Department: Mechanical Engineering

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]

• Pursuing PhD(Kerala University, Research Centre: College of Engineering Trivandrum)
• Mtech Mechanical Engineering (Specialization: Propulsion Engineering)
• Btech Mechanical Engineering

• 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.

• Indian Society for Technical Education
• Tribology Society of India

• “Prioritizing Key Performance Indicators for the Mining Industry in Kerala: An AHP Approach”, Management and Production Engineering Review,2024,DOI: 10.24425/mper.2024.151490.
• “Analysing the Performance Indicators in SME Using ISM – MICMAC Approach”, Journal of The Institution of Engineers (India): Series C,2024,https://doi.org/10.1007/s40032-024-01110-7.
• “Analysing the Performance of a Manufacturing Firm Using Hierarchical Approach”,J. Inst. Eng. India Ser. C,2024,https://doi.org/10.1007/s40032-024-01036-0.

CONFERENCES

• Presented a paper titled ” Sustainable Performance Measurement of Small and Medium Enterprises ” in International Conference on Sustainable Development: Challenges, Opportunities and the Future held at Kochi, India during 9 th April 2021.
• Presented a paper titled ” Performance Measurement of a Manufacturing firm using SWOT-AHP analysis” in International Conference on global business environment held at Thiruvalla, India during 26th  November 2021.
• Presented a paper titled ” Performance optimization in SMEs: A systematic evaluation of key indicators with AHP” in International Conference on technological advances in civil and mechanical engineering  held at KMEA Calicut , India during 22th  February  2024.
• Presented a paper titled ” Key performance indicator ranking using AHP TOPSIS approaches” in International Conference on emerging technologies  held at IBS Hyderabad , India during 22th March  2024.