Department: Mechanical Engineering

• Deepak B and Salman Nizarudin, Thermo catalytic approach to breaking down long chain polymers to short chain polymers, International Journal of Research in Mechanical Engineering. Volume 4, Issue 3, PP 183-189, ISSN 2347-5188.
• Deepak B, Salman Nizarudin, Rohit Anoop Choodan and Anwin mathai, Effective disposal of plastic waste, International journal of Advanced Research Trends in Engineering and Technology. Volume 3, Special Issue 5. ISSN 2394-3785.
• A. Ramesh, G. Madhu and B. Deepak, A decomposition analysis on CO2 emission of Indian Cement Industries. International Journal of Environmental Engineering and Management. Volume 3, PP 23-36, ISSN 2231-1319.

• Automobile Engineering
• Fluid Mechanics
• Fluid Machinery
• Heat Transfer
• Thermodynamics
• Thermal Engineering
• Gas Dynamics
• Machine Tools
• Engineering Graphics

• Vinod V and S Anil Lal, Experimental and Numerical investigations of natural convection within vertical annulus, Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering, Pages 559-569, ISBN: 978-981-15-1892-8, Springer Nature, Singapore ,2018. (Book Chapter)
• Vinod V and S Ani Lal, Experimental and Numerical investigations of natural convection within vertical annulus, Asian Joint Workshop on Thermophysics and Fluid science AJWTF7, Trivandrum, November 21-24,2018.
• Bobin Saji George, Vinod V, Shone S, Rhuthwik D Nayar, Amith Tom Mathew and Jerrin Phili Aby,Investigation on Corrosion Resistance Coating in Subsea Pipelines for Improvement of life span A Review , International Conference on Advanced Materials and Manufacturing Processes for Strategic Sectors, ICAMPS-2018, October 25 -27, 2018.
• Vinod V and S Anil Lal, PIV studies of Natural convection within vertical annulus, 13th National Conference on Technological Trends, CET, August 10-13, 2013.

• 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]

• “Comparative study of nanoparticle additives in engine oil: an experimental approach”, The 7thJoint Asian Workshop on Thermophysics and Fluid Science, 21st to 24th November, 2018, accepted for publication.
• “Performance and Emission analysis of Spark Ignition Engine with Nano fuel additives”, The 7th Joint Asian Workshop on Thermophysics and Fluid Science, 21st to 24th November, 2018, accepted for publication.
• “Experimental Study of Nano particle additives in Engine Lubricant”, Second International Conference on Nano science and Engineering Application, 4th to 6th October, 2018, accepted for publication.

• Organizing committee member- National Conference on Futuristic Technologies in Mechanical Engineering,
• Organized by MBCET Trivandrum, 22 nd and 23 rd August, 2014, International Conference on Applied Mechanics and Optimisation, ICAMeO-2019.
• Organized by MBCET Trivandrum, 13 th to 15th June, 2019.