IIT Gandhinagar | Mechanical Engineering

Atul Bhargav

PhD (University of Maryland)
Associate Professor
Hydrogen production from hydrocarbon reforming, Heat & mass transfer

Research Interests

Hydrogen production from hydrocarbon reforming
Fuel cell systems design and simulation
Heat & mass transfer
Palladium-based composite membranes for Hydrogen purification in fuel cell system applications
Control algorithms for fuel cell systems

K. Chelvakumar

PhD (California Institute of Technology)
Visiting Professor
Solar power: cell physics, panel production, Healthcare finance

Research Interests

Solar power: cell physics, panel production, off-shore installations and solar power economics and finance
Finance and management for engineers
Healthcare finance and engineering mechanics

Dilip Srinivas Sundaram

PhD (Georgia Institute of Technology)
Assistant Professor
Thermofluid sciences, Combustion, Energetic materials

Research Interests

Thermofluid sciences
Combustion
Energetic materials

Debi Prasad Roy

PhD (T. H. Aachen)
Visiting Professor
Computational fluid dynamics,Hydraulic and pneumatic controls

Research Interests

Computational fluid dynamics
Wave propagation, reflection and interaction
Hydraulic and pneumatic controls
Vibration of beams under moving loads
Numerical methods for flow problems

Girish Kumar Sharma

PhD (Moscow Power Engineering Institute)
Visiting Professor
Heat transfer and heat exchangers

Research Interests

Heat transfer and heat exchangers
Refrigeration and air conditioning
Renewable energy sources
Energy conversion and energy conservation in thermal system

Harish Palanthandalam-Madapusi

PhD (University of Michigan)
Associate Professor
Systems and control theory

Research Interests

Systems and control theory
System identification (data-based modeling)
Estimation and kalman filtering
Input reconstruction
Applications of above areas to mechanical and biomechanical problems

Jaichander Swaminathan

PhD (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Kanchan and Harilal Doshi Chair Assistant Professor

Research Interests

Thermal sciences
Water-energy systems
Industrial reuse and recycling

Jayaprakash K R

PhD (University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign)
Assistant Professor
Wave propagation

Research Interests

Wave propagation in one and two-dimensional granular media
Elastic wave scattering at discrete nonlinear interfaces
Wave propagation in microfluidic droplet lattices
Nonlinear energy channeling in three-dimensional, locally resonant, unit-cell models and lattices

Madhu Vadali

PhD (University of Wisconsin - Madison)
Assistant Professor
(Jointly with Electrical Engineering)
Dynamic systems, Control systems, Smart manufacturing

Research Interests

Dynamic systems
Control systems
Smart manufacturing
Laser based manufacturing
Mechatronics
Robotics

N. Ramakrishnan

PhD (IIT Bombay)
Visiting Professor
Integrated material handling system, Low cost automation

Research Interests

Integrated material handling system
Low cost automation
CNC technology CAD-CAM / CIM
Tool design & engg.
Mechatronics
Productivity engg. & management
Factory automation - strategy, technology & management

Ravi Sastri Ayyagari

PhD (Illinois Institute of Technology)
Assistant Professor
Solid mechanics, Constitutive modeling, Computational mechanics, Continuum damage mechanics

Research Interests

Solid mechanics
Constitutive modeling
Computational mechanics
Continuum damage mechanics

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Soumyadip Sett

PhD (University of Illinois)
Assistant Professor
Phase Change Heat Transfer, Thermal Management, Water Harvesting, Interfacial Phenomena, Surface Science & Engineering, Micro/Nanoscale Materials