Research Publications and Sponsored Research Projects

Publications

International Journal

Swathi, S., A.S. Oberoi, and RK Singla. "Utilizing phase change materials for proton exchange membrane fuel cell cooling: A review." Environmental Progress & Sustainable Energy 44, no. 3, 2025.
M Singhal, RK Singla, K Goyal, Detection of multiple tumors through temperature response of a human brain using inverse bioheat transfer based on swarm optimization, Thermal Science and Engineering Progress 47, 2024.
P. Jain, L. Kundan, R.K. Singla, Performance evaluation of an automobile radiator using CuO/glycerol based nanocoolant. Heat and Mass Transfer, 2023.
M. Singhal, K. Goyal, RK. Singla. A review of regularization strategies and solution techniques for ill-posed inverse problems, with application to inverse heat transfer problems. Reviews in Mathematical Physics. 2023.
P. Kumar, R. Joshi, and R. K. Singla. Investigation of tribological and metallurgical effects on Ti–6Al–4V laminates made by LSEM for Ti/GFRP stacked composite, Wear, 524, 204860, 2023.
M. Singhal, R.K. Singla, K. Goyal, S. Singh, Inverse optimization based non-invasion technique for multiple tumor detection in brain tissue, International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer, 141, 106596, 2022. (IF 6.782)
H. Chopra, H. Singh, M. S. Bamrah, F. Mahbubani, A. Verma, N. Hooda, PS Rana, RK Singla, AK Singh Efficient Fruit Grading System using Spectrophotometry and Machine Learning Approaches, IEEE Sensors Journal, 2021 DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2021.3075465. (I.F. 3.073)
P. Kumar, R. S. Joshi, R. K. Singla, Sliding wear behaviour of CP titanium laminates produced by large strain extrusion machining, Wear, 2021 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wear.2021.203774, (I.F. 4.108)
M. Singhal, R.K. Singla, K. Goyal, A novel comparative approach on inverse heat transfer analysis of an experimental setup of an extended surface, International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer 118, 104822, 2020. (Impact Factor: 6.782)
M. Singhal, S. Singh, R.K. Singla, K. Goyal, D. Jain, Experimental and computational inverse thermal analysis of transient, non-linear heat flux in circular pin fin with temperature-dependent thermal properties, Applied Thermal Engineering 168, 114721, 2019. (I.F. 4.725)
M. Singhal, R.K. Singla, K. Goyal, Convective and radiative thermal analysis of composite wall with non-linear, temperature-dependent properties. Heat Transfer Research, DOI: 10.1615/HeatTransRes.2019031349, 2019. (I.F. 1.199)
S. Singh and R.K. Singla, Experimental and numerical analysis of a nonlinear pin fin with temperature dependent properties and disparate boundary conditions, Int. Commun. Heat Mass Transf, 108, 104313, 2019. (Impact Factor: 3.971)
D. Sharma, K. Goyal, R.K. Singla, A curvelet method for numerical solution of partial differential equations, Applied Numerical Mathematics 148, 28-44, 2019. (I.F. 1.979)
D. Sharma, R.K. Singla, K. Goyal, An adaptive grid-based curvelet optimized solution for nonlinear Schrödinger equation, International Journal of Modern Physics C, 30 (12), 1-28, 2019. (I.F. 1.245)
D. Jain, I. Kamboj, T.K. Bera, A.S. Kang, R.K. Singla, Experimental and numerical investigations on the effect of alkaline hornification on the hydrothermal ageing of agave natural fiber composites, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol. 130, pp. 431-439, 2019. (Impact: 2.857)
R.K. Singla, and R. Das, A differential evolution algorithm for maximizing heat dissipation in stepped fins, Neural Computing and Applications, Vol. 30 (10), pp. 3081-3093, 2018. (Impact: 1.492)
R. Das, B. Akay, R.K. Singla and K. Singh, Application of artificial bee colony algorithm for inverse modelling of a solar collector, Inverse Problems in Science and Engineering, Vol. 25(6), pp. 887-908, 2017. (Impact: 0.991)
K. Singh, R. Das and R.K. Singla, Closed form solution for a rectangular stepped fin involving all variable thermal parameters and nonlinear boundary conditions, Proceedings of IMechE, Part E: Journal of Process Mechanical Engineering, (DOI: 10.1177/0954408916652438), 2016. (Impact: 1.107)
R.K. Singla, K. Singh and R. Das, Tower characteristics correlation and parameter retrieval in wet-cooling tower with expanded wire mesh packing, Applied Thermal Engineering, Vol. 96, pp. 240-249, 2016. (Impact: 3.043)
R.K. Singla and R. Das, Adomian decomposition method for a stepped fin with all temperature-dependent modes of heat transfer, International Journal of Heat & Mass Transfer, Vol. 82, pp. 447-459, 2015. (Impact: 2.857)
S. Panda, R.K. Singla, R. Das and S. Martha, Identification of design parameters in a solar collector using inverse heat transfer analysis, Energy Conversion & Management, Vol. 88, pp. 27-39, 2014. (Impact: 4.801)
R.K. Singla and R. Das, Application of decomposition method and inverse prediction of parameters in a moving fin, Energy Conversion and Management, Vol. 84, pp. 268-281, 2014. (Impact: 4.801)
A. Bhowmik, R.K. Singla, R. Das, A. Mallick and R. Repaka, Inverse modelling of a solar collector involving Fourier and non-Fourier heat conduction, Applied Mathematical Modelling, Vol. 38 (21-22), pp. 5126-5148, 2014 (Impact: 2.291)
R.K. Singla, and R. Das, Application of Adomian decomposition method and inverse solution for a fin with variable thermal conductivity and heat generation, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol. 66, pp. 496-506, 2013. (Impact: 2.857)
A. Bhowmik, R.K. Singla, P.K. Roy, D.K. Prasad, R. Das, R. Repaka, Predicting geometry of rectangular and hyperbolic fin profiles with temperature-dependent thermal properties using decomposition and evolutionary methods, Energy Conversion and Management, Vol. 74, pp. 535-547, 2013. (Impact: 4.801)

International Conference

1. Rohit Kumar SIngla and Dilpreet Kaur Artificial neural network (ANN) based derivative pricing, International conference on Industrial and Applied Mathematics, Tokyo, Japan during 20-25, August, 2023.

2. P. Kumar, R.S. Joshi and R.K. Singla, Mechanical and Metallurgical Characterization of Ultrafine Grained Titanium Laminates Developed by LSEM, International Manufacturing Science and Engineering Conference (Vol. 85802, p. V001T07A021). American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Purdue University, USA, 2022.

3. S. Singh, M. Singhal and R.K. Singla, Inverse problem to retrieve heat flux and heat transfer coefficient for a solid pin fin, 25th National and 3rd International ISHMT-ASTFE Heat and Mass Transfer Conference (IHMTC-2019), IIT Roorkee, India, 2019.

4. S. Singh, R.K. Singla, D. Jain, Numerical Investigations of Ellipsoid Shaped Filler on Heat Transport Behavior of Reinforced Polymer Composites, International Conference on Engineering Research and Applications, 2018, Vietnam.

5. R.K. Singla and R. Das, Multi-parameter retrieval in a porous fin using binary-coded genetic algorithm, 6th International Conference on Soft Computing for Problem Solving (SocProS-2016), Thapar University, Patiala, India, 2016.

6. R.K. Singla and R. Das, Retrieval of controlling parameter in induced draft cooling tower using inverse method, 2nd International Conference on Control Science and Systems Engineering (ICCSSE-2016), Nanyang Executive Centre, Singapore, 2016. [IEEE]

7. R.K. Singla and R. Das, Adomian decomposition method for a stepped fin space radiator with internal heat generation, 2nd International Conference on Recent Advances in Engineering and Computational Sciences (RAECS-2015), University Institute of Engineering and Technology, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India, 2015. [IEEE]

8. R. Das and R.K. Singla, Inverse heat transfer study of a nonlinear straight porous fin using hybrid optimization, ASME 2014 Gas Turbine India Conference-GTINDIA 2014 (15-17 December 2014), India Habitat Center, New Delhi, India, 2014.

9. R.K. Singla, R. Das and P.K. Roy, Application of Adomian decomposition method for a conductive, convective and radiative moving fin, 22nd National and 11th ISHMT-ASME Heat & Mass Transfer Conference, (28-31 December 2013), IIT Kharagpur, India, 2013.

10. R.K. Singla, R. Das, A. Bhowmik, R. Repaka, Inverse heat transfer analysis of porous extended surface using simplex search method, Proceedings of the ASME 2013 Gas Turbine India Conference-GTINDIA 2013 (5-6 December 2013),CSIR-NAL, Bangalore, Karnataka, India, 2013. [ASME]

11. R.K. Singla and R. Das, Multi-objective optimization of a cooling tower using Newton-Raphson method, National Conference on Frontiers in Aeronautical, Aerospace and Automotive Engineering, Noorul Islam University, Kanyakumari, India, 2013.

Professional Development, Conferences, Invited Talks & Academic Outreach Activities

Delivered an invited contributory talk on 11th February 2026 at the International Conference on Advanced Scientific Computing & Machine Learning, BITS Pilani, Goa, presenting a Physics-Informed Neural Network (PINN)-based framework for thermal analysis of spiral porous fins and discussing the emerging role of AI in next-generation heat transfer modeling.
Served as a Resource Person at the Faculty Development Programme on “Advancements in Smart Manufacturing and Robotics: Enabling Industry 5.0 using AI (ASMR-5.0, 2025)” organized by the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Sant Longowal Institute of Engineering and Technology, from 10th–14th November 2025, and delivered an expert talk titled “Bridging Mathematics and AI for Robotics: From Inverse Problems to Machine Learning” on 13th November 2025.
Delivered an Expert Talk on “Bridging Mathematics and AI for Robotics: From Inverse Problems to Machine Learning” at Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College, Ludhiana, on 16th October 2025, organized by the Departments of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Sciences, interacting with students and faculty on the integration of mathematics, artificial intelligence, and robotics.
Delivered an Invited Talk titled “Interdisciplinary Intelligence: Where Mathematics Meets Machines” on 5th August 2025 at Chandigarh University, engaging undergraduate and postgraduate students on the integration of mathematics, thermal sciences, and Artificial Intelligence in modern engineering applications.
Participated in the workshop Embedded Systems An Application Driven Approach organized by the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), ATAL Academy, STMicroelectronics and Arm Education, from August 25 th 27 th 2021.
Participated in 2-day NAAC Sponsored workshop "A PARADIGM SHIFT FROM CONTENT BASED TO OUTCOME BASED EDUCATION" held on August 26-27, 2021.
Participated in the TEQIP-III sponsored one week online short term course on “Multi-Scale Computational Fluid Dynamics: Fundamentals and Applications” held on September 21-25, 2020, organized by the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Dr. B. R. Ambedkar National Institute of Technology Jalandhar, Punjab, India.
Participated in Thapar Summer School on Machine Learning and Deep Learning - 2022 - Six Weeks Training Program - 2022 (13th June to 22nd July, 2022) by CSED, TIET, Patiala, Punjab
One week FDP on “Additive Manufacturing: from Principles to Practice" organized by Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology, Patiala during 12-16 February March, 2024.
Invited Talk on Computational Techniques for Bioinformatics using MATLAB in Bioinformatics Workshop conducted by SolResLab on July 6th, 2024.
Participated in workshop, "Advancing Sustainable Manufacturing and Commercialisation of SPEE3D Additive Manufacturing Technology" on 15th October 2024, Time 9:30 AM at Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), Block 3, Dakshin Marg, Sector 31A, Chandigarh 160030 India.
Participated in FDP on 'Latest Trends in Additive Manufacturing' held at TIET Patiala during 17-21 Feb 2025.
CEEE Program 2025 in the domain of Mechanical, Aerospace, and Energy Engineering to be held from 9th June 2025 to 21st June 2025 at IIT Delhi (Sonipat Campus).
Organized a visit to the manufacturing unit of Inter Solar Dera Bassi for B.Tech students in 2017.
Delivered an Invited Talk on "Identification of design parameters in a solar collector and prospective use of PCM in solar energy storage”, (November 16, 2017) at 2 Days National Conference on Large Solar Power Generation and adequate Technology Solution at NPTI, Nangal
Organized Industririal tour for M.E. students to visit Hydro Power Plant Visit (Bhakra-Nangal Project) in 2018.
Visited Nanyang Executive Centre, Singapore to presnt research paper in 2nd International Conference on Control Science and Systems Engineering (ICCSSE-2016)
Visited University Institute of Engineering and Technology, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India to present research paper in 2nd International Conference on Recent Advances in Engineering and Computational Sciences (RAECS-2015)
Visited IIT Kharagpur, India to present research article in 22nd National and 11th ISHMT-ASME Heat and Mass Transfer Conference, 2013