Education
- Ph.D. IIT Bombay
- M.E. College of Engineering, Guindy, Chennai
- B.E. Coimbatore Institute of Technology, Coimbatore
Experience
Research:
- Post Doctoral – had a brief working period in Microfluidics at Microfluidics lab, Mechanical Engineering and Centre of Excellence in Nano electronics, IIT Bombay, during the period February to April 2011
- Doctoral thesis was directed towards aspects of critical heat flux prediction, start-up issues and prediction of two-phase instabilities in a high pressure two-phase natural circulation scaled facility at Thermal Hydraulic Test Facility, IIT Bombay during the period July 2004 to Dec 2009. The work was part of a BARC funded project for studies relating to Advance Heavy Water Reactor (AHWR) that was being designed and developed by BARC.
Academics:
- Associate Professor, Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology, July2018 onwards
- Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology, Dec2012-June2018
- Assistant Professor, IIT Jodhpur, Rajasthan, June 2011-Dec 2012.
- Assistant Professor, Amrita School of Engineering, Coimbatore, Jan 2010- May 2011.
- Teaching Assistant, Department of Mechanical Engineering, IIT Bombay, Jan 2004 – Jan 2008.
- Lecturer, Amrita School of Engineering, Coimbatore, May 2001- Dec 2003.
Industrial:
Position | Period | Organisation | Nature of Work |
Senior Engineer | Nov 1997-July 1999 | Goa Shipyard LimitedGovt. of India undertaking (Defence PSU) | Installation and commissioning of Machineries, Systems (steering, pumping etc), Engines etc on Board new Naval and Coast Guard ship/War boat, ship performance sea trials. |
Graduate Engineer Trainee | Nov 1996-Nov 1997 |
Junior Engineer | March 1996-Nov 1996 | Instrumentation limited Palakkad- Govt. of. India undertaking | Selection and Sizing of Control valves for power plants, turbine feed line etc |
Graduate Engineer Trainee- (Through campus recruitment) | July 1995- Oct 1995 | Larsen & Toubro Ltd. | Site planning engineer at FACT- Ammonia Project at cochin -Kerala |
Research Work / Area
Two-phase fluid flow and heat transfer, thermal hydraulics, microfluidics, electronic cooling
Awards
- V.M.K Sastri best student paper award from ISHMT (Indian society for heat and Mass Transfer) during 20th National and 9th International ISHMT- ASME Heat and Mass Transfer Conference, January 4-6, 2010, Mumbai, India.
- Served as student branch president of the Anna university ASHRAE (American Society for Heating Refrigeration and Air-conditioning Engineers) student branch- Guindy campus, Chennai, India during the November 2000 to June 2001
Professional Activities:
- Reviewer (International Journal):Heat Transfer Research, Begell house, US