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

S. Anand and S. Kumar,"Optimization of gaseous working fluid and internally finned absorber tube for enhancing the thermal performance of parabolic trough solar collector", Applied Thermal Engineering, vol.239, pp.122078, ELSEVIER 2024, 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2023.122078       Article

P. Kishore and S. Kumar,"Thermal relaxation parameters estimation of non-Fourier heat transfer in laser-irradiated living tissue using the Levenberg-Marquardt algorithm", Numerical Heat Transfer, Part A: Applications, Taylor & Francis, February 2024, https://doi.org/10.1080/10407782.2024.2314232       Article

P. Kishore and S. Kumar,"Numerical analysis of non-Fourier model-based bio-heat transfer in the laser-irradiated axisymmetric living tissue", ASME Journal of Engineering and Science in Medical Diagnostics and Therapy, vol.7, pp.041005, ASME 2024, https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4065400       Article

G. Kumar, A., and S. Kumar,"Thermal and hemodynamic characterization of intracranial aneurysm on chip: a numerical investigation", in Proceedings of 7th ASME International Conference of Micro/Nanoscale Heat and Mass Transfer (MNHMT2024), UK, ASME, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom, August 2024, View Details       Inproceedings

S. Anand and S. Kumar,"Conjugate-based numerical analysis of parabolic trough receiver pipe with temperature-dependent thermo-physical properties of heat transfer fluid under laminar flow regime", Journal of Thermal Science and Engineering Applications, vol.15, no.6, ASME, June 2023, 10.1115/1.4057065       Article

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
Bio-heat transfer
Gaurav Kumar
Enrolled: Jan 2020
Continuing
Supervisor
Solar radiation
Sumeet Anand
Enrolled: Jul 2019
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