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Bhaskaran Gopalakrishnan
Professor, Industrial and Management Systems Engineering

College of Engineering and Mineral Resources

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Students who supported my research and completed their degree:

**Current Students**
Name	Option	Title of Work	Degree
Mostafa	Dissertation	Aggregate Planning Analysis for Manufacturing Enterprises under Conditions of Dynamic Pricing of Utilities	PhD
Chaudhari	Dissertation	Energy Efficiency Analysis of Industrial Energy Systems Using an Interactive Simulation Based Approach	PhD

**2025 Students**
SI No	Name	Option	Title of Work	Degree
1	Prajapati	Thesis	Energy Efficiency Interactions in Corporate Environmental and Social Governance	MS
2	Dahal	Thesis	An Investigation into Energy Consumption and V2G Potential of an Electric School Bus Fleet	MS
3	Adhikari	Thesis	Energy Efficiency Interactions in Corporate Environmental and Social Governance	MS
4	Recktenwald	Thesis	Characterization of Cast Copper Heatsinks for Computer Chip Cooling	MS

**2024 Students**
SI No	Name	Option	Title of Work	Degree
5	Subnom	Thesis	An Investigation of the Performance of a 140 kW Solar Panel in West Virginia	MS

**2023 Students**
SI No	Name	Option	Title of Work	Degree
6	Chowdhury	Thesis	Effective Systems for Decarbonization	MS
7	Wagle	Thesis	Synergistic Analysis of Equest Based Building Energy Modeling and Benchmarking	MS
8	Bisht	Thesis	Parametric Energy Efficiency Impact Analysis of Industrial Process Heating using MEASUR	MS
9	Sarker	Coursework Report	Sensors and Controls Based Industrial Energy Efficiency Impact Analysis	MS

**2022 Students**
SI No	Name	Option	Title of Work	Degree
10	Donovan	Coursework Report	Industrial Assessment Center Operations	MS

**2021 Students**
SI No	Name	Option	Title of Work	Degree
11	V. Karki	Thesis	Effectiveness of Building Energy Management Systems in Commercial Buildings	MS
12	Lamichhane	Thesis	An eQUEST Based Building Energy Modeling Analysis for Energy Efficiency of Buildings	MS
13	Adeyinka	Problem Report	Identification of Moving Bottlenecks in Production Systems	MS

**2020 Students**
SI No	Name	Option	Title of Work	Degree
14	Das	Thesis	Energy Based Forensic Intelligence	MS
15	U. Karki	Thesis	Evaluation of process and economic feasibility of implementing topping cycle cogeneration	MS
16	Perera	Thesis	Sustainability based expert system for metal additive manufacturing and CNC machining	MS
17	Torkjazi	Coursework Report	A Review of ISO 50001 Energy Management Standard and the EnPI Statistical Tool	MS

**2019 Students**
SI No	Name	Option	Title of Work	Degree
18	Al-Shebeeb	Dissertation	Analysis of the Integration of DFM Techniques and Effective Machining Parameters Selection in Metal Parts Manufacturing	PhD
19	Davis	Thesis	Energy Efficiency Evaluation of Blower Heater Non-purge Desiccant Compressed Air Dryer	MS

**2018 Students**
SI No	Name	Option	Title of Work	Degree
20	Komarina	Problem Report	Feasibility of Electric Vehicle Charging Stations in Public Facilities in West Virginia	MS
21	Mandlem	Problem Report	Energy Efficiency Evaluation of Smart Thermostat based Building Energy Management Systems	MS
22	Sindi	Coursework Report	Inventory Management: Academia versus Industry	MS
23	Alghamdi	Coursework Report	Mixed Model Assembly Line Balancing	MS

**2017 Students**
SI No	Name	Option	Title of Work	Degree
24	Abolhassani	Dissertation	Developing Statistical Models to Assess Productivity in Automotive Manufacturing Sector	PhD
25	Jammulamadaka	Thesis	Evaluation of Energy Efficiency Performance of Heated Windows	MS

**2016 Students**
SI No	Name	Option	Title of Work	Degree
26	Chada	Problem Report	Decision Support System in Aggregate Planning	MS
27	Alahmadi	Dissertation	Determination of Cost-Effective Range in Surface Finish for Single Pass Turning	PhD

**2015 Students**
SI No	Name	Option	Title of Work	Degree
28	Devaru	Dissertation	Estimation of Energy Intensity in Wood Processing Sawmills based on Analysis of Product, Process and System Parameters	PhD
29	Latif	Thesis	Sustainability Index Development for Manufacturing Industry	MS

**2014 Students**
SI No	Name	Option	Title of Work	Degree
30	Maddula	Thesis	Energy Intensity Determination in Wood Processing Sawmills	MS
31	Kanneganti	Thesis	Specification of Energy Assessment Methodologies to satisfy ISO 50001 Energy Management Standard	MS
32	Vaish	Thesis	Developed a Remote Technique to Assess the Effectiveness of Thermal Insulation in Households in West Virginia	MS

**2013 Students**
SI No	Name	Option	Title of Work	Degree
33	Layfield	Problem Report	Analysis of Lean Practices as a Continuous Improvement Program in the Manufacturing Industry	MS

**2012 Students**
SI No	Name	Option	Title of Work	Degree
34	Ramamoorthy	Thesis	A Structured Approach for Facilitating the Implementation of ISO 50001 Standard in Manufacturing Industry	MS
35	Mahareddy	Problem Report	Energy Profiling Analysis Based on Energy Assessments for Small Rural Businesses in West Virginia	MS

**2011 Students**
SI No	Name	Option	Title of Work	Degree
36	Jalali	Thesis	Design and Development of an Energy Efficiency Knowledge Center(EEKC)	MS
37	Guthula	Problem Report	Feasibility Study and Resource Assessment for Biomass CHP plant at Sawmill Facility	MS
38	Banuri	Problem Report	Feasibility Analysis for Implementing GPR Scanning System in Sawmills for Productivity Improvement	MS

**2010 Students**
SI No	Name	Option	Title of Work	Degree
39	Sundaramoorthy	Thesis	Heat Balance Analysis of Annealing and Galvanneal Furnace in Continuous Galvanizing Lines	MS
40	Phuong	Thesis	Pot Heat Balance Analysis in Continuous Galvanizing Lines	MS

**2008 Students**
SI No	Name	Option	Title of Work	Degree
41	Muniswamy	Thesis	Development of a Computer Based Total Productive Maintenance Model for Electrical Motors	MS
42	Bhadra	Problem Report	Utilizing GEPDSS for Analyzing Productivity Based Energy Efficiency	MS
43	Song	Problem Report	Synthesizing Data from Electrical Logging to Support Decision Making in Manufacturing Facilities	MS

**2007 Students**
SI No	Name	Option	Title of Work	Degree
44	Jadeja	Thesis	A Model for Increasing Yield in Sawmills Based on Detection of Subsurface Defects in Canted Logs Using Ground Penetrating Radar System	MS
45	Gupta	Dissertation	Development of an Integrated Model for Process Planning and Parameter Selection for Machining Processes	PhD
46	Alkadi	Dissertation	Product Design for Energy Reduction in Concurrent Engineering: An Inverted Pyramid Approach	PhD
47	Mardikar	Dissertation	Establishing Base-line Energy Consumption in Wood Processing Sawmills: A Model Based on Energy Analysis and Diagnostics	PhD
48	Gump	Problem Report	Planning and Setup for the Implementation of Coal and Wood Co-Fired Boilers	MS
49	Muenprasertdee	Thesis	Solidification Modeling of Iron Castings Using SOLIDCast	MS

**2006 Students**
SI No	Name	Option	Title of Work	Degree
50	Devaru	Thesis	Ground Penetrating RADAR-based System for Non-destructive Detection of Interior Defects in Wooden Logs	MS
51	Chavan	Thesis	Analysis of Energy Consumption in Continuous Galvanizing Lines	MS
52	Gajera	Thesis	Process Costing of Microchip	MS
53	Koonammodi	Problem report	Multivariable Efficiency Evaluation of Boilers	MS
54	Sukumar	Problem Report	Conversion and Validation of ENERGEX	MS
55	Venkataraman	Problem report	Real time data acquisition and analysis for compressed air system	MS
56	Godavarthy	Problem Report	Productivity assessment recommendations	MS

**2005 Students**
SI No	Name	Option	Title of Work	Degree
57	Gupta	Thesis	Energy Sensitive Machining Parameter Optimization Model	MS
58	Chandrashekaran	Thesis	Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning Systems Condition Assessment Methodology at West Virginia University	MS

**2004 Students**
SI No	Name	Option	Title of Work	Degree
59	Chaudhari	Thesis	Load-based energy savings in three phase squirrel cage induction motors	MS
60	Gopalakrishnan	Thesis	Effectiveness of electrical demand reduction strategies	MS
61	Khan	Thesis	Constraint based facilities planning	MS
62	Mardikar	Thesis	Energy analysis, diagnostics, and conservation in semiconductor manufacturing	MS
63	Kokatnur	Thesis	Design and development of a target-costing model for machining	MS
64	Senniappan	Thesis	Baselining a compressed air system: an expert systems approach	MS

**2003 Students**
SI No	Name	Option	Title of Work	Degree
65	Rangaswamy	Problem Report	Computer aided process planning for energy conservation	MS
66	Premkumar	Problem Report	Independent verification and validation of TEXPERT	MS
67	McCoy	Problem Report	Evaluation of Process Control using Expert Systems	MS
68	Selvaraj	Thesis	Plant-wide energy assessment using a systems approach	MS
69	Bhave	Thesis	Enhancing the effectiveness of the utility energy supply chain in integrated steel manufacturing	MS

**2002 Students**
SI No	Name	Option	Title of Work	Degree
70	Rihel	Problem Report	Verification analysis for WASTEX	MS
71	Mate	Thesis	Energy analysis and diagnostics in wood manufacturing industry	MS

**2001 Students**
SI No	Name	Option	Title of Work	Degree
72	Farmani	Thesis	Object-oriented expert system design - TEXPERT	MS

**1999 Students**
SI No	Name	Option	Title of Work	Degree
73	Weng	Dissertation	Efficient and flexible algorithm for plant layout generation	PhD
74	Akladios	Dissertation	Safety by design - an expert systems approach	PhD
75	Kapoor	Problem report	Mechanical knowledge base development for TEXPERT	MS
76	Lobo	Problem report	Electrical knowledge base development for TEXPERT	MS
77	Sancheti	Problem Report	Electronics recycling process development	MS
78	Rajanna	Problem report	Electronics recycling cost models	MS
79	Iyer	Problem Report	Enhanced energy conservation opportunities with industrial chillers	MS
80	Chillarige	Thesis	Development of expert systems in heating, ventilating and air-conditioning (HVAC): an energy approach	MS
81	Singh	Thesis	Design and development of fuzzy expert system for the handy board	MS
82	Ipe	Thesis	Data mining OIPEA database for waste and productivity enhancements in manufacturing units	MS
83	Venneti	Thesis	TEXPERT - expert system for evaluating product design for worker’s safety and health	MS
84	Meffe	Problem report	Industrial assessment center Manual	MS
85	Sundararajan	Thesis	An analysis of the trends in energy conservation studies of the IAC program	MS
86	Lakshminarayanan	Problem report	Evaluation of multi-product interactions for southern Appalachian hardwood stand	MS

**1998 Students**
SI No	Name	Option	Title of Work	Degree
87	Srivatsavan	Dissertation	The effect of product design and packaging parameters on effective storability and retrieval : a computer based approach	PhD
88	Pabba	Thesis	THINEX - an expert system for forest stand productivity management	MS
89	Raghavendra	Thesis	Design and development of a database management system for the OIPEA database	MS
90	Balasubramanian	Problem report	Expert system for decision making in cogeneration	MS

**1997 Students**
SI No	Name	Option	Title of Work	Degree
91	Kulkarni	Thesis	Wastex - an expert system for industrial waste minimization	MS
92	Tirunellayi	Thesis	Design and development of a mobile smart vehicle - A mechatronics application	MS
93	Mangalampalli	Thesis	A computer based approach for industrial waste minimization	MS

**1996 Students**
SI No	Name	Option	Title of Work	Degree
94	Turuvukere	Thesis	Computer integrated facility design & planning	MS
95	Shashikiran	Thesis	A computer based approach towards rapid prototyping for the Motorola HC 6811 miniboard	MS
96	Akella	Thesis	A systems approach for vendor selection and performance analysis in an ISO 9000 framework	MS
97	Yoshii	Thesis	A Computer based system for machine tool selection for Mitsui Seiki Inc.	MS
98	Mudiyanur	Thesis	Goal directed simulation information system for flexible manufacturing systems - a knowledge based approach	MS

**1995 Students**
SI No	Name	Option	Title of Work	Degree
99	Srivatsavan	Thesis	A machine learning model for robot configuration design and kinematic analysis	MS
100	Nagarajan	Thesis	Design and development of expert systems for energy conservation in manufacturing industries	MS

**1994 Students**
SI No	Name	Option	Title of Work	Degree
101	Chintala	Thesis	Computer integrated approach for material handling system design	MS
102	Reddy	Thesis	Estimation of tool path length for NC pocket milling using a neural network	MS
103	Ahmed	Thesis	Design and manufacture of sheet metal components : focus on tolerance synthesis	MS

**1993 Students**
SI No	Name	Option	Title of Work	Degree
104	Lankalapalli	Thesis	FOREX - an expert database integrated system for forest stand management	MS

**1992 Students**
SI No	Name	Option	Title of Work	Degree
105	Pandiarajan	Dissertation	Computer numerically controlled machining of product designs with complex geometries in concurrent engineering	PhD

**1990 Students**
SI No	Name	Option	Title of Work	Degree
106	Pericherla	Thesis	Design and manufacture of liquefied petroleum gas cylinders	MS
107	Pathak	Thesis	Feature based design and milling process planning in concurrent engineering	MS