Dr Ojas Satbhai

A motivated scientist & engineer with extensive knowledge of thermal engineering & CFD modelling; having more than 2.5 years of post-PhD experience. Hardworking with strong understanding of heat and fluid flow modelling for passive and active electronic cooling; multi-scale, multi-physics modelling in manufacturing processes; energy storage systems, PCM based thermal technologies. Adaptable and hardworking individual with excellent problem-solving skills, innovative mind with excellent interpersonal skills for solving next generation engineering problems.

Selected advanced PG and Ph. D level courses:

• 1. Solidification processing (10/10)
• 2. Advance thermodynamics (9/10)
• 3. Convection heat transfer (9/10)
• 4. Advance fluid mechanics (8/10)
• 5. Conduction and radiation heat transfer (10/10)
• 6. Laser material processing (10/10)

Publications:

• O. Satbhai, S. Roy, S. Ghosh, 2018, Role of heating location on the performance of a natural convection driven melting process inside a square shaped thermal energy storage system." Journal of Thermal Science and Engineering Applications, 10(6), p.061007 (Impact factor: 1.470).
• O. Satbhai, S. Roy, 2020, Criteria for the onset of convection in the phase-change Rayleigh–Bénard system with moving melting-boundary. Physics of Fluids, 32(6), 064107 (Impact factor: 4.980).
• O. Satbhai, S. Roy, S. Ghosh,S. Chakraborty, R. Lakkaraju, 2019, Comparison of the quasi-steady-state heat transport in phase-change and classical Rayleigh B\'{e}nard convection for a wide range of Stefan number and Rayleigh number, Physics of fluid, (2019):31(9), 096605 (Impact factor: 4.980).
• O. Satbhai, S. Roy, S. Ghosh, 2019, Direct numerical simulation of a low Prandtl number Rayleigh-B\'{e}nard convection, Journal of Thermal Science and Engineering Applications, 11(6), p.061004 (Impact factor: 1.470).
• O. Satbhai, S. Roy, S. Ghosh, 2017, A parametric multi-scale, multiphysics numerical investigation in a casting process for Al-Si alloy and a macroscopic approach for prediction of ECT and CET events, Applied Thermal Engineering 113 : 386-412 (Impact factor: 6.465).
• O. Satbhai, S. Roy, S. Ghosh, Numerical Simulation of Laser Surface Remelting on Unstructured Grids, Transactions of the Indian Institute of Metals 65 (2012) 833-840 (Impact factor: 1.391).

• O. Satbhai, S. Roy, S. Ghosh, A Numerical Study to Investigate the Heat Transfer and Thermodynamic Performance of a Natural Convection Driven Thermal Energy Storage System, In ASME 2017 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (pp. V008T10A055-V008T10A055). American Society of Mechanical Engineers (paper and presentation).
• Thermodynamic analysis of one-dimensional Stefan problem with melting, Heat transfer, Fluid mechanics, and Thermodynamics, HEFAT-2020 (Abstract submitted).
• Heat transfer performance of side heated melting process in a trapezoidal energy storage system, Heat transfer, Fluid mechanics, and Thermodynamics, HEFAT-2020 (Abstract submitted).
• A Multi-Scale Numerical Investigation of the Effect of Process Parameters on the grain structure in a casting process and development of criteria for prediction of ECT and CET. ASME 2017 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Florida, USA (poster presentation).
• Experimental and numerical study on electron beam surface remelting and resolidification of Al-Cu eutectic. ASME 2017 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Florida, USA (presentation).
• O. Satbhai, S. Roy, S. Ghosh, A numerical study to investigate the performance of a side heated thermal energy storage system, IHMTC2017-07-1157, In proceedings of the 24th National and 2nd International ISHMT-ASTFE Heat and Mass Transfer Conference (IHMTC-2017), December 27-30, 2017, BITS-Pilani, Hyderabad, India (paper and poster presentation).
• O. Satbhai, S. Roy, S. Ghosh, A Coupled FVM-CA Multi-Scale Solidification Model for Grain Structure Simulation in a casting process, Sixth International Conference on Solidification Science and Processing, Defence Metallurgical Research Laboratory (DMRL) Hyderabad ICSSP-2015 ( poster presentation).
• O. Satbhai, S. Roy, S. Ghosh, Numerical Simulation of Laser Surface Remelting, fifth International Conference on Solidification Science and Processing, IIT Bhubaneswar, ICSSP-2012 (Poster presentation).
• O. Satbhai, S. Roy, S. Ghosh, Modelling Of Equiaxed Grain Structures For Rapid Solidification, ISHMT-ASME Heat and Mass Transfer Conference-2013, IIT Kharagpur (paper and presentation).

Awards, Honors and Recognitions

• Recipient of the Institute Post-Doctoral Fellowship, IIT Bombay (2021-2023).
• Recipient of the Ph. D Fellowship, MHRD, Govt. of India (2013 - 2018)
• Awarded travel and contingency grant from IIT Kharagpur to attend ASME 2017 in International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Florida USA.
• Recipient of Junior Research Fellowship at IIT Kharagpur sponsored by Board Of Research In Nuclear Sciences (BRNS), Department of Atomic Energy (2010-2012).
• Recipient of Senior Senior Fellowship at IIT Kharagpur sponsored by Board Of Research In Nuclear Sciences (BRNS), Department of Atomic Energy (2012-2013).
• Awarded certificate, cash & Momento for presenting invited Expert talk @ GUJCOST sponsored STTP programme on Numerical Methods and its application in Engineering held in LDRP Institute of Technology and Research, Gandhinagar.
• Awarded travel and contingency grant from IIT Kharagpur to attend ISHMT-ASME Heat and Mass Transfer Conference, Kharagpur-2013, Solidification science and processing conference-2012, in Bhubaneshwar, Solidification science and processing conference-2015, in Hyderabad, OpenFOAM Workshop, VNIT Nagpur.
• Qualified GATE 2009 and GATE 2010.
• Won third place in the modelling event at Innovation 2008 (National level technical event) at JSPM's Rajarshi Shahu College of Engineering, Pune.
• Semi-Finalist at Quiz competition National level technical event, Pune, 2008.

Short-term training/ Faculty Development courses :

• Participated in the TEQIP-III sponsored five-day online workshop on Machine Learning and Applications organized by the Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, National Institute of Technology Karnataka, Surathkal, from 22nd to 26th of February, 2021.NIT suratkal workshop on ML & applications.
• Completed two days (24-5-2021 to 25-5-2021) Workshop on "Intellectual Property Rights & IP Management for Startup (Journey from patentable idea to startup) organised by MESCOE-IIC,an initiative of MHRD’s innovation cell
• Completed five days Faculty Development Program on Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, in Association with NIT Warangal , Organized By Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Kasireddy Narayan Reddy College Of Engineering & Research (24-05-2021 to 28-05-2021).
• Completed one-week online training program on “Experiences in Solar Energy : Challenges & Opportunities” organized from 8th to 13th June 2020 organised by Pimpri Chinchwad College of Engineering (PCCOE, Pune)In association with School of Energy Studies, Savitribai Phule Pune University.
• Completed one-day workshop on "Research Funding Avenues : Opportunities and Conversion"on February 1, 2020 on Directorate of Research and Innovation, Nirma University, Ahmedabad.
• Completed one-day Workshop on Opportunities in Research and Developments in Armament Establishments (ARMREB-2020) dated 26th August 2020, organised by ARDE, DRDO, Pune and IIT Indore.

Membership of professional societies:

• ASME Student Member (2017-2018)