K.A SHAFI

Dynamic educator and leader with extensive experience at TKM College of Engineering, excelling in curriculum design and career guidance. Proven track record in enhancing research initiatives and mentoring students, fostering a vibrant academic environment. Adept at strategic planning and conflict resolution, driving institutional success through innovative programs and collaborative efforts.

• The Institution of Engineers (India), M-133353-9
• Society of Automotive Engineers (USA), 610517504101
• Aeronautical Society of India, M17393
• Combustion Institute (Indian section), LMC833
• Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE), LM40770
• Indian Society for Heating Refrigerating and Air conditioning Engineers (ISHRAE), KO/OO/AN/0101
• Indian Society of Mechanical Engineers (ISME), SMISME 2020 02 11
• Indian Cryogenic Council (ICC), LM 591
• Indian Society for Heat and Mass Transfer (ISHMT), LM 645
• Association of Food Scientists and Technologists (India), 3/R156/12/KOL

• Chartered Engineer [India], 06/08/20
• Solar Chartered Engineer, 02/13/23

• Developed India’s first laboratory-based pulse tube cryocooler (CCT, IISc Bangalore), achieving a benchmark no-load temperature of 2.5 K
• § Successfully developed the first-of-its-kind experimental setup in an Indian laboratory for measuring the emissivity of coatings and thin films under cryogenic conditions.
• Received the Judges' Special Prize for Best Paper at the National Conference on Refrigeration and Air Conditioning (NCRAC 2009), held at IIT Madras from January 8 to 10, 2009
• Awarded Best Paper at the International Conference on Frontiers in Automobile and Mechanical Engineering (FAME-2010), held at Sathyabama University, Chennai, from November 25 to 27, 2010
• Received the Best Paper Award at the National Conference on Technology Frontiers of Mechanical Engineering (CoMET’12), held on June 2, 2012, at St Joseph’s College of Engineering and Technology, Palai
• Nominated as an Expert Visit Committee panel member of AICTE
• Awarded the 'Innovative Research and Dedicated Professor Award in Mechanical Engineering Specialization' in 2021

Department of Mechanical Engineering

TKM College of Engineering

Title : 1. Design of fabric dryer, design no. 364340-001, dated 18/05/2022

• 2. Design of solar radiation instrument, design no. 437730-001, 18/11/2024

Total: 71 publications

Journal contributions: international - 24, national - 10, total - 34

Conference contributions: international - 13, national - 24, total - 37

Google Scholar citation indices: total citations – 113, h-index – 5

i10 index – 3

Google Scholar page: https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=LDLUwkwAAAAJ&hl=en

§ Received a research projecttitled "Development of Emissivity measurement Setup and Studies of emissivity of Cryo components down to 77K” from Department of Atomic Energy, Board of Research in Fusion Science & Technology (BRFST), Institute of Plasma Research (IPR), Gandhinagar, Ahmedabad, for an amount of 27,33,000 INR on 08.10.2015.

§ Received seed money for an amount of 1,88,000 INR under TEQIP-II, for conducting "Investigatory study on vacuum qualified materials".

§ "Development of Capacitance based Flow Meters for Laminar Two-Phase flow of Liquid Nitrogen" funded by the Board of Research in Nuclear Sciences (BRNS)-Department of Atomic Energy during the period 2018-21 with a funding of 30,790,00 INR

§ Received a research projecttitled “Development of capacitance-based flow meter for laminar two-phase flow of LN2” for 21,51,600 INR, from Board of Research in Nuclear Sciences (BRNS)-Department of Atomic Energy on 19.12.2019.

Ph. D   Research Scholars completed and ongoing

§ Received seed money for an amount of 1,50,000 INR under TEQIP-II, for conducting “Development and performance evaluation of a new thermal insulation material from water hyacinth”