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Dr. Rajlakshmi Nayak

Associate Professor

Mechanical Engineering

Institute of Engineering & Technology

Biography

Dr. Rajlakshmi Nayak, Associate Professor, SERB TARE Fellow, SERB SIRE Fellow, Ph.D. from IIT Madras, and Coordinator of International Affairs and Student Mobility Program at JKLU, with expertise in multiphase flow, thermofluids, and electronics cooling. A Life Member of Indian Society for Heat and Mass Transfer (ISHMT) (Membership No. 754) and a Professional Member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) (Membership No. 000103818626). Supported by prestigious fellowships and grants to advance innovative research, foster global collaborations, and develop cutting-edge engineering solutions.

Education

  • Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, 2018

    Ph.D.

    Focus: Multi phase flow in Microscale

  • NIT Rourkela, 2010

    MTech

    Major: Thermal Engineering

  • Biju Pattnaik University of Technology, Odisha, 2006

    BTech

    Major: Mechanical Engineering

  • Multiphase Flow in Microscale
  • Machine Learning in Fluid Mechanics
  • Electronics Cooling
  • Realization of Complex Engineering Systems

  • Shailendra Kasera, Rajlakshmi Nayak, Shishir Chandra Bhaduri, Energy performance evaluation of variable speed milk refrigerator using propane (R290), Journal of King Saud University - Engineering Sciences, 2022,ISSN 1018-3639, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jksues.2022.05.006.
  • Shailendra Kasera, Rajlakshmi Nayak and Shishir Chandra Bhaduri, Performance Analysis of Solar Milk Refrigerator using Energy Efficient R290, Case Studies in Thermal Engineering, Volume 24, (2021) 100855. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.csite.2021.100855
  • Rajlakshmi Nayak, Oswald J Lobo, Dhiman Chatterjee and Sarit K. Das, Effect of geometry on slug length for two phase flow in microchannel, Chemical Engineering and Processing: Process Intensification, 130, (2018): 76-87. ISSN 0255-2701 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cep.2018.05.017
  • Umesh Madanan Rajlakshmi Nayak, Dhiman Chatterjee and Sarit K. Das, Experimental investigation on two-phase flow Maldistribution in parallel minichannels with U-type configuration, The Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering, 96, 8 (2018): 1820-1828. 0008-4034
  • Rajlakshmi Nayak, Dhiman Chatterjee and Sarit K. Das -- Experimental and numerical investigation of the effect of aspect ratio on friction constant in microchannels, Journal of Energy, Heat and Mass Transfer, ISSN 0970-9991, 37 (2016): 183-193.
  • Rajlakshmi Nayak, Savithiri. S, Dhiman Chatterjee and Sarit K. Das -- Flow and thermal transport studies in microchannel flows using Lattice Boltzmann Method, International journal of micro-nano scale transport, ISSN 1759-3093 5(2014): 39-49. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1260/1759-3093.5.1.39
  • Rajlakshmi Nayak, Tarkes Dora P. and Alok Satapathy -- A computational and experimental investigation on thermal conductivity of particle reinforced epoxy composites, Computational Materials Science 48,3 (2010): 576-581. 1879-0801

  • R. Nayak, S. Asatkar, P. K. Sambaru and A. Prabhakar, "An Experimental Investigation to Compare the Thermal and Electrical Performance of Floating and Land-Based Photovoltaic Panels," 2024 IEEE 4th International Conference on Sustainable Energy and Future Electric Transportation (SEFET), Hyderabad, India, 2024, pp. 1-5, doi: 10.1109/SEFET61574.2024.10717929
  • Naidu J.P., Govindasamy S., Haats t., Gupta J., Nayak R., Research based and design based education: applications of experiences in INDIA, UK & USA, International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference IDETC/CIE2023 August 20-23, 2023, Boston, MA, USA
  • Jena, H., Rout, R., Nayak, R. and Nayak, B.B., 2023. ISO Tank Containers for Inland Transportation of Petroleum: Safety Review in Indian Perspective. In Industrial Reliability and Safety Engineering (pp. 1-16). eBook ISBN 9781003140092 CRC Press.
  • Rajlakshmi Nayak, Ram Dayal, Effect of contact angle on slug shape in a Microchannel T-junction Using OpenFOAM, International Conference on Energy Conversion and Thermo-fluid Systems, ICONECTS-21, MNIT Jaipur, November 19-20. 
  • Pranjal Wadhwa, Arun Kumar Jangir, Amar Pattnaik, Rajlakshmi Nayak, Effect of major factors on the performance of Airlift Pump, International Conference on Energy Conversion and Thermo-fluid Systems, ICONECTS-21, MNIT Jaipur, November 19-20. 
  • Shailendra Kasera, Rajlakshmi Nayak and Shishir Chandra Bhaduri, A Review of Performance of Solar Photovoltaic Refrigeration System, Advances in Energy Technology. Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, Volume 766, 2022. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-1476-7_57 978-981-16-1476-7
  • Shailendra Kasera, Rajlakshmi Nayak, Shishir Chandra Bhaduri, A Review of Performance of Solar Photovoltaic Refrigeration System, International Conference on Energy, Materials Sciences & Mechanical Engineering, EMSME 2020, NIT Delhi, Oct 30 to Nov 1, 2020
  • S. Kasera, R. Nayak and S. C. Bhaduri, "Energy Efficiency Analysis of Variable Speed DC Compressor using R290," 2020 5th IEEE International Conference on Recent Advances and Innovations in Engineering (ICRAIE), Jaipur, India, 2020, pp. 1-5, doi: 10.1109/ICRAIE51050.2020.9358297. ISBN: 978-1-7281-8867-6
  • Jaya Gupta and Rajlakshmi Nayak, Project based learning approach in teaching calculus and applied mechanics, International Conference on Innovations in Technology and Management for Achieving Sustainable Development Goals, JK Lakshmipat University, February 7-9, 2020.
  • Shailendra Kasera, Rajlakshmi Nayak and Shishir Chandra Bhaduri, Performance Analysis of Solar Operated Milk Refrigerator Using R290, International Conference on Innovations in Thermo-Fluid Engineering and Sciences, NIT Rourkela, February 10-12, 2020.
  • Shailendra Kasera, Rajlakshmi Nayak and Shishir Chandra Bhaduri, Energy Evaluation Performance of Variable Speed Solar Milk Refrigerator using R290, International Conference on “New and Renewable Energy Resources for Sustainable Future", SKIT, Jaipur. Nov 4-7, 2019.
  • Rajlakshmi Nayak, Dhiman Chatterjee and Sarit K. Das, Experimental and numerical investigation of the effect of aspect ratio on friction constant in microchannels, One day seminar on Heat Transfer And Fluid Flow, HTFF – 15, ISSN 0970-9991, February 12, 2016, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, India.
  • Rajlakshmi Nayak, Dhiman Chatterjee and Sarit K. Das, Two phase flow studies in microchannels: the effect of aspect ratio on slug length, Proceedings of the Forty Second National Conference on Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power, December 14-16, 2015, NITK Surathkal, Karnataka, India.
  • Rajlakshmi Nayak, Dhiman Chatterjee and Sarit K. Das, Experimental and numerical investigation of the effect of aspect ratio on friction constant in microchannel, Proceedings of ASME-ATI-UIT 2015 Conference on Thermal Energy Systems: Production, Storage, Utilization and the Environment, ISBN: 978-88-98273-17-1, May 17-20, Napoli, Italy,2015.
  • Rajlakshmi Nayak, Savithiri. S, Dhiman Chatterjee and Sarit K. Das, Flow and thermal transport studies in microchannel flows using lattice boltzmann method, Proceedings of the 22nd National and 11th International ISHMT-ASME Heat and Mass Transfer Conference. December 28-31, 2013, IIT Kharagpur, India.
  • Rajlakshmi Nayak, Ganguluri Kranthi and Alok Satapathy, Development, Characterization and Wear Performance of Glass-Epoxy Composites Filled with SiC Derived from Bamboo Leaves, 3rd National Symposium for Materials Research Scholars (MR - 10) and Workshop on Advanced Characterization Techniques, IIT, Mumbai, May 2010.
  • Rajlakshmi Nayak, Ganguluri kranthi and Alok Satapathy, Processing, characterization and determination of effective thermal conductivity of epoxy composites filled with pine wood dust, 3rd National Symposium for Materials Research Scholars, (MR-10) and Workshop on Advanced Characterization Techniques, IIT, Mumbai, May 2010.
  • Ganguluri Kranthi, Rajlakshmi Nayak, S. Biswas, Alok Satapathy, Wear Performance Evaluation of Pine Wood Dust Filled Epoxy Composites, Proceedings of International Conference on Advanced Polymeric Materials, APM 2010, CIPET, Bhubaneswar, 146.
  • Rajlakshmi Nayak, Alok Satapathy, Tarkes Dora P and Ganguluri Kranthi, Thermal Conductivity of Pine Wood Dust Filled Epoxy Composites, Proceedings of International Conference on Advanced Polymeric Materials, APM 2010, CIPET, Bhubaneswar, 175.

  • SERB International Research Experience 2022, The realization of smart microfluidic device, approved grant Rs. 17,44,032/-. Six month visit to Department of Aerospace and Mechanical engineering, University of Oklahoma, US, Ref no. SIR/2022/000633.
  • SERB Grant under TARE fellowship, Optimization of airlift pump, Research fellowship of Rs. 60,000/- per year. Research grant of Rs. 5 lakhs per annum, total 18,30,000/- , December’2020-December’2023, Ref no. TAR/2020/000217
  • JKLU Chancellor’s Seed Money Grant, JK Lakshmipat University, Jaipur, Effect of channel geometry on multiphase flow fluid dynamic, Research grant of Rs. 2 lakhs, August’2020-Aug’2022.

  • Robotics
  • System Engineering
  • Engineering Drawing

  • Associate Professor, JK Lakshmipat University, Jaipur, Feb 2024- Present
  • Assistant Professor, JK Lakshmipat University, Jaipur, March 2018-Feb 2024
  • Teaching assistant, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, Aug 2013- Dec 2015
  • Assistant Professor, National Institute of Science and technology, Odisha, July 2010– Dec 2010
  • Lecturer, Jagannath Institute for Technology and Management, Odisha, June 2006 – July 2008

  • The Indian Society for Heat and Mass Transfer (ISHMT)-Life Member (754)
  • American Society of Mechanical Engineer (ASME) Professional (000103818626)
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  • Bachelor of Technology B.Tech

  • Bachelor of Design B.Des

  • Bachelor of Business Administration BBA

  • Bachelor of Business Administration BBA (Fintech)

  • Bachelor of Business Administration BBA (Honours)

  • Master of Design M.Des

  • Master of Technology M.Tech

  • Master of Business Administration MBA

  • Doctor of Philosophy PhD

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