Dr. T. Sunil Kumar

Asst. Professor

Ph.D.: Chemical Engineering, University of Notre Dame, USA.

M. Tech.: Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Science Banglore

B. Tech.: Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai

Experience

Teaching: 2 years

Research: 4 years

Industry: 5 years

Research Interests: Moving Boundary Problems, Lattice Boltzmann Method, BioEthanol, Water Purification, Electro-Coagulation

Phone Number: 0863-2288254 ext.251 (O)

e-mail: sunilche76@rvrjcce.ac.in

Memberships

1) Life Member, Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers, Kolkata, M-37546

2) Indian Society for Technical Education – LM 68510

Awards

1) MP Chary Memorial Medal award by Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers at SCEMCON 2010

Conferences Organized

Co-convener for AICTE sponsored National Seminar on “Modeling and Simulation for Rapid Progress in Chemical Engineering” conducted during July 15-16, 2011 at RVR & JC College of Engineering, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, India.

Publications

1) Simulation of compressible flow in microchannels by Lattice Boltzmann Method (2011) Sunil Kumar Thamida, International Journal of Fluids Engineering, Vol. 3, Issue 4, pp 429 – 440

2) Theoretical Estimation of Distribution of Moisture Content in a Circular Compressed Filter Cake (2010) T. Sunil Kumar and M. Venkateswara Rao, ANU Journal of Engineering & Technology, Vol. 2, Issue 1, pp 55 - 59

3) “Electrokinetic focusing at nearly insulated wedges and hydrodynamic entrainment,” Sunil. K. Thamida and H.-C. Chang, Physics of Fluids, Vol. 14, 4315 (2002).

4) “Nanoscale pore formation dynamics during aluminum anodization,” Sunil. K. Thamida and H.-C. Chang, Chaos – Focus Issue: Nonlinear Pattern Formation in Surface Science, Vol. 12, 240-251 (2002). 3

5) “Fractal dewetting of a viscous adhesive film between separating parallel plates,” Sunil. K. Thamida, P. V. Takhistov and H.-C. Chang, Physics of Fluids, Vol. 13, 2190-2200 (2001).

Conferences

1) “Application of Lattice Boltzmann Method for simulation of compressible flow in microchannels,” T. Sunil Kumar, New Vistas in Computational Fluid Dynamics, National Institute of Technology – Warangal, Jan 27-29, 2012.