Date of Joining: 03.06.2024
Nature of Association: Regular
| Employee ID | 53634 | ||||
| Salutation (Prof./ Dr.) | Dr. | ||||
| Name | Avadhesh K Sharma | ||||
| Designation | Associate Professor | ||||
| School/Centre | School of Mechanical Engineering | ||||
| Email Id | avadheshkumar.sharma@vit.ac.in | ||||
| Educational details | |||||
| Degree | Passed out year | Specialization | Institute/University/ College | ||
| PhD | 2020 | Mechanical Engineering (Thermal-Fluids) | IIT Indore | ||
| MTech | 2014 | Energy (Solar Thermal) | IIT Jodhpur | ||
| BTech | 2012 | Mechanical Engineering | RTU Kota | ||
| Post-Doctoral Experience if any | The University of Tokyo, JAPAN (2020-2024). | ||||
| Research Details | |||||
| Areas of Specialization | Convective heat transfer, Multiphase flow, Spray/jet cooling, Thermal imaging, Nuclear decommissioning, Aerosol Scavenging, EV thermal management, Resistance heating, Computational Fluid Flow (CFD), Euler-Lagrangian numerical modelling, Turbulence modelling | ||||
| ORCID ID | https://orcid.org//0000-0001-6966-5308 | ||||
| Scopus ID | https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=57305069000 | ||||
| H-index (scopus) | 7 | ||||
| Google Scholar ID | https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=grkdxZ0AAAAJ | ||||
| i10 index | 5 | ||||
| Patent Granted Details | |||||
| Patent Granted Title | Patent Granted Application No. | ||||
| A method and apparatus for transferring heat from stationary/moving surfaces using impingement jet | Application No. 201721017344; Patent No. 471000 | ||||
| Book / Book Chapter Published Details | |||||
| Title | Publisher | Year | |||
| Experimental investigation of heat transfer enhancement on impinging jet cooling using surface laser treatment | Springer, Singapore | 2021 | |||
| Infrared thermal imaging technique for temperature measurement in various energy systems | Springer, Singapore | 2020 | |||
| Awards & Recognition Details | |||||
| Name of the award, awarding agency, year of award | |||||
| 1. Best Presentation Award at ISMTMF 2023, Japan. | |||||
| 2. Best Paper Award at ICONE30 conference, Kyoto, Japan, 2023. | |||||
| 3. Best Paper Award at SCOPE conference, Saudi Arabia, 2023. | |||||
| 4. Institute Silver Medal for best all-round performance among all graduating students, IIT Indore, 2020. | |||||
| 5. International Travel Support (ITS) Award by Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), India 2018. | |||||
| 6. Qualified Student Award (QSA), ASME and JSME – ICONE26, London, UK 2018. | |||||
| 7. Overall Coordinator (OC), Celebration of International Day of Yoga, IIT Indore 2018. | |||||
| 8. Senior Research Fellow (SRF) – MHRD, Govt. of India 2016 – 2019. | |||||
| 9. General Secretary (President) of Students’ Gymkhana IIT Indore 2016 – 2017. | |||||
| 10. Junior Research Fellow (JRF) – MHRD, Govt. of Indi 2014-16. | |||||
| 11. Best Allrounder Award (MTech), IIT Jodhpur 2014. | |||||
| 12. Commendation Roll (Bravery Award) by Commissioner of Delhi Police, India 2011. | |||||
| Major International Collaboration Details | |||||
| Type of collaboration (Research & publication/Funded Project/consultancy etc.), collaborating institute, year of collaboration | |||||
| 1. Visiting Foreign Expert, College of Nuclear Science and Technology, Harbin Engineering University, China. 2024-25. | |||||
| 2. Visiting Researcher, The University of Tokyo, Japan. | |||||
| Major International Collaboration Details | |||||
| Type of collaboration (Research & publication/Funded Project/consultancy etc.), collaborating industry, year of collaboration | |||||
| 1. Verification & validation of thermal and oxidation behavior in high power density HTGR, Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA), JAPAN (2021-2024). | |||||
| 2. Radioactive aerosol control and decontamination during laser cutting/cleaning, Japan-UK PJ, Collaborative Laboratory for Advanced Decommissioning Science (CLADS), JAEA, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (JAPAN), Imperial College London (UK), University of Bristol (UK) (2021-2024). | |||||
| 3. CFD modelling of corium pools to estimate heat transfer to vessel walls, Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings (TEPCO), JAPAN (2021). | |||||
| 4. Evaluation of sub-micro particle behavior through gas/water interface through numerical and experimental investigations for decommissioning project of Fukushima-Daiichi NPP, Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA), JAPAN (2020-2021). | |||||
| Other Details | |||||
| Personal Website Link (if any) | https://sites.google.com/view/avadheshksharma | ||||
