Faculty
Dr. A. R. Harikrishnan is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus. He received his Maters and Ph.D from IIT Madras. The focus of his work is in understanding the Interfacial phenomenon and thermofluidics especially droplet microfluidics, interfacial tension, wetting, capillarity, drop evaporation and droplet dynamics.
Lab Members
Research Scholar in the Mechanical Engineering Department at Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, Rajasthan, India. He received an M.Tech degree from the College of Engineering Trivandrum in Propulsion Engineering (2016, University of Kerala). He did a B.Tech in Mechanical Engineering from NIT Calicut (2012). He worked as a graduate Trainee Engineer at Bajaj Auto Ltd. during 2012-13.
Research area: Fluid mechanics, Droplet dynamics, Drop surface interactions, Interfacial science, Evaporation, Icing
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Research Scholar in the Mechanical Engineering Department at Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, Rajasthan, India. He did his Master of Engineering (H) (Thermal Engineering) from MBM Engineering College, Jodhpur, in 2021 and Bachelor of Technology (H) in Mechanical Engineering from RTU, Kota, in 2017.
Research area: Droplet transport, Condensation, Fog harvesting
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Krishnaram K K received his M.Tech degree in Thermal Science from the College of Engineering Trivandrum, Kerala-India in 2022. He is pursuing a Ph.D. at Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani, India.
Research area: Fluid mechanics, Droplet dynamics, Interfacial science, Icing, Heat transfer
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Research Scholar in the Mechanical Engineering Department at Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, Rajasthan, India. He earned his Master of Technology (M.Tech) degree in Manufacturing Systems & Management from the Government Engineering College Thrissur, Kerala, India (2023), affiliated with APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University. He completed his Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech) degree in Mechanical Engineering from Karunya Institute of Technology and Sciences, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India (2019), affiliated with Karunya University.
Research area: Composite Development, Diffusion Bonding, Compact Heat Exchangers, Condensation Processes, Heat Transfer
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Lab Members
Research Scholar in the Mechanical Engineering Department at Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, Rajasthan, India, and Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. He received an M.Tech degree in Engineering Design from the Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Technology, Kottayam, Kerala, India (2023, APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University).
Research area: Fluid Mechanics, Spray Cooling system, Energy Efficiency, Heat Transfer
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