Lijo Paul

Papers published in International Journals with SCI Indexed : 4

1. Paul, L., Hiremath, S.S. Model Prediction and Experimental Study of Material Removal Rate in Micro ECDM Process on Borosilicate Glass. Silicon (2022).
2. Lijo Paul, Jalumedi Babu, Sachin Jose & Sebin, Application of grey fuzzy logic in abrasive jet machining process, Sadhana (2022).
3. J Babu, A Madarapu, L Paul, ANK Ahmed, JP Davim, Multi-Response Optimization during the High-Speed Drilling of Composite Laminate Using the Grey Entropy Fuzzy Method (GEF), Processes 10 (9),pp. 1865 (2022)
4. Lijo Paul, Somashekhar S H, Jalumedi Babu,& Libin V K, Effect of sensing mechanism on machining performance of ECDM process, Advances in Materials and Processing Technologies, 2021

Papers published in International Journals with Scopus Indexed : 30

1. J Babu,Lijo Paul,M V Ramana,A Madarapu, Multi-response Optimization while Drilling of Composite Laminate with Core Drill by Grey Entropy Fuzzy (GEF) Method, Mechanics of Advanced Composite Structures 11 (2024), 23, pp.483 – 502
2. Lijo Paul, Adarsh Ramachandran, Anoop Joy, GA based approach for process optimisation in modified AJM process with dust absorption, Materials Today: Proceedings, 2023
3. Preema Paul, Lijo Paul, An overview on the parachute recovery systems with additive manufacturing for UAV safe landing, Materials Today: Proceedings, 2022
4. AR Nair, Lijo Paul, Advancements in abrasive electrical discharge grinding (AEDG): A review, Materials Today: Proceedings, 2022
5. PV Pradeep, Lijo Paul, Review on novel biomaterials and innovative 3D printing techniques in biomedical applications, Materials Today: Proceedings, 2022
6. Anjaly Vinod, Lijo Paul, Modelling and 3d priniting of patient specific cardiovascular graft, Materials Today: Proceedings, 2022
7. A Joy, Lijo Paul, PV Pradeep, Experimental investigation of µ-abrasive jet machining with dust collection mechanism, Materials Today: Proceedings, 2022
8. Lijo Paul, Ivin Jose and Jestin Jose, Effect of discharge gap on EDM using desirability function analysis, Materials Today: Proceedings, 2021
9. Lijo Paul, Renjith R, Machining characteristics of micro-magnetic field assisted EDM (µ-MFAEDM), Materials Today: Proceedings,2020, 27, pp.2000-2004.
10. PS Vishnu, PV Pradeep, Lijo Paul, Experiment on pollution control in µ-abrasive jet machining using liquid films, Materials Today: Proceedings,2020, 27, pp.2033-2036.
11. A Vishnu, Tom Zacharia, Lijo Paul, Design and development of orthosis for clubfoot correction in infants An additive manufacturing approach, Materials Today: Proceedings,2020, 27, pp.2605-2608
12. Lijo Paul, Ivin Jose, “Comparative study effect of different tool materials in EDM process”, IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering 396 (1),(2018).
13. Lijo Paul, Donald Antony, “Effect of tool diameter in ECDM process with powder mixed electrolyte”, IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering 396 (1), (2018).
14. Lijo Paul, Renjith R, ” A Review on Magnetic Field Assisted Micro Machining”, IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering 396 (1), (2018).
15. Sebin Babu, Sachin Jose, Lijo Paul: Experimental study on Abrasive Jet Drilling on Glass. Materials today: proceedings 01/2018; 5(5):12474-12478.
16. Albin P. Abraham, Lijo Paul: Thermal Analysis For Material Removal Rate In Micro EDM Process. Materials today: proceedings 01/2018; 5(5):11870-11874.
17. Lijo Paul, Don George Kurian: Effects of Preheating Electrolyte in Micro ECDM Process. Materials today: proceedings 01/2018; 5(5):11882-11887.
18. Ashwin Varghese, Lijo Paul: Effect of Powder Mixed Electrolyte in ECDM Process. Materials today: proceedings 01/2018; 5(5):11864-11869.
19. Lijo Paul, Ivin Jose: Micro Machining In ECDM Process With Tool Modification. Materials today: proceedings 01/2018; 5(5):11875-11881.
20. Lijo Paul , Bibin P George and Ashwin Varghese. (2018) Characterization of Micro Channels Machined with ECDM for Fluidic Applications, Applied Mechanics and Materials, Vol.877, pp.82-91
21. Lijo Paul , PV Pradeep and Donald Antony. (2018) FEM of ECDM Process on Semi Conducting Materials, Applied Mechanics and Materials, Vol.877, pp.87-91
22. Lijo Paul and Somashekhar S. Hiremath. (2016) Improvement in Machining Rate with Mixed Electrolyte in ECDM Process, Procedia Technology,Vol. 25,pp.1250-1256
23. Lijo Paul and Somashekhar S. Hiremath. (2016) Experimental and Theoretical Investigations in ECDM Process- An Overview. Procedia Tech., Vol. 25,pp.1242-1249.
24. Lijo Paul and Libin V K. (2016) Effect of Power Source in ECDM Process with FEM Modeling. Procedia Technology, Vol. 25,pp.1175-1181.
25. Lijo Paul, Somashekhar S Hiremath and Jinka Ranganayakulu.(2014) Experimental investigation and parametric analysis of electrochemical discharge machining. International Journal of Manufacturing Technology and Management,Vol. 28,pp.57‐
26. Lijo Paul and Somashekhar S. Hiremath. (2014) Evaluation of Process Parameters of ECDM using Grey Relational Analysis. Procedia Materials Science,Vol. 5,pp.2273-2282.
27. Lijo Paul and Somashekhar S. Hiremath. (2014) Effect of process parameters on heat affected zone in micro machining of borosilicate glass using µ-ECDM process. Applied Mechanics and Materials, Vol.592,pp. 224-238.
28. Lijo Paul and Somashekhar S. Hiremath.(2014) Characterization of Micro Channels in Electrochemical Discharge Machining Process. Applied Mechanics and Materials, Vol.490, pp.238-242.
29. Lijo Paul and Somashekhar S. Hiremath.(2013) Response Surface Modelling of Micro Holes in ECDM Process. Procedia Engineering, Vol.64, pp.1395-1404.
30. Jinka Ranganayakulu, Somashekhar S. Hiremath and Lijo Paul. (2011) Parametric analysis and a soft computing approach on material removal  rate  in  International Journal of Manufacturing Technology and  Management, Vol.24, pp.23‐39.

Paper Publication in Books : 07

1. PV Pradeep, A Paul, L Paul, JP Davim,(2024) Application of micro machining and additive manufacturing processes for difficult-to-cut materials in aerospace industry—a review, Modern Manufacturing Processes, Elsevier
2. J Babu, K Ahmed, Lijo Paul, A Scaria, JP Davim, (2023) Multi-Response Optimization During High-Speed Drilling of Composite Laminate Using Grey Entropy Fuzzy (GEF) and Entropy-Based Weight Integrated Multi-Variate Loss Function, Evolutionary Optimization of Material Removal Processes, CRC Press.
3. Shancy Augustine, Lijo Paul, J Paulo Davim (2021) Relevance of micromachining in microfluidics and biomedical devices, Advanced Machining and Finishing, Elesevier
4. J Babu, Lijo Paul and Davim J Paulo(2020) High speed machining of composite materials , Academic Press, Elesevier, 2020,Pages 63-96,ISBN 9780128150207
5. Lijo Paul, J Babu and Davim J Paulo (2020) Non-conventional Micro-machining Processes, Materials Forming, Machining and Post Processing, Springer Nature Switzerland. ISBN:978-3-030-18853-5
6. J Babu, Lijo Paul and Davim J Paulo (2018) Drilling of composite materials: methods and tools, Drilling Technology, De Gruyter publications, ISBN: 9783110481204.
7. Lijo Paul and Somashekhar S. Hiremath.(2013) Process Parameter Optimization in μ-ECDM Process-A Multi Objective Approach, Proceedings of the International Conference on Computing in Mechanical Engineering, ISBN: 978-981-09-6278-4, pp 332-340.

Paper Publication in National Journal : 02

1. Lijo Paul and S M Kulkarni , “Electromagnetic Shielding Effectiveness of Carbon Epoxy Composite Plates in S and X band” “ Journal of Manufacturing Engineering, Vol. 6, No. 4, pp 166-171, 2011.
2. Lijo Paul and S M Kulkarni , “Electromagnetic Shielding Effectiveness of Aluminium Epoxy Composite Plates in S and X Band“ Journal of Manufacturing Engineering,

1. Teaching Excellence and Methodologies organized by ISTE at Maharajas Polytechnic, Thrissur, 5/8/02 to 17/02/2002.
2. Advances in Space Cryogenics ,Thangal Kunju Musaliar College of Engineering, Kollam,4/10/04  to 14/10/2005.
3. Micro and Nano scale Phenomena NIT, Calicut July 6-9, 2008.
4. Spot light on Risk management of chemical plants/oil refineries AICTE at AJCET, Kanjirappilly, April 27^th  to May 9^th ,2009.
5. Energy Management- Challenges and Future  Prospects ,SJCET, Pala, 19-23, January 2009
6. Micromachining: A breakthrough technologies under AICTE at at IIT Madras from 31-01-2011 to 05-02-2011
7. CNC technologies at SJCET Palai from 01-11-2010 to 05-11-2010
8. Manufacturing Management under ISTE visiting professorship Scheme at SJCET, Palai from 07-02-2011 to 11-02-2011

9. Robotics: Mechanics, control, sensing, vision and intelligence, under AICTE at at IIT Madras from 14-01-2013 to 18-02-2013

1. Factor Analysis And Structural Equation Modelling For Researchers from July 25-30, 2016 at Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Technology, Pampady , Kottayam.
2. Guidance and Counselling from 4th to 8th December 2017 at St.Joseph’s College  of Engineering and Technology, Palai.
3. Recent Advances in Manufacturing and Engineering, organized by Kerala Technological University, July 8-12, 2019 at St.Joseph’s College  of Engineering and Technology, Palai.
4. Recent Advances in Fuel Cells, organized by Kerala Technological University, January 7-11, 2019 at St.Joseph’s College  of Engineering and Technology, Palai.
5. Advances in industrial automation fluid power technologies, organized by TEQIP-III and KSCSTE, July 1-5, 2019 at NIT Calicut
6. Guidance and counselling,  AICTE sponsored STTP at SJCET Palai from 12/10/20 to 17/10/20.
7. Online FDP on “Advancement in 3D printing and its future scope” by AICTE Training And Learning (ATAL) Academy Faculty Development Program from 2020-12-8 to 2020-12-12 at Symbiosis Institute of Technology.
8. Online STTP on Advanced Manufacturing Technology & Applications (AMTA 2020)” , by AICTE organized by Department of Mechanical Engineering at Sant Longowal Institute of Engineering  and Technology Longowal, Punjab, during  23rd-28th November 2020.
9. Online Elementary FDP on “3D Printing &Design for Innovative Medical Devices” by AICTE Training and Learning (ATAL) Academy from 2021-06-28 to 2021-07-02 at Malaviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur.
10. Online FDP on “Hybrid Machining Solutions for Typical/Complex Engineering Applications” by AICTE Training and Learning (ATAL) Academy from 2021-2-1 to 2021-2-5 at Dr B R Ambedkar National Institute of Technology, Jalandhar, India.
11. Online FDP on “Advancement in 3D printing and its future scope” by AICTE Training and Learning (ATAL) Academy from 2020-12-8 to 2020-12-12 at Symbiosis Institute of Technology.
12. Design of Experiments in Engineering, STTP by AICTE during 4 – 9 January 2021, organized by Department of Mechanical Engineering, by BVRIT, Naraspur.
13. Online FDP on “3D Printing & Design” by AICTE Training And Learning (ATAL) Academy Faculty Development Program from 2020-9-7 to 2020-9-11 at Sri Krishna College of Engineering and Technology
14. Online FDP on “SOFT COMPUTING TECHNIQUES” by AICTE Training And Learning (ATAL) Academy Faculty Development Program from 2020-11-2 to 2020-11-6 at Dr. S. & S. S. Ghandhy Government Engineering College
15. Precision Manufacturing, AICTE Training And Learning (ATAL) Academy Faculty Development Program at MA College Of Engineering, Kothamangalam from 04/12/2023 to 09/12/2023.
16. Innovations in Electric Vehicle Engineering: Battery Thermal Management and Generative Design Perspectives, AICTE Training And Learning (ATAL) Academy Faculty Development Program, St. Joseph’s College Of Engineering & Technology, Palai  from 02/12/2024 to 07/12/2024.
17. 3D Printing for Biomedical Applications: Shaping the Future of Healthcare in Industry 4.0, AICTE Training And Learning (ATAL ONLINE) Academy Faculty Development Program National Institute Of Technology Kurukshetra from 13/01/2025 to 18/01/2025.

1. All Kerala student project competition ENGINEX 2025, organised by ASME Kerala section in March 15, 2025 at VJC Vazhakkulam.
2. ASME National Event, EFx SJCET 2024, national level students programs of ASME in September 28, 2024 at SJCET
3. Organizing Secretary of International Conference AIES 2021, at SJCET, Pala , December 8-9, 2021.
4. Faculty Development Programme on “Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing”, organized by Kerala Technological University, July 12-14, 2021 at St.Joseph’s College of Engineering and Technology, Palai.
5. Faculty Development Programme on “Recent Advances in Manufacturing and Engineering”, organized by Kerala Technological University, January 7-11, 2019 at St.Joseph’s College  of Engineering and Technology, Palai.
6. Sargam, Arts festival of St.Joseph’s College  of Engineering and Technology, Palai from April 5-6, 2019.
7. Organizing Secretary of International Conference RAEREST 2016, at SJCET, Pala , April 23-24, 2016.
8. Two day workshop on Advances in Manufacturing and Production Management SJCET Palai, 2009.
9. Two day workshop in Advances in welding at SJCET Palai, January 2010.
10. Two day workshop in Technical analysis tools on 6-7, August 2010 at SJCET, Palai
11. 21^st ISTE State Convention on 20^th November 2010 at SJCET, Palai
12. Five day workshop on Manufacturing Management 07.02.2011- 11.02.2011 at SJCET, Palai
13. One day national conference –COMET on 4^th July 2011, SJCET, Palai

1. MATLAB & Simulink for Mechanical Engineering, held on 11/06/2024, organized by CoreEL Technologies (I) Pvt Ltd.

International Conferences attended and Papers presented

1. Lijo Paul, Tom Zacharia, Ajay Das M, International Conference on Innovations in Mechanical, Robotics, Computing, and Biomedical Engineering, organized by Adi Shankara Institute of Engineering and Technology, Kalady in collaboration with A2Z Edu Scale Up India Pvt Ltd, during April 4 – 5, 2025.
2. Lijo Paul, Pradeep PV, Physicochemical analysis of PCL/MWCNTs nano-bio-composites as a maxillofacial implant material for bone tissue regeneration,International Conference on Composites: Design, Processing, Manufacturing and Health Monitoring 2024, IIT Mandi, Himachal Pradesh from June 20-21, 2024
3. Lijo Paul, Ivin Jose, Parametric study in Electrical Discharge Grinding Process on Aluminium plates, IC-FAMMT-2024 2nd International Conference On Futuristic Advancements in Materials, Manufacturing and Thermal Sciences January 19-21, 2024
4. Lijo Paul , Design and fabrication of an Anterior Cruciate Ligament support with 3D printing,  i-SMaRT 2023, FISAT, May 24-26, 2023
5. Lijo Paul and J Babu Grey Relation Approach in Abrasive Jet Machining Process, ASME 2019, 14th International Manufacturing Science and Engineering Conference, ,Erie, Pennsylvania, USA, June 10–14, 2019
6. Lijo Paul and Arun B Kumar, Improvement in Micro Feature Generation in ECDM Process With Powder Mixed Electrolyte, ASME 2018, 13th International Manufacturing Science and Engineering Conference, at Texas A&M, College Station, Texas, USA, June 18–22, 2018..
7. Lijo Paul and Somashekhar S.Hiremath. Response Surface Modeling of Micro Channels in Electrochemical Discharge Machining Process. International Conference on Precision, Meso, Micro and Nano Engineering (COPEN-8:2013),at NIT Calicut, Kerala, on 13-15th  December 2013, pp.280-284.
8. Lijo Paul and Somashekhar S.Hiremath. Characterization of Micro Channels in ECDM Process. International Conference on Control, Mechatronics and Automation (ICCMA 2013), Paper ID: H0056, Sydney, Australia, on 6-7th December 2013.
9. Lijo Paul, Somashekhar S.Hiremath and Jinka Ranganayakulu. Experimental investigation and response surface modelling of metal removal rate in electrochemical discharge machining, All India Manufacturing Technology Design and Research (AIMTDR), Jadavpur University, Kolkota, December 2012, pp.499-504.
10. Lijo Paul, Somashekhar S.Hiremath and Jinka Ranganayakulu. Characterization of  micro holes machined using ECDM. International Conference on Advances in Manufacturing Technology – ICAMT 2012 , CIT, Chennai, June 2012, pp. 241-247.
11. Lijo Paul, Somashekhar S. Hiremath and Jinka Ranganayakulu. Optimisation of Process Parameters using Electrochemical Discharge Machining. ICOMET, International conference on Mechanical Engineering and Tech, SJCET, Palai, Kerala, January 2012, pp. 165-169.
12. Lijo Paul and Somashekhar S.Hiremath. Electrochemical Discharge Machining (ECDM) – A breakthrough technology for the future. COMET, National Conference on Mechanical Engineering and Tech, SJCET, Palai, Kerala, June 2011, pp 32-37.
13. Lijo Paul, Bibin P George, S,M.Kulkarni, “Electro Magnetic Shielding Effectiveness of Aluminum Laminated Epoxy Composites Plates in X and S band”, International Symposium for Research Scholars, ISRS 2010 at IIT Madras,18-21 December 2010.
14. Lijo Paul, Arun B Kumar, Dinu George, “Comparison of EM shielding effectiveness Aluminum Particulate Composites and Carbon Particulate Composites in X and S band”, International Conference on Materials for Future, ICMF-2011, at GEC Thrissur,23-25, 2011.
15. Lijo Paul, Jobin Daniel, Sanju S , “Effect of mechanical defects on EM shielding properties of Carbon particulate composites in X band”, International Conference on Materials for Future , ICMF-2011, at GEC Thrissur,23-25, February 2011.
16. Lijo Paul, Libin Babu, Gemson George,”Comparison of electromagnetic shielding effectiveness of HAF with ISAF epoxy particulate composites,” International conference on Recent Innovations in Technologies, ICRIT-2011, at RIT, Kottyam, 2011.
17. Lijo Paul, S.M. Kulkarni , Tijo Jose,”Effect of mechanical defects on EM shielding properties of Aluminium particulate composites in S band,”1st International Conference on Nanostructured Materials and Nanocomposites (6 – 8 April 2009, Kottayam, India).
18. Lijo Paul, Tijo Jose, Sreekanth Mohan ,”Effect of mechanical defects on EM shielding properties of Aluminium particulate composites in X band”,  COSMA 2009, International Conference on Latest Trends in Simulation Modelling and Analysis, NIT Calicut, 2009)
19. Lijo Paul, S.M.Kulkarni, “Aluminium Particulate Composite as Electromagnetic Shielding Materials”, International Conference on Recent Developments in Structural Engineering (RDSE-2007),  held at Manipal Institute of Technology Manipal, during 30^th, 31^st of August and 01 ^st of September 2007.
20. Lijo Paul, S.M. Kulkarni, U.Shreepathi, “EM Shielding Effectiveness of Carbon Composites and Aluminium Composites in X Band “,The International Conference on Total   engineering, analysis and Manufacturing technologies (TEAM TECH-2007), at IISC Bangalore, 4-6 October 2007.
21. Workshop on Emerging materials and infra structure, RIT Kottayam, August 30-31, 2024
22. SIKER 24, National Seminar , IIIT Kottayam, May 20-23, 2024
23. CONFLUENCE-2024, Industry-Academia Meet, held on November 6, 2024,organized by Rajagiri School of Engineering & Technology (Autonomous), Kochi, Kerala

National Conferences attended and Papers presented :09

1. “Electrochemical discharge machining – a breakthrough technology for future”,at SJCET , Palai, COMET 2011, (4^th July 2011)
2. “Value education in engineering : an urgent need”,  at NIT Surathkal, ISTE national convention from 18-20, December 2009.
3. “Comparison of EM shielding effectiveness of plain polymers with carbon particulate composites” at Sreechitra Thirunal  college of Engineering , Trivandrum (5,6, May 2009)
4. ” Effect of mechanical defect on EM shielding properties of carbon composites in S band” Technology Education and Management Scenario, NSS College of Engg, Palakkad Kerala,2009 (TEAMS) 24, 25^th March 09
5. “Linear static analysis of composite payload Fairing”, National conference on state of art of Technologies in mech. Engg, JNTU, Hyderabad college of engineering. (20,21 Aug 2009)
6. “Electromagnetic Shielding Effectiveness of Metal Laminates”, National Conference on Recent Advances in Design Engineering (RADE2007) at MIT Manipal, Feb 22-24, 2007.
7. “Comparison of Electromagnetic Shielding Effectiveness of Plain Polymers with Composites”,Engineering Design. In 2007, at IISC, Bangalore, August 9-11, 2007
8. “Stereolithography- An investigation on Rapid Prototyping Process”  Recent advances in Manufacturing Technologies,NIT, Rourkela,2005.
9. “Water jet cutting – A trend maker in machining” Emerging trends in mechanical Engg,BMS College of Engineering, Bangalore,2006.

1. Smart Manufacturing, NITTTR Chennai, 05/05/25 to 09/05/25
2. Collaborative Learning Tools for Digital Classroom, NITTTR Chennai, 18/11/2024 to 22/11/2024
3. ICT for teaching and learning, NITTTR Chennai, 10/6/24 to 14/6/24
4. Nano technology and its application, NITTTR Chennai, 17/4/23 to 21/4/23
5. Programming for Everybody (Python), Coursera, September 2023
6. Patent Course online from 26 September 2023 to 9^th October 2023 , by Turnip Innovations evaluated by AICTE
7. ‘Graphical System Design using LabVIEW, NITTTR Chennai, 23/1/23 to 28/1/23
8. Metal Additive Manufacturing, NPTEL Course, July-October 2022
9. 3D Printing Revolution, Coursera, January 2020
10. Introduction to abrasive machining and finishing process, NPTEL, Jan-March 2020
11. Advanced Machining processes, NPTEL, Sept-Nov, 2020
12. Manufacturing of composites,NPTEL, Aug-Oct 2019

• ASME Outstanding Student Section Advisor Award 2025
• ASME Faculty All-star supporter award 2023
• Best Teacher award for teaching effectiveness from SJCET in 2003

1. Title: Design and Development of patient specific Biomedical devices using SLA Additive manufacturing with Bio plastics.

Funding agency:    All India council for Technical Education  (AICTE)

Duration: 36 months (from January 2022 onwards)

Status: In progress, Amount: Rs.17,10000 (Seventeen Lakhs Ten thousand)

2. Title : Synthesis of phot curable resin from cellulose nano crystals

Funding agency:     Centre for Engineering Research and Development (CERD)

Duration : 12 months ( from November 2022 onwards)

Completed,  Amount: Rs.32,000

3. Title :3D printer filament from waste plastic

Funding agency:     Centre for Engineering Research and Development (CERD)

Duration : 12 months ( from November 2018 onwards)

Completed and prototype submitted:  Amount: Rs.50,000

4. Title :Experimental Investigation and performance optimization of micro AJM process

Funding agency     Centre for Engineering Research and Development (CERD)

Duration : 34 months ( from November 2018 onwards)

Status: Completed, Amount: Rs.1,90,000

5. Title :Plastic Rope from waste plastic

Funding agency   : Kerala State Council for Science, Technology and Environment (KCSTE)

Duration : 12 months ( from October 2017 onwards)

Status: Completed and prototype submitted,  Amount: Rs.10,000