Dr. Tapano Kumar Hotta

Designation : Professor Grade 2
School / Centre : School of Mechanical Engineering
Department : Thermal & Energy Engineering

Educational Details

IIT Madras

Ph.D.
Heat Transfer (Electronic Cooling)
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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On-going Consultancy Project Details

Title Funding Agency
Churning Loss Mathematical Model Development Due to Motor Cooling System Trane Technologies Limited, Bangalore, Karnataka, India

Completed Consultancy Project Details

Title Funding Agency
Emissivity Measurement of Alumina-Based Refractory Material Carborundum Universal Limited, Ranipet, Tamil Nadu

Ongoing Funded Project Details

Title Funding Agency
A Deep Learning-Based Framework for the Selection of Electric Vehicle Battery Materials and their Manufacturability: An Attempt Towards Sustainable Capacity Building British Council under Going Global Partnership Grant (International)
Development of a Nano-Enhanced Phase Change Material-BasedWickless Heat Pipe: An Electronic Thermal Management Prospective SERB under TARE Scheme (National)

Completed Funded Project Details

Title Funding Agency
Development of a Learning Framework for Renewable Energy-Based Battery Swapping Station for Electric Vehicles: A Young Professional Perspective for Start-ups, Business Hubs and Employability British Council under Going Global Partnership Grant (International)

Patent Published Details

Title Application No.
Dragonfly Brain-Inspired Intelligent Robotic Drone to Remove Weeds in Agricultural Farm Plants 202141040214
Nano-Enhanced Phase Change Material (Ne-PCM) Based Heat Pipe for High Heat Flux Electronic Components 202441080897
System and Method for Estimating the Emissivity of Refractory Materials at High Temperatures 202441081368
Thermocouple Mounting Case for Temperature Measurement of 18650 Battery Pack 202541051920
A Device and a Method for the Reduction of Exhaust Gas Emission from an Internal Combustion (IC) Engine 202541062015

Patent Granted Details

Title Application No.
Self-Lubricating Crowned Roller Follower System in Locomotives (Indian Patent) 369244-001
Incinerator for the Disposal of Sanitary Napkins (Indian Patent) 367995-001
IOT-Based Smart Incinerator for Waste Management (Indian Patent) 396851-001

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
An Extremum Model for the Performance Analysis of a Loop Heat Pipe using Nano-fluid Springer Nature, Singapore 2023

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, 2022, 2023)
  • DST Travel Grant under ITS scheme to attend the International Conference ASCHT 2019 at Tokyo, Japan, 2019; IHTC17 at Cape Town, South Africa, 2023.
  • 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)

International Collaborations

  • Dr. Hafiz Muhammad Ali, Associate Professor, Department Mechanical Engineering, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
  • Dr. Senthilarasu Sundaram, Professor, Sustainable Energy Materials Net Zero Industry Innovation Centre, Teesside University, Middlesbrough, United Kingdom
  • Dr. Srikanth Rangarajan, Research Professor, Mechanical Engineering School of Systems Science and Industrial Engineering, Binghamton University, New York, United States of America
  • Dr. Jinoop Arackal Narayanan, Lecturer, Mechanical Engineering, Teesside University, Middlesbrough, United Kingdom
  • Dr. Ushasree Palat, Lecture, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Teesside University, Middlesbrough, United Kingdom

Industry Collaborations

  • Mr. Ritwik Pattanayak, Production Development Manager, Mahindra Electric Mobility Limited, Bengaluru, India
  • Dr. Abhijit Dhamanekar, Project Engineering, Aeronautical Development Agency , Banglore, India
  • Mr. Swarup Jena, Deputy Director, Factories and Boilers, Sambalpur, India
  • Akshatha Dayananda, Addwize Leader – Manager, Wipro 3D, Banglore, India
  • Mr. Rajarajan Kesavelu, SEnior Program Manager, Mercedes-Benz RD India

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”.
Personal Website Link : https://sites.google.com/d/1Q0v8BQ7XUL_bjE0uINslO5eKrqotUYYA/p/1u8BXL8-1weRUQTIRjDtIcZDhKa-ZDTXf/edit