Publications


Patents

  1. Somashekara M A , Saiyadali H L, Rakshith B Sreesha "An assembly for creating programmable Shape Memory Alloys (SMA) for the process of 4D printing" filled on 19th October 2021 and granted on 1st april 2024, Grant Number : 531392, Patent granted by Indian patent office,
  2. Ikenna N, Abhishek S, Kramer MJ, Thomas L, Chistopher H and Somashekara M A "Additive Manufacturing with in-situ magnetic Field Source" filled April 15, 2021 for United States Letters Patent, no 17/300,213 and provisional patent no 63/204,738 filled october 21, 2020., granted by United States Letters Patent and US Patent No. 12,070,798 which issued August 27, 2024


Journals

  1. Deepak Mudakavi, Somashekara M A , "Machine learning-based microhardness prediction and microstructural analysis of Stainless Steel 316-Inconel 718 Functionally Graded Material through Metal Additive Manufacturing" Rapid Prototyping Journal (2025), Accepted
  2. Sujata Sahoo, Anish SK, Somashekara M A , Anbukkarasi Rajendran (2025) "Exploring the Potential of Friction Stir Additive Manufacturing in Deposition Techniques and Applications" ASTM Materials Performance and Characterization (2025), Accepted
  3. Vinayak S. Uppin, P.S. Shivakumar Gouda, I. Sridhar, M.A. Umarfarooq, Aravind Muddebihal, Somashekara M A , Anbukkarasi Rajendran (2025) "Glass-Carbon hybrid veil interleaving to enhance fracture toughness and shear strength in glass epoxy composites: An experimental study" Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics(2025), Accepted
  4. Sujata Sahoo, Somashekara M A , Anbukkarasi Rajendran (2025) "Investigation of defect formation and nozzle behaviour in WAAM of aluminium alloy under different process parameters" Progress in Additive Manufacturing (2025), Accepted
  5. Prashant Veer, Deepak Mudakavi, Somashekara M A (2025) "Optimizing multi-physics variables in wire arc additive manufacturing for weld bead aspect ratio: a machine learning approach" Progress in Additive Manufacturing (2025), Accepted
  6. Deepak Mudakavi, Rakshith B S, Siddarth Adappa, Somashekara M A (2025) "A Study on the Effect of Deposition Strategies on the Resulting Residual Stress during Laser Powder Directed Energy Deposition" Transactions of the Indian Institute of Metals, Volume 78, Page 124, (2025)
  7. Aravind Muddebihal, Shivakumar Gouda P S, Vinayak S Uppin, Abhilash Edacherian, Santosh Patil, Prahlad Joshi, Somashekara M A (2024) "Performance of Glass epoxy composites under combined effect of in-plane fiber waviness with circular cutout through Tensile test, and Image Processing technique" Polym Compos. 2025; 46(3): 2803-2814.
  8. Saiyadali H Ladakhan, Saiyadali H Ladakhan, Ramesh S, Isaac James, Rakshith B S, Rituraj Kumar, Somashekara M A (2025) "Enhancement of Interfacial Shear Strength of Shape Memory Alloy – Polylactic Acid Composite and Predictive Modeling through Cohesive Zone Modelling Approach for 4D Printing" The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, Volume 138, pages 81–95,(2025)
  9. Saiyadali H Ladakhan, Rakshith B Sreesha, Somashekara M A (2024) "4D printing of Polylactic Acid (PLA)/PLA-Thermoplastic Polyurethane (TPU)-Based Metastructure: Examining the Mechanical, Thermal, and Shape Memory Properties" , Smart Mater. Struct. 33 105037
  10. Deepak Mudakavi, Karunya G, Patel Varsha Somashekara M A (2024) "Synthesis and characterization of additively manufactured microcapsule-reinforced polylactic acid composites for autonomous self-healing" Polym Eng Sci. 2024; 64(10): 5085-5094.
  11. Deepak Mudakavi, Rakshith B Sreesha, Raja S Thanumoorthy, Shashank Anar, S Suryakumar, Srikanth Bontha Somashekara M A (2024) "Sequential Hybridisation of Wire and Powder-based Additive Manufacturing of Inconel 718: Mechanical and Microstructural Characterization" Materials Science and Engineering: A (2024), Volume 903, June 2024, 146639.
  12. Saiyadali H Ladakhan, Rakshith B Sreesha, Somashekara M A (2024) "A study of the functional capabilities of shape memory alloy-based 4D printed analogous bending actuators" Progress in Additive Manufacturing (2024)., Volume 9, pages 85–105, (2024)
  13. Vikash Kumar, Prashant Veer, R. Srilakshmi, Somashekara M A (2023) "Experimental Investigation of Fracture Behavior of 3D Printed Nano-Alumina Reinforced Polylactic acid Composites using Compact-Tension Tests and Infrared Thermography" Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance (2023).
  14. Vikash Kumar, Deepak Mudakavi,Rakshith B Sreesha, Saiyadali H Ladakhan, Somashekara M A (2023) "Investigation of Mechanical Behavior of Nano-alumina-Reinforced Polylactic Acid Composite Through Micro-mechanism Approach" Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance (2023).
  15. Muhammadzahid P, Rajeshwari D, Somashekara M A (2023) "Modelling, simulation, and experiments of 4D printed twisting actuator" Materials Today: Proceedings (2023).
  16. Aryaman J Singh, Siddharth Wala, Saiyadali H Ladakhan, Rakshith B Sreesha, Somashekara M A (2023) "Design and fabrication of shape memory alloy based 4D-printed actuator for FWMAV: A performance study" Materials Today: Proceedings (2023).
  17. Deepak Mudakavi, Rakshith B Sreesha, Vikash Kumar Somashekara M A (2022) "A comprehensive experimental investigation on mechanical properties and fracture morphology of particulate composites via material extrusion-based 3D printing" Results in Materials 16 (2022) 100348 ,
  18. Rakshith B Sreesha, Saiyadali H L, Deepak Mudakavi, Somashekara M A (2022) "An Experimental Investigation on Performance of NiTi Based Shape Memory Alloy 4D Printed Actuators for Bending Application" The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, 122, 4421–4436 (2022),
  19. Abhishek Sarkar Somashekara M A Parans Paranthaman, Matthew Kramer, Christopher Haase, Ikenna C.Nlebedim (2020) "Functionalizing magnet additive manufacturing with in-situ magnetic field source" Additive Manufacturing Journal  j.addma.2020.101289
  20. Somashekara M A and Suryakumar S (2017) "Twin-wire Welding based Additive Manufacturing (TWAM): Manufacture of functionally gradient objects" Rapid Prototyping Journal  RPJ-09-2015-0126
  21. Somashekara M Aand Suryakumar S "Studies on Dissimilar Twin-Wire Weld-Deposition for Additive Manufacturing Applications"Transactions of the Indian Institute of Metals. DOI :10.1007/s12666-016-1032-3.
  22. Somashekara M AM Naveenkumar, Avinash Kumar and C Viswanath S Suryakumar (2016) "Investigations into effect of weld-deposition patterns on residual stress evolution for metallic additive manufacturing" The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology. DOI: 10.1007/s00170-016-9510-7.
  23. Suryakumar, Simhambhatla, K. P. Karunakaran, U. Chandrasekhar, and Somashekara M. A. 2013. "A Study of the Mechanical Properties of Objects Built through Weld-deposition". Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part B: Journal of Engineering Manufacture 227 (8) (August 1): 1138–1147. DOI :10.1177/0954405413482122.


Selected Conferences/Symposium/Poster Presentation

  1. Somashekara M A (2024) "4D printing technology development: from static to dynamic structures" International Conference on Additive Manufacturing and Characterization (ICAMC) 2025 at IIT Bombay, on 9th&11th Jan 2025
  2. Saiyadali H L, Rakshith BS, Rituraj Kumar Somashekara M A (2024) "Enhancement of Interfacial Shear Strength of SMA-PLA Composite and Predictive Modeling through CZM Approach" .Flexible Automation and Intelligent Manufacturing (FAIM 2024) conference, held at Tailwan, June 23-26 June 2024
  3. Saiyadali H. Ladakhan, Rakshith B Sreesha Somashekara M A (2023) "4D-Printed Bending Actuators with Enhanced Performance through Shape Memory Alloy Integration" . AM AERO 3D Conference - 2023 held at M S Ramaiah, Bengaluru, on 13, 14th Dec 2023
  4. Saiyadali H. Ladakhan, Somashekara M A (2023) "4D Printing of Shape Memory Polymer-based Metastructures for Load bearing applications" . ShOdhaYAntrikI -2023 - IITDh, 22, November, 2023, Received Best Oral Presentation Award and presented by Saiyadali H. L.
  5. Saiyadali H. Ladakhan, Rakshith B Sreesha, Somashekara M A (2023) "4D printing of PLA/(PLA-TPU)-Based Metastructure: Examining the Mechanical, Thermal, and Shape Memory Properties" . 4D Materials Design and Additive Manufacturing Conference 2023 - (held at Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, USA) Presented Online(7 & 8th, September 2023)
  6. Karunya G, Deepak Mudakavi, Patel Varsha, Somashekara M A (2023) "Development of Microcapsule based 3D printed Self-Healing polymeric structure/component: An inspiration and adaptation from Ancient Indian tructures" . National Youth Conference on Indian Knowledge System, 3 - 5 February 2023, Adi Sankara Nilayam, Veliyanad, Ernakulam, Kerala.
  7. Vikash Kumar, Deepak Mudakavi,Somashekara M A (2022) "Preliminary studies on the development of ceramic gradient objects via material extrusion-based 3d printing" . 4th Structural Integrity Conference and Exhibition (SICE), IIT Hyderabad, 12-14th December 2022.
  8. Sunil Magadum, Amol Gilorkar, Deepak M, Rakshith B S, Navaharsha P, Nagahanumaiah,Somashekara M A (2022) "Experimental Investigation of 3D Printed Mechanical Metamaterials" . 6th International Conference on Microactuators, Microsensors, and Micromechanisms (MAMM-2022), at IIT Hyderabad, 3-5 December 2022.
  9. Muhammadzahid Pathan, Rajeshwari Devaramani Somashekara M A (2022) "Modelling, Simulation and Experiments of 4D printed twisting actuator" . 4D Materials Design and Additive Manufacturing Conference 2022 1st September.
  10. Aryaman Singh, Siddharth Wala, Rakshith B Sreesha, Saiyadali H Ladakhan Somashekara M A (2022) "Design and Fabrication of SMA-based 4D printed FWMAV: A Performance Study" . 4D Materials Design and Additive Manufacturing Conference 2022 1st September.
  11. Rakshith B Sreesha, Saiyadali H L, Deepak Mudakavi, Somashekara M A (2022) "An Experimental Investigation on Performance of NiTi Based Shape Memory Alloy 4D Printed Actuators for Bending Application" . 31st flexible Automation and Intelligent Manufacturing (FAIM 2022), Detroit, USA, 29-23 June 2022.
  12. Saiyadali H L, Rakshith B S, Somashekara M A (2022) "Design and Development of 4D Printing Technology" . IInvenTiv (IIT) R&D Fair, IIT Delhi.
  13. Deepak Mudakavi, Somashekara M A (2022) "Development of Ecofriendly Ancient Indian Clay, Ceramic Via 3D Printing" . Indian Knowledge system (IKS) Mela, Prajnan Bhavan, AICTE Auditorium, New Delhi, held on 29th to 31st of July, 2022.
  14. Deepak Mudakavi, Somashekara M A (2022) "Adoption of Ancient Mfg. techniques for development of Gradient and Self-Healing products via Additive Manufacturing/3D Printing " . Indian Knowledge system (IKS) Mela, Prajnan Bhavan, AICTE Auditorium, New Delhi, held on 29th to 31st of July, 2022
  15. Sunil Magadum, Amol Gilorkar, Deepak M, Rakshith B S, Navaharsha P, Nagahanumaiah, Somashekara M A , (2021) :Design, Simulation and Experimental Investigation of 3D Printed Mechanical Metamaterials. 2021 Annual International Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium (SFF Symp 2021), will be held August 2-4, 2021, Austin, USA.
  16. Sunil Magadum, Saurabh Chawhan, Somashekara M A , (2020) :A Study of Mechanical Properties of Fiber, Metal Particles Reinforced Polymers Using Additive Manufacturing. NCMST 2020, 4-6 March 2020, Bengaluru..
  17. Somashekara M A, Ryan Ott, Matt Kramer, Peter Collins, (2018) :Design of flexible multilayer powder feed system for in-situ X-ray studies. Materials Science & Technology 2018, 14-18th October 2018, Columbus, OH, USA..
  18. Naveen kumar M, Somashekara, M A. , Suryakumar, S. and Viswanath C. (2016): Studies on effect of area-filling pattern on residual stress evolution in weld-deposition based additive manufacturing. 2nd International Conference on Progress in Additive Manufacturing (Pro-AM 2016), May 16-19, NTU, Singapore..
  19. Somashekara M A Jaya Prakash Sharma P. and Suryakumar, S. (2016):Weld-Deposition based Additive Manufacturing through Single and Multiple wire GMAW 6th Welding Research and Collaboration Colloquium, April 7-9, Hyderabad, India.
  20. Somashekara M A Naveenkumar, M., Avinash Kumar, Vinayak Mathur, Abhay Sharma, Suryakumar, S. and Viswanath Chinthapenta (2015): Thermo-Mechanical Modelling of Arc Welding International Symposium Globalization in Joining Technology and Materials Science - Enhancing Collaboration Network in Greater Asia Region, October 14, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan.
  21. Somashekara M A and SuryaKumar S (2015): Manufacturing of Functionally Gradient Matrix through Weld-deposition. Poster presentation at ISDF 2015, IIT Hyderabad, March 2-3, 2015, India.
  22. Somashekara M A and Suryakumar S (2014): Determination of Process Parameter for Twin-wire Weld Deposition Based Additive Manufacturing., The ASME 2014 International Design and Engineering Technical Conferences & Computers and Information in Engineering Conference (IDETC/CIE 2014) will be held on August 17-20, 2014 at the Buffalo Niagara Convention Center in Buffalo, New York. http://proceedings.asmedigitalcollection.asme.org/proceeding.aspx?articleid=2090703.
  23. Suryakumar, S and Somashekara M A (2013): Manufacturing of functionally gradient materials by using weld-deposition, Proceedings of the 1st International Joint Symposium on Joining and Welding. Osaka, Japan, 6–8 November 2013, Pages 505–508.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9781782421634500821.
  24. Somashekara M A and Suryakumar S (2013): Preliminary study of process parameters for weld-deposition using twin wire system An International Conference on ‘Additive Manufacturing Technologies-AM 2013’ 7- 8th Oct 2013 at NIMHANS Convention Centre, Bengaluru. INDIA. http://www.amsi.org.in/ Received Best Technical Paper Award.
  25. Suryakumar S, Somashekara M A , (2013): Manufacturing of Functionally Gradient Material by Using Weld-Deposition. Twenty Forth Annual International Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium – An Additive Manufacturing Conference, August 12-14, 2013, Austin, Texas, USA. Pages 939-949. PDF .
  26. Somashekara M A and Suryakumar S (2013): Manufacturing of Functionally Gradient Matrix through Weld-deposition. Poster presentation at Asian Academic Seminar 2012, Manufacturing, Design and innovation, December 3rd-7th 2012 IIT Bombay, India.
  27. Somashekara M A and Suryakumar S (2013): Manufacturing of Functionally Gradient Materials by Weld-deposition 1st International Conference on Thermo Mechanically Graded Materials. Page 153-158, October 29-30 (2012) Kongress Palais Kassel, Germany, Accepted.


Invited Talks

  1. Chief Guest and Delivered invited talk on “Hybrid Additive Manufacturing Processes” at Department of physics, Vardhaman College of Engineering, Hyderabad 03.02.2025
  2. Chief Guest and give expert lecture during inaugural event of workshop on “Skill Based Training on Optimization Framework for Design of Experiments and Pseudo Ternary Phase Diagram” on 31st January 2025, at KLE College of Pharmacy, Hubballi.
  3. Delivered two invited talks on “Additive Manufacturing, 4D Printing” areas International Conference on Additive Manufacturing and Characterization (ICAMC) 2025 at IIT Bombay, on 9th&11th Jan 2025.
  4. Delivered invited talk at AICTE Sponsored FDP on “3D Printing for Semiconductor Devices” Department of H & S, P.V.K.K (A) Institute of Technology, Ananthapuramu on 17.12.2024
  5. Delivered invited talk at AICTE Sponsored FDP on “Sustainable Manufacturing Practices and Environmental Impact Optimization Techniques” Dayananda Sagar College of Engineering, Bengaluru on 10.12.2024.
  6. Chief Guest and give expert lecture during inaugural event of Mechanical Engineering Forum, at UBT Davangere on 20.11.2024.
  7. Delivered invited expert on Material extrusion at Bapuji Institute of Engineering and Technology, Davangere on 20.11.2024.
  8. Invited Speaker (Title: Additive Manufacturing and 4D printing Lab research activities ), Industry-Academia R& D connect event meeting as part of CSIR One week one lab program on 13th July 2023 at CSIR 4PI.
  9. Keynote Speaker (Title: Recent development of 4D Printing and Materials ) at 6th International Conference on “Sustainable Materials And Recent Trends in Mechanical Engineering” (SMARTME-2022), held at REVA University, Bengaluru, Karnataka. on 08th July, 2022.
  10. Delivered expert lecture in the area of 4D printing, during webinar Series by Dept of. Mechanical Engineering, Sanjivani Rural Education society, Kopargaon 6th September 2021
  11. Delivered expert lecture in the area of 4D printing, during webinar Series by Hindustan College of Science & Technology , Farah, Mathura, U.P 5th August 2021
  12. Delivered expert lecture in the area of 3D printing, during webinar Series by KLE Dr. M. S. Sheshgiri, Mechanical Engg, Belagavi 30/7/2021
  13. Delivered two expert lecture in the area of material extrusion and 4D printing, during ATAL FDP on “Additive manufacturing in industry 4.0 strategy” organized by NIT Andhra Pradesh 7th &8th July 2021. .
  14. Delivered expert lecture in the area of 3D printing: Material extrusion, during FDP on “Frontier of 3D Printing Technology and Its Industrial Applications” conducted by LBRCE, Andhra Pradesh, Mylavaram 29/01/2021,
  15. Delivered expert lecture in the area of Material extrusion, during TEQIP-III sponsored 5 Days Online Lecture, on “Additive Manufacturing: Theory & Applications” organized by UCET Hazaribagh, Jharkhand 21/01/2021.
  16. Delivered expert lecture in the area of 4D printing, during Short Term Training Programme (STTP) on "Smart Materials and Systems: Theory and Applications", organized by C. V. Raman Global University, Bhubaneswar. 23.01.2021.
  17. Delivered expert lecture in the area of 3D printing: Material extrusion, 5-Days Faculty Development Program in the field of “Advances in the field of Mechanical Engineering”, organized by SMVITM, Udupi 29/12/2020


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IIT Dharwad (WALMI Campus),
Karnataka, India 580011.

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