Babu Namboothiri K. currently serves as Assistant Professor at Department of Mechanical Engineering, School of Engineering, Coimbatore Campus. His areas of research include Thermodynamics and Power Plant Engineering.
Professional Summary
Highly-motivated mechanical researcher with over eight years of experience in design, development, analysis, experimentation and testing. Demonstrated competence in multiple academic and industrial projects. Strong background in thermal energy systems and its components. Seeking career advancement opportunity that rewards innovation and creative problem solving.
Education
- 2013 : M. Tech. Mechanical Engineering: Thermal Engineering
IIT madras- Chennai, TN, India
M. Tech. Thesis : Thermal modeling and analysis of Sodium Alanate based hydrogen storage systems.
Teaching assistant for two years in various thermal laboratories
Hostel secretary of the Krishna hostel, IIT madras 2012-2013
- 2007 : B. Tech. Mechanical Engineering: Mechanical Engineering
St.Gits College Of Engineering/Mahatma Gandhi University- Kottayam, Kerala
B. Tech. Thesis : Design and analysis of Hydraulic Unscrewer
Undergone training in modern automobile technologies at Amana Toyota, Calicut, Kerala, India.
Training in various process of white cement production at Travancore Cements, Kottayam, and Kerala, India.
Training in engine overhauling and power transmission systems at KSRTC Central Works Trivandrum, Kerala, India.
Active participation in annual Technical events
Skills
- Thermodynamics
- Fluid mechanics
- Adsorption and Absorption
- Heat transfer
- Refrigeration and Cryogenics
- Computational Fluid Dynamics
- Renewable energy
- Photo voltaic module design
- Thermal heat storage
- Engineering Mechanics
- Auto CAD 2012
- PTC CREO
- ComsolMultiphysics 4.3a
- Ansys Fluent
- Star-CCM+
- C programming
- MS Office
- Physics/Chemistry
- Hydrogen storage
Professional Appointments
| Year |
Affiliation |
| July 2013 – Present |
Assistant Professor, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham – Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu
Instrumental in developing an experimental setup of Vertical Axis Water Turbines. Developed an experimental setup for finding Liquid Jet Breakup Characteristics of non-circular Orifice with One-Dimensional micro-grooves.
Designed and analyzed thermal concepts of high horsepower containerized generator with Cummins Generator Technologies India Pvt. Limited.
Guided undergraduate and postgraduate students in academic and industrial research projects. Active member of project review committee. |
| March 2008 – July 2011 |
Lecturer, Vimal Jyothi Engineering College, Kannur University –Kannur, Kerala
Supervised students’ laboratory experimental work.
Guided students in academic and industrial research projects.
Active participation in students’ admission process.
Chief finance officer of Technical fest “AAVEGHA 2011”
Assistant placement officer 2009-2010 |
Certifications
- One week workshop on Modeling Energy Systems using CFD: Theory and Practice in June 2017 at IIT Varanasi(B.H.U),U.P,India.
- “Education Development Program on Solar Energy” the national institute for entrepreneurship and small business development, ministry of skill development and entrepreneurship on 10 & 11 December 2016, GOVT.OF INDIA, License OCP/6047/16-17 /0119/10
- Workshop on Engineering Mechanics, under the National Mission on Education through ICT (MHRD, Govt. Of India) and conducted by IIT Bombay from dated 26/11/14 to 6/12/2014 Course on ComsolMultiphysics Version 4.3a held on 20th and 21st September 2012 at Chennai, India.
- Workshop on Computation Fluid Dynamics (CFD), under the National Mission on Education through ICT (MHRD, Govt. Of India) and conducted by IIT Bombay from dated 12/06/12 to 22/06/2012
- Workshop on Heat Transfer, under the National Mission on Education through ICT (MHRD,Govt.Of India) and conducted by IIT Bombay from dated 29/11/11 to 10/12/2011 in Anna University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu.
- Workshop on Thermodynamics, under the National Mission on Education through ICT (MHRD, Govt. Of India) and conducted by IIT Bombay from dated 14/06/11 to 23/06/2011 in NIT Calicut, Kerala, India.
- Faculty Development Program for Research Scholars (FDP-RS 2011) is organized by the Centre for Continuing Education, IIT madras from 20th to 21st August 2011.
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