Resume

• 2009

  Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)

  Working in the area of Thermal and Fluid Sciences (Thermoacoustics

  Cryogenic refrigeration)

  Mechanical Engineering

  American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)

  American Physical Society (APS)

  Drexel University

• 2007

  M.S.

  Research in Plasma physics and engineering for materials processing

  Mechanical Engineering

  American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)

  American Physical Society (APS)

  Drexel University

• 2003

  B.Tech.(Hons.)

  Mechanical Engineering

  Literary and Debating Society- Member 2004-2007 and Gen. Sec. 2006-2007

  \nCultural and Dramatic Society- Member 2004-2007

  \nBasketball Team (Captain 2006-2007)

  National Institute of Technology

  Jamshedpur

• 2001

  Chowgule College

• Heat Transfer

  Intermediate knowledge of programming in Fortran

  Intermediate skills in optical emission spectroscopy and thermal anemometry

  Combustion

  Matlab

  Intermediate skills in LabVIEW and MATLAB

  Knowledge of commercial CFD codes FLUENT and COMSOL

  Plasma Physics

  ANSYS

  Engineering

  4+ years of CFD experience (thermoacoustics

  plasma physics)

  CFD

  Labview

  Thermal

  Proficient in commercial CFD suite CFD-ACE+

  Maple

  Intermediate skills in AutoCAD and Creo Parametric (Pro-Engineer)

  Fluid Mechanics

  Thermodynamics

  Intermediate reading and writing skills in French

  Experimental and Numerical Investigations of an Orifice type Cryogenic Pulse Tube Refrigerator

  Bakhtier Faroukk

  Experimental and Numerical Investigations of an Orifice type Cryogenic Pulse Tube Refrigerator

  Bakhtier Farouk

  High amplitude non-linear acoustic wave driven flow fields in circular and conical resonators

  Bakhtier Farouk

  Numerical Simulations of Transport Processes in a Pulse Tube Cryocooler: Effects of Taper Angle

  Bakhtier Farouk

  Alexander Fridman

  Atmospheric pressure DC corona discharges: operating regimes and potential applications

  Bakhtier Farouk

  Numerical Analysis of an OPTR: Optimization for Space Applications

  Evelyn Wang

  Rong Xiao

  Yangying Zhu

  Advanced Materials

  Real-Time Manipulation with Magnetically Tunable Structures

  Bakhtier Farouk

  DC Negative Corona Discharge in Atmospheric Pressure Helium: Transition from the Corona to the ‘Normal’ Glow Regime

  Evelyn Wang

  T.-J. Zhang

  Terry Hendricks

  Siyu Chen

  K.-H. Chu

  Yangying Zhu

  Journal of Heat Transfer

  Surface Structure Enhanced Microchannel Flow Boiling

  Evelyn Wang

  Rishi Raj

  Edgardo Farias

  Yangying Zhu

  Solomon Adera

  Dynamic evolution of the evaporating liquid-vapor interface in micropillar arrays

  Bakhtier Farouk

  Wave-shaping of pulse tube cryocooler components for improved performance

  Bakhtier Farouk

  Computational Fluid Dynamics Simulations of an Orifice type Pulse Tube Refrigerator: Effects of Operating Frequency

  Bakhtier Farouk

  Numerical and experimental characterization of the inertance effect on pulse tube refrigerator performance

  Evelyn Wang

  Rishi Raj

  Solomon Adera

  International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

  Design of Micropillar Wicks for Thin-Film Evaporation

  Bakhtier Farouk

  Atmospheric pressure direct current H2/CH4 micro-glow discharge simulations: Effects of external circuit

  Evelyn Wang

  T.-J. Zhang

  Sivanand Somasundaram

  Zhengmao Lu

  Yangying Zhu

  Langmuir

  Prediction and Characterization of Dry-out Heat Flux in Micropillar Wick Structures

  Dion

  Antao

  Auto Industries (Tata Motors)

  Hindustan Aeronautics Limited

  Drexel University

  Texas A&M University

  Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  Designed nozzles as part of a four member student team on the LOx and LH2 tanks for HAL as a summer training project.

  Hindustan Aeronautics Limited

  Texas A&M University

  College Station

  TX

  Assistant Professor

  Cambridge

  MA

  USA

  Advanced heat-exchanger design

  Phase-change heat transfer (Boiling

  Evaporation

  and Condensation)

  Interfacial phenomena in micro/nanoscale systems

  Scalable micro/nanostructure fabrication and synthesis.

  Postdoctoral Associate

  MIT

  Cambridge

  MA

  Developing energy systems via fundamental investigation of nano-to-macroscale heat transfer

  interfacial phenomena and light-structure interactions on micro/nanostructure enhanced surfaces.

  Research Scientist

  Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  I worked as a summer trainee as an automobile mechanic. I worked briefly in three different divisions (automotive

  electrical and HVAC) at the company.

  Auto Industries (Tata Motors)

  Research/Teaching Assistant

  Worked in the A.J. Drexel Plasma Institute with research focused on Atmospheric Pressure Plasma Enhanced Chemical Vapour Deposition (AP-PECVD) and plasma discharges in liquids.\nAlso worked in the area of thermoacoustic refrigeration for applications in cryogenic cooling and high temperature superconductivity.

  Drexel University

  English

  French

  Hindi

  Engineering Design Education Fellowship

  College of Engineering

  Drexel University

  George Hill

  Jr. Endowed Fellowship

  College of Engineering

  Drexel University

  NCA Division Best Student Paper and Presentation

  ASME