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M. Deepu

Dr. M. Deepu
Professor and Head

  • R-107

Research interests

Modeling of turbulent, compressible, reacting flows in propulsion systems, heat & mass transfer enhancement, heat transfer in microchannels, and heat transfer in phase changing materials.

  • Professor and Head of the Department of Aerospace Engineering, Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram (July 2023-Present).
  • Professor in Aerospace Engineering, Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram (January2021-Present).
  • Associate Professor in Aerospace Engineering, Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram (January 2015 -January 2021)
  • Research Fellow in Energetics Research Institute (EnRI), Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (October 2012-September 2013)-On Sabbatical from IIST
  • Assistant Professor in Aerospace Engineering, Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram (January 2009 -December 2014).
  • Reader in Aerospace Engineering, Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram (March 2008 – January 2009).
  • Senior Lecturer in Department of Mechanical Engineering, NSS College of Engineering, Palakkad, February 2006-February 2008.
  • Lecturer in Department of Mechanical Engineering, NSS College of Engineering, Palakkad, February 2001-February 2006.

Education

  • Ph.D. (National Institute of Technology, Calicut)
  • M.Tech. (College of Engineering, Thiruvananthapuram)
  • B.Tech. (Mar Athanasius College of Engineering, Kothamangalam)

  • Undergraduate: Heat transfer,  Fluid Mechanics, Engineering Thermodynamics, Gas dynamics, Computational Fluid Dynamics, IC Engines & Gas Turbines, and Engineering Graphics.
  • Postgraduate: Fluid dynamics, Advanced heat transfer, Microscale&Nanoscale heat transfer, Fluid Dynamics, Compressible  Flow, Convective heat transfer

Ph.D. (Completed)

2020

Aravind G. P. "Numerical Studies on Mass Transfer Enhancement by Vortex Generators"

Ph.D. (Ongoing)
Regular
Mulani Feroze Osman "Studies on Rayleigh-Bénard convection in a performance-enhanced phase changing material-based thermal energy storage system"

Akhil Sivadas "Heat transfer effects on unsteady free shear layer in dual throat nozzles"

Navaroj K.M. "Analysis of high speed compressible flows involving boundary heat transfer and structural interaction"

Abhijith Vijayan "Studies on passive Rayleigh-Bénard convection enhancement"

Sponsored/Part-time
Abhilash Narayan "Studies on supersonic free shear layer in altitude adaptive dual throat nozzles"

Dinesh D. "Experimental and Numerical Investigations on Convective Heat Transfer Enhancements in Rotating Perforated Metallic Discs"
M.Tech (Thermal and Propulsion) 

2025

Gunja Lalitha Maheswari, "Flow Separation Transition in Thrust Optimized Contour Nozzle"

Sonu Maruti Harijan , "Heat transfer enhancement in supercritical helical heat exchanger by geometric modification and flow pulsation"

Manisha kumari, "Solid Propellant Gas Generator"

2024

Rijin K. V. "Heat Transfer Characteristics of Supercritical Methane in Regenerative Cooling Systems"

Prince Nallathambi K. "Finite Element Method based Modeling and Simulation of PCM melting in confined space" (Won thesis award by ISHMT-RCT)

2023

Shashank shekhar, "Numerical Simulation of Shock Wave Boundary Layer Interaction on Mass Evolving Flat Plate"

Keerthana Raghu "Evaluation of Lagrangian based and SPH based methodology for prediction of snow accumulation"

2022

Mukesh R. "Experimental and numerical investigation of heat transfer enhanced tubings in PCM"

2019
Swathi V.V.  "Heat Transfer Enhancement Studies on Taylor-Couette Flow" (Best thesis award by ISHMT RCT)

Adarsh V. R.  "Numerical Study of the Geometrical Aspects of Rectangular Regenerative Cooling Channels"

2018
Gokul S.  "Heat and Mass Transfer Enhancement Studies on Taylor Couette-Poiseuille Flows"

2017
Nandakrishnan S. L. "Passive heat transfer enhancement in diverging microchannels"

Mithun Krishna P. M. "Heat transfer enhancement with wavy microchannels"

Vishnu A. S.   "Experimental and numerical studies on wall heat transfer effects in cavity exposed to supersonic flow"

2015
Priyanka Shukla  "Experimental and numerical studies on thermal ignition of energetic materials" 

Dhrishit M. P.  "Numerical  study  of  secondary  injection  to supersonic flow using AUSM+-UP  scheme"

B. Tech (Aerospace Engineering) 

2025

Prashil Khare, "Effect of Intermittent Liquid Injection in Rayleigh–Benard Convection Augmentation"

Prabhash Singh, "Heat Transfer Enhancement in Supercritical Helical Heat Exchanger with Square Tube Inserts"

Mali Anjali Sachin, "Sizing and Thermodynamic analysis of tri-propellant engine"

Abdullah Thoaha Yaseen Y, "Effect of tangential gas inlet on effervescent injectors"

2023

Pankaj Singh "Study of Shock transitions and hysteresis in a dual throat nozzle"

Pratyaksh Maru "Experimental and numerical investigations of micro-particle laden Rayleigh -Bénard Convection"

2021

Sai Nanda Krishna Devarakonda "Numerical simulation of a performance enhanced latent heat storage system"

Hemant Kumar "Numerical Analysis of a High-Speed Mixing Layer"

Ankur Jain "Heat Transfer Enhancement using Reentrant Regenerative Cooling Channels for High Area Ratio Rocket Nozzle"

2020

Kunal Garg "Vortex Flow Characterization for Mass Transfer Enhancement in Hybrid Rocket Engine"

Monika Chouhan "Numerical Study of Heat Transfer Characteristics in Helical Coils with Sinusoidal Wavy Walls"

Shaik Riyazuddin "Numerical study of Natural Convection in Horizontal Cylinder with External Radial Fins"

Kadira Manisha "Numerical study of Laminar Flow and heat transfer in sinusoidal lobed Channel"

2019
Madhu Swapnika Chundru "Numerical Studies on Laminar Flow and Heat Transfer in Regenerative Cooling Channels"

2018
Jayakrishnan S.  "Off-Design Performance Evaluation of Dual Throat Nozzle"

2017
Aishwary Mishra  "Computational Fluid Dynamics Simulation of Hypersonic Re-entry Flows with Air Dissociation Effects"

Fahd Bin Abdul Hasis "Numerical Study of Fluid Flow and Heat Transfer in Twisted Wavy Microchannels"

Muhammed Rafi K. M. "Numerical Study on Effects of Thermal and Geometric Variations on Micro-thruster Performance using Coupled NSF-DSMC Approach"

Sreekanth M. N.  "Flow Separation Control Using Periodic Excitation"

Amogh Auknoor  "Numerical Studies on Flow Boiling in Microchannels"

2016
Nandan Kumar Vidyarthi "Effect of Heat Transfer in Flow Separation"

Sourabh Rangari  "Heat Transfer Characteristics of a Choked Flame Tube"  

2012
Arjun Das  "Numerical simulation of a scramjet combustor"

Nithin Chandy Joseph "Numerical simulation of high pressure flows"

2011
Rahul Anand

Nakul Kukar "Experimental and numerical simulation of Pulsejet engine"

32. Sonu Maruti Harijan and M Deepu, Numerical study on unsteady flow transitions and heat transfer augmentations in supercritical CO2 helical heat exchangers, Thermal Science and Engineering Progress, 104154, 2025.

31. Akhil Sivadas and Deepu M., Study on the effect of heat transfer and resulting  shock augmentation in a supersonic shear layer, Computational Thermal Sciences, Volume 17, 2025.

30. Mulani Feroz Osman and Deepu M., Effects of rapid boundary heat flux fluctuations on wavy heat transferring surfaces in latent energy storages, ASME Journal of Thermal Science and Engineering Applications, Vol 17, 2025.

29. K. Prince Nallathambi, Mulani Feroz Osman, M. Deepu, Numerical Investigation of melting of PCM in a square cavity with various sequential arrangements of hot and cold surfaces, Journal of Energy Storage, Volume 114, 2025. 

28. Abhilash Narayan, Akhil Sivadas, Bijukumar KS, and Deepu M; Numerical Investigation on Shear Layer Development in a Dual-fuel Model Rocket Nozzle, International Journal of Energetic Materials and Chemical Propulsion, Volume 24, No. 2, 2025.

27. Aswathy R. V., John Tharakan T., and Deepu M. The influence of geometric parameters on droplet size and distribution of an effervescent injector, International Journal of Fluid Mechanics Research, Volume 52, Issue 3, 2025. 

26. Mulani Feroz Osman, K.P. Sarath, and M. Deepu, Studies on the Melting Dynamics of PCM in a Semicircular Cavity with Straight and Wavy Heating Surfaces, International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer, Volume 151, 2024.

25. R. Mukhesh, K.P. Sarath, Mulani Feroz Osman, M. Deepu, and K.V. Manu "Asymmetric PCM melting and thermal convection in a rectangular enclosure with straight and wavy heat transfer passages", International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, Volume 217, 2023

24. K.P. Sarath, Mulani Feroz Osman, R. Mukesh, K.V. Manu, M. Deepu, A review of the recent advances in the heat transfer physics in latent heat storage systems, Thermal Science and Engineering Progress, Vol. 42, 2023.

23. V. R. Adarsh, M. Deepu, and A. Salih, The effect of curvature on the heat transfer performance of regenerative cooling passages for a high-area ratio-nozzle, ASME Journal of Thermal Science and Engineering Applications, Vol. 14, 2022.

22. M.Deepu, G.P. Aravind, D. Hemanth,  S. Gokul, and S. Jayakrishnan, Numerical simulations and performance analysis of a twisted pipe helical heat exchanger,  Journal of Enhanced Heat Transfer, Vol. 29, 2022.

21. S. Jayakrishnan and M.Deepu, Numerical study on the shock transitions during off-design operation of a dual throat thruster, Shock Waves, Vol. 31, 2021.

20. S. Jayakrishnan and M.Deepu, Reacting Flow Simulations of a Dual Throat-Dual Fuel Thruster,  Journal of Applied Fluid Mechanics, Vol. 14, No. 1, January 2021. 

19. S. Gokul, and M. Deepu, Fluid Flow and Heat Transfer in an Annulus with Ribs on the Rotating Inner Cylinder Surface, ASME Journal of Thermal Science and Engineering Applications, Vol. 12, 2020.

18. G.P. Aravind, and M. Deepu,  Numerical Studies on Convective Mass Transfer Augmentation in High-Speed Flows with Lateral Sweep Vortex Generator and Dimple Cavity,  International Journal of Thermal Sciences, Vol. 153, 106379, 2020 .

17. P. M. Mithun Krishna, M. Deepu, and S. R. Shine, Effect of relative waviness on low Re wavy microchannel flow, Journal of The Institution of Engineers (India): Series C, Vol. 101, 2020.

16. K. M. M. Rafi, M. Deepu, and G. Rajesh, Effect of Heat Transfer and Geometry on Micro-Thruster Performance, International Journal of Thermal Sciences, Vol. 146, 106063, 2019

15. A. S. Vishnu, G. P. Aravind, M. Deepu, and R. Sadanandan, Effect  of  heat  transfer  on  an  angled  cavity  placed  in  supersonic  flow, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol. 141, 1140-1151, 2019.

14. G. Anugrah, P. Raja, M. Deepu, and R. Sadanandan, Experimental and Numerical Studies of Secondary Injection in Nozzle Divergence for Thrust Augmentation,  Journal of Applied Fluid Mechanics, Vol. 12, No. 5, 1719-1728, 2019. 

13. G. P. Aravind,S. Gokul, and M.Deepu, Numerical study on convective heat transfer enhancement by vortex interactions, Computational Thermal Sciences, Vol.11, No. 3, 255-268, 2019. 

12. Fahd Bin Abdul Hasis, P.M. Mithun Krishna, G.P. Aravind, M. Deepu, S.R. Shine, Thermo hydraulic performance analysis of twisted sinusoidal wavy microchannels, International Journal of Thermal Sciences, Vol. 128, 124–136, 2018 .

11. P. M. Mithun Krishna,M. Deepu and S. R. Shine, Numerical investigation of wavy microchannels with rectangular cross section, Journal of Enhanced Heat Transfer, Vol. 25, No.4, 2018. 

10. S. L. Nandakrishnan, M. Deepu and S. R. Shine, Numerical investigation on heat transfer enhancement in dimpled diverging microchannel with AL2O3-water nanofluid, Journal of Enhanced Heat Transfer, Vol. 25, No.4, 2018. 

9. G.P. Aravind, M. Deepu, Numerical Study on Convective Mass Transfer Enhancement by Lateral Sweep Vortex Generators, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol. 115, Part A, 809-825, 2017.

8. M. Deepu, M.P. Dhrishit, S. Shyji, Numerical simulation of high speed reacting shear layers using AUSM+-up scheme-based unstructured finite volume method solver, International Journal of Modeling, Simulation, and Scientific Computing, 1750020, 2017.

7. G. P. Aravind, K. M. M Rafi, M. Deepu, Numerical study on passive convective mass transfer enhancement, Journal of Physics: Conference Series, Vol. 822, No. 1, 12064, 2017.

6. S Shyji, M Deepu, NA Kumar, T Jayachandran, Numerical Studies on Thrust Augmentation in High Area Ratio Rocket Nozzles by Secondary Injection, Journal of Applied Fluid Mechanics, Vol. 10, No.  6, 2017.

5. P.  Shukla, and M. Deepu, Experimental and Numerical Investigations of Thermal Ignition of a Phase Changing Energetic Material, Defence Science Journal, Vol. 66, No. 3, 2016.

4. P. Nair, T.  Jayachandran, M. Deepu, B. P. Puranik and U. V. Bhandarkar,  “Numerical Simulation of Interaction of Sonic Jet with High Speed Flow over a Blunt Body using Solution Mapped Higher Order Accurate AUSM+-UP Based Flow Solver”, Journal of Applied Fluid Mechanics, Vol. 3, No. 1, pp. 15-23, 2009.

3. M. Deepu, and S. S. Gokhale, Modeling of Supersonic Combustion Using Point Implicit Finite Volume Method, International Journal of Computational Methods , Vol. 4, No.2,  pp. 353-366, 2007.

2. M. Deepu, and S. S. Gokhale, and S. Jayaraj, Numerical Simulation of Supersonic Combustion Using Unstructured Point Implicit Finite Volume Method, Journal of Combustion Society of Japan, Vol. 48, No.144, 2006.

1. M. Deepu, and S. S. Gokhale, and S. Jayaraj, Recent advances in experimental and numerical analysis of scramjet combustor flow fields, Journal of Aerospace Engineering; Institution of Engineers (India), Vol.88, May 2007.
 

5. Dharshan Gohel and Deepu M, "Effects of Operating Conditions and Geometry in Augmentation of Initial Transients and Hysteresis in Supersonic Vacuum Ejector", In: Krishna Mohan Singh, Sushanta Dutta, Sudhakar Subudhi, Nikhil Kumar Singh (eds) Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power – Contemporary Research Volume 2 . Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering. Springer, New Delhi.


4. G. P. Aravind and M. Deepu, (2020)Effects of Asymmetrical vortex interactions by variable swept vortex generator (VSVG) on heat transfer enhancement, In:Recent Asian Research on Thermal and Fluid Sciences,  Suryan, A., Doh, D.H., Yaga, M., Zhang (Eds.), Springer, Singapore.
 

3. Rafi K.M.M., Fahd B.A.H., Deepu M., Rajesh G. (2019) Experimental and Numerical Studies on the Plume Structure of Micro-nozzles Operating at High-Vacuum Conditions. In: Sasoh A., Aoki T., Katayama M. (eds) 31st International Symposium on Shock Waves 1. ISSW 2017. Springer, Cham.

2. Shyji S., Asok Kumar N., Jayachandran T., Deepu M. (2017) Reacting Flow Simulation of Rocket Nozzles. In: Saha A., Das D., Srivastava R., Panigrahi P., Muralidhar K. (eds) Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power – Contemporary Research. Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering. Springer, New Delhi.

1. Sreejith K., Dhrishit M.P., Deepu M., Jayachandran T. (2017) Numerical Analysis of Flow Separation in Rocket Nozzles. In: Saha A., Das D., Srivastava R., Panigrahi P., Muralidhar K. (eds) Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power – Contemporary Research. Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering. Springer, New Delh

56. Rathod Jay Kumudchandra, R. Mukhesh, K. V. Manu, and M. Deepu, Experimental and numerical investigations on natural convection in PCM enclosures with vertical heat transfer passages, 3rd International Conference on Futuristic Advancements in Materials, Manufacturing and Thermal Sciences (IC-FAMMT-2026) January 16-18, Ahmedabad, India, 2026.

55. Dinesh D., Akhil Sivadas, Deepu M., Numerical study of jet impingement cooling on a vertically oriented rotating disc with localized heating, International Conference on Thermal Sciences and Sustainable Energy (ICTSE-2026) January 23-24,  NIT Warangal, India, 2026

54. Abhilash Narayan, Akhil Sivadas, Bijukumar KS, and Deepu M., Investigation on Characteristics of Subsonic-Supersonic Shear Layers in a Co-flowing Rocket Nozzle, International Conference on Thermal Sciences and Sustainable Energy (ICTSE-2026) January 23-24,  NIT Warangal, India, 2026.

53. Abhilash Narayan, Akhil Sivadas, Bijukumar KS, and Deepu M., "Investigation in compressible shear layer in advanced  nozzle concept for tri-propellant rocket engine", 3rd International Conference on Futuristic Advancements in Materials, Manufacturing and Thermal Sciences (IC-FAMMT-2026) January 16-18, Ahmedabad, India, 2026. (Won the best paper award for the oral session)


52. G Lalitha Maheswari, K Sreejith, and M Deepu, Nozzle Flow Separation in Thrust Optimized Contour Bell Nozzle, ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition - India, 160384, 2025.

51. Sonu Maruti Harijan and  M Deepu Effect of Twist and Aspect Ratio in Supercritical Heat Transfer Augmentation in Helical Channel With Square Cross-Section, ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition - India, 159973, 2025.

50. Rijin K. V., Bijukumar K. S., and Deepu M, Aspect Ratio and Curvature Effects of Regenerative Channels on Heat Transfer in Supercritical Methane, IAES 2024-253, International Conference on Advances in Aerospace and Energy Systems (IAES- 2024), April 4-6, 2024, LPSC Thiruvananthapuram. (Won the best paper award for the oral presentation)

49. Dinesh D., Akhil Sivadas, and Deepu M., Experimental and numerical study on jet impingement cooling on a rotating disc with localised heating, IAES-2024-525, April 4-6, 2024, LPSC Thiruvananthapuram.

48.Ramesh M., Navaroj K.M., and Deepu M., Numerical Investiagation of Effect of Obstruction geometry on oscillaing flow across rectangular channel, IAES 2024-673, International Conference on Advances in Aerospace and Energy Systems (IAES- 2024), April 4-6, 2024, LPSC Thiruvananthapuram.

47. Aswathy R. V., John Tharakan T., and Deepu M. Experimental Studies on Spray Characteristics of an Effervescent Injector, IAES 2024-604, International Conference on Advances in Aerospace and Energy Systems (IAES- 2024), April 4-6, 2024, LPSC Thiruvananthapuram.

46. Abhilash Narayan, Akhil Sivadas, Bijukumar K.S., and Deepu M.,Numerical Investigation on Shear Layer Development in a Dual-fuel Model Rocket Nozzle, IAES 2024-171, International Conference on Advances in Aerospace and Energy Systems (IAES- 2024), April 4-6, 2024, LPSC Thiruvananthapuram.

45. Navaroj K.M., Akhil Sivadas, and Deepu M., Analysis on the effect of heat release on supersonic shear layer, IAES 2024-582, International Conference on Advances in Aerospace and Energy Systems (IAES- 2024), April 4-6, 2024, LPSC Thiruvananthapuram.

44. K. Prince Nallathambi, Mulani Feroz Osman, M. Deepu, Numerical Investigation of melting dynamics of PCM in a square cavity with various sequential arrangements of hot and cold surfaces, IAES 2024-410, International Conference on Advances in Aerospace and Energy Systems (IAES- 2024), April 4-6, 2024, LPSC Thiruvananthapuram.

43.Keerthana Raghu, Deepu M, and Shine S. R; Numerical investigation of wedge geometry effects on snow accumulation, Proceedings of the 27th National and 5th International ISHMT-ASTFE Heat and Mass Transfer Conference December 14-17, 2023, IIT Patna, Patna-801106, Bihar, India

42. Prathyaksh Maru, Mulani Feroz Osman, and M. Deepu., Experimental and numerical investigations of Rayleigh-Bénard Convection in a micro-particle laden liquid, 27th National and 5th International ISHMT-ASTFE Heat and Mass Transfer Conference – IHMTC 2023, IIT Patna

41. Abhilash Narayan, Akhil Sivadas, and Deepu M., Investigations on the Shear Layer Interactions in Co-Flowing Convergent-Divergent Dual Nozzle, 15th International Symposium on Experimental Computational Aerothermodynamics of Internal Flows 24th October – 27th October 2023, IIT-Madras.

40. Akhil Sivadas, and Deepu M., Study on the Effect of Heat Transfer in Supersonic Shear Layer, 15th International Symposium on Experimental Computational Aerothermodynamics of Internal Flows 24th October – 27th October 2023, IIT-Madras.

39.Shashank Shekhar, Navaroj K. M., Mahesh S., and Deepu M, Numerical Simulation of Shock wave - Boundary Layer Interaction on a Mass Evolving Flat Surface, 15th International Symposium on Experimental Computational Aerothermodynamics of Internal Flows 24th October – 27th October 2023, IIT-Madras.

38. Dharshan Gohel and Deepu M, "Effects of Operating Conditions and Geometry in Augmentation of Initial Transients and Hysteresis in Supersonic Vacuum Ejector", 9th International and 49th National Conference on Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power (FMFP) December 14-16, 2022, IIT Roorkee.

37. Akhil Sivadas and Deepu M, Investigations on oblique shock shear layer interactions, 24th International Shock Interaction Symposium - 2022 (SIS-2022), 17-20 October 2022, IIT Madras. 
 
36. Mulani Feroz Osman and M. Deepu, Numerical Studies on Rayleigh-Bénard Convection in a Semi-Circular Enclosure with Nanofluids, International Conference on Thermo-Fluids and System Design (ICTFSD 2022), BIT Mesra, 22-23 March 2022. AIP Conference Proceedings, Volume 2863, Issue 1 5 September 2023.

35. Mulani Feroz Osman and M. Deepu, Numerical Study on Rayleigh–Bénard Convection in a Wavy Enclosure Containing CuO-Water Nanofluid,  Proceedings of the 26th National and 4th International ISHMT-ASTFE Heat and Mass Transfer Conference, December 17-20, 2021, IIT Madras. 

34. Monika Chouhan, G. P. Aravind , and M. Deepu, Numerical Study on Heat Transfer Characteristics in Helical Coils with Sinusoidal Wavy Walls, Proceedings of the 26th National and 4th International ISHMT-ASTFE Heat and Mass Transfer Conference, December 17-20, 2021, IIT Madras.
 
33. S. Jayakrishnan and M. Deepu, Numerical Study on Shock Transitions in Dual Throat Nozzles, Paper No. 6., 6thNational Symposium on Shock Waves (NSSW-2020) IIT Madras, February 26-28,2020.

32. Sreejith K, Deepu M. and T. Jayachandran, Transition of Supersonic Free Jet During Flow Separation in Top Nozzle, Paper No. 127, 6thNational Symposium on Shock Waves (NSSW-2020) IIT Madras, February 26-28,2020.

31. V. V. Swathi, and M. Deepu, Effects of the Sequential Phase Shift between Wavy Cylindrical Surfaces on the Heat Transfer Characteristics in Taylor−Couette Flows,IHMTC2019-HTE-407, Proceedings of the 25th National and 3rdInternational ISHMT-ASTFE Heat and Mass Transfer Conference (IHMTC-2019),December 28-31, 2019, IIT Roorkee, Roorkee, India.

30. G. P. Aravind, S. Gokul, and M. Deepu, Mass Transfer Enhancement in Turbulent Taylor CouettePoiseuille Flow with Axial ribs, IHMTC2019-CFD-478, Proceedings of the 25th National and 3rdInternational ISHMT-ASTFE Heat and Mass Transfer Conference (IHMTC-2019),December 28-31, 2019, IIT Roorkee, Roorkee, India.

29. G. P. Aravind and M. Deepu, Effects of Asymmetrical Vortex Interaction by Variable Swept Vortex Generator (VSVG) on Mass Transfer Enhancement,  Paper ID-TFEC 27755, 4th Thermal and Fluids Engineering Conference,  Las Vegas, NV, USA, April 14-17, 2019.

28. V. V. Swathi, S. Gokukl, G. P. Aravind and M. Deepu, Heat Transfer Characteristics of Taylor-Couette Flow in Wavy Conical Annulus, Paper ID-TFEC 27777, 4th Thermal and Fluids Engineering Conference , Las Vegas, NV, USA, April 14-17, 2019.

27. Aravind. G. P  and M. Deepu, Effects of unsymmetrical vortex interaction by coupling lateral sweep vortex generators with dimpled surface on mass transfer enhancement, Paper No. 132, 7th International Conference & 45th National Conference on Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power(FMFP-2018), 10-12 December 2018, IIT Bombay.

26. D. Hemanth, and M. Deepu, Thermal performance estimates for twisted spiral tube of elliptical cross section, Paper No. 210, 7th International Conference & 45th National Conference on Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power(FMFP-2018), 10-12 December 2018, IIT Bombay.

25. V. V. Swathi, S. Gokul and M. Deepu, Heat transfer characteristics of Taylor- Couette flow in wavy annulus, Paper No. 141, 7th International Conference & 45th National Conference on Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power(FMFP-2018), 10-12 December 2018, IIT Bombay.

24. S. Gokul and M. Deepu, Numerical studies on fluid flow and heat transfer in an annulus air gap of coaxial cylinders with inner cylinder rotating, Paper No. 154, Asian Joint Workshop on Thermophysics and Fluid Science (AJWTF 7), November 21-24, 2018, Trivandrum.

23. G. P. Aravind and M. Deepu, Effects of Asymmetrical vortex interactions by variable swept vortex generator (VSVG) on heat transfer enhancement, Paper No. 106, Asian Joint Workshop on Thermophysics and Fluid Science (AJWTF 7), November 21-24, 2018, Trivandrum.

22. Ciya Varghese, D. Hemanth, and M. Deepu, Numerical Studies on Laminar Fluid Flow and Heat Transfer in Twisted Helical Four Lobe Channel, Paper No. 99, Asian Joint Workshop on Thermophysics and Fluid Science (AJWTF 7), November 21-24, 2018, Trivandrum.

21. S. Jayakrishnan,and M.Deepu, Off-Design Performance Evaluation of a Dual Throat Nozzle, National conference on 2018 'Future Directions in Propulsion' ASET 2018, Thiruvananthapuram.

20. Gokul Anugrah, R. V. Aswathy, M. Deepu and T. John Tharakan, Numerical Studies On Thrust Augmentation In Nuclear Thermal Rocket By Secondary Injection, National conference on 2018 'Future Directions in Propulsion' ASET 2018, Thiruvananthapuram. (Best paper award for the session "Future Trends in Propulsion")


19. Vishnu, A. S, Deepu, M., Sadanandan, R. Experimental and numerical studies on wall heat transfer effects in cavity exposed to supersonic flow, IHMTC2017- 17-0475, Proceedings of the 24thNational and 2ndInternational ISHMT-ASTFE Heat and Mass Transfer Conference (IHMTC-2017), December 27-30, 2017, BITS Pilani, Hyderabad. (won the Prof. VMK Sastri Best Paper Award)

18. S. Gokul, S. L. Nandakrishnan, and M. Deepu, Numerical investigation on heat transfer enhancement in micro channel with dimple cluster, IHMTC2017-12-0610, 24thNational and 2ndInternational ISHMT-ASTFE Heat and Mass Transfer Conference (IHMTC-2017), December 27-30, 2017, BITS Pilani, Hyderabad.

17. Aravind G P and Deepu M, Numerical study on mass transfer enhancement by lsvg coupled with dimpled surface, IHMTC2017-17-0597, 24thNational and 2ndInternational ISHMT-ASTFE Heat and Mass Transfer Conference (IHMTC-2017), December 27-30, 2017, BITS Pilani, Hyderabad.

16. Angshuman Bhardwaj, Mithun Krishna P M, Deepu M, and Shine S R,  Laminar fluid flow and heat transfer characteristics of wavy microchannels with wall phase shift, IHMTC2017-12-0945, 24thNational and 2ndInternational ISHMT-ASTFE Heat and Mass Transfer Conference (IHMTC-2017), December 27-30, 2017, BITS Pilani, Hyderabad.

15. Nandakrishnan, S. L.; Deepu, M.; Shine, S. R. Numerical Investigation on Heat Transfer Enhancement in Diverging Dimpled Microchannel with Al2O3-Water Nano Fluid, (CHT-17-170), 7th International Symposium on Advances in Computational Heat Transfer, CHT-17, Napoli, Italy, 28 May - 02 June 2017.

14.  Kishna, M.; Shine, S. R.; Deepu, M. Numerical Investigation of Wavy Microchannels with Rectangular Cross Section, (CHT-17-167), 7th International Symposium on Advances in Computational Heat Transfer, CHT-17, Napoli, Italy, 28 May - 02 June 2017.

13. Aravind, G. P.; Gokul, S.; Deepu, M., Numerical Study on Convective Heat Transfer Enhancement by Vortex Interactions, (CHT-17-116), 7th International Symposium on Advances in Computational Heat Transfer, CHT-17, Napoli, Italy, 28 May - 02 June 2017.

12. K. M. M. Rafi, B. A. H. Fahd, M. Deepu, and G. Rajesh ;Experimental and Numerical Studies on Plume Structures of Micro-Nozzles Operating at High Vacuum Conditions, 31st International Symposium on Shock Waves (ISSW31), Nagoya, Japan, July 9-14, 2017.

11. Kishna, M., Shine S. R. and Deepu M., Performance of wavy microchannels under various heat flux conditions, (NAPC-2017-087), National Aerospace Propulsion Conference (NAPC 2017), IIT Kanpur, 2017.

10. Vidyarthi N. K. and Deepu M., Effect of Heat Transfer on Supersonic Free Shear Layer Reattachment on Aft Wall of a Cavity,  (FMFP2016–120) Proceedings of the 6thInternational and 43rd National Conference on Fluid Mechanics  and Fluid Power, MNNITA, Allahabad,  U.P.,  India, December 15-17, 2016. 

9. Fahd, B. A. H., Rafi K. M. M., M. Deepu, Wall Heat Transfer Effects on Plume Structure in 2D Under Expanded Parabolic Micro-Nozzles, (FMFP2016–298) Proceedings of the 6thInternational and 43rd National Conference on Fluid Mechanics  and Fluid Power, MNNITA, Allahabad,  U.P.,  India, December 15-17, 2016.

8. Vidyarthi N. K., Sreejith K. and Deepu M.,Effect of Heat Transfer in Supersonic Flow Reattachment (Paper No. 107), Sixth International Congress on Computational Mechanics and Simulation, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, 2016.

7.  Aravind G.P., Rafi K. M. M., Fahd, B. A. H. and Deepu M., Numerical  Study  on  Convective  Mass  Transfer  Enhancement  by  Baroclinic  Torque Induced Vortex, Paper No. 156, Sixth International Congress on Computational Mechanics and Simulation, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, 2016.

6. G. P. Aravind and M. Deepu, Implementation of Temperature Dependent Mass Flux Boundary Condition for Convective Mass Transfer Enhancement Computations, (FMFP2016–128) Proceedings of the 6thInternational and 43rd National Conference on Fluid Mechanics  and Fluid Power, MNNITA, Allahabad,  U.P.,  India, December 15-17, 2016. 

5. K. Sreejith, M. P. Dhrishit, M. Deepu and T. Jayachandran, Numerical analysis of flow separation in rocket nozzles, 5th International and 41st National Conference on Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power, IIT Kanpur 2014.

4. S. Shyji ,N. Asok Kumar, T. Jayachandran and M. Deepu, Reacting flow simulation of rocket nozzles, 5th International and 41st National Conference on Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power, IIT Kanpur 2014.

3. M. Deepu, H. D. Kim, and G. Rajesh, A Numerical Study of Supersonic Hydrogen Combustion Upstream of a Backward-Facing Step, 12th Asian Congress on Fluid Mechanics, August 2008, Daejon, Korea.

2. Deepu, M., Gokhale, S. S. and Jayaraj, S., Numerical Modeling of Mixing and Reaction Near an Angled Cavity Flame Holder for a Supersonic Combustor, 5th Asia-Pacific Conference on Combustion, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia, July 2005.

1. Deepu, M., Gokhale, S. S. and Jayaraj, S., Numerical studies of three dimensional mixing of injection from an unswept ramp into supersonic flow, International Mach Reflection Symposium cum Shock-Vortex Interaction Workshop, Jeju Islands, Korea, November 2004.

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