National Institute of Technology Rourkela

राष्ट्रीय प्रौद्योगिकी संस्थान राउरकेला

ଜାତୀୟ ପ୍ରଯୁକ୍ତି ପ୍ରତିଷ୍ଠାନ ରାଉରକେଲା

An Institute of National Importance

Faculty Profile

EXPERTISE INFORMATION

Research Group
  • Cryogenics: [Thermal Engineering Division], Thermo-Fluid Flow: [Thermal Engineering Division]
Areas of Interest
  • Bio-heat Transfer, Radiative Heat Transfer, CFD, Biofluid Mechanics, Cryogenics, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning, Solar Energy

Sumit Kumar
सुमित कुमार Assistant Professor Grade-I

Mechanical Engineering

kumarsumit@nitrkl.ac.in

0661 - 246 2521

36

PUBLICATIONS

1

SPONSORED PROJECTS

3

DOCTORAL STUDENTS

2

CONTINUING EDUCATION

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Sumit Kumar

Assistant Professor Grade-I

Mechanical Engineering

Room Number: ME-210

Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Institute of Technology Rourkela, Sundargarh, Odisha, India - 769008

2017

Ph.D.
Thermal and Fluid Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay

2011

M.Tech
Thermal Engineering
National Institute of Technology Rourkela

2009

B.E
Mechanical Engineering
University of Rajasthan Jaipur

Teaching Experience
  • Thermal Engineering,  National Institute of Technology Rourkela,   Feb 2018 - Present
  • Mechanical Engineering,  Galgotias College of Engineering & Technology Greater Noida,   Aug 2017 - Jan 2018

Development of a Thermal Gradient Assisted Self Positioning Laser Head for Photothermal Application Science & Engineering Research Board(SERB)
  • Co-Investigator
  • 24
  • Running   Sponsored

Total Publications: 36

A. Majumdar and S. Kumar,"Analytical Study of Phase Change Heat Transfer in Biological Tissue using Coordinate Transformation Technique during Cryosurgery", in 5th-6th Thermal and Fluids Engineering Conference (TFEC), Virtual Conference 2021       Inproceedings

R. Septa and S. Kumar,"Analysis of pulsatile flow through a thick-walled pipe with porous media", in A Recent Trends in Fluid Dynamics Research (RTFDR-21), NIT Rorukela 2021       Inproceedings

P. Kishore and S. Kumar,"Analytical Investigation of Non-Fourier Bioheat Transfer in the Axisymmetric Living Tissue Exposed to Pulsed Laser Heating Using Finite Integral Transform Technique", Journal of Heat Transfer, vol.143, pp.121201, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, December 2021, 10.1115/1.4052155       Article

C. S. Pant, S. Kumar, and A. Gavasane,"Mixing at the interface of the sneezing/coughing phenomena and its effect on viral loading", Physics of Fluids, vol.33, pp.115129, AIP Publishing, November 2021, 10.1063/5.0073563       Article

P. Kishore and S. Kumar,"Analysis of non-fourier heat conduction model based bio-heat transfer equation in cylindrical coordinates using the method of separation of variables", in Proceedings of the 25th National and 3rd International ISHMT-ASTFE Heat and Mass Transfer Conference (IHMTC-2019), ISHMT, 25th National and 3rd International ISHMT-ASTFE Heat and Mass Transfer Conference(IHMTC-2019), December 28-31, 2019, IIT Roorkee 2019       Inproceedings

LEARNING COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS WITH ANSYS FLUENT Mechanical Engineering (Short-term Course)
  • Co-Coordinator
  • 23 Sep 2024 - 27 Sep 2024
  • Brochure
National Conference on Waste to Energy, Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage [NCWECCUS-2023] Mechanical Engineering (Conference)
  • Co-Coordinator
  • 22 Dec 2023 - 24 Dec 2023
  • Brochure

  • ME1002 : Basic Thermal Engineering {Theory}
  • ME255 : Thermal Engineering {Theory}
  • ME3334 : Power Plant Engineering {Theory}
  • ME350 : Power Plant Engineering {Theory}
  • ME4333 : Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning {Theory}
  • ME6301 : Heat Transfer – I: Conduction and Radiation Heat Transfer {Theory}
  • ME6335 : Thermodynamics of Cryogenic System {Theory}
  • ME374 : Computational Fluid Dynamics Laboratory {Practical}
  • ME4371 : Computational Fluid Dynamics Laboratory {Practical}

Ph.D. Students [3]
Analysis of non-Fourier Heat Transfer Behavior of Cylindrical Shaped Living Tissue During Laser Based Photo Thermal Therapy
Pankaj Kishore
Enrolled: Jul 2018
Graduated :  May 2024
Supervisor
Solar radiation
Sumeet Anand
Enrolled: Jul 2019
Continuing
Supervisor
Bio-heat transfer
Gaurav Kumar
Enrolled: Jan 2020
Continuing
Supervisor

Awards And Honours
  • Faculty Advisor Appreciation Award for the academic year 2022-23 based on students feedback by Institute Counselling Services, NIT-Rourkela,   2023
  • Awarded Graduate Research Award-2016 by Department of Mechanical Engineering, IIT Bombay for the outstanding research contribution,   2016
  • Granted Financial Assistance by Science and Engineering Research Board, Department of Science and Technology, Government of India to attend International Conference in USA,   2015
Memberships / Fellowships
  • Life member of National Society of Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power,   2023