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Mechanical Engineering

Head of Department

Dr. Koushik Das
Ph.D (IIT Guwahati)

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

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Prof. Pinakeswar Mahanta Professor (HAG) & Director, NIT Meghalaya (On deputation from IIT Guwahati)

PhD, IIT Guwahati

pinak@nitm.ac.in director@nitm.ac.in pinak@iitg.ac.in

Research Interest

Heat Transfer – Conjugate radiation, conduction and /or convection problems Renewable Energy- Biodiesel, biomass gasification and biogas technology Circulating Fluidized Bed Technology Energy Conservation Combustion and gasification of solid fuel Refrigeration and Air conditioning

Education Qualification

PhD, IIT Guwahati

Education

S. NoQualificationUniversityYearSubject (s)/ Topics (s)
1PhDIndian Institute of Technology Guwahati   2001Mechanical Engineering
2M. TechIndian Institute of Technology Kharagpur   1993Mechanical Engineering
3B.Sc. EngineeringRegional Engineering College Rourkela (NIT Rourkela)1985Mechanical Engineering

Courses taught at UG and PG levels

Course NameUG/PGCourse NameUG/PG
Advance Engineering Thermodynamics PG+UGEnergy Conservation and Waste Heat Recovery UG+PG
Applied Thermodynamics-I UGMechanical Measurements UG
ThermodynamicsUGEngineering Mechanics (Tutorial) UG
Fluid mechanicsUGC++ (Tutorial) UG
Heat and Mass transferUGEngineering Drawing UG
Convective heat and mass transferPGExperimental Methods PG
Refrigeration and Air conditioningPGWorkshop PracticesUG
Power Plant Engineering UGMechanical Engg. Laboratory UG

Experience (Academic and Administrative)

I-Academic Experience

S. No.Post heldOrganization Nature of dutiesExperience/Remarks
1DirectorNIT MeghalayaJoined on 7th August, 2023
1DirectorNIT Arunachal Pradesh2018-2023
2Professor (HAG)Mechanical Engineering, IIT Guwahati (HAG)8 years
3ProfessorMechanical Engineering, IIT Guwahati14 years
4Associate ProfessorMechanical Engineering, IIT Guwahati3 years 6 Months
5Assistant ProfessorMechanical Engineering, IIT Guwahati3 years 9 Months
6Assistant Executive EngineerGovt. of Assam in Administration Field activities and monitoring      14 years 6 Months
7Head, Centre for Energy, IIT Guwahati  
8Head Mechanical and Dean Faculty welfare at IIT Guwahati.  
9Was involved with the starting of IIIT Bhagalpur
 

List of publication in journals, Book chapters and teaching materials

Google Scholar: Total citations: 7312, h-index-43, i10-index=129

Scopus citations: 4617, h-index=2

Total International Journals-163, conferences-75,book Chapter-29


List of Selected Publications:

Journals:

  1. Das, H.J., and Mahanta, P., 2024, Atmospheric Bubbling Fluidized Bed Risers: Effect of Cone Angle on Fluid Dynamics and Heat Transfer, ASME Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol. 146, pp.121301-1
  2. Das, B., Robi, P.S., Mahanta, P., 2024, Data-driven models for the prediction of H2 generation through chemical reaction and performance evaluation of on-board hydrogen fuelled sintering tube furnace, Renewable Energy, Vol. 235, pp.121324
  3. Buragohain, B., Mahanta, P. and Moholkar, V.S., 2010. Biomass gasification for decentralized power generation: The Indian perspective. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 14(1), pp.73-92.
  4.  Dewan, A., Mahanta, P., Raju, K.S. and Kumar, P.S., 2004. Review of passive heat transfer augmentation techniques. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part A: Journal of Power and Energy, 218(7), pp.509-527.
  5. Deb, S., Tammi, K., Kalita, K. and Mahanta, P., 2018. Impact of electric vehicle charging station load on distribution network. Energies, 11(1), p.178.
  6. Singh, Y.D., Mahanta, P. and Bora, U., 2017. Comprehensive characterization of lignocellulosic biomass through proximate, ultimate and compositional analysis for bioenergy production. Renewable energy, 103, pp.490-500.
  7.  Mallick, D., Mahanta, P. and Moholkar, V.S., 2017. Co-gasification of coal and biomass blends: chemistry and engineering. Fuel, 204, pp.106-128.
  8. Mallick, D., Poddar, M.K., Mahanta, P. and Moholkar, V.S., 2018. Discernment of synergism in pyrolysis of biomass blends using thermogravimetric analysis. Bioresource technology, 261, pp.294-305.
  9. Gunjo, D.G., Mahanta, P. and Robi, P.S., 2017. CFD and experimental investigation of flat plate solar water heating system under steady state condition. Renewable energy, 106, pp.24-36.
  10. Singh, P., Mahanta, P. and Kalita, P., 2021. Experimental investigation of paddy drying characteristics in a slitless rotary fluidized-bed dryer. Drying Technology, pp.1-11.
  11.  Bora, D., Dutta, A., Mahanta, P., Goswami, P., Stom, D. and Barbora, L., 2022. Membrane electrode assembly hybridized anaerobic digester for co-generation of methane enriched biogas and electricity. Fuel, 316, p.123315.
  12. Bhattacharyya, M., Shadangi, K.P., Mahanta, P. and Mohanty, K., 2021. Co?pyrolysis of coal?biomass: study on reaction kinetics and thermodynamics. Biofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefining.

Selected Collaborative/Sponsored Projects (completed and ongoing)

  1. Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, New Delhi: Hybrid Renewable Energy Sustainable Systems for Drying of Agricultural Products.
  2. Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, New Delhi: Development and performance evaluation of a 3 kWe biogas-based power generation system utilizing lignocellular biomass.
  3. Department of Science and Technology, New Delhi: ‘Small-scale Anaerobic Digestion’ under the “Rural Hybrid Energy-Enterprise Systems (RHEES)”, Indo – UK Collaborative Research Initiative on ‘Bridging the Urban and Rural Divide’
  4. Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, New Delhi: Development of Bioelectrodes for Biofuel Cell Applications
  5. Department of Biotechnology, New Delhi: Studies on structure of enzymes and their interaction with nanostructured materials for bioelectronics devices & other applications
  6. Defense Research Laboratory, Tezpur. Assam, India: Design and Development of Digester for Utilization of Lignocellulosic Waste for Biogas Production
  7. Central Power Research Institute, Bangalore, India: Design of a 25 KW Electrical Pressurized Circulating Fluidized Bed Unit
  8. Assam Science Technology & Environment Council (ASTEC) Assam, India: Process development for fluoride removal from drinking water utilizing solar energy
  9. Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, New Delhi: Design, development and commercialization of a circulating fluidized bed biomass gasifier
  10. Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, New Delhi: Biogas Development and Training Centre

PhD Students Supervised/Supervising

Completed: 30

Ongoing: 4

Achievements

1. 2010, Distinguished Visiting Fellow, University of Nottingham, U.K

2. 2017, JSPS Fellowship, Gifu University, Japan (by invitation)

3. 2017, 2019, Resource Person, University of Hof, Germany

4. 2022, Distinguished Alumni Award, National Institute of Technology Roukela, India

5. 2023, Distinguished Award, Institution of Engineers

6. 2024, Membership in IMEKO TC20

7. IEEE Fellow

8. Institution of Engineers (I.E) India Fellow