DR ARIJIT BANERJEE

Associate Professor

About

Email	arijit.banerjee@bcrec.ac.in
Date of birth	1981-12-09
Date of joining	2015-07-10
Department	Mechanical Engineering
Address	Office: Room No. R006, Rabindra Bhawan, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Dr. B. C. Roy Engineering College, Durgapur - 713206
Vidwan ID	193468
About Me	My service or contribution in education is more important than me.
Specialization / Research Interest	Specialisation: Thermal Engineering or Heat Power Research Interests: Phase Change (Melting & Solidification, condensation); Two Phase Flows; Multiphase Flows; Thermodynamic Analysis; Second Law Analysis; Fluid Flow and Heat Transfer Solution Techniques; CFD; Fluid Dynamic, thermodynamic and Heat Transfer analysis through Numerical or Mathematical modelling. Renewable Energy, Solar Energy, Sustainable Energy Usage.

Qualifications

Educational Qualifications

BME (Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering)
Jadavpur University, Kolkata - 2004
MME (Master of Mechanical Engineering)
Jadavpur University, Kolkata - 2006
PhD in Engineering
Jadavpur University, Kolkata - 2014

Examination Cleared

GATE

Teaching and R & D experience

Teaching	Research	Industry
12 Years	6 months (excluding the time during PhD and research continued during Teaching)	Currently in consultancy for a large and famous Steel Industry in India for about 1 year

Online Mode Teaching

Subject	Link
Learning Management System- Google Classroom, Canvas Online Video Classes Using Zoom, Google Meet Daily assessments using Google Forms through quizzes, Uploading study materials through email and Google Drive (including self recorded video lecture, self prepared notes etc.)

Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Dr. B. C. Roy Engineering College, Durgapur, From 10/07/2015 till date.

Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Neotia Institute of Technology Management and Science, 03/04/2012-09/07/2015

Visiting Faculty, Neotia Institute of Technology Management and Science, 03/02/2012-02/04/2012.

Visiting Faculty, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Jadavpur University, 01/07/2011-31/12/2011.

Visiting Faculty, Department of Power Engineering, and Department of Information Technology, Jadavpur University, 01/07/2006-31/12/2006

B.Tech:

Theory papers:

Engineering Mechanics (ME101), Engineering Thermodynamics and Fluid Mechanics (ME201), Engineering Mechanics (ESME301, EE), Strength of Materials (ME302), Applied Thermodynamics (ME301, PCME401), Heat Transfer (ME502, PCME501), IC Engines and Gas Turbines (ME601, PEME601A), Power Plant Engineering (EEE605A), Power Plant Engineering (PEME801B), Thermal Power Engineering (ME(EE)411), Dynamics of Rigid Bodies (at JU), Automobile Engineering (PEME701A), Waste to Energy: An Overview (OEME801F), Add-on Course: Industrial Fluid Movers (ACME01),

Practical papers:

Machine Drawing Using ProE (at JU), Mechanical Workshop Practice (at JU), Numerical Analysis and FORTRAN programming (at JU), Engineering Graphics (ME191 and ME292) Applied Mechanics Lab (ME393), Machine Drawing I (ME391), Workshop Practice II (ME392), Machine Drawing II (ME394), Applied Thermodynamics and Heat Transfer Lab (ME592), Seminar (ME581). IC Engines Lab. (ME692), Thermal Power Engineering Laboratory (ME(EE)481). BTech Project ME781 and ME882, Design of Mechanical Systems (ME881), BTech Projects PWME581, PWME681, PWME781 and PWME881, Mechanical Engineering Lab (Thermal) I (PCME591), Thermal Power Engineering Lab (ESME491), Engineering Graphics and Design (ESME191 & ESME291).

M.Tech:

MTech Project Work

Specialisation: Thermal Engineering or Heat Power

Research Interests: Phase Change (Melting & Solidification, condensation); Two Phase Flows; Multiphase Flows; Thermodynamic Analysis; Second Law Analysis; Fluid Flow and Heat Transfer Solution Techniques; CFD; Fluid Dynamic, thermodynamic and Heat Transfer analysis through Numerical or Mathematical modelling.

Renewable Energy, Solar Energy, Sustainable Energy Usage.

UGC GATE scholarship for 2 years (2004 July-2006 June)

CSIR-SRF for 4 years. (2008 April - 2012 March)

Activities

Area of Interest

Other than my fields of expertise: Renewable Energy for sustainable future, Solar Energy, Development of Automatic and Semi-automatic Home Appliances, Designing components for engineering, social and household appliances,

Expertise

Phase Change (Melting and Solidification, condensation) Numerical Modelling, Multi-phase flow modelling, Numerical Flow Visualisation, Semi-analytical Techniques in Fluid Flow and Heat Transfer, 3D modelling using Autodesk Fusion 360, Geogebra Classic 6.0, Geogebra Geometry and other versions of Geogebra, Programming using FORTRAN, Mathematica, LATEX.

Other distinctions

I am actively engaged in research and development. I am reviewer of prestigious journals like International Journal of Thermal Sciences of Elsevier, and AIP Journal Physics of Fluids. Also reviewer of national and international conferences, reviewer of BCREC journal BEST (BCREC Engineering and Science Transaction).

Membership of professional bodies

SL. No.	Professional Body
1	The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) (Membership ID: Number 000102267689)
2	Life member of National Society of Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power (NSFMFP), India. Membership No.: LM879
3	International Association of Engineers (IAENG) : Membership Number 280845

Publications

Journal

Date	Title	Journal	DOI	Link
19-10-2023	A theory of rheological film condensation	Journal of Dispersion Science and Technology	DOI	View
30-03-2021	Characteristics of complex interaction between two oppositely-moving laminar buoyant-plumes within slender vertical-channels	International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer	DOI	View

Conference

Date	Title	Conference	DOI	Link
08-01-2024	Visualisation of Laser Melting Using Heatlines	2nd International Conference on Mechanical Engineering (INCOM 2024)	DOI	View
06-06-2025	Computational Analysis of Soaking of Steel Bloom in Reheating Furnace	INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON MECHANICAL AND INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGIES	DOI	View
07-12-2006	Visualization of Energy Transport During Phase Change Using Generalised Heatline Formulation	33rd National and 3rd International Conference on Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power	DOI	View
10-12-2007	Numerical Simulation of Premixing of Fuel Coolant Interactions (FCI) Using Cold Spheres	34th National Conference on Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power	DOI	View

Participations

Faculty Development Programmes

Start Date	End Date	Title	Organizer
22-01-2024	29-04-2024	Non-Conventional Energy Resources (NPTEL-AICTE FDP)	NPTEL-IIT Madras,
20-01-2025	03-05-2025	Joy of Computing using Python (NPTEL-AICTE FDP)	NPTEL-IIT Madras,
01-09-2020	31-12-2020	Advanced Fluid Mechanics (NPTEL-AICTE FDP)	NPTEL-IIT Kharagpur,
14-01-2019	19-01-2019	FDP on " Behavioral Remodelling and Use of ICT Tools for Classroom Delivery of Teachers" (E&ICT Academy IITG)	E&ICT Academy IIT Guwahati in collaboration with Department of Mechanical Engineering, Dr. B. C. Roy Polytechnic, Durgapur
01-08-2018	30-09-2018	Fundamentals of Combustion Part 2 (NPTEL-AICTE FDP)	NPTEL-IIT Kanpur
01-08-2018	30-09-2018	Introduction to Research (NPTEL-AICTE FDP)	NPTEL-IIT Madras
20-07-2018	22-10-2018	Energy Conversion and Waste Heat Recovery (NPTEL-AICTE 12 weeks FDP)	NPTEL-IIT Kharagpur
20-07-2018	23-10-2018	Heat Exchangers: Fundamentals and Design Analysis (NPTEL-AICTE 12 Weeks FDP)	NPTEL-IIT Kharagpur
10-06-2025	13-06-2025	Faculty Development Program on OpenFOAM for CFD	This training was organised by the FOSSEE (Free and Open Source Software for Education) Project, IIT Bombay. The project is funded by the MoE, Government of India.

Thesis Supervised

Patent

Patents

Date	Title	Patent No.	Country
27-10-2023	DEVELOPMENT OF A LOW COST AUTOMATED NUT-GRAM SOAKING MACHINE		India
19-01-2024	IOT OPERATED DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETER	396796-001	India
11-01-2024	IOT OPERATED HOME APPLIANCE FOR AUTOMATIC NUT-GRAM SOAKING	397357-001	India

Highlights

Faculty-Details