Nanofluids Technology for Thermal Sciences and Engineering: Research, Development, and Applications

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Mukesh Kumar Awasthi did his PhD on the topic Viscous Correction for the Potential Flow Analysis of Capillary and KelvinHelmholtz instability. He is an assistant professor in the Department of Mathematics at Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University Lucknow. Dr. Awasthi specialized in the mathematical modeling of flow problems. He has taught courses on Fluid Mechanics Discrete Mathematics Partial differential equations Abstract Algebra Mathematical Methods and Measure theory to postgraduate students. He has excellent knowledge in the mathematical modeling of flow problems and he can solve these problems analytically as well as numerically. He has a good grasp of subjects like viscous potential flow electrohydrodynamics magnetohydrodynamics heat and mass transfer. Dr. Awasthi qualified for the National Eligibility Test (NET) conducted on all India level in 2008 by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) and got a Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) and Senior Research Fellowship (SRF) for doing research. He has published 115 plus research publications (journal articles/books/book chapters/conference articles) in many national and international journals and conferences. Also he has published eight books. He has attended many symposia workshops and conferences in mathematics as well as fluid mechanics. He got Research Awards four times consecutively from 2013 to 2016 from the University of Petroleum and Energy Studies Dehradun India. He has also received startup research funds for his project Nonlinear study of the interface in multilayer fluid system from UGC New Delhi. He is also listed in the top 2% of influential researchers in the world prepared by Stanford University based on Scopus data in 2022.Dr. Nitesh Dutt is an associate professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering COER University Roorkee Uttarakhand India. He has more than 7 years of teaching experience. He did his bachelors degree in mechanical engineering and has a Masters and PhD from IIT Roorkee. He has published more than 11 research articles in international journals and conferences. His main areas of research include nuclear engineering heat and mass transfer thermodynamics fluid mechanics refrigeration and air conditioning computational fluid dynamics (CFD).Dr. Ashwani Kumar holds a PhD in Mechanical Engineering with a specialization in Mechanical Vibration and Design. Currently he is serving as a senior lecturer in Mechanical Engineering (Gazetted Officer Group B) at the Technical Education Department Uttar Pradesh Kanpur India (under the Government of Uttar Pradesh). He has been serving the department since December 2013. Previously Dr. Kumar worked as an assistant professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Graphic Era University Dehradun India (NIRF Ranking 55) from July 2010 to November 2013. With over 13 years of experience in research academia and administration he has taken on various roles including Coordinator for AICTEExtension of Approval Nodal officer for PMKVYTI Scheme (Government of India) internal coordinatorCDTP scheme (Government of Uttar Pradesh) Industry Academia relation officer Assistant Centre Superintendent (ACS)Institute Examination Cell and Zonal Officer to conduct Joint Entrance Examination (JEEDiploma). He also served as a Sector Magistrate for Lok SabhaVidhan Sabha Election. As an academician and researcher Dr. Kumar holds the position of Series Editor for five book series published by CRC Press (Taylor & Francis USA) and Wiley Scrivener Publishing USA. The book series include Advances in Manufacturing Design and Computational Intelligence Techniques Renewable and Sustainable Energy Developments Smart Innovations and Technological Advancements in Mechanical and Materials Engineering Solar Thermal Energy Systems: Advancements in Engineering Ergonomics Sustainable Development and Computational Intelligence and Biomedical Engineering. Additionally he serves as the guest editor of a special issue titled Sustainable Buildings Resilient Cities and Infrastructure Systems for Buildings (ISSN: 20755309 I.F. 3.8). Dr. Kumar is also the EditorinChief for the International Journal of Materials Manufacturing and Sustainable Technologies (IJMMST ISSN: 25836625) and the Editor of the International Journal of Energy Resources Applications (IJERA ISSN: 25836617). His contributions extend to being a guest editor and editorial board member for eight international journals as well as a review board member for 20 prestigious international journals indexed in SCI/ SCIE/Scopus including Applied Acoustics Measurement JESTEC AJSE SVJME and LAJSS. He has authored and coauthored over 100 research articles in journals book chapters and conferences and has published three patents. Recognized for his excellence in academic and research endeavors he has received the Best Teacher award. He has successfully supervised 15 B. Tech. M.Tech and PhD theses and serves as an external doctoral committee member at SRM University New Delhi. His current research interests encompass AI & ML in mechanical engineering smart materials & manufacturing techniques thermal energy storage building efficiency renewable energy harvesting sustainable transportation and heavy vehicle dynamics.