About

Dr. Ashish Kumar is currently working as an Assistant Professor in the School of Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering. He completed doctorate from Indian Institute of Technology Bombay and M.Tech from Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati He has Postdoctoral experience of 2 years at Indian Institute of Technology Delhi and has been associated with Galgotias University since 2023. He strongly advocates for productivity and efficiency in the workplace and demonstrates a sincere work ethic that allows him to thrive in fast-paced and time-sensitive environments. As a dedicated educator, he believes that teaching goes beyond imparting knowledge and includes fostering critical thinking skills and encouraging the exploration of alternative problem-solving approaches. He consistently directs his energy towards the holistic development of his students.

Experience

• 2 years as Institute postdoctoral fellow, IIT Delhi

Qualification

• P. hD
• M.Tech
• B.E

Award & Recognition

• MHRD Fellowship from 2011-2013, 2014-2019
• Research Travel Grant for International Conference for visiting Madrid, Spain (2018)
• Research Travel Grant for International Conference for visiting Paris, France (2022)

Research

• He has presented Research papers in various National and International conferences & 08 Papers Published in reputed international journals.

Area of Interest

• Thermal Energy Storage
• Solar Thermal
• Battery Thermal Management System
• Waste Heat Recovery
• Non-Conventional Energy

Publications

Journal Publications:

• Ashish Kumar, andSandip K. Saha. "Energy and exergy analyses of medium temperature latent heat thermal storage with high porosity metal matrix." Applied Thermal Engineering109 (2016): 911-923.
• Ashish Kumar, and Sandip K. Saha. "Latent heat thermal storage with variable porosity metal matrix: A numerical study." Renewable Energy 125 (2018): 962-973.
• Ashish Kumar, and Sandip K. Saha. “Experimental and Numerical Study of Latent Heat Thermal Energy Storage with High Porosity Metal Matrix under Intermitted Heat Load. Applied Energy 263, (2020)
• Ashish Kumar, and Sandip K. Saha. “Performance Study of a Novel Funnel Shaped Shell and Tube Latent Heat Thermal Energy Storage System” Renewable Energy (2020)
• Uddip Kashyap, Ashish Kumar, and Sandip K. Saha, “Effect of Magnetic Field on a Couple of Axisymmetric Vortices Produced by a Novel Vortex Generator in a Rectangular Channel with an Overview of Dynamic Mode Decomposition.” Physics of Fluid 32, 115111 (2020).
• Abhsishek Agrawal, Ashish Kumar and Dibakar Rakshit. “A novel analytical approach to study the charging characteristics of a shell and tube thermal energy storage system. Energy Storage, p.e285. (2021)
• Uddip Kashyap, Ashish Kumar, Sandip K. Saha and Vishal Sardespande. “Transient Performance Analysis of a Novel Design of Portable Magnetic Refrigeration System” Physics of Fluids 34.1 (2022): 013611
• A. Kumar, Sandip K Saha, K Ravi Kumar, Dibakar Rakshit. “Study of Melting of Paraffin Dispersed with Copper Nanoparticles in Square Cavity Subjected to External Magnetic Field”, Journal of Energy Storage 50 (2022): 104338.

Conference Proceedings: 

• Ashish Kumar, and Sandip K. Saha. “Second Law Analysis of Latent Heat Thermal Storage for ORC-based Solar Thermal Power Plant.” International Conference on Advances in Energy Research 2015, December 15-17, 2015, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India.
• Ashish Kumar, and Sandip K. Saha. “Latent Heat Thermal Storage with Variable Porosity Metal Matrix: A novel concept.”Proceedings of the 24th National and 2nd International ISHMT-ASTFE Heat and Mass Transfer Conference (IHMTC-2017), December 27-30, 2017, BITS Pilani, Hyderabad, India.
• Ashish Kumar, Pradeep Shahi, and Sandip K. Saha. “Experimental Study of Latent Heat Thermal Energy Storage System for Medium Temperature Solar Applications” DOI:10.11159/htff18.152, The 4th World Congress on Mechanical, Chemical, and Material Engineering. Madrid, Spain.
• Ashish Kumar, and Sandip K. Saha. “Exergy Analysis of Latent Heat Thermal Energy Storage with Variable Porosity Metal Matrix.” International Conference on Energy and Sustainable Development Jointly organized by Jadavpur University and The Institution of Engineers, India February 14-15, 2020.