Associate Professor
ksasihithlu@ese.iitb.ac.in
7th floor, Department of Energy Science and Engineering
Opposite Kendriya Vidyalaya School
IIT Powai
(0091 22) - 2576 9347
ksasihithlu'AT'iitb.ac.in
ksasihithlu'AT'ese.iitb.ac.in
Ongoing projects:
1) Development of selective emitter coatings to reduce solar heating in homes
( 1 year, from July 2019)
(Funded by La Fondation Dassault Systèmes)
The objective of this project is to design a selective emitter which when coated on the walls of enclosures will lead to decrease in temperature of the interior space of the enclosure through passive cooling. The required electromagnetic properties of the emitter is being modelled using commerical electromagnetic solvers CST Studio respectively.
Students currently working on this topic :
Bhrigu Rishi Mishra (PMRF fellow)
Sreerag Sundaraman (PMRF fellow)
Nithin Jo Varghese (Project Staff)
2) Design of thermal barrier coatings
The objective of this project is to design coating suitable for high temperature applications such as gas turbines where both thermal conduction and radiative heat transfer play a prominent role
Students currently working on this topic :
Harish (MSc-PhD 2019 batch)
3) Design of radar absorbing coatings
The objective of this project is to design effective all dielectric coatings for the defense sector serving as effective radar absorption material
Students currently working on this topic :
Riya Khaneja (MSc-PhD 2019 batch)
4) Modelling of dipole-dipole electromagnetic interactions between biological molecules
The objective of this project is to model the dipole-dipole interactions in photosynthetic molecules from first principles
Students currently working on this topic :
Gaurav Bansode (PhD student 2018 batch)
Amit Upadhyaya (MSc-PhD 2017 batch)
5) Increasing optical absorption in Perovskite solar cells and organic solar cells
The objective of this project is to explore methods such as employing a layer of white paint to increase light absorption in thin-film solar cells such as in organic and Perovskite solar cells.
Students working on this topic:
Dr. Anil Tumuluri (Institute postdoc)
Disha Yadav (UGC fellow 2020)