Dr. Manu Mohan

Professional Bodies

• ISHRAE

Research Interest

• Convective Heat Transfer

• Nanofluids

• Surface Modification

• Interferometry 

• PDMS

• Thermo-physical property studies

Projects / Thesis Guided

    PG Thesis :

• "Heat Transfer Study in Water/TiO2 & Water/Al2O3 Nanofluids using Forced Convection Loop"; Nidhin P, (August 2014)

• "Heat Transfer Studies on Nano-Coolants used in Power Transmission Systems"; Kiran S, (August 2014)

    UG Projects :

• Aquatic Waste Harvester (2019) [Team: Abhidev M. G., Akash Anilkumar, Akhil Thakilan, Avinash M. A.]

          A green waste harvester suitable for cleaning narrow water bodies infected with organic and inorganic wastes. The project won second prize in the Marian Innovation Contest, 2019.

 Selected Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles and Conferences:-

    Journal Articles : 

•  Manu Mohan, Shijo Thomas, C B Sobhan, 2020,  "Convective heat transfer studies in dilute alumina and silica Nanofluids flowing through a channel using Mach-Zehnder interferometry", Heat and Mass Transfer, Springer.  

      https://doi.org/10.1007/s00231-019-02792-x   (https://rdcu.be/b0EtL)

• Manu Mohan, Shijo Thomas, C B Sobhan, 2021, "Convective heat transfer estimation of dilute metal oxide nanofluids in VUV surface tuned minichannel using Mach-Zehnder interferometry", Applied Thermal Engineering, Elsevier. (Special Issue: Recent Advances in Liquid-Cooled Heat Sinks)

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2021.117259 

    Conferences :

• Manu Mohan, Shijo Thomas, C B Sobhan, “Super hydrophilic degradation study of VUV irradiated PDMS surface exposed to dilute metal oxide nanofluids”, 2nd International Conference on Fluid, Thermal and Energy Systems (ICFTES’24), June 6-8, NIT Calicut, 2024

• Akshay B, Faisal Seyas, Vishnu B R, Manu Mohan, “Nanoparticles Impregnated PCM For Augmented Thermal Management In Battery Modules”, SERB sponsored International Conference on Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology (ICNN-2023), September 11 – 13, 2023, VNIT, Nagpur.

• Y.S. Bhati, Manu Mohan, Gangolu Srinu, C. B. Sobhan, “Natural Convection Heat Transfer from Short Fins: Numerical and Experimental Studies”, National Conference on Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power (FMFP), December 27 – 29, 2021, BITS Pilani Campus, Rajasthan, India

• Abhijith R, Akash M Nair, Anandu Salim Kumar, Cristy Jose, Manu Mohan, "Convective Heat Transfer Study of Metal Oxide Nanofluids in Heat Exchangers: A Review", National Conference on Nanomaterials for Energy, Environment and Health Care (NEEHCON'19), National Institute of Technology Calicut (TEQIP-III Sponsored), December 27-28, 2019

• Manu Mohan "Interferometry: A Reliable Non-Intrusive Heat Transfer Measurement Technique", National Conference on Advances in Energy Efficient Technologies (NCAEET'19), Department of Mechanical Engineering, Marian Engineering College, May 3, 2019

• Abhidev M. G., Akash Anilkumar, Akhil Thakilan, Avinash M. A, Manu Mohan, "A Review on Aquatic Waste Collectors", National Conference on Advances in Energy Efficient Technologies (NCAEET'19), Department of Mechanical Engineering, Marian Engineering College, May 3, 2019

• Manu Mohan, Shijo Thomas, J Taha-Tijerina, T N Narayanan, C B Sobhan, P M Ajayan,"Heat Transfer Studies in Thermally Conducting and Electrically Insulating Nano-Oils in a Natural Circulation Loop"; International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (IMECE) - ASME, November 15-21, 2013, San Diego, California, USA https://doi.org/10.1115/IMECE2013-64285 

FDPs / STTPs / Workshops (As Resource Person)

1. "Advances in Heat Transfer and its Applications", 15-20 March, 2021; Department of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering Perumon under TEQIP II

2. "Advances in Nanotechnology", 04-06 November, 2020; Department of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering Perumon  under TEQIP-II

3. "A Workshop on - Outcome Based Education (OBE)", 10 January, 2020; Lourdes Matha College of College & Technology, Trivandrum

4. "Smart Nanomaterials: Fundamentals to Applications - (SNFA - 2019)", 28 March 2019; School of Materials Science and Engineering, NIT Calicut (Sponsored by MHRD)

5. "Introduction to ROBOTICS, MEMS and Nanotechnology" 21-25 October, 2013; EEE Department, TKM College of Engineering , Kollam under TEQIP-II

FDPs / STTPs / Workshops (Attended)

1. Workshop on Training Program on Innovative Construction Technologies & Thermal Comfort in Affordable Housing conducted by RACHNA (Resilient, Affordable and Comfortable Housing through National Action) at CEPT University (Sponsored by Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana and GIZ (India)     (7th – 9th October, 2022)

2. FDP on “Nanofluids: Theory, Experimentation, Computation and Applications” conducted by Saintgits College of Engineering (KTU Sponsored) (13th – 15th September, 2021)

3. Workshop on “Effective Online Teaching Tools” conducted by Mar Baselios College of Engineering & Technology (29 – 31 July, 2021)

4. (ATAL) Academy Online Elementary FDP on “Functional Materials for Energy Environment and Healthcare” from 21 – 25 June, 2020 at NIT Calicut.