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Dr. Koushik Das

Dr. Koushik Das

Associate Professor
koushik.das@nitm.ac.in   
9485177054
Qualification : Ph.D, IIT Guwahati
Area of Research : Thermal analysis in biological systems, Heat transfer enhancement in/using extended surfaces, Heat Pipes

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Research
  1. Thermal Detection of Malignancy and Estimation of Its Properties in a Human Breast, DST, SERB (ECR), 17.46 Lakhs
  2. Design and Fabrication of Corn (Maize) Shelling Machine to Promote Productivity of Corn in Meghalaya, DIC IIT Guwahati, 2.95 Lakhs.
  3. Design of Shallow Water Turbine for energy Harvesting, Utilizing Stream Water in Hilly Places, DIC IIT Guwahati, 13.67 Lakhs.
  4. Extraction of pineapple leaf fibre and use it for the development of low-cost products, NECTAR, Rs. 12.65 Lakhs

Consultancy

  1. Vetting of Technical Design and Financial Estimate of DPR (For HVAC Plant), Department of Tourism, Govt. of Meghalaya, Rs. 6.26 lakhs

Patent:

  1. U. Kashyap, K. Das, B.K. Debnath, A vortex generator for efficient heat transfer, Journal of Intellectual Property India (Journal No 24/2021) Application No. 201931050159A, Filed on: December 05, 2019, Published on: June 11, 2021 (Under Examination)

International Journals:

  1. P.S.D. Roy, K. Das, H.M. Kalita, Numerical analysis of tapered wick configurations in cylindrical heat pipes, International Journal of Thermal Sciences, 206, 109333, 2024
  2. Z. Ansari, K. Das, P. R. Babu, Computational Study of Shock Tube using Baffle to enhance the performance for biomedical application, Progress in Computational Fluid Dynamics, An International Journal, 2024 (accepted)
  3. S. Saha, K. Das, The effect of modifications of auxiliary surface attached to a rectangular vortex generator, Journal of Thermal Engineering, 2024 (accepted)
  4. A. Das, R. S. Das, K. Das, Numerical analysis of liquid desiccant dehumidification system with novel trapezoidal baffled surface, International Journal of Refrigeration, 145, Page no. 457-466, 2023
  5. A. Das, R. S. Das, K. Das, Performance analysis of aqueous LiCl and CaCl2 based falling film dehumidifier with surface modification, Applied Thermal Engineering, 200, Page no. 117704, 2022
  6. A. Das, R. S. Das, K. Das, Performance enhancement of a liquid desiccant absorber with triangular corrugated structured packing, Journal of Building Engineering, 45, Page no. 103677, 2021
  7. M. A. Singh, K. Das, D. K. Sarma, Development and experimental validation of numerical formulations of a heuristic model in WEDM of H13 tool steel, Int. J. of Machining and Machinability of Materials (IJMMM), Inderscience, (In press),2021
  8. U. Kashyap, K. Das, B. K. Debnath, U. Kashyap, S. K. Saha. Numerical study on effect of secondary surface on rectangular vortex generator. Journal of Thermal Science and Engineering Applications. 2020, Page Nos. 1-33. DOI: 10.1115/1.4047008
  9. A. Ranjan, S. S. Yadav, K. Das, Thermal and Flow Analysis of Split Drop Shaped Pin Fins for Improved Heat Transfer Rate, https://doi.org/10.1007/s40032-019-00548-4
  10. U. Kashyap, K. Das, B.K. Debnath, Numerical and Experimental Study of the Effect of Secondary Surfaces Fixed Over a Rectangular Vortex Generator, Journal of Thermal Science and Engineering Applications , 11, Page Nos 061003-1-12, 2019
  11. U. Kashyap, K. Das, B. K. Debnath, Effect of surface modification of a rectangular vortex generator on heat transfer rate from a surface to fluid: An extended study, International Journal of Thermal Sciences, 134, Page Nos -269-281, 2018.
  12. U. Kashyap, K. Das, B. K. Debnath, Effect of surface modification of a rectangular vortex generator on heat transfer rate from a surface to fluid, International Journal of Thermal Sciences, 127, Page Nos -61-78, 2018.
  13. M. A. Singh, K. Das, D. K. Sarma, Thermal simulation of machining of alumina with wire electrical discharge machining process using assisting electrode, Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology, 32, 1, Page Nos -333-343, 2018.
  14. K. Das, S. C. Mishra, Simultaneous estimation of size, radial and angular locations of a malignant tumor in a 3-D human breast - A numerical study, Journal of Thermal Biology, Vol.-http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jtherbio.2015.07.001
  15. R. Singh, K. Das, S. C. Mishra, J. Okajima, S. Maruyama, Minimizing skin thermal damage using surface cooling during laser induced thermal therapy – a numerical study, ASME: Journal of Thermal Science and Engineering Applications, Vol.-8, Page Nos -011002-1-6, 2015.
  16. R. Singh, K. Das, J. Okajima, S. Maruyama, S.C. Mishra, Modelling skin cooling using optical windows and cryogens during laser induced hyperthermia in a multilayer vascularized tissue, Applied Thermal engineering, Vol.-89, Page Nos -28-35, 2015.
  17. K. Das, S. C. Mishra, Non-invasive estimation of size and location of a tumor in a human breast using a curve fitting technique, International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol.-56, Page Nos -63-70, 2014.
  18. R. Singh, K. Das, S. C. Mishra, Laser-induced hyperthermia of nanoshell mediated vascularized tissue – a numerical study, Journal of Thermal Biology, Vol.-44, Page Nos -55-62, 2014.
  19. K. Das, S. C. Mishra, Study of thermal behavior of a biological tissue: An equivalence of Pennes bioheat equation and Wulff continuum model,Journal of Thermal Biology, Vol.-45, Page Nos -103-109, 2014.
  20. K. Das, R. Singh, S. C. Mishra, Numerical analysis for determination of the presence of a tumor and estimation of its size and location in a tissue,Journal of Thermal Biology, Vol.-38, Page Nos -32-40, 2013.
  21. K. Das, S. C. Mishra, Estimation of tumor characteristics in a breast tissue with known skin surface temperature, Journal of Thermal Biology, Vol.-38, Page Nos -311-217, 2013.

 

International Conferences:

  1. S. Dutta, D. K. Sarma, K. Das, B. M. Barua,Simulation of Single Spark Numerical Modelling Using Comsol During ?-EDM On Inconel 718, 7T International ConferenceOn Advanced Production And Industrial Engineering, Centre For Advanced ProductionAnd Industrial Research, Delhi Technological University (DTU), June 11-12, 2022
  2. N. Gupta, K. Das, B. K. Debnath, Heat TransferEnhancement Using Modified Vortex Generator, 8th International and47th National Conference on Fluid Mechanics And Fluid Power, IIT Guwahati,India, December 09-11, 2020
  3. A. Das, R. S. Das, K. Das, Performance Evaluation Of LiCl And Cacl2Based Falling Film Dehumidifier With Surface Modification, 1st InternationalConference on Thermal Engineering and Management Advances, Jalpaiguri EngineeringCollege, West Bengal, India, June 28, 2020
  4. A. Das, R. S. Das, K. Das, Investigationon Fluid Flow, Heat and Mass transfer Characteristics in a LiCl-H2O FallingFilm Absorber, 25th National and 3rd International ISHMT-ASTFE, Heat and MassTransfer Conference (IHMTC-2019), December 28-31, 2019, IIT Roorkee, Roorkee,India.
  5. A. Das, R. S. Das, K. Das, Performanceevaluation and enhancement of LiCl-H2O based falling film dehumidifier usingsurface modification, International Mechanical Engineering Congress(IMEC-2019), 29th November- 1st December 2019, NIT Tiruchirappalli, India.
  6. S. Sharma, S. Anand, K. Das, Flowanalysis of vortex generators in the shroud of a horizontal axis wind turbine,International Conference on Recent Innovations and Developments in MechanicalEngineering, November 8 - 10, 2018, NIT Meghalaya Shillong.
  7. S. Bhowmick, R. Gupta, K. Das, Thermalanalysis and estimation of tumor properties in breast tissue, InternationalConference on Recent Innovations and Developments in Mechanical Engineering,November 8 - 10, 2018, NIT Meghalaya Shillong.
  8. A. Ranjan, K. Das, Performance analysis of split drop shaped pin fins for improved heat transfer rate, International Conference on Recent Innovations and Developments in Mechanical Engineering, November 8 - 10, 2018, NIT Meghalaya Shillong.
  9. U. Kashyap, K. Das, B.K. Debnath, Effect of Surface Texture ofVortex Generator in Heat Transfer Enhancement, 6th International and 43rd National Conference on Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power, Period -December 15–17, Place -MNNIT Allahabad, India, 2016.
  10. M. A. Singh, K. Das, D. K. Sarma, Numerical Simulation of the Material Removal Rate in Wire Electrical Discharge Machining of Non-Conducting Material, 24th International Symposium on Processing and Fabrication of Advanced Materials (PFAM XXIV), Period - December 18 - 20, Place- Osaka, Japan, 2015
  11. K. Das, S. C. Mishra, Non-invasive detection of a tumor in a human breast, 12th International Conference on Flow Dynamics, Period -October 27–29, Place -Sendai, Japan, 2015.
  12. S. Yadav, K. Das, K. M. Pandey, A comparative analysis of heat transfer in extended surfaces, 23rd National Heta and Mass Transfer Conference and 1st International ISHMT-ASTFE Heat and Mass Transfer Conference, Period -December 17–20, Place -ISRO, Thiruvananthapuram, India, Page -ISHMTC2015-480, 2015.
  13. K. Das, S. C. Mishra, Thermal Investigation of Human Breast and Utilization of Curve Fitting Technique in Inverse Estimation of Tumor Characteristics, 11th International Conference on Flow Dynamics, Period -October 8–10, Place -Sendai, Japan, 2014.
  14. S. Yadav, K. Das, K. M. Pandey, A comparative analysis of heat transfer in extended surfaces with and without holes, 5th International and 41st National Conference on Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power, Period -December 12–14, Place -IIT Kanpur, India, 2014.
  15. K. Das, S. C. Mishra, Non-invasive detection of breast tumor using curve fitting technique, 10thInternational Conference on Flow Dynamics, Period -November 25–27, Place -Sendai, Japan, Page -458-459, 2013.
  16. R. Singh, K. Das, S. C. Mishra, J. Okajima, S. Maruyama, Minimizing skin thermal damage using surface cooling during laser induced thermal therapy – a numerical study, 22nd National and 11th International ISHMT-ASME Heat and Mass Transfer Conference, Period -December 28–31, Place -IIT Kharagpur, India, Page -HMTC1300097, 2013.
  17. K. Das, S. C. Mishra, A comparative study of heat transfer in a biological tissue with Pennes bioheat equation and Wulff continuum model, 22nd National and 11th International ISHMT-ASME Heat and Mass Transfer Conference, Period -December 28–31, Place -IIT Kharagpur, India, Page -HMTC1300072, 2013.
  18. S. C. Mishra, K. Das, M. Ganguly, P. Goswami, Thermal estimation of properties and location of tumor in a 2-D biological tissue using surface temperature profile, 9thInternational Conference on Flow Dynamics, Period -September 19– 21, Place -Sendai, Japan, Page -184-185, 2012.
  19. S. C. Mishra, K. Das, R. Singh, Thermal analysis of a biological tissue with malignancy - estimation of its thermo-physical properties,8thInternational Conference on Flow Dynamics, Period -November 9– 11, Place -Sendai, Japan, Page -350-351, 2011.

Book Chapters:

  1. S. Yadav, K. Das, K. M. Pandey, Chapter: A Comparative Analysis of Heat Transfer in Extended Surfaces with and Without Holes, Book Title: Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power – Contemporary Research, Springer, (DOI 10.1007/978-81-322-2743-4_40), ISBN: 978-81-322-2741-0.
  2. A. Ranjan, K. Das, Performance analysis of split drop-shapedpin fins for improved heat transfer rate, Book Title: Advances in Mechanical Engineering,Springer, (https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-0124-1), ISBN 978-981-15-0123-4.
  3. S. Bhowmick, R. Gupta, K. Das, Thermal analysis andestimation of tumor properties in breast tissue, Book Title: Advances in MechanicalEngineering, Springer, (https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-0124-1), ISBN978-981-15-0123-4.
  4. S. Sharma, S. Anand, K. Das, Flow analysis of vortexgenerators in the shroud of a horizontal axis wind turbine, InternationalConference on Recent Innovations and Developments in Mechanical Engineering, BookTitle: Advances in Mechanical Engineering, Springer, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-0124-1),ISBN 978-981-15-0123-4.

Sl No.

Title

Sponsors

National/ International

Duration

Role Played

1

Computational Modeling & Analysis using ANSYS and Creo (CoMAAC)

PTC CREO, Innovent Engineering Solutions Pvt. Ltd., Allied Designsoft Solution Pvt. Ltd

National

June 3 – 7, 2015

Member

2

Identification of challenging, need-based problems related to Science & Technology concerning rural economy

RuTAG-NE, IIT Guwahati

National

March 18, 2016

Member

3

International Conference on Recent Innovations and Developments in Mechanical Engineering (IC-RIDME- 2018)

Various Central Govt. and Private Organisations

International

November 8-10, 2018

Member Secretary

4

Online short Term course on recentApplications Of CFD in Civil and Mechanical Engineering

NIT Meghalaya & Maverick
Technologies Pvt Limited

 

National

December 06-10, 2021

Coordinator

5

Online High End Workshop (Karyashala) On Green Materials And Manufacturing: Concepts,
Practices, And Needs

SERB, DST

National

June 23-29, 2022

Coordinator

Ph.D

  • Uddip Kashyap, Heat Transfer Enhancement in a Channel Using Modified Rectangular Vortex Generators, Degree Awarded: 2019. (Co-Supervisor: Dr. Biplab K. Debnath)
  • Aabir Das, Performance Enhancement of A Falling Film Based Liquid Desiccant Dehumidifier With Surface Modification, Degree Awarded: 2022 (Supervisor: Dr. Rajat Subhra Das)
  • Subhankar Saha, Performance analysis thermal and flow behaviour of modified VG (Pursuing)
  • Pratit Sundar Devroy, Thermal performance enhancement of Heat pipes (Pursuing)
  • Mrinal Pradhan, Surface modification of regenerator to improve the performance of liquid desiccant dehumidifier (Pursuing)
  • Subhamshree Avishek, Design modification of flat heat pipes to improve the performance of PV panels (Pursuing)

M.Tech

  • Surendra Singh Yadav, Heat Transfer Enhancement from a Plate to Fluid Using Fins, 2016- 2017
  • Shalini Anand, Design Analysis of Shroud of a Small Scale Wind Turbine for Application in Meghalaya, 2016- 2017
  • Raghavendra Gupta, Thermal Detection of Malignancy in a Human Breast, 2017-2018
  • Alok Ranjan, Thermal Analysis of Extended Surfaces, 2017-2018
  • Saurav Sharma, Flow Analysis of the Shroud of a Small Scale Horizontal Axis Wind Turbine, 2017-2018
  • Souvan Panja,Heat transfer enhancement from surface to a fluid using truncated conical fins, 2018-2019
  • Neeraj Gupta, Heat Transfer Enhancement using modified Vortex Generator, 2019-2020
  • Trinayan Bora, Heat Transfer Enhancement from a Plate to Fluid Using modified cylindrical Fins, 2019-2020
  • Aditya, Modelling of two phase flow and heat transfer analysis with film cooling on a rocket thruster, 2020-2021
  • Narayan Bashyal, Optimization of skin surface temperature of a tissue to detect malignancy, 2021-2022

Theory

  1. Engineering Mechanics
  2. Engineering Thermodynamics
  3. Convective Heat and Mass Transfer
  4. Advanced Fluid Mechanics
  5. Conduction And Radiation
  6. Refrigeration and Air Conditioning
  7. Power Plant Engineering
  8. Heat Transfer

Practical

  1. Workshop Practice - I
  2. Workshop Practice-II
  3. Mechanical Lab-I
  4. Mechanical Lab - II
  5. Fluid Mechanics-II
  6. Computational Laboratory
  7. Thermal Engineering Laboratory

  • Deputy Centre In-charge, Design Innovation Centre, NIT Meghalaya
  • Faculty-in-charge, Computational Laboratory, Department of Mechanical Engineering, NIT Meghalaya
  • Faculty-in-Charge, Transportations, NIT Meghalaya
  • Faculty-in-Charge, Central Workshop, NIT Meghalaya

Sl No.

Committee Name

Role

Duration

1

Accommodation Hospitality Committee, 1st Convocation, NIT Meghalaya

Convener

September, 2014

2

Reception Committee, 1st Convocation, NIT Meghalaya

Member

September, 2014

3

NIT Awareness Drive Committee

Member

September, 2014 - September, 2015

4

Class Routine Committee

Member

November, 2014 - May, 2015

5

Trainee Engineer Selection Committee, ME Department

Member

June, 2015

6

Internal Preliminary Screening Committee of Faculty Recruitment, ME Department

Member

May, 2015

7

Screening Committee of Summer Internship Program, ME Department

Member

April, 2015

8

Institute Calendar Design Committee

Convener

September, 2015 - January, 2016

9

Trainee Teacher Screening Committee, ME department

Member

April, 2015

10

Campus Shifting Committee of NIT Meghalaya

Special Invitee

October, 2015 - till date

11

Institute Website Redesign Committee

Member

January, 2016 - till date

12

Rashtriya Avishkar Abhiyan Sub-committee

Member

February, 2016 - till date

13

Institute Flag and Institute Memento Design Committee

Member

February, 2016

14

Routine Committee

Co-ordinator

May, 2016- 2017

15

Institute Part-time M.Tech Committee

Member

May, 2016 onward

16

Coordination Committee to expedite ERP solution

Member

November 3, 2016-till date

17

Trainee Engineer Selection Committee, ME Department

Chairman

July, 2016

18

CCMT 2017

Deputy Centre In-Charge

January 11, 2017- January 11, 2018

19

Intitute Boy's Hostel

Warden

September 15, 2017-September 11, 2018

20

Transport Committee, Institute Day 2019

Convener

February 22, 2019-April 1, 2019

21

Travel and Accommodation Committee, Institute Day 2020

Convenor

February 18, 2020-April 1, 2020

22

Intellectual Property Committee

IP Coordinator cum Member Secretary

December 3, 2020-December 3, 2022

  • External Examiner, Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Workshop Practice, End term examination, North Eastern Hill University, Shillong, 2014, External Practical Examiner, from February 20, 2015 - February 21, 2015
  • External Examiner, Department of Information Technology, Workshop Practice, End term examination, North Eastern Hill University, Shillong, 2014, External Practical Examiner, from February 20, 2015 - February 21, 2015
  • Observer, JEE (Main)-2017, April 2, 2017
  • External Examiner, College of Agricultural Engineering & Post Harvest Technology, Central Agricultural University, Sikkim, May 19, 2017
  • Observer, JEE (Main)-2018, April 8, 2018

Sl No.

Name

Period

Place

National/ International

1

10th International Conference on Fluid Dynamics

November 25-27, 2013

Sandai, Japan

International

2

22 National and 11th International ISHMT-ASME Heat Mass and Transfer Conference

December 23-25, 2013

IIT Kaharagpur, India

International

3

5th International and 41st National Conference on Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power

December 12-14, 2014

IIT Kanpur, India

International

4

23rd National Heat and Mass Transfer Conference and 1st ISHMT-ASTFE Heat and Mass Transfer Conference

December 17-20, 2015

ISRO, Thiruvanantapuram, India

International

5

A short term course on Fundamentals of Microfluidics and its applications in biomedical Engineering

January 22-23, 2016

IIT Guwahati, India

National

6

Summer Training program on Active Learning

July 2-6, 2018

IIT Indore, India

National

7

A short term course on Computational Fluid Dynamics for Incompressible Flows

June 17-21, 2019

IIT Guwahati, India

National