Dr. B. Kiran Naik

“Dream is not that which you see while sleeping it is something that does not let you sleep”    ― A.P.J. Abdul Kalam 

Short Bio

Dr. Bukke Kiran Naik is an Assistant Professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department at NIT Rourkela since 2020. He received his Ph.D. (2019) and M.Tech (2014) from IIT Guwahati and his B.Tech (2012) from JNTU Anantapur in Mechanical Engineering. He worked as a Queen Elizabeth Postdoctoral fellow at Simon Fraser University, Canada, during 2019–2020 and served as a Project Engineer at IIT Guwahati in 2019. He is the recipient of the Paired Early Career Fellowship in Applied Research (PECFAR) from Indo-German Science and Technology Centre (IGSTC), the Queen Elizabeth Scholars (QES) Fellowship from Universities Canada, the CCSTDS Travel fellowship from INSA/CSIR/DAE-BRNS-CCSTDS, and the SERB-ITS travel grant from DST, Government of India. Furthermore, he was selected as a Young Indian Scientist for the 6th BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) conclave in 2021, in the thematic area of Energy Solutions. He also received an INAE fellowship for working as a visiting researcher at IIT Kanpur. He holds three patents to date and has secured three funded research projects from ISRO, SERB, and NIT Rourkela. He has also received funding from several agencies (SERB, ATAL, and ISHRAE) to organize outreach programs such as workshops and short-term courses. He served as the ISHRAE Bhubaneswar Sub-Chapter President for the year 2022–2023. Additionally, he served as the Student Activities Chair, K-12 Chair, and CWC member for the ISHARE Guwahati Sub-Chapter from 2016 to 2018, and as a Program Chair for the ISHARE Bhubaneswar Sub-Chapter for the year 2021–2022. He is currently supervising five Ph.D. students, three Master's students, and five Undergraduate students. He has guided over thirteen M.Tech students and nine B.Tech students. He has published more than 50 research articles in reputable international journals and conference proceedings. Moreover, Dr. Naik has been invited by various renowned institutions, universities, and societies to deliver talks on his research work carried out in the energy-building-water nexus or sustainable energy and buildings.
Contact Info: Room No.: ME309, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Mechanical Sciences Building, NIT Rourkela, Rourkela - 769008. Ph. No.:+919435686059 Email: naikkb@nitrkl.ac.in; k.bukke@gmail.com; 

Education

PhD (2019) - IIT Guwahati , Assam

MTech (2014) - IIT Guwahati, Assam

B-Tech (2012) - JNTUA College of Engineering, Anantapur, Andhra Pradesh

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Research Interests 

Energy and buildings; Energy-Water nexus; Thermo-chemical energy conversion and storage; AI/ML techniques for system design and performance analyses; Coupled heat and mass transfer system’s modeling; Micro encapsulation materials assessment. 

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