National Institute of Technology Rourkela

राष्ट्रीय प्रौद्योगिकी संस्थान राउरकेला

ଜାତୀୟ ପ୍ରଯୁକ୍ତି ପ୍ରତିଷ୍ଠାନ ରାଉରକେଲା

An Institute of National Importance

Faculty Profile

EXPERTISE INFORMATION

Research Group
  • Thermo-Fluid Flow: [Thermal Engineering Division]
Areas of Interest
  • Multiphase Flow, Fluid Dynamics, Heat Transfer, Convection, Heat Exchanger, Battery Thermal Management, Cryogenics, CFD, Computational Intelligence

Suman Ghosh Associate Professor

Mechanical Engineering

ghoshs@nitrkl.ac.in

0661 - 246 2531

65

PUBLICATIONS

6

SPONSORED PROJECTS

8

DOCTORAL STUDENTS

4

CONTINUING EDUCATION

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Suman Ghosh

Associate Professor

Mechanical Engineering

Room Number: ME-117

Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Institute of Technology Rourkela, Sundargarh, Odisha, India - 769008

2012

Ph.D.
Thermal Science and Engineering specialization, Mechanical Engineering
IIT Kharagpur

2006

M.E
Fluid Mechanics specialization, Mechanical Engineering
Jadavpur University

2003

B.E
Mechanical Engineering
Jadavpur University

Teaching Experience
  • Thermal and Fluid Engineering,  Department of Mechanical Engineering, NIT Rourkela,   25 Jul 2021 - Continuing
Laboratory Development
  • Fluid Mechanics (Fluid Dynamics) Laboratory,  Department of Mechanical Engineering, NIT Rourkela,   It is a UG-PG level laboratory
  • Multiphase Flow Laboratory,  Department of Mechanical Engineering, NIT Rourkela,   It is a research laboratory

Indigenous development of a Novel Scheme for IRS system in ocean-liners, Numerical and Experimental Investigations. Science & Engineering Research Board(SERB)
  • Co-Investigator
  • 36
  • Completed   Sponsored
Design and Development of low cost oxygen concentrator. NIT
  • Co-Investigator
  • 6
  • Completed   Sponsored
Development of a compact indegnous cryocooler based on single-stage GM type pulse tube refrigerator PFRC, BRNS
  • Principal Investigator
  • 35
  • Completed   Sponsored
A comprehensive investigation on flow structure of counter-current gas-liquid and liquid-liquid two phase flow SERB
  • Principal Investigator
  • 36
  • Completed   Sponsored
Experimental and numerical study of entertainment phenomenon in stratified liquid layers by imposing rotary motion DST
  • Principal Investigator
  • 36
  • Completed   Sponsored
Development of kw class cryogenic helium turboexpander-phase-1:design and modelling BRNS
  • Co-Investigator
  • 12
  • Completed   Sponsored

Total Publications: 65

A. Mukherjee, M. Rout, P. D. Roul, J. R. Senapati, and S. Ghosh,"Enhancing the efficacy of the infrared radiation system with the use of a nozzle and its constraints", Journal of Enhanced Heat Transfer, Begell House 2025, 10.1615/JEnhHeatTransf.2025058200       Article

P. D. Roul, B. A. Rajeshbhai, S. Ghosh, and J. R. Senapati,"Computational Analysis of the Thermal Behavior of Lithium-Ion Batteries for Electric Vehicle (EV) Technology Using Mini-Channels", in Proceedings of the International Conference on Innovations in Thermo-Fluid Engineering and Sciences (ICITFES-2025), pp.1-7, ICITFES-2025, icitfes, Department of Mechanical Engineering, NIT Rourkela, Rourkela-769008, February 2025, View Details       Inproceedings

A. Mukherjee, M. Rout, P. D. Roul, J. R. Senapati, and S. Ghosh,"Enhancing the efficacy of the infrared radiation system with the use of a nozzle and its constraints", Journal of Enhanced Heat Transfer, vol.32, Begell House Inc., June 2025, 10.1615/JEnhHeatTransf.2025058200       Article

M. Rout, V. Chandrakar, A. Mukherjee, S. Ghosh, and J. R. Senapati,"Air entrainment study of a converging-diverging type IRS device: A numerical exercise", International Journal of Thermal Sciences, vol.197, pp.108822, Elsevier, March 2024, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijthermalsci.2023.108822       Article

N. Kumar, S. Ghosh, and D. Basu,"Thermalhydraulic assessment and performance prediction of supercritical minichannel heat sink with airfoil-shaped obstructions using GA-tuned neural network", Applied Thermal Engineering, vol.227, no.120352, pp.120352 (1-15), Elsevier 2023, 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2023.120352       Article

A FIVE-DAY COMPREHENSIVE WORKSHOP ON FLUID FLOW AND HEAT TRANSFER RESEARCH Mechanical Engineering (Workshop)
International Conference on Innovations in Thermo-Fluid Engineering and Sciences [ICITFES - 2020] Mechanical Engineering (Conference)
  • Co-Coordinator
  • 10 Feb 2020 - 12 Feb 2020
  • Brochure
CNC Machining with Programming Practice Mechanical Engineering (Short-term Course)
  • Co-Coordinator
  • 16 Dec 2019 - 20 Dec 2019
  • Brochure
National Conference on Recent Developments in Mechanical Engineering Mechanical Engineering (Conference)
  • Co-Coordinator
  • 27 Jul 2018 - 29 Jul 2018
  • Brochure

  • ME2302 : Fluid Mechanics {Theory}
  • ME250 : Thermal Sciences {Theory}
  • ME251 : Engineering Thermodynamics {Theory}
  • ME255 : Thermal Engineering {Theory}
  • ME3301 : Heat Transfer {Theory}
  • ME3303 : Fluid Dynamics and Hydraulic Machines {Theory}
  • ME350 : Heat Transfer {Theory}
  • ME351 : Fluid Mechanics {Theory}
  • ME352 : Hydraulic Machines and Fluid Power {Theory}
  • ME4361 : Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Machinery {Theory}
  • ME451 : Heat Transfer {Theory}
  • ME6305 : Advanced Thermodynamics {Theory}
  • ME6336 : Gas Dynamics and Free Molecular Flow {Theory}
  • ME654 : Advanced Thermodynamics {Theory}
  • ME656 : Gas Turbines and Jet Propulsion {Theory}
  • ME750 : Gas Dynamics and Free Molecular Flow {Theory}
  • ME1000 : Workshop Practice {Practical}
  • ME271 : Thermal Engineering Laboratory {Practical}
  • ME273 : Basic Thermal Engineering Laboratory {Practical}
  • ME3071 : Basic Mechanical Engineering Laboratory {Practical}
  • ME372 : Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Machines Laboratory {Practical}
  • ME4373 : Heat Transfer and Refrigeration Laboratory {Practical}
  • ME480 : Thermal Engineering Design Project {Practical}
  • ME676 : Computational Heat Transfer Laboratory {Practical}
  • ME677 : Computational Fluid Flow Laboratory {Practical}
  • ME774 : Heat Transfer and Fluid Flow Laboratory {Practical}
  • ME871 : Vacuum Laboratory {Practical}
  • WS1151 : Workshop Practice - I {Practical}

Ph.D. Students [5]
Phase-split of Liquid-liquid Two-phase Flow in T-junction: Numerical, Experimental, and Computational Intelligence-Based Investigations
Animesh Kumar
Enrolled: Jan 2015
Graduated :  Aug 2025
Supervisor
Recognition, Characterization, Categorization, and Forecasting of Counter-Current Gas-Liquid and Liquid-Liquid Two-Phase Flow-Structures: Experimental, Computational, and Numerical Attempts
Kumar Samal
Enrolled: Jul 2014
Graduated :  Oct 2022
Supervisor
Fluid Flow and Heat Transfer
Chinmaya Behera
Enrolled: Jul 2025
Continuing
Supervisor
Fluid Flow and Heat Transfer
Sonali Samanta
Enrolled: Jul 2025
Continuing
Supervisor
Fluid Flow and Heat Transfer
Prateek Debadarsi Roul
Enrolled: Jul 2024
Continuing
Supervisor
Executive Ph.D. Students [3]
Enhancing the performance of solar power empowered glass melting tank
Hariom
Enrolled: Jul 2025
Continuing
Co-Supervisor
Thermo-Fluid Science & Engg
Priyavrat Kumar
Enrolled: Jul 2024
Continuing
Supervisor
Thermo-fluid Engineering
Alankar
Enrolled: Sep 2023
Continuing
Supervisor
M.Tech by Research Students [1]
Effect of Operating Conditions, Lobe-number, Clearance Size and Rotor Profile on the Transient Hydrodynamics, Heat Interaction, and Performance of a Root Blower
Pranjal Bhuyan
Graduated :  Mar 2018
Supervisor