Ramesh Kumar

Assistant Professor- Senior Scale

BE (Mechanical Engineering), Mumbai University

M. Tech, Aerospace Propulsion, IIT Bombay – Mumbai, 2017

Ph.D, Renewable Energy, IIT Roorkee , (Pursuing)

Area of Specialization:

Aero thermal analysis of Turbomachinery, Space Propulsion systems, Renewable Energy system design and optimization, Micro Solar thermal storage system integration with CSP, Space Habitat mission settlement

Career Graph:

Assistant Professor (Senior Scale) – 2017- Present
Teaching Assistant (Aerospace)-IIT Bombay, July 2015 to June 2017
Mechanical Design Engineer, Ergonomix Intellectual Capital Assets, Mumbai, Sept 2012 to Dec 2014.
Graduate Trainee Engineer, Procon Engineers, Mumbai, Aug 2011 to Aug 2012

Recent Publications:

Aayushi Bohrey, Ramesh Kumar, Aman Thakran, Hrishita Soni "Vertical Axis Airborne Wind Turbine: Future of Renewable Energy" AIAA-USA Propulsion and Energy 2021 Forum, https://doi.org/10.2514/6.2021-3369
Ramesh Kumar, Hitesh Dhawan, Aayushi Bohrey, Paras Adlakha "Space Habitat solar thermal energy system a novel approach" AIAA-USA Propulsion and Energy 2021 Forum, https://doi.org/10.2514/6.2021-3714
Hitesh Dhawan, Ramesh Kumar "Cold Welding Based Space Debris Removal System" NCAS-National Institute for Aerospace Research" Elie Carafoli" 2021/4/1,Volume-13, DOI:10.13111/2066-8201.2021.13.2.4
Paras Adlakha, Hitesh Dhawan, Abhishek Jain, Rayudu Sri Harsha, Prakhar Thakur, Lawanya Awasthi, Ramesh Kumar, Nipun Jethi "AIAA-USA Scitech 2021 Forum, https://doi.org/10.2514/6.2021-0740
Abhishek Jain, Ramesh Kumar, Paras Adlakha "Power Station design for Martian Space Habitat " The 16th International Conference on Space Operations, Spaceops 2021 Virtual edition
Abhishek Jain, Paras Adlakha, Ramesh Kumar, Manan Malik, Kunal Madan " Space Outpost: Operations for Engineering center of Martian Habitat" The 16th International Conference on Space Operations, Spaceops 2021
Paras Adlakha, Ramesh Kumar, Abhishek Jain, Tanishka Roy "Inspiring Young Minds: An Indian Space-Initiative" The 16th International Conference on Space Operations, Spaceops 2021 Virtual edition
Abhishek Jain, Ramesh Kumar, Paras Adlakha, Liya Duggal " Defining Mission for twin Exploration of Europa and auxiliary Enceladus Sample Return" The 16th International Conference on Space Operations, Spaceops 2021 Virtual edition
Vipul mani, Harshit Goel, Lawanya Awasthi, Dushyant singh, Adwait Sidhana, Ramesh Kumar “Colonizing Mars: In-situ Resource Utilization of the Martian Moons” International Astronautical Congress IAC-2021
Vipul mani, Harshit Goel, Lawanya Awasthi, Dushyant singh, Adwait Sidhana, Ramesh Kumar “Exploratory mission to Mercury: Possibilities for future sample return missions ” International Astronautical Congress IAC-2021

Patents:

A SOUNDING ROCKET AND A METHOD FOR RECOVERING THE SAME
Patent ID- 202111050371
An Aircraft for Short Runway
Patent ID- 202011031750

Projects guided:

Project Title	Supported By	Amount
Compact Runway Takeoff And Landing (CORTAL)	SEED – R & D UPES Dehradun	100K

B. Tech Projects
Students	Projects
Paras Adlakha ( 2021-Present)	Combustion studies of hydrogen peroxide for rocket motor
Aarti Thakur ( 2021- Present) Akshay Sethi Yassica	Hybrid VTOL-UAV for Air Delivery and Sampling Purposes
Aritra Nandi ( 2021- Present) Supriya Devanshi Gupta	Design and Development of medical purpose Ambulance Flying Car
Jaspreet Singh ( 2021- Present) Satyam Yadav Neeraj semwal Pankaj Singh Yadav	Parachute Deployment System for safe Recovery of a Drone
Nipun Jethi ( 2020-21) Varij Joshi Vibhanshu Ananay D.C. Katoch	To Model And Analyze The Aircraft Fuselage Structure For Composite Materials
Kritika Aggarwal ( 2020-21) Prashanth Sharma Tejashvini Batheja Vedant Kasture	Advanced power generation system for colonization on mars using atmospheric carbon dioxide
Mrigank Shankar ( 2020-21) Sonal Sharma Vinayak Sharma	CFD Analysis of Wind Turbine blades
Aayushi Bohrey ( 2019-20) Aman Thakran Hrishita Soni	Numerical Investigation for the performance enhancement of Vertical Axis Wind Turbine (VAWT)
M. Tech Projects
Students	Projects
Gaurav Bhatt ( 2017-18)	Analysis of Unstructured Discretization Procedures for Convection & Diffusion terms

RISE Projects
Students	Projects	FUNDED BY R &D UPES (SODH)
Aayushi Bohrey Aman Thakran Hrishita Soni	Vertical Axis Airborne Wind Turbine	20 K
Vanshika Katyal Sidhi Shajan Sengar Raghvendra Pratap Singh	Design And Fabrication Of Zero Head Hydraulic Turbine	20K
Harsh Goel Kunal Garg	Solar Plane and Solar Propulsion System: The Future need	20K

Teaching Engagements:

Title	Course Code	Class Name	Semester
Rocket Propulsion	ASEG 324	B. Tech (Aerospace)	Autumn
Propulsion-I	ASEG 2003	B. Tech (Aerospace & Avionics)	Spring
Introduction to Vibration	ASEG 361	B. Tech (Aerospace)	Spring
Usage of CFD in Multidisciplinary Application	MCFD 801	M. Tech (CFD)	Autumn
Thermodynamics and Heat transfer	MECH 2022	B. Tech ( Aerospace & Avionics)	Autumn
Aircraft Material	ASEG 3005	B. Tech (Aerospace)	Autumn
Theory of Machine	MECH 2013	B. Tech (Aerospace)	Spring
Design of machine Elements	MEPD 3010	B. Tech (Aerospace)	Autumn
Manufacturing technology	MECH 3024	B. Tech (Aerospace)	Autumn

Professional Memberships/Fellowship:

Member of American Institute of Aeronautics & Astronautics (AIAA)

Honours and Achievements:

Nominated for Academic Excellence in Teaching – UPES 2022
Mentor of Team InnoventionX from UPES for Engine Design Competition AIAA –USA ,2020 & 2021
Organizational Color award- IIT Bombay, Oct 2017
Special Mention Award-IIT Bombay, Oct 2016

Personal interests:

I love singing and listening music, reading books, traveling, and gardening