Dr Rolvin Sunil DSilva

About

An academician with 18 years of dedicated teaching experience and 7 years of extensive research experience,  I have the privilege of educating and mentoring numerous students, guiding them towards academic excellence and personal growth. My research endeavors have been equally fulfilling, allowing to contribute to the advancement of knowledge in field of IC engine and alternate fuels. I have published several papers in reputable journals and presented research findings at various esteemed conferences. 

In addition to the teaching and research roles, I have actively involved in administrative responsibilities. These duties have enhanced my operational aspects of academic institutions, enhancing the ability to contribute to policy-making and the overall improvement of educational standards. The administrative responsibilities has also honed my skills in leadership, collaboration, and Quality governance.

My goal has been always to inspire students, support colleagues, and contribute meaningfully to the academic community. Also I have deep-seated belief in the transformative power of education and a relentless pursuit of excellence in all the professional endeavors.

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Education Qualifications

Sl.No	Qualification Level	University	Area of Specialization	Year of Compeltion	Awards
1	Ph.D	VTU, Belagavi	Alternate fuel with Nanoadditive	2022
2	M.Tech	NITK, Surathkal	Thermal Engineering	2009
3	B.E	MIT, Manipal	Mechanical Engineering	2001

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Responsibilities At SJEC

Responsibilities held at college Level:

• Chairperson of Quality and Governance Group*
• Internal Audit member for NBA accreditation*
• Internal Test Squad member*
• Chairperson of Student Welfare Group
• Admission Help desk Team Lead
• ISTE coordinator
• AICUF coordinator

Responsibilities held at Department Level:

• Department BOS and BOE member* 
• Department Program coordinator for NBA accreditation
• Department Time-table coordinator
• Department Internal Test coordinator
• Department Alumni coordinator
• Department Placement coordinator

 

* Current responsibilities

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Work Experience

• Associate Professor at St Joseph Engineering College, Mangaluru
  • Joining Date: 16 August 2005
• Mechanical Engineer at M/s Life Aid Systems, Bykampady
  • Joining Date: March 2004
  • Leaving Date: June 2005

 

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Research Areas

• Nanoadditive
• Alternate Fuels
• IC Engines
• Heat Exchnagers

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Journal Publications

• Mohan Poojari, Harshitha Madhusoodan Jathanna, V. S. Vijay, Sharun Mendonca, Rolvin DSilva, "Analysis of Lightweight Braking Material System for an ATV", J. Inst. Eng. India Ser. D, 2024,  https://doi.org/10.1007/s40033-024-00698-5.
• RolvinD’Silva, Mohammed Hafeez, Joyal Fernandez, FaheemPaloth, Ibrahim Abdul Rahiz, Binu K. G., Raju K., ThirumaleshwaraBhat, Effect of CopperoxideNanoadditives on the Performance and Emissions Characteristics of a C.I. Engine, Energy and Power 2017, 7(4): 99-104, DOI: 10.5923/j.ep.20170704.02
• VinoothanKaliveer, Sandeepa Shetty K., Sujay Shetty, Manish S., Sandeepa M. M., Rolvin S. D’Silva, Effect of Biodiesel-Ethanol Fuel on the Performance and Emission Characteristics of a CI Engine, Energy and Power 2017, 7(4): 119-122, DOI: 10.5923/j.ep.20170704.05
• Prabjot Singh Virdi, Mohammed Saahil Khan, Nelroy Pereira, Suresh K. V., Rolvin S. D’Silva., Design and Fabrication of Major Components of Turbojet Engine, Energy and Power 2017, 7(5): 130-135, DOI: 10.5923/j.ep.20170705.02
• SpoorthiMegha, Susheel Kumar N., RolvinD’Silva, Vibration Analysis of Magnetorheological Elastomer Sandwich Beam under Different Magnetic Fields, Journal of Mechanical Engineering and Automation 2016, 6(5A): 75-80, DOI: 10.5923/c.jmea.201601.14
• VinoothanKaliveer, Prajwal Raphael Sequeira, Rayan VeneethD’sa, Simmons Antony Dsilva, Sandeep B., Rolvin S. D’Silva, Investigation on the Performance and Emissions Characteristics of CI Engine Using Different Blends of Waste Cooking Oil Methyl Ester-Ethanol-Diesel Oil, Energy and Power 2016, 6(1A): 28-32 DOI: 10.5923/c.ep.201601.05
• RolvinD’Silva, Vinoothan K., Binu K. G.,*, ThirumaleshwaraBhat, Raju K. , Effect of Titanium Dioxide and Calcium Carbonate Nanoadditives on the Performance and Emission Characteristics of C.I. Engine, Journal of Mechanical Engineering and Automation 2016, 6(5A): 28-31 DOI: 10.5923/c.jmea.201601.06
• VinoothanKaliveer, Rolvin S. D’Silva, Prashanth Kumar, K. Raju, Effect of Compression Ratio on the Performance and Emission Characteristics of CI Engine for a Blend of Soapnut Oil, Cottonseed Oil Methyl Ester and Diesel,Energy and Power 2015, 5(1A): 15-18, DOI: 10.5923/c.ep.201501.04
• Sunil J. D’Souza, VinoothanKaliveer, Sushanth H. G., Rolvin S. D’Silva, K. Raju, Effect of Compression Ratio on the Performance and Emission Characteristics of Blends of Lard Oil Methyl Ester and Diesel on C I Engine, Energy and Power 2015, 5(1A): 5-9, DOI: 10.5923/c.ep.201501.02
• Binu K. G., Spoorthi M., Prajwal K., Neil Vaz, RolvinD’Silva,Pai R, Formulation and Viscosity Analysis of TiO2 Nanoparticle Dispersions in Engine Oil, American Journal of Materials Science 2015, 5(3C): 198-202, DOI: 10.5923/c.materials.201502.38. 

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Conference Proceedings

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE

• Rolvin D’Silva, Feban D’Souza, Darrel Pinto, Clayton Tauro, Preetham Saldanha, Thirumaleshwara Bhat, "Taguchi method to study the performance and emission characteristics of CI engine fuelled with blends of Jatropha biodiesel & Titanium dioxide nanoadditive", Materials Today: Proceedings 92 (2023) 202–208.
• RolvinD’Silva, Binu K.G, ThirumaleshwaraBhat, Performance and Emission characteristics of a C.I. Engine fuelled with diesel and TiO₂ nanoparticles as fuel additive, ElsvierProcedia- 4th International Conference on Materials Processing and Characterization, March 14-15, 2015.
• RolvinD’Silva,  P.Mohanan, Effect of diethyl ether in b20 waste cooking oil methyl ester on the emission characteristics of a c. I. Engine, International Conference on Frontiers in Mechanical Engineering, FIME2010, 20-22^nd may 2010 at NITK, Suratkal

NATIONAL CONFERENCE

• RolvinD’Silva, Prashanth Kumar, Kavya S.M, Effect of Compression Ratio and Preheated air on the performance and emission characteristics of C.I. Engine fuelled with B20 blend of Pongamia methyl ester, National conference on Advances in Mechanical Engineering, 11-12^th November 2013 at K.S.School of Engineering and Management, Bangalore
• RolvinD’Silva, Mohanan P, Influence of Injection Timing on the performance and emission characteristics of a CI engine fuelled with B20 blend of waste cooking oil biodiesel with Dimethyl Carbonate as fuel additive, NCICEC, December 10-12, 2009 at Bapuji Institute of Engineering & Technology, Davangere

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Awards and Recognitions

• Project carried out on " Composite Brick", won the Innovative project Grant from VTU, Belagavi for the academic year 2022-23. 
• Project carried out on “Effect of Copperoxide Nanoparticles on the performance and emission characteristics of CI Engine”, won second prize in State Level Project Competition & Exhibition “INNOVATA-2k17 held on 20^th May 2017.
• Received best paper award for the paper titled ‘Effect of Compression Ratio and Preheated air on the performance and emission characteristics of C.I. Engine fuelled with B20 blend of Pongamia methyl ester’ at the National conference on ‘Advances in Mechanical Engineering-2013’, held at K.S. School of Engineering and Management, Bangalore on 11^th and 12^th of November 2013.

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Membership in professional Bodies

1. Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE) - Life Member
2. Institute of Engineers (IE) - Life Member
3. International Assosication of Engineers (IAEng) - Life member

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Workshop/FDPs Attended

• Two-day hands-on MathWorks training on Modeling and Analysis of Mechanical Systems using MATLAB held on 13th & 14th March 2023 organized by CoreEL Technologies(I) Pvt. Ltd.
• One week online FDP on “Insights on Writing Research Proposals and Funding Opportunities”, organised by SJEC from 20th to 24th July 2020.
• Three Day online FDP on ‘PLC Programming and Industrial Interface’, organised by SJEC in association with Indwell Automation - Pune, during  22nd  - 24th  June 2020
• Four day Live Webinar sessions on “Research Methodology and Data Analysis”, organised by Karnataka Science and Technology Academy (KSTA) from 17th to 20th June 2020.
• Five days International FDP on “Emerging Research Areas in Engineering”,organised by RM Institute of Science and Technology, Ramapuram Campus, Chennai-600089, from 5th June to 9th June 2020
• Two day online workshop on “Fuzzy Logic and Neural Network Approaches for Engineering Solutions”, held on 1st & 2nd May 2020.
• Three day online workshop on “Design of Experiment: An Engineering Perspective” held during 22-24, April 2020.

 

 

 

 

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Conferences attended

• International Conference on Transformations in Engineering Education (ICTIEE 2024) held at Hubli during January 2-4, 2024.
• International Conference on Smart and Sustainable Developments in Materials, Manufacturing and Energy Engineering (SME-2022) at NITTE, Karkala on December 22-23, 2022.
• International Conference on “Recent Trends in Mechanical Engineering Sciences”, RTIMES-2022 at Srinivas Institute of Technology on June 10-11, 2022.
• International Conference on Emerging Technology in Science and Engineering (ICETSE) held at SMVITM, July 10-11, 2020.
• International conference on “Emerging Trends in Mechanical Engineering-2019”, held at St Joseph Engineering College, during 9-10 August, 2019.
• International Conference on “Emerging Trends in Mechanical Engineering-2018”, held at St Joseph Engineering College, during 10-11 August, 2018.
• National Conference on “Emerging Trends in Mechanical Engineering-2017”, held at St Joseph Engineering College, during 4-5 August, 2017. 
• National Conference on “Emerging Trends in Science and Engineering-2017”, held at SMVITM, Bantakal on 23rd Feb 2017.
• National Conference on “Emerging Trends in Mechanical Engineering-2016”, held at St Joseph Engineering College, during 5-6 August, 2016.
• International Conference titled “8^th Bangalore India Nano” sponsored by VGST, Govt of Karnataka, held at Bangalore during March 3-4, 2016.
• National Conference, “Jnanasangama-2015””, held at Vivekananda College of Engineering and Technology on 2^nd May 2015.
• National conference on ‘Advances in Mechanical Engineering-2013’, held at K.S. School of Engineering and Management, Bangalore on 11^th and 12^th of November 2013.
• International Conference, “Frontiers in Mechanical Engineering (FIME)-2010” at NITK, Surathkal during May 20-22, 2010. 
• National Conference on I.C. Engine and Combustion (NCICEC-2009) at Bapuji Institute of Engineering and Technology, Davangere held during Dec 10 – 12, 2009.

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