Reserch Supervision

      Research Scholars completed under my supervision

S.  No	NAME	TITLE / Field of Research	Year of Award
1	S.P. Subramanian	Theoretical & Experimental investigation on a combined sensible and latent heat storage system and application in IC engine waste heat recovery	2005
2	P. Natarajan	Some aspects of flow behavior in a liquid -solids circulating fluidized bed	2006
3	N. Nallusamy	Investigation of combined sensible and latent heat storage unit integrated with constant and Varying Heat Sources	2006
4	A. Pasupathy	Studies on Thermal Management in building Roof using Phase change Material	2006
5	K. Sureshkumar	Studies on the use of pongamiapinnata based biodiesel and biogas for energy efficiency and environment control	2008
6	R. Arularasan	Influences Of Geometric Parameters On Heat Transfer And Fluid Flow Characteristics In A Parallel Plate Heat Sink	2009
7	R. Rajaraman	Heat transfer studies on solidification of aluminum alloy casting using inverse methods	2009
8	A. Shanmugasundaram	Experimental investigation and numerical modeling of passive cooling system for telecom shelters in tropical and desert regions	2009
9	L. Sheik Ismail	Studies on pressure drop and heat transfer characteristics of compact plate-fin heat exchangers	2009
10	V. Pandiyarajan	Experimental investigation and thermodynamic analysis on heat recovery from diesel engine exhaust and PCM based thermal storage system.	2010
11	V. Antony Aroul Raj	Studies Of PCM Based Modular Heat Exchanger For Free Cooling Application For Energy Management In Green Buildings.	2011
12	M. Chinnapandian	Experimental Investigation and Thermodynamic Analysis of a cascaded Latent Heat Storage system for Diesel Engine Waste Heat Recovery	2011
13	A. Arulselvan	Investigation on water Heat Pipe under Various modes of condenser cooling	2011
14	N.B. Geetha	Experimental Investigation and CFD simulation on Passive Cooling of Cabin through augmented ventilation system using stored hot (solar) and cool (free cool energy) sources	2012
15	S. Karthikeyan	Numerical and Experimental Investigations on Packed bed latent heat storage system for low temperature air heating applications	2012
16	V. Kumaresan	Experimental investigation on environmental enhanced heat transfer characteristics of PCM and secondary refrigerant based Nano fluid for heating and cooling applications	2012
17	M. Rajagopal	Studies on free cooling Potential and PCM based Heat exchanger for thermal Management of buildings	2013
18	S. Essakimuthu	Investigations on solar Air heater integrated with Packed bed latent heat storage system	2013
19	P. Karthik	Experimental and CFD analysis on the Thermo- Hydraulic Performance of a corrugated louvered fin and flat tube compact heat exchanger	2013
20	G. Ravikumar Solomon	Experimental Studies on solidification behavior of PCM in a vertical concentric cylinders	2013
21	A.S. Ramana	Investigations on the Performance evaluation of thermal energy storage systems	2013
22	R. Shanthi	Performance enhancement of two phase gravity assisted Thermosyphon using nano fluids.	2014
23	Ali Mohammed	CFD modelling and analysis of wind turbine wakes.	2014
24	T. Shaafi	Influence of nanoadditives with diesterol blends on performance enhancement of a diesel engine	2015
25	A. Gopinath	Effects of structural parameters of Biodiesel fuels on the performance of a DI diesel engine and development of composite fuel property index for engine performance correlations.	2016
26	K. Sairam	Investigation on the charging characteristics of a PCM based free cooling system integrated with evaporative cooling unit	2016
27	P.Karthik	Optimization of engine parameters to reduce NOx emissions of a DI diesel engine fuelled by biodiesel with nano additives.	2017

      M.S. (By Research) completed under my supervision

S.  No	NAME	TITLE /Field of Research	Year of Award
1	K. Anbudurai	PCM based thermal storage system for building air conditioning	2004
2	G. Senthil Kumar	Stratification studies in thermal energy storage systems	2016

      Research Scholars completed - with significant contribution

S.  No	NAME	TITLE /Field of Research	Year of Award
1	M. Cheralathan	Some studies on industries refrigeration system integrated with encapsulated PCM in cool thermal energy storage system	2007
2	A. Ebenezer Rajkumar	Investigation on co-digestion aspects of SAGO/STARCH waste water and chicken manure based on field studies	2007
3	LA. Chidambaram	Experimental investigation on PCM based thermal storage system for solar operated vapour absorption refrigeration unit	2012
4	G. Kumaresan	Experimental investigation and computational analysis on a solar domestic cooking unit integrated with phase change material based storage system	2012
5	P. Chandrasekaran	Experimental investigations on subcooling and heat transfer enhancement during solidification process in a spherical capsule for cool thermal energy storage system	2015
6	N. Balaji	Performance improvement studies in a ecofriendly energy conservative air conditioning system	2016
7	M. Thambidurai	Energy efficient architecture for green building	2016
8	Atulya Misra	Emissions accounting and mitigation strategies in conventional port activities - A pathway towards green port development	2017

      Research Ongoing

S:No	Name	PhD category	Title	Year of registration	Fellowship / Position
1	T. Arun Kumar	Full Time	Development of functional phase change materials	July 2015	PDF - UGC Kothari Fellowship
2	V. Gayathri		Investigation on compressed air energy storage for efficient utilization of renewable power sources	Thesis submitted	Project Engineer - MNRE project (2 months research stay completed in UK)
3	G. Kalaiarasi		Thermal Enhancement Analysis on Solar Air Heater using Thermic Fluids	Thesis submitted	JRF - MNRE (2 years research stay completed in USA)
4	P. Senthilkumar		Thermal Management of solid state laser devices using Phase Change Materials	Thesis submitted	Project Engineer - AUFRG-ICC
5	I. Lovelyn Theresa		PCM integration in energy efficient buildings	January 2013	JRF - MNRE and Full Bright Fellow (Research stay in UCF, U.S.A., for a period of 9 months)
6	Latha Shanmugam		CFD studies in Bio-digester	January 2013	JRF - MNRE
7	Pranesh		Investigations on nano enhanced PCM materials for space cooling applications.	January 2015	JRF - DST project
8	Pappu		CFD investigations on small Wind Turbines for performance enhancement.	January 2015	JRF - DST Project
9	Kaiwalya Raj		Solar Passive Architecture	January 2016	JRF - RUSA Research & Innovation Project
10	P. Ganesh Kumar	Part Time	Heat transfer studies in solar collectors with nanofluids	Thesis submitted	Teaching Fellow, IES, CEG.
11	P. Sujatha		Thermal Management in Buildings	January 2014	Asst. Professor, Government College, Vellore.
12	Samson Pakiaraj		Heat transfer fluid performance in Stand -alone solar multi effect distillation	July 2014	Scientist, NIOT
13	D. Balaji		Studies on enhancement of falling fill evaporation on horizontal tubes	July 2014	Scientist, NIOT
14	Mangat Ram Sharma		Renewable Energy Utilization and Micro Smart Grids	January 2016	IAS
15	Dhanushkodi		Electronic cooling	January 2017	Scientist SAMEER

      Note:

• Almost all the present full-time research scholars are receiving financial assistance through research fellowships / research projects / teaching fellowships.
  
  
• Four of the present scholars have visited reputed Universities abroad for short research stays through international fellowships / as part of the research project.
  
  
• One of the completed doctoral scholar Completed last month was awarded with post doc fellowship at Concordia University, Canada.