Fuel cells: system design, thermal and water management, membrane manufacturing using roll-to-roll system, techno-economic assessment
Fuel cell, battery, supercapacitor - based hybrid power devices for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) and defense applications.
Quantum material-based energy devices.
Nature-inspired energy systems
Technologies for rural development
Teaching Experience
June 2024-till date, Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani – Hyderabad Campus.
August 2023-May 2024, Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani – K K Birla Goa Campus (on deputation).
December 2016-August 2023, Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani - Dubai Campus.
August 2014 – August 2015, Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering Department, Yeshwantrao Chavan College of Engineering, Nagpur, India.
July 2009 – June 2010, Lecturer, Mechanical Engineering Department, Kamptee Polytechnic, Nagpur, India.
Research Experience
Postdoctoral Fellow, Dec 2015-Oct 2016, The George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, USA.
Education
Ph.D. (Mechanical Engineering), Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, Nagpur, India.
M. Tech. (Heat Power Engineering), Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, Nagpur, India.
B. E. (Mechanical Engineering), Government Engineering College, Bilaspur, India.