DEPARTMENTS
Dr. Jithin M.
Dr. Jithin M.

Assistant Professor

Office Address:

HEL01

Contact no:

8765248907

Email ID:

jithinm@nitc.ac.in

Home Address:

Apartment B4, Rose Garden Apartments Companymukku, Kattangal, Calicut

  • PhD - IIT Kanpur

  • MTech, Fluid & Thermal Science - IIT Kanpur

  • BTech - Govt. Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Technology Kottayam

  • Educational Qualifications

    • PhD - IIT Kanpur

    • MTech, Fluid & Thermal Science - IIT Kanpur

    • BTech - Govt. Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Technology Kottayam

    Journals

    1. Ajeesh Mohan T., Jithin, M., and Malay K. Das. “Lattice Boltzmann Simulations of non-homogeneous Li-O2 Battery Cathode: the effect of spatial and temporal porosity variations”. Journal of Electrochemical Energy Conversion and Storage. (2023)
    2. Jithin, M., Malay K. Das, and Ashoke De. "A Multi-Scale Approach for Stable Relaxation Parameter Values in Lattice Boltzmann Simulations of Heat and Mass Transport in Porous Media." Numerical Heat Transfer, Part B: Fundamentals, (2022).
    3. Jithin, M., Malay K. Das, and Ashoke De. "Phase Field Lattice Boltzmann Simulations of Water Droplet Transport in a Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell Flow Channel." International Journal of Energy for a Clean Environment 22.3 (2021).
    4. Jithin, M., Nimish Kumar, Ashoke De, and Malay K. Das. "Pore-Scale Simulation of Shear Thinning Fluid Flow Using Lattice Boltzmann Method." Transport in Porous Media 121, no. 3 (2018): 753-782.
    5. Mishra, Alok, M. Jithin, Ashoke De, and Malay Kumar Das. "Effect of Passive Flow Control of Bifurcation Phenomenon in Sudden Expansion Channel." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, India Section A: Physical Sciences (2018): 1-10.
    6. Jithin, M., Saurabh Siddharth, Malay K. Das, and Ashoke De. "Simulation of coupled heat and mass transport with reaction in PEM fuel cell cathode using lattice Boltzmann method." Thermal Science and Engineering Progress 4 (2017): 85-96.
    7. Jithin, M., Malay K. Das, and Ashoke De. "Lattice Boltzmann Simulation of Lithium Peroxide Formation in Lithium–Oxygen Battery." Journal of Electrochemical Energy Conversion and Storage 13, no. 3 (2016): 031003.
    8. Jithin, M., Alok Mishra, Ashoke De, and Malay K. Das. "Numerical study of bifurcating flow through sudden expansions: effect of divergence and geometric asymmetry." International Journal of Advances in Engineering Sciences and Applied Mathematics 8, no. 4 (2016): 259-273.

    Conferences

    1. Ajeesh Mohan T., Jithin, M., and Malay K. Das. “Effect of Hierarchical Porous Media on Specific Capacity and Energy Density of Li-O2 Battery”. Proceedings of the 9th International and 49th National Conference on Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power. 2022
    2. Jithin M, Malay K Das, and Ashoke De. "Lattice Boltzmann simulations of anode supported solid oxide fuel cell." AIP Conference Proceedings. Vol. 2134. No. 1. AIP Publishing LLC, 2019.
    3. Jithin, M., Nimish Kumar, Malay K. Das, and Ashoke De. "Estimation of permeability of porous material using pore scale LBM simulations." In Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power–Contemporary Research, pp. 1381-1388. Springer, New Delhi, 2017.
    4. Anurag Kumar Dwivedi, Ankit Minesh Shah, Jithin M, Malay Kumar Das. “Effect of pulsatile flow on performance of anode supported solid oxide fuel cell”. Proceedings of the 24th National and 2nd International ISHMT-ASTFE Heat and Mass Transfer Conference (IHMTC-2017)
    5. Jithin, M., Shubham, A. De, and M. K. Das. "Study of lid driven rectangular cavities using LBM." In AIP Conference Proceedings, vol. 1558, no. 1, pp. 212-215. AIP, 2013.
    6. Jithin, M., Shubham, A. De, and M. K. Das. "Unsteady behavior of high Re flow in lid driven rectangular cavities using LBM." In AIP Conference Proceedings, vol. 1558, no. 1, pp. 90-93. AIP, 2013.

    Books (Refereed)

    Book Chapters

    1. Malay K. Das, and Jithin M.. "Transport Phenomena, Electrochemistry and Degradation in Lithium-Oxygen Battery." Dynamics and Control of Energy Systems. Springer, Singapore, (2020). 433-464.

    Professional Experience

    • Senior Student Research Associate @ IIT Kanpur: 2016 - 2017

    • Assistant Professor, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering @ Amal Jyothi College of Engineering Kanjirappally: 2020 - 2023

    Title: “Lattice Boltzmann Solver for Transport and Electrochemistry in Lithium-Oxygen Battery”. Funded by Department of Science and Technology (DST) and the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Govt. Of India, as part of the National Supercomputing Mission (NSM) - Rs. 49.06 Lakhs for 3 years

    Invited Lectures

    1. Invited lecture on “Battery Thermal Management”. Faculty Development Program – E-mobility: Prospects and Challenges. Amal Jyothi College of Engineering, July  5 - 9, 2021.

    Conference Presentations

    1. Jithin M., Das M. K., De A., “Lattice Boltzmann simulations of anode supported solid oxide fuel cell”. International Conference on Applied Mechanics and Optimisation. ICAMeO-2019.
    2. Jithin M., Das M. K., De A., “Multiple time scale approach for high Prandtl numbers in lattice Boltzmann method.” In Fifth International Conference on Computational Methods for Thermal Problems. 2018. (Speaker of the day award)
    3. Jithin M., Nimish Kumar, Malay K. Das, and Ashoke De. "Estimation of permeability of porous material using pore scale LBM simulations." In Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power–Contemporary Research, pp. 1381-1388, 2017.
    4. Jithin M., Shubham, A. De, and M. K. Das. "Study of lid driven rectangular cavities using LBM." In AIP Conference Proceedings, vol. 1558, no. 1, pp. 212-215. AIP, 2013.
    5. Jithin M., Shubham, A. De, and M. K. Das. "Unsteady behavior of high Re flow in lid driven rectangular cavities using LBM." In AIP Conference Proceedings, vol. 1558, no. 1, pp. 90-93. AIP, 2013.

    Poster Presentations

    1. Ajeesh Mohan T., Jithin, M., and Malay K. Das. “Pore-scale simulations of Lithium Peroxide Deposition and Surface Passivation in Li-O2 Battery” International Conference on Energy Conversion and Storage. IIT Madras. January 2023.
    2. Jithin M., Nimish Kumar, Malay K Das, Ashoke De."Lattice Boltzmann Simulations of Non-Newtonian Fluid Flow in Porous Microstructures". Interpore Symposium- Flow and Transport in Porous Media, Delhi, December 2017. (Third place in best poster award)

     

    • Arts: Indian classical dance (Kathakali), Indian classical music
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