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Atul Bhargav

PhD (University of Maryland)
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

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K. Chelvakumar

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

Research Interests

  • Solar power: cell physics, panel production, off-shore installations and solar power economics and finance
  • Finance and ​m​anagement for engineers
  • Healthcare f​inance and ​e​ngineering m​echanics

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Dilip Srinivas Sundaram

PhD (Georgia Institute of Technology)
Associate Professor
Combustion, Propulsion, Computational Fluid Dynamics

Research Interests

  • Combustion
  • Propulsion
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics

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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

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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

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Harish Palanthandalam-Madapusi

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

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

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Harmeet Singh

PhD (Virginia Tech)
Assistant Professor
Classical continuum mechanics, Elasticity, Mechanics of thin bodies, Applied differential geometry

Research Interests

  • Classical continuum mechanics
  • Elasticity
  • Mechanics of thin bodies
  • Applied differential geometry
  • Calculus of variations

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Jaichander Swaminathan

PhD (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Kanchan and Harilal Doshi Chair Assistant Professor
Thermal sciences, Water-energy systems

Research Interests

  • Thermal sciences
  • Water-energy systems
  • Industrial reuse and recycling

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Jayaprakash K R

PhD (University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign)
Assistant Professor
Wave propagation in one and two-dimensional granular media

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

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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

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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

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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

Research Interests

  • Phase Change Heat Transfer
  • Thermal Management
  • Water Harvesting
  • Interfacial Phenomena
  • Surface Science & Engineering
  • Micro/Nanoscale Materials

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Uddipta Ghosh

PhD (IIT Kharagpur)
Assistant Professor
Viscous Flows, Electrohydrodyamics and Electrokinetics

Research Interests

  • Viscous Flows, Electrohydrodyamics and Electrokinetics
  • Flow of Complex Fluids
  • Transport in Porous Media
  • Energy and Hygrometric Studies of Buildings

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Vineet Vashista

PhD (Columbia University)
Assistant Professor
Wearable & Rehabilitation Robotics, Human-robot Interaction

Research Interests

  • Wearable & Rehabilitation Robotics
  • Human-robot Interaction
  • Cable-driven Robotics
  • Human Movement Adaption

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Vinod Narayanan

PhD (Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research)
Associate Professor
Flow instabilities and transition to turbulence

Research Interests

  • Flow instabilities and transition to turbulence
  • Compressible fluid flow
  • Convective heat transfer