Mechanical Engineering

Head of Department

Dr. Biplab Kumar Debnath
Ph.D (IIT Guwahati)

E-mail:
hod.me@nitm.ac.in

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Dr. Subhendu Maity Associate Professor

Ph. D, IIT Kharagpur

subhendu.maity@nitm.ac.in
9485177009
https://nitmeghalaya.irins.org/profile/101616

Research Interest

Turbulence Modeling, Fluid Mechanics, Computational Fluid Dynamics

Education Qualification

Ph. D, IIT Kharagpur

Publications

Journals

 1.      Eusebious Theodynosious Chullai, Subhendu Maity, Bikash Kumar Sarkar, 2025, Parametric analysis of conventional semicircular and newly developed parabolic rotors for Savonius-style wind turbines: Three-dimensional numerical simulations, Journal of Fluids Engineering, 147 (11)

https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4068618

2.  Neeraj Kumar, Paladugu Venkaiah, Bikash Kumar Sarkar, Subhendu Maity, 2025, Electrohydraulic transmission system control for variable displacement axial piston pump with fault through genetic algorithm fuzzy fractional order PI controller, International Journal of Ambient Energy, 46 (1), 2471419

https://doi.org/10.1080/01430750.2025.2471419

3.   Eusebious Theodynosious Chullai, Subhendu Maity, Bikash Kumar Sarkar, 2024, Numerical investigation on a series of parabolic profiles to arrive at an optimum design based on the Savonius wind rotor, Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering, 1-17,

https://doi.org/10.1007/s13369-024-09747-3

4.    Neeraj Kumar, Paladugu Venkaiah, Bikash Kumar Sarkar, Subhendu Maity, 2023, Wind turbine electrohydraulic transmission system control for maximum power tracking with pump fault, Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part I: Journal of Systems and Control Engineering, 237 (9), 1702-1716

https://doi.org/10.1177/09596518231155691

5.  Pritam Majumder, Subhendu Maity, 2023, A critical review of different works on marine propellers over the last three decades, Ships and Offshore Structures, 18 (3), 391-413

https://doi.org/10.1080/17445302.2022.2058767

6.   Pritam Majumder, Dileep Kumar Avanapu, Subhendu Maity, 2022, Numerical investigation of significance of duct angle of attack and duct position in a ducted propeller in the presence of propeller boss cap fin, Iranian Journal of Science and Technology, Transactions of Mechanical Engineering, 46, 745–760

https://doi.org/10.1007/s40997-021-00457-x

7.   Neeraj Kumar, Rahul Kumar, Bikash Kumar Sarkar, Subhendu Maity, 2021, Performance analysis of the swashplate axial piston pump with hydraulic fluid temperatures, Journal of Scientific & Industrial Research, 80 (11), 943-948

8.     Pritam Majumder, Krishna Mohan Pandey, Nishikant V Deshpande, Subhendu Maity, 2021, Numerical investigation to study effect of number of blade in propeller loading with composite material, Journal of The Institution of Engineers (India): Series C, 102, 741-751

https://doi.org/10.1007/s40032-021-00678-8

9.    Neeraj Kumar, Rahul Kumar, Bikash Kumar Sarkar, Subhendu Maity, 2021, Condition monitoring of hydraulic transmission system with variable displacement axial piston pump and fixed displacement motor, Materials Today: Proceedings, 46, 9758-9765

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matpr.2020.09.327

10.  Jyoti Prakash Panda, Kaushik Sasmal, Subhendu Maity, Hari Vijayan Warrior, 2020, A simple nonlinear eddy viscosity model for geophysical turbulent flows, Journal of Applied Fluid Mechanics, 14 (3), 715-722

https://doi.org/10.47176/jafm.14.03.32032

11. Pritam Majumder, Subhendu Maity, 2020, Numerical analysis of aerofoil shape propeller boss cap fin (PBCF) to improve propeller efficiency, International Journal of Innovative Technology and Exploring Engineering, 9, 231-238

http://dx.doi.org/10.35940/ijitee.C8036.019320

12. Jyoti Prakash Panda, Hari Vijayan Warrior, Subhendu Maity, Arindam Mitra, Kaushik Sasmal, 2017, An improved model including length scale anisotropy for the pressure strain correlation of turbulence, Journal of Fluids Engineering 139 (4), 044503

https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4035467

13. Kaushik Sasmal, Subhendu Maity, Hari Vijayan Warrior, 2015, Effect of atmospheric forcing on plume dispersion and study of nuclear effluent trajectories for the kalpakkam coast, India, Journal of Hazardous, Toxic, and Radioactive Waste, 19 (3), 04014035

https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)HZ.2153-5515.0000243

14. Kaushik Sasmal, Subhendu Maity, Hari Vijayan Warrior, 2014, On the application of a new formulation of nonlinear eddy viscosity based on anisotropy to numerical ocean models, Journal of Turbulence 15 (8), 516-539

https://doi.org/10.1080/14685248.2014.918619

15.  Hari Vijayan Warrior, Sajo Mathews, Subhendu Maity, Kaushik Sasmal, 2014, An improved model for the return to isotropy of homogeneous turbulence, Journal of Fluids Engineering 136 (3), 034501

https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4026236

16.  SubbaReddy Bonthu, Kaushik Sasmal, Hari Vijayan Warrior, Subhendu Maity, 2013, Development of an automated regional coupled atmosphere-ocean modeling system for coastal Kalpakkam, The International Journal of Ocean and Climate Systems 4 (2), 87-115

https://doi.org/10.1260/1759-3131.4.2.87

17. Subhendu Maity, Hari Vijayan Warrior, 2011, Reynolds stress anisotropy based turbulent eddy viscosity model applied to numerical ocean models, Journal of Fluids Engineering 133 (6), 064501

https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4004216

 Book Chapters

1.    Satyabrata Sahoo, Subhendu Maity, 2020, CFD analysis of responses of two-equation turbulence models for flow over NACA 0012, NACA 4412 and S809 aerofoils, Advances in Mechanical Engineering: Select Proceedings of ICRIDME 2018, 31-40

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-0124-1_4

2.  Neeraj Kumar, Bikash Kumar Sarkar, Subhendu Maity, 2020, Recent development and application of the hydrostatic transmission system, Advances in Mechanical Engineering: Select Proceedings of ICRIDME 2018, 1613-1625

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-0124-1_141

3.    Rajni Kant, Subhendu Maity, 2020, A Novel Passive Flow Control Method for Underwater Vehicles, Advances in Mechanical Engineering: Select Proceedings of ICRIDME 2018, 75-83

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-0124-1_9

4.  Pritam Majumder, Krishna Mohan Pandey, Nishikant V Deshpande, Subhendu Maity, 2020, Comparative study of stress analysis for three bladed underwater vehicle propellers with two different composite materials, Advances in Mechanical Engineering: Select Proceedings of ICRIDME 2018, 1601-1611

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-0124-1_140

Conferences

1.    Pritam Majumder, Dileep Kumar Avanapu, Subhendu Maity, 2019, Significance of duct position in combine effect of propeller boss cap fin (PBCF) and propeller duct to improve efficiency, 64th Congress of Indian Society for Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (ISTAM), December 9-12, Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar, India

2.    Subhendu Maity, Dileep Kumar Avanapu, Pritam Majumder, 2019, Numerical investigation of role of angle of attack of duct in ducted propeller with PBCF, 6th International Conference on Ship & Offshore Technology (ICSOT), November 7-8, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India

3.   Neeraj Kumar, Bikash Kumar Sarkar, Subhendu Maity, 2019, Leakage based condition monitoring and pressure control of the swashplate Axial piston pump, ASME 2019 Gas Turbine India Conference, 83532, V002T09A005, December 5–6, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

https://doi.org/10.1115/GTINDIA2019-2385

4.   Anup Jyoti Das, Subhendu Maity, 2019, Effect of free surface on the hydrodynamic coefficients of an underwater vehicle, Proceedings of the 25th National and 3rd International ISHMT-ASTFE Heat and Mass Transfer Conference (IHMTC-2019), December, 28-31, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee

https://doi.org/10.1615/IHMTC-2019.820

Teaching Assignments / Courses Taught

Previous/Other Semester/Year

Workshop Practice-I, Autumn Semester, 2012

Engineering Mechanics, Spring Semester, 2013

Applied Thermodynamics, Spring Semester, 2013

Engineering Mechanics, Autumn Semester, 2013

Engineering Thermodynamics, Spring Semester, 2014

Fluid Mechanics-I, Autumn Semester, 2014

Mechanical Lab-I, Autumn Semester, 2014

Fluid Mechanics-II, Spring Semester, 2015

Advanced Fluid Mechanics, Autumn Semester, 2015

Fluid Mechanics-I, Autumn Semester, 2015

Mechanical Lab-I, Autumn Semester, 2015

Mechanical Lab - II, Spring Semester, 2015

Computational Fluid Dynamics, Spring Semester, 2016

Mechanical Lab - II, Spring Semester, 2016

Fluid Mechanics-II, Spring Semester, 2016

Fluid Mechanics-I, Autumn Semester, 2016

Advanced Fluid Mechanics, Autumn Semester, 2016

Computational Fluid Dynamics, Spring Semester, 2023, 2022, 2021,2020, 2019

Fluid Mechanics, Autumn Semester, 2023, 2022

Advanced Fluid Mechanics, Autumn Semester, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019

Administrative Responsibilities

  • Vice President (Sports), Student Activity Centre (SAC), 9 July 2024 - till date
  • Nodal Officer, Antiragging Cell, NIT Meghalaya, Sept, 2023 - till date
  • Deputy Centre In-Charge, JoSAA and CSAB Help Center and Reporting Center for Coordinating UG admissions, -, from January, 2018 - January, 2019
  • Head of the Department, Mechanical Engineering, -, from Sept 2016 - Sep 5, 2017
  • Centre In-Charge, JoSAA and CSAB Help Center and Reporting Center for Coordinating UG admissions, -, from January, 2015 - January, 2016
  • Centre In-Charge, CSAB Help Center and Reporting Center for Coordinating UG admissions in 2013, -, from 2013 - 2014
  • Deputy Centre In-charge, CSAB Help Center and Reporting Center for Coordinating UG admissions in 2014, -, from 2014 - 2015

Sponsored Research Projects and Consultancy

Sponsored Research (Title, Sanctioning Agency, Budget, Sanction Year, Status)


Sl

Title of the Project        

Sanctioning Agency & Sanction Year

Sanctioned Budget

Status

1

 

Control of fish robot with external disturbance an experimental study

(Co-PI)

IIT Guwahati Technology Innovation and Development Foundation, 2024

Rs 9 lakhs plus one JRF

Ongoing

2

Performance enhancement of underwater marine propellers by the use of additional appendages on the propeller boss

IIT Guwahati Technology Innovation and Development Foundation, 2022

Rs 8 lakhs plus one JRF

Ongoing

3

Performance enhancement of underwater marine propellers by the use of additional appendages on the propeller boss

TEQIP-III, NIT Meghalaya

Rs 2.1 lakhs

Completed

Work Experience

  • Assistant Professor (Grade I), Department of Mechanical Engineering, NIT Meghalaya, November 2017 - Present
  • Assistant Professor (A.G.P. 7000), Department of Mechanical Engineering, NIT Meghalaya, September 2012  - November, 2017
  • Assistant Professor, (On contract), Department of Mechanical Engineering, NIT Meghalaya, July 2012 - September 2012

Students Supervised/Supervising

  • Doctor of Philosophy (Ph. D.)
Sl Name of the Student
Title of the ThesisYear of Graduation
Present Status
1Pritam Majumder
Performance Analysis and Enhancement of Marine Propeller using Energy Saving Devices
2023Assistant Professor at The ICFAI University, Tripura
2Neeraj Kumar

Electro-Hydrostatic Transmission System Control for Maximum Power Tracking of Horizontal Axis Wind Turbine with Pump Fault

2023
3Eusebious T Chullai
Experimental and Numerical Analysis of Parabolic Bladed Rotor for Savonius Style Wind Turbine
Pursuing
4Anup Jyoti Das
CFD Modeling and Performance Enhancement Analysis of a Ducted Propeller-
  • Master of Technology (M. Tech.)
Sl Name of the Student
Title of the ThesisYear of Graduation
Present Status
1Manas Kumar Mondal
Numerically Analysis of Drag Reduction for Flow Past a Finned Elliptical Shaped Unmanned Underwater Vehicle (UUV)
2021
2Dieuvous G. Langstang
A numerical investigation on the effect of hydrodynamic characteristics of marine rudder with wedge-tail trailing edge along with tubercles leading edge
2020
3Navajyoti Das
Optimization of Aerodynamic Coefficients of Front Wings of F1 Car in Ground Effect
2020
4Avanapu Dileep Kumar
CFD Modeling and Performance Enhancement Analysis of a Ducted Propeller2020
5Krishanu Bhattacharjee
Passive Control and Drag Reduction For Flow Past a Circular Cylinder
2019

6Anurag Bhattacharya
Aerodynamic Efficiency Enhancement of Single Element F1 Front Wing Airfoil in Ground Effect
2019

7Shivam Hankare
Geometric Modelling and Computational Analysis of a Front Wing of a Race Car for DownForce Enhancement
2019

8Satyabrata Sahoo
Study and Analysis of Influence of Turbulence on Wind Turbine
2018JRF in NIT Meghalaya
9Mohammad Faizan
Fluid Flow and Heat Transfer Analysis in Microchannels
2018Completed PhD from NIT Silchar in 2023
Sl Name of the Student
Title of the Thesis
Year of Graduation
Present Status
10Mithilesh Kumar Singh
Analysis of Flow Physics Past Bluff Bodies
2018Pursuing PhD at IIT (ISM) Dhanbad
11

RajniKant

A Novel Shape for Design of Autonomous Underwater Vehicles
2017Completed PhD from IIT Kharagpur in 2023
12





  • B.Tech
  • 2019
  • Andra Nitish Raju, Naveen Viswakarma, Anant Kumar John - Motion and Stability Analysis of a Quadcopter

  • 2018
  • Laxmi Narayan, Vabei Byhnadaosa - Motion and Stability Analysis of a Quadcopter
  • Mahfooz Alam - Design of a Drainage Cleaning Mechanism

  • 2017
  • Bhupendra, Mangesh Sharma, Kevin Nongbri, B.Tech, Design and fabrication of micro-controller based robotic arm

Committee

Sl No.Committee NameContributionDescriptionDuration
1NIT Awareness Drive CommitteeConvenorTo create an awareness about the existence and potential of NIT Meghalaya in the stateSeptember 2014 - 17
2Faculty Core Committee for Cultural EventsFaculty In-chargePlanning and Conducting cultural events and the Annual Cultural Festival with other members of the committee along with elected studentsAugust, 2016 - 2017
3Rashtriya Avishkar Abhiyan (RAA)MemberTo assist the Chairman RAA to frame, organize activities to promote learning of science and mathematicsNovember 2015 - 2016
4Member, Disciplinary CommitteeMemberTo assist the Chairman in maintaining the disciplinary code of conduct for the students of the institute2015 - 2016
5PhD Screening and selection committee for session July, 2016, ME departmentChairmanSetting of question papers, conducting written test and viva-voce examinationMay 17, 2016 - 2017
6Medal Sub-Committee, 3rd - 9th Convocation, NIT MeghalayaConvenorRedesigning the medals, processing the purchaseApril 13, 2016 - 2022
7Cultural Sub-Committee, 4th Convocation, NIT MeghalayaConvenorPlanning and arranging pre-convocation cultural evening and the invocation song in the conferenceJan 2017 - October 2017
8Departmental Advisory CommitteeChairmanWorking out academic issues related to the department e.g. on the curriculum of UG, PG &Sept 2016 - Sept 2017
9Departmental Research CommitteeChairmanWorking out research related issues within the department and ensuring a research environment is built up amongst the faculty and students of the departmentSept 2016 - Sept 2017
10Academic Probation CommitteeChairmanWorking out with the students under probation by talking to them and counselling themSept 2016 - Sept
11Doctoral CommitteesMember from Allied DepartmentMonitoring progress of research in the DCs of Ms. Sangita Debbarman, Mr. Shyama Debbarma, Ms. Jayeeta Hazarika2014-present
12Cultural Sub-Committee, 3rd Convocation, NIT MeghalayaMemberAssisting the convenor in arranging invocation and pre-convocation cultural eveningApr-July, 2016

Conference/Symposium/Workshop/Seminar Organised

Workshop:

Sl No.TitleSponsorsNational/InternationalDurationRole Played
1Workshop on Computational Modeling and Analysis using ANSYS and Creo (CoMAAC)Innovent Engineering Solutions Pvt Ltd, PTC Creo Ltd, NIT MeghalayaNationalJune 3-7, 2015Organizing Secretary
2Workshop on NIT Awareness DriveNIT MeghalayaNationalDecember 6, 2014Convener
3Kritik Vignanam, an Inter school science competition under the aegis of NIT Awareness DriveNIT MeghalayaNationalMay 16, 2015Convener
4Kritik Vignanam, an Inter school science competition under the aegis of Rashtriya Avishkar AbhiyanNIT MeghalayaNationalApril 23, 2016Convener

Additional Responsibility

  • Faculty Advisor - Advise students for 2022-2026 batch on course curriculum, planning and executing industrial visits, holding monthly interactions to address their difficulties, coordinating with the authority with their concerns, applications, etc, August 2022 - till date
  • Faculty Advisor - Advise students for 2016-2020 batch on course curriculum, coordinating with the authority with their concerns, applications, etc, January 2019 - April 2020
  • Faculty In-charge, Fluid Mechanics Lab, To look after the day-to-day activities of the laboratory, Preparation of Laboratory manuals, planning and purchasing of new equipment, preparation of indent, installation, etc., from 2013 - 2022
  • Academic coordinator, B. Tech. 1st year, To look after the academic activities of the 1st year B Tech students, from 2014 - Sep 2016

Confernce/Workshop/Seminar Attended

Conference:

Sl No.NamePeriodPlaceNational|International
16th International and 43rd National Conference on Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power15-17 Dec, 2016MNNITInternational
22nd International Conference on Applied Mechanics27-28 Dec, 2015Phuket, ThailandInternational
3International Conference on Ship & Offshore Technology10-11 Dec, 2015IIT KharagpurInternational



Workshop:

Sl No.NamePeriodPlaceNational/International
1Recent Advances in Thermal-Fluid Science and Engineering26-30 September, 2016NIT DurgapurNational
2Workshop on Accreditation and Transformation of Technical Education22-23 January, 2016NIT MeghalayaNational
3International Workshop on Advances of Computational Fluid Dynamics12-16 August, 2015MNNIT Allahabad, IndiaInternational
4Workshop on Multiphase Flow Reactor Insights through Experimental and CFD Techniques16-20 December, 2014IIT GuwahatiNational
5Training on Engineering Research Methodology and Developing Winning Proposals9-11 June, 2014Noida, (conducted by EQUATE)National
6Workshop on Engineering Curriculum and Instructional Design5-7 June, 2014NIT Meghalaya (conducted by IIT Kharagpur)National
7Regional Seminar cum Workshop on Pedagogy4 April, 2013Assam Engineering CollegeNational
8International Workshop on Modeling the Ocean21-24 May, 2012JAMSTEC, Yokohama, JapanInternational

Professional Membership

Sl No.NameMember IDCategoryValidity
1ASME100732582Member2016
2IEEE93088281Member2016
3IEEE Oceanic Engineering Society93088281Member2016
4ISTAML/1067Life MemberLife
5NSFMFPLM635Life MemberLife
6ISTELM 111112Life MemberLife
7IEIAM166945-4Associate MemberLife
8SAISE20151124001MemberLife

Awards and Achievements

 

Sl No.

Award DetailsYear
1Best Presentation Award "Aerodynamic Investigation of a Novel Parabolic Bladed Savonius Rotor" for presenting work in International Conference on Sustainable Research in Energy and Environment (SREE-2024), Jointly organized by Department of Chemical Engineering & Centre for Energy and Environment, Dr B R Ambedkar National Institute of Technology Jalandhar, April 5-6, 20242024
2Best Theoretical-Oriented Paper Award for the discussion of "Effect of Atmospheric Forcing on Plume dispersion and study of nuclear effluent trajectories for the Kalpakkam coast, India" for World Environmental & Water Resources Congress 2017 in Sacramento, California2017

Outreach Activities

  1. Reviewer, 10th International and 50th National conference on Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power, December 19-23, 2023, IIT Jodhpur
  2. Reviewer, 8th biennial ASME Gas Turbine India Conference, December 7-8, 2023, Infosys, Electronic City, Bangalore, India
  3. Member, Board of Studies, Mechanical Engineering Programme, The ICFAI University, Tripura, 2022
  4. Member, Project Review Committee, TePP Outreach cum Cluster Innovation Center, IIT Guwahati under DSIR, PRISM, 2018-22
  5. Paper Moderator, Meghalaya Public Service Commission, 2023