Academic Profile
Ph.D., July 2016, Department of Ocean Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
M.Tech, June 2011, Department of Applied Mechanics with Specialization Fluid Mechanics, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
B.Tech, June 2009, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Jalpaiguri Govt. Engineering College, Jalpaiguri, West Bengal, India
Research Experience
Assistant Project Manager - Simulation Software Developer (December 2024-Present), Emerson's Automation Technologies & Solutions, Pune
Research Fellow (March 2023-June 2024), School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Post Doctoral Researcher (March 2020-February 2023), Institute of Ocean Energy, Saga University, Saga, Japan
Post Doctoral fellowship (January 2018-January 2020), Quantum Wave Microscopy Unit, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST), Okinawa, Japan
Post Doctoral Researcher (July 2017- December 2017), Department of Ocean Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Post Doctoral Researcher (September 2016- December 2016), Department of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Oman
Project Associate (July 2011- December 2011), Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Bio
Dr. Paresh Halder is a Simulation Software Developer at Emerson, India, specializing in hydraulic modelling and leak detection systems for oil & gas pipelines. He has expertise in numerical simulation, algorithm optimization, and software development using Fortran, with experience in model validation and technical support.
Previously, he worked as a Research Fellow at Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore (2023–2024), focusing on numerical ship seakeeping simulations using FINE/Marine software to predict added power requirements in seaway conditions. From 2020 to 2023, he was a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Institute of Ocean Energy, Saga University, Japan, where he developed a vortex-method-based analysis for Floating Body Pendulum Wave Energy Converters (FBPWECs). He also held postdoctoral positions at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, Japan (2018–2020), IIT Madras (2017), and Sultan Qaboos University, Oman (2016–2017), working on wave energy devices, automated turbomachinery optimization, and bio-fluid dynamics.
Dr. Halder received his Master’s degree (2011) and Ph.D. (2016) in Applied Mechanics with specialization Fluid Mechanics and Ocean Engineering from IIT Madras, India, where his doctoral research focused on the "design optimization of a bidirectional flow air turbine for wave energy conversion". He earned his Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from Jalpaiguri Government Engineering College, India.
His research interests include Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), Fluid Machinery, Wave Energy Conversion, Hydrodynamic Modelling, Oscillating Water Columns, Gas Turbine Film Cooling, Bio-fluids, and Hydro-turbine Applications.