- Aly Kaufman Post-Doctoral Fellowship received from Israel Post-Doctoral Research Fund through Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Israel. (Oct. 2023 – Present)
- Post-Doctoral Fellowship received from Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Israel, for post-doctoral research in the Faculty of Aerospace Engineering. (July 2022 – Sept. 2023)
- Institute Post-Doctoral Fellowship received from IIT Bombay, India, for post-doctoral research in the Department of Mechanical Engineering. (July 2021 – July 2022)
- Best Oral Presentation Award received in the Research Scholar’s Day organized by the School of Energy Science & Engineering, IIT Kharagpur, West Bengal, India. (Dec. 2018)
- University Gold Medal for outstanding academic performance in Master of Technology received at the 4th Convocation of Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India. (May 2017)
- Doctoral Fellowship by the Ministry of Education (formerly the Ministry of Human Resource Development), Government of India for Doctoral Research at IIT Kharagpur, West Bengal, India. (July 2016 – Dec. 2020)
- Winner of district-level G.K competition organized by OSSTA, Odisha, India. (2004)
Technion - Israel Institute of Technology
Post-Doctoral Fellow (Aly Kaufman Fellow)
July 2022 – Present
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
Institute Post-Doctoral Fellow
Computational Fluid Dynamics Lab.
Department of Mechanical Engineering
July 2021 – July 2022
Gandhi Institute for Technological Advancement
Assistant Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering
June 2014 – June 2016
Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
Energy Science & Engineering | Mechanical Engineering
July 2016 – July 2021
Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan University
Master of Technology (M.Tech.)
Thermal Science & Heat Power Engineering | Mechanical Engineering
Aug. 2013 – May 2015
University Gold Medal
Biju Patnaik University of Technology
Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.)
Mechanical Engineering
Sept. 2008 – May 2012
- Delivered an invited lecture on “Non-Oberbeck Boussinesq (NOB) Effects in Natural Convection to Non-Newtonian Power-Law Fluids” in the Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan Weekly Academic Lecture (SOAWAL) series at the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Institute of Technical Education and Research, Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan (Deemed To Be University), Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India. (March 2023)
JOURNAL REVIEWER
- SPRINGER NATURE: Scientific Reports [1], Sadhana [4]
- AIP: Journal of Applied Physics [3], Physics of Fluids [5]
- ASME: Journal of Heat Transfer [1]
- TAYLOR & FRANCIS: Numerical Heat Transfer, Part A: Applications [2]
- ELSEVIER: International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer [6], International Journal of Thermal Sciences [2], Case Studies in Thermal Engineering [5], Thermal Science and Engineering Progress [3]
- MDPI: Materials [3], Fluids [1], Sustainability [2], Applied Sciences [1]
- IOP: Fluid Dynamics Research [1]
- SEMNAN: Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer Research [1]
- VIBGYOR: International Journal of Metallurgy and Metal Physics [2], International Journal of Robotic Engineering [1]
ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES
- CO-CONVENER of the National Seminar on “Recent Advancement in Mechanical Engineering & Engineering Materials” (RAMEEM) organized by the Department of Mechanical Engineering, GITA Autonomous College Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India. (March 2016)
- Teaching Interests: Fluid Mechanics, Heat Transfer, Thermodynamics, Refrigeration Engineering, Computational Fluid Dynamics
- Subject Taught:
- Fluid Mechanics (UG), 2014-15 (Autumn), 2015-16 (Autumn) at GITA Autonomous College Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India.
- Heat Transfer (UG), 2014-15 (Spring), 2015-16 (Spring) at GITA Autonomous College Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India.
- Laboratory Classes:
- Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Machines Lab. (UG), 2014-15 (Spring), 2015-16 (Spring) at GITA Autonomous College Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India.
- Heat Transfer Lab. (UG), 2015-16 (Spring) at GITA Autonomous College Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India.
- Teaching Assistant (TA):
- Combustion Lab. (UG/PG), 2018 (Spring) at the Department of Mechanical Engineering and School of Energy Science and Engineering, IIT Kharagpur, West Bengal, India.
- Mechanical Measurement Lab. (UG/PG), 2021-22 (Autumn) at the Department of Mechanical Engineering, IIT Bombay, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
- Fluid Mechanics Lab. (UG/PG), 2021-22 (Spring) at the Department of Mechanical Engineering, IIT Bombay, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
- Two days International Workshop on “Fluids Under Confinement” jointly organized by Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India and the University of Warwick, United Kingdom. (Mar. 2023)
- One-day webinar on “Thermo-Chemical Energy Conversion: Future Research Direction” jointly organized by the School of Mechanical Engineering and Electric vehicles Incubation, Testing, and Research Centre, Vellore Institute of Technology, Chennai, India. (Dec. 2020)
- One day workshop on “CFD Analysis of Rotating Machinery (CFDRM)” organized by the School of Mechanical Engineering, Vellore Institute of Technology, Chennai, India. (Sep. 2020)
- Two days online national workshop on “Simulation of Conventional and Innovative Refrigeration Systems using Cycle-Tempo” organized by the School of Mechanical Engineering, Vellore Institute of Technology, Chennai, India. (Aug. 2020)
- Two days online technology development programme on “Reliability, Availability, Maintainability and Safety (RAMS 2020)” organized by the School of Mechanical Engineering, Vellore Institute of Technology, Chennai, India. (Aug. 2020)
- One day Webinar on “How to Publish Open Access with Taylor & Francis” organized by Research Synergy Institute and Taylor & Francis Group. (Aug. 2020)
- One day workshop on “Publishing in Academic Journals: An Author’s Workshop” organized by Taylor & Francis Group at IIT Kharagpur, India. (Sept. 2019)
- A short-term course on “Experimental Flow Visualization and Measurement Techniques for both Incompressible and Compressible Flow Regime” organized by the Department of Aerospace Engineering, IIT Kharagpur, India. (Mar. 2019)
- One week GIAN course on “Recent Advances in Multiphase Flows” organized by the Department of Mechanical Engineering, IIT Kharagpur, India. (Jun. 2018)
- One week GIAN course on “PCM Bases Cooling Technology” organized by the Department of Mechanical Engineering, IIT Bhubaneswar, India. (Dec. 2017)
- One day workshop on “LATEX Workshop on Technical Report Writing”, organized by IIT Kharagpur, India. (May. 2017)
- One month training on “CATIA” at the Central Tool Room and Training Centre (CTTC), Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India. (Dec. 2010)
- One month workshop practice on “Hand Injection Mould” at the Central Tool Room and Training Centre (CTTC), Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India. (Dec. 2010)
- Operating System: Windows, Linux (Ubuntu)
- Coding / Programming: C, C++, MATLAB, LaTeX
- Tools: Microsoft Office, LibreOffice, LaTeX
- Softwares: OpenFOAM, foam-extend, ANSYS Workbench, ANSYS Fluent, COMSOL Multiphysics, Nektar++, MATLAB, ParaView, TecPlot, EES, PolyMath, Gmsh, Salome, SciLab, Inkscape
