DB 56, NIT Kurukshetra, Haryana – 136119
Shalini Gupta, Ashwani Sharma, Rajesh Kumar, “Optimizing Thermal Comfort and Energy Efficiency through Passive Design Strategies in Office Buildings Within India’s Composite Climate,” 3rd International Conference on Smart Grid Energy Systems and Control, Springer, NIT Kurukshetra, February 21-23, 2025.
Shalini Gupta, Ashwani Sharma, Rajesh Kumar, “A Comparative Analysis of PVsyst and PVWatts for Rooftop Solar PV Performance at NIT Kurukshetra Library,” First International Conference on Power and Intelligent Control Systems (PICS-2025), Springer, NIT Hamirpur, July 4-5, 2025.
Investigation of pleated air filters: effects of various shapes and design parameters on flow patterns and pressure drop. Anuj Kumar Shukla, Abhishek Kumar, Rajesh Kumar & Pritanshu Ranjan, International Journal on Interactive Design and Manufacturing (IJIDeM) (2023) (URL)
Satyavrat Pratap Singh, Rajesh Kumar and Pradeep Kumar, Analysis of wind resource on a site using wind turbine mathematical model on MATLAB SIMULINK, 5th International Conference on Energy, Power and Environment, NIT Meghalaya, June 15-17, 2023.
Satyavrat Pratap Singh, Rajesh Kumar and Pradeep Kumar, Comparison and Review of Mathematical models and AI Techniques for optimal design of wind turbine, National conference on Sustainable Development of Smart Cities Infrastructure, NIT Kurukshetra, May 27-28, 2023.
Souvik Roy, Rajesh Kumar, Numerical simulation and comparative analysis of liquid droplet to study the effect of Surface tension on its spreading, 11th International Conference on Recent Challenges in Engineering and Technology, Jakarta, Indonesia, June 16-17, 2023.
Souvik Roy, Rajesh Kumar, CFD analysis of Liquid droplet to study the spreading dynamics after impact on a solid substrate. 3rd International Conference on Advancement in Materials Processing Technology (AMPT) 2023, NIT Jamshedpur, July 13-14, 2023.
Suraj, Rajesh Kumar, A numerical investigation of dynamics of air entrapment and pore formation in thermal spray coating, 3rd International Conference on Advancement in Materials Processing Technology (AMPT) 2023, NIT Jamshedpur, July 13-14, 2023.
Mantri Harish, Rajesh Kumar, Understanding the drag reduction and anti-biofouling properties using Shark skin denticles on curved surfaces, 3rd International Conference on Advancement in Materials Processing Technology (AMPT) 2023, NIT Jamshedpur, July 13-14, 2023.
Shaifali Sood, NK Tiwari, Rajesh Kumar, Life cycle assessment of a hybrid solar based electric vehicle charging station using SimaPro, International Conference on Advances in Energy Research (ICAER) by Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, 7-9 July, 2022.
Shaifali Sood, NK Tiwari, Rajesh Kumar, Enviro-economic assessment of energy sources used for electric vehicle charging, Sustainable Technology For Power And Energy Systems (STPES) by National Institute of Technology Srinagar and Indian Institute of Technology Jammu., 4-6 July, 2022
Vandana, Tiwari, N.K and Kumar R, Impact of Different Electrode Material and Substrate on Operation of Microbial Fuel Cell, International Conference on Innovations in Applied Science and Engineering (ICIASE 2022) organized by NIT, Jalandhar, May 17-19, 2022.
Vandana, Tiwari, N.K and Kumar R, Effect of External Resistance on Double Chamber Microbial Fuel Cell Performance, International Conference on Recent Advances in Water Resources, Environment and Geomatics Engineering (ICRAWEG2022) organized by NIT Raipur, March 10-11, 2022
Vandana, Tiwari, N.K and Kumar R, Electricity Production from Different Effluent Using Microbial Fuel Cell. 8th International Conference on Advances in Energy Research(ICAER2022) organized by IIT, Bombay, March 10-11, 2022.
Abhishek Arora and Rajesh Kumar, Multi-parametric Optimization of a Convective Type Waste Heat Recovery System, International Conference on Energy Conversion and Thermo-fluid Systems, NIT Jaipur, November 19-20, 2021.
Abhishek Kumar and Rajesh Kumar, A Computation Study of Filtration Process with Different Pleat Shapes, 2nd International Congress on Advances in Mechanical and Systems Engineering (CAMSE 2021), NIT Jalandhar, July 17-19, 2021
A computational study on air entrapment and its effect on convective heat transfer during droplet impact on a substrate. Rajesh Kumar, Rajesh K. Shukla, Alok Kumar and Arvind Kumar. International Journal of Thermal Sciences, 153(106363):1-11, 2020. (URL)
Numerical study of pore formation in thermal spray coating process by investigating dynamics of air entrapment. Rajesh K. Shukla, Alok Kumar, Rajesh Kumar, Digvijay Singh and Arvind Kumar. Surface & Coatings Technology, 378(124972):1-16, 2019. (URL)
A Study of LES-SGS Closure Models Applied to a Square Buoyant Cavity. Rajesh Kumar and Anupam Dewan. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 98:164-175, 2016. (URL)
Partially-averaged Navier–Stokes method for turbulent thermal plume. Rajesh Kumar and Anupam Dewan. Heat and Mass Transfer, 51(12):1655-1667, 2015. (URL)
URANS computations with buoyancy corrected turbulence models for turbulent thermal plume. Rajesh Kumar and Anupam Dewan. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 72:680-689, 2014. (URL)
Computational models for turbulent thermal plumes: recent advances and challenges. Rajesh Kumar and Anupam Dewan. Heat Transfer Engineering, 35(4):367-383, 2014. (URL)
Assessment of buoyancy-corrected turbulence models for thermal plumes. Rajesh Kumar and Anupam Dewan. Engineering Applications of Computational Fluid Mechanics, 7(2):239-249, 2013. (URL)
S. Rampurkar, K. S. Sandhu and Rajesh Kumar, Performance of parallel connected compressed air energy Storage for proper utilization of wind energy, International Conference on Advances in Mechanical, Industrial, Automation and Management Systems (AMIAMS-2017), NIT Allahabad, Feb 3-5, 2017.
Rajesh Kumar, Flow past a rotating cylinder at high Reynolds number using PANS method, 69th Annual meeting of American Physical Society (APS), Division of Fluid Dynamics, Portland, Oregon, USA, November 20–22, 2016
Rajesh Kumar and Anupam Dewan, Effect of inlet conditions on the turbulent statistics in a buoyant jet, 68th Annual meeting of American Physical Society (APS), Division of Fluid Dynamics, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, November 22–24, 2015
Pawan Kumar, Rajesh Kumar and Lalit Thakur, A CFD study of high velocity oxy-fuel (HVOF) thermal spray process, 3rd National Conference on Nanoscience and Instrumentation Technology (NCNIT), NIT Kurukshetra, India, 2015
Rajesh Kumar, L.N. Ravishankar and Anuj Jain, CFD simulation of air flow in cyclone separator, 1st Annual Conference on Enabling Technologies for Chemical Process Industries, IIChE Kanpur Regional Centre, CSJM University Kanpur, India, 2009
Fluid Mechanics, Heat Transfer, CFD, Turbulence modelling, LES
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Education
Ph.D., Department of Applied Mechanics, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, New Delhi.
M. Tech., Department of Applied Mechanics, Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad, U.P.
B. Tech., Mechanical Engineering, AKG Engineering College Ghaziabad, U.P.
Experience
Dec 2013 – Present, Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, NIT Kurukshetra.
June 2016 – July 2016, Visiting Researcher, Department of Mechanical Engineering, IIT Kanpur.
Jan 2010 – Dec 2013, Teaching Assistant, Department of Applied Mechanics, IIT Delhi.
Aug 2006 – Aug 2007, GET, MHE Division, Godrej & Boyce Manufacturing Co. Limited.
Courses Taught
UG Level
Fluid Mechanics and Machines
Fluid Mechanics
Heat Transfer
Thermodynamics
Fluid Machines
Engineering Mechanics
Numerical Methods
Thermal Power Engineering
Engineering Graphics
PG Level
Mathematical Method for Engineers
Heat Transfer
Solar Energy
Energy Efficient Buildings
Academic and Administrative Responsibilities
Sponsored R&D Project/Consultancy
Journal Publications
Book Chapters
Selected Conference Abstracts/Papers
Workshops/Conferences Organized
Awards & Honors
