Profile
Name Dr. K. PAUL DURAI
Designation Assistant Professor
Areas of Interest Automotive Engine, Automotive Chassis, Automotive Trnasmission, Automotive Pollution And Control, Automotive Electrical and Electronics
Room No. 9104
Intercom No. 454
Mobile 9444465780
Email Id (Official) pauldurai@svce.ac.in
Email Id (Personal) paul_surya@rediffmail.com
Qualification
  • Ph.D., – Anna University Chennai
  • M.E. – Computer Integrated Engineering – 2005 – Anna University, Chennai
  • B.E. – Automobile
Academic Experience
  • Assistant Professor from 01-06-2010 to Till Date, Department of Automobile Engineering, Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering, Pennalur.
  • Lecturer 11-08-2008 to 31-05-2010, Department of Automobile Engineering, Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering, Pennalur.
  • Senior Lecturer 01-06-2004 to 07-08-2008, Department of Automobile Engineering, Sriram Engineering College, Perumalpattu.
  • Lecturer 30-12-2002 to 31-05-2004, Department of Automobile Engineering, Sriram Engineering College, Perumalpattu.
Courses Handled

Theory Subject Handling

  • Automotive Pollution and Control
  • Transport Management

    Laboratory Handling

  • Computer Aided Drafting Laboratory
  • Computer Aided Engine and Chassis Components Design Laboratory

    Theory Subjects Handled

  • Applied Thermodynamics and Heat Transfer
  • Alternative Fuels and Energy System
  • Automotive Fuels & Lubricants
  • Automotive Chassis
  • Automotive Transmission
  • Automotive Pollution And Control
  • Automotive Electrical And Electronics
  • Two and Three Wheeled Vehicles
  • Operations Research
  • Vehicle Maintenance
  • Automotive Chassis Components Design
  • Lubricants, Fuels And combustion
  • Engine Auxiliary Systems
  • Automotive safety
  • Automotive Engines

    Laboratory Handled

  • Automotive Electrical & Electronics Laboratory
  • Engine Performance & Emission Testing Laboratory
  • Vehicle Maintenance Lab
  • Re-conditioning Lab
  • Computer Aided Engineering Drawing Lab
  • Automotive Engine Components Lab
  • Automotive Chassis Components Lab
  • Computer Aided Machine Drawing Laboratory
  • Two and Three Wheelers Laboratory
  • CAD and CAM Laboratory
  • Strength of materials Laboratory
  • Automotive Components Laboratory
  • Engineering Practices Laboratory
Research & Consultancy
    International Journals

  • Dr. K. Paul Durai published a paper titled “Optimization of design and fuel parameters of a DI CI engine through desirability function and RSM for lower emissions and clean environment” in Journal of the Energy Institute, Vol. 114, 101607, 2024.
  • Dr. K. Paul Durai published a paper titled “Investigation on passenger car CRDI engine for optimization of its fuel and operating parameters for lower emissions fuelled with diesel, biodiesel and higher alcohol blends” in Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science, 2023.
  • Mr. K. Paul Durai published a paper titled “Comparison of combustion characteristics of an automotive CRDI engine with conventional HCV engine” in Int. J. Oil, Gas and Coal Technology, Vol. 21, No. 3, pp. 390-405, 2019.
Conference / Workshop / FDP
  • Dr. K. Paul Durai, Assistant Professor in the Department of Automobile Engineering, participated in the BIS Mentor training program for all standards club mentors on 15th February 2024 and 16th 2024, at Hotel Savera.
  • Dr. K. Paul Durai, Assistant Professor, Assistant Professor from the Department of Automobile Engineering, attended the ATAL sponsored National FDP on SUSTAINABILITY THROUGH GREEN VEHICLES – Powered by CNG, Hydrogen, and Electric Energy from 12th February 2024 to 17th February 2024, organized by the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering.
  • Dr. K. Paul Durai, Assistant Professor from the Department of Automobile Engineering, attended the BIS Sensitization Programme for Faculty (BSPF). The program was organized by SVCE-BIS Standards Club in collaboration with the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS), Chennai branch on 10th January 2024.
  • Mr. K. Paul Durai, Assistant Professor, participated in a Two-day Faculty Student Development Programme (FSDP) on “Multi-Scale Modeling of Various Metal Additive Manufacturing Processes”, organized by PALS IITM from 7th December 2022 to 08th December 2022.
  • Attended a Faculty Development and Training Program on “Automotive Air – Conditioning” during 25th Nonember to 30th November 2019 at Automobile Engineering Department, Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering, Pennalur, Sriperumbudur, Chennai.
  • Attended a Faculty Development and Training Program on “Engineering Thermodynamics” during 31st May 2019 to 06th June 2019 at Automobile Engineering Department, Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering, Pennalur, Sriperumbudur, Chennai.
  • Attended a Faculty Development Program on Vehicle Dynamics using MATLAB during 27th Novemeber to 01st December 2018 at Automobile Engineering Department, Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering, Pennalur, Sriperumbudur, Chennai
  • Attended a Faculty Development and Training Program on on Vehicle Design Data Characteristics from 1st June to 8th June 2018 at M.I.T Campus, Anna University, Chennai.
  • Attended a Faculty Development and Training Program on AT6603-Two and Three Wheelers during 27th Nonember to 05th December 2017 at Automobile Engineering Department, Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering, Pennalur, Sriperumbudur, Chennai.
  • Attended a Faculty Development and Training Program on AT6604-Vehicle Dynamics during 23 to 30th November 2016 at Automobile Engineering Department, Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering, Pennalur, Sriperumbudur, Chennai.
  • Attended the Faculty Development Programme on ” AT6401 – Engine and Vehicle Management System ” from 8th to 14th June 2015 at MIT conducted by Department of Automobile Engineering.
  • Attended the ICTE sponsored seminar on “Automotive Electronics and Electronic Engine Management” from 20th to 22nd Mar’14, conducted by Department of Automobile Engineering, Rajalakshmi Engg. College.
  • Attended the One day workshop on “Recent trends on Emission control in IC Engines” on 25th Mar’13 at svce conducted by Department of Mechanical Engineering.
  • Attended the Two day national level workshop on “Multi-Response optimisation” on 22nd &23th Mar’13 at Saveetha Engineering college conducted by Department of Mechanical Engineering.
  • Attended the One day workshop on “Advanced thermal systems” on 23rd Feb’13 at Saveetha Engineering college conducted by Department of Mechanical Engineering.
  • Attended the Faculty Development Programme on “Design of Experiments and Optimisation Techniques” One week. 16.12.13 to 21.12.13 at SVCE conducted by Department of Mechanical Engineering.
  • Attended the One day workshop on ” Recent developments in CNG utilization” on 22.3.2012 at RMK Engineering college.
  • Attended the One day workshop on “Latest Advancement in Automotive Testing” on 12.3.2012 at svce conducted by Atalon & SVCE.
  • Attended the A Special course on “Automotive Exhaust System & NVH” on 23.7.11 to 30.7.11 at svce conducted by SVCE & Ashok Leyland – Technical Center.
  • Recent Trends in Automotive Electronics and Materials-SVCE
  • Recent Trends in Automotive Electronics-KCG
  • Faculty Development Programme-SVCE
  • Technical Teachers Quality Improvement Programme-Sathyabama University
  • Communication Skill Development Programme-SVCE
Laboratory Handled
Training Attended
Additional Responsibilities
  • Faculty Advisor – III Year
  • CAD Lab In-charge
  • Fuels & Lubricants Lab In-charge
  • Academic Objective Coordinator
  • Budget Coordinator
  • Class Committee Chairperson
  • NAAC Cr.2
  • Module Coordinator for Vehicle Systems
Achievements
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