B. Yashwansingh R. Surnam

Associate Professor · Mechanical and Production Engineering

University of Mauritius

Author

APID

3330

ORCID

0000-0002-3941-8135

Google Scholar

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=sc5cv-EAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao

Location

Quartier Militaire, Moka, Mauritius

Expertise

Corrosion and materials

Areas of interest

Corrosion and materials

Member since

September 2023

Biography

B.Y.R. Surnam is an Associate Professor at the University of Mauritius in the Mechanical and Production Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, since April 2018. He had joined the University in 2007 as Lecturer and was promoted to Senior Lecturer in 2013. In 2014, he was appointed as Head of Department for a period of 2 years. As Head, he was deeply involved in the accreditation of the B.Eng programmes offered by the Department. At present he is the Dean of the Faculty of Engineering.

He has obtained a Ph.D in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Mauritius, in June 2010. In August 2011, he was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to perform Post-Doctoral research at the Texas A&M University (USA). His advisor was Prof. H. Liang.

B.Y.R. Surnam is deeply involved in the field of corrosion and materials. He has a good track record in research and is involved in several research projects. He is also a Mechanical Engineer registered with the Council of Registered Professional Engineers of Mauritius.

Publications

1. 2) SEECHURN, Y., WHARTON, J.A. & SURNAM, B.Y.R., 2022, Mechanistic modelling of atmospheric corrosion of carbon steel in Port-Louis by electrochemical characterisation of rust layers, Materials Chemistry and Physics, 291, 126694.
2. 4) UPIAH, P.Q. & SURNAM, B.Y.R., 2022, Investigation on Corrosion Protection Systems and Wear Problems for a Ship Unloader, International Journal of Surface Engineering and Interdisciplinary Materials Science, 10(1).
3. GOOROOCHURN M., MUNGUR M., SHAMACHURN H., SURNAM Y., MANDARKHAN F., BOODHOO D., 2022. Investigation of the performance of ground-coupled heat exchanger technology for tempering air, Journal of Energy Systems, 6(2), 309-321.
4. SEECHURN, Y., SURNAM, B.Y.R. & WHARTON, J.A., 2022, Marine atmospheric corrosion of carbon steel in the tropical microclimate of Port Louis, Materials and Corrosion, 73, 1474–1489.
5. SURNAM, B.Y.R. & IMRITH G., 2023, Investigation on the Mechanical Properties of Coconut Leaf Stalk Fibres Reinforced Composites, Journal of Natural Fibers, 20:2, 2198276
6. UPIAH, P.Q. & SURNAM, B.Y.R., 2022, Corrosion risk assessment in a ship unloader, Journal of Adhesion Science and Technology,