Kumar, Mayank

Areas of Interest: 

Multiphysics Simulations of Energy Conversion Systems, Turbulent Multiphase Reacting Flows, Coal Gasification & Clean Coal Technology

Education
  • Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • M.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • B.Tech., Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
Academic/Industrial Experience
  • Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering, IIT Delhi, 2016-present
  • Chief Scientist and Co-Founder, Novelroots Internet Pvt Ltd, 2014-2016
  • Research Scientist, Chevron Corporation, Houston, USA, 2011-2014
  • Research Assistant, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston, USA, 2004-2011
Selected Publications
  1. M Kumar, AF Ghoniem, “Application of a validated CFD gasification model to determine the impact of coal particle size on carbon conversion”, Fuel (108), 2013, 565-577
  2. M Kumar, AF Ghoniem, “Multi-physics simulations of entrained flow gasification. Part II: constructing and validating the overall model”, Energy and Fuels 26(1), 2012, 464-479
  3. M Kumar, AF Ghoniem, “Multi-physics simulations of entrained flow gasification. Part I: validating the non-reacting flow solver and the particle turbulent dispersion model”, Energy and Fuels 26(1), 2012, 451-463
  4. K Lindblad-Toh, CM Wade, TS Mikkelsen, ..... , M Kumar et al., “Genome sequence, comparative analysis and haplotype structure of the domestic dog”, Nature 438, 2005, 803-819