Dr. Rakesh Sharma
Assistant Professor (Senior Scale)
Department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering
Qualification: BE, MTech, PhD
CURRENT ACADEMIC ROLE & RESPONSIBILITIES
- Assistant Professor (Senior Scale) – Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, MIT
- Teaching and 沙巴体育
AREAS OF INTEREST, EXPERTISE AND RESEARCH
Area of Interest
Thermal Engineering; Heat Transfer; Thermodynamics; Solar Energy; Thermo-fluids; Refrigeration/Heat Pump; Sustainable Technologies
Area of Expertise
Experimental studies (Designing of test rig; Gas-Solid reactors; Visualization; Heat transfer; Refrigeration/Heat pump); Numerical studies (CFD in COMSOL Multiphysics; Reactor modeling; Thermochemical reaction model; Reaction kinetics; Conjugate heat transfer; Thermo-fluid modeling; Microgrid modeling in HOMER)
Area of 沙巴体育
Thermochemical Gas-Solid Reactions (Specialized in Ammonia and Water based pairs); Solar Energy Utilization; Thermal management (Hybrid Electric Vehicle & Batteries); Thermal Energy Storage; Refrigeration/Heat Pump; PV/Wind Stand-alone Microgrid (Green Hydrogen, Green Ammonia, Polygeneration)
Professional Affiliations & Contributions
DAAD 沙巴体育
Work Experience
| Organisation | Role | Tenure |
|---|---|---|
| 沙巴体育 Institute of Technology, MAHE, 沙巴体育 | Assistant Professor - Senior Scale (Current role) | 2024- Present |
| NIT Raipur, Chhattisgarh | Assistant Professor- Temporary | 2023 - 2024 |
| German Aerospace Centre (DLR), Stuttgart, Germany | DAAD Postdoctoral 沙巴体育er | 2021- 2022 |
| Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore, India | Postdoctoral 沙巴体育 Associate | 2018 - 2020 |