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Dr. P. Muthukumar

Professor (HAG)
Dean of Faculty Affairs

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Indian Institute of Tirupati
Yerpedu - Veknatagiri Road
Tirupati District, A.P - 517619.

Contact Details

E-mail: pmkumar@iittp.ac.in, pmkumariitg@gmail.com

Areas of Specialization:

Hydrogen energy (storage and applications), Metal hydride based thermal machines, Porous medium combustion, Refrigeration and Air-conditioning, Thermal energy storage, Sorption heating and cooling systems, Solar Drying.

Personal Information

Place of Birth:

Desavilakku, Salem District, Tamil Nadu, INDIA

Nationality:Indian

  • Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering, Studies on metal hydride based thermal devices for compression and storage of hydrogen, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, India, December 2004.
  • M.E. Mechanical Engineering, Specialization in Refrigeration & Air Conditioning, Coimbatore Institute of Technology, Bharathiyar University, February 1999.
  • B.E. Mechanical Engineering, University of Madras, April 1996.
  • Hydrogen energy (storage and applications)
  • Metal hydride based thermal machines
  • Porous medium combustion
  • Thermal energy storage
  • Refrigeration
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    Details of employment (past & present)

    Organization/ Institute

    Position Held

    Nature of work

    Date of Joining

    Date of Leaving

    IIT Tirupati

     HAG Professor

    Teaching / Research

    01-05-2024

    Continuing

    IIT Tirupati

     Professor

    Teaching / Research

    25-05-2022

    30-04-2024

    IIT Guwahati

     Professor

    Teaching / Research

    28-01-2015

    24-05-2022

    IIT Guwahati

    Associate  Professor

    Teaching / Research

    9-01-2010

    27-01-2015

    IIT Guwahati

    Assistant Professor

    Teaching / Research

    27-01-2006

    8-01-2010

    IIT Madras

    Project Officer

    Research

    July 2004

    Jan. 2006

    Details of Overseas Professional Experiences

    Organization/ Institute

    Position Held

    Nature of work

    Date of Joining

    Date of Leaving

    Wichita State University

    Visiting Professor under Fulbright Fellowship

    Teaching / Research

    1st March 2018

    29th June 2018

    University of South Florida

    Visiting Professor under BASE fellowship

    Teaching / Research

    3rd June 2014

    29th Nov 2014

    University of Stuttgart Germany

    Visiting Faculty under DAAD Fellowship

    Research and Teaching

    1st June - 31st July 2008

    4th June - 31st July 2010

    10st July – 30th July 2012

    University of Stuttgart Germany

    Scholar Exchange

    Research

    Sept 2000

    Dec 2000
    • Assistent Editor (International journal of Hydrogen Energy)
    • PAC Charimen Cum Convener of the Committe Hydrogen storage
    • BIRAC-Innovation Challenge Award-SoCH Stage – 2 2020-21 from Department of Biotechnology, Govt of India
    • Abdul Kalam Technology Innovation National Fellowship 2020-2021 from Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE) DST, Govt. of India.
    • Outstanding Engineering Service Award from Institution of Engineers (India), Rajasthan State on 15th September 2021
    • PAC Member, Applied Research Solar Stream”: Mechanical/Thermal - SERD 2019, DST, Govt of India.
    • Eminent Engineer 2019 from “The Institution of Engineers (India)”, Assam State Centre, 15th Sep 2019.
    • National Award in Mechanical Engineering Design, from National Design & Research Forum (NDRF) of Institute of Engineers (India), 21st Dec 2017.
    • Fulbright-Nehru Academic & Professional Excellence Award (Teaching & Research) 2017 from Indo - U.S. Science and Technology Forum. Visited Wichita State University, USA form March – May 2018.
    • President,Indian Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air Conditioning Engineers (ISHRAE), Guwahati sub-chapter from April 2016 – March 2017
    • Fellow, Institute of Engineers (India) , September 2015 onwards.
    • Chartered Engineer, The Institution of Engineers (India), 2015 onwards
    • Er. M.P. Baya National Award 2015 for outstanding Mechanical Engineerfrom Instituted by “The Institution of Engineers (India)”, Udaipur.
    • President (Elect),Indian Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air Conditioning Engineers (ISHRAE), Guwahati sub-chapter from March 2015 – March 2016.
    • Bhaskara Advanced Solar Energy Fellowship (BASE Fellowship), Indo - U.S. Science and Technology Forum, Visited Clean Energy Research Centre, University of South Florida, USA from June – November 2014.
    • Young Engineer Award -2012, from Senior Engineers Forum of Greater Guwahati.
    • DAAD Research Awards: DAAD Research Awards received 3 times for visiting German Universities during 1st June - 31st July 2008, 4th June - 31st July 2010 and 10st July – 30th July 2012.
    • Commission Member from India to work with the International Institute of Refrigeration (IIR) commission in different fields of refrigeration.
    • Represented India in Spain at Indo-Spain joint Workshop on Renewable Energy during 1st - 4th March 2011, Sevilla, Spain.
    • DAAD Research Award for visiting University of Stuttgart during 4thJune - 31st July 2010
    • IEI Young Engineer Award -2010 in Mechanical Engineering, from “The Institution of Engineers (India)”.
    • DAAD Research Award for visiting University of Stuttgart during1st June - 31st July 2008
    • SERC Fast Track Project Grant -2007 for Young Scientist by Department of Science and Technology, Government of India, New Delhi.
    • DST – DAAD Fellowship for visiting University of Stuttgart, Germany during Sept. 2000 to Dec. 2000.
    • Fellow, Institute of Engineers (India), Fellow No: F-120185-5.
    • Chartered Engineer, The Institution of Engineers (India), No F-120185-5.
    • Life Member, Indian Society of Heating Refrigerating and Air-conditioning Engineers, Membership No: 12096.
    • Life Member, Indian Society of Heat and Mass Transfer, Membership No: 548.
    • Life member, Indian Society of Solar Energy, Membership No: LM/1633/2011.
    • Life member, International society for Energy, Environment and Sustainability.
    • Dean, Faculty Affairs, IIT Tirupati, 8th Dec 2022 - continuing
    • Associate Dean, Industrial Interactions and Special Initiatives, IIT Guwahati, 1st Oct 2020 – 31st March 2022.
    • Chairman, Hostel Affair Board, IIT Guwahati, 1st October 2019 to 30th September 2020
    • Chairman, Institute Air-conditioning Committee, IIT Guwahati, 2013- 2017.

    Name of the Journal

    Impact factor

    Number of Paper published

    Int J Hydrogen Energy

     8.1

    46

    Applied Thermal Engineering

     6.4

    10

    Renewable Energy

     9.0

    12

    Solar Energy

     7.188

    12

    Thermal Science and Engineering Pogress

     5.1

    15

    Energy

     9

    6

    J Energy Storage

     8.9

    9

    Applied Energy

     10.1

    4

    Energy Conversion and Management

     9.9

    6

    Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments

     8

    6

    Energy for Sustainable Development

     5.655

    1

    J Cleaner Production

     11.072

    1

    Fuel

     8.035

    1

    J Building Environment

     7.144

    1

    Building and Environment

     7.4

    1

    Int Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer

     7

    1

    Clean Technologies and Environment Policy

     4.7

    2

    J Petroleum Science and Engineering

     5.168

    3

    J Alloys and Compounds

     6.371

    3

    Int J Refrigeration

     4.14

    2

    Int J Thermal Sciences

     5.0

    3

    J Building Engineering

     7.144

    3

    Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery

     4.1

    2

    Chemical Engineering Journal Advances

     6.14

    1

    ASCE's Journal o f Materials in Civil Engineering

     3.1

    1

    J Food Process Engineering

     3

    2

    Int J of Energy Research

     4.672

    2

    Int J Green Energy

     3.3

    2

    Heat and Mass Transfer

     2.325

    2

    Heat Transfer Engineering

     2.3

    3

    Energy Sources, Part A: Recovery, Utilization, and Environmental Effects.

     2.3

    1

    Sadhana

     1.6

    4

    Numerical Heat Transfer Part A: Applications

     2.928

    1

    Energy Storage

     2

    3.6

    J Energy Engineering - ACSE

     2.078

    1
    • Reviewer of more than 75 International reputed journals (Q1) on Areas such as energy, refrigeration and thermal science.
    • Evaluated over 200 PhD Theses from IITs, NITs, BARC and various state and central universities from India.
    • Evaluated over 300 research proposals from DST, MNRE, CSIR and Qatar Research Board.

    Sr. No.

    Course Name

    1

     Hydrogen Production, Storage and Safety

    2

     Heat and Mass Transfer

    3

     Applied thermodynamics

    4

     Mechanical Measurements

    5

     Mechanical Measurements

    6

     Thermodynamics Minor

    7

     Refrigeration and Air-conditioning

    8

     Sorption Heating and Cooling Systems

    9

     Experimental Methods

    10

     Convective Heat and Mass Transfer

    11

     Energy Storage

    12

     Fluid Mechanics Laboratory

    13

     Turbomachines Laboratory

    14

     Thermal Science Laboratory

    15

     Engineering Drawing (Tutor)
    • International Workshop on Hydrogen Energy (IWHE) 9th December 2024, IIT Tirupati, Convener - Prof P. Muthukumar.
    • 8th National and 2st International Conference on Refrigeration and Air Conditioning (NCRAC 2024) 13-15th March 2024, IIT Madras, Co-Chairman - Prof P. Muthukumar.
    • 7th National and 1st International Conference on Refrigeration and Air Conditioning (NCRAC 2022) 24-26th February 2022, IIT Guwahati. Organizing Secretary- Prof P. Muthukumar.
    • Recent Trends in Renewable Energy Utilization Technologies, TEQIP sponsored workshop: 8-12th May 2019. IIT Guwahati, Course Coordinator< – Prof P. Muthukumar, Total participants: 100
    • Energy Efficient and Green Energy Technologies, TEQIP sponsored workshop: 26-30th Nov 2018. IIT Guwahati, Course Coordinator – Prof P. Muthukumar, Total participants: 75
    • Refrigeration and Air-conditioning system, AICTE – ISHRAE sponsored workshop, 2-6th July 2018. IIT Guwahati, Total participants: 60
    • 2nd National Workshop on Recent Advancements in Refrigeration and Air-conditioning, 28th Jan 2017, IIT Guwahati, Sponsored by ISRAHE Guwahati Sub-chapter.
    • 1st National Workshop on Recent Advancements in Refrigeration and Air-conditioning, 13th Feb 2016, IIT Guwahati, Sponsored by ISRAHE Sub-chapter.
    • Advancement in Renewable Energy Utilization Systems - AICTE sponsored QIP short-term course: 2-6th Mach 2015, IIT Guwahati, Co-organiser: Dr.C.M.Somayaji
    • Recent Trends in Renewable Energy Utilization Systems, TEQIP sponsored workshop: 23-24th Jan 2015, IIT GuwahatI, Total number of participants : 60.
    • Recent Trends in Fuels and Combustion, AICTE sponsored QIP short-term course organized during 29th August – 2nd September 2011. IIT Guwahati, Total number of participants: 50.
    • Hydrogen Fuel and its Applications” AICTE sponsored QIP short-term course organized during September 15th – 19th 2008. IIT Guwahati, Total number of participants: 50.

    Recent Publications

    Student Achievements

    • Mr. Abhishek Parida Awarded the Prime Minister research Fellowship in May 2021
    • Ms. Nayanita kalita Awarded the Prime Minister research Fellowship in Dec 2021
    • Mr. Puneet Kumar Neema Awarded the Prime Minister research Fellowship in May 2022
    • Mr. C. Ashwin Karthik Awarded SERB – ITS Travel Grant (2022) for Young Scientist/Research Scholar for attending “15th International Green Energy Conference (IGEC-XV) United Kingdom, Scotland, University of Glasgow (2023)” from Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India (File Number:  ITS/2023/002293)
    • Mr. Abhishek Parida Awarded SERB – ITS Travel Grant (2024) for Young Scientist/Research Scholar for attending “18th International Symposium on Metal Hydrogen System, Saint Malo, France, 24th-31st May 2024” from Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India (File Number: ITS/2024/003560)
    • Mr. Shubham Parshar Awarded SERB – ITS Travel Grant (2024) for Young Scientist/Research Scholar for attending “16th International Conference on Sustainable Energy and Environmental Protection (SEEP-2024) 9-12 September, 2024 University of Natural Resources and Life Science, Vienna, Austria” from Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India (File Number: ITS/2018/004761)
    • Mr. Nikhil Chauhan Awarded IIT Tirupati Institute Grant (2024) for Young Scientist/Research Scholar for attending “16th International Conference on Sustainable Energy and Environmental Protection (SEEP-2024) 9-12 September, 2024 University of Natural Resources and Life Science, Vienna, Austria” from Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India (File Number: N/A)
    • Mr. Abhishek parida Awarded Griffith University (Australia) (2024) International Post graduate Fellowship for Conductiing Research as visiting Scholar.
    • Dr. Sunita Deb Joined As assistant Professor in National Institute of Technology Hyderabad.
    • Dr. ALOK KUMAR Joined As Research Fellow in Hydrogen Technologies in Centre for Sustainable Energy used in Food Chain (CSEF), Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, CESPS, Brunel University London.
    • Dr. Jenne Sunku Prasad Joined As Research Fellow in University of Warwick, UK.
    • Dr. Sayanthan Jana Joined As Scientific Researcher in Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg.
    • Dr. Pratibha Maurya Joined As Research scientist in KOKO Networks Gandhinagar.

    Latest News

    1. JRF & SRF Positions Vaccant in Mechanical and Chemical Engineering, Interested Candidate's Can Contact (pmkumar@iittp.ac.in)
    2. Research positions:
    3. M.Tech / M.S In areas of Mechanical and Chemical Engineering, Interested Candidate's Can Contact (pmkumar@iittp.ac.in)