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Best Paper Award in the 2nd International Conference on Fluid, Thermal and Energy Systems (ICFTES’24)

 

I am pleased to announce that our paper titled "Local Mass Burning Rate Correlation for Turbulent Boundary Layer Diffusion Flames Stabilized over a Condensed Fuel Surface," authored by Alankrit Srivastava, and Ajay Vikram Singh, has won the best paper award in the  2nd International Conference on Fluid, Thermal and Energy Systems (ICFTES’24). ICFTES' 24 is organized jointly by the Department of Chemical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering, National Institute of Technology Calicut, Kerala in technical collaboration with Stellenbosch University (QS-283), South Africa, and in association with the Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers (IIChE), Indian Society for Heat and Mass Transfer (ISHMT- RCT) and UK National Heat Transfer Committee from June 6–8, 2024. Dated: 8th June, 2024.  https://imoc.iitk.ac.in/student-glory-single.php?sgid=NTM1

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Best Paper Award in the 2nd International Conference on Fluid, Thermal and Energy Systems (ICFTES’24)

 

I am pleased to announce that our paper titled "Assessment of Detonation Parameters of H2-O2/air Detonations in the Combined Presence of Inert Diluents and Ignition Promoters," authored by Ranjay Kumar Singh, Ashlesh Dahake, and Ajay Vikram Singh, has won the best paper award in the  2nd International Conference on Fluid, Thermal and Energy Systems (ICFTES’24). ICFTES'24 is organized jointly by the Department of Chemical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering, National Institute of Technology Calicut, Kerala in technical collaboration with Stellenbosch University (QS-283), South Africa, and in association with the Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers (IIChE), Indian Society for Heat and Mass Transfer (ISHMT- RCT) and UK National Heat Transfer Committee from June 6–8, 2024. https://imoc.iitk.ac.in/student-glory-single.php?sgid=NTM4

 

New Paper Published in the Proceedings of the Combustion Institute

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Our paper "Experimental investigation of flame morphology and instabilities in turbulent wind-driven flames" recently got accepted for the Proceedings of the Combustion Institute (PROCI). Proceedings of the Combustion Institute is the top-most scientific journal in the field of combustion science. Dated: th June, 2020.

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New Paper Accepted for Presentation at the 40th International Symposium on Combustion, Milan, Italy

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Our paper "Experimental investigation of flame morphology and instabilities in turbulent wind-driven flames" recently got accepted for presentation at the 38th International Symposium on Combustion. The papers accepted for presentation are published in the Proceedings of the Combustion Institute (PROCI). Proceedings of the Combustion Institute is the top-most scientific journal in the field of combustion science. Dated: 30th April, 2024.

 

New Paper Published in the Shock Waves 

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Our paper titled "Effect of Initial Conditions on the Inhibition Process of H2-O2/air Detonations Using CF3I, CO2, and H2O" was recently published in the Shock Waves. Dated: 16th May 2024.

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New Paper Published in the Shock Waves 

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Our paper titled "Detonation Inhibition using Retardant Weight Analysis for Halogenated Compounds" was recently published in the Shock Waves. Dated: 13th May 2024.

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New Paper Published in the Fire Safety Journal 

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Our paper titled "Heat transfer in wind-driven fires stabilized under a mixed-convective turbulent flow environment" was recently published in the Fire Safety Journal (FISJ). Fire Safety Journal is the top-most scientific journal in the field of fire science. Dated: 15th January 2024.

 

New Paper Published in the Shock Waves 

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Our paper titled "Dual Behavior of Hydrogen Peroxide in Gaseous Detonations" was recently published in the Shock Waves. Dated: 28th August 2023.

 

Pushkar Chaudhary got a job offer from Manastu Space

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Pushkar Chaudhary an M.Tech Student in the Department of Aerospace Engineering has received a prestigious job offer from Manastu Space. Pushkar is currently pursuing his M.Tech. thesis under my guidance on topics related to fire science and boundary layer combustion. I wish him all the success in his future endeavors!! Dated 24th February 2023.

 

Srinivas Naraboina got a job offer from HSBC

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Srinivas Naraboina an M.Tech Student in the Department of Aerospace Engineering has received a prestigious job offer from HSBC. Srinivas is currently pursuing his M.Tech. thesis under my guidance on topics related to detonations and explosions. I wish him all the success in his future endeavors!! Dated 28th December 2022.

 

Mukesh Goklani got a job offer from Eaton Corporation plc

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Mukesh Goklani an M.Tech Student in the Department of Aerospace Engineering has received a prestigious job offer from Eaton Corporation plc. He has been chosen for the Eaton Technical Leadership profile. Mukesh is currently pursuing his M.Tech. thesis under my guidance on topics related to soot formation and oxidation in flames. I wish him all the success in his future endeavors!! Dated 28th December 2022.

 

New Paper Published in the Transactions of Indian National Academy of Engineering  (INAE Letters)

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Our paper titled "Numerical Study on NOx Emissions from Jet A-air Detonations" was recently published in the Transactions of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE Letters). Dated: 14th January 2023.

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New Paper Published in the Fire Safety Journal 

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Our paper titled "Upward Flame Spread over Discrete Thick Fuels under Mixed Convection Flow" was recently published in the Fire Safety Journal (FISJ). Fire Safety Journal is the top-most scientific journal in the field of fire science. Dated: 14th December 2022.

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New Paper Published in the Fire Safety Journal 

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Our paper titled "Burning Process over a Thermally Thick Material with Varying Unheated Lengths under Forced Airflow" was recently published in the Fire Safety Journal (FISJ). Fire Safety Journal is the top-most scientific journal in the field of fire science. Dated: 14th November 2022.

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New Paper Published in the Transactions of Indian National Academy of Engineering  (INAE Letters)

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Our paper titled "Inhibition of H2-air Detonations Using Halogenated Compounds" was recently published in the Transactions of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE Letters). Dated: 18th November 2022.

 

Two New Papers Published in the Transactions of Indian National Academy of Engineering  (INAE Letters)

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Our papers titled "NOx Mitigation and Ignition Promotion Effects of Hydrogen Peroxide Addition to H2-air Mixtures,"  and "Nitrogen Oxides Emissions from a Bio-derived Jet Fuel under Detonating Conditions" were recently published in the Transactions of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE Letters). Dated: 16th November 2022.

 

Three New Book Chapters Published in the Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering, Springer

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Our book chapters titled "Combustion Synthesis of Functional Nanoparticles",  "JP-10 Propellant Powered Rotating Detonation Waves for Enhancing the Performance of Hypersonic and Supersonic Missiles", and "Using Ozone and Hydrogen Peroxide for Manipulating the Velocity Deficits, Detonabilility, and Flammability Limits of Gaseous Detonations" was recently published in the Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering, Springer, Singapore. Dated: 30th June 2022.

 

Two New Papers Published in the Transactions of Indian National Academy of Engineering  (INAE Letters)

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Our papers titled "A Comparative Study of the Detonation Chemistry and Critical Detonation Parameters for Jet A and a Bio-derived Jet Fuel"  and "Nitrogen Oxides Emissions from Fuel-Sensitized Detonations for a Synthetic Biofuel" were recently published in the Transactions of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE Letters). Dated: 30th June 2022.

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Shweta Patil got a job offer from CNH Industrial

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Shweta Patil an M.Tech Student in the Department of Aerospace Engineering has received a prestigious job offer from CNH Industrial. CNH Industrial N.V. is an American-Italian multinational corporation with global headquarters in Basildon, United Kingdom. Shweta has recently completed her M.Tech. thesis under my guidance on topics related to soot formation and oxidation in gas turbine combustors. I wish her all the success in her future endeavors !! Dated 30th June 2022. 

 

New Paper Published in the Transactions of Indian National Academy of Engineering  (INAE Letters)

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Our paper titled "Using Ozone and Hydrogen Peroxide for Improving the Velocity Deficits of Gaseous Detonations" was recently published in the Transactions of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE Letters). Dated: 30th June 2022.

 

New Paper Published in the Fire Safety Journal 

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Our paper titled "Experimental Study of the Effect of Unheated Starting Segment upon Flame Spread over Solid Fuel under Forced Airflow" was recently published in the Fire Safety Journal (FISJ). Fire Safety Journal is the top-most scientific journal in the field of fire science. Dated: 21st May 2022.

 

New Paper Published in the Transactions of Indian National Academy of Engineering  (INAE Letters)

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Our paper titled "Detonation Chemistry of Fuel-Sensitized JetA1-Air Detonations" was recently published in the Transactions of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE Letters). Dated: 3rd May 2022.

 

New Paper Published in the Transactions of Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE Letters)

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Our paper titled "The Effect of Flame Temperature on Nascent Soot Particles in a Series of Premixed Ethylene-Oxygen-Nitrogen Stagnation Flames" was recently published in the Transactions of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE Letters). Dated: 12th April 2022.

 

New Paper Published in the Transactions of Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE Letters)

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Our paper titled "Comparative Studies on Ignition Kinetics and Detonation Chemistry of Real Distillate Fuels" was recently published in the Transactions of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE Letters). Dated: 12th April 2022.

 

Alankrit Srivastava Receives the Prestigious Prime Minister's Research Fellowship (PMRF)

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I am pleased to announce that Alankrit Srivastava, a Ph.D. student in the Department of Aerospace Engineering has received the prestigious Prime Ministers' Research Fellowship (PMRF) for a period of four years. He is currently doing his Ph.D. thesis under my supervision on topics related to Fire Science. The PMRF Fellowship is a highly competitive Fellowship scheme where the students are selected through a rigorous selection process. Each Fellow under this scheme receives a Fellowship ranging from Rs 70,000-80,000 per month. Apart from this, each Fellow would be eligible for a research grant of Rs. 2 Lakhs per year (a total of Rs 10 Lakhs for five years).  I wish him all the success in his future endeavors!!  Dated: 11th April 2022.

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New Paper Published in the Transactions of Indian National Academy of Engineering

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Our paper titled "Flame Synthesis of Functional Nanoparticles" was recently published in the Transactions of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE Letters). Dated: 4th April 2022.

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New Paper Published in the International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer

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A  new paper in collaboration with researchers at USTC and Huaqiao University, China recently got published in the International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer. The paper titled "Horizontal Solid Burning Under Laminar Forced Convection and Turbulent Buoyant Convection with an Unheated Segment" provides crucial information regarding the effects of an unheated segment on the transitioning mechanism of a wind-driven flame. International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer is the top-most scientific journal in the field of heat and mass transfer. Dated: 19th March 2022.

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Ayush Verma got a job offer from Tata Advanced Systems Limited

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Ayush Verma an M.Tech Student in the Department of Aerospace Engineering has received a prestigious job offer from Tata Advanced Systems Limited. Ayush is currently pursuing his M.Tech. thesis under my guidance on topics related to Fire Science and Flame Inhibition Mechanisms. I wish him all the success in his future endeavors!! Dated 21st February 2022. 

 

Khurshid Ahmad got a job offer from Eaton Corporation plc

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Khurshid Ahmad an M.Tech and a Ph.D. Student in the Department of Aerospace Engineering has received a prestigious job offer from Eaton Corporation plc. Khurshid completed his M.Tech. thesis under the joint supervision of Prof. Vaibhav Arghode and myself on colorless distributed combustion. I wish him all the success in his future endeavors!! Dated 1st February 2022.

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M.S. Karthikeyan Iyer got a job offer from Eaton Corporation plc

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M.S. Karthikeyan Iyer an M.Tech Student in the Department of Aerospace Engineering has received a prestigious job offer from Eaton Corporation plc. Karthikeyan completed his M.Tech. thesis under my guidance on detonation-based engines. I wish him all the success in his future endeavors!! Dated 28th December 2021.

 

Jenish Kodinariya got a job offer from HSBC Holdings plc

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Jenish Kodinariya an M.Tech Student in the Department of Aerospace Engineering has received a prestigious job offer from HSBC. Jenish is currently doing his M.Tech. thesis under my guidance on detonation inhibition mechanisms. I wish him all the success in his future endeavors!! Dated 10th December 2021.

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New Paper Published in the Fire Safety Journal

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Our paper titled "Inhibition of Hydrogen-Oxygen/Air Gaseous Detonations using CF3I, H2O, and CO2" was recently published in the Fire Safety Journal (FISJ). Fire Safety Journal is the top-most scientific journal in the field of fire science. Dated: 30th June 2021.

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Best Paper Award in the 2nd International Conference on Recent Advances in Fluid and Thermal Sciences (iCRAFT 2020)

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I am pleased to announce that our paper titled "RP2-1 and RP2-2 Propellants Powered Rotating Detonation Waves for Applications in Rocket Motors" has won the best paper award at the 2nd International Conference on Recent Advances in Fluid and Thermal Sciences (iCRAFT 2020) that was held from 19-21 March 2021 in Dubai, UAE. Dated: 22nd March 2021.

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Best Paper Award in the 2nd International Conference on Recent Advances in Fluid and Thermal Sciences (iCRAFT 2020)

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I am pleased to announce that our paper titled "Local Burning Behavior of Wind-Driven Flames Under Turbulent Airflow Conditions" has won the best paper award in the 2nd International Conference on Recent Advances in Fluid and Thermal Sciences (iCRAFT 2020) that was held from 19-21 March 2021 in Dubai, UAE. Dated: 22nd March 2021.

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New Paper Published in the Fire Safety Journal

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Our paper titled "Burning Behavior of Mixed-Convection Wind-Driven Flames Under Varying Freestream Conditions" was recently published in the Fire Safety Journal (FISJ). Fire Safety Journal is the top-most scientific journal in the field of fire science. Dated: 12th March 2021.

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Abhinandan Singh Receives the Prestigious Prime Minister's Research Fellowship (PMRF)

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I am pleased to announce that Abhinandan Singh, a Ph.D. student in the Department of Aerospace Engineering has received the prestigious Prime Ministers' Research Fellowship (PMRF) for a period of five years. He is currently doing his Ph.D. thesis under my supervision on topics related to Fire Science. The PMRF Fellowship is a highly competitive Fellowship scheme where the students are selected through a rigorous selection process. Each Fellow under this scheme receives a Fellowship ranging from Rs 70,000-80,000 per month. Apart from this, each Fellow would be eligible for a research grant of Rs. 2 Lakhs per year (total of Rs 10 Lakhs for five years).  I wish him all the success in his future endeavors!!  Dated: 23rd December 2020.