Santosh Kumar Senapati

Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering

Research Interest:

  • Multi phase flow & Heat Transfer 
  • Slurry flow
  • Rhelogy of drilling fluids 
  • Computational investigation of natural, forced and conjugate heat transfer
  • Electronic component cooling
  • Nano fluids
  • CFD.

Always open for a positive & fruitful research collaboration. 

Students interested in pursuing Ph.D. in the above-mentioned research areas can write to me at sk.senapati@iipe.ac.in
   

Connect

08912856043 (Office)


Room no:316 (G), Department of Mechanical Engineering, IIPE

Second floor, AU Engineering College (A)

Andhra University, Visakhapatnam-530003

Email: sk.senapati@iipe.ac.in

Phone:08912856043


Teaching Interests

Courses Instructed at IIPE

Autumn Session

Applied Thermal Engineering-I (ME3102), V Sem, 2025-26 (Continuing)

Kinematics of Machines (ME 2101), III Sem, 2024-25, 2025-26 (Continuing)

Fluid Flow Lab (ME 2103), III Sem, 2024-25, Fluid Mechanics Lab (ME 2103), III Sem, 2025-26 (Continuing)

Mechanical Engineering Lab-1 (ME 3105), V Sem, 2025-26 (Continuing)

Advanced Concepts in Fluid Mechanics & Multiphase Flow, 1st Sem, (Ph.D.), 2024-25, 2025-26 (Continuing)

Spring Session

Physics (IC1202), Spring Session, II Sem, 2023-24, 2024-25.

Dynamics of Machines (ME 2204), IV Sem, 2024-25 

Advanced Heat Transfer, 1st Sem, Ph.D.,2024-25

Workshop (Practical) (IC1208), II Sem, 2023-24 

Courses Instructed at MIT Manipal

Thermal Engineering (UG)

Fluid Mechanics & Machinery (UG)

Advanced Thermodynamics (PG)

Workshop practice (Practical) (UG)

Engineering Graphics (I & II)  (Practical) (UG)

Mechanical Engineering Lab (I & II)  (Practical) (UG)

Research Methodology & Technical Communication Lab  (Practical) (PG)

Courses Instructed at CAPGS, BPUT, Rourkela

Advanced Heat Transfer (PG)




Education

Ph.D.,  CFD Laboratory, Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur.

M.Tech (Thermal Engineering), National Institute of Technology Raipur.

Professional Experience

  • Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Petroleum and Energy, Visakhapatnam. (October 2023-Till date)
  • Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering, Manipal Institute of Technology, Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE), Manipal, karnataka. (July 2022-September 2023)
  • Faculty (Guest) in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Center for Advanced Post Graduate Studies (CAPGS), Biju Patnaik University of Technology, Rourkela, Odisha. (December 2021-May 2022)

Member of Professional Bodies

1. Life Member: Indian Society for Heat and Mass Transfer (ISHMT)

2. Life Member: National Society of Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power (NSFMFP)

Patents

1. Patent on "Flat Plate Heat Sink",  Accepted & published in IPR, Govt. of India (Design Application number:413189-001,  Journal No: 07/2025 and Journal Date: 14/02/2025)   (At IIPE)

2. Patent on "Heat Sink" Accepted & published in IPR, Govt. of India (Design Application number: 386475-001, Journal No: 14/2024 and Journal Date: 05/04/2024)

3. Patent on "Flat plate Heat sink with perforated hollow cylindrical fins having circumferential rings", Design Application No. 461308-001, dated 05/06/2025, Filed in in IPR, Govt. of India.
4. Patent on "plate Heat sink with hollow cylindrical fins having spiral threads", Design Application No. 461309-001, dated 05/06/2025, Filed in in IPR, Govt. of India.


Research Projects

1.  Design and Development of HPCL-Advanced Prototyping Center (Makerspace), HPCL (PI)

2. To Predict the Film Effectiveness of cooled HPNGV external surface under Cascade flow conditions. Aeronautics R&D Board (ARDB), DRDO. (Co-PI)

 

Awards & Honors

  • Silver Medalist in M.Tech

Administrative Responsibilities:

Institute Level:

1. Warden, Men's Hostel-1 (Pranavi Enclave)

2. Coordinator-Career Development & Placement Cell (Mechanical)

3. Member, Newsletter & Magazine Committee

4. Member, B.Tech Admission Committee. 

5. Member, Convocation Committe

6. Member, Verification Committees for physical verification of Assets

7. Faculty Advisor for B.Tech Mechanical Engineering (2024 admission batch)

Department Level:

1. Prof. In-Charge Fluid Mechanics Laboratory

2. Prof. In-Charge Dynamics Laboratory

3. Prof. In-Charge Workshop

4. Prof. In-Charge Mechanical Department Examination

Phd Students:

1. Namburi Hymavathi (Regular) 

2. Nalla Pradeep (Regular)

3. Satya Prakash (Sponsored)

Invited Lecture

1.   Guest Lecture on "Simulating the Science of Flow: A CFD Perspective, Baba Institute of Technology & Science (BITS), Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh in association with Institution of Engineers (IEI) on 20th August 2025.

2.  Guest Lecture on " CFD Essentials: A Hands-on Approach" organized by Sasi Institute of Technology and Engineering, Tadepalligudem, Andhra Pradesh in association with Institution of Engineers (IEI) on 15th March 2025.

3.  Guest Lecture on "Arts of Scientific Writing: Key elements for Journal Success" organized by Samata Degree College, Visakhapatnam on 11th March 2025.

4.  Keynote speaker for the 1st International Conference on Resourceful solutions for Sustainable Engineering (RSSE-2024) organized by GIET University, Gunupur, Odisha.


 


Reviewer

  •   Domain Expert for the Mechanical Engineering Domain- Virtual Lab project, MoE, Govt. of India.
  •  Journals:

1. Powder Technology (Elsevier)

2. Chemical Engineering Research & Design (Elsevier)

3. Particuology (Elsevier)

4. Particulate Science and Technology (Taylor & Francis)

5. Scientific Report (Springer Nature)

6. Chemical Product and Process modeling (Walter de Gruyter GmbH)

  • Conferences:

1. International conference on recent advances in science and engineering (RAISE-2023)”, 4th-5th October 2023, Dubai.

2. 6th International Conference on Material strength and Applied Mechanics (MSAM 2023)”, 4th-7th July 2023, China.

3. The Fourth International Conference on Mechanical, Electric and Industrial Engineering”, May 24-26, 2022 in Sanya, China.

4. The Fourth International Conference on Mechanical, Electric and Industrial Engineering”, May 22-24, 2021 in Kunming, China.

5. International Conference on the novel functional materials (ICNFM-2018)”, China.