam, and Puviyarasan Muthuguru. "Effect of scroll pin profile and tool rotational speed on mechanical properties of submerged friction stir processed AZ31B magnesium alloy." Materials Research 21 (2018).
• Chandran, Rathinasuriyan, Sankar, Avin Ganapathi Shanbhag, and Senthil Kumar Velukkudi Santhanam. "Optimization of welding parameters for friction stir lap welding of AA6061-T6 alloy." Modern Mechanical Engineering 8, no. 1 (2018): 31-41.
• Sankar, Udayakumar Mani, Rathinasuriyan Chandran, and Senthil Kumar Velukkudi Santhanam. "Optimization of corrosion behavior in submerged friction stir processed magnesium AZ31B alloy." In ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, vol. 58356, p. V002T02A055. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2017.
• Sankar, Rathinasuriyan Chandran, and Senthil Kumar Velukkudi Santhanam. "Effect of cooling conditions on mechanical and microstructural behaviours of friction stir processed AZ31B Mg alloy." Modern Mechanical Engineering 7, no. 4 (2017): 144-160.
• Santhanam SK, Sankar, Rathinaraj L, Chandran RA. Multi response optimization of submerged friction stir welding process parameters using grey relational analysis. InASME 2016 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition 2016 (pp. 11-17).
• Santhanam SK, Rathinaraj LO, Chandran RA, Sankar. Multi response optimization of submerged friction stir welding process parameters using TOPSIS approach. InConference Paper, DOI 2015 (Vol. 10).
• Lokesh, R., V. S. Senthil Kumar, C. Rathinasuriyan, and Sankar. "Optimization of process parameters: tool pin profile, rotational speed and welding speed for submerged friction stir welding of AA6063 alloy." International Journal of Technical Research and Applications 12 (2015): 35-38.
• Sankar, Senthil Kumar, V.S., Rathinasuriyan, C., and Lokesh, R. Effect of process parameters on submerged friction stir processing of AZ31B Magnesium alloy. International Conference on Materials, Design and Manufacturing proceedings. page no: 79-84. & 2016.
• Udhyakumar M, R. Sankar, Rathinasuriyan, C., Senthil Kumar, V.S “Corrosion analysis on submerged friction stir processing on AZ31B magnesium alloy “  Proceeding of the International conference on Recent innovations in production  Engineering (RIPE 2017), March 24-25 (2017), ISPN-978-93-86256-65-2

• Conducting webinars and invited talks by internationally and nationally recognized industrialists and researchers.
• Carrying out workshop for MSMEs to improve their output and working culture.