Dr. Tapano Kumar Hotta

Designation : Professor Grade 1
School / Centre : School of Mechanical Engineering
Department : Thermal & Energy Engineering

Educational Details

IIT Madras

Ph.D.
Heat Transfer
Graduated in 2014

SOA University, Odisha

M. Tech.
Thermal Engineering
Graduated in 2009

BPUT, Odisha

B. Tech.
Mechanical Engineering
Graduated in 2004

Research Details

Areas of Specialization
  • Electronic Cooling
  • Heat Transfer Enhancement
  • Optimization of Thermal Systems
  • Thermal Energy Storage
  • Building Thermal Comfort

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Patent Published Details

Title Application No.
Dragonfly Brain-Inspired Intelligent Robotic Drone to Remove Weeds in Agricultural Farm Plants 202141040214

Books / Book Chapters Published Details

Title Publisher Published Year
Hybrid Genetic Optimization for IC Chips Thermal Control - with MATLAB Application Taylor & Francis 2022
Energy Storage Systems - Optimization and Applications Springer Nature 2022
Role of Constrained Optimization Technique in the Hybrid Cooling of High Heat Generating IC Chips using PCM Based Mini-channels Springer Nature 2021
Cooling of Discrete Heat Sources under Natural and Mixed Convection LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing 2019

Awards & Recognitions Details

  • Best Scientist Award in Mechanical Engg. from IMRF Foundation, India. (2021)
  • Research Award from VIT for the significant contribution to research. (2019, 2020, 2021)
  • DST Travel Grant under ITS scheme to attend the International Conference (ASCHT 2019) at Tokyo, Japan. (2019)
  • Reviewer for various Journals and Conferences of International repute. (2015 - Till date)
  • Committee member/Advisory board member/Conference chair for various Conferences of International repute. (2015 - Till date)

Other Information

Editorial Experience : Guest Editor in Frontiers in Mechanical Engineering (ESCI and Scopus Indexed) for a research topic on “Performance Analysis on Heat Transfer Enhancement Techniques”.