Group Leaders


Dr. Mohd. Kaleem Khan
Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, IIT Patna
Dr. Manabendra Pathak
Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, IIT Patna


Current PhD Students


Akash Priy
Research Scholar, Department of Mechanical Engineering, IIT Patna
Email: akash_1821me02[at] iitp.ac.in
Area of Research: Flow Boiling in Microchannels
Status: Ongoing
Saurabh Sagar
Research Scholar, Department of Mechanical Engineering, IIT Patna
Email: saurabh_2021me14[at] iitp.ac.in
Area of Research: Ballooning and burst behavior of Zircaloy-4 cladding tubes under simulated LOCA conditions
Status: Ongoing
Mazhar Hussain
Research Scholar, Department of Mechanical Engineering, IIT Patna
Email: mazhar_2121me25[at] iitp.ac.in
Area of Research: Thermal management of electric vehicles
Status: Ongoing
Souvik Pabi
Research Scholar, Department of Mechanical Engineering, IIT Patna
Email: souvik_2221me10 [at] iitp.ac.in
Area of Research: Flow of non-Newtonian fluids through small diameter tubes
Status: Ongoing
Danish Eqbal
Research Scholar, Department of Mechanical Engineering, IIT Patna
Email: danish_2321me09 [at] iitp.ac.in
Area of Research: Vapour venting in microchannel heat sinks
Status: Ongoing
Vikash Kumar
Research Scholar, Department of Mechanical Engineering, IIT Patna
Email: vikash_2321me19 [at] iitp.ac.in
Area of Research: Fuel cell technology
Status: Ongoing


PhD Alumni


Dr. Rishikesh Kumar
Email: rishikesh.pme16 [at] iitp.ac.in
Thesis Title: SYNTHESIS, CHARACTERIZATION, AND PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF THERMOELECTRIC MODULES
Dr. Atul Ranjan
Email: atul.pme16 [at] iitp.ac.in
Thesis Title: POOL BOILING HEAT TRANSFER CHARACTERISTICS OF MICROCHANNEL STRUCTURED AND COATED SURFACES
Dr. Israr Ahmad
Email: israr.pme16 [at] iitp.ac.in
Thesis Title: ELECTROWETTING DRIVEN DROPLET FOR ADAPTIVE HOTSPOT COOLING FOR AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE
Dr. Kuldeep Awasthi
Email: kuldeep.pme16[at] iitp.ac.in
Thesis Title: DESIGN AND PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF A FRESNEL LENS SOLAR CONCENTRATOR WITH CONICAL SERPENTINE RECEIVER COILS
Dr. Desireddy Shashidhar Reddy
Email: desireddy.pme16 [at] iitp.ac.in
Thesis Title: DESIGN AND PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF A SCHEFFLER SOLAR CONCENTRATOR WITH CURVED SERPENTINE RECEIVER COILS
Dr. Rinku Kumar Gouda
Email: rinku.pme15 [at] iitp.ac.in
Thesis Title: POOL BOILING HEAT TRANSFER ENHANCEMENT WITH SEGMENTED FINNED STRUCTURED SURFACE AND RHAMNOLIPID BIOSURFACTANT
Dr. Sumit Raj
Email: sumitraj.pme15 [at] iitp.ac.in
Thesis Title: FLOW BOILING CHARACTERISTICS IN MICROCHANNEL HEAT SINKS
Dr. Siddharth Suman
Email: s.suman [at] iitp.ac.in
Thesis Title: BURST BEHAVIOUR OF HYDRIDED ZIRCALOY-4 CLADDING TUBE UNDER POSTULATED LOCA CONDITIONS
Dr. Md. Ashique Hassan
Email: hassan [at] iitp.ac.in
Thesis Title: NATURAL CONVECTION OF VISCOPLASTIC FLUIDS IN AN ENCLOSURE
Dr. Yogesh Kumar Prajapati
Email: yogi06_sati [at] iitp.ac.in
Thesis Title: TWO-PHASE FLOW INVESTIGATIONS IN VARIOUS MICROCHANNELS CONFIGURATIONS


M.Tech Students


Devesh Mishra (2021-2023)
Thesis Title: Pool Boiling of Surfactant Solution Over The Post-Nanofluid Boiling Surface
Email: devesh_2111me08[at] iitp.ac.in
Shivam Dwivedi (2019-2022)
Thesis Title: Flow Characteristics of low GWP Refrigerants in an Adiabatic Serpentine Capillary Tube
Email: shivam_1911me16[at] iitp.ac.in
Bibhrat Roy (2020-2022)
Thesis Title: Performance Investigation of a Solar Air Heater Artificially Roughened with Joukowski Airfoil Ribs
Email: bibhrat_2011me12[at]iitp.ac.in>;
Anupam Choudhary (2017-2019)
Thesis Title: Heat Transfer and Pressure Drop Characteristics of a Helical Coil with Spring Inserts
Email: anupam.mtme17 [at] iitp.ac.in
Akash Rawat (2017-2019)
Thesis Title: Performance Evaluation of a Solar Air Heater with Spring Turbulators
Email: akash.mtme17 [at] iitp.ac.in
Nitesh Kumar (2015-2017)
Thesis Title: Numerical Simulation of Flow Boiling in Uniform and Diverging Cross-section Microchannel
Email: nitesh.mtme15 [at] iitp.ac.in
Badrish Pandey (2016-2018)
Thesis Title: Flow Characteristics of Ecofriendly Refrigerants Through Adiabatic Coiled Capillary Tubes
Email: badrish.mtme16 [at] iitp.ac.in
Anurag Shukla (2016-2018)
Thesis Title: A Comparative Study of Subcooled Flow Boiling in Uniform and Stepped Converging Microchannels
Email: anurag.mtme16 [at] iitp.ac.in
Deep Singh Thakur (2014-2016)
Thesis Title: Thermo-Hydraulic Performance of Solar Air Heater With Absorber Plate Having Novel Hyperbolic Ribs
Email: deep.mtme14 [at] iitp.ac.in
Israr Ahmad (2014-2016)
Thesis Title: Experimental and Numerical Investigation of Transient Natural Convection in an Enclosure with Transpiration Port
Email: israr.mtme14 [at] iitp.ac.in
Somnath Gore (2014-2016)
Thesis Title: Heat Transfer Characterisitics of Paraffin with Nanoparticles During Charging and Discharging Cycles
Email: somnath.mtme14 [at] iitp.ac.in


B.Tech Students


Jibanjyoti Kalita(2019-2023)
Darshil Bhavesh Patel(2019-2023)
Kush Rakesh Gosalia(2019-2023)
Debarghya Maity(2019-2023)
Anway Bhattacharya(2018-2022)
Kutla Thanmai Reddy(2018-2022)
Ujjawal Kumar(2017-2021)
Shivam Kumar(2017-2021)
Sujit Justine Barwa (2017-2021)
Prateek Gupta (2017-2021)
Jaskaran Singh Chhabra (2016-2020)
Rohang Narain (2016-2020)
Pratik Mayur Rajke (2016-2020)
Reddi Sai Vamsi (2016-2020)
Amrit Raj (2015-2019)
Saket(2015-2019)
Vishal Rawat (2015-2019)
Saurabh Dubey (2015-2019)
Dharmesh Dewangan (2014-2018)
Chaitanya Kumar (2014-2018)
Shivam Sharma(2014-2018)
Md Zeeshan Alam (2014-2018)
Haroon Rashid (2014-2018)
Prashant Luhana (2013-2017)
Keerty Srinath (2013-2017)
Arpit Agrawal(2013-2017)
Kunal Kanoi (2013-2017)
Devanshu Ganatra (2012-2016)
Sunny Gupta (2012-2016)
K SreeHarsha (2012-2016)
K. N. P. Raja Sekhar (2012-2016)
Saurabh Patil (2012-2016)
Shashi Ranjan Kumar(2012-2016)
Virendra Kumar (2012-2016)
Mohammad Hussain (2012-2016)
Shashi Ranjan (2011-2015)
N. Trinath (2011-2015)
Ayush Raj (2011-2015)
Ravi Kumar Meena (2011-2015)
Shubham Deep (2011-2015)
Sarpate Aniket Dileep (2011-2015)
Md Hasan Dad Ansari (2010-2014)
Arya Aditya (2010-2014)
Aashish Kumar Tripathi (2010-2014)
Ashish Poria (2010-2014)
Sunny Vig (2010-2014)
Aman Kumar (2010-2014)
Gaurav Kumar (2010-2014)
Rupesh Kumar (2010-2014)
Vijay Narain (2009-2013)
Vishal Vadav (2009-2013)
R. Sandeep (2009-2013)
Pruthvi (2009-2013)
Harshit Sharma (2008-2012)
Sahil Madaan (2008-2012)