Department: Mechanical Engineering

• K Muraleedharan Nair, S Vishnu Prasad, Vaisakh S Nair, “Comparison of flow features near the wake of a circular and elliptical cylinder for different gap to diameter ratios”, 7th Asian Joint Workshop on Thermo physics and Fluid Science, November 21– 24, 2018.
• Vaisakh S Nair, K Muraleedharan Nair, “Numerical study on oscillation mechanism and its suppression when flow past a closed cavity for an inflow Mach number 3.0”, 7th International and 45th National Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power (FMFP) Conference, IIT Bombay, December 10– 12, 2018.
• K Muraleedharan Nair, Vaisakh S Nair, “Numerical analysis of low speed flow past an open, transitional and closed rectangular cavities “, 32nd National Convention of Aerospace Engineers (NCAE 2018), BIT Mesra, Ranchi, October 27 – 28, 2018.
• Unnikrishnan G, Vaisakh S Nair, Abhilash Suryan, “Experimental investigation of sloshing phenomenon in cylindrical and rectangular tanks subjected to linear excitation”, 7th Asian Joint Workshop on Thermo physics and Fluid Science, November 21– 24, 2018.
• K. Muraleedharan Nair, S Vishnu Prasad, Vaisakh S Nair, Greeshma Pradeep Kartha, “Analysis of Supersonic Flow Past Deep Cavity with Different Aspect Ratios”, ICAMEO, MBCET AIP Conference proceedings, June 2019, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5120198.
• Unnikrishnan G, S. Vishnu Prasad, Vaisakh S. Nair, Abhilash Suryan, “Investigation on the effect of baffle position on sloshing in tanks”, ICAMEO, MBCET AIP Conference proceedings, June 2019, AIP Conference Proceedings 2134, 040005 (2019); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5120213.
• Vaisakh S Nair, Vishnu Prasad and K. Muraleedharan Nair, “Comparison of Supersonic Flow Past Rectangular and Round Deep Cavities”, 6th National Symposium on Shock Waves, Oct 2020.
• Vaisakh S Nair, Abhilash Suryan, Vikash Kumar & T. John Tharakan, “Experimental investigation of cavitation inside a plain orifice injector”,Indian Journal Of Cryogenics, Jan 2021, Vol 46, http://dx.doi.org/10.5958/2349-2120.2021.00007.8.
• Vaisakh S Nair, Vikash Kumar, T. John Tharakan & Abhilash Suryan., “Comparison of Flow Features Inside a Plain Orifice Injector for Different Length-to-Diameter Ratios”,Proceedings of 16th Asian Congress of Fluid Mechanics, Feb 2021, pp.43-49, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-5183-3_5.
• Vaisakh S Nair, K. Muraleedharan Nair, S Vishnu Prasad, Greeshma Pradeep Kartha, “Numerical Analysis of Supersonic Flow Past Tandem Deep Cavities”, 48th National Conference on Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power (FMFP), BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus, RJ, India, December 2021.
• Vaisakh S Nair, K Muraleedharan Nair, “Numerical Analysis of Supersonic Flow Past a Double Cavity Scramjet Combustor”, Conference: Proceedings of the 1st International Conference in Fluid Thermal and Energy SystemsAt: NIT Calicut, Kerala, India, June 2022.
• Comparison of Flow Features Inside a Plain Orifice Injector for Different Length-to-Diameter Ratios,Springer – Proceedings of 16th Asian Congress of Fluid Mechanics, pp 43-49, 04-02-2021. (https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-5183-3_5).
• Unnikrishnan G, Vaisakh S Nair, S. Vishnu Prasad, Abhilash Suryan, “Sloshing Behavior of Different Fluids in a Cylindrical Tank”, Energy and Exergy for Sustainable and Clean Environment, Volume 1, January 2022, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-8278-0_35.
• Comparison of Flow Features Near the Wake of Circular and Elliptical Cylinders for Different Gap to Diameter Ratios, Recent Asian Research on Thermal and Fluid Sciences.2020-02-19 | Book chapter, Springer – Recent Asian Research on Thermal and Fluid Sciences, pp 409-419, 19-02-2020. (https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-1892-8_32).
• S Vishnu Prasad, Vaisakh S Nair, Unnikrishnan G and Abhilash Suryan, Investigation on the Effect of Baffle Position on Sloshing in Tanks, Proceedings of the International Conference on Applied Mechanics and Optimization, Mar Baselios College of Engineering and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram, June 2019, (AIP published).
• 10 Conferences (National and International)

• One Week Online Faculty Development Progamme on “Taking Research to Next Level” organized by Department of Mechanical Engineering & Department of Basic Science , in Association with IQAC, ISNT and IIC Cell, Sri Venkateshwara College of Engineering, Bengaluru from 26th to 30th September 2022.
• One Week Virtual International Faculty Development Programme (FDP) on Smart Tools and Methodologies for Academic Research organized by the Department of ECE, Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Technology, Hyderabad in association with Swecha during 01 – 05 August 2022.
• Online webinar on Fantasy of Hypersonic Flight: Conquering the last frontier, IEEE, 23 October, 2020.
• Online webinar on Sustainability in Flight: Our Journey to Decarbonization Confirmation, AIAA, 8 February, 2021.
• 5-day online FDP on the theme “Inculcating Universal Human Values in Technical Education” organized by All India Council for Technical Education(AICTE) from 16 August, 2021 to 20 August, 2021.
• 7th Asian Joint Workshop on Thermo Physics and Fluid Science Conference organizing team

• Kamal, V. V, L V, A. R., Nair, D. S., Narayan, D., Dhas, R. S., S, R., K, B. K., & Abraham, N. (2025). Development of novel biomaterial-based rotational triboelectric nanogenerators for wind energy harvesting. Engineering Research Express, 7(2), 025410. https://doi.org/10.1088/2631-8695/adcf78.
• Vivek V Kamal, ArunKumar S S, Rani S, K Bindu Kumar “Parameter Optimization of Electrophoretically deposited Graphene Oxide coating on the frictional characteristics of AISI 52100 Alloy Steel”. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part E: Journal of Process Mechanical Engineering, https://doi.org/10.1177/09544089221150714
• Vivek V Kamal, Nakul Pradeep, Rani Santhakumari amma, Muhammed Arif, Ananthan D Thampi, Sneha Edla “Tribological property and oxidation stability evaluation of rice bran oil with silicon dioxide nanoparticles and spicy aroma-based herbal oils as additives” Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part J: Journal of Engineering Tribology DOI: 10.1177/13506501231162396
• Vivek V Kamal, Awadhesh Kiran, Jude Francis, Amal Jose Arackal, Jeff Nicho Mathew, S Rani,” Comparative analysis of variation in macroscopic design process parameters of triboelectric nanogenerators” Materials Today: Proceedings,2023. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matpr.2023.01.158
• Kamal VV, Francis J, Rani S, Kiran A, Kiran P, et al. 2023. “Sustainable Energy Generation Using Triboelectric Nanogenerators: Recent Trends and Future Potential”. NanoWorld J 9(S5): S44-S51.

Conference Publications

• Vivek V Kamal, ArunKumar S S, Rani S, K Bindu Kumar “ Tribological Investigation of Nano PTFE coating on AISI 52100 dispersed in Oleic acid by Electrophoretic deposition method”. Select Proceedings of ICETM IE 2022. Singapore: Springer Nature Singapore, pp. 961–969. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-6945-4_72
• G. S. Anantharam, M. S. Sumanlal, Vivek V. Kamal, N. S. Sivasubramanian, S. Rani, K. Bindu Kumar; “Fabrication of semi-automated TIG cladding setup and exploring the frictional characteristics of cladding” . AIP Conf. Proc. 17 August 2023; 2890 (1): 020006. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0157092
• Aravind, A., Kamal, V.V., Rani, S., Bindu Kumar, K. (2024). Tribological Investigation of Composite Coating on AISI 52100 Alloy Steel Using Electrophoretic Deposition. In: Raghavendra, G., Deepak, B.B.V.L., Gupta, M. (eds) Recent Advances in Mechanical Engineering, Volume 1. ICMech-REC 2023. Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-97-0918-2_21

PhD from Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram.

• Sreeja Sadasivan, Pradeep S, Jishnu Chandran R. Advances in Droplet Microfluidics: A Comprehensive Review of Innovations, Morphology, Dynamics, and Applications, Microfluidics and Nanofluidics, 29 (2025) 17. Springer. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10404-025-02789-5 [Imp Fac- 2.3]
• Jishnu Chandran R, Sreeja Sadasivan, Senthil Kumar A, Fei Chen. Two-Phase Radial Ejector for Transcritical CO2 Refrigeration, Physics of Fluids, 36 (2024) 126142. AIP Publishing. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0244439 [Imp Fac- 4.1]
• Jishnu Chandran R, Senthil Kumar A, Sreeja Sadasivan, Bibin John & Rajesh Kanna P. Effect of Spindle Position on the Performance and Two-phase Characteristics of Controllable Ejector for CO2 Refrigeration System, Journal of Supercritical Fluids, 205 (2024): 106125. Elsevier. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.supflu.2023.106125 [Imp Fac- 3.9]
• Jishnu Chandran R, Senthil Kumar A, Sreeja Sadasivan, Rajesh Kanna P & Fei Chen. Two-phase Simulation of Transcritical CO2 Flow in Nozzle and Ejector using the Homogeneous Equilibrium Model, Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry, 149 (2024): 5367–5380. Springer. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10973-024-13104-9 [Imp Fac- 3.0]
• Tamilarasan S K, Jose J, Boopalan V, Chen F, Arumugam S K, Ramachandran J C, Parthasarathy R K, Taler D, Sobota T, Taler J. Recent Developments in Supercritical CO2-Based Sustainable Power Generation Technologies. Energies 17 (2024) 16: 4019. MDPI. https://doi.org/10.3390/en17164019  [Imp Fac- 3.0]
• Vignesh Boopalan, Jishnu Chandran R, Senthil Kumar A & Rajesh Kanna P. Numerical investigation of Burnout effect in turbine blade tip leakage at transonic condition, Engineering Research Express, 6 (2024) 4: 045554. IOP Publications. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1088/2631-8695/ad923a [Imp Fac- 1.5]
• Sreeja Sadasivan, Senthil Kumar A, Jishnu Chandran R & Mahesh C Aggarwal. Effects of Influencing Factors on the Performance and Morphology of Shock waves in Ejectors: A Review, International Journal of Modern Physics C, 34 (2023) 11: 2350142. World Scientific. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1142/S0129183123501425 [Imp Fac- 1.4]
• Arun Govind Neelan, Jishnu Chandran R, Manuel A. Diaz & Raimund Bürger. An efficient three-level weighted essentially non-oscillatory scheme for hyperbolic equations, Computational and Applied Mathematics, 42 (2023) 70. Springer. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s40314-023-02214-z [Imp Fac- 3.0]
• Jishnu Chandran R, & A Salih. Development of a benchmark solution in compressible liquid flows: Analytical solution to the water shock tube problem, Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry, 147 (2022): 5279-5292. Springer. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10973-021-10871-7 [Imp Fac- 4.4]
• Jishnu Chandran R, & A Salih. The Adaptive damping technique: Improving the simulation accuracy of hydraulic transients, International Journal of Mathematical Engineering and Management Sciences, 6 (2021) 6: 1553-1564, IJMEMS. DOI:  https://doi.org/10.33889/IJMEMS.2021.6.6.092. [Imp Fac- 1.9]
• Jishnu Chandran R, Risha Raju, & A Salih. An adaptively damped compressible-liquid model for non-cavitating hydraulic surges, International Journal of Engineering, Transactions A: Basics. 33 (2020) 10: 2047-2056, Materials and Energy Research Center. DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.5829/ije.2020.33.10a.23 [Imp Fac- 1.2]
• Risha Raju, Jishnu Chandran R, A Salih & Kuruvilla Joseph.  Numerical Analysis of Mixing-chamber non-uniformities and feed conditions for optimal performance of urea SCR, Reaction Chemistry and Engineering. 5 (2020) 12: 2236-2249, Royal Society of Chemistry. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/D0RE00269K [Imp Fac- 4.2]
• Jishnu Chandran R, & A Salih. A modified equation of state for water for a wide range of pressure and the concept of water shock tube, Fluid Phase Equilibria 483 (2019): 182-188, Elsevier. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fluid.2018.11.032 [Imp Fac- 2.8] Non-Scopus Journal Publications
• Jishnu Chandran R, & A Salih. A comparative performance analysis of HLLC and AUSM+-up Riemann Solvers, Cankaya University Journal of Science and Engineering 7 (2020) 2: 108-117, Cankaya University.
• Jishnu Chandran R, & A Salih. A pressure-based compressible-liquid flow model for computation of instantaneous valve closure in pipes, Science and Technology Journal 7 (2019)2: 60-66, Mizoram University.
  Book Chapters (Scopus-indexed)
• Jishnu Chandran R, Risha Raju, A Salih & Senthil Kumar A. Accurate Compressible Flow Modelling of Liquid Shock Tube Problems, Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power, 2022 (Vol. 2). Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering, Springer. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-5752-1_75
• Jishnu Chandran R, & Micky Baisil. Experimental and Computational Study of Liquid Nitrogen Transfer Line Chilldown, Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power 2021 (Vol. 2), Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering, Springer. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-6970-6_57
• Arun Govind Neelan, Jishnu Chandran R, Manuel A. Diaz & Raimund Bürger. Improved Three-level Order-Adaptive WENO Scheme, Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power 2021 (Vol. 2), Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering, Springer. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-6970-6_41
  Conference Publications
• Jishnu Chandran R, Senthil Kumar A, Vignesh Boopalan, Jobel Jose. (2025) Numerical Investigation of the Transient Pressure Fluctuation across Valves in Valve-Induced Surges, International Conference on Sustainable Aerospace Technologies and Innovations (ICSATI-2025), VIT Bhopal University.
• Risha Raju, Jishnu Chandran R, Kuruvilla Joseph, & A Salih (2019). Numerical Modelling of NOx Reduction on Cu-ZSM-5 Monolith Reactor, 3rd International ISHMT-ASTFE Heat and Mass Transfer Conference, 2019, 1-6.
• Jishnu Chandran R, & A Salih (2018). Equivalence of Density-Based and a Customized Pressure-Based Approach for Compressible Modelling of Instant Valve Closure in Irrigation Pipes, 7th International Conference on Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power, 2018,1-3.
• Jishnu Chandran R, & A Salih (2017). Water Shock tube simulation with Tait equation of state, 2nd International ISHMT-ASTFE Heat and Mass Transfer Conference, ISHMT Digital Library. Begell House Inc., 2017, 2203-2209.
• Jishnu Chandran R, & A Salih (2016). A Comparative Study of AUSM Scheme with Some Common Finite Difference Schemes in Solving One-Dimensional Shock-Tube Problem, 6th International Conference on Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power, 2016, 1-3.
• Jishnu Chandran R, A Ramaraju, Harikrishnan R, Abhishek Kumar, Sujith Kumar R (2013). Chilldown Studies of a Cryogenic Transfer Line, 2nd National Conference on Advances in Heat Transfer and Fluid Dynamics, 2013, 233-238.

Program Coordinator for the ‘Autodesk certified two-day CAD Workshop’ organized for the Mechanical UG- students, in association with the ASME MBCET Chapter. March, 2025.

Program Coordinator for the ME Department Technical Fest, VORTECHX-2025.

Delivered ISTE Torchbearer Talk on ‘Technical Writing: General aspects of paper writing’ at MBCET, Thiruvananthapuram, on Feb, 2025.

Reviewer for the Physics of Fluids, Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology,
International Journal of Thermodynamics, International Journal of Engineering [Scopus and WOS Indexed]

• Adarsh S J, Arivazhagan Natarajan, Studies on process parameter optimization and surface modification for joint strength enhancement of laser welded Aluminium 5754-Polyamide hybrid joints., Materials Today Communications, 2023,107198, ISSN 2352-4928, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mtcomm.2023.107198. (SCI, Impact Factor(2025): 4.5)
• Adarsh S J, Arivazhagan Natarajan. Review on the advancements and relevance of emerging joining techniques for aluminium to polymers/carbon fibre-reinforced polymer lightweight hybrid structures. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part L: Journal of Materials: Design and Applications. 2022;236(12):2394-2435. doi.org/10.1177/14644207221090331. (SCI, Impact Factor(2025): 2.2)
• Adarsh S J, Arivazhagan Natarajan. Analysis and prediction of the joint strength of friction stir welded Aluminium 5754 to polyamide using response surface methodology and artificial neural network. Journal of Thermoplastic Composite Materials.  2022;36(9):3644-3672). doi:10.1177/08927057221133091. (SCI, Impact Factor(2025): 3.4)
• Renangi Sandeep, Bala Murali Nagarajan, S. Kamlesh Kumar, Adarsh S J, Manikandan Manoharan, Arivazhagan Natarajan, Strategies to improve joint strength of friction lap welded AA7475/PPS hybrid joint with surface pre-treatment on AA7475, Materials Letters, Volume 333, 2023, 133561, ISSN 0167-577X, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matlet.2022.133561. (SCI, Impact Factor(2025): 2.7)
• Adarsh S J, Manoj George, Bibin Jose, and Kurian Antony Feasibility Study on the Bonding Mechanism and Mechanical Characteristics of Friction Stir Welded Aluminium 5754 to Polypropylene Hybrid Joints Springer Proceedings in Physics, Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2025 SPPHY 316, pp.1–6,2025. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-96-6541-9_13 (Scopus Indexed).
• Davis Shaji, T. Hariharan, Basil V. Jolly, Aravind Vinu, Bibin Jose, Kurian Antony, Nandhakumar, and Adarsh S J, Development of Double Pulse Tungsten Inert Gas Welding Technique for High-Performance AA2024-T3 Aerospace Components, Springer Proceedings in Physics, Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2025 SPPHY 316, pp. 1–10, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-96-6541-9_14 (Scopus Indexed)
• Bibin Jose, Adarsh S J, Application of Augmented Reality in Manufacturing,” submitted to “Emerging Technologies in Digital Manufacturing and Smart Factories” December 2023. Book chapter (Scopus Indexed).

 Conference

• Adarsh S J, Rajeswari S “Experimental Investigation on Wear Properties of Aluminium 7075-Silicon Carbide-Graphite Hybrid Composite” at CSIR Sponsored National Conference. TAMMIE 2013 organized by KPR Institute of Technology.

Patents Filed/Published 

• Advanced Blind Spot Detection for Enhanced Vehicle Safety in Assisted & Autonomous Driving (Published)
• A Smart Drying Solution IOT Enabled Nutmeg Mace Dryer(Published)

• Attained 94% (Top 1%) in the IIT Guwahati-organized NPTEL course on Advances in Welding and Joining Technologies in the year 2020.
• Received “Raman research award” from VIT University in the year 2022 for publishing a paper in SCI Journal.

• Industry:Structural Engineer in Aries Marine Sharjah from Sept 2007 to Feb -2009
• R&D: Research Scholar in CUSAT from Nov 2018 onwards

• Ruby Maria Syriac, A.B.Bhasi, Y. V. K. S.Rao, Parametric responses of carbon-epoxy composite with delamination using cohesive gap element , Materials Today: Proceedings, Elsevier.DOI: 10.1016/ j.matpr. 2021. 07.316.
• Ruby Maria Syriac, A.B.Bhasi, Y. V. K. S.Rao, A review on characteristics and recent advances in piezoelectric thermoset composites, AIMS Materials Science, 7 (6): 772–787. DOI: 10.3934 /matersci. 2020.6. 772.
• Ruby Maria Syriac, A.B.Bhasi, Structural Health Monitoring of Smart Composites: A Review’, Green Buildings and Sustainable Engineering, Springer Transactions in Civil and Environmental Engineering, pp 49-59,2018.
• Minnu S, Ruby Maria Syriac, Analysis of dynamic behavior of a pre-stretched circular hyper elastic membrane with finite deformation at International Conference on Technological Advancements and Green Governance, 2014 (ICTAGG ‘14), Sivaji College of Engineering, Manivila.
• Minnu S, Ruby Maria Syriac, Effect of pre-stretch on circular hyper elastic membrane with finite deformation National Conference on Futuristic Technologies in Mechanical Engineering, 2014 (NCFT 14), MBCET, Trivandrum,pp 16-25.
• AkashRajan, Minnu S, Ruby Maria Syriac,  Jayaraj Kochupillai “Effect of lateral pressure and pre-stretch on a annular circular hyper elastic membrane with finite deformation“ Paper ID:376, International Conference on Theoretical, Applied, Experimental and Computational Mechanics 2014 ( ICTACEM ) , IIT Kharagpur.
• Akash Rajan, Viji B Vijayan, Ruby Maria Syriac, Jayaraj Kochupillai, Effect of tank wall flexibility on the modal characteristics of fluid solid tank Structures, Paper ID: 409, International Conference on Theoretical, Applied, Experimental and Computational Mechanics 2014 ( ICTACEM ) , IIT Kharagpur.
• Viji B Vijayan, Ruby Maria Syriac, Finite Element Analysis of Fluid Solid Tank Structures, International Conference on Technological Advancements and Green Governance, 2014 (ICTAGG ‘14), Sivaji College of Engineering, Manivila.
• Viji B Vijayan, Ruby Maria Syriac, Finite Element Analysis of Fluid Solid Tank Structures with Slosh, National Conference on Futuristic Technologies in Mechanical Engineering, 2014 (NCFT 14), MBCET, Trivandrum.
• Ruby Maria Syriac, Sajikumar K.S, Failure prediction of adhesively bonded single lap joint, National Conference on Technological Trends,2012, CET,Trivandrum.