Dr. Rag Rajan
Dr. Rag Rajan
Professor and Head
Mechanical Engineering
Phone : +91 9446941654
Email-id : ragrajanl@gmail.com
Date of Joining : 27-01-2016
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Experience
Experience
- Total Experience : 17 years out of which 9 years of Post Ph.D Experience
- Jan 2016 - Professor and HoD,
St. Thomas Institute for Science and Technology, Trivandrum
o Coordinator - NAAC accreditation activities
o Chief coordinator - National Seminar on Environmental Sustainability (NSES), conducted by St. Thomas Institute for Science and Technology, Trivandrum
o Centralised Valuation Camp officer of Kerala Technological University from 2017 December to till date.
- Jan 2015 – Jan 2016Professor in Mechanical Engineering,
Sree Buddha College of Engineering, Aleppey
Research Coordinator
Feb 2012 - Dec 2014 Principal,
John Cox Memorial CSI Institute of Technology,
o Given leadership for getting Approval from AICTE and affiliation from Kerala University B.Tech Civil Engineering and M.Tech (Thermal Engineering) at John Cox Memorial CSI Institute of Technology, Thiruvananthapuram during 2014.
o Initiated the cultural festival Nabhas
- 2011- 2012 Professor and HoD,
Travancore Engineering College, Kollam
2010 – 2011 Assistant Professor (Grade I),
- Mar Baselios College of Engineering & Technology, Thiruvananthapuram
2008 – 2010 Lecturer in Mechanical Engineering,
- SCT College of Engineering, Thiruvananthapuram
o Co-ordinator of the Faculty Development Programme on "Advances inNanotechnology” sponsored by TEQIP
o Co-ordinator of the students’ affairs and union at SCT College of Engineering, Thiruvananthapuram.
o Co-ordinator of anti-ragging committee at SCT College of Engineering, Thiruvananthapuram
- 2006 – 2008 Senior Lecturer in Mechanical Engineering,
Mar Baselios College of Engineering & Technology, Thiruvananthapuram
- 2004 – 2006 Senior Lecturer &HoD (in charge),
P A Aziz College of Engineering& Technology,
Thiruvananthapuram
- 2002 – 2004 Lecturer in Mechanical Engineering,
SCMS School of Engineering & Technology, Cochin
Educational Profile
Educational Profile
Ph. D in Mechanical Engineering—NIT Calicut 2010
Area: Computational Heat Transfer
Title: Investigations on an Array of Wire-Bonded Micro Heat Pipes
Guided by: Dr. C B Sobhan (Professor in School of Nano Science and Technology, NIT Calicut & Visiting Porfessor, Georgia institute of Technology, USA)
M.Tech in Mechanical Engineering—Kerala University (I Class)
( T K M College of Engineering, Kollam) 2003
B. Tech in Mechanical Engineering—Kerala University (I Class)
( T K M College of Engineering, Kollam) 1999
Area of Interest
Area of Interest
- Micro heat transfer
- Nano-refrigerants
- Computational heat transfer
- Sustainable Engineering
Publications
Publications
- Publications—International Journals:
- Rag R L, Sobhan C B, Peterson G P: Computational Analysis of Wire-bonded Micro heat pipes: Influence of Thermophysical Parameters, AIAA J. Thermophysics and Heat Transfer (Appeared online in March 2018)
- Rag R L: Experimental Analysis of Wire – Sandwiched Micro Heat Pipes, International Journal of Emerging Technology and Advanced Engineering, Vol.4, 2014, pp.205 – 210.
- Rag R L and Sobhan C B: Computational Analysis and Optimization of Wire – Sandwiched Micro Heat Pipes, International Journal of Micro-Nano Scale Transport, Multi-Science Publishing, Vol.1, No.1, 2010, pp. 57 – 78.
- Rag R L and Sobhan C B: Computational Analysis of Fluid Flow and Heat Transfer in Wire-Sandwiched Micro Heat Pipes, AIAA J. Thermophysics and Heat Transfer, Vol.23, No. 4, 2009, pp. 741-751. (Won the cash prize from NIT Calicut for higher impact factor)
- Sobhan C B, Rag R L, Peterson G P: A Review and Comparative Study of the Investigations on Micro Heat Pipes, International Journal of Energy Research, Vol. 31, 2007, pp. 664 – 688.
2. Book Published
- Rag R L and Lekshmi Dinachandran Ramesh: Introduction to Sustainable Engineering, 2nd Edition 2016, PHI Learning Ltd., New Delhi, India ISBN: 978-81-203-5263-6
3. Conference Publications
- Harikrishnan and Rag: Review and Comparison of Properties of Eco-friendly lubricants, Kerala Technological Congress, 2016 Conducted by APJ Abdul Kalam Kerala Technological University.
- Rag R L : Performance Comparison of Wire-sandwiched Micro Heat Pipes with Conventional Micro Heat Pipes, Kerala Science Congress 2011.
Duties Assigned
Duties Assigned
- Academic Coordinator from June 2019
- Centralised Valuation Camp officer of Kerala Technological University from 2017 December to till date.
- Coordinator - Accreditation
- Administration of the Department
- Teaching
Achievements
Achievements
- Research Guide at Kerala Technological University
- Collaborative research with School of Nano Science and Technology, NIT Calicut
- Given expert talks in Faculty Development Training Programmes and NSS programmes at different engineering colleges including College of Engineering Trivandrum, Govt. Engineering college (Barton Hill), Govt. Engineering College (Idukki), TKM College of Engineering (Kollam), SCT College of Engineering, College of Engineering (Perumon), Marian Engineering College, Sree Budha College of Engineering, etc.
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