National Institute of Technology Rourkela

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Faculty Profile

EXPERTISE INFORMATION

Research Group
  • Thermo-Fluid Flow: [Thermal Engineering Division]
Areas of Interest
  • Industrial and Environmental Fluid Mechanics

Kaustav Chaudhury Assistant Professor Grade-I & Vice President TE (Student Activity Center)

Mechanical Engineering

chaudhuryk@nitrkl.ac.in

0661 - 246 2535

29

PUBLICATIONS

1

SPONSORED PROJECTS

5

DOCTORAL STUDENTS

3

CONTINUING EDUCATION

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Kaustav Chaudhury

Assistant Professor Grade-I

Mechanical Engineering

Room Number: ME-131

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

2016

Ph.D.
Fluid Mechanics (Mechanical Engineering)
IIT Kharagpur

2011

M.Tech
Thermal Science and Engineering (Mechanical Engineering)
IIT Kharagpur

2009

B.E
Mechanical Engineering
Jadavpur University

Teaching Experience
  • Thermo-Fluid Flow: [Thermal Engineering Division],  NIT Rourkela,   26 Feb 2018 - Present
Industrial Experience
  • Modelling and Simulation (CFD),  Schlumberger,   09 Jan 2017 - 14 Feb 2018

Thermo- hydraulic characteristics of instant heater faucets: Performance rating and design optimization. SERB
  • Principal Investigator
  • 36
  • Completed   Sponsored

Total Publications: 29

C. Banerjee, K. Chaudhury, S. Urankar, D. Suresh, and S. Sagar,"Vortex structure in a cylindrical cyclone", in Proceedings of the 25th National and 3rd International ISHMT-ASTFE Heat and Mass Transfer Conference (IHMTC-2019), The Indian Society for Heat and Mass Transfer (ISHMT) 2019, 10.1615/IHMTC-2019.1210       Inproceedings

K. Chaudhury and S. Chakraborty,"Spreading of a droplet over a nonisothermal substrate: Multiple scaling regimes", Langmuir, vol.31, no.14, pp.4169--4175, ACS 2015, 10.1021/la5047657       Article

C. Banerjee, K. Chaudhury, A. K. Majumder, and S. Chakraborty,"Swirling flow hydrodynamics in hydrocyclone", Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, vol.54, no.1, pp.522--528, ACS 2015, 10.1021/ie503307x       Article

K. Chaudhury, P. V. Acharya, and S. Chakraborty,"Influence of disjoining pressure on the dynamics of steadily moving long bubbles inside narrow cylindrical capillaries", Physical Review E, vol.89, no.5, pp.053002, APS 2014, 10.1103/PhysRevE.89.053002       Article

S. Maiti, K. Chaudhury, D. Dasgupta, and S. Chakraborty,"Alteration of chaotic advection in blood flow around partial blockage zone: Role of hematocrit concentration", Journal of Applied Physics, vol.113, no.3, pp.034701, AIP 2013, 10.1063/1.4776728       Article

3D Printing: State-of-Art and Future Prospects (3DP-2023) Mechanical Engineering (Workshop)
  • Co-Coordinator
  • 15 Jul 2023 - 19 Jul 2023
  • Brochure
Realizing Key-Enablers to Achieve the 21st Century Vision in Academies: In the Context of Indian Technical Institutions (RKE-21CVA 2023) Mechanical Engineering (Workshop)
Additive Manufacturing: Knowledge and Skill Development towards Industry 4.0 (AM-KSD 2023) Mechanical Engineering (Workshop)
  • Co-Coordinator
  • 10 Jun 2023 - 14 Jun 2023
  • Brochure

  • ME2302 : Fluid Mechanics {Theory}
  • ME3303 : Fluid Dynamics and Hydraulic Machines {Theory}
  • ME352 : Hydraulic Machines and Fluid Power {Theory}
  • ME361 : Introduction to Transport Phenomena {Theory}
  • ME4361 : Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Machinery {Theory}
  • ME6336 : Gas Dynamics and Free Molecular Flow {Theory}
  • ME6344 : Heat Transfer Equipments {Theory}
  • ME3371 : Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Machinery Laboratory {Practical}
  • ME372 : Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Machines Laboratory {Practical}
  • ME6371 : Computational Fluid Flow Laboratory {Practical}

Ph.D. Students [4]
Industrial and Environmental Fluid Mechanics
Adarsh Vasa
Enrolled: Jul 2018
Continuing
Supervisor
THERMAL ENGINEERING
Anjanee Kumar
Enrolled: Jan 2020
Continuing
Supervisor
THERMAL AND CRYOGENIC ENGINEERING
Sunil Rout
Enrolled: Jan 2020
Continuing
Supervisor
THERMO HYDRAULIC CHARACTERISTICS OF INSTANT HEATER FAUCETS: PERFORMANCE RATING AND DESIGN OPTIMIZATI
Suvechha Hota
Enrolled: Jan 2022
Continuing
Supervisor
Executive Ph.D. Students [1]
Rheology and Performance Analysis of Drilling Fluids
Pawan Kumar
Enrolled: Jan 2021
Continuing
Supervisor

Awards And Honours
  • Indian Institute of Mineral Engineers (IIME) Best Paper Award on Beneficiation, for the paper titled “Swirling Flow Hydrodynamics in Hydrocyclones”, published in “Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research” [54, 522 (2015), doi: 10.1021/ie503307x],   2017