Dr. Karthik Babu N.B. hails from an Engineering Design background and brings a wealth of knowledge and passion to the classroom. With a strong foundation in core mechanical and interdisciplinary subjects, he has been actively involved in teaching the following subjects:

1. Strength of Materials – Unravelling the science behind structural integrity and material behaviour.

2. Design of Machine Elements – Bridging creativity and engineering to shape the future of machinery.

3. Advanced Manufacturing Technology – Exploring cutting-edge techniques that drive Industry 4.0.

4. Mechatronics – Integrating mechanics, electronics, and control systems for intelligent engineering solutions.

5. Engineering Mechanics – Laying the foundation of motion, forces, and equilibrium in engineering systems.

- Member of the Institute Library Committee
- In-charge of the Engineering Workshop Lab

- Member of the Tabulation verification committee

Papers Published in International journals: 35+ SCI/Scopus-indexed journals

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Year: 2026

1. Pradeep Raja C, S Babu and Karthik Babu NB, “Technological Foundations of Ancient Indian Shipbuilding: Insights for Modern and Sustainable Marine Engineering”, Journal of Maritime Archaeology. DOI: 10.1007/s11457-026-09497-3. (Accepted) I.F. 1.3.
2. Pradeep Raja C, G Sridevi, Suman Pandipati, M Satthiyaraju, B K Parrthipan, Vigneshwaran Shanmugam, Ronald Aseer, S Babu, Rhoda Afriyie Mensah and Karthik Babu NB, “Sustainable Additive Manufacturing of Polymers and Composites: Optimization of Nozzle Design, Printing Parameters, and Post Processing for Waste to Value Transformation”. Frontiers in Chemical Engineering, section Sustainable Process Engineering. I.F. 2.6. (Accepted)

Year: 2025

1. Parrthipan, B. K., Babu, S., Kathik Babu, N. B., & Mensah, R. A. (2025). Additive manufacturing of polymers and composites for sustainable engineering applications. Frontiers in Chemical Engineering, 7, 1722765. I.F. 2.6.
2. Ananthakumar, K., Satthiyaraju, M., Babu, N. K., Padmesh, R., & Arun, E. (2026). Tribological behavior of polymeric composites for automobile applications. In Sustainable Composites for Automotive Engineering (pp. 437-452). Woodhead Publishing.
3. Raja, P., Babu, K., Kaynak, E., & Das, O. (2025). Impact of Design Variations and Infill Density in 3D-Printed PLA Components. Polymers, 17(24), 3336. I.F. 4.9.
4. Vignesh, V., Karthik Babu, N. B., Arun Mohan, A. M., Sathees Kumar, S., Nagaprasad, N., Ayrilmis, N., & Krishnaraj, R. (2025). Development of hybrid fiber-reinforced vinyl ester composites for civil and automotive applications. Scientific Reports, 15(1), 37174. I.F. 3.9.
5. N B Karthik Babu, N. S. Balaji, and A. Saikiran. "Effect of Nutrient-Based Alloying Elements on Biodegradable Magnesium Alloys: Evolution, Challenges, and Strategies for Orthopaedic Applications." Biomedical Engineering Advances (2025): 100161.

Year: 2024

1. Karthik Babu NB et al. “Effect of Natural HybridFillers Reinforced Vinyl Ester Composites on Mechanical and Physical Properties” Materials Research Express 11 (10), 105504. (I.F. 2.2)
2. Shanmugam, V., Babu, K., Kannan, G., Mensah, R. A., Samantaray, S. K., & Das, O. (2024). The thermal properties of FDM printed polymeric materials: A review. Polymer Degradation and Stability, 110902. (I.F.: 6.3)
3. Rajendran, S., Yang, Y. L., Marimuthu, U., Veerasimman, A., Palani, G., Babu, K., & Shanmugam, V. (2024). Thrust Force and Delamination Analysis on Redmud-Filled Coconut Sheath Fiber Polyester Composite. Mechanics of Advanced Composite Structures.  Mechanics of Advanced Composite Structures, 12(1), 43-52. (Scopus)
4. Rajendran, S., Palani, G., Karthik Babu, N. B., Veerasimman, A. P., Yang, Y. L., & Shanmugam, V. (2024). Solid particle erosion in fibre composites: A review. Journal of Reinforced Plastics and Composites, 07316844241255007. I.F. 2.3
5. Pradeepraj C., Karthik Babu NB., et al. "Progress in the Optimization of Compositional Design and Thermomechanical Processing of Metastable β Ti Alloys for Biomedical Applications." ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering (2024). IF: 5.8.
6. Pradeepraj C., Karthik Babu NB., et al. "Prediction of formability and effects of process parameters on the adhesively bonded composite metallic sheets." Journal of Adhesion Science and Technology 38.9 (2024): 1378-1394. IF: 2.3.

Year: 2023

1. TR Vijaybabu et al. “High thermal conductivity polymer composites fabrication through conventional and 3d printing processes: state-of-the-art and future trends” Macromolecular Materials and Engineering (DoI: 10.1002/mame.202300001). IF: 4.402.
2. Karthik Babu NB, et al. “A Review of Sustainable Bio-based Insulation Materials for Energy-Efficient Buildings” Macromolecular Materials and Engineering (DoI: 10.1002/mame.2023000086). IF: 4.402.
3. V. Alagumalai, NB Karthik Babu, et al. “Wear properties of natural fibre-based composites – A brief review” Polymers for Advanced Technologies. (IF: 3.348).
4. Das, Oisik, et al. "Functionalised biochar in biocomposites: The effect of fire retardants, bioplastics and processing methods." Composites Part C: Open Access 11 (2023): 100368. (IF: 4.2)
5. Öhrn, Olina, et al. "Surface coated ZnO powder as flame retardant for wood: A short communication." Science of the Total Environment 897 (2023): 165290. (IF: 9.8)
6. N. Arul, M. Suresh, M. Satthiyaraju, N. B. Karthik Babu “Flexible Electrospun PVDF/WO3 Nanocomposite Fibers for Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting Applications” (Accepted on 12-09-2023). (IF: 3.531)
7. Ananthakumar K, Rajeshkumar G, Karthik Babu NB, Arvinda Pandian CK “Effect of post-processing treatment on 3D-printed polylactic acid parts: layer interfaces and mechanical properties” International Journal of Materials Research. (IF: 0.8)
8. “Prediction of Formability and Effects of Process Parameters on the Adhesively Bonded Composite Metallic Sheets” Journal of Adhesion Science and Technology (DOI: 10.1080/01694243.2023.2261272) (Accepted on 16-09-2023) (IF: 2.3)
9. Mani, S., Kasi, A., Guruswamy, R., Nilagiri Balasubramanian, K.B. and Pandian, A., 2023. Effect of post-processing treatment on 3D-printed polylactic acid parts: layer interfaces and mechanical properties. International Journal of Materials Research, 114(10-11), pp.999-1005. (IF: 0.8)

Year: 2022

1. Mathan, Karthikeyan, Karthik Babu NB, and Oisik das “A study of the influence of current ramp rate on the performance of polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell” (Accepted in Scientific reports) – Springer Nature publishers. (Impact Factor: 4.996).
2. Vijaybabu, T. R., and Karthik Babu NB. "Significance of porous elliptical cylinder on the MHD natural convection." International Journal of Mechanical Sciences (2022): 107792. (Impact Factor: 6.772).
3. NB Karthik Babu, et al. "Self-reinforced polymer composites: An opportunity to recycle plastic wastes and their future trends." Journal of Applied Polymer Science (2022): e53143. (Impact Factor: 3.057).
4. Nagaraj, N., Venkataraman, V., NB Karthik Babu, Balasubramaniam, S., Jule, L. T., Ramaswamy, K., & Subramanian, K. (2022). Effect of Green Hybrid Fillers Loading on Mechanical and Thermal Properties of Vinyl Ester Composites. Polymer composites. (Available Online), Impact Factor: 3.531
5. J Ronald Aseer, Sankaranarayanasamy K, Karthik Babu NB, Cellulosic Microfiber extraction from eco-friendly Bahunia Racemosa and its characterization, Journal of Natural Fibers (2022) – 1-13, (Impact Factor: 5.323).
6. Shanmugam, V., Mensah, R. A., Karthik Babu, NB., Gawusu, S., Chanda, A., Tu, & Das, O. (2022). A Review of the Synthesis, Properties, and Applications of 2D Materials. Particle & Particle Systems Characterization, 2200031, (Impact Factor: 3.467).
7. Oisik das, Karthik Babu NB, et al. "Natural and industrial wastes for sustainable and renewable polymer composites." Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 158 (2022): 112054. (Impact Factor: 14.98)
8. Mensah, R.A., Shanmugam, V., Narayanan, S., Renner, J.S., Babu, K., Neisiany, R.E., Försth, M., Sas, G. and Das, O., A review of sustainable and environment-friendly flame retardants used in plastics. Polymer Testing, (2022) 107511. (Impact Factor: 4.282).

Year: 2021

1. Karthik Babu NB, et al. Fire behavior of 3D printed polymeric composites. Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance. 30.7 (2021): 4745-4755. (Impact Factor: 1.819).
2. Vigneshwaran S, KarthikBabu NB, et al. Potential natural polymer-based nano-fibres for the development of facemasks in countering viral outbreaks. Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 138 (27): 50658 (Impact Factor: 3.125).
3. Ali, A.; Ali, F.; Rashedi, A.; Armghan, A.; Fajita, M.R.N.; Alenezi, F.; NB Karthik Babu, Fabrication and Characterization of Physical and Mechanical Properties of Carbon Nanotubes—Graphene-Based Sandwich Composite Pressure Sensor. Nanomaterials 2021, 11, 1284. (Impact Factor: 5.076).
4. NB KarthikBabu, S Muthukumaran and T Ramesh. (2020) Physical, Tribological and Viscoelastic Behavior of Machining Wear Debris Powder Reinforced Epoxy Composites. Journal of Cleaner Production, 272, 122786. (Impact Factor: 9.297)
5. Shanmugam, V., Pavan, M. V., Babu, K., & Karnan, B. (2021). Fused deposition modeling based polymeric materials and their performance: A review. Polymer Composites, 42(11), 5656-5677. (Impact factor: 3.171).
6. NB Karthik Babu, et al. (2021) Effect of Agro-waste Microcoir Pith and Nano-alumina Reinforcement on Thermal Degradation and Dynamic Mechanical Behavior of Polyester Composites, Journal of Natural Fibers, 18 (4), 581-593. (Impact Factor: 5.323)

Year: 2020

1. KarthikBabu NB, et al. (2020) A reviews on the flammability properties of carbon-based polymeric composites: State-of-the-art and future trends. Polymers, 12:1518. (Impact Factor: 4.329).
2. Vigneshwaran S, Oisik Das, Karthik Babu NB, et al. (2020) Fatigue behaviour of FDM-3D printed polymers, polymeric composites and architected cellular materials, International Journal of Fatigue, 143, 106007, (Impact Factor: 5.186).
3. Vigneshwaran S, Deepak Joel Johnson, KarthikBabu NB, et al. (2020) The mechanical testing and performance analysis of polymer-fibre composites prepared through the additive manufacturing, Polymer Testing, 2020, 106925. (Impact Factor: 4.282).
4. Vigneshwaran S, Oisik Das, KarthikBabu NB, et al. (2020) Polymer recycling in additive manufacturing: An opportunity for the circular economy, Materials Circular Economy, vol2, aticle:11.
5. NB KarthikBabu, et al. (2020) Thermal and Mechanical Behavior of the Coir Powder Filled Polyester Micro-Composites, Journal of Natural Fibers, 17 (7):1058-1068. (Impact Factor: 5.323).

Year: 2019

1. NB Karthik Babu and T Ramesh. (2019) Enhancement of thermal and mechanical properties of novel micro-wear debris reinforced epoxy composites. Materials Research Express, 6:105358. (Impact Factor: 1.620).

Year: 2018

1. NB Karthik Babu and T Ramesh. (2018) Role, effect, and influences of micro and nano-fillers on various properties of polymer matrix composites for microelectronics: A review, Polymers for Advanced Technology, 29 (6), 1568-1585. (Impact Factor: 3.665).

(Google Scholar Citations: 3000+, H-index: 19 & i10-index: 29)

Book Chapters Published/Accepted: 07

• Karthik Babu, N. B., T. Ramesh, and Mohit Hemath Kumar. "Flame retardancy of biobased composites." Biobased Composites: Processing, Characterization, Properties, and Applications (2021): 75-86.
• S. Vigneshwaran, NB Karthik Babu and R Sundarakannan, “Applications of various types of polymer based composites” (2020, Springer Nature Publishers).  
• Babu, NB Karthik, et al. "Studies on mechanical characterisation of bio-fibre reinforced polymer composites." Bio-Fiber Reinforced Composite Materials: Mechanical, Thermal and Tribological Properties. Singapore: Springer Nature Singapore, 2022. 143-155.
• R Venkadeshkumar, NB Karthik Babu, and Karthikeyan B. "The state-of-the-art of solid sorbents for carbon capture applications: opportunities and future perspectives." Materials Technology for the Energy and Environmental Nexus, Volume 1. Bristol, UK: IOP Publishing, 2023. 4-1.
• Shanmugam, Vigneshwaran, Rhoda Afriyie Mensah, NB Karthik Babu, C. Pradeep Raja, J. Ronald Aseer, A. Pugazhenthi, D. Satish Kumar, and Oisik Das. "Introduction to lightweight materials." In Materials for Lightweight Constructions, pp. 1-15. CRC Press, 2022.
• Mohit, H., NB Karthik Babu, B. Atul, N. Sasmita, and S. Suresh. "Applications of Kevlar fabric composites." Natural/Inorganic Fillers Reinforced Kevlar Fabric Based Polymer Composites. Nova Science 163 (2022).
• N. B. Karthik Babu, M. R. Thansekhar, J. Sivakumar, B. K. Parrthipan, and J. Ronald Aseer "Thermal Stability Characteristics of Kevlar Fabric Based Composites" Natural/Inorganic Fillers Reinforced Kevlar Fabric Based Polymer Composites. Nova Science, Chapter. 8 (2022).
• Ananthakumar, K., M. Satthiyaraju, NB Karthik Babu, R. Padmesh, and E. Arun. "Tribological behavior of polymeric composites for automobile applications." In Sustainable Composites for Automotive Engineering, pp. 437-452. Woodhead Publishing, 2026.

Dr. Karthik has held a range of significant administrative responsibilities, both in the present and past, contributing actively to institutional, academic, and student advancement.

- Head (I/C) - Department of Mechanical Engineering (From Aug 2025 to Till). 

• Selected as an outstanding faculty of the academic year 2011-12 by KLNCE

1. Dr. Pradeepraja C, Assistant Professor @ IMU Kolkata 
2. Mr. Tamilarasan C, Research Scholar @ RGIPT, Sivasagar Campus

3. Mr. Paramasamy S, Research Scholar @ RGIPT, Sivasagar Campus