• Prabhat Kumar, Shijo Thomas, C B Sobhan, G. P. Peterson, Activated Carbon Foam Composite Derived from PEG400/ Terminalia Catappa as Form Stable PCM for Sub-zero Cold Energy Storage, Journal of Cleaner Production, Elsevier, 2024.

• Radhika Panickar, C. B. Sobhan, Sivaji Chakravorti, Carbon Spheres Derived Nano Graphitic Flakes with Excellent Photoluminescence in Organic Solvents.  Diamond and Related Materials, Elsevier, 2023.

• Madhu A K,, Jayadeep U.B., C. B. Sobhan, Effect of the Fractal Dimension of Nanoparticle Aggregates on Enhancced Thermal Transport in Nanofluids - A Molecular Dynamics Study. Molecular Simulation, Taylor and Francis, 2023.
• Neeshma Radhakrishnan, C.B. Sobhan, Thermophysical Characterization and Melting Heat Transfer Analysis of an Organic Phase Change Material Dispersed with GNP-Ag Hybrid Nanoparticles, Heat and Mass Transfer, 2022.
• Raji, K and Sobhan, C. B., Growth Mechanisms in Carbon Nanotube Formation, Handbook of Carbon Nanotubes, Chapter 70-1, Springer Nature Switzerland AG, 2022.
•  Radhika Panickar, C. B. Sobhan, Sivaji Chakravorti,  Highly Efficient Amorphous Carbon Sphere Based Superhydrophobic and Superoleophilic Sponges for Oil-Water Separation,  Langmuir, 2021 .
• Manu Mohan, Shijo Thomas, C. B. Sobhan, Convective Heat Transfer Estimation of Dilute Metal Oxide Nanofluids in VUV Surface Tuned Minichannel Using Mach-Zehnder Interferometry, Applied Thermal Engineering, Elsevier, 2021.  
• Radhika Panickar, C. B. Sobhan, Sivaji Chakravorti, Improved Tribological Behavior of Lubricating Oil Dispersed with Hybrid Nanoparticles of Functionalized Carbon Spheres and Graphene Nano Platelets, Applied Surface Science, Elsevier, 540 (2021).
• Radhika Panickar, C. B. Sobhan, Sivaji Chakravorti, Investigations of Tribological Properties of  Non-catalytic CVD Sybthesized Carbon Spheres in Lubricant, Diamond and Related Materials, Elsevier, 2020.
• Radhika Panickar, C. B. Sobhan, Sivaji Chakravorti, Chemical Vapor Deposition Synthesis of Carbon Spheres: Effects of Temperature and Hydrogen, Vacuum, Elsevier, 2020.
• Manu Mohan, Shijo Thomas, C. B. Sobhan, Convective Heat Transfer Studies in Dilute Alumina and Silica Nanofluids Flowing Through a Channel using Mach-Zehnder Interferometry, Heat and Mass Transfer, Springer, 2020.
• Neeshma Radhakrishnan, Shijo Thomas, C. B. Sobhan, Characterization of Thermophysical Properties of Nano- Enhanced Organic Phase Change Materials using T-History Method.  Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry,  Springer. 2019.
• Saran Ramachandran, C. B. Sobhan, G. P. Peterson,  Thernophoresis of Nanoparticles in Liquids, Int. Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer,  Elsevier, 2019.
• C. B. Sobhan, G. P. Peterson, Investigations of Wire-Bonded Micro Heat Pipes - A Review,  Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer, 13,5, 2019
• Dhairya R. Vyas, C. B. Sobhan, G. P. Peterson, An Investigation of Marangoni- Benard Convection in watetr based nanofluids, Heat and Mass Transfer, Springer, 55, pp. 791-809, 2019.
• Jaime Taha Tijerina, Kochandra Raji, Pedro Autreto, Tarangattu N Narayanan, P.ulickel M. Ajayan, C. B. Sobhan, Thermal Transport Effects of h-BN 2D Nanosheet Reinforced Fluids: A Molecular Dynamics and Experimental Analysis,  Journal of Engineering Technology,  Vol.8, Issue 1,  pp.356-370, 2019.
•  S. Shrivastava, S. Thomas, C. B. Sobhan, G. P. Peterson, An Experimental Investigation of the CO2 Adsorption Performance of  Graphene Oxide Forms, International Journal of  Refrigeration, Elsevier, 96, 179-190,  2018 .
•  R. L. Rag, C. B. Sobhan, G.P. Peterson,  Computational Analysis of Wire Bonded Micro Heat Pipe - Influence of Thermophysical Parameters., AIAA Jl. of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer, Vol. 32, Issue 4, pp. 925-932, 2018.
• Shijo Thomas, C. B. Sobhan, Stability and Transient Performance of Vertical Heater Vertical Cooler Natural Convection Loops with Metal Oxide Nanoparticle Suspensions, Heat Transfer Engineering, Taylor and Francis, Vol. 39, pp.861-873, 2018
• J. Paul,  A. K. Madhu, U. B. Jayadeep, C, B, Sobhan, G. P. Peterson,  A molecular dynamics study of liquid layering and thermal conductivity enhancement in nanoparticle suspensions, Heat and Mass Transfer, Springer Verlag,Volume 54, Issue 3, pp.785-791, 2018.
• S. Balamurugan, B, Gayathri, C.B.Sobhan, V. Sajith, Measurement of Open Flame Temperature of Nanoparticle Additive    Dispersed Diesel Using Digital Inteferometry,  Combustion Science and Technology, Taylor and Francis, V. 189, No. 10, 2017.
• N. S. Anas, Shijo Thomas, C. B. Sobhan, G. P. Peterson, An Experimental Investigation of the Adsorption Performance of Carbon Nanotube-Activated Carbon Mixtures, International Journal of Air Conditioning and Refrigeration, Vol. 25, No. 2,  2017.
• C. B. Sobhan, Shijo Thomas, G. P. Peterson, Microscale Transport Pheomena in Bio-Engineering Applications - Recent Advances, Journal of Advances in Nnaomterials,  Vol. 2, No. 1, 2017.
• E.W. Awin, V. Sajith, C.B.Sobhan, G.P.Peterson, Electrical and Thermal Conductivities of Dilute Nanofuids - Experimental Determination and Parametric Studies, Journal of Nanofluids, American Scientific Publishers, Vol. 5, pp. 1–8, 2016.
• B. Jayachandran, P.P.Sajith, C. B. Sobhan, Investigations of Replaceent of Fins with Flat Heat Pipes for High Power LEDs, Procedia Engineering, Elsevier, Vol. 118, 654-661, 2015.
• S. Jesseela and C. B. Sobhan, Numerical Modeling of Annular Flow with Phase Change in a Microchannel, International Journal of Thermal Sciences, Elsevier, Vol.89, pp. 87-99, 2015.
• Divya Haridas, G. R. Reddy and C. B. Sobhan, Digital Interferometric Measurement of Forced Convection Fields in Compact Channels, International Journal of Optomechatronics, Taylor and Francis, Vol. 9, pp. 9-34, 2015.
• S Jasseela, C. B. Sobhan and G. P. Peterson, Optimum Design of Microchannel Heat Sinks for Annular Flow with Phase Change, Journal of Enhanced Heat Transfer, Begell House, Vol.21 Nos.4–5, pp.373–395 2014. 
• Binoy Baby and C. B. Sobhan, Numerical and Experimental Investigations on Forced Convection in Meso- Channels with Irregular Geometry of Cross Section, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, Elsevier, Vol. 70, pp. 276-288, 2014.
• Gibin George, R. Krishna Sabareesh, Shijo Thomas, V. Sajith, T. Hanas, Sumitesh Das and C. B. Sobhan, Experimental Investigation of Metal Surface Erosion caused by TiO2 Nanofluid Impingement, Journal of Nanofluids, American Scientific Publishers, Vol. 3, pp. 1-11, 2014.
• Divya Haridas and C. B. Sobhan, Measurement of Convective Heat Transfer from a Vertical Flat Plate Using Mach-Zehnder Interferometer with Wedge Fringe Setting, International Journal of Mechanical Science and Engineering (World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology), Vol.7, No. 12, 2013.
• K. Raji and C. B. Sobhan, Theoretical Analysis of the Catalytic Chemical Vapor Depostion Synthesis of Carbon Nanotubes, Journal of Multifunctional Composites, Vol 1, No. 2, 2013.
• G. Carbajal, C. B. Sobhan and G.P.Peterson, Symmetrical Porous Surfaces for Boiling Enhancement in Mini-channels: Effects on Liquid Pressure Drop, Journal of Enhanced Heat Transfer, Begell House, Vol. 20, No. 1, pp. 73-81, 2013.
• Binoy Baby and C. B. Sobhan, Investigations on Forced Convection in a Meso-Channel with Irregular Cross-section, AIAA Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer,  Vol. 27, No. 1, pp. 70-79, 2013.
• K. Raji and C. B. Sobhan, Simulation and Modeling of Carbon Nanotube Synthesis: Current Trends and Investigations, Nanotechnology Reviews (De Gruyter), Vol. 2, No.1, pp. 73-105, 2013.
• K Raji, CB Sobhan. A Computational Model for Predicting the Temperature Distribution Inside a CVD Reactor for Carbon Nanotube Synthesis, ASME 2013 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, San Diego, California, USA, Nov. 15-21, 2013.
• Manu Mohan, Shijo Thomas, J-Taha Tijerina,  T. N. Narayanan, C. B. Sobhan, P. M. Ajayan, Heat Transfer Studies in Thermally Conducting and Electrically Insulating Nano-Oils in a Natural Circulation Loop, ASME 2013 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, San Diego, California, USA, Nov. 15-21, 2013.
• Shijo Thomas, K. Sarun Kumar and C. B. Sobhan, Flow Measurements in Metal Oxide-Nanoparticle Suspensions in a Rectangular Natural Circulation Loop, Advanced Materials Research Vol.685, pp. 145-149, 2013.
• R. Krishna Sabareesh, N. Gobinath, V. Sajith, Sumitesh Das, C. B. Sobhan, Application of TiO2 nanoparticles as a lubricant-additive for vapor compression refrigeration systems - An experimental investigation, International Journal of Refrigeration (Elsevier),  Vol. 35, No. 7, pp. 1989-1996, 2012. 
• Shijo Thomas, C. B. Sobhan and G. P. Peterson, Synthesis of Stable Nanoparticle Suspensions for Thermal Engineering Applications: Advances and Challenges, in Special Edition on Application of Nanomaterials, Studium Press LLC, USA, 2012 (Invited Book Chapter).
• Shijo Thomas and C. B. Sobhan, Application of Oxide-Water Nanofluids in Forced Convection Loops: Performance Evaluation, in Nanofluids: Research, Development and Applications, Nova Science Publishers, Inc. USA, 2012 (Invited book chapter).
• V. Sajith and C. B. Sobhan, Characterization of Heat Dissipation from a Microprocessor Chip using Digital Interferometry, IEEE Transactions on Components, Packaging and Manufacturing Technology, v. 2, No.8, pp. 1298-1306, 2012.
• Binoy Baby and C. B. Sobhan,  Investigations on Forced Convection in Compact Passages with  Surface Irregularities, Heat Transfer Engineering (Taylor and Francis),  v. 33, No. 13, pp. 1105-1119, 2012.
• Thomas, Shijo, C. B. Sobhan, Jaime Taha-Tijerina, T. N. Narayanan, and P. M. Ajayan. "Investigations on Transient Natural Convection in Boron Nitride-Mineral Oil Nanofluid Systems." In ASME 2012 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, IMECE2012-87420, pp. 671-678. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, November 9-15, 2012, Houston, Texas, USA.
• K. Raji, Shijo Thomas and C. B. Sobhan,  A Chemical Kinetic Model for Chemical Vapor Deposition of Carbon Nanotubes,  Applied Surface Science (Elsevier),  v. 257, No. 24, pp. 10562-10570, 2011.
• Shijo Thomas and C. B. Sobhan,  A review of experimental investigations on thermal phenomena in nanofluids,  Nanoscale Research Letters (Springer), 6:377, 2011.
• V. Sajith and C. B. Sobhan, Characterization of Convective Heat Transfer in Channels of Small Cross Section using Digital Interferometry, Heat and Mass Transfer (Springer), 47:505-518, 2011.
• V. Sajith, Divya Haridas, C. B. Sobhan and G.R.C. Reddy, Convective Heat Transfer Studies in Macro and Mini Channels using Digital Interferometry, International Journal of Thermal Sciences (Elsevier),  Vol. 50,  No.33, 2011, pp. 239-249.
•  S. Jesseela and C. B. Sobhan, Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Interfacial Phenomena in Two Phase Flow: A review, International Journal of Micro-Nano Scale Transport (Multiscience), Vol. 1, No. 3, 2010, pp. 219-243.
• Muhsin M. Ameen, Prabhul, K., Sivakumar, G., Praveen P. Abraham, Jayadeep, U.B., Sobhan,C. B., Molecular Dynamics Modeling of Latent Heat Enhancement in Nanofluids, International Journal of Thermophysics, (Springer), Vol. 31, Issue 6, 2010, pp.1131-1144. 
• R. L. Rag and C. B. Sobhan, Computational Analysis and Optimization of Wire-Bonded Micro Heat Pipes, International Journal of Micro-Nano Scale Transport (Multiscience), Vol. 1, No. 1, 2010. 
• V.Sajith, C. B. Sobhan and G.P. Peterson, Experimental Investigations on the Effects of Cerium Oxide Nanoparticle Fuel Additives on Biodiesel, Special Issue on Micro/Nanotransport Phenomena in Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency, Journal of Advances in Mechanical Engineering, 2010 (Invited Paper). 
• R. L. Rag and C. B. Sobhan, Computational Analysis of Fluid Flow and Heat Transfer in Wire-Sandwiched Micro Heat Pipes, AIAA Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer, Vol. 23, No. 4, pp. 741-751, 2009. 
• C. B. Sobhan and V. Sajith, Digital interferometric Measurement of Heat Dissipation from Microelectronic Devices for Optimal and Reliable Thermal Design, in Reliability Engineering Advances, Nova Science Publishers, New York, USA, 2009. (Invited Book Chapter). 
• G. Carbajal, G. P. Peterson and C. B. Sobhan, Experimental Analysis of the Nusselt number for jet impingement on a flat plate, ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, IMECE2009, Lake Buena Vista, Florida, USA, November 13-19, 2009. 
• G. Carbajal, G. P. Peterson, C. B. Sobhan and D. T. Queheillalt, A Hybrid Heat Flux Distribution Model for Jet Impingement on a Flat Plate, ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Proceedings, vol. 10,  PART B, pp. 875-880, 2008. 
• V. Sajith and C. B. Sobhan, Digital Interferometric Measurement of Forced Convection Heat Transfer in a Miniature Rectangular Channel, Experimental Heat Transfer (Taylor and Francis), Vol. 21, No. 4, pp. 314-333, 2008. 
• N. Sankar, Nithin Mathew and C. B. Sobhan, Molecular Dynamics Modeling of the Enhancement of Thermal Conductivity in Metal-Nanoparicle Suspensions, International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer (Elsevier), Vol. 35, No.7, pp. 867-872, 2008.
• D. Newport, C. B. Sobhan, J. Garvey, Digital Interferometry - Techniques and Trends for Fluid Measurement, Heat and Mass Transfer (Springer), Vol.44, No.5, pp.535-546, 2008.
• C. B. Sobhan, R. L. Rag and G. P. Peterson, A Review and Comparative Study of the Investigations on Micro Heat Pipes, International Journal of Energy Research, Vol. 31, No. 6-7, pp. 664-688, 2007 (Invited Paper).
• G. Carbajal, C. B. Sobhan, G. P. Peterson, D. T. Qucheillalt and H.N.G. Wadley, A Quasi-3D Analysis of the Thermal Performance of a Flat Heat Pipe, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol. 50, pp. 4286-4296, 2007.
• U. Rao, V. Sajith, T. Hanas and C. B. Sobhan, Experimental investigations on the performance of Heat exchangers with nanofluids, ASME InterPack, Vancouver, BC, Canada, July 8-12, 2007.
• G. Carbajal, G. P. Peterson and C. B. Sobhan, Comparison of perormance of aluminum and titanium heat pipes, IMECE 2007, Seattle, Wahsington, USA, 2007.
• Gerardo Carbajal, C. B. Sobhan and G. P. Peterson, Dimensionless Governing Equations for Vapor and Liquid Flow Analysis of Heat Pipes, AIAA Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer, Vol. 20, No. 1, pp. 140-144, 2006.
• Gerardo Carbajal, C. B. Sobhan and G. P. Peterson, Numerical Study of Heat Pipe Heat Spreaders with Large Periodic Heat Inputs, AIAA Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer, Vol. 20, No. 4, pp. 835-841, 2006.
• C. B. Sobhan and G. P. Peterson, Recent Investigations of Fluid Flow and Heat Transfer in Microchannels, Journal of Engineering and Machinery, Vol. 557, pp. 10-67, 2006 (Invited paper).
• Yongping Chen, C. B. Sobhan and G.P. Bud Peterson, Review of Condensation Heat Transfer under Microgravity Conditions, AIAA Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer, Vol. 20, No.3, pp.353-360, 2006.
• G. Carbajal, C. B. Sobhan, G. P. Peterson, D. T. Qucheillalt and H.N.G. Wadley, Thermal Response of a Flat Heat Pipe Sandwich Structure to a Localized Heat Flux, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol. 49, No. 21-22, pp. 4070-4081, 2006.
• V. Sajith, M. Sandhya and C. B. Sobhan, An investigation into the effect of inclusion of cerium oxide nanoparticles on the physicochemical properties of diesel oil, ASME Materials Division Publication - ASME MD 2006, pp. 1-6, 2006.
• C. B. Sobhan, N. Sankar, Nithin Mathew and Rahul Ratnapal, Molecular Dynamics Modeling of Thermal Conductivity of Engineering Fluids and its Enhancement Using Nanoparticles, CANEUS 2006 Micro-Nano Technology for Aerospace Applications, Toulouse, France, 2006

• Neeshma Radhakrishnan, C. B. Sobhan, Investigations on the Thermophysical Properties of an Organic Eutectic Phase Change Material Dispersed with GNP-Ag Hyrbrid Nanopartices, 16th UK Heat Transfer Conference, (UKHTC 2019), 8-10 Sept. 2019, Nottingham, UK.
• Radhika Panickar, C. B. Sobhan, and Sivaji Chakravorti, "Substrate Temperature Optimization for Diamond Thin Film Synthesis using Hot- Filament Chemical Vapor Deposition". IEEE International conference, ICMSAO ’19, Bahrain session. 2019.
• Jithu Paul, A.K. Madhu, U. B. Jayadeep, C. B. Sobhan, Liquid Lyering and the Enhanced Thermal Conductivity of Ar-Cu Nanofluids: A Molecular Dynamics Study, Proceeding of the ASME 2016 Heat Transfer Summer Conference,  Washington D.C., USA, July 10-14, 2016.
• Shijo Thomas and C. B. Sobhan; “Heat transfer measurement in aluminium oxide nanofluid using rectangular thermosyphon loop”, 10th International Conference on Heat Transfer, Fluid Mechanics and Thermodynamics, 14 – 26 July 2014, Orlando, Florida, USA.
• K. Raji and C. B. Sobhan, A computational model for predicting the mass tranport in a CVD reactor for carbon nanotube synthesis, Proceed. SPIE 8973, 4th International conference on smart materials and nanotechnology in engineering, Gold Coast, Australia, Aug 2013.
• V.Sajith, Divya Haridas, C. B. Sobhan and G. R. C. Reddy, Convective Heat Transfer Studies in Mini-Channels Using Digital Interferometry, Sixth International ASME Conference on Nanochannels, Microchannels and Minichannels, Pohang, South Korea, June 22-24, 2009. 
• V. Sajith, K. C. Sajeesh and C. B. Sobhan, "Characterization of Convective Heat dissipation from Electronic Components using Digital Interferometry" IISc Centenary International Conference on Advances in Mechanical Engineering (IC-ICAME), Bangalore, India, July 2-4, 2008.
• C. B. Sobhan, P. S. Anoop, Kuriyan Arimboor, Thomas Abraham and G. P. Peterson, Microchannel Optimization for Heat Dissipation from a Solid Substrate, Paper No. MNHT2008-52117, 1st ASME Micro/Nanoscale Heat Transfer Conference, Tainan, Taiwan, January 2008.
• C. B. Sobhan, Muhsin M. Ameen and Praveen P. Abraham, Numerical Modeling of Micro Fin Arrays using Slip Flow and Temperature Jump Boundary Conditions, Paper No. MNHT2008-52215, 1st ASME Micro/Nanoscale Heat Transfer Conference, Tainan, Taiwan, January 2008.
• V. Sajith, M. R. Madhusoodanan and C. B. Sobhan, An experimental investigation of the boiling performance of water-based nanofluids, Paper No. MNHT2008-52216, 1st ASME Micro/Nanoscale Heat Transfer Conference, Tainan, Taiwan, January 2008.
• U. B. Jayadeep, R. Krishna Sabareesh, R. Nirmal, K. V. Rijin and C. B. Sobhan, Molecular Dynamics Modeling of the Effect of Thermal Interface Material on Thermal Contact Conductance, Paper No. MNHT2008-52204, 1st ASME Micro/Nanoscale Heat Transfer Conference, Tainan, Taiwan, January 2008.
• M.R.Madhusoodanan, V.Sajith and C.B.Sobhan, Experimental investigation of phase change phenomena in nanofluids, ASME-JSME Thermal Engineering and Summer Heat Transfer Conference, Vancouver, BC, Canada, July 8-12, 2007.
• V.Sajith, Mohammad Mohiddeen, M.B.Sajanish and C.B.Sobhan, An investigation of the effect of nanoparticle addition on Lubricating oil properties, ASME-JSME Thermal Engineering and Summer Heat Transfer Conference, Vancouver, BC, Canada, July 8-12, 2007.
• C. B. Sobhan and Renju Kurian, Development Of An Interferometric Method For Measurement Of Thermal Conductivity Of A Transparent Medium, 8th Biennial ASME Conference on Engineering Systems Design and analysis (ESDA 2006), Torino, Italy, 4-7 July, 2006.
• S. Venkat Reddy and C. B. Sobhan, Computational Analysis of Wire-Sandwiched Micro Heat Pipes, International Conference on Renewable Energy Scale-up Development (ICRESD), Southeast University, Nanjing, China, Nov. 16-17, 2006 (Invited paper)

• C. B. Sobhan and G. P. Peterson (2008), Microscale and Nanoscale Heat Transfer-Fundamentals and Engineering Applications, Taylor and Francis/CRC Press, USA, 2008. https://www.routledge.com/Microscale-and-Nanoscale-Heat-Transfer-Fundamentals-and-Engineering-Applications/Sobhan-Peterson/p/book/9780367403508

• Dean Vucinic, Vidya Chandran, Alam Md Mahbub, C. B. Sobhan, Applications of Computation in Mechanical Engineering - Select Proceedings of 3rd International Conference on Computing in Mechanical Engineeriing (ICCME 2021) https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-981-19-6032-1

Dr. C. B. Sobhan teaches in the School of Materials Science and Engineering and in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Calicut, India. He is also a research collaborator and affiliate at the George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA.

Dr. Sobhan earned his Ph.D. from Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, India, in 1990 following his Master of Technology (1986) from the same institute, and Bachelor of Technology from Regional Engineering College Calicut (1984), which is presently National Institute of Technology, Calicut. He performed post-doctoral studies at Purdue University, Indiana, USA (1999-2000) and since then, is focusing on research in microscale and nanoscale heat transfer.

Dr. Sobhan was a visiting faculty member at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, USA, during 2003-2004, working in the area of microscale heat transfer. He has also held research positions at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, and the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, USA.

At the international level, Dr. Sobhan performs collaborative research with Professor G. P. Peterson, former President of the Georgia Institute of Technology. He has been a visiting researcher at Georgia Tech since 2010.

• Research Fellow, NTU Singapore (1997-98)

• Post-Doctoral Fellow, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, USA (1999)

• Visiting Scholar, Purdue University, W. Lafayette,Indiana, USA (1999-2000)

• Visiting Assistant Professor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, USA (2003-2004, May-June 2005, May-June 2006)

• Visiting Professor, University of Colorado at Boulder, USA (June 2008)

• Affiliate, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, USA (Since 2010)

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1. AN EXPERIMENTAL AND ANALYTICAL INVESTIGATION OF CONDENSING RADIATORS FOR APPLICATION TO REDUCED GRAVITY, Co-investigated with Prof. G.P.Peterson at RPI, Troy, NY (2003-2006). COMPLETED.

2. HOLOGRAPHIC STUDIES ON MINI CHANNELS FOR OPTIMAL THERMAL DESIGN OF MICROELECTRONIC SYSTEMS, funded by the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India, Rs. 20,00,000 (2006-2009). COMPLETED.

3. INVESTIGATIONS ON CONVECTIVE HEAT TRANSFER IN NANOFLUIDS, BRNS, Governement of India, Rs. 20,00,000. COMPLETED.

4. DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF MINIATURE AND MICRO HEAT PIPES FOR AVIONIC APPLICATIONS, ARDB (DRDO), Government of India, Rs. 10,00,000.

5.  DEVELOPMENT OF NANOFLUIDS FOR COOLING APPLICATIONS IN STEEL INDUSTRY, Tata Steel, Rs. 20,00,000.  (Co-Investigator)

6. INVESTIGATIONS ON THE APPLICATION OF CATALYTIC NANOPARTICLE ADDITIVES FOR MODIFICATION OF DIESEL AND BIODIESEL, Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd., Rs. 1,20,00,000

Coordinator of the Center for Nanotechnology (Nanotechnology Research Laboratory), School of Nano Scince and Technology, NIT Calicut.

Doctoral Thesis Evaluation (International level):

1. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, USA  

2. University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland  

3. University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia

4. Multimedia University, Malaysia

5. Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Ph. D. Guidance:

1. Investigations on flat plate heat pipes for high heat flux applications (Gerardo Carbajal, RPI, Troy, USA - co supervision - Degree awarded)

2. Numerical Investigations on non-conventional micro heat pipes (Rajan Rag, NIT Calicut - Degree awarded)

3. Interferometric Studies on Fluid flow and Heat Transfer in Mini and Microchannels (V. Sajth, NIT Calicut - Degree awarded)

4. Computational Studies on Convecting Heat Transfer in Meso Channels with Realistic Geometry (Binoy Baby, NIT Calicut-Degree awarded)

5. Experimental and Theoretical Investigations on the Application of Water- Based Nanofluids in Convection Loops (Shijo Thomas, NIT Calicut-Degree awarded)

6. Investigations on Interferometric Methods for Heat Transfer Measurement in Small Channels (Divya Haridas, NIT Calicut - co-supervision - Degree awarded)

7. Modeling of Evaporative Flow in Microchannels (S. Jesseela - NIT Calicut -Degree awarded)

8. Investigations on Chemical Vapor Deposition of Carbon Nanotubes (K. Raji - NIT Calicut - Degree awarded)

9. Convective Peroformance of Nanoparticle Suspensions in Compact Forced and Natural Circulation Loops :(Manu Mohan - NIT Calicut)

10. Chemical Vapor Deposition Synthesis of Carbon Spheres and Investigations on some Engineering Applications (Radhika Panickar - NIT Calicut)

11. Multiscale Modeling of convection in Nanoparticle Suspensions (Madhu A. K. - NIT Calicut)

12. Invesrigations on Nano Enhanced Phase Change Materials (Neeshma Radhakrishnan - NIT Calicit)

Master's Guidance:

1. Experimental studies on the onset of convection in a liquid cell (1991).

2. Natural convection heat transfer from a non isothermal fin- A finite difference solution (1991).

3. Experimental investigations on a 1-2 heat exchanger with spiral turbulators -Effect of the winding pitch (1991).

4. Experimental investigations on a 1-2 heat exchanger with spiral turbulators -Effect of the diameter of the winding wire (1991).

5. Experimental studies on natural convection heat from horizontal fin arrays (1992).

6. Transient natural convection heat transfer from fin arrays - A finite difference solution (1993).

7. Energy auditing and thermo-economic analysis of a tire manufacturing plant (1993).

8. Traffic flow modeling using fluid flow analogy (1993).

9. Transient analysis of a flat heat pipe using FDM (1994).

10. Study of generation of NOx in internal and external combustion devises (1994).

11. A non-intrusive method to estimate superheated steam flow rate (1994).

12. Laminar convective heat transfer in internally finned tubes- A finite difference solution (1994).

13. Natural convection heat transfer from a long rectangular fin array- An FD solution (1995).

14. Conjugate heat transfer in internally finned tubes -A finite Elements solution (1995).

15. Computational modeling of vapor phase parallel reacting flow (1995).

16. Radiation -Natural Convection interaction in a long horizontal fin array (1996).

17. Transient analysis of the core and wick regions of a flat heat pipe using FDM (1996).

18. Finite difference analysis and optimization of natural convection fin arrays (1997).

19. A Two-stage computational model for the analysis of contact thermal conductance (2000).

20. Experimental studies on the operating limits of flat mini heat pipes (2001).

21. Experimental investigations on flow transitions and heat transfer in mini channels (2002).

22. Computational studies on convective heat transfer in microchannels (2003).

23. Computational studies on microchannel heat exchangers (2003).

24. Experimental study of Thermal contact conductance (2003).

25. Computational analysis of wire-sandwiched micro heat pipes (2005).

26. Interferometric Measurement of thermal conductivity of transparent fluids (2006).

27. Experimental studies on the effect of nanoparticle inclusion on thermal conductivity of engineering fluids (2006).

28. Theoretical investigations on the thermal response of MEMS sensors (2006).

29. Holographic Studies on convective heat transfer in mini channels (2007).

30. Experimental investigations on the onset of natural convection in liquids in the presence of suspended nanoparticles (2007).

31. Modeling of real surfaces in microchannel convection (2008)

32. Investigations on electrical double layer effect in nanofluids (2008)

33. Experimental studies on convective loops with water-based nanofluids (2009)

34. Modeling and experimental studies on CVD synthesis of Carbon Nanotubes (2010)

35. Molecular Dynamics simulation of interfacial layers in evaporative flow (2011)

36. Molecular Dynamics simulation of heat transfer from metallic nano-wires (2011)

37.  Computational studies on electrokinetic flow in micro/nanochannels (2012)

38.  Investigations on the influence of nanoparticle additives on the liquid-vapor transformation of refrigerants (2012)

RESEARCH COLLABORATION AT INTERNATIONAL LEVEL

1. Two-phase Heat Transfer Laboratory, G. W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, USA (Formerly at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, USA. and at University of Colorado, Boulder, USA).

2. Cooling Technologies Research Center, School of Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA.

3. Stokes Research Institute, University of Limerick, Ireland.

4. Nanomaterials Laboratory (Prof. Pulickel M. Ajayan's Laboratory), Rice University, USA

SELECTED INVITED TALKS AND EXPERT LECTURES

1. Visualization of Convective Heat Transfer in Small Channels: Keynote Lecture, ASME/ISHMT Heat and Mass Transfer Conference, IIT Kharagpur, India, December 2013

2. Interferometric Measurement of Convective Heat Transfer in Compact Passages: Indo-German Workshop on Clean Energy, IIT Ropar, India, December 2013,

3. Digital Interferometry for Measurement of Heat and Mass Transfer in Small Channels, Invited National Research Laboratory Lecture, Microfluidics and Mixing Laboratory, Dong-A University, Busan, South Korea, August 2007.

4. Computational Modeling of Wire Sandwiched Micro Heat Pipes, Invited Keynote Lecture, International Conference on Renewable Energy Scale Up Development, Southeast University, Nanjing, China, November, 2006.

5. Continuum Modeling of Microscale Heat Transfer Processes, Stokes Research Institute, University of Limerick, Ireland, November 2005.

6. Continuum Modeling of Microscale Fluid Flow and Heat Transfer, Invited Colloquium Lecture, Department of Mechanical, Aerospace and Nuclear Engineering , Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, USA, January 2004.

7. Micro/Mini Channels for Thermal Management of Electronic Equipment, Invited talk at BEL short term program on Thermal Engineering of Electronic Equipment, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India, August 2002.

8. Micro Heat Pipes, Invited talk at BEL short term program on Thermal Engineering of Electronic Equipment, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India, August 2002.

9. Micro Channels in Electronics Cooling, Invited talk at QIP short term program on Thermal Engineering of Electronic Equipment, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India, January 2001

10. Micro Heat Pipes, Invited talk at QIP short term program on Thermal Engineering of Electronic Equipment, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India, January 2001.

11. A computational Model for the Transient Analysis of Flat Heat Pipes, Lecture at Cooling Technologies Research Consortium, School of Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, Indiana, USA, 1999.

12. Series of lectures on Heat Pipe Fundamentals and Modeling, Electronics Cooling Group, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, USA, 1999.