PROFILE



Department of Mechanical Engineering


Dr. Susheel Singh Bhandari


DESIGNATION:Assistant Professor
QUALIFICATION:B.Tech (Mechanical Engineering), M.Tech. (Thermal Science), Ph.D. (Fluid Mechanics and Thermal Science)
SPECIALISATION:Thermal Engineering
EMAIL:bhandarisusheel31[at]gmail[dot]com
susheelsinghbhandari[dot]me[at]gbpuat-tech[dot]ac[dot]in
CONTACT NO.:+91-9410725208

Research Areas/Areas of Interest

  • Experimental Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer
  • Optical measurement techniques Particle Image velocimetry
  • Hot wire Anemometry, Interferometry, Schileren and Shadowgraph in heat & fluid flow
  • Laser diagnostic in thermal fluid science
  • Solar Energy (solar cookers, flat plate collectors, concentrating collectors)
  • Solar Photovoltaic & Phase change thermal energy storage system, Computational fluid dynamics and heat transfer.

  • Selected Research Publications

    1. Shubham Mallik and S. S. Bhandari, Melting performance enhancement of Lauric acid in a horizontal shell and tube latent heat storage system using different fin configuration , 9th International and 49st National Conference on Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power FMFP-2022, Paper No. 981, December 14-16, 2022, IIT Roorkee, Roorkee-247667.

    2. Govind Verma and S. S. Bhandari, Performance comparison of different phase change materials on a box type solar cooker during off sunshine hours in Pantnagar (Uttarakhand), Proceedings of International Conference on Threats and challenges to sustainability of natural resources: contemporary remedial tools and techniques (TCSNR- 2021), Oct 23-24, 2021, College of Technology, GBPUA&T Pantnagar-263145, Uttarakhand, India, ISBN:978-93-91664-02-2.

    3. S. S. Bhandari, Deepak Pal and Govind Verma, Experimental studies on hybrid solar cooker using phase change materials and PV Technology, Proceedings of the 26th National and 4th International ISHMT-ASTFE Heat and Mass Transfer Conference, December 17-20, 2021, IHMTC2021–342, pp. 1397-1402, IIT Madras, Chennai-600036, Tamil Nadu, India.

    4. S. S. Bhandari, Maneesh S. Bhandari, and Devaki Nandan, Phase change materials (PCMs): corroborates to temperature reduction for thermal comfort in buildings. Interdisciplinary Environmental Review, Vo. 22 (2), pp. 118-142. (Peer reviewed Environmental, Agriculture and International Development Index).

    5. Govind Verma, A. Mehta, and S. S. Bhandari, Trend analysis and applicability of fuzzy time series models to night-time luminosity data of Uttarakhand state, India. Indian Journal of science and Technology, Vo. 15 (28), pp. 1372-1380. (Peer reviewed, web of science Journal).

    6. S. S. Bhandari, K. Muralidhar, and Y. M. Joshi, Enhanced thermal transport through a soft glassy nano-disk paste. Physical Review E, Vol. 87, pp. 022301-6 (2013). (Impact factor-2.25)

    7. S. S. Bhandari, K. Muralidhar, and Y. M. Joshi, Thermal diffusivity and viscosity of suspensions of disk-shaped nanoparticles. Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, Vol. 52, pp. 15114-15123 (2013). (Impact factor-2.20)

    8. A. Nigam, M. Maheswari, S. S. Bhandari and P. K. Panigrahi, Improved holographic reconstruction procedure for particle field and biological cell characterization. Proc. International conference on light, Optics’11 held at NIT Calicut, pp. OPD-6: 245-247, 23-25th May 2011.

    9. S. S. Bhandari, Y. M. Joshi and K. Muralidhar, Laser Interferometric determination of thermal diffusivity of transparent soft glassy materials, ASME 2012 Fluids Engineering Summer Meeting, Paper Number: FEDSM-72228, 8-12th July 2012, Rio Grande-Puerto Rico, USA.

    10. S. S. Bhandari, Effect of sodium pyrophosphate and polyethylene oxide on thermal diffusivity of Laponite RD suspension, 5th International and 41st National Conference on Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power FMFP-2014, Paper No. 421, December 12-14, 2014, IIT Kanpur, Kanpur-208016.

    11. S. S. Bhandari, G. Gupta, P. Upreti, M. Negi, Performance Comparison of Different Phase Change Materials For Solar Cooking During off Sun Sunshine Hours, ICTEA: International Conference on Thermal Engineering, paper No. 94, 22-27 Feb., 2019

    Other Information

    Course coordinator (2015-2020)

  • Organized STC on Computational fluid dynamics: Theory and Practice, 3-7 April 2018.
  • Organized STC on Experimental and Numerical Methods in Thermal Science, 24-29 September, 2018.

  • Guest lecture/Invited speaker (2015-2020)

  • Delivered lecture in Optical Instrumentation on Feb, 21, 2018 at National seminar on Recent advanced in software engineering, Future Institute of Technology Bareilly.
  • Delivered lecture in Optical methods in heat transfer and fluid flow on 24 September, 2018 at STC on Experimental and numerical methods in thermal science, Pantnagar University

  • UG Project Completed- 4

    M.Tech. Project Supervision- 3