Dr. Jinoop Arackal Narayanan is a Chartered Engineer (CEng), Fellow of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (FIMMM), Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA), and a Senior Lecturer in Mechanical Engineering and Course Leader BEngTech (Hons) Mechanical Engineering at the School of Computing, Engineering & Digital Technologies, Teesside University, UK. Prior to this role, he held positions as a lecturer in mechanical engineering at Teesside University from July 2023 - April 2025, research fellow in additive manufacturing at the Welding and Additive Manufacturing Centre, Cranfield University, UK, from January to June 2023, and as an industrial postdoctoral researcher at the Multi-scale Additive Manufacturing Lab, University of Waterloo, Canada, from 2021 to 2023. He also worked as a DAE Research Fellow at the Laser Additive Manufacturing Laboratory at Raja Ramanna Centre for Advanced Technology (RRCAT), Indore, India, from 2016 to 2021.

Dr. Narayanan earned his PhD in laser additive manufacturing from Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, India. With around ten years of experience in additive manufacturing, his research interests encompass various areas, including metal additive manufacturing, process window development in additive manufacturing, processing of advanced materials, post-processing of metal additive-manufactured components, and in-situ and ex-situ material characterisations.

He has more than 100 publications in additive manufacturing, including journal papers in peer-reviewed international journals, book chapters, and international and national conference papers/ presentations. Notably, he authored a comprehensive textbook on Additive Manufacturing, published by McGraw-Hill Higher Education for UG and PG Scholars. Additionally, Dr. Narayanan serves as an editor and reviewer for several reputed international journals.

His contributions to the field have been recognised through various awards and fellowships. In 2019, he was honoured with the "Young Scientist Award in Mechanical Engineering". Subsequently, he worked as a Young Scientist Fellow at Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, Trivandrum, focusing on metal additive manufacturing. He has also been awarded the "best Ph.D. Thesis award" from the Indian Laser Association, and his works have received best paper and poster awards during national conferences and technical events. 

Dr. Narayanan is actively involved in several collaborative projects related to metal additive manufacturing with several international universities, research labs and industries.

If you are interested in collaborating or developing research projects, feel free to contact me via email at [email protected]. Inquiries are welcome to explore opportunities for fruitful collaborations with researchers and specialists from universities, industries, and research laboratories

Research Areas 

Dr Jinoop leads the Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Manufacturing Processes (LAMMP). The team works on the following areas, focusing on advanced materials and manufacturing, keeping sustainability as the primary focus.

• Advanced Materials

• Development of high-performance materials for engineering applications
• Functional materials for structural, thermal, and electronic applications
• Microstructural tailoring and characterisation for enhanced reliability

• Additive Manufacturing

• Metal and polymer 3D printing for precision and customisation
• Design for additive manufacturing (DfAM) and topology optimisation
• Applications in lightweight structures, tooling, and energy systems

• Surface Engineering

• Coatings and surface treatments to enhance wear, corrosion, and thermal resistance
• Laser-based and plasma-assisted surface modification techniques
• Functional surface design for biomedical, aerospace, and energy sectors

• Sustainability and Circular Economy

• Resource-efficient materials and low-waste manufacturing processes
• Lifecycle assessment and design for disassembly, reuse, and recycling
• Sustainable material sourcing and eco-design for long-term impact

Reviewer

1. Funding: Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), British Council ISPF, British Council Grants for UK-KSA research collaborations
2. Journals: Additive Manufacturing, Nature: Scientific Reports, Journal of Manufacturing Process, Journal of Materials Processing Technology, Optics & Laser Technology, Additive Manufacturing Letters, Materials Letters, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, CIRP Journal of Manufacturing Science and Technology, Thin-Walled Structures, Micromechanics, Advances in Materials & Processing Technologies, Transactions of Indian Institute of Metals, International Journal of Materials Research, Progress in Additive Manufacturing, Materials, Coatings, Rapid Prototyping Journal, Journal of Manufacturing and Materials Processing, Materials Today Proceedings, Imeche Part B: Journal of Engineering Manufacture, Lasers in Manufacturing and Materials Processing, Crystals, Imeche Part L: Journal of Materials: Design and Applications, Journal of micromanufacturing, Applied Physics A, JOM: Journal of Minerals, Metals and Materials Society (TMS), SPE Polymers, Engineering Failure Analysis, Materials Characterization, ASME Journal of Tribology., Smart and Sustainable Built Environment., Peer J Computer Science.
3. Conference: ASME Gas Turbine Conference, International Conference on Additive Manufacturing (ICAM-2024), 13th International Conference on Precision, Meso, Micro and Nano Engineering (COPEN) 2025.
4. Book: CRC Press and Elsevier 

Editorial works

• Associate editor of Frontiers in Manufacturing Technology
• Editorial board member of the Research in Material Science Journal
• Editorial board member of the International Journal of Mechanical Engineering and Applications
• Editorial board member of the Journal of Material Sciences & Engineering
• Committee member for the 2nd International Summit on Lasers, Optics, and Photonics (ISLOP), Munich, Germany during April 22-24, 2024
• Guest Editor: Special issue on “Opportunities and Challenges of Utilizing Metal Additive Manufacturing Approaches for Sustainable Engineering” by Sustainability, MDPI. (2023- Present) (https://www.mdpi.com/journal/sustainability/special_issues/FTH0MO29Z3#)
• Guest Editor: Special issue on “Additive Manufacturing of Metallic Alloys“  by Crystals, MDPI. (2021-2023) (https://www.mdpi.com/journal/crystals/special_issues/Z0S48ZDYG
• Guest Editor: Special issue on “ Opportunities and Challenges of Utilizing Metal Additive Manufacturing Approaches for Sustainable Engineering“  by Sustainability, MDPI. (2023- Present) (https://www.mdpi.com/journal/sustainability/special_issues/FTH0MO29Z3#)
• Guest Editor: Special issue on "Emerging Sensing Technologies for Sustainable Smart Systems and Digitalization in Industries"
  (https://www.mdpi.com/journal/sensors/special_issues/9Y2O8Z16VV) by Sensors, MDPI. (2023- Present) 
• Guest Editor: Special issue on “Biomechanics, Actuation, and Control Strategies of Prosthetics, Orthotics, and Exoskeletons“  by Actuators, MDPI. (2024-present) (https://www.mdpi.com/journal/actuators/special_issues/T6D20BB23A)

Membership

• Fellow of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (FIMMM)
• EPSRC Peer Review college
• Indian Laser Association

• Additive Manufacturing Technology Lab, Raja Ramanna Centre for Advanced Technology, Indore, India
• Laboratory for Advanced Manufacturing and Processing, IIT Jammu, India
• Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Palakkad, India
• Swansea University, UK
• Department of Applied Science and Technology (DISAT), Politecnico di Torino, Italy
• University of Sunderland, UK
• University of Alberta, Canada
• Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia
• HiLASE, Czech Academy of Sciences
• National Institute of Technology Surathkal, India

We welcome dynamic researchers with innovative ideas to join our challenging team.

Interested candidates are invited to email their CV and research plans directly to [email protected].

Postdoctoral position: Candidates interested in funding opportunities such as Marie Curie Individual Fellowship, Newton Fellowship, etc., are encouraged to contact well in advance.

PhD position: Prospective PhD students interested in applying for scholarships like the Commonwealth Scholarship and seeking a host should reach out without delay. Self-funded PhD students are also invited to start discussions early to arrange an interview promptly.

Current PhD students (as Director of Studies) -

Aiswarya Rony - DEVELOPMENT OF 3D PRINTED SMART COMPONENTS WITH EMBEDDED SENSORS FOR REAL TIME MONITORING, CLOSED-LOOP CONTROL, DIGITIZATION AND ENERGY HARVESTNG

Ajitav Sahoo -  Experimental Optimization and Numerical Investigation of High Nitrogen Austenitic Stainless Steel for improving ductility and fatigue life by Laser Directed Energy Deposition Additive Manufacturing Process.

Andrew Ross  - Laser Joining and Hermetic Sealing of Dissimilar Metals in Thin-Walled Cylindrical Structures for High-Temperature & Corrosive Applications

Second Supervisor

Joshua Brennan: High Temperature Co-Electrolysis with co-production of Chemicals using Solid Oxide Cells.

In-progress

Supporting Impactful UK Arctic Science Engagement’ 2025-26 (PI) Arctic Council, Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)

Sustainable large-scale 3D-printing of composite hydrogen storage and transportation systems for Arctic Maritime decarbonisation (SAM)

Royal Academy of Engineering  Visiting Professor (Academic Champion)

Sustainable Manufacturing and Materials

Innovate UK – KTP with Ford Aerospace (PI)

Royal Society Research Grant (PI)

Understanding the Impact of LAser Shock peening on hydrogen Embrittlement Resistance of additive manufactured high strength steels: LASER

British Council-funded Going Global India (PI)       

Industrial Academia Collaborative Grant project

A Deep Learning-Based Framework for the Selection of Electric Vehicle Battery Materials and their Manufacturability: An Attempt Towards Sustainable Capacity Building

Lloyds small grant (Co-I) 

Exploring Metal 3D-printing for Pressurised Ammonia STorage in maritime decarbonisation(EMPAST)

Completed

Participatory Research Fund 2025 (Co-I)

A Pilot Study on Patient-Centered Biosensor Development Based on 3D-printed Graphene-Polymer for Early Prostate Cancer Detection and Metastasis Surveillance (PAGEMS)

UK-Iceland Arctic Science Partnership Scheme 2024-2025 (Co-I) 

Compatibility of Polymeric Materials for 100% Hydrogen Transportation in Iceland and the UK.

Teesside University Participatory Research Fund (Co-I)                           

Investigating the Feasibility of Adap2Align, a Personalised 3D Printed Back Support for Optimising Comfort and Performance in Wheelchair Athletes

• Course Leader: BEng Tech (Hons) Mechanical Engineering
• Module leader - Manufacturing systems (Level 7 - MSc Mechanical Engineering)
• Module leader - Manufacturing processes (Level 5 - BEng Mechanical Engineering)
• Module Tutor - Aerospace Materials Analysis (Level 6 - BEng/ MEng Aerospace Engineering)
• Module Tutor - Sustainable systems and Industry 4.0 (Level 6 - BEng /MEng Instrumentation and Control Engineering,  Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, BEng Tech Electrical and Electronic Engineering, BEng Tech (Hons) Mechanical Engineering), BEng/MEng (Hons) Energy Engineering
• Module Leader - Manufacturing Processes ( Level 5 Mech Eng, Mech. Eng. NCWU China - TU Collaboration)

• Conferred with Young Scientist Award & Best Paper Award (2019) during Madhya Pradesh Young Scientist Congress by Madhya Pradesh Council for Science & Technology, RGPV, Bhopal, India.
• Best Ph. D Thesis award from Indian Laser Association during National Laser Symposium (NLS) - 30 , 2022 conducted by Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai, India for doctoral research on Laser Directed Energy Deposition based Additive Manufacturing.
• Received Best Paper Award during National Aerospace Manufacturing Seminar, NAMS 2019, Dec 06 – 07, 2019, Trivandrum.
• Best poster award during Homi Bhabha National Institute Research Scholars’ Day 2018 at Raja Ramanna Centre for Advanced Technology, Indore, India in Engineering Sciences Category.
• Received Fellowship for Training of Young Scientist for working at Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, Dept. of Space, Govt. of India.
• Received Ministry of Human Resource Development, Govt. of India fellowship for pursuing Master of Technology at NIT Warangal, India: 2014 - 2016.
• Received Department of Atomic Energy, Govt. of India Research fellowship for pursuing Ph.D. at Raja Ramanna Centre for Advanced Technology, India: 2016 - 2021.

Consultant - Additive Manufacturing for Industries

Resource person - CPD courses in additive manufacturing for industries

Invited Talk

1. Invited Speaker at Bethlehem Institute of Engineering, India, as part of a One-Week Online Faculty Development Programme (FDP) on “ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING on Dec 11, 2025. Topic: Additive Manufacturing: Transforming Manufacturing on the Path to Net-Zero
2. Torchbearer talk at Marbaselios College of Engineering and Technology (Autonomous), Trivandrum, India, on Aug 14, 2025. Topic: Dream: Discover: Do- A journey through higher education and research.
3. Guest Lecture at Alliance University, Bangalore, India on Aug 12, 2025. Topic: Additive Manufacturing: Transforming Manufacturing on the Path to Net-Zero
4. Invited Speaker as part of 3D Thursdays webinar, organised by Wipro 3D in collaboration with Nikon SLM Solutions on July 17, 2025. Topic: Additive Manufacturing: Transforming Manufacturing on the Path to Net-Zero
5. Invited Speaker for Online Short-Term Course on “Next-Gen Manufacturing: Advanced Processes & Digital Integration,” organized by NIT Calicut, in association with the ASME NITC Student Section, held from 5th to 13th June 2025. Topic: Additive Manufacturing: Transforming Manufacturing on the Path to Net-Zero
6. Chief Guest and Speaker at First International Faculty Development Program (FDP), at Bearys Institute of Technology, India on "Advances in New Age Alloys and Composites with the Advent of AI/ML and 3D Printing". Topic: Additive Manufacturing: Transforming Manufacturing on the Path to Net-Zero
7. Guest speaker during Faculty Development Programme (FDP) on “Metal Additive Manufacturing: From Advances to Adaptability” at St Joseph’s College of Engineering, Chennai on 4^th November 2024. Topic: “Metal Additive Manufacturing of advanced materials”.
8. Invited Talk for Two-day seminar on Latest developments in Additive Manufacturing - research perspective at Sathyabama University on 25^th October 2024. Topic: “Metal Additive Manufacturing of advanced materials”.
9. Expert talk for Karyashala workshop: 3D Printing, Bio manufacturing and Characterization of Materials, IIITDM Jabalpur, India on May 12, 2024. Topic: “Structure-Property co-relation during Laser Additive Manufacturing of Engineering Alloys”
10. Guest Lecture at Indian Institute of Technology Palakkad on 29^th April 2024. Topic: “Understanding Additive Manufacturing: Research Endeavours and Personal Reflections”
11. Guest Lecture: Advanced manufacturing workshop at Teesside University, UK on 23^rd August 2023. Topic: “Additive Manufacturing: Fundamentals, Applications and Research case-studies”.
12. Guest lecture during FDP at G. H. Raisoni Institute of Engineering & Business Management, Maharashtra, India on 4th December 2023. Topic: Introduction to Additive Manufacturing
13. Guest lecture during student development program at G. H. Raisoni Institute of Engineering & Business Management, Maharashtra, India on 10th August 2023. Topic: STL File format and 3D Printing
14. Invited Talk during Five Day online Faculty Development Programme (FDP) on “Future Scopes for Additive Manufacturing in Industrial and Biomedical Applications” organized by the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Aditya Engineering College (A), Surampalem held from 17th to 21st July-2023. Topic: Laser Directed Energy Deposition: Fundamentals, Issues and Research case studies.
15. Invited lecture during DST-SERB Sponsored One Week High-End Workshop on Advances in Metal Additive Manufacturing: Fundamentals, Modeling, and Materials With Future Research Potential - July 02-08, 2023. Topic: Laser Directed Energy Deposition: Process, challenges and case-studies
16. Invited lecture during DST-SERB Sponsored High End Research Workshop (KARYASHALA) on “Material Science in Additive Manufacturing”, 12th June - 16 June, 2023 by NIT Warangal, India. Topic: Challenges in processing different materials using Laser Directed Energy Deposition
17. Invited Lecture during Five day workshop organized by Centurion University from 14th April to 18th April 2023. - Topic: "Metal additive manufacturing technologies and their applications"
18. Invited Lecture during Certificate Course on "Additive Manufacturing: Principle, Technologies & Applications" by RRCAT and IIT Indore during September 2022 – January 2023 – Topic: “Additive Manufacturing: Pre-processing stages”
19. Invited Lecture during Certificate Course on "Additive Manufacturing: Principle, Technologies & Applications" by RRCAT and IIT Indore during September 2022 – January 2023 – Topic: “Research on Metal Additive Manufacturing”.
20. Guest lecture during STTP on “Rapid Prototyping and Digital Manufacturing – Series 2” NSS College of Engineering, Palakkad, Kerala, India during 23 – 28 November 2020 – Topic: “Laser Additive Manufacturing of Nickel Superalloys”
21. Guest lecture during KIT Online FDP on Introduction to Additive Manufacturing, IIT Kanpur, India during 01 - 05 December 2020 – Topic: “Laser Directed Energy Deposition of Nickel Superalloys”.
22. Guest lecture during STTP on “Rapid Prototyping and Digital Manufacturing – Series 3” NSS College of Engineering, Palakkad, Kerala, India during 8 – 13 March 2021 – Topic: “Processing, Characterization, and Post-processing of Laser Directed Energy Deposited Nickel Superalloy”
23. Guest lecture during Webinar by Vishnu Institute of Technology, AP, India on 09/06/2021 – Topic: “Laser Additive Manufacturing: A Revolution in Manufacturing”.
24. Guest lecture during Webinar on Additive Manufacturing by IET Bangalore Network, India on 19/6/2021 – Topic: “Laser Additive Manufacturing: A Revolution in Manufacturing”
25. Guest lecture during Webinar by McGraw-Hill, India on 28/6/2021 – Topic: “Additive Manufacturing: Reinventing Design and Manufacturing”.
26. Guest lecture during Webinar on Additive Manufacturing by Inderprastha Engineering College, UP, India on 08/7/2021 – Topic: “Laser Additive Manufacturing: A Transformative Technology”
27. Guest lecture during FDP on Novel Prospective of Smart Materials, Hybrid Machining, and Additive Manufacturing (NPSHAM-2021), Inderprastha Engineering College, UP, India on 28/7/2021 – Topic “Laser Additive Manufacturing: Technology and Research Experiences”.
28. Guest lecture during ATAL FDP on "3D Printing and Design", Department of Mech. Engg, GZS Campus CET Bathinda during 20th -24th September 2021- Topic: “Laser Additive Manufacturing”.
29. Guest lecture during One Week Workshop on “Significance of 3D Printing in Manufacturing Sector” at Vishnu Institute of Technology, India from 21st July – 26th July 2022. Topic: “Role of Metal Additive Manufacturing in Industrial Applications”.