Recent Advances in Thermofluids and Manufacturing Engineering

This book presents the select proceedings of the International Conference on Thermofluids and Manufacturing Science (ICTMS 2022). Some of the topics covered include Heat transfer, fluid dynamics, multiphase flow, flow diagnostics using artificial neural network, aerodynamics,  high-speed flows, sustainable energy technology, propulsion and emissions, Eco-friendly manufacturing, Coating Techniques and Supply chain management etc. Given the scope, the book will be highly useful for researchers and professionals interested in mechanical, production or aerospace engineering

Dr. Shripad Revankar is Professor of Nuclear Engineering and Director of Multiphase and Fuel Cell Research Laboratory in the School of Nuclear Engineering at Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana. He is serving the SNE since 1987. He received his B.Sc., M.Sc. and Ph.D. all in Physics from Karnatak University, India, and M.Eng. in Nuclear Engineering from McMaster University, Canada. He also serves as BK21 Plus Visiting Professor in the Division of Advanced Nuclear Engineering at Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), South Korea. He has done pioneering work in many niche technical areas that includes advanced reactor systems, reactor safety, reactor thermal hydraulics, composite fuel for advanced nuclear reactors, instrumentation, multi-phase flow and heat transfer, microgravity multiphase flow, direct energy conversion, hybrid power systems, nuclear hydrogen generation, solar energy storage, packed bed reactor, renewable energy, and fuel cell technology. He has published more than 400 peer reviewed technical articles in archival scientific journals and conference proceedings and author/co-author of three books: Advances in Nuclear Fuels, InTech publisher 2012, Fuel Cells-Principles, Design and Analysis, CRC Press 2014, and Storage and Hybridization of Nuclear Energy: Techno-economic Integration of Renewable and Nuclear Energy, Academic Press, 2018. 

He has served as the research and educational consultant to academia, national laboratories and industries in Canada, China, Hong Kong, India, South Korea, and USA. He is Chief Editor of Frontier in Energy-Nuclear Energy and Chief Editor of International Journal of Magnetism & Nuclear Science. He is Life Member of American Nuclear Society (ANS), American Society of Mechanical Engineer (ASME), American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE), Korean Nuclear Society, (KNS), and Indian Society for Heat and Mass Transfer (ISHMT). He is also a member of American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE), Electro Chemical Society (ECS), and American Association for Advancement of Science (AAAS). He was elected as Fellow of ASME in 2008, Fellow of ANS in 2015, and Fellow of AIChE in 2017. He received Technical Achievement Award from American Nuclear Society Thermal Hydraulics Division in 2019 for his significant contribution to reactor thermal hydraulics through experiments and for the modeling of phenomena important in the analysis of nuclear reactor safety and applications.

Dr Kamalakanta Muduli is presently working as Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Papua New Guinea University of Technology, Lae, Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea. He has obtained Ph.D. from the School of Mechanical Sciences, IIT Bhubaneswar, Orissa, India. and he has Master’s degree in Industrial Engineering. He has over 15 years of academic and research experience in Universities in India and Papua New Guinea. He is a recipient of ERASMUS+ KA107 Award provided by European Union. He has published 51 papers in peer-reviewed international journals most of which are indexed in Clarivate analytics, Scopus and listed in ABDC and presented more than 25 papers in reputed conferences. He appeared as a guest editor for selected special issues of journals and books published by Taylor and Francis, MDPI, CRC Press, Wiley scrivener, and Apple Academic Press. He also has guided three Ph.D. students. His current research interest includes sustainable supply chain management, and Industry 4.0 applications in operations and supply chain management. He is a fellow of Institution of Engineers India. He is also a senior member of Indian Institution of Industrial Engineering and member of ASME.

Dr. Debjyoti Sahu currently serves as Assistant Professor at the School of Mechanical Engineering, KIIT Deemed to be University, Bhubaneswar. He obtained his B.E. in Automobile Engineering from Malnad College of Engineering, Hassan, and M.Tech. in Energy Systems Engineering from BVB College of Engineering and Technology Hubli, Karnataka. He obtained his Ph.D. in Energy Technology from Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, India. He has taught various subjects of UG and PG courses at the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Bengaluru, during 2008–2018. Now he teaches battery technology and automobile engineering at KIIT Deemed to be University, Bhubaneswar. He has been involved in several experimental research including hydrogen adsorption, metal organic frameworks, refrigeration, and bio-fuel.  He along with his research collaborators holds an Australian Innovation Patent on ‘Usage of cow urine as an additive with the unusable cooking oil for the emission reduction from diesel engine exhaust’. He has published several journal papers on adsorption, refrigeration, and IC engine performance. He is Life Member of Indian Science Congress and Institution of Engineers, India.