Department of Mechanical Engineering

Dr. Nitish Kumar

PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND
From (Date of Joining)ToDesignationOrganisationNature of Association
March – 2025Till date…Assistant ProfessorNERISTRegular
August-2016May-2017Assistant Professor NIT SilcharContract
March -16July-16Contractual FacultyNIT SrinagarContract
HONORS AND AWARDS
AwardInstituteYear
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION
DegreeSubjectUniversityYear
PhDPhase change heat transfer, Hydrophobic surface, Micro/Nano textured surfaces, Composite nanomaterials.IIT (BHU), Varanasi2023
Post GraduationThermal and Fluid EngineeringNIT Calicut2015
ADMINISTRATIVE BACKGROUND
FromToDesignationOrganisation
MEMBERSHIPS IN PROFESSIONAL BODIES

TEACHING ENGAGEMENTS

TitleCourse CodeModuleSemester
Measurements and Control in Fluid and Thermal Engg.ME7212PGII
Fluid Mechanics and MachinesME13201DiplomaV
Numerical Techniques for Thermal and Fluid Engg.ME7100PGI
Instrumentation and Control EngineeringME23105UGV
Applied ThermodynamicsME22201UGIV

M. TECH. THESIS SUPERVISED
Title of ProjectNames of Students
Ph.D SUPERVISING
TopicScholar NameStatus of PhDRegistration Year
PARTICIPATION IN SHORT TERM COURSES

Course NameSponsored ByDate
Advanced Engineered Surfaces for Phase Change Heat Transfer Application (AESPHTA-21)NIT Calicut12-16, July-21
Advances in Applications of Computational Fluid DynamicsTEQIP-II07-11, November-16
Advanced Joining TechnologiesTEQIP-II17-21, September-16
Global Online Certification Course on Data-Driven Supply Chain Transformation 2022IIM Mumbai (Formerly NITIE, Mumbai) and IIT(BHU) 16, July – 21, Aug- 2022
COURSES OR CONFERENCES ORGANISED
Conference NameSponsored ByDate
International Conference on Recent Advances in Materials and Emerging Applications (RAMEA-2026)ANRF/PGCL/OIL/DUCOM/NERIST6-7 April-2026
BOOKS AUTHORED
PUBLICATIONS

  1. Kumar N, Ghosh P, Shukla P. “Effect of composite coatings on surface characteristics and boiling heat transfer performance in a pool of water.” Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry 149, no. 2 (2024): 671-685.
  2. Kumar N, Ghosh P, Shukla P, Tandon R.  “Effects of composite coatings on pool boiling performance characteristics in demineralized water.” Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part E: Journal of Process Mechanical Engineering 240, no. 1 (2026): 9-21.
  3. Kumar N, Ghosh P, Shukla P. “Boiling Heat Transfer Performance of Pure Water on Binary Oxide-Based Nanoparticles Coatings” ASME Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 146 (3), 033001,2024.
  4. Kumar N, Ghosh P, Shukla P. “Development of an approximate model for the prediction of bubble departure diameter in pool boiling of water.” International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer 127 (2021): 105531.
  5. Kumar N, Ghosh Shukla P. “Effect of Nanoparticle Deposition Rate on Critical Heat Flux in Pool Boiling”, Journal of Engineering Research, Vol. 5, No. 4, 2017.
  6. Kumar N, Ghosh P, Shukla P. “A review on formation, characterization, and role of micro/nanotextured surfaces on boiling heat transfer performance.” Multiphase Science and Technology 33, no. 2 (2021).

Skills

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