Dr. Nirbhay Kumar

Welcome

About me:

I am Thermal Systems Consultant and Educational Consultant. I am also involved in Family businesses.  Prior to this, I worked as a Senior Research Staff at IIT Gandhinagar, India. I completed my M. Tech and Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from IIT Patna, India wherein I worked in the area of Boiling, Surface-active Additives such as Ionic Liquids and Surfactants, Electronic Cooling, and Application of Deep Learning in Thermal Management. 

I have published 14 Journal articles with an average h-5 index of >90 in reputed international journals such as International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, Soft Matter, Cell Reports Physical Science, Scientific Reports, Journal of Molecular Liquids, International Journal of Thermal Sciences, Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science, and Journal of Enhanced Heat Transfer as lead author and co-author.

Research Area: 

Phase-change Heat Transfer, Microgravity, Electronics Cooling, Surface Chemistry

Reseach Experience:

• Worked as a Research Fellow in ISRO sponsored project "Enhancement of Boiling Heat Transfer via the Suppression of Coalescence in Microgravity" from October-2015 to March-2018, under the supervision of Dr. Rishi Raj, Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, IIT Patna.