Date of Joining: 03.06.2024
Nature of Association: Regular
| Employee ID | 53635 | ||||
| Educational details | |||||
| Degree | Passed out year | Specialization | Institute/University/ College | ||
| PhD Mech. Eng. | 2022 | Sustainable Energy Technologies and materials | Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Malaysia | ||
| M. Tech. Mech. Eng. | 2015 | Energy Technology | Puducherry Technological University | ||
| B. E. Mech Eng. | 2013 | Mechanical Engineering | Anna University | ||
| Research Details | |||||
| Areas of Specialization | Energy efficient buildings, Advanced energy materials, CFD, Sustainable Air conditioning, Thermofluids, thermal system design and analysis | ||||
| ORCID ID | R-96782018 | ||||
| Scopus ID | 57204704114 | ||||
| H-index (scopus) | 10 | ||||
| Google Scholar ID | Balaji Bakthavatchalam (https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=dHmggccAAAAJ&hl=en) | ||||
| i10 index | 10 | ||||
| Completed Funded Project Details | |||||
| Completed Funded Project Title | Funding Agency | ||||
| Heat transfer rate enhancement of an anti-fouling layer coated heat exchanger-based chiller with a novel ionic nanofluid | Awarding agency: Yayasan Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS (YUTP)
Role in the project: Graduate Research Assistant Amount: 46,335 USD Duration: 01/04/2018 – 01/04/2020 |
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| Patent Published Details | |||||
| Patent Published Title | Patent Published Application No. | ||||
| An air conditioning apparatus | IP2021006672 (Intellectual Property Corporation of Malaysia) | ||||
| Book / Book Chapter Published Details | |||||
| Title | Publisher | Year | |||
| Thermoelectric Air Conditioners for Tropical Countries. In: Sulaiman S.A. (eds) Clean Energy Opportunities in Tropical Countries | Springer | 2021 | |||
| Stability and thermal Conductivity evaluation of less concentration surfactant wrapped functionalized graphene dispersed in ethylene glycol | Springer | 2021 | |||
| Transient Thermal Analysis of Imidazolium Based Ionic liquids for Heat Transfer Enhancement | UTP Press | 2020 | |||
| Awards & Recognition Details | |||||
| Awarded with CHANCELLOR’S PUBLICATION EXCELLENCE AWARD for high quality publication in Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham for the year 2022 and 2023. | |||||
| Received the PUBLICATION MERIT AWARD for outstanding publication in the year 2024 at Amrita School of Engineering, Chennai campus. | |||||
| Awarded as “BEST POSTGRADUATE STUDENT” in Mechanical Department, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Malaysia, for the year 2021. | |||||
| Won the best outstanding presenter award at the 5th International Conference on Mechanical, Manufacturing and Plant Engineering (ICMMPE 2019) held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (Paper ID: 198643). | |||||
| Bronze award in THESIS IN 5 MINUTES with the title “Development and Performance Evaluation of a Novel Nanofluid Assisted Thermoelectric Air Conditioner for Energy Efficient Buildings” in PhD Science, Engineering, Technology, 1st March 2021, MNNF Network, Malaysia. | |||||
| Bronze award in RESEARCH & INNOVATION POSTER COMPETITION with the title “Development and Performance Evaluation of a Novel Nanofluid Assisted Thermoelectric Air Conditioner for Energy Efficient Buildings” in PhD Science, Engineering, Technology, 29th January 2021, MNNF Network, Malaysia | |||||
| Major International Collaboration Details | |||||
| Research Collaboration:
Professor Dr. Saidur Rahman Distinguished Research Professor & Head of Centre, Research Centre for Nano-Materials and Energy Technology (RCNMET), School of Science and Technology, Sunway University, 47500 Selangor, Malaysia. Tel: +60169472017; Email: Saidur@sunway.edu.my; Year of Collaboration: 2017 to present |
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| Dr. Rajasekar Krishnamoorthy
Research Associate, School of Chemical Material and Biological Engineering, University of Sheffield, Mappin Street, Sheffield S1 3JD, United Kingdom. Email: r.krishnamoorthy@sheffield.ac.uk; Year of collaboration: Jan 2024 to present |
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| Dr. Khairul Habib
Senior Lecturer, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, 32610 Bandar Seri Iskandar, Perak Darul Ridzuan, Malaysia Tel: +60102442375; Email: khairul.habib@utp.edu.my; Year of Collaboration: 2017 to present |
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| Professor Dr. Bidyut Baran Saha
Department of Mechanical Engineering, International Institute for Carbon-Neutral Energy Research, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 919-0395, Japan. Tel: +810928026722; Email: saha.baran.bidyut.213@m.kyushu-u.ac.jp Year of Collaboration: 2018 to present |
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| Assoc. Prof. Dr. Omar Assi Hussein
College of Engineering, University of Tikrit, Tikrit, Iraq. Tel: +9647734383692; Email: omar-assi81@tu.edu.iq Year of Collaboration: 2017 to present |
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| Dr. Kashif Irshad,
Research Engineer III, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals (KFUPM), Saudi Arabia Tel: +966547854711; Email: kashif.Irshad@kfupm.edu.sa Year of Collaboration: 2017 to present |
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| Dr. Nagoor Basha Shaik
Lecturer, Faculty of Engineering, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand Tel: +601116513697; Email: basha.roshan@gmail.com
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| Other Details | |||||
| Editorial Experience (if any) | Editorial Member of DISCOVER ENERGY, Springer. | ||||
| Personal Website Link (if any) | – | ||||
