Dr. Sateesh Kumar Yadav | Faculty Mechanical Engineering

Dr. Sateesh Kumar Yadav
Assistant Professor

Awards/Honors/Achievements

• Secured 99.21 percentile in GATE 2011 and 92 percentile in GATE 2010.
• M.Tech. (2011-2013) Fellowship awarded by the Ministry of Human Resource and Development (MHRD) Government of India.
• Ph.D. (2013-2019) Fellowship awarded by the Ministry of Human Resource and Development (MHRD) Government of India.
• Finalist (Top 5) in the EU-India Young Scientist Award-2015.
• Attended AICTE Training And Learning (ATAL) Academy Online FDP on “Additive Manufacturing: Current Trends And Prospects Towards Developing AM Research” at Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India (August 22-26, 2021).
• Attended AICTE Training And Learning (ATAL) Academy Online FDP on “Energy Engineering” at Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, India (November 23-27, 2020).
• Attended AICTE Training And Learning (ATAL) Academy Online FDP on “Sustainability Engineering” at Indian Institute of Technology, Jammu, India (October 26-30, 2020).
• Attended QIP short-term course on “Multi-Scale Computational Fluid Dynamics: Fundamental and Applications” conducted by Department of Mechanical Engineering, Dr. B. R. Ambedkar National Institute of Technology, Jalandhar, Punjab, India (Sept 21-25, 2020).
• Attended QIP short-term course on “Thermal Energy Storage for Effective Energy Management” conducted by Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India (Feb 10-14, 2020).
• Attended QIP short-term course on “Additive Manufacturing” conducted by Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India (Feb 11-15, 2019).
• Attended AICTE sponsored short-term course on “Additive Manufacturing” held at Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India (Feb 05-09, 2018).

Dr. Sateesh Kumar Yadav is an accomplished academic and researcher currently serving as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Graphic Era Hill University, Dehradun. With a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from IIT Kanpur, his research has extensively explored thermal energy storage systems using inorganic phase change materials. His doctoral work focused on the thermochemical dissociation of salt hydrates and ice slurry generation, employing advanced numerical modelling techniques to optimize energy storage systems.

Dr. Yadav’s academic journey includes an M.Tech. from IIT Kanpur, where he studied incremental forming processes, and a B.Tech. from UPTU Lucknow, where he developed a Stirling engine from waste materials. His research interests span thermal energy storage, melting and solidification, thermal spray coating, additive manufacturing, and incremental sheet metal forming. He has also contributed significantly to academia and industry as a Project Scientist and Senior Student Research Associate at IIT Kanpur.

A recipient of prestigious fellowships and a finalist for the EU-India Young Scientist Award, Dr. Yadav has published extensively in reputed journals and conferences. His expertise includes advanced simulation tools such as ANSYS Fluent, OpenFOAM, and COMSOL, alongside programming skills in Python, C++, and Fortran. He actively engages in academic training and workshops, continuously advancing the field of sustainable energy and manufacturing technologies.

ORCID ID: 0000-0001-5209-9872
Scopus ID:  57195633538
Google Scholar ID:     jpuERwIAAAAJ&hl

List Of Research Publication

Journals

• Alkan, C., Döğüşcü, D. K., Gottschalk, A., Ramamoorthi, U., Kumar, A., Yadav, S. K., Yadav, A. S., Adıgüzel, E., Altıntaş, A., Damlıoğlu, Y., & Çetin, A. (2016). Polyvinyl Alcohol-salt Hydrate Mixtures as Passive Thermal Energy Storage Systems. Energy Procedia, 91, 1012-1017. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egypro.2016.06.269
• Bansal, A., Lingam, R., Yadav, S. K., & Reddy, N. V. (2017). Prediction of forming forces in single point incremental forming. Journal of Manufacturing Process, 28, 486-493. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmapro.2017.04.016
• Kharbanda, J. S., Yadav, S. K., Soni, V., & Kumar, A. (2020). Modeling of heat transfer and fluid flow in epsom salt (MgSO4•7H2O) dissociation for thermochemical energy storage. Journal of Energy Storage, 31, 101712. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.est.2020.101712
• Kumar, A., Yadav, S. K., Mahato, A., & Kumar, A. (2019). On-demand intermittent ice slurry generation for subzero cold thermal energy storage: Numerical simulation and performance analysis. Applied Thermal Engineering, 161, 114081. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2019.114081
• Yadav, S. K., Ziyad, D., & Kumar, A. (2019). Numerical investigation of isothermal and non-isothermal ice slurry flow in horizontal elliptical pipes. International Journal of Refrigeration, 97, 196-210. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijrefrig.2018.10.013

Book Chapters

• Kharbanda, J. S., Yadav, S. K., Soni, V., & Kumar, A. (2020). Modeling of Thermochemical Kinetics in Salt Hydrates for Thermal Energy Storage. In S. Singh, & V. Ramadesigan (Eds.), Advances in Energy Research, Vol. 1 (pp. 331-343). Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-2666-4_33
• Shukla, R. K., Yadav, S. K., Shete, M. H., & Kumar, A. (2015). Numerical Modeling of Impact and Solidification of a Molten Alloy Droplet on a Substrate. In R. Narayanan, & U. Dixit (Eds), Advances in Material Forming and Joining (pp. 307-322). Springer, New Delhi. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-81-322-2355-9_16

Conference and Symposium

• Alkan, C., Döğüşcü, D. K., Gottschalk, A., Ramamoorthi, U., Kumar, A., Yadav, S. K., Yadav, A. S., Adıgüzel, E., Altıntaş, A., Damlıoğlu, Y., & Çetin, A. (2015, December 2-4). Polyvinyl Alcohol-salt Hydrate Mixtures as Passive Thermal Energy Storage Systems [Conference presentation]. 4th International Conference on Solar Heating and Cooling for Buildings and Industry (SHC 2015), Istanbul, Turkey.
• Bansal, A., Lingam, R., Yadav, S. K., & Reddy, N. V. (2017, June 4-8). Prediction of forming forces in single point incremental forming [Conference presentation]. 45th North American Manufacturing Research Conference (NAMRC 45), University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America.
• Gottschalk, A., Alkan, C., Kumar, A., Ramamoorthi, U., Soni, V., & Yadav, S. K. (2017, March 27-28). Numerical investigation of thermal energy storage in a brick using microencapsulated PMMA and n-Octadecane PCM [Symposium presentation]. Innovative Thermal Energy Storage (INOTES) Materials Symposium and Workshop, Tokat, Turkey.
• Kharbanda, J. S., Yadav, S. K., Soni, V., & Kumar, A. (2017, December 12-14). Thermochemical kinetics in salt hydrates for thermal energy storage: A numerical study and simulation [Conference presentation]. 6th International Conference on Advances in Energy Research (ICAER 2017), Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, Maharashtra, India.
• Mahato, A., Yadav, S. K., & Kumar, A. (2015, February 18-20). Influence of Optimization Parameters on the Generation of Ice Slurry in an Ice Forming Unit of a HVAC&R System [Conference presentation]. International Conference on Polygeneration (ICP 2015), Anna University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
• Mahato, A., Yadav, S. K., & Kumar, A. (2015, February 18-20). Modelling Unconstrained Melting of Phase Change Material in a Spherical Reservoir of a Thermal Energy Storage System [Conference presentation]. International Conference on Polygeneration (ICP 2015), Anna University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
• Shukla, R. K., Yadav, S. K., Shete, M. H., & Kumar, A. (2014, December 12-14). Numerical modelling of impact and solidification of a molten alloy droplet on a substrate [Conference presentation]. 5th International & 26th All India Manufacturing Technology, Design and Research Conference (AIMTDR 2014), Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati, Assam, India.
• Soni, V., Yadav, S. K., Kumar, A., & Jain, V. K. (2016, December 15-17). Numerical Study of Heat Storage Enhancement in Phase Change Material based Thermal Energy Storage Systems [Conference presentation]. 6th International and 43rd National Conference on Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power (FMFP 2016), Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India.
• Yadav, S. K., & Kumar, A. (2017, March 27-28). Thermochemical dissociation reaction modelling of epsom salt (MgSO4•7H2O) for thermal energy storage [Symposium presentation]. Innovative Thermal Energy Storage (INOTES) Materials Symposium and Workshop, Tokat, Turkey.
• Yadav, S. K., Shukla, R. K., & Kumar, A. (2014, December 12-14). Prediction of mould filling pattern using different numerical models and its influence on solidification [Conference presentation]. 5th International and 41st National Conference on Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power (FMFP 2014), Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India.
• Yadav, S. K., Shukla, R. K., & Kumar, A. (2014, December 12-14). A numerical study of mould filling in microcasting [Conference presentation]. 5th International & 26th All India Manufacturing Technology, Design and Research Conference (AIMTDR 2014), Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati, Assam, India.
• Yadav, S. K., Shukla, R. K., & Kumar, A. (2014, November 24-26). Numerical modelling of solid spherical particle deposition on a roughened substrate during cold spraying [Conference presentation]. 6th Asian Thermal Spray Conference (ATSC 2014), International Advanced Research Centre for Powder Metallurgy and New Materials (ARCI), Hyderabad, Telangana, India.
• Yadav, S. K., Yadav, A. S., & Kumar, A. (2016, December 15-17). Numerical Study of Thermal Association in Salt Hydrates for Thermal Energy Storage [Conference presentation]. 6th International and 43rd National Conference on Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power (FMFP 2016), Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India.