Annual Report April 2006 to March 2007 Energy Systems Engineering
Annexure 'A'
Statistical Information of Departments
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Student Intake:
M.Tech - 29
Ph.D. - 5 -
Degrees Awarded:
M.Tech. - 22
Ph.D. -1 -
Sponsored Projects:
Ongoing Projects (No.) - 8
New Projects (No.) - -
Completed projects - 2
Faculty involved -4 -
Consultancy:
No. of Jobs - 4
No. of faculty involved -3
Income generated -5.64 Lakhs -
Faculty / Scientific staff publications:
Books/Chapter in Book -2
Papers in International Journals -8
Papers in National Journals -1 -
Faculty Participation in Conferences/Workshops/Seminars:
International Conference / Workshops (abroad) - 2
International Conference / Workshops (in India) -
National - -
Patents - 2
Faculty and their Specialisation
Core Faculty
| Name | Area Of Interest |
| Prof. Santanu Bandyopadhyay | Industrial Energy Conservation, Pinch Analysis. |
| Prof. R. Banerjee (Convenor), Energy Systems |
Energy Audit and Management, Modelling of Energy Policy and Planning, Co-generation, Fuel Cell, Hydrogen Energy |
| Prof. A. Ganesh | Thermo chemical conversion of biomass (Gasification, Combustion and Pyrolysis) Biomass characterization, Charcoal and active carbon manufacturing process Alternate fuels in engines. |
| Prof. C. S. Solanki | Solar Photovoltaics, Thinfilm silicon solar cells, PV solar concentrators, Porous silicon, Carbon nano tubes (CNT's). |
| Prof. J. K. Nayak | Passive solar architecture, Solar thermal |
| Prof. Manoj Neergat | Fuel Cells, Electro catalysis and Electro chemistry |
| Prof. Pratibha Sharma | Thin films, Amorphous Semiconductors, Ion Irradiation, Chalcogenides |
| Prof. P. C. Ghosh | Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cell, Hydrogen generation and storage |
| Prof. S. B. Kedare (Adjunct) | Concentrating Solar Collectors, Industrial thermal hybrid systems |
Associated Faculty
Mechanical Engineering
| Prof. A.W. Date | Numerical Fluid flow and heat transfer, Appropriate Technology. |
| Prof. J. B. Doshi | Nuclear Reactor Theory, Nuclear Reactor Safety, Analytical Methods in Engineering. |
| Prof. U.N. Gaitonde | Thermodynamics, Heat Transfer Engineering, Power plant Engineering. |
| Prof. K. N. Iyer | Nuclear Reactor Safety, Thermal-Hydraulics, Applied Numerical Methods |
| Prof. M. V. Rane | Waste Heat Recovery Systems, Refrigeration System, Heat Pumps |
| Prof. S. P. Sukhatme | Heat Transfer, Energy |
| Prof. S. K. Mitra | EOR, Micro channels, Fuel Cell, Atomization and sprays |
| Prof. S. V. Prabhu | Flow Metering, Gas Turbine Blade Cooling, Two Phase Flow and Heat Transfer |
| Prof. A. Sridharan | Two-phase Heat Transfer, Experimental Heat Transfer |
| Prof. Atul Sharma | Computational Fluid Flow and Heat Transfer |
| Prof. Shashi Suryanarayan | Automatic Control, Mechatronics |
Electrical Engineering
| rof. V. Agarwal | Power Conversion, Modeling and simulation of power electronic systems |
| Prof. K. Chatterjee | Utility friendly converter topologies, Power Factor Correction techniques |
| Prof. B. G. Fernandes | Switch Mode Rectifiers & Power Supplies, Soft switching methods for SMPS. |
| Prof. S. A. Khaparde | Deregulation in Power Industry: optimal bidding & congestion management. |
| Prof. A. M. Kulkarni | Power System Dynamics, Flexible AC Transmission Systems. |
| Prof. S. A. Soman | Power System Analysis, Restructuring of Power Systems. |
| Prof. S. V. Kulkarni | Transformer Design & Analysis, Finite element method computations. |
| Prof. M. Chandorkar | Electrical drives Power electronic converters and control. |
Chemical Engineering
| Prof. K. C. Khilar | Colloids, interface science, porous media. |
| Prof. R. K. Malik | Process modeling, simulation, energy integration. |
| Prof. P. Aghalayam | Kinetic modeling, Catalytic oxidation, Automotive emissions control. |
| Prof. C. Venkatraman | Aerosols and climate; Air pollution; Toxicity and risk assessment |
Aerospace Engineering
| Prof. K. Sudhakar | Multidisciplinary Design Optimization |
Metallurgical Engineering and Material Science
| Prof. R. O. Dusane | Synthesis & characterization of amorphous and microcrystalline thin films. |
Centre for Environmental Science And Engineering
| Prof. Virendra Sethi | Combustion Aerosols, Energy and Environment |
Centre for Technology Alternatives in Rural Area (CTARA)
| Prof. N. G. Shah | Food Process Engineering, Small scale Renewable Energy Applications, Agro-based Industrial Development |
| Prof. Anand B. Rao | Carbon Capture and Sequestration, Power Plants, Clean Coal Technologies, Global Climate Change, Energy and Environment |