Prof.Rajesh Baby
Associate Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Mobile Number: 9447921482
Email:rbaby55@gmail.com
Date of joining:07-12-2004
Association with the institution: Regular
| Sl.No | Qualification | University | Institution | Year of passing | Specialization |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | B.Tech | MahatmaGandhi University | M. A. College of Engineerng, Kothamangalam | 2001 | Mechanical |
| 2 | M.Tech | Kerala University | TKMCollege of Engineering, Kolam | 2004 | Industrial refrigeration and Cryogenic Enginering |
| 3 | Ph.D | Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai | Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai | 2013 | Mechanical Engineering ( Heat Transfer) |
| Sl. No | Name of the college/Industry | Designation | Experience ( Years & Months) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bhagheeratha Engineering Ltd., Cochin | Assistant Engineer | July 2001 to August 2002 |
| Type of Membership | Membership ID | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Life Membership of Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE) | Life Member | ||
| Life Membership of Indian Society of Heat and Mass Transfer (ISHMT) | Life Member | ||
| Life Membership of Indian Society of Mechanical Engineering (ISME) | Life Member |
| Sl. No | Name of Training / Workshop | Year & Duration | Organizer | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | KSCSTE Rural Innovators Meet- 2018 | 14th to 16th May 2018 | Kerala State Council for Science, Technology and Environment and M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation, Wayanad | ||
| 2 | STTP on Factor Analysis and structural Equation Modeling for Research | 25st to 30th July 2016 | Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Technology ( Government Engineering College), Kottayam. | ||
| 3 | STTP on Modern Trends in Energy Environment and Green Technology | 21st to 25th April 2014 | School of Engineering, Cochin University of Science and Technology, Cochin | ||
| 4 | FEEL Teacher, Learning and development intervention | 12th to 14th December 2013 | St.Joseph's College of Engg. & Tech., Palai | ||
| 5 | Short term training programme on Self- Awareness and Higher Goals in Education | 12th –16th June 2012 | Indian Institute of Technology Madras,Chennai | ||
| 6 | Faculty Development programme for research scholars | 20th – 21th August 2011 | Indian Institute of Technology Madras,Chennai | ||
| 7 | National conference on Refrigeration and Air Conditioning | 08th – 10th January 2009 | Indian Institute of Technology Madras,Chennai | ||
| 8 | One-week workshop on ENERGY MANAGEMENT- Challenges and Future Prospects | 19th – 23th January 2009 | St. Joseph’s College of Engg. & Tech., Palai | ||
| 9 | Two day workshop on Advances in Manufacturing and Production Management | 23rd – 24th April 2009 | St. Joseph’s College of Engg. & Tech., Palai | ||
| 10 | Workshop on Optimum Energy Utilization in Thermal Systems | 17th – 30th May 2009 | National Institute of Technology, Calicut | ||
| 11 | Workshop on Nano Technology | 7th November 2008 | St. Joseph’s College of Engg. & Tech., Palai | ||
| 12 | Upgradation programme on First aid expertise | 11th November 2008 | St.Joseph's College of Engg. & Tech., Palai | ||
| 13 | Workshop on Aerospace Engineering : Theory &Applications | 18th – 24th June 2008 | SAINTGITS College of Engineering, Kottayam | ||
| 14 | Continuing Education Programme on Cryocoolers : Theory, Design and Practice | 19th – 22nd February2008 | Indian Institute of Technology Bombay,Mumbai | ||
| 15 | Pre-International conference workshop on Advanced Finite element method and Computational Techniques | 29th August 2007 | Manipal Institute of Technology, Manipal | ||
| 16 | Workshop on Accreditation | 28th – 30th June 2007 | St. Joseph’s College of Engg. & Tech., Palai | ||
| 17 | Short term course on Matlab,Simulink and Labview for Engineering Applications | 19th – 23rd Feb. 2007 | National Institute of Technology, Calicut | ||
| 18 | Refresher course on Recent trends in Air Conditioning and refrigeration Systems | 21st Nov. – 10th Dec.2005 | Annamalai University,Tamil Nadu | ||
| 19 | Short term course on Teaching Excellence and Methodologies | 23th – 28th May 2005 | Indian Society for Technical Education, Kerala Chapter | ||
| 20 | Recent advances in Manufacturing Engineering | 2019,5 days | APJAKTU & SJCET Pala | ||
| 21 | NPTEL:Introduction to Ancient Indian Technology | 2019,12 WEEK | IIT Kanpur | ||
| 22 | Enginnering Ethics | 2020,1 week | AQIS and AICTE Sponsored, VEER Surendra saj University of Technology, Odisha | ||
| 23 | AICTE-ISTE approved Orientation/Refesher Programme: Outcome Based Education in Professional Institutions | 2022,6 days | AICTE-ISTE, SJCET Palai |
International Journals
| Sl.No | Title of Paper | Name of Authors | Publisher/Name of the Journal | Year, Volume & ISSN/ISBN No. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Improving the performance of an active carbon – nitrogen adsorption cryocooler by thermal regeneration | Rajesh Baby and M. Jose Prakash | Carbon | 2005, 43(11) | |
| 2 | Experimental investigations on phase change material based finned heat sinks for electronic equipment cooling | Rajesh Baby and C. Balaji | International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer | 2012,55(5) | |
| 3 | Thermal management of electronics using phase change material based pin fin heat sinks | January 9, 1900 | Journal of Physics : Conference Series | 2012, 395(1) | |
| 4 | Thermal optimization of PCM based pin fin heat sinks : an experimental study | Rajesh Baby and C. Balaji | Applied thermal Engineering | 2013, 54(1) | |
| 5 | Experimental investigations on thermal performance enhancement and effect of orientation on porous matrix filled PCM based heat sink | Rajesh Baby and C. Balaji | International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer | 2013, 46 | |
| 6 | A Neural Network – Based Optimization of thermal performance of phase change material based finned heat sinks – An Experimental Study | Rajesh Baby and C. Balaji | Experimental Heat Transfer | 2013, 26(5) | |
| 7 | Thermal performance of a PCM heat sink under different heat loads : an experimental study | Rajesh Baby and C. Balaji | International Journal of Thermal Sciences | 2014,79 | |
| 8 | Numerical investigation of PCM based heat sinks with embedded metal foam / crossed plate fins | P.V.,S.S. Srivatsa, Rajesh Baby and C. Balaji | Numerical Heat Transfer, Part A : Applications | 2014, 66(10) | |
| 9 | Geometric optimization of a PCM based heat sinks – A coupled ANN and GA | P.V..S.S. Srivatsa, Rajesh Baby and C. Balaji | Heat Transfer Engineering | 2016, 37(10) | |
| 10 | Thermal Performance Evaluation of a Phase Change Material based heat sink : A Numerical Study | J. Thomas,P.V.S.S.Srivatsa, S.Ramesh Krishnan, Rajesh Baby | Procedia Technology | 2016, 25 | |
| 11 | Recent advances in proton exchange membrane fuel cells: A review | Tino Joe Tenson and Rajesh Baby | International Advanced Research Journal in Science | 2017,Vol.4 | |
| 12 | Performance studies on serpentine flow channel of a proton exchange membrane fuel cell | Antony Alex, Austin George, Bijo Thomas, Bonny Mathew Antony, Rajesh Baby | IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering | 2018, 396,PP: 012059 | |
| 13 | Numerical investigations on a proton exchange membrane fuel cell of active area 50 cm2 | Tino Joe Tenson and Rajesh Baby | IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering | 2018, 396,PP: 012056 | |
| 14 | Enhancement of thermal performance of a loop heat pipe using alumina–water nanofluid: An experimental investigation | J Akshay, Aswin J Joseph, Jobin Jose, Rajesh Baby | IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering | 2018, 396,PP: 012058 | |
| 15 | Recent advances in loop heat pipes: A review | Jobin Jose and Rajesh Baby | IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering | 2018, 396,PP: 012060 | |
| 16 | Phase change material based thermal management of lithium ion batteries: A review on thermal performance of various thermal conductivity enhancers | Journal of Energy Storage | ELSEVIER | Journal of Energy Storage 50 (2022) 104606 | |
| 17 | Implementation of an origami inspired gripper robot for picking objects of variable geometry | International Conference on Artificial Intelligence & Energy Systems. | ELSEVIER | Materials Today: Proceedings 58 (2022) 176–183 | |
| 18 | Design, fabrication and testing of a direct methanol fuel cell stack | International Conference on Artificial Intelligence & Energy Systems. | ELSEVIER | Materials Today: Proceedings 58 (2022) 400–406 | |
| 19 | Thermal efficiency analysis of buildings with phase change Materials | Sustainability, Agri, Food and Environmental Research | (ISSN: 0719-3726), 10(X), 2022 | ||
| 20 | Enhancement of thermal performance of a loop heat pipe using alumina – water nanofluid : An experimental investigation | IOP Conf. Series: Materials Science and Engineering. | IOP Publishing | IOP Conf. Series: Materials Science and Engineering 396 (2018) 012058 doi:10.1088/1757-899X/396/1/012058 | |
| 21 | Performance studies on serpentine flow channel of a proton exchange membrane fuel cell | IOP Conf. Series: Materials Science and Engineering. | IOP Publishing | IOP Conf. Series: Materials Science and Engineering 396 (2018) 012059 doi:10.1088/1757-899X/396/1/012059 | |
| 22 | Investigations on the influence of channel's span wise | International ISHMT-ASTFE | Begellhouse digital library | pages 1721-1726 | |
| 23 | aspect ratio over the heat transfer characteristics of an upward solar air heater | Heat and Mass Transfer Conference | DOI: 10.1615/IHMTC-2021.2590 | ||
| 24 | Enhancement of the thermal performance of a loop heat pipe using silica-water nanofluid | International Conference on Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, ICAME'18 | IOP Publishing | 1355 (2019) 012010 | |
| 25 | Recent advances in loop heat pipes : A review | IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering | IOP Publishing | 396 (2018) 012060 doi:10.1088/1757-899X/396/1/012060 | |
| 26 | Performance improvement of solar air heater using jet impingement cooling: an experimental study | International ISHMT-ASTFE Heat and Mass Transfer Conference | pages 553-558 DOI: 10.1615/IHMTC-2021.830 | ||
| 27 | Numerical investigations on a proton exchange membrane fuel cell of active area 50 cm2 | IOP Conf. Series: Materials Science and Engineering | IOP Publishing | IOP Conf. Series: Materials Science and Engineering 396 (2018) 012056 doi:10.1088/1757-899X/396/1/012056 |
International Conferences
| S. No. | Title of the Paper | Author(s) | Name of the Conference | Venue & Date | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Experimental investigations on vortex tube hot end | Rajesh Baby and E.V.S.Namboodiry | 14th ISME International conference on Mechanical Engineering in Knowledge Age | Delhi College of Engineering, New Delhi. 12 to 14 December 2005 | ||||||
| 2 | Smart materials and structures – A review | Rajesh Baby, Ramesh Krishnan S and Thomas Joseph | International conference on recent developments in Structural Engineering | MIT, Manipal, Karnataka Aug-07 | ||||||
| 3 | An experimental performance evaluation of nozzles used in vortex tubes | Rajesh Baby, E.V.S. Namboodiry and Thomas Joseph | 15th ISME International Conference on New Horizons of Mechanical Engineering | Rajiv Gandhi Technological University, Bhopal.March 18- 20, 2008 | ||||||
| 4 | Improving the performance of portable electronic equipment using finned heat sinks filled with phase change materials | Rajesh Baby and C Balaji | 21st National and 10th International ISHMT-ASME Heat and Mass Transfer Conference | IIT Madras, Chennai.27th to 30th December 2011 | ||||||
| 5 | Experimental investigations on metal foam based PCM filled heat sinks in free and forced convection | Srikanth. R Rajesh Baby and C Balaji | 22rd National and 11th International ISHMT-ASME Heat and Mass Transfer Conference | IIT Kharagpur, India | ||||||
| 6 | Numerical investigations on flow channel of bipolar plate in Proton Exchange Membrane fuel cell | Jobin Sebastian, P. Karthikeyan and Rajesh Baby | International conference on Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering | T.K.M. College of Engineering Kollam, Kerala 14th to 16th December 2015 | ||||||
| 7 | Performance enhancement of heat sink with phase change nano matrix | Jesto Thomas, Venkitaraj K.P and Rajesh Baby | 23rd National Heat and Mass Transfer Conference and 1st International ISHMT-ASTFE Heat and Mass Transfer Conference (IHMTC2015) | VSSC, Thiruvananthapuram,Kerala 17th to 20th December 2015 | ||||||
| 8 | Effect of bipolar plate flow channel on the performance of a proton exchange membrane fuel : A numerical study | Juvan Josias Thattil, Sanson Regi Mathew,Vyshak S and Rajesh Baby | 7th International Symposium on advances in Computational Heat transfer (CHT-17) Conference | Napoli, Italy 28th May to 01st June 2017 | ||||||
| 9 | Performance evaluation and optimization of Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells | Tino Joe Tenson and Rajesh Baby | 24th National Heat and Mass Transfer Conference and 2nd International ISHMT-ASTFE Heat and Mass Transfer Conference (IHMTC2017) | BITS Pilani Hyderabad 27th to 30th December 2017 | ||||||
| 10 | Experimental Investigations on 49 cm2 serpentine bipolar plate of a Proton Exchange Membrane fuel cell | Antony Alex, Austin George, Bijo Thomas, Bonny Mathew Antony, Rajesh Baby | 11th International conference on Thermal Engineering : Theory and applications | Doha, Quatar. 25th to 28th February 2018 | ||||||
| 11 | Enhancement of the thermal performance of a loop heat pipe using silica – water nanofluid | Jobin Jose and Rajesh Baby | International Conference on Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering(ICAME’18) | T.K.M. College of Engineering, Kollam, Kerala.17th to 19th December 2018 | ||||||
| National Conference | ||||||||||
| Sl. No. | Title of the Paper | Name of Authors | Name of the Conference | Venue & Date | ||||||
| 1 | Effect of heat exchanger effectiveness on the performance of a charcoal nitrogen adsorption cryocooler | Rajesh Baby and M. Jose Prakash | 13th National conference of Indian Society of Mechanical Engineers | IIT Roorkee.December 30-31, 2003 | ||||||
| 2 | Stereolithography – An investigation on rapid prototyping process | Rajesh Baby and Lijo Paul | All India Seminar on Recent Advanes in Manufacturing Technologies | NIT, Rourkela,2005 | ||||||
| 3 | An experimental performance evaluation of vortex tube cold end | Rajesh Baby and E.V.S | National Conference on Energy Management in Changing Business Scenario | BITS-Pilani,October 08-09, 2005. | ||||||
| 4 | Water Jet Cutting – A trend maker in machining | Lijo Paul, Rajesh Baby,Thomas Joseph and Jijo Joseph | National Conference on Emerging trends in Mechanical Engineering | B.M.S. College of Engineering, Bangalore.2006 | ||||||
| 5 | An experimental performance evaluation of hot valve used in vortex tubes | Rajesh Baby, E.V.S | National conference on Refrigeration and Air Conditioning | IIT Madras, Chennai,January 08-10, 2009 | ||||||
| 6 | Recent advances in nano-based heat pipes : Review | Melvin Philip Mathew, Rajesh Baby | National conference on Energy, Economy and Environment | NIT Calicut,16,17 December 2016 |
| Sl. No | Title/ Topic | Year & Duration | Organizer | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thermal optimization of composite heat sinks using ANN and GA in the Short term training programme on Essentials of optimization techniques in Engineering | 13th June 2013 | Department of Mechanical Engineering, Government Engineering College, Thrissur, Kerala | |
| 2 | Phase Change Materials for Aerospace Applications in the AICTE sponsored Faculty Development Programme on Trends and Advancements in Aerospace Engineering | 28th October 2013 | organized by the department of Mechanical Engineering, Sree Chitra Thirunal College of Engineering, Trivandrum | |
| 3 | Artificial Neural Networks for PCM based composite heat sinks in the AICTE sponsored Faculty development programme on Engineering Optimization : Methods and application | 3rd March 2014 | Department of Mechanical Engineering, Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Technology,Pampady, Kottayam | |
| 4 | Optimization of PCM based heat sinks: An ANN-GA Approach in the Short term training programme on Optimization techniques in Engineering Research | 30th July 2016. | The department of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering Perumon | |
| 5 | Measurement of Temperature in the Short term training programme on Measurement techniques in fluid and thermal engineering | 29th September 2016 | Department of Mechanical Engineering, Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Technology,Pampady, Kottayam | |
| 6 | Thermal management of electronics using phase change material based heat sinks | 28th April 2017 | Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore, Tamil Nadu |
| Year | Project Title | Funding Agency | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Development of PEMFC stack for domestic applications | ANERT | Rs. 600000 |
| 2020 | Design and fabrication of Gasifier Stove | CERD, APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University | Rs. 50000 |
| 2021 | Experimental Investigations on Nano-Enhanced Phase Change Materials for latent heat storage applications | Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB),Govt. of India | Rs.15, 10,615 |
| 2021 | Design and developement of an Origami inspired Gripper for picking objects of variable geometry | CERD, APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University | Rs. 32000 |
| 2021 | Experimental Investigations on Nano enhanced Phase Change Materils for latent heat storage applications | Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB) | Rs. 18,30,000 |
| 2022 | Design, fabrication and implementation of PCMs based passive cooling system for Thermal Management of Li-ion Batteries used in Electric Vehicles | ANERT | Rs.15, 10,615 |
| 2022 | Development of an automatic height adjusting pillow to relieve chronic neck pain (cervicalgia) | CERD, APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University | Rs. 45000 |
| 2023 | Smart Bed, A self adjustable bed for bedridden patients to prevent bedsore | CERD, APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University | Rs. 36500 |
