Universal Engineering College

Faculty Profile

Enrolment ID 2138
Name Antonio Joseph V K
Designation Assistant Professor
Date of Joining 17/07/2017
Contact Email antonio@uec.ac.in
Qualification M. Tech
Experience In Years 8
Area of Interests Thermodynamics, IC Engines Computational Fluid Dynamics Design
Area of Specialization Thermal Engineering

Education Summary

Degree Specialization Institute University Year of Pass
Ph.D IC Engines Cochin University of Science and Technology Cochin University of Science and Technology Course work
M Tech Thermal Engineering Cochin University of Science and Technology Cochin University of Science and Technology 2015
B Tech Mechanical Engineering College of Engineering, Thalassery Cochin University of Science and Technology 2012

Employment History

Designation Institute Duration
Assistant Professor Universal Engineering College, Vallivattom 17/07/2017 onwards
Assistant Professor Albertian Institute of Science & Technology, Kalamassery 15/05/2015- 07/07/2017
Faculty Kuttukaran Institute of HRD, Ernakulam 02/08/2012- 03/08/2013

Awards and achievements

  • Best Paper award for the paper, “Real-time Analysis for Reducing Engine Knocking Using EGR” in National Conference on Innovative Engineering (NCIE’15).
  • Participated in Young Scientists meet as a part of India International Science Fest – 2015, held at IIT Delhi on Dec 4-8 2015.
  • Best Paper award for the paper, “Power spectral estimation of engine block vibrations to classify and predict the occurrence of knock”, in the Sixth Biennial International Conference On Emerging Trends In Engineering Science And Technology (ICETEST) 2020.

Journals

  • Antonio Joseph and Gireesh Kumaran Thampi, "Analysis of performance enhancement in SI Engine using reciprocating compressor and expander", Journal of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Special issue 6, pp. 8-13, 2015.
  •  Antonio Joseph and Gireesh Kumaran Thampi, "Finite time thermodynamic analysis of an irreversible Otto cycle", Journal of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Special issue 6, pp. 14-18, 2015.
  • Antonio Joseph, Jinsha Rajeevan, Shihabudeen H and Gireesh Kumaran Thampi, "Real- time Analysis for Reducing Engine Knocking Using EGR" International Journal of Advanced Research Trends in Engineering and Technology, Special issue 10, 2015.
  • Antonio Joseph, Jinsha Rajeevan, Shihabudeen H and Gireesh Kumaran Thampi, “Approximate analysis of SI engine knocking using wavelet and its control with cooled exhaust gas recirculation”, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering Transactions, 44, pp. 22- 28, 2016.
  • Jinsha Rajeevan, Hans M H, Antonio Joseph, Kiran T S, Gireesh Kumaran Thampi, “Hybrid turbocharged SI engine with cooled exhaust gas recirculation for improved performance”, Procedia Technology, 24, pp. 444-451, 2016.
  • Antonio Joseph, Gireesh Kumaran Thampi, “Power spectral estimation of engine block vibrations to classify and predict the occurrence of knock”, IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering 1114 (1), 2021.

Conferences

  • Antonio Joseph and Gireesh Kumaran Thampi, “Analysis of performance enhancement in SI Engine using reciprocating compressor and expander”, International Conference on Energy Efficient Technologies for Automobiles (EETA’15), at Anna university, Trichy.
  • Antonio Joseph and Gireesh Kumaran Thampi, “Finite time thermodynamic analysis of an irreversible Otto cycle”, International Conference on Energy Efficient Technologies for Automobiles (EETA’15), at Anna university, Trichy.
  •  Antonio Joseph and Gireesh Kumaran Thampi, “Numerical analysis of the efficiency enhancement in spark ignition engine”, International Conference on Emerging Trends in Mechanical Engineering (ICETIME’15)
  •  Antonio Joseph and Gireesh Kumaran Thampi, “Finite time thermodynamic modelling of an irreversible Otto cycle”, International Conference on Emerging Trends in Mechanical Engineering (ICETIME’15)
  • Antonio Joseph, Jinsha Rajeevan, Shihabudeen H and Gireesh Kumaran Thampi, “Real- time analysis for reducing engine knocking using EGR” National Conference on Innovative Engineering (NCIE’15)
  • Antonio Joseph, Jinsha Rajeevan, Shihabudeen H and Gireesh Kumaran Thampi, “Approximate analysis of SI engine knocking using wavelet and its control with cooled exhaust gas recirculation” National Conference on Advances in Mechanical Engineering (NME’15), at Anna university, Tirunelveli.
  • Jinsha Rajeevan, Hans M H, Antonio Joseph, Kiran T S, Gireesh Kumaran Thampi, “Hybrid turbocharged SI engine with cooled exhaust gas recirculation for improved performance”, International Conference on Emerging Trends in Engineering, Science and Technology (ICETEST – 2015), at Government Engineering College, Thrissur, Kerala.
  • Antonio Joseph, Jinsha Rajeevan, Hans M H, Gireesh Kumaran Thampi, "Turbocharged SI Engine with Water Exhaust Injection System and Cooled Exhaust Gas Recirculation for Better Fuel Economy”, Proceedings of the India International Science Festival- Young Scientists’ Meet, Department of Science and Technology, Government of India, at IIT Delhi – Dec 4-8, 2015.
  • Jinsha Rajeevan, Antonio Joseph, Kiran T S, Gireesh Kumaran Thampi, “Acoustic Analysis to Determine the Occurrence of Misfiring in SI Engines Using Wavelet Transform”, International Conference on Emerging Trends in Mechanical Engineering (ICETiME’15), at Cochin University of Science and Technology, December 16-17, 2015.
  • Antonio Joseph, “Finite Time Thermodynamics: Recent Developments and Future Scope”, Futuristic Advancements in Mechanical Engineering, at College of Engineering Thalassery, August 7-8, 2016.
  • Arun V, Antonio Joseph and Vinu Varghese, "Swirl Induced Heat Transfer Enhancement Technique in Automotive Applications", International NAFEMS Conference on Engineering Analysis, Modeling, Simulation and 3D-Printing (NAFEMS-3D), 29-31 Aug 2016.
  • Antonio Joseph, Arun V and Vinu Varghese, "Swirl Flow Fluctuations in Pipe Bends as a Result of Flow Separation and Dean Vortex in Bends", Proceedings of the 6th International and 43rd National Conference on Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power, December 15-17, 2016, MNNITA, Allahabad, India
  • Dibin Benny, Akshai Babu, Antonio Joseph, Vinu Varghese, "Analysis of dean cells in various pipe bends and its influence on flow at various Reynolds numbers", National Conference on Energy, Economy and Environment, at NIT Calicut, 16-17 Dec 2016.
  • Rinku Michael, Akhil Raj, Antonio Joseph, Vinu Varghese, “Analysis of fluid flow and heat transfer characteristics of a fin and tube heat exchanger with plain and corrugated fin configurations”, National Conference on Recent Advances in Mechanical Engineering – 2017, NIT Kurukshetra.
  • Dibin Benny, Akshai Babu, Antonio Joseph, Vinu Varghese, “Analysis of the effect of Dean cells on Lyne circulation in a pulsating flow occurring through pipe bends”, National Conference on Recent Advances in Mechanical Engineering – 2017, NIT Kurukshetra.
  • Akhil Sebastian, Antony Jomy, Antonio Joseph, Vinu Varghese, “Analysis of the heat transfer characteristics in a fluid flow occurring through the pipe bends at various Reynolds number”, National Conference on Recent Advances in Mechanical Engineering – 2017, NIT Kurukshetra.
  • Antony Jomy, Akhil Sebastian, Antonio Joseph, Vinu Varghese, “Analysis of heat transfer in various pipe bends and its effect on the Dean cells”, National Conference on Recent Advances in Mechanical Engineering – 2017, NIT Kurukshetra.
  • Antonio Joseph and Gireesh Kumaran Thampi, “Power spectral estimation of engine block vibrations to classify and predict the occurrence of knock”, in the Sixth Biennial International Conference On Emerging Trends In Engineering Science And Technology (ICETEST) 2020, at Government Engineering College, Thrissur, Kerala.

Training Programs Attended

Name of the Program Institution Period
Short term training program on “Numerical Methods for Engineers” Cochin University of Science and Technology 27-31 January, 2014.
Workshop on “FEM and practical stress analysis: Benchmark and best practices” NAFEMS - Newton Bhabha Project Event, FICCI-NKFH & Royal Academy of Engineering, UK, at NIMHANS 30 th August 2016
Five days Faculty Development Programme on “FLUID MECHANICS AND SYSTEMS” Department of Mechanical Engineering, ASIET in association with ASME 3rd to 7th August 2020

Resource person in Training Programmes

Name Year
Coordinator and Resource person for the 1 st Short Term Training Program on Computational Fluid Dynamics using OpenFOAM, at Albertian Institute of Science and Technology. 23 rd to 27 th Jan 2017
Coordinator and Resource person for the 2 nd Short Term Training Program on Computational Fluid Dynamics using OpenFOAM, at Albertian Institute of Science and Technology. 24 th to 26 th Feb 2017
Coordinator and Resource person for the 1 st Short Term Training Program on Computational Fluid Dynamics using OpenFOAM, at Universal Engineering College. 26 th to 28 th July 2017
Coordinator and Resource person for the 2 nd Short Term Training Program on Computational Fluid Dynamics using OpenFOAM, at Universal Engineering College. 7 th to 9 th September 2017
Resource person for the 3 rd Short Term Training Program on Computational Fluid Dynamics using OpenFOAM, sponsored by Kerala Technological University, at Universal Engineering College. 26 th to 30 th December 2017
Resource person for the 4 th Short Term Training Program on Computational Fluid Dynamics using OpenFOAM, sponsored by Kerala Technological University, at Universal Engineering College. 3 rd to 7 th June 2019,
Coordinator and Resource person for the 5 th Short Term Training Program on Computational Fluid Dynamics using OpenFOAM, at Universal Engineering College. 10 th to 14 th August 2020
Resource person for 5 Day STTP on "Softwares for Research in Mechanical Engineering at Universal Engineering College. 31 st May 2021 to 4 th June 2021
Resource person for 5 days ATAL-FDP on “Creating & Publishing e-Content in Teaching Learning Process”, at College of Engineering Thalassery. 5 th July to 9 th July 2021
Resource person for 3 days FDP on “Multidisciplinary applications of MATLAB” at Universal Engineering College. 22 nd – 24 th July 2021
Resource person for 1 day FDP on “Outcome Based Education” at Universal Engineering College. 4 th December 2021

Positions Held

Name Year
IEDC - Nodal Officer 2018-19 and 2022 to present
IQAC - General Secretary 2019 to present
PMKVY - Centre coordinator 2019 to present
IIC – Vice-president 2021 to present

Current Responsibilities

  • IEDC – Nodal Officer
  • IQAC – General Secretary
  • PMKVY – Centre coordinator
  • IIC – Vice-president

Department Responsibilities

  • Tutor and mentor for First year mechanical Engineering students.
  • Coordinator for Organising FDPs in department
  • Assistant Coordinator for conducting Add-on courses for students of mechanical engineering department