Biographical note

Dr. Jyotirmay Banerjee is Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology Surat. His research interests include computational fluid dynamics, multiphase flow and heat transfer and phase change applications. His has authored a monograph published by Tech. science press, USA, under CREST (Contemporary Research in Emerging Science and Technology) and a book on “Conduction and Radiation,” published by Narosa Publishing house, New Delhi. He has published more than 80 peer-reviewed journal papers, two of which are “Editor’s pick” in “Physics of Fluids” published by American Institute of Physics. He was Guest Editor for Special Issue on Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power published by Sadhana, Indian Academy of Science, Springer. He has completed several sanctioned research projects funded by Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), Board of Research Nuclear Studies (BRNS), Aeronautical Research and Development Board (ARDB) andConsultancy Assisted Research Services (CARS) sanctioned by Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO). He has rendered major consultancy services to several industries including THDC HPP, Uttaranchal Jal Vidyut Nigam Ltd. (UJVNL) and Koteshwar Hydroelectric Project.

Dr. Rupesh D. Shah is presently affiliated to Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology Surat as Associate Professor in Mechanical Engineering Department. He received his Ph.D. degree from SVNIT, Surat, in 2014 and specializes in gas turbine combustors. His research area includes combustion, inverse diffusion flame, porous media combustion and heat transfer augmentation. He has authored more than 20 papers in journals of repute and conferences in the field of inverse diffusion, gas turbine combustors and hydrogen energy.

Prof. Ramesh K. Agarwal is William Palm Professor of Engineering in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science at Washington University in St. Louis, USA. From 1994 to 2001, he was Sam Bloomfield Distinguished Professor and Executive Director of the National Institute for Aviation Research at Wichita State University in Kansas. From 1978 to 1994, he was Program Director and McDonnell Douglas Fellow at McDonnell Douglas Research Laboratories in St. Louis. He received Ph.D. in Aeronautical Sciences from Stanford University in 1975, M.S. in Aeronautical Engineering from the University of Minnesota in 1969 and B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India, in 1968. Over a period of 45 years, he has worked in computational fluid dynamics (CFD) and its applications to fluid flow problems in mechanical and aerospace engineering and in energy and environment. In past fifteen years, the focus of his research has been on renewable and clean energy technologies. In renewable energy, he has worked on energy from wind, solar and biomass. In clean energy technologies, he has pioneered chemical looping combustion and Carbon, Capture, Utilization and Sequestration (CCUS). He is the author and coauthor of over 600 publications. He has given many plenary, keynote and invited lectures at various national and international conferences worldwide in over sixty countries. He is Fellow of 25 professional societies including American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE), American Association for Advancement of Science (AAAS), American Physical Society (APS) and U.K. Energy Institute among others. He has received many prestigious honors and national/international awards from various professional societies and organizations for his research contributions including the AIAA Reeds Aeronautics Award, SAE Medal of Honor, ASME Honorary Membership and Honorary Fellowship from Royal Aeronautical Society.

Dr. Sushanta Mitra is Executive Director of the Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology and a Professor in Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering at the University of Waterloo. His research interests are in the fundamental understanding of fluid transport in micro and nano-scale confinements with applications in energy, water and biosystems. For his contributions in science and engineering, he is elected Fellow of several professional bodies, including the Canadian Academy of Engineering, the American Physical Society, the Royal Society of Chemistry and the American Association for the Advancement of Science.