TEACHING AT IIT KANPUR COURSES

Undergraduate

• Heat Transfer (ME 342)

• Heat and Mass Transfer (ME 341)

• Fluid Mechanics and Rate Processes (ESc207(old), ESO212)

• Fluid Mechanics (ME 331)

• B.Tech Project I (ME451)

• B.Tech Project II (ME452)

Postgraduate

• Conduction (ME 645(old))

• Conduction and Radiation (ME 641)

• Convective Heat and Mass Transfer (ME 642)

• Numerical Fluid Flow and Heat Transfer (ME 630)

• Viscous Flow Theory (ME 631)

• Combustion and Environment (ME 643)

• Programming and Numerical Analysis (ME 685)

• Computer-Aided Design of Thermal Systems (ME 648)

• Boiling and Condensation (ME 742)

• Communication Skills for Engineers (ME600)

LABS

• Heat Transfer

• Fluid Mechanics

• Energy Conversion (I.C.Engines and Turbomachinery)

• ME100 (Introduction to Mechanical Engineering)

TUTORIALS

• Fluid Mechanics and Rate Processes (ESc 207(old))

• Graphics (TA 101)

• Thermodynamics (ESO 102 (old), ESO201A)

• Manufacturing Processes (TA 201, TA 203(old))

• Programming and Numerical Analysis (ESc 101(old))

• Mechanical Design-I (ME 353(old))

• Computational Methods in Engineering (ESO 218)

• Engineering Design and Graphics (ME 251)

TEACHING AT UNIVERSITÄT HANNOVER, GERMANY

• Numerical Fluid Flow and Heat Transfer (Winter Semester, 2000/2001)

• Sieden und Kondensieren (Boiling and Condensation) (Summer Semester, 2001)

SELECTED JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS

• P.S.Ghoshdastidar and A.Mukhopadhyay, "Transient Heat Transfer from a Straight Composite Fin: A Numerical Solution by ADI", International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol.16, No.2, pp.257-265, 1989.

• K.M.Pillai, K.Muralidhar and P.S.Ghoshdastidar, "Numerical Modelling of Enhanced Oil Recovery Using Water Injection Method", Journal of the Institution of Engineers (India), Chemical Engineering Division, Vol.75, pp.17-24, 1994.

• Debashish Mishra, K.Muralidhar and P.S.Ghoshdastidar, "Computation of Flow and Heat Transfer Around a Vertical Discrete Protruding Heater Using an Operator-Splitting Algorithm", Numerical Heat Transfer, Part A: Applications, Vol.28, No.1, pp.103-119, 1995.

• P.S.Ghoshdastidar and V.K.Anandan Unni, "Heat Transfer in the Non-Reacting Zone of a Cement Rotary Kiln", ASME Journal of Engineering for Industry, Vol.118, No.1, pp.169-172, 1996.

• D.R.Samuel Jones, P.S.Ghoshdastidar, M.K.Muju and Manab K.Das, "The Design of a Large Single-Screw Melt Extruder Using a Quasi Two-Dimensional Conducting Screw Computer Model", ASME Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering, Vol.119, No.4(A),pp.644-648, 1997.

• P.S.Ghoshdastidar, Gagan Ghai and R.P.Chhabra, "Computer Simulation of Three-Dimensional Transport During Moistened Defatted Soy Flour Processing in the Metering Section of a Single-Screw Extruder", Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science, Proc. IMechE Part C, Vol. 214, pp.335-349, 2000.

• Amit Kumar and P.S.Ghoshdastidar, "Numerical Simulation of Polymer Flow into a Cylindrical Cavity", ASME Journal of Fluids Engineering, Vol.124, pp.251-262, 2002.

• Iftakhar Alam and P.S.Ghoshdastidar, "A Study of Heat Transfer Effectiveness of Circular Tubes with Internal Longitudinal Fins Having Tapered Lateral Profiles", International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol.45/6, pp.1371-1376, 2002.

• Manab K.Das and P.S.Ghoshdastidar, "A Quasi Three-Dimensional Conjugate Heat Transfer Model for the Metering Section of A Single-Screw Plasticating Extruder", Journal of Materials Processing Technology, Vol. 120/1-3, pp.397-411, 2002.

• Amit Kumar, P.S.Ghoshdastidar and M.K.Muju, "Computer Simulation of Transport Processes during Injection Mold-Filling and Optimization of Molding Conditions", Journal of Materials Processing Technology, Vol.120/1-3, pp.438-449, 2002.

• P.S.Ghoshdastidar, S. Kabelac and A. Mohanty, "Numerical Modelling of Atmospheric Pool Boiling by the Coupled Map Lattice Method", Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science, Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part C (U.K.), Vol. 218, pp.195-205, 2004.

• A. Gupta and P.S.Ghoshdastidar, "A Three-dimensional Numerical Modeling of Atmospheric Pool Boiling by the Coupled Map Lattice Method", ASME Journal of Heat Transfer, Vol. 128, No.11, pp.1149-1158, 2006.

• P.S.Ghoshdastidar and Indrajit Chakraborty, "A Coupled Map Lattice Model of Flow Boiling in a Horizontal Tube", ASME Journal of Heat Transfer, Vol.129, No. 12, pp.1737-1741, 2007.

• I.Chakraborty, B.Ray, G.Biswas, F.Durst, A.Sharma, P.S.Ghoshdastidar, "Computational Investigation on Bubble Detachment from Submerged Orifice in Quiescent Liquid under Normal and Reduced Gravity", Physics of Fluids, Vol.21, p. 062103-1-17, 2009.

• P.S.Ghoshdastidar and Ankit Agarwal, "Simulation and Optimization of Drying of Wood Chips with Superheated Steam in a Rotary Kiln", ASME Journal of Thermal Science and Engineering Applications, Vol.1, No.2, pp. 024501-1-8, 2009.

• I. Chakraborty, G.Biswas, P.S.Ghoshdastidar, "Bubble Generation in Quiescent and Co-flowing Liquids", International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol.54, pp. 4673-4688, 2011.

• Koustubh Sinhal, P.S.Ghoshdastidar and Bhaskar Dasgupta, "Computer Simulation of Drying of Food Products with Superheated Steam in a Rotary Kiln", ASME Journal of Thermal Science and Engineering Applications, Vol.4, pp. 011009-1-13, 2012.

• Manas Das, Vijay K Jain and Partha S Ghoshdastidar, "Computational Fluid Dynamics Simulation and Experimental Investigations into the Magnetic Field-Assisted Nano-finishing Process", Proc. IMechE Part B, Journal of Engineering Manufacture, Vol. 226, No.7, pp.1143-1158, 2012.

• I. Chakraborty, G. Biswas, P.S.Ghoshdastidar, "A Coupled Level-Set and Volume-of-Fluid Method for the Buoyant Rise of Gas Bubbles in Liquids", International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol. 58, pp. 240-259, 2013.

• Sayan Sadhu and P.S.Ghoshdastidar, "Heat Flux Controlled Pool Boiling of Zirconia-Water and Silver-Water Nanofluids on a Flat Plate: A Coupled Map Lattice Simulation", ASME Journal of Heat Transfer, Vol. 137, pp. 021503-1-9, 2015.

• Indrajit Chakraborty, Gautam Biswas, Satyamurthy Polepalle and Partha S. Ghoshdastidar, "Bubble Formation and Dynamics in a Quiescent High-Density Liquid", AIChE Journal, Vol. 61, No. 11, pp. 3996-4012, 2015.

SELECTED BOOK PUBLICATIONS

• Title: Computer Simulation of Flow and Heat Transfer.
  Author: P.S.Ghoshdastidar.
  Year of Publication: 1998.
  Publisher:Tata McGraw-Hill Publishing Co. Ltd., New Delhi (A Division of the McGraw-Hill Companies)
  Versions: Softcover with floppy diskette (ISBN 0-07-463151-9).
  Hardcover without floppy diskette (ISBN 0-07-463150-0)

• Title: Heat Transfer (includes a CD-ROM).
  Author: P.S.Ghoshdastidar.
  Year of Publication: 2004 (Reprints: 2005/2007/2008/2009/2010/2011, ISBN 0-19- 567050-7).
  Publisher: Oxford University Press

• Title: Heat Transfer (Second Edition, Enlarged, Reformatted, includes a CD-ROM).
  Author: P.S.Ghoshdastidar.
  Year of Publication: 2012 (ISBN 0-19-807997-4).
  Reprints: Jan, 2013, June, 2014, October, 2015.
  Publisher: Oxford University Press

SELECTED SPONSORED RESEARCH PROJECTS

• Title: NUMERICAL SOLUTION OF CONVECTION-DIFFUSION PROBLEMS WITHOUT USING UPWIND SCHEME
  Investigators: Dr.P.S.Ghoshdastidar (PI) and Dr.K.Muralidhar (CI)
  Sponsor: Department of Science and Technology Govt. of India
  Duration: September, 1990-April, 1994
  Amount of Grant: Rs.2, 95,000/-

• Title: NUMERICAL SIMULATION OF FLUID FLOW AND HEAT TRANSFER IN SINGLE-SCREW EXTRUDERS WITH APPLICATIONS TO POLYMER AND FOOD PROCESSING
  Investigators: Dr.P.S.Ghoshdastidar (PI) and Dr.R.P.Chhabra (CI)
  Sponsor: Council of Scientific and Industrial Research Govt. of India
  Duration: April, 1993-April, 1996
  Amount of Grant: Rs.2, 20,000/-

• Title: COMPUTER SIMULATION OF HEAT TRANSFER WITH AND WITHOUT CHEMICAL REACTIONS IN ROTARY KILNS: APPLICATIONS TO DRYING AND CEMENT PRODUCTION Investigators: Dr.P.S.Ghoshdastidar (PI) and Dr.R.P.Chhabra (CI)
  Sponsor: Council of Scientific and Industrial Research Govt. of India
  Duration: August, 1997-August, 2000
  Amount of Grant: Rs.5, 25,000/-

• Title: EXPERIMENTAL AND NUMERICAL INVESTIGATIONS OF PISTON COOLING BY OIL JET IMPINGEMENT
  Investigators: Dr.A.K.Agarwal (PI) and Dr.P.S.Ghoshdastidar (CI)
  Sponsor: Council of Scientific and Industrial Research Govt. of India
  Duration: August, 2005- August, 2007
  Amount of Grant: Rs.5, 25, 000/-

• Title: Rotational-Magnetorheological Abrasive Flow Finishing (R-MRAFF)
  Investigators: Dr.V.K.Jain (PI) and Dr.P.S.Ghoshdastidar (CI)
  Sponsor: Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India
  Duration: January, 2009-January, 2012
  Amount of grant: Rs.30, 00, 000/- (approx.)

• Title: Measurements and Modeling of Melt Temperature in Steelmaking
  Investigators: Dr.Dipak Mazumdar (PI) and Dr.P.S.Ghoshdastidar (CI)
  Sponsor: Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India
  Duration: February, 2009-June, 2012
  Amount of Grant: Rs.27, 74, 000/-

My current areas of research are:

• Numerical simulation of nanofluids flow and heat transfer in various geometries using
  (i) homogeneous model and (ii) heterogeneous model

• Modelling of heat transfer with/without chemical reactions in rotary kilns

• Cooling of electronic equipments such as computers

• Design of heat sinks for LED street lighting luminaires and

• Computer simulation of pool boiling of nanofluids using the Coupled Map Lattice Method (CML).

CURRENT RESEARCH STUDENTS

BT-MT

• Shrey Verma

M.Tech

• Rahul Nath

• Souvik Naskar

• Ravinder Kumar

Ph.D Students

• Ashish Agrawal

• Dileep V. Nair

• Rajat Dhingra

• Saptarshi Mandal

• Atinder Pal Singh 
• Piyush Sharma (MSE Dept.) 
• Vibhanshu Verma (External)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES

• Member, ASME (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers)

• Life Member, ISHMT (Indian Society for Heat and Mass Transfer)

EDITORSHIP OF JOURNALS

• Associate Editor (since May 1, 2011), HEAT TRANSFER RESEARCH (an international journal published by Begell House Inc., USA)

• Editorial Board Member (since May 9, 2015) of Engineering Science and Technology, an International Journal (JESTECH), published by Elsevier

REVIEWER FOR

Journals

• ASME Journal of Heat Transfer

• International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

• ASME Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering(formerly ASME JEI)

• ASME Journal of Engineering for Industry

• ASME Journal of Computing & Information Science in Engineering

• Journal of Materials Processing Technology

• Journal of the Institution of Engineers(India)

• AIAA Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer

• Journal of Materials and Manufacturing Processes

• International Journal of Thermal Sciences

• Journal of Visualization

• Indian Journal of Pure and Applied Mathematics

• Indian Journal of Chemical Technology

• Journal of Food Engineering

• Chemical Engineering Science

• IMechE Journal of Power and Energy

• International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat and Fluid Flow

• Heat Transfer Engineering

• Heat Transfer Research

• Computers and Fluids

• Defence Science Journal

• BioResources

• Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science (IMechE Part C)

• Progress in Computational Fluid Dynamics

• Drying Technology

• Sadhana

• ASME Journal of Thermal Science and Engineering Applications

• Advances in Mechanical Engineering

• Engineering Applications of Computational Fluid Mechanics

• Recipient of the Institution Prize of the Institution of Engineers (India) for the paper entitled, "Numerical Modelling of Enhanced Oil Recovery Using Water Injection Method" (by K.M.Pillai, K.Muralidhar and P.S.Ghoshdastidar) published in 1994 in the institution journal. This award was given away by the President of India on December 20, 1995 during the inaugural session of the 10th Indian Engineering Congress held in Jaipur.

• Recipient of the Certificate of Merit of the Institution of Engineers(India) for the paper entitled," Numerical Simulation of Thermal Erosion During EDM Process"(by R.Bhattacharya, V.K.Jain and P.S.Ghoshdastidar) published in 1996 in the institution journal.

• Elected Fellow of World Innovation Foundation, U.K. on 15th August, 2002.

• Recipient of the Certificate of Merit of the Institution of Engineers (India) for the paper entitled,
  "Numerical Simulation of Laminar Heat Transfer in Circular Tubes with Internal Longitudinal Fins
  Having Tapered Lateral Profiles"(by Iftakhar Alam and P.S.Ghoshdastidar) published in 2002 in
  the institution journal.

• 2012 A. M. Strickland Prize of the Manufacturing Industries Division of the Institution of Mechanical
  Engineers, U.K. for the paper, "Computational Fluid Dynamics Simulation and Experimental
  Investigations into the Magnetic-field-assisted Nano-finishing Process" published in Journal of Engineering
  Manufacture (Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part B in 2012).

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