AREAS OF RESEARCH INTERESTS:

A) MAJOR AREAS

Entropy generation minimization
Thermodynamic design optimization
Heat conduction

B) MINOR AREAS

Thermodynamics and Heat Transfer:

Theory of frost formation on chilled surfaces
Modeling of ice crystal growth under various ambient conditions
Heat conduction in composite materials
Electromagnetic heating of materials
Mechanical Properties of fiber optic cables
Similarity transformation in heat transfer
Heat transfer analysis in relation to laser heating process
Optimum temperature control
Heat transfer in relation to friction welding
Thermal analysis of laser welding, drilling, cutting and surface modification
Condensation in tubes
Laser plasma characteristics
Stall Characteristics of compressor rotor
Second Law analysis of fluid flow in ducts
Optimum thermal design of heat exchangers
Optimum insulation of composite structures
Energy and exergy analysis of thermal systems
Solar energy
Wind energy
Optimization of solar driven heat engines

Computational Fluid Dynamics:

Modeling of gas combustion in turbulent flow
Numerical simulation of vortex formation
Thermal analysis of flow around rotating spheres

Computer Aided Design:

CAD and CAM applications
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