Dr. Prodyut R. Chakraborty is an Assistant
Professor in the Mechanical Engineering, IIT Jodhpur
since February 2013. He received his Bachelor degree
of Mechanical Engineering from the North Bengal
University in 2000, and his M.Sc Engineering in 2004,
and PhD in 2011 both from the Department of
Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Science
Bangalore. Prior to his joining at IIT Jodhpur, he
worked for two years at the Department of Material
Physics in Space in German Aerospace Center
(DLR) Cologne as a postdoctoral research fellow. He
also worked as a Research Analyst at the Applied CFD
Lab, G.E. Global Research Centre Bangalore from
2004 to 2005. His primary area of research is numerical
modeling of alloy solidification, latent heat based
energy storage systems for high temperature applications, Thermal management and thermal comfort, and
sorption cooling.
Dr. Satvasheel Powar is an Assistant Professor in the
School of Engineering, IIT Mandi since June 2015. He
received his Bachelors (Production Engineering) from
Shivaji University in 2003, and Masters (Mechanical
Engineering) from the Dalarna University, Sweden in
2005. He then worked with Greatcell Solar S.A.,
Switzerland, and G24i, the UK. He received his Ph.D.
in Chemistry/Materials Engineering from the Monash
University, Australia in 2013. Before joining at IIT
Mandi, he worked for two and half years at the
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore as a
postdoctoral research fellow. His primary area of
research is new generation solar photovoltaic and solar
thermal utilization. He was recently awarded the
Bhaskara Advanced Solar Energy fellowship by
Indo-US Science and Technology Forum (IUSSTF) to
visit Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory,
University of California, Berkeley, USA for three
months.
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Professor in the Mechanical Engineering, IIT Jodhpur
since February 2013. He received his Bachelor degree
of Mechanical Engineering from the North Bengal
University in 2000, and his M.Sc Engineering in 2004,
and PhD in 2011 both from the Department of
Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Science
Bangalore. Prior to his joining at IIT Jodhpur, he
worked for two years at the Department of Material
Physics in Space in German Aerospace Center
(DLR) Cologne as a postdoctoral research fellow. He
also worked as a Research Analyst at the Applied CFD
Lab, G.E. Global Research Centre Bangalore from
2004 to 2005. His primary area of research is numerical
modeling of alloy solidification, latent heat based
energy storage systems for high temperature applications, Thermal management and thermal comfort, and
sorption cooling.
Dr. Satvasheel Powar is an Assistant Professor in the
School of Engineering, IIT Mandi since June 2015. He
received his Bachelors (Production Engineering) from
Shivaji University in 2003, and Masters (Mechanical
Engineering) from the Dalarna University, Sweden in
2005. He then worked with Greatcell Solar S.A.,
Switzerland, and G24i, the UK. He received his Ph.D.
in Chemistry/Materials Engineering from the Monash
University, Australia in 2013. Before joining at IIT
Mandi, he worked for two and half years at the
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore as a
postdoctoral research fellow. His primary area of
research is new generation solar photovoltaic and solar
thermal utilization. He was recently awarded the
Bhaskara Advanced Solar Energy fellowship by
Indo-US Science and Technology Forum (IUSSTF) to
visit Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory,
University of California, Berkeley, USA for three
months.
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Editors and Contributors