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Resume of Krishnan Murugesan

Name: Krishnan Murugesan

Date of birth: 1st May 1959

Present Address:

Dr. Krishnan Murugesan

Associate Professor

Mechanical & Industrial Engineering

Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee

Roorkee – 247 667, INDIA

Phone: +911332285635 (Office)

+911332285660 (Residence)

Fax: +911332285665

Email: krimufme@iitr.ac.in

Academic Qualification

Institute Degree Period

Thiagarajar College of

Engineering, Madurai

B.E (Mechanical)

First Class (71.4%)

July 1977 – June 1982

Indian Institute of

Technology Bombay,

Mumbai

M.Tech

(Thermal and Fluids Engg.)

August 1988 – January

1990 (sponsored)

Indian Institute of

Technology Madras,

Chennai

PhD

July 1994 – October 1997

(sponsored)

PhD topic

Study of Convective Drying of Porous Materials using Finite Element Method

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Teaching Experience

Institute Designation Period

National Institute of

Technology Karnataka,

Surathkal, India

Lecturer

(Mechanical Engg.)

November 1983 –

September 1998

National Institute of

Technology Karnataka,

Surathkal, India

Assistant Professor

(Mechanical Engg.)

September 1998 – May

2003

(August 1988 to January

1990 and July 1994 to

October 1997 on study

leave )

National Taiwan

University, Taipei, Taiwan

Post-Doctoral Research

Fellow

April 2001 to May 2003

(On sabbatical)

June 2003 –July 2005

Indian Institute of

Technology Roorkee,

Roorkee, India

Visiting Faculty

(Mechanical & Industrial

Engineering)

August 2005 to November

2005

Indian Institute of

Technology Roorkee,

Roorkee, India

Assistant Professor

Mechanical & Industrial

Engineering

November 2005 to October

2012

Indian Institute of

Technology Roorkee,

Roorkee, India

Associate Professor

Mechanical & Industrial

Engineering

October 2012 till date

Total teaching experience: 19 years (Approx.)

Subjects taught

Undergraduate level

Heat transfer, Fluid Mechanics, Turbomachines, Energy Systems, Automobile

Engineering, Thermodynamics, Applied Thermodynamics, Design of Heat Exchangers,

Building Technology, Measurement and Instrumentation.

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Post-graduate level

Advanced Heat transfer, Measurements in Thermal Systems, Advanced Fluid Mechanics,

Computational Methods in Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer, Modeling and

Simulation, Advanced Thermodynamics.

Major research areas of interest

(i) Heat and moisture transport through porous materials with applications to drying

of porous materials, PEM Fuel Cells, Hydrogen storage, Heat and moisture

transport through concrete at elevated temperature.

(ii) Solution of Navier-Stokes equations using velocity-vorticity formulation

(iii) Use of Jatropha as a fuel in diesel engine and optimization of engine parameters

using Taguchi method.

(iv) Ground source heat pump for space heating with main focus on the reduction of

CO2 emission.

(v) Green energy technology

(vi) Heat and moisture transport through unsaturated porous media exposed to high

temperatures like concrete.

Distinctions in Academics

(i) During the PhD program, visited the Geo-environmental Research Center,

Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK for one month to carry out research on Heat

and Moisture transport through porous materials.

(ii) Rated as the Best Teacher in the Mechanical Engineering Department of

National Institute of Technology, Surathkal, India in 2001 by the

undergraduate students.

(iii) Included in WHO’S WHO in the World in 2010 issue.

Research Experience

(i) Visited the Geo-environmental Research Center, Cardiff University, Cardiff,

UK for one month in 1997 and for 3 months in 1999 as an Academic Visitor

to carry out research on heat and moisture transport through porous solid.

(ii) Post-doctoral research fellow in Civil Engineering Department, National

Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan since 2001 February July 2005.

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(iii) Visited Geoenvironmental Research Centre, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK

during 2007, 2010 and 2011 for research collaboration with regard to low

CO2 emission technology development.

Codes developed

(i) Computer code in Fortran for 2D & 3D Navier-Stokes equations in velocity-

vorticity formulation

(ii) Global Matrix free Finite Element algorithm for solving 3D Navier-Stokes

equations in velocity-vorticity formulation

(iii) Double diffusive mixed convection in cavity and channel flow

(iv) Mesh generation code for 2D and 3D geometries using transfinite

interpolation (TFI) method for internal and external flows.

(v) PEM Fuel Cell Analysis Code

(vi) Heat and moisture transport through unsaturated porous media (like concrete)

exposed to fire

Innovation in research

Fabrication of Porous Matrix Humidifier for PEM Fuel Cell

The working fluids in a PEM Fuel cell, hydrogen and oxygen gases have to be

humidified before they are supplied to the cell. This humidification helps the membrane,

the heart of the PEM Fuel cell, to maintain its water content. If the water content of

membrane decreases to a state of dry condition, the cell will be permanently damaged.

The conventionally used bubble humidifier is not efficient, though it is simple. As a

substitute for the bubble humidifier a Porous Matrix Humidifier has been developed as

part of MTech dissertation works at IIT Roorkee. This humidifier has been tested for

various load conditions of the cell and it is observed to operate more efficiently than the

bubble humidifier.

Porous Matrix Evaporative Cooler-Humidifier for PEM Fuel Cell

The PEM Fuel cell generates heat equal to the power output and hence the cell

has to be cooled in order to maintain its optimum operating temperature to prevent

formation of hot spots in the membrane. A single unit performing cooling as well as

humidification is being developed as part of MTech dissertation at IIT Roorkee.

Global Matrxi-free Finite Element Algorithm

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A finite element algorithm without the necessity of forming global matrix has

been developed, by storing all matrices at element level itself. This has enabled the

solution of three-dimensional CFD problem on a personal computer.

M.Tech course seminar

The M.Tech students have to be trained to read and understand research articles in a

systematic manner. For this purpose a course seminar has been introduced whenever I

teach a course for MTech students. Every student will be given a specific research article

recently published in a journal of thermal engineering field. A month time will be given

to the students to understand the contents of the paper. In this connection instructions and

guidance will be provided to the students. Later each student has to give a seminar for 15

minutes on the topic assigned to him. Questions will be asked to test his understanding.

This practice has been followed for years and the feedback from the students is highly

encouraging.

PhD Thesis Supervision

Thesis title Name of Scholar Dept./Institute/Year of

registration

Combustion and Emission studies

on Compression Ignition engine

using Biodiesel as fuel

T. Ganapathy

Mech. & Ind. Engg.,

IIT Roorkee, January 2006

Awarded Degree

Double diffusive convection studies

using velocity-vorticity form of

Navier-Stokes equations

D. Senthil Kumar

Mech. & Ind. Engg.,

IIT Roorkee, July 2006

Awarded Degree

Rainfall-runoff-soil erosion

modeling for forested flashy streams

by remote sensing and GIS

Raaj. Ram Shankar

Civil Engg. Dept.,

IIT Roorkee, January 2005

Awarded Degree

Thermal management of electronic

devices using micro channels

Satbir Singh

Sehgal

Mech. Engg. Dept.,

Thapar University, July 2006,

Awarded Degree

Large scale scour in bridge-piers

Experimental and numerical

modeling

B. Ramesh

Civil Engg. Dept.,

IIT Roorkee, July 2006

Awarded Degree

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Mechanical properties of high

performance concrete exposed to

elevated temperatures

Abdul Rahim, A.

Civil Engg. Dept.,

IIT Roorkee, July 2009

Awarded Degree

Study of heat and moisture transport

through concrete at elevated

temperatures

Arul Peter, A

Mech. & Ind. Engg. Dept.,

IIT Roorkee, January 2010

Ongoing

Study of Thermal Performance of a

ground source heat pump system

T. Sivasakthivel

Mech. & Ind. Engg. Dept.,

IIT Roorkee, July 2011

Ongoing

Study of Thermal Performance of a

solar assisted ground source heat

pump system

Vikas Verma

Mech. & Ind. Engg. Dept.

IIT Roorkee, July 2012

Ongoing

Double diffusive mixed convection

with flux boundary conditions

Nithesh Reddy

Mech. & Ind. Engg. Dept.

IIT Roorkee, January 2013

Ongoing

M.Tech thesis guided

1. Study of drying of tiles in a tunnel dryer M. Papa Rao

1999

2. Error estimation in high temperature gas measurement M. D. Sanjay

1999

3. Determination of generalized drying parameter for tiles

from experimentally determined drying curves

V.V.N.S.Sridhar

Budha, 2000

4. Analysis of drying of tiles in a solar assisted heat pump

tunnel dryer using Artificial Neural Network

Schidananda Shetty,

2000

5. Parametric study on drying of a rectangular porous

solid using FEM

Ravi Kollur,

2001

6. Study of natural convection in a square cavity with

radiation boundary condition using velocity-vorticity

form of Navier-Stokes equations

P. Leela Krishna

2007

7. To study the effect of relative humidity on performance

of PEM fuel cells

Lt. Col. Ballaney

2007

8. Thermo-economic analysis of a co-generation thermal

power plant used in a sugar industry

Ayan Adhikary

2008

9. Numerical simulation of electro-osmotic flow in a

micro-channel using velocity-voriticity formulation

Fayazuddin

2008

10. Experimental and Thermodynamic analysis of

humidification in PEM Fuel Cells

Rahul Garg

2008

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11. Numerical prediction of thermal signatures of buried

heat conducting landmines

Prasun Kumar Nag

2009

12. Effect of humidification and membrane water balance

on performance of PEM Fuel Cell

K. Kumar

2009

13. Numerical simulation of heat and moisture transport in

nuclear waste repository

Ganesh, M.

2009

14. Numerical simulation of hydrogen storage in activated

carbon storage system

M.G. Deepak Prakash

2010

15. CFD analysis of contaminant transport in an enclosure B. Janardhan

2010

16. Performance study of 200 W PEM fuel stack with an

evaporative cooler humidifier

D. Rajesh

2010

17. Exergy Analysis of GSHP System for Space Heating Ramniwas Kumawat

2011

18. Experimental Study on Thermal Performance of Bore

Hole Heat Exchanger for Seasonal Variations

Rakesh Kumar

Sharma

2012

19. Experimental Study on Utilization of Ground Source

Energy for Space Heating/Cooling

Prateek Bhanaria

2012

20. Double diffusive mixed convection with heat and mass

flux boundary conditions

Sanat Kumar Singha

2012

21. Convective and Radiative effects on the determination

of thermal conductivity of concrete exposed to high

temperature using hot wire method

Ishudeep Singh

2013

22. Theoretical modeling for predicting thermal contact

conductance

Sachin Rana

Ongoing

23. Study of thermal performance of cooling Towers Venktesh Sasidhar

Research Projects Completed

Experimental studies to investigate the effect of moisture transport on the performance

characteristics of Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell - 2 lacs

Analysis of thermal effects during charging process in Hydrogen storage using

activated carbon based materials incorporated with organometallic compounds – 9 lacs

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Numerical and experimental investigation of thermo-hydro-mechanical behavior of

high performance concrete exposed to fire - 35 lacs

Consultancy Work Completed (for reputed companies in India)

Thermal vetting of cooling towers - 16 lacs Lectures delivered (Important) 1. Lectures on CFD and Simulation at IIT Roorkee for QIP programs during July

in 2008 and 2009. 2. Invited lectures on Design of cooling towers for engineers at L&T, Chennai

during October 2012. 3. Lectures on CFD at Thapar University, Patiala under TEQIP during September

2013. 4. Lecture on Thermal performance of Micro-channel heat sinks at PES

University, Bangalore during December 2013. 5. Lectures on Modeling and Simulation at Chandigarh University, Chandigarh

during June 2014.

Journal Publications – International Journals

1. Sivasakthivel, T., Murugesan, K., Sahoo, P. K., Study of technical, economical and

environmental viability of ground source heat pump systems for Himalayan cities of

India, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, (2015), 48, pp. 452-462.

2. Sivasakthivel, T., Murugesan, K., Sahoo, P. K., Optimization of ground heat exchanger

parameters of ground source heat pump systems for space heating applications, (2014),

Energy, 78, pp. 573-586.

3. Verma, V., Murugesan, K., Optimization of solar assisted ground source heat pump

system for space heating application by Taguchi method and utility concept, (2014),

Energy and Buildings, 82, pp. 296-309.

4. Arul Peter, A., Murugesan, K., Sharma, U.K., Arora, P., Numerical study of heat and

moisture transport through concrete at elevated temperatures, (2014), Journal of

Mechanical Science and Technology, 28, pp. 1967-1977.

5. Sivasakthivel, T., Murugesan, K., Sahoo, P.K., A study on energy and CO2 saving

potential of ground source heat pump system in India, (2014), Renewable and Sustainable

Energy Reviews, 32, pp. 278-293.

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6. Sivasakthivel, T., Murugesan, K., Thomas, H.R., Optimization of operating parameters of

ground source heat pump system for space heating and cooling by Taguchi method and

utility concept, (2014), Applied Energy, 116, pp. 76-85.

7. Ganapathy, T., Gakkhar, R.P., Murugesan, K., Optimization of injection system

parameters and exhaust gas recirculation for jatropha biodiesel fuel in diesel engine using

taguchi, method, (2013), Journal of Energy Engineering, 10.1061/(ASCE)EY.1943-

7897.0000159, 04013015.

8. Rahim, A., Sharma, U.K., Murugesan, K., Sharma, A., Arora, P., Multi-response

optimization of post-fire residual compressive strength of high performance concrete,

(2013), Construction and Building Materials, 38, pp. 265-273.

9. Ramsankaran, R., Kothyari, U.C., Ghosh, S.K., Malcherek, A., Murugesan, K.,

Physically-based distributed soil erosion and sediment yield model (DREAM) for

simulating individual storm events, (2013), Hydrological Sciences Journal, 58 (4), pp.

872–891.

10. Rahim, A., Sharma, U.K., Murugesan, K., Sharma, A., Arora, P., Optimization of post-

fire residual compressive strength of concrete by Taguchi method, (2012), Journal of

Structural Fire Engineering, 3 (2), pp. 169-180.

11. Sivasakthivel, T., Murugesan, K., Sahoo, P.K., Potential reduction in CO2 emission and

saving in electricity by ground source heat pump system for space heating applications -

A study on northern part of India, (2012), Procedia Engineering, 39, pp. 970-979.

12. Sehgal, S.S., Murugesan, K., Mohapatra, S.K., Effect of channel and plenum aspect ratios

on the performance of micro channel heat sink under different flow arrangements, (2012),

Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology, 26, pp. 2985-2994.

13. Ramsankaran, R., Kothyari, U.C., Ghosh, S.K., Malcherek, A., Murugesan, K.,

Geospatial based Distributed Rainfall-Runoff model for Simulation of Internal and Outlet

Responses in a Semi Forested Watershed. Hydrological Processes, (2012), 26 (9),

pp.1405-1426.

14. Ganapathy, T., Gakkhar, R.P., Murugesan, K., Optimization of Injection Timing and

Operating Parameters On Jatropha Biodiesel Engine Using RSM, (2012), International

Journal of Renewable Energy Technology, 3, pp.254-275.

15. Ramesh, B., Kothyari, U.C., Murugesan, K., Near-bed particle motion over transitionally-

rough bed, (2011), Journal of Hydraulic Research, 49 (6), pp. 757-765.

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16. Ganapathy, T., Gakkhar, R.P., Murugesan, K., Influence of injection timing on

performance, combustion and emission characteristics of Jatropha biodiesel engine,

(2011), Applied Energy, 88 (12), pp. 4376-4386.

17. Senthil Kumar , D., Murugesan, K., Thomas, H.R., Effect of the aspect ratio of a heated

block on the interaction between inertial and thermosolutal buoyancy forces in a lid-

driven cavity, (2011), Numerical Heat Transfer; Part A: Applications, 60 (7), pp. 604-

628.

18. Arul Peter, A., Mamidi, G., Murugesan, K., Sharma, U.K., Akanshu Sharma, D., Arora,

P., Effect of boundary conditions on thermohydraulic behaviour of clay buffer used in

nuclear waste repository, (2011), Energy Procedia, 7, pp. 495-501.

19. Sehgal, S.S., Murugesan, K., Mohapatra, S.K., Experimental investigation of the effect of

flow arrangements on the performance of a micro-channel heat sink, (2011),

Experimental Heat Transfer, 24 (3), pp. 215-233.

20. Ganapathy, T., Gakkhar, R.P., Murugesan, K., Optimization of performance parameters

of diesel engine with Jatropha biodiesel using response surface methodology,

International Journal of Sustainable Energy, (2011), 30, pp. S76-S90.

21. Ramesh, B., Kothyari, U.C., Murugesan, K., Rolling motion of particles over

transitionally rough beds, ISH Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, (2011), 17, pp.23-31.

22. Sehgal, S.S., Murugesan, K., Mohapatra, S.K., Computational studies on the effect of

flow arrangements on the performance of a micro channel heat sink, (2011),

International Journal of Advances in Thermal Sciences & Engineering, 8, pp. 354-363.

23. Senthil Kumar, D., Murugesan, K., Gupta, A., Numerical analysis of interaction between

inertial and thermosolutal buoyancy forces on convective heat transfer in a lid-driven

cavity, (2010), Journal of Heat Transfer, 132 (11), art. no. 112501.

24. Senthil Kumar, D., Murugesan, K., Gupta, A., Effect of thermo-solutal stratification on

recirculation flow patterns in a backward facing step channel flow. International Journal

for Numerical Methods in Fluids, (2010), 64, pp.163-186.

25. Ganapathy, T., Balasubramanian, R., Gakkhar, R.P., Murugesan, K., Optimization of

injection system parameters and EGR on Jatropha Biodiesel Engine using Taguchi

approach, Journal of Biofuels, (2010), 1, pp.123-130.

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26. Ganapathy, T., Gakkhar, R.P., Murugesan, K., Artificial neural network modeling of

jatropha oil fueled diesel engine for emission predictions, (2009), Thermal Science, 13

(3), pp. 91-102.

27. Ganapathy, T., Gakkhar, R.P., Murugesan, K., An analytical and experimental study of

performance on Jatropha biodiesel engine, (2009), Thermal Science, 13 (3), pp. 69-82.

28. Ganapathy, T., Murugesan, K., Gakkhar, R.P., Performance optimization of Jatropha

biodiesel engine model using Taguchi approach, (2009), Applied Energy, 86 (11), pp.

2476-2486.

29. Kumar, D.S., Murugesan, K., Gupta, A., Thermo-solutal buoyancy induced mixed

convection in a backward facing step channel using velocity-vorticity formulation,

(2009), Numerical Heat Transfer; Part A: Applications, 56 (7), pp. 604-630.

30. Murugesan, K., Lo, D.C., Young, D.L., Chen, C.W., Fan, C.M., Convective drying

analysis of three-dimensional porous solid by mass lumping finite element technique,

(2008), Heat and Mass Transfer, 44 (4), pp. 401-412.

31. Senthil Kumar, D., Murugesan, K., Thomas, H.R., Numerical simulation of double

diffusive mixed convection in a lid-driven square cavity using velocity-vorticity

formulation, (2008), Numerical Heat Transfer; Part A: Applications, 54 (9), pp. 837-865.

32. Lo, D.C., Young, D.L., Murugesan, K., Tsai, C.C., Gou, M.H., Velocity-vorticity

formulation for 3D natural convection in an inclined cavity by DQ method, (2007),

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 50 (3-4), pp. 479-491.

33. Murugesan, K., Lo, D.C., Young, D.L., Fan, C.M., Chen, C.W., Global matrix-free finite-

element scheme for natural convection in a square cavity with step blockage, (2006),

Numerical Heat Transfer, Part B: Fundamentals, 50 (4), pp. 353-373.

34. Young, D.L., Fan, C.M., Tsai, C.C., Chen, C.W., Murugesan, K., Eulerian-Lagrangian

method of fundamental solutions for multi-dimensional advection-diffusion equation,

(2006), International Mathematical Forum, 1, pp. 687-706.

35. Lo, D.C., Young, D.L., Murugesan, K., An accurate numerical solution algorithm for 3D

velocity-vorticity Navier-Stokes equations by the DQ method, (2006), Communications

in Numerical Methods in Engineering, 22 (3), pp. 235-250.

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36. Young, D.L., Jane, S.J., Fan, C.M., Murugesan, K., Tsai, C.C., The method of

fundamental solutions for 2D and 3D Stokes problems, (2006), Journal of Computational

Physics, 211 (1), pp. 1-8.

37. Chen, C.W., Young, D.L., Tsai, C.C., Murugesan, K., The method of fundamental

solutions for inverse 2D Stokes problems, (2005), Computational Mechanics, 37 (1), pp.

2-14.

38. Young, D.L., Chen, C.W., Fan, C.M., Murugesan, K., Tsai, C.C., The method of

fundamental solutions for Stokes flow in a rectangular cavity with cylinders, (2005),

European Journal of Mechanics, B/Fluids, 24 (6), pp. 703-716.

39. Young, D.L., Hu, S.P., Chen, C.W., Fan, C.M., Murugesan, K., Analysis of elliptical

waveguides by method of fundamental solutions, (2005), Microwave and Optical

Technology Letters, 44 (6), pp.552-558.

40. Lo, D.C., Young, D.L., Murugesan, K., GDQ method for natural convection in a cubic

cavity using velocity-vorticity formulation, (2005), Numerical Heat Transfer, Part B:

Fundamentals, 48 (4), pp. 363-386.

41. Young, D.L., Lin, Q.H., Murugesan, K., Two-dimensional simulation of a thermally

stratified reservoir with high sediment-laden inflow, (2005), Journal of Hydraulic

Research, 43 (4), pp. 351-365.

42. Lo, D.C., Murugesan, K., Young, D.L., Numerical solution of three-dimensional

velocity-vorticity Navier-Stokes equations by finite difference method, (2005),

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids, 47 (12), pp. 1469-1487.

43. Lo, D.C., Young, D.L., Murugesan, K., GDQ method for natural convection in a square

cavity using velocity-vorticity formulation, (2005), Numerical Heat Transfer, Part B:

Fundamentals, 47 (4), pp. 321-341.

44. Chen, C.W., Fan, C.M., Young, D.L., Murugesan, K., Tsai, C.C., Eigen analysis for

membranes with stringers using the methods of fundamental solutions and domain

decomposition, (2005), CMES - Computer Modeling in Engineering and Sciences, 8 (1),

pp. 29-44.

45. Murugesan, K., Lo, D.C., Young, D.L., An efficient global matrix free finite element

algorithm for 3D flow problems, (2005), Communications in Numerical Methods in

Engineering, 21 (3), pp. 107-118.

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46. Young, D.L., Tsai, C.C., Murugesan, K., Fan, C.M., Chen, C.W., Time-dependent

fundamental solutions for homogeneous diffusion problems, (2004), Engineering

Analysis with Boundary Elements, 28 (12), pp. 1463-1473.

47. Murugesan, K., Thomas, H.R., Cleall, P.J., An investigation of the influence of two-stage

drying conditions on convective drying of porous materials, (2002), International Journal

of Numerical Methods for Heat and Fluid Flow, 12 (1), pp. 29-46.

48. Murugesan, K., Suresh, H.N., Seetharamu, K.N., Aswatha Narayana, P.A., Sundararajan,

T., A theoretical model of brick drying as a conjugate problem, (2001), International

Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 44 (21), pp. 4075-4086.

49. Murugesan, K., Seetharamu, K.N., Narayana, P.A.A., Thomas, H.R., Ferguson, W.J.,

Study of shrinkage stresses for drying of brick as a conjugate problem, (2000),

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, 48 (1), pp. 37-53.

50. Murugesan, K., Seetharamu, K.N., Aswatha Narayana, P.A., A one dimensional analysis

of convective drying of porous materials, (1996), Heat and Mass Transfer, 32 (1-2), pp.

81-88.

International Conferences

1. Vikas Verma, Murugesan, K., Study on solar assisted ground heat exchanger for building

heating, 22th

National and 11

th International ISHMT-ASME Heat and Mass Transfer

Conference, IIT Kharagpur, India, December 28-31, 2013.

2. Sivasakthivel, T., Murugesan, K., Sahoo, P.K., Study of thermal performance of a

hybrid ground heat exchanger for ground source heat pump applications, 22th

National

and 11th

International ISHMT-ASME Heat and Mass Transfer Conference, IIT Kharagpur,

India, December 28-31, 2013.

3. Sivasakthivel, T., Murugesan, K., Sahoo, P.K., Study of technical, economical and

environmental viability of ground source heat pump system for Himalayan states of

India, 22th

National and 11

th International ISHMT-ASME Heat and Mass Transfer

Conference, IIT Kharagpur, India, December 28-31, 2013.

4. Sivasakthivel, T., Murugesan, K., Sahoo, P.K., Thermal Property Evaluation Test for

Geothermal Heat Pump Applications, International Conference on Advances in Chemical

Engineering (ACE 2013), IIT Roorkee, India, February 22-24, 2013.

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5. Bhanaria, P., Murugesan, K., and Sahoo, P. K. Thermodynamic Modeling of Ground

Source Heat Pumps for Space Heating and Cooling, International Conference on

Modeling Optimization and Computing, Noorul Islam University, Tamil Nadu, April 10-

12, 2012.

6. Ramniwas, K., Murugesan, K and Sahoo, P. K., Optimization of operating parameters of

ground source heat pump using Taguchi Method, 23rd IIR Conference, Prague, Czech

Republic, August 21-26, 2011.

7. Ramniwas, K., Sahoo, P. K., and Murugesan, K., Exergy analysis of a ground source heat

pump for a composite climate in India, 23rd IIR Conference, Prague, Czech Republic,

August 21-26, 2011.

8. Ganapathy,T., Gakkhar, R.P., Murugesan, K., Optimization of injection system

parameters and EGR on Jatropha Biodiesel Engine using Taguchi approach, Proceedings

of the First International Conference on New Frontiers in Biofuels, Delhi Technological

University, India Habitat Center, New Delhi, Jan. 18-19, 2010.

9. Ramesh, B., Kothyari, U.C., Murugesan, K., Influence of Coherent Flow Structures on

Near Bed Particle Motion over Transitionally Rough Bed”, International conference

INDIA 2010, EWRI of ASCE, IIT Madras, 2010.

10. Sehgal, S.S., Murugesan, K., Mohapatra, S.K., Effect of flow arrangements on

thermohydraulic performance of a microchannel heat sink, Proceedings of

MNHMT2009, 2nd Micro/Nanoscale Heat & Mass Transfer International Conference,

December 18-22, 2009, Shanghai, China.

11. Ganapathy,T., Balasubramanian, Gakkhar, R.P., Murugesan, K., Balasubramanian, R. P.

Gakkhar, K. Murugesan, Performance prediction of bio-fuel engine using artificial neural

networks, International Conference on Energy Engineering, Pondicherry Engineering

College, Pondicherry, India, Jan. 7-9, 2009.

12. Ganapathy,T., Gakkhar, R.P., Murugesan, K., Exhaust Emissions Prediction of Jatropha-

oil Fueled Diesel Engine Using Artificial Neural Networks, Proceedings of the

International Conference on Emerging Research and Advances in Mechanical

Engineering, ERA 2009, Velammal Engineering College, Chennai-600066, India, March

19-21, 2009.

13. Ganapathy,T., Gakkhar, R.P., Murugesan, K., Experimental Evaluation and ANN

Simulation of Jatropha Biodiesel Fueled Twin Cylinder DICI Engine, Proceedings of

SAE INDIA International Mobility Engineering Congress and Exposition 2009, Chennai

Trade Centre, Dec. 13-15, 2009.

14. Ganapathy,T., Gakkhar, R.P., Murugesan, K., Cycle-to-cycle Variation Study in Diesel

Engine Combustion Operating on Bio-diesel, Proceedings of IISc Centenary –

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International Conference on Advances in Mechanical Engineering (IC-ICAME), Indian

Institute of Science, Bangalore, India, July 2-4, 2008.

15. Sehgal, S.S., Murugesan, K., Mohapatra, S.K., Pressure instabilities at the entrance &

exit regions of a forced convective micro-channel heat sink, First ASME

Micro/Nanoscale Heat Transfer International Conference (MNHT08), National Cheng

Kung University in Tainan, January 6-9, 2008, Taiwan (Paper Number: MNHT2008-

52019)

16. Ganapathy,T., Gakkhar, R.P., Murugesan, K., Energy Analysis of Operating Thermal

Power Plant at 50MWe Grid Load, Proceedings of the International Conference on

Intelligent Systems for Rural Development (Insyder 2008), Arunai Engineering College,

Tiruvannamalai, India, Aug. 28-30, 2008.

17. Senthil Kumar, D., Murugesan, K., Gupta, A., Analysis of fluid flow in a lid-driven

square cavity with a step blockage using global matrix - free finite element algorithm,

Proceddings of Int. Conference on Intelligence systems for Rural development, AEC

Tiruvannamalai, India.August 28-30, 2008. ,

18. Ganapathy,T., Balasubramanian, R., Gakkhar, R.P., Murugesan, K., Use of Jatropha

Based Biodiesel in DI Diesel Engines: A Critical Review, Proceedings of the

International Conference & XX National Conference on I. C. Engines and Combustion

(ICONICE-2007), Organized by Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, JNTU, Hyderabad,

Dec.6-9, 2007.

19. Senthil Kumar, D., Leela Krishna., Murugesan, K., Global matrix-free finite element

Algorithm for solution of velocity-vorticity form of Navier-Stokes equations: Applicatin

to Flow and heat transfer studies in a square cavity with a square blockage- Paper

presented at the 14th International Conference on Finite Elements in Flow Problems,

Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA during March 26-28, 2007.

20. Chen, C. W., Young, D. L., and Murugesan, K., Solution of an inverse 2D Stokes

problem using meshless BEM and Stokeslet, International Association for BEM 2004

Conference, Minnesota, 24-26 May, 2004.

21. Fan, C. M., Young, D. L., and Murugesan, K., Application of meshless BEM and domain

decomposition technique to solve degenerate boundary problems in seepage flow,

International Association for BEM 2004 Conference, Minnesota, 24-26 May, 2004.

22. Suresh, H.N., Murugesan, K., Aswatha Narayana, P. A., and Seetharamu, K. N., Drying

of porous material using finite element method, Second International Conference on

CFD in the Minerals and Process Industries, CSIRO, Melbourne, Australia, 6-8

December, 1999, pp. 163-168.

23. Murugesan, K., Seetharamu, K. N., Aswatha Narayana, P. A., and Sundararajan, T.,

Study of convective drying of porous materials as a conjugate problem, Proceedings of

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the Tenth International Conference for Numerical Methods in Thermal Problems,

Swansea, U.K., July, 1997, Vol. X, pp.697-705.

National Conferences

1. Vikas Verma, Murugesan, K., Performance analysis of a solar assisted ground source heat

pump system, Pan IIT Research Expo, IIT Madras, India, 3-7, January, 2014.

2. Sivasakthivel, T., Murugesan, K., Sahoo, P.K., Study of thermal performance of a ground

source heat pump system, Pan IIT Research Expo, IIT Madras, India, 3-7, January, 2014.

3. Senthil Kumar, D., Murugesan, K., Gupta, A., Numerical study of double diffusive

natural convection in a rectangular cavity with discrete heat sources using velocity-

vorticity equations, 20th National & 9th ISHMT-ASME Heat and Mass Transfer

Conference, January 4-6, 2010, IIT Bombay, India.

4. Sehgal S.S., Murugesan K., Mohapatra S.K., Entrance and exit effects on

thermohydraulic performance of a microchannel heat sink, 20th National & 9th ISHMT-

ASME, Heat and Mass Transfer Conference, January 4-6, 2010, IIT Bombay, India

(Paper Number: 10HMTC124).

5. Sehgal S.S., Murugesan K., Mohapatra S.K., Innovative solutions for thermal

management of integrated circuits, International conference on Engineering Innovations:

A fillip to economic development, February 18-20, 2010, CGI, Sirhind, Punjab, India.

6. Ramesh, B., Kothyari U.C., Murugesan, K., Rolling motion of particles over

transitionally rough beds”, 10th National conference HYDRO’ 10, MEC, Mullana.

7. Ramesh, B., Kothyari, U.C., Murugesan, K., Rolling motion of particles over

transitionally rough beds”, Indo-US bilateral workshop Sedimentation, Erosion,

Flooding and Ecological Health of Rivers (WSEHR-10), ISI, Kolkata, 2010.

8. Ganapathy, T., Das A.C., Gakkhar, R.P., Murugesan, K., ANN Approach for

Performance of Twin Cylinder Jatropha Biodiesel Engine, Proceedings of the National

Conference on Modern Developments in Engineering & Sciences, NCMDES-09, Ambala

College of Engineering & Applied Research (ACE), Devsthali, Ambala-133101, India,

Feb 27-28, 2009.

9. Ramesh, B., Kothyari, U.C., Murugesan, K., Preliminary investigation of near bed

particle motion over partially rough bed”, 9th National conference HYDRO’ 09,

CWPRS, Pune, 2009.

10. Ramesh, B., Murugesan, K., Kothyari, U.C., Numerical simulation of flow over a

backward facing step using Velocity-Vorticity formulation”, 36th National conference

FMFP’2008, PES, Bangalore.

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11. Senthil Kumar, D., Murugesan, K., Gupta, A., Parametric Study on Convective Drying of

a Rectangular Brick using Finite Element Method and Mass Lumping Technique, 19th

National & 8th ISHMT-ASME Heat and Mass Transfer Conference held in January 3-5,

2008, JNTU College of Engineering, Hyderabad, India.

12. Sehgal S.S., Murugesan, K., Mohapatra S.K., Thermohydraulic performance of a forced

convective liquid flow within micro-channels, 19th National & 8th ISHMT-ASME Heat

and Mass Transfer Conference held in January 3-5, 2008 ,JNTU College of Engineering,

Hyderabad, India.

13. Sehgal S.S., Murugesan K., Mohapatra S.K., Effect of entrance & exit regions on

thermohydraulic performance of a forced convective liquid flow within microchannel

heat sink, 35th National Conference on Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power, FMFP-2008,

Bangalore, December 11-13, 2008.

14. Senthil Kumar, D., Murugesan, K., Gupta, A., Numerical analysis of laminar double

diffusive mixed convection over a backward facing step using velocity-vorticity form of

Navier-Stokes equations, Proceedings of 35th National Conference on Fluid Mechanics

and Fluid Power, December 10-12, 2008, PESIT Bangalore, India.

15. T. Ganapathy, R. Balasubramanian, R. P. Gakkhar, K. Murugesan, Use of Jatropha

Curcas Oil as Fuel in CI Engine Applications – An Overview, Proceedings of All India

Seminar on Energy and Environmental Issues Related to Chemical Industry, The

Institution of Engineers (India), U. P. State Centre, Lucknow, India, March 10-11, 2007.

16. Murugesan, K., Young, D.L., A simplified numerical procedure for solving velocity-

vorticity equations- Application for natural convection in 3D enclosure-Seventeenth

National Heat and Mass Transfer conference and Sixth ISHMT/ASME Heat and Mass

Transfer Conference, Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research, Kalpakkam, Chennai,

India, January 5-7, 2004.

17. Chen, C.W., Fan, C.M., Young, D.L., and Murugesan, K., Eigen analysis of membranes

with stringers using MFS and domain decomposition technique, 27th National Conference

on Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, December 12-13, 2003, Tainan, Taiwan.

18. Lo, D.C., Young, D.L., Murugesan, K., Solution of 2D and 3D Stokes flows using

differential quadrature method, 27th National Conference on Theoretical and Applied

Mechanics, December 12-13, 2003, Tainan, Taiwan.

19. Chiu, C.L., Young, D.L., Murugesan, K., Non-singular boundary integral equation for

two-dimensional electromagnetic scattering problems, 27th National Conference on

Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, December 12-13, 2003, Tainan, Taiwan.

20. Fan, C.M., Murugesan, K., Young, D.L., Analysis of 2D Stokes flows by the Method of

Fundamental Solutions and Biot-Savart law, 27th National Conference on Theoretical and

Applied Mechanics, December 12-13, 2003, Tainan, Taiwan.

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21. Chen, C.W., Fan, C.M., Young, D.L., and Murugesan, K., Using Method of Fundamental

Solutions and Stokeslet to solve an inverse Stokes problem, 27th National Conference on

Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, December 12-13, 2003, Tainan, Taiwan.

22. Tsai, C.S., Chen, C.W., Fan, C.M., Young, D.L., Murugesan, K., The Method of

Fundamental Solutions for a Cauchy problem in anisotropic heat conduction, 27th

National Conference on Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, December 12-13, 2003,

Tainan, Taiwan.

23. Murugesan, K., Young, D.L., Effect of uniform and non-uniform meshes on mass

lumping for the solution of three-dimensional diffusion problem, Proceedings of the 24th

Ocean Engineering Conference in Taiwan held at Center of Harbor & Marine Tech.,

Taichung, November, 2002, pp 183-189.

24. Murugesan, K., Papa Rao, M., Sachidananda Shetty, Forced convective drying for

removal of binder material from wet tiles, Proceedings of the National Symposium on

Energy Management and Conservation in Heavy Water Plants and allied Chemical

Industries, EMCON-2000, BARC, Mumbai, India, Feb. 9 & 10, 2000, pp.503-507.

25. Murugesan, K., Papa Rao, M., Drying (binder removal process) of tiles by forced

convection, One Day Awareness Workshop on Energy Conservation and related aspects

in Roofing Tile Industry, Organized by SISI, Government of India, Mangalore branch and

R & D Centre, KREC Surathkal, 6th November, 1998.

26. Murugesan, K., Seetharamu, K.N., Aswatha Narayana, P.A., 1996, Heat and Mass

transfer – Applications to food processing, Proceedings of the National Seminar on

Handling, Processing and Preservation of fruits and vegetables, Vijayawada, India, Feb.

1996, pp.167-183.