My major interests are in teaching and research activities centred broadly in Fluid-thermal area. I offer UG and PG courses to students across various semesters. My research involves understanding combustion and general fluid phenomena through laser diagnostic techniques. I have a keen interest in developing novel techniques for laser based measurements as well
B. Tech Mechanical Engineering, NIT Trichy
PhD (Mechanical Engineering), IISc, Bangalore
Post Doctoral Research Fellow, CCRC, KAUST
My research work is focused on studying combustion through simple experiments and laser diagnostic techniques in addition to modelling of combustion phenomena through open source CFD codes. Currently our group works on soot modeling in laminar jet diffusion flames and laminar opposed jet diffusion flames. Research work is also centred around using optical techniques to study flames and to obtain information on flame stabilisation, fuel flexibility in gas turbine combustors and fuel reforming through partial oxidation
Undergraduate Teaching
August semester
ME 3020 Heat and Mass Transfer
ME 2010 Foundations of Fluid Mechanics
ME 4502 Aerospace Propulsion
January semester
ME 1100 Engineering Thermodynamics
ME 2240 Measurements Instrumentation and Control
ME 3020 Applied Thermofluids Engineering
ME 2040 Machine Drawing Practice
Postgraduate Teaching
ME 5613 Combustion
PhD candidates
Mr. Navaneethakrishnan (Submitted)
Soot measurement and modeling in opposed jet diffusion flames
Mr. Sumit Sagar Hota
Flame stabilisation in ammonia-fueled gas turbine engine combustors
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Mr. Ajith U K Nair
Thermal partial oxidation based fuel reformer design of hydrocarbon fuels
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MS candidates
Mr. Amit Makhija (Graduated)
Soot modeling in laminar diffusion flames
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