Manjunath Gonchigar Lingareddy, Ph.D.

Post Doctoral Scholar-Research Associate,

Mork Family Department of Chemical Engineering and Material Science,
University of Southern California

Geosystems Engineering and Multiphysics Laboratory

HED 308A, 925 Bloomwalk, LA, CA 90089, Phone: +1 (719)337‐4231
E‐mail: mgonchig@usc.edu, Lab URL: http://gemlab.usc.edu/people.htm

Professional Record
Indian Institute of Technology Petroleum & Ocean Institute Postdoctoral Fellow
Madras, India Engineering Aug 2015-Feb 2016

Doctor of Philosophy
Indian Institute of Technology Petroleum & Ocean (Ph.D.)
Madras, India Engineering Jan 2013-July 2015

Master of Science by
Indian Institute of Technology Ocean Engineering Research
Madras, India (MS by Research).,
Dec 2012

University BDT College of Mechanical Engineering Bachelor of Engineering

Engineering, India (B.E.), Aug 2007

Principal Research Interests

Multiscale mechanical behavior of materials ranging from engineering materials to
geomaterials.

Formal Appointments
March 2016 ‐ Dec 2016 Project Manager, Super Wave Technology Pvt. Ltd, incubated at the
Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru
Aug 2015‐ Feb 2016 Institute Postdoctoral Fellow, Petroleum Engineering Program,
Department of Ocean Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology
Madras
Jan 2013‐ July 2015 Ph.D Research Scholar, Petroleum Engineering Program,
Department of Ocean Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology
Madras
Dec 2009‐ Dec 2012 M.S Research Scholar, Department of Ocean Engineering,
Indian Institute of Technology Madras

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Selection of Key Publications
H‐index=2(ISI), 23+ citations
https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=whKnX1cAAAAJ&hl=en
Publications:
International Journals
• GL Manjunath, Rajesh R Nair. Microscale assessment of 3D geomechanical
structural characterization of gondawana shales. International Journal of Coal
Geology doi:10.1016/j.coal.2017.08.007.
• GL Manjunath, Rajesh R Nair. Implications of the 3D micro scale coal characteristics
along with Raman stress mapping of the scratch tracks. International Journal of Coal
Geology, 2015, Volumes 141–142, 1 March 2015, Pages 13–22
doi:10.1016/j.coal.2015.02.009.
• GL Manjunath, S Surendran. Effect of mono and composite coating on dynamic
fracture toughness of metals at different temperatures. Composite Part B:
Engineering, Volume 51, August 2013, Pages 359–367
• GL Manjunath, S Surendran. Dynamic fracture toughness of aluminium 6063 with
multilayer composite patching at lower temperatures. Ships and Offshore Structures
Volume 8, Issue 2, 2013.
International Conferences
• M. A. Ante, M. G. Lingareddy, F. Aminzadeh, and B. Jha, Nano- and Micro-Scale
Deformation Behavior of Sandstone and and Shale, ARMA 18-055.
• T Srikanth, S Surendran, G Balaganesan, GL Manjunath. Response of CMT welded
aluminum AA5086-h111 to AA6061-t6 plate with AA4043 filler for ballistic loads.
10th International Conference on Marine Technology, MARTEC 2016
• GL Manjunath, SK Lee, S. Surendran, OK Ji Hun. On the use of patches on steel
panels at elevated temperatures, International Conference on Thin Walled
Structures, Busan, S Korea Oct. 2014.
• GL Manjunath, Rajesh R Nair and S Surendran. Estimation of complex laterally
varying 3D layout reservoir. International Conference on Developing
Unconventional Oil & Gas Resources 2013, IIT Madras, Chennai.
• GL Manjunath, Rajesh R Nair. Hydraulic fracturing of shale rocks and its
complexities using Finite element modelling. Second International Conference on
Drilling Technology 2012"(ICDT-2012), IIT Madras, Chennai.
• GL Manjunath, S Surendran. Dynamic Fracture Toughness of Coated Structural
Components at Different Temperatures. OMAE2012-83224, pp. 81-89; 9 pages.
International and National Patents
• GL Manjunath, CM Shravan, Rajesh R Nair, T. Sundararajan. Analyzing
geomechanical characteristics of a reservoir. Indian Patent 201641024743
• Rajesh R Nair, GL Manjunath, A. Vasylchenko. Composition of drilling fluid and

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 method useful in drilling boreholes in water sensitive formations. WO2016088141
A2.
• Rajesh R Nair, GL Manjunath, T. Sundararajan, A. Vasylchenko. The method of
7implementation of versa fracking of oil and gas wells. WO2017037746A2.
• GL Manjunath, Rajesh R Nair, A. Vasylchenko. Method of plastic packer setting in
borehole annulus, Indian Application no. 5059CHE2014.
• Rajesh R Nair, GL Manjunath, A. Vasylchenko. Method for enhanced oil recovery,
Indian Application no. 5060/CHE/2014.
• Rajesh R Nair, GL Manjunath, T. Sundararajan, A. Vasylchenko. Method of versa
fracking for enhancing oil and gas recovery, Indian Application no.: 6058CHE2014.
• GL Manjunath, Rajesh R Nair, A. Vasylchenko. Method and apparatus for gas
hydrate production, Indian Application no. 5057CHE2014.
• Rajesh R Nair, GL Manjunath, A. Vasylchenko. Method for continuous
underground coal gasification, Indian Application no. 5060CHE2014.
• Rajesh R Nair, GL Manjunath, A. Vasylchenko. Method for industrial gas hydrate
production, Indian Application no. 5061CHE2014.
• F. Aminzadeh, R. Ranjith, A. Suhag, M. G. Lingareddy, B. Jha and H. Alimi. DNA
fingerprinting to optimize reservoir characterization and hydraulic fracturing using
machine learning-based integration of geophysics, geochemistry, and geomechanics.
US Provisional filing.

Reviewer
• American Chemical Society, Energy & fuels
• Indian Academy of Sciences, Current Science

Major Honors and Awards (selection)

• Best paper presentation award at International Conference on Developing
Unconventional Oil & Gas Resources 2013, IIT Madras, Chennai

Funding and scientific leadership

Additional experience in writing project proposals and working on sponsored funded
project during PhD
i. Project Title: Lab-scale hydraulic fracture studies of reservoirs with an emphasis on
pore fracture geometry studies by developing fracture proppants and Microseismic
estimations: Phase I, R&D topic: funded by OIL India, Duliajan, Assam
Overall funding: $75,384
Deliverables:
Design and development of new hydraulic fracturing equipment for Indian scenario.
Generating high resolution 3 component single point seismograms in a core sample
in various directions of travel using Laser Doppler Vibrometer. Estimating of
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 probable weak plane geometries in the core sample with Laser Doppler Vibrometer
and tensor analysis study for anisotropic characterization of the core sample. Real
time fracture detection from microseismic data using piezoelectric transducers
during fracturing process. Pump different class of proppants for conductive
microfractures during hydraulic fracturing and improve the efficiency in recovering.

Scientific society membership

• ASME membership
• SPE membership

References
• Dr. Birendra Jha
Assistant Professor,
Mork Family Department of Chemical Engineering & Material
Science, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California
Email: bjha@usc.edu
Contact: +1-213-740-9578
• Prof. K P J Reddy
President International Shock Wave Institute
Director of Super Wave Technology Pvt. Ltd.
Professor, Department of Aerospace Engineering,
Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru
Email: kpjreddy@iisc.ac.in
Contact: +91-80-22932758
• Prof. G Jagadish
Director of Super Wave Technology Pvt. Ltd.
Professor, Department of Aerospace Engineering
Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru
Email: jaggie@ iisc.ac.in
Contact: +91-80-22933030
• Prof. S Surendran
Professor, Department of Ocean Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Madras
Email: sur@iitm.ac.in
Contact: +91 44 2257 4815
• Dr. G Premkumara
Lecturer, Thermal Engineering, Department of Mechanical
Engineering, University Visvesvaraya College of Engineering
Email: premakumara.g@gmail.com, premg@uvic.ca,
Contact: +001-250-508-8586