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    Research Interests
    • Artificial Intelligence control of a minijet-manipulated turbulent jet
    •  Experimental and computational study on wake dynamics of the ground vehicle
    • Passive controls for free shear flows
    • Jet acoustic study
    Sponsored Research Projects     
         
             
    1. Drone Mapping of Mangrove Swamps in Goa – Phase II (Principal Investigator)

    Funding Agency:   Research & Utilization Division, Goa Forest Department

    Period: 12-11-2022 to 31-03-2023

    Grant Sanctioned: INR 4.0 Lakhs

    1. Drone Mapping of Mangrove Swamps in Goa (Principal Investigator)

    Funding Agency:   Research & Utilization Division, Goa Forest Department

    Period: 05-01-2021 to 04-01-2022 (One year)

                 Grant Sanctioned: INR 5.0 Lakhs

    1. Drag reduction by suppressing the Bi-stability character of the wake in bluff body vehicles (Principal Investigator)

                   Funding Agency:   Aeronautics Research Development Board – DRDO

                  Period: 20-09-2019 to 19-05-2022 (Two years and eight months)

                  Grant Sanctioned: INR 23.01 Lakhs

    1. Development and Demonstration of two decentralized wastewater treatment plants (Co-Investigator)

    Funding Agency:   Centre of Research Excellence in waste, Water and Energy management – BITS Pilani             

    Period: 17-02-2014 to 16-02-2017 (Three years)

               Grant Sanctioned: INR 39 Lakhs 
     
     Ph.D. Students (Former and Present)
     
    1. Abhishek Kumar, “Modeling, Analysis and Evaluation of Electroplating System”, January 2012.
    2. C.Phaneendra Kiran, “Experimental Investigation for Quality Evaluation and Concurrent Engineering principles Applied to CNC Turning”, January 2013.
    3. Metikela Sreedhar Babu, “Computational and experimental analysis of an alternate fuel based Internal Combustion Engine”, May 2017.
    4. R. Femi, "Design and development of scalable, arc-less, ultrafast, miniaturized circuit breaker for over-current protection in electric power distribution system", May 2017.
    5. Naveen K S, " Experimental and computational study on the transient behavior of vortex structure behind a bluff body with a drag reduction device ", May 2023.
    6. Jinuchandran,“Artificial Intelligence control of a minijet-manipulated rectangular turbulent jet, In progress. 
    First Degree Thesis
     
    1. Harish R Palnitkar,”Computational and Experimental Study on Flow through Nozzles”, First Semester 2008-2009.
    2. Anil Kumar Nekkalapudi (2007A4PS330G), “Nonlinear Stability Analysis of Stratified Fluid Equilibria”, First Semester 2011-2012.
    3. Rangarajan (2008A4PS313G), “Simulation of Gasoline Fuelled Spark Ignition Engine Using STAR-CD”, Second Semester 2011-2012.
    4. Vivek D.P.S.V (2009A4PS082G), “Design Analysis and Testing of Nozzle closure ejection system”, First Semester 2012-2013.
    5. Nithin S Poduval (2009A4PS217G), “A Unified Formulation for compressible and Incompressible Unsteady Flows Using Finite Element Method”, First Semester 2012-2013.
    6. Narasimhan V.K. (2010A4PS151G), “Analysis of Coanda Plot and Angle of Separation using Instability Criteria”, First Semester 2013-2014.
    7. Katumalla Nishanth Paul (2010A4TS039G), "CFD Analysis of Jet Mixing Enhancement Using Passive Control", Second Semester 2013-2014.
    8. Rohan Verma (2010A7TS061G), "Unified Navigation Environment", Second Semester 2013-2014.
    9. Bapat Shounak Vinayak (2010A4TS472G), "Calibration of Thermocouples for Pool Boiling Experiments", Second Semester 2013-2014.
    10. Pawar Aishwarys Rajiv (2010A4TS282G), "Developing Algorithms for Incompressible Flows", Second Semester 2013-2014.
    11. Sushant Kumar (2010A4TS320G), "Local Thermo-Hydrodynamics of Pulsating Single Phase & Dry Liquid Plugs", Second Semester 2013-2014.
    12. Sagar Bose (2010A7TS116G), "Dimensioning, Weighing and Sortation Systems in Conveyors”, First Semester 2014-2015.
    13. Tanmay Chandrashekhar Shidhore (2010A4TS320G), "Heat Transfer in Nano Fluids”, First Semester 2014-2015.
    14. Tanmay Chandrashekhar Shidhore (2010A4TS320G), "Jet Impingement Heat Transfer Enhancement in Cu-Water Nano Fluids”, Second Semester 2014-2015.
    15.  Swapnil Gupta (2010B4A1611G), “Jet Impingement Heat Transfer of Water-Based Alumina Nano Fluid”, Second Semester 2014-2015.
    16. Hardik Shah (2012A4PS341G), “Experimental Study on Heat Exchanger Using Nano Fluids”, First Semester 2015-2016.
    17. Sundar Ganesh (2011B5A4313G), “Simulation of Vortex Generators-Parametric Study in Jet Engine Diffuser”, Second Semester 2015-2016.
    18. Kalpit Bakal (2012A4PS245G), “Shock Wave Attenuation Using a Rigid Barrier”, Second Semester 2015-2016.
    19. Abhinav Kumar Pandey (2012A4TS291G), “Design and Study of Fixed Wing MAV”, Second Semester 2015-2016.
    20. Ankit Nanda (2013A4PS383G), “Boundary Layer Separation on Low Velocity Aerofil”, First Semester 2016-2017.
    21. Sri Bhaswath Akella (2013A4TS394G), “An Experimental Study on Decision Tree Algorithms for Misfire Detection Using Crankshaft Instantaneous Angular Velocity”, Second Semester 2016-2017.

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