Department: Mechanical Engineering

Dr. Remil George Thomas

Employee Code / ID No. 10608006
Qualifications PhD.
Orcid ID 0000-0002-5065-1130
Industry / R & D Experience 1 year
Email ID [email protected]
Alternate E-mail ID –
Mobile No (Optional) / Intercom Extension No. 152
Areas of Interest / Current Research CAD/CAM, Manufacturing
Research,  Consultancy, Publication International Journal Papers

  • Remil, G.T., Deepak, L.K., Manu, R., 2021, “STEP AP 242 Managed Model-Based 3D Engineering: An Application Towards the Automation of Fixture Planning”, Int. J. Autom. Comput.. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11633-020-1272-x

Copyright

  •  Copyright with number: SW-14005/2020 dated 14/12/2020 received from Copyrights Office, Govt. of India, FiXplan, a software for feature extraction and fixture planning.

International conference

  • Remil, G.T., Manu, R., 2016, “Automatic Feature Recognition based Fixture Design for Prismatic Components” proceedings of 6th International All India Manufacturing Technology Design and Research Conference (AIMTDR) held at College of Engineering Pune, India, 16-18 Dec, pp. 795-798.
  • Remil, G.T., Anirudh, M.V., Deepak, L.K., Manu, R., 2016 “Fixture Design based on Automatic Feature Recognition” proceedings of International Conference on Design and Manufacturing (IConDM2016) held at Indian Institute of Information Technology Kancheepuram, India, 16-17 Dec, pp. 133-137.
Ph.D Research Guidance ( Research Scholar, E-mail ID, Research Topic/ Tentative Thesis Tittle) –
Academic / Professional Outreach Activities –
Membership in Professional bodies/ organizations ISTE
Community Outreach Activities Active in NSS
Awards / Distinctions / Rank / Other Achievements if any –

Dr. Jishnu Chandran R

Employee Code / ID No. 10625083
Qualifications PhD, Post-Doc
Orcid ID 0000-0003-3128-3595
Industry / R & D Experience 3 years Post-Doc Research experience in Mechanical Engineering (CFD) from VIT
University, One year Masters Project Intern at VSSC, ISRO.

PhD from Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram.
Email ID [email protected]
Alternate E-mail ID [email protected]
Mobile No (Optional) / Intercom Extension No. 9447929116
Areas of Interest / Current Research Computational Fluid Dynamics, Multi-phase flows,  CO2 Air-Conditioning and
Refrigeration, Renewable Energy Harvesting Systems, Engineering Systems for Sustainable Development, PINN.
Research,  Consultancy, Publication PUBLICATIONS
SCI / Scopus Indexed Journal Publications

  • 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.
Ph.D Research Guidance ( Research Scholar, E-mail ID, Research Topic/ Tentative Thesis Tittle) —-
Academic / Professional Outreach Activities

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]

Membership in Professional bodies/ organizations Life Member of the Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE).
[ Membership ID: LM 141859 ]
Community Outreach Activities —-
Awards / Distinctions / Rank / Other Achievements if any Award for best presentation at the 2nd International Conference on Fluid, Thermal, and Energy Systems, 2024.
Award for best presentation at the 48th National Conference on Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power, 2021.
Secured All India Rank 1354 in GATE 2011 with Score-574 and Percentile-98.33.

Dr. Nidhi M B

Employee Code / ID No. –
Qualifications PhD, Mtech, BTech
Orcid ID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3002-8835
Industry / R & D Experience  Industry experience -3- 6 years incluidng consulting , Research and academia-more than 20 years,
Email ID [email protected]
Alternate E-mail ID [email protected]
Website https://nidhiscorner.webs.com
Mobile No (Optional) / Intercom Extension No. 9447205900
Areas of Interest / Current Research AI, EV, Industry oriented projects
Supply chain management,
Operation research and Industrial engineering applications
Logistics Management
Nature Inspired Algorithm and Optimization
Disassembly and Eco design
Pedagogy and New learning methods,
HRM
Education Management etc.
Research,  Consultancy, Publication Prodictivity, Manpower planning, IOT implementation effectiveness in Healtcare Industry etc
Ph.D Research Guidance ( Research Scholar, E-mail ID, Research Topic/ Tentative Thesis Tittle) Mr Varghese T Daniel,   Topic: HR in IT Industry
Academic / Professional Outreach Activities ISTE National Executive Council member New Delhi
Jt. Sec IIIE Trivandrum Chapter,
Mentor SHE ISTE wing,
Publications – 55 plus,
Funded Projects -5 no.s
Membership in Professional bodies/ organizations Fellow of IIIE, National Executive Council Member ISTE, Member IEI, ISTD
Community Outreach Activities Prayaana – C2C mission, Volunteering for women empowerment activities,etc.,UHV practisioner
Awards / Distinctions / Rank / Other Achievements if any Best Faculty award among Engineering College Teachers 2021,Best Faculty advisor awarded by ISTE kerala Section 2019
Fellowship by IIIE 2019,National award for Substantial contributions in Industrial Engineering 2016
Best paper awards- 5 no.s, Invited talks – 60 plus
Author of Books Textbook – Technology Management (KTU MET 466) https://amzn.eu/d/72mFDm0
Musings – collection of Peotry(2021) available at https://www.amazon.in/Musings-Nidhi-MB/dp/9391374824
365 Productivity Sutras (2022) available at https://www.amazon.in/365-Productivity-Sutras-Hardcase-Nidhi
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Mr. Bipin Sankar

Employee Code / ID No. 10621078
Qualifications M. Tech
Orcid ID 0000-0003-4955-9705
Industry / R & D Experience —
Email ID [email protected]
Alternate E-mail ID —-
Mobile No (Optional) / Intercom Extension No. —-
Areas of Interest / Current Research Material Science and Development
Research,  Consultancy, Publication —
Ph.D Research Guidance ( Research Scholar, E-mail ID, Research Topic/ Tentative Thesis Tittle) —
Academic / Professional Outreach Activities —
Membership in Professional bodies/ organizations —
Community Outreach Activities —
Awards / Distinctions / Rank / Other Achievements if any —

Dr. K Muraleedharan Nair

Dr. Muraleedharan Nair K. secured B.Tech in Mechanical Engineering from TKM College of Engineering. He then joined the Central Power Research Institute (CPRI), gaining significant experience in the field of Energy Audit and Management. He obtained M.Tech in Propulsion Engineering from College of Engineering, Trivandrum. He further honed his expertise by pursuing Ph.D in Thermal and Fluid Science at the prestigious Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur and dedicated six years to research and development, focusing on innovative projects. He secured the Best Paper Award at the 5th International and 41st National Conference on Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power, held at IIT Kanpur in 2014. He is a KTU approved Ph.D supervisor and his research interests include advanced topics such as flow-induced oscillations, aero acoustics, and LES. He has several national and international conference and journal publications in these areas and extensive experience handling funded projects, most notably with the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) and Centre for Engineering Research and Development (CERD). He has been a key figure in various national and international conferences, serving on national advisory boards, organizing committees, and as a session and review chair. He was also the organizing chair of ICAMeO-2019 and serves as a subject expert on committees of central level organizations.

Employee Code / ID No. 10616061
Qualifications
  • BTech in Mechanical Engineering, TKM college of Engineering
  • MTech in Propulsion Engineering, College of Engineering Trivandrum
  • PhD in Thermal and Fluid science, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur
Orcid ID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0666-2668
Industry / R & D Experience Industry-2years ,R&D-6 years,Teaching-15.5 years
Email ID [email protected], [email protected]
Alternate E-mail ID [email protected]
Mobile No (Optional) / Intercom Extension No. 9074744097
Areas of Interest / Current Research Flow induced oscillations,Aero acoustics,LES
Research,  Consultancy, Publication Funded projects

  • ISRO,Gvt.India
  • CERD-Gvt.Kerala

24  publications
Ph.D Research Guidance ( Research Scholar, E-mail ID, Research Topic/ Tentative Thesis Tittle) KTU approved supervisor
Academic / Professional Outreach Activities
  • Functioned as memeber of National advisory committee ,organizing committee, organizing chair, session chair,reviewer for different Internantional conferences ,subject experts for department promotion, ISRO
  • Member of National Advisory Committee AJWTF7-2018
  • Organizing chair-ICAMeO-2019,
  • Organizing Committee member, session  and review chair of  national and international conferences
Membership in Professional bodies/ organizations –
Community Outreach Activities –
Awards / Distinctions / Rank / Other Achievements if any Best Paper award  in the 5thInternational and 41st National Conference on Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power, IIT Kanpur,2014.

Dr. Arvind P

Employee Code / ID No. 10611028
Qualifications
  • Pursuing PhD(Kerala University, Research Centre: College of Engineering Trivandrum)
  • Mtech Mechanical Engineering (Specialization: Propulsion Engineering)
  • Btech Mechanical Engineering
Orcid ID 0000-0002-1680-2783
Industry / R & D Experience Research Scholar at Kerala University (5 years)
Email ID [email protected]
Alternate E-mail ID —-
Mobile No (Optional) / Intercom Extension No. Intercom (216)
Areas of Interest / Current Research Biofuels, Tribology, Green Energy.
Research,  Consultancy, Publication
  • Arvind P, Asok Kumar N: Investigation of tribological properties of pure and oxidised blends of RCO derived biodiesel.10th International Conference on Industrial Tribology (IndiaTrib-2019),December 1-4,2019.Indian Institute of Science(IISc),Bangalore.
  • Arvind P, Asok Kumar N: Experimental investigation of wear and lubricant oil dilution in a biodiesel fuelled compression ignition engine.14th International Conference on Eco Materials (ICEM-14),February 5-7,2020,CSIR-NIIST, Trivandrum.
  • Arvind P, Asok Kumar N: Friction and wear characteristics of RCO derived biodiesel. International Conference on Materials, Mechanics and Management (IMMM-2020), March 5-7,2020,College of Engineering, Trivandrum.
  • Arvind P, Asok Kumar N: Tribological Investigation of Engine Oil degradation induced by Biodiesel.International Conference on Environment and Environment (ICEE 2021),April 9-10,2021,Jyothi Engineering College,Thrissur.
Ph.D Research Guidance (Research Scholar, E-mail ID, Research Topic/ Tentative Thesis Tittle) –
Academic / Professional Outreach Activities –
Membership in Professional bodies/ organizations
  • Indian Society for Technical Education
  • Tribology Society of India
Community Outreach Activities –
Awards/Distinctions/Rank/ Other Achievements if any Best Paper Award at International Conference on Materials, Mechanics and Management (IMMM-2020)