Advances in Fluid and Thermal Engineering

Dr. Basant Singh Sikarwar: Dr. Sikarwar is a Postdoc from Iowa State University USA, Ph.D. from Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India, and M.Tech from Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, India. His research experience is quite diversified, and he has been involved in experimental and simulation in many aspects of thermo-fluids research with an emphasis on phase change phenomena and the formation of interfaces. The subject is poised for growth because of several engineering applications such as the optimization of cooling techniques for thermal management of engineering systems, cooling of electronic equipment, heat pipes fabrication, water harvesting from moist air, and thermal energy storage. During his Ph.D., he developed a Finite Volume-based CFD solver and many students of his research groups at Amity university have been using this CFD solver for their research in thermal and fluid engineering. He published more than 40 SCI/Scopus-indexed journals and more than 100 Scopus-indexed conference publications. He completed one SERB-funded project and three funded projects from various funding agencies (BRNS and DST) are going on. He chaired many conferences. He is a member of the editorial board of many journals and book series, and he is a guest editor in the journal Enhanced Heat Transfer (Begell House Corp.). He is a consultant in many industries, and he has guided four Ph.D. Currently, four students are carrying out his research under his supervision. He has been heading the department of Mechanical engineering, Amity University Uttar Pradesh, since 2018. In addition, he is an Assistant Director of the Amity directorate of Engineering, Technology, and Innovation (ADETI).Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Sharma completed his Ph.D. (Solar-Thermal) from the Indian Institute of Technology IIT(ISM) Dhanbad. He did his M.Tech. (Energy Management) from IIT Delhi in 2008 and B.Tech. (Mechanical Engineering) from G.B. Pant University of Agriculture & Technology, India in 2003. He has more than nineteen years of experience in teaching undergraduate and postgraduate courses. He is presently working as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering of Amity University, India. His area of research includes food-energy-water nexus, novel desalination techniques, solar thermal engineering water/air heating systems, and hybrid photovoltaic thermal systems. He has authored books and many research papers in esteemed journals with high-impact factors. Dr. Ankur Jain directs the microscale thermo-physics laboratory at the University of Texas at Arlington, USA. He is a recipient of the NSF CAREER Award (2016), Lockheed Martin Excellence in Teaching Award (2018), and UTA College of Engineering Outstanding Early Career Award (2017). His research interests include microscale thermal transport, electrochemical energy conversion, and bioheat transfer. His research has received funding support from NSF, ONR, DoE, and other non-federal sources. He received his Ph.D. (2007) and M.S. (2003) from Stanford University, and his B.S. (2001) with highest honors from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi. Dr. Krishna Mohan Singh is working as a Professor with the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee. Before this position, he worked as an Assistant Professor, at Shinshu University, Japan. He completed his Ph.D. at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur in 1993. His research areas are fluid dynamics, numerical simulation of turbulent flows in complex geometries, computational mechanics, parallel numerical algorithms for continuum problems, mesh-free methods, modeling, simulation, and CAD of thermo-fluid and multiphysics systems (energy systems). He received the HIVIPS (Hitachi Research Visit Programs) Fellowship from Hitachi Research Group, Hitachi Ltd., Japan. He has published more than 100 research papers in various journals of national and international repute.

• Plasma Functionalized Wettability Gradient Surfaces for Electronic Cooling.- Effect of Porous Plug Shape and Permeability on Convective Heat Transfer Characteristics of Flow through a Mini Channel.- Condition Monitoring of Reciprocating Compressor using ANN.- Novel Supercritical Carbon Dioxide Cycle for a Waste Recovery Application.- Cross-Recurrence Analysis of Pressure Signals in Intermittent Flow Sub-Regimes.- Effect of Linear Varying Diameter on Thermo-hydrodynamics of Two-Phase Closed Thermosyphon.- Investigation of Performance and Smoke Characteristics of Diesel Engine Powered by Various Blends of Biodiesels Extracted from Disposed Edible Oil.- Effect of Inverting Heat Source Direction on the Melting of Phase Change Material under the Influence of Microgravity Environment.- Study of Operating Parameters for a Controllable Water Flash Evaporation.- Numerical Study of Heat Transfer Fluid Position on Solidification of PCM in Fin Assisted Thermal Energy Storage System.