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Dr. Ganesh V. Kumar, PhD

 

Company:                               Creative Environmental Systems, LLC, Singapore

Position:                                  Chief Project Manager

Nationality:                           Singapore

 

Education:

Bachelor of Engineering:                                  Bangalore University, 1988.

Master of Technology:                                       Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, 1990.

Ph. D:                                                                             Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, 1994.

 

Awards:

  • Outstanding University Researcher, National University of Singapore

  • Best Student Award, Undergraduate Studies

 

Books & Patents:

  • Books Published – 1

  • Patents Awarded – USA – 1, Singapore – 1, Singapore (Pending) - 1

 

Membership of Professional Bodies:

  • The Institution of Engineers (India)

  • Indian Society for Technical Education

  • Quality Circle Forum of India

  • Hyderabad Management Association

 

 

Key Assignments: Water & Waste Water Treatment, Waste Recovery

 

Technology Development:

  • Sludge less De-Coloration of Colored Waste Water. (Patent Pending)

  • Raw Biogas Upgrading & Bottling

  • Super Oxygenation of Drinking Water

  • Micro-bubble Floatation System

 

Turnkey Implementation:

 

  • Supervisory Project Manager for all CCE-CCE WTE WTP projects

  • Designed, supplied and commissioned textile dyeing waste water treatment plant for textile effluent in Sihanouk Ville, Royal Crowntex Inc (RCI), Cambodia. 1Million Liters Per Day

  • Designed, implemented and commissioned bottled oxygenated water plant. This is the first such plant in Asia based on Asian technology. This plant has built in capability to produce alkaline water (negative ORP) and energy water as well, AENO Fresh, Johor Bahru, Malaysia. 10,000 Bottles/Day

  • Designed, supplied & commissioned bottled mineral water plant for Malee Mineral Water, Mersing, Malaysia. 125,000 Bottles/Day

 

  • Designed, supplied & commissioned integrated waste recovery plant including pollution control systems for 5E Resources, Pasir Gudang, Malaysia. Overall 75,000 Liters/Day

  • Designed, supplied & commissioned lube oil moisture removal system for SPM Oil Recycling, Ipoh, Malaysia. 10,000 Liters/Day

  • Designed & commissioned biological waste water treatment system for MSM Food, Batu Pahat, Malaysia. 30,000 Liters/Day

  • Designed & commissioned biological waste water treatment system for Eng Hap Heng Manufacturing, Batu Pahat, Malaysia. 20,000 Liters/Day

  • Designed, supplied & commissioned used automotive lube oil re-refining system for Toan Thang Loi Company, HCM, Vietnam. 8,000 Liters/Day

  • Designed, supplied & commissioned super oxygenated bottled water plant for Good Health Oxygen, Johor Bahru, Malaysia. 200,000 Bottles/Day

  • Designed, implemented and commissioned bottled oxygenated water plant for VSRO Purified System. This plant has built in capability to produce Oxygenated Water & Alkaline water (negative ORP), Johor Bahru, Malaysia. 60,000 Bottles/Day

  • Designed & supplied MBR based containerized sewage treatment plant for Water Works Technology, Calgary, Canada. 5 Units of 20,000 Liters/Day.

 

Design Services:

  • Design of Textile dyeing waste water treatment system for resuse. Tirupur, India. 3 Systems, 10 Million Liters/Day, 5 Million Liters/Day & 4 Million Liters/Day

  • Design of 100MGD sewage treatment plant for Hyderabad city for Etimaad Engineering (Private) Limited, Lahore, Pakistan. 100 Million Gallons/Day

  • Design review of municipal sewage treatment plant in Yunan, China. 5 Million Liters/Day.   

  • Design review of commercial building sewage treatment system for Cam Tam  Quality Management & Environmental Technology Ltd, HCM, Vietnam   

  • Design of Anaerobic Digestion (CMART) based treatment plant Palm Oil Mill Effluent for Ladang Rayat, Malaysia. 1.4 Million Liters per Day

 

Consultant Services:

  • Consultant for US Filter to analyze the piping system in their ultra pure water plant at Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing, Singapore.

  • Consultant to Goodform GRP Pte. Ltd, Singapore for designing and installing the FRP piping from raw water intake to RO building for Hyflux Desalination Plant located at Tuas, Singapore.

  • Conceptualized, formulated and implemented polymer nanofiber based molecular filter project for Defence Science Technology Authority, Singapore through National University of Singapore.

 

APPENDIX – I

RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS

  • Papers in Refereed International Journals:

  • Naik, N.K., R.Anbarasu and G.V.Kumar.1991. "Effect of Curing Stresses on the Behaviour of Fibre Reinforced Plastic Composites Under Biaxial Loading", Journal of Materials Science, 26:5753-5761.

  • Naik, N.K. and V.K. Ganesh. 1992. "Prediction of On-Axes Elastic Properties of Plain Weave Fabric Composites", Composites Science and Technology, 45:135-152.

  • Ganesh, V.K. and N.K.Naik. 1993. "Some Strength Studies on FRP Laminates", Composite Structures, 24:51-58.

  • Naik, N.K. and V.K.Ganesh.1993. "Optimum Design Studies on FRP beams with Holes", Composite Structures, 24:59-66.

  • Naik, N.K. and V.K.Ganesh. 1993. "Prediction of Thermal Expansion Coefficients of Plain Weave Fabric Composites", Composite Structures, 26:139-154

  • Ganesh, V.K.and N.K.Naik. 1994. "Thermal Expansion Coefficients of Plain Weave Fabric Laminates", Composites Science and Technology, 51:387-408.

  • Naik, N.K. and V.K.Ganesh.1994. "Failure Behavior of Plain Weave Fabric Laminates Under In-plane Shear Loading", ASTM Journal of Composites Technology and Research, 16:3-20.

  • Ganesh, V.K. and Naik, N.K.1995. "Failure Behaviour of Plain Weave Fabric Laminates Under In-Plane Shear Loading: Effect of Fabric Geometry", Composite Structures, 30:179- 192.

  • Naik, N.K. and Ganesh,V.K. 1995. "An Analytical Method for Plain Weave Fabric Composites", Composites, 26:281-289.

  • Ganesh, V.K. and Naik, N.K. 1996. "Failure Behavior of Plain Weave Fabric Laminates Under On-Axis Uniaxial Tensile Loading: I - Laminate Geometry", Journal of Composite Materials, 30:1748-1778.

  • Naik, N.K. and Ganesh, V.K. 1996."Failure Behavior of Plain Weave Fabric Laminates Under On-Axis Uniaxial Tensile Loading: II - Analytical Predictions", Journal of Composite Materials, 30:1779-1822.

  • Ganesh, V.K. and Naik, N.K. 1996."Failure Behavior of            Plain Weave Fabric Laminates Under On-Axis Uniaxial Tensile Loading: III - Effect of Fabric Geometry", Journal of Composite Materials, 30:1823-1856.

  • Naik, N. K. and Ganesh, V. K. 1997. ”Thermo-mechanical Behaviour of Plain Weave Fabric Composites: Experimental Investigations”, Journal of Materials Science, 32:267-277.

  • Ganesh, V. K. and Naik, N. K. 1997. “(+45) Degree Off-Axis Tension Test for Shear Characterization of Plain Weave Fabric Composites”, ASTM Journal of Composites Technology & Research ,19:77-85.

  • Ganesh, V.K., S. Ramakrishna, S.H. Teoh and N.K. Naik. 1997. “Microstructural Design of Textile Composites”, Journal of Materials and Design, 18:175-181.

  • Ganesh V.K., S. Ramakrishna. 1998. “Prothesis: another concept”, The European Periodical For Technical Textile Users : Protection, Sept-Nov. 1998: 56-60.

  • Ganesh V. K., S. Ramakrishna & HJ Leck. 1998. “Fiber Reinforced Composite Based Functionally Gradient Materials”, Advance Composites Letters. 7:111-115.

  • Ganesh V.K., S. Ramakrishna, P.L. Loh, C.L. Chew and S.H. Teoh. 1998. “Functionally Graded Composites for Dental Applications”, Journal of Materials Science Research International.

  • P. L. Loh, K. Ravi, V. K. Ganesh, S. Ramakrishna, and C. L. Chew. 2000. “Moisture Absorption of Carbon Fiber Reinforced Posts”, J. Dental Research, 79, 5 (2000) 1317.

  • Aggarwal A., Ganesh V. K. & S. Ramakrishna. 2001, “Predicting the Inplane Elastic Constants of Diamond Braided Composites”, Journal of Composite Materials, 35(8):665-688.

  • Aggarwal A., S. Ramakrishna & Ganesh V. K. 2002, “ Predicting the Strenght of Diamond Braided Composites”, Journal of Composite Materials, 36:625-643.

  • V. K. Ganesh and T.S. Choo, 2002, “Modulus Graded Composite Adherends for Single-Lap Bonded Joints”, Journal of Composite Materials, 36:1757-1767.

  • Zheng-Ming Huang, R.Gopal, K. Fujihara, S.Ramakrishna, P.L.Loh, K.W.C.Foong, V.K.Ganesh and C.L.Chew,2003. “Design and Development of a New Composite Orthodontic Archwire”, Biomaterials , Vol.24, No.17, pp.2941-2953.

  • J. N. Boss, V. K. Ganesh and C. T. Lim. 2003. “Modulus grading versus geometrical grading of composite adherends in single-lap bonded joints”, Composite Structures, 62(I): 113-121.

  • K. Fujihara, K.Teo, R.Gopal, P.L.Loh, V.K.Ganesh, S.Ramakrishna, K.W.C.Foong and C.L.Chew, 2004 “Fibrous Composite Materials in Dentistry and Orthopaedics: Review & Applications”, Composites Science and Technology, 64(6): 775-788.

  • V. K. Ganesh, K. Ramakrishna and Dhanjoo N. Gista, 2005 “Biomechanics of Bone-Fracture Fixation by Stiffness-Graded Plates in Comparison with Stainless-Steel Plates, Biomedical Engineering Online, 4:46, 1-15.

  • J. N. Boss, V. K. Ganesh. 2005 “Fabrication And Properties Of Functionally Graded Composite Rod For Biomedical Applications”, Composite Structures, In Press.

  • C.Y.K. Teo, K. Fujihara, V.K. Ganesh, P.L. Loh, S. Ramakrishna, C.L. Chew, “Fracture Resistance of Tie-Wing of Braided Composite Orthodontic Brackets”, Submitted to Dental Materials.

  • K Ramakrishna, I Sridhar, KS Khong, S Sivashanker, VK Ganesh, DN Ghista “Analysis of an Internal Fixation of a Long Bone Fracture”,J Mech in Med and Biol, Vol 5 (1):1-15 (Feb 2005)

 

 

  • Papers Published in Conference Proceedings:

  • Ganesh, V.K., P.S.Shembekar and N.K.Naik. 1990. "On the Effect of Fibre and Resin Properties on the Interior Stress Distribution in FRP Composites with Circular Holes", in Proceedings of the 7th ISME Conference on Mechanical Engineering, New Delhi, pp. 98-105.

  • Naik, N.K. and V.K.Ganesh. 1992. "On-Axes Strengths of Plain Weave Fabric Composites", in Proceedings of the Second International Symposium on Composite Materials and Structures, C. T. Sun and T. T. Loo, ed., Peking University Press, Beijing, China, pp. 938-943.

  • Naik, N.K. and V.K.Ganesh. 1992. "Compact Plain Weave Fabric Laminates", in Proceedings of the 6th Japan-US Conference on Composite Materials, Technomic Publishing Company, Inc.,Lancaster, pp. 855-863.

  • Ganesh, V.K., V.Ramprasad and N.K.Naik. 1994. "Failure Behaviour of Mixed UD-WF Composites under On-Axis Uniaxial Tensile Loading", in Aerospace Composites - Challenges and Opportunities, Proceeding of the Composites '94 conference, Ed. KAV Pandalai et al., Interline Publishing, India, pp. 223-244.

  • Naik, N.K. and V.K.Ganesh. 1994. "Damage Mechanism in Woven Fabric Composites", in Fracture Mechanics, Proceedings of the Indo-German Workshop, Ed. A.V.Krishna Murthy and F.-G. Buchholz, Interline Publishing, India, pp. 87-93.

  • Naik, N.K. and V.K.Ganesh. 1994. "Failure behavior of satin weave fabric composites under on-axis uniaxial tensile loading", in Computational Structural Mechanics, Proceedings of the National Seminar on Aero Structures - 94, Eds P.K. Sinha and S.Parthan, Allied Publishers Limited, New Delhi, pp. 494-502.

  • Naik,N.K. and V.K.Ganesh. 1996. "(+/-45) Degree off-axis tension test for shear characterization of plain weave fabric composites" in Advances in Testing, Design and Development of Aerospace Structures, Proceedings of the fifth National Seminar on Aerospace Structures, Eds P.M. Mujumdar and A.Joshi, Allied Publishers Limited, New Delhi, pp. 494-502.

  • Ganesh V.K., S. Ramakrishna, S.H. Teoh, P.L. Loh and C.L. Chew. 1997. “Stiffness Tailored Composite Dental Post” in Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Biomedical Engineering, Eds JCH Goh & A Nather, National University of Singapore, Singapore, pp.673-674.

  • Ganesh V. K. and S. Ramakrishna. 1998. “Textile Composites for Biomedical Applications”, in Proceedings of Techtextil Symposium ’98 – Vol 2: Health and Protective Textiles, Lyon, France, pp.49-54.

  • V. K. Ganesh and S. Ramakrishna, Fabrication and Properties of a Functionally Graded Composite Rod. 1998. Proceedings of International Conference on Functionally Graded Materials, FGM98, Dreseden, Germany, October 1998, 103-104.

  • Ganesh V.K., S. Ramakrishna, P.L. Loh, C.L. Chew and S.H. Teoh. 1998. “Functionally Graded Composites for Dental Applications”, in Proceedings of the 1st Asian-Australasian Conference on Composite Materials (ACCM-1), Osaka, Japan.

  • Zhang Jian, V. K. Ganesh, P.L. Loh, S. Ramakrishna, C.L. Chew, 1999, "Effect of Cements on the Bonding Characteristics of Composite Dental Posts, in Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Composite Engineering (ICCE-6), Orlando, USA.

  • E. Yoshida, K. Fujihara, V. K. Ganesh, S. Ramakrishna, and H. Hamada, 1999. Influence of Microstructure on Bending Properties of Carbon/Epoxy Braided Composites.  Proc. of Annual Meeting of JSME/MMD, Japan, October 9-11, 1999, pp. 385-386.

  • Aggarwal, A, V.K. Ganesh and S. Ramakrishna, 1999, “Analytical Characterization of Diamond Braided Fabric Reinforced Composites” 31st International SAMPE Technical Conference "Advanced Materials & Processes: Preparing for the New Millennium" 26th-31st October 1999 Chicago, IL, USA

  • K. Fujihara, V. K. Ganesh, S. Ramakrishna, E. Yoshida, and H. Hamada, 1999. Applications of Composites to Bioengineering Field.  Proc. of Japan Society of Polymer Processing (JSPP), Japan, June 8-10, 1999, pp. 111-112.

  • H. J. Leck, V. K. Ganesh, S. Ramakrishna and C. M. Wang, Continuous Fiber Reinforced Functionally Gradient Polymer Composite Material. 1999. Proc. of International Workshop on Fracture Mechanics and Advanced Engineering Materials, December 8-10, 1999, 372-379.

  • J. Zhang, V. K. Ganesh, P. L. Loh, S. Ramakrishna and C. L. Chew, Study on Bonding Properties of Interfaces Between Resinous Cements and Dental Posts.  Proc. of International Workshop on Fracture Mechanics and Advanced Engineering Materials, December 8-10, 1999, 435-442.

  • P. L Loh, J. Zhang, V. K. Ganesh, S. Ramakrishna, and C. L. Chew, Pre-clinical Evaluation of Functionally Graded Dental Post.  Proc. of 10th International Conference on Biomedical Engineering (ICBME-10, Singapore), December 2000, pp. 338-339.

  • S.E.Sadique, K. Fujihara, V.K.Ganesh, P.L.Loh, K.W.C.Foong, C.L.Chew and S.Ramakrishna, “In vitro frictional characteristics and bioengineering consideration in orthodontic mechanics under dry and wet states”, International Congress on Biological and Medical Engineering, December 2002, Singapore, pp.143.

  • R.Gopal, Kazutoshi Fujihara, S.Ramakrishna, P.L.Loh, K.W.C.Foong, V.K.Ganesh, and C.L.Chew, “Fabrication of an Aesthetic Composite Orthodontic Archwire based on tube-shrinkage", Materials & Processes for Medical Devices, 8-10 September 2003, USA.

  • Kazutoshi Fujihara, V.K.Ganesh and S.Ramakrishna, “Dental and Orthopaedic Applications of Polymer Fibrous Composites”, 8th Japan International SAMPE Symposium & Exhibition, November 18-21 2003, Tokyo Bigsight, Tokyo, Japan.

  • S.E. Sadique, S. Ramakrishna and V.K. Ganesh, Modeling the Biomechanics of the Craniofacial Structures Using Boundary Element Method – A New Approach. 4th International Conference on Biological Mechanisms of Tooth Movement and Craniofacial Adaptation, Aug 18-21, 2003, USA.

  • S.E. Sadique, K. Fujihara, V.K. Ganesh, P.L. Loh, K.W.C. Foong, C.L. Chew and S. Ramakrishna, Z.M. Huang, R. Gopal, K. Fujihara and S. Ramakrishna, Development of a New Composite Orthodontic Archwire and Its Bridging Micromechanics Model Design. 14th International Conference on Composite Materials (ICCM-14), July 14-18 2003, San Diego, California, USA.

 

 

  • Books/Monographs, Chapters in Books :

  • An Introduction to Biocomposites, Imperial College Press to be released this summer. Co-authored with Seeram Ramakrishna, Zheng-Ming Huang, Andrew Batchelor, Joerg Mayer.

  • Research work has appeared in the book titled “Woven Fabric Composites” (Technomic Publishers) authored by N. K. Naik (Doctoral Supervisor).

  • Research work has appeared as a chapter in the book edited by Prof. J. W. Bull (Blackie Academic & Professional). Authored by N. K. Naik (Doctoral Supervisor).

  • Research work has appeared as a chapter in the book titled “Composite Engineering Handbook” edited by Prof. P. K. Mallick, (Marcel Dekker, Inc., New York). Authored by N. K. Naik (Doctoral Supervisor).

  • Patents:

  • Singapore Patent No. 79227, Granted: 27th Feb 2004: Fiber-Reinforced Composite Product with Graded Stiffness. Ramakrishna S, Ganesh VK, Teoh SH, Loh PL and Chew CL.

  • United States Patent No. 6,287,122 B1, Granted 11th Sept. 2001: Fiber-Reinforced Composite Product with Graded Stiffness. Ramakrishna S, Ganesh VK, Teoh SH, Loh PL and Chew CL.

  • Teo, K. Fujihara, P.L.Loh, K.W.C. Foong, V.K. Ganesh, S.Ramakrishna, C.L.Chew, “Fiber reinforced composite orthodontic brackets”, Provisional US Patent Granted, June 2003.

 

  • Awards:

  • Outstanding University Researcher Award: This is an annual award to recognize staff achievement and to stimulate quality research at the National University of Singapore. The award is made for quality research and not for quantity. Just one piece of excellent research work is sufficient for nomination.

  • Tan Kah Kee Young Inventors Merit Award (Singapore) for developmental work on Aesthetic Orthodontic Composite Archwires.

  • Best Student Award,  M.E.I.Polyte

 

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