Prof. Avinash Kumar Agarwal joined IIT Kanpur in
2001. He worked at the Engine Research Center,
University of Wisconsin at Madison, USA as a
Post-Doctoral Fellow (1999–2001). His interests are
IC engines, combustion, alternate and conventional
fuels, lubricating oil tribology, optical diagnostics, laser
ignition, HCCI, emissions and particulate control, and
large bore engines. Prof. Agarwal has published 270+
peer reviewed international journal and conference
papers, 35 edited books, and 63 books chapters. He is
an associate editor of ASME Journal of Energy
Resources Technology, and has edited the Handbook
of Combustion, Wiley VCH, Germany. Prof. Agarwal
is a Fellow of SAE, ASME, NASI, Royal Society of
Chemistry, ISEES, and INAE. He has been the
recipient of several prestigious awards such as
Clarivate Analystics India Citation Award-2017 in
Engineering
and
Technology,
NASI-Reliance
Industries Platinum Jubilee Award-2012; INAE Silver
Jubilee Young Engineer Award-2012; Dr. C. V. Raman
Young Teachers Award: 2011; SAE Ralph R. Teetor
Educational Award -2008; INSA Young Scientist
Award-2007; UICT Young Scientist Award-2007;
INAE Young Engineer Award-2005. Prof. Agarwal
received Prestigious Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar
Award-2016 in Engineering Sciences.
Contributors
Avinash Kumar Agarwal Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian
Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India
Sana Fatima Ali Centre for Energy Studies, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi,
New Delhi, India
Bhabajit Baruah Department of Mechanical Engineering, Girijananda
Chowdhury Institute of Management and Technology, Guwahati, India
Anirban Bhattacharya School of Mechanical Sciences, IIT Bhubaneswar,
Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
Santosh B. Bopche Department of Mechanical Engineering, NIT Hamirpur,
Hamirpur, India
Prodyut R. Chakraborty Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute
of Technology Jodhpur, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India
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