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Research

​​Current Research Areas

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Refer to MultiPhase Flows Laborotary Website here. 

Experimental thermal-fluid sciences and Multiphase flows applications: Cost-effective strategies for Water-lifting in India; Small scale hydropower: Silt and Cavitation erosion in hydroturbines; Hydrokinetic turbines, Gas-liquid mass transfer for environmental applications such as wastewater treatment, aeration and water desalination; Flow Measurement and Visualization; Drop Impacts; 

Innovative Pedagogy in Engineering Education, Active Learning in Engineering (Refer to www.drkarnteaching.com); Early Science, Technology, Engineering, Education & Mathematics of India.

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Prior Research Areas

Doctoral research, Masters research and Undergraduate research.

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External Research Funding: 

  • IKS Wiki Articles in Mathematics, Astronomy and Physical Sciences. Research Internship Grant, 2024. (As Project Investigator). IKS Division, Ministry of Education, Government of India (2023)

  • Creation of IKS-based Hands-On Activities/Indian Toys for High School Science Education (grades 9, 10, 11 and 12) and NCERT-based Translated Materials in Odia for High School Phase II (grades 11 and 12) Science Education (Physics, Chemistry and Biology), co-PI ,(PI: Dr. Nachieketa Sharma, SoA university, Bhubaneshwar).IKS Division, Ministry of Education, Government of India (2022)

  • PI of a research proposal funded by AICTE under IKS division to carry out research into mathematics, astronomy, sustainable agriculture and food preservation systems of India.Science and Engineering Research Board, DST India (2018)

  • Early Career Research Award, 2018 for the project titled "Ventilation Augmented Supercavitating Turbines (VAST) Technology for Next Generation Hydropower", Funding Amount: Rs. 44.58 Lakhs.National Innovation Foundation, DST India (2020)

  • COVID Innovation Challenge, 2020. Design, Fabrication and Pilot Study of a COmfortably Vented Indigenously Designed (COVID) Fabric Helmet to Curb Infection Spread in Community Settings such as Education and Healthcare. 

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Internal Research Funding: 

  • Experimental Investigation of ventilated supercavitation at high cavitator temperature, UPES SEED Grant, 2021 (with Mr. Kumar Gaurav as PI)

  • Novel technology of water lifting technique and efficiency enhancement of hydro turbines in remote hilly areas, UPES SEED Grant, 2021 (with Dr. Ramesh Donga as PI)

  • Novel strategies to induce bubble coalescence for industrial and naval applications, UPES SEED Grant, 2018 (With Dr. Abhay Kumar as Co-PI)

  • In-situ monitoring of industrial bubbly flows and Bubble size control by continuous feedback system, UPES SEED Grant, 2018 

  • Conversion of waste sewage sludge to wealth via hydrolysis/methanogenesis and pyrolysis, UPES SEED Grant, 2018 (Co-PI with Dr. V Chintala)

  • Development of a test facility for the efficiency measurement of novel hydrokinetic turbine designs:  Experiments on a model 1kW cross-flow turbine for battery charging. (SODH Scheme)

  • Performance Enhancement of  Savonius Hydrokinetic turbines employing momentum redirection. (SODH Scheme)​

 

Research/Innovation Impact 

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