Associate Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad, Prayagraj, India-211004
E-mail: ashwini[at]mnnit[dot]ac[dot]in
Telephone: 0532-227-1504(O) 6386583678(M)
Larsen & Toubro Build India Scholarship for M.Tech. at IIT Delhi
On-going Projects:
Thermal Performance Evaluation of Earth air tunnel assisted Greenhouse in tropical conditions like Uttar Pradesh (CST-UP 1929)
Funding Agency: Council of Science and Technology, UP,
Amount - Rs. 8 lakh
Role: PI
Experimental Investigations on Nucleate pool boiling with enhanced surface geometries using EDM process (CRG/2022/001001).
Funding Agency: DST-SERB
Amount: Rs 17.21 lakh
Role: PI
Consultancy(Past):
Project: Vetting of solar panel structure, Sponsoring agency: M/s Solar Circle Power Project Ltd, Amount: Rs 1,18000/- (Role: Co-PI)
Expert Lectures:
“Emerging trends in thermal engineering (ETTE-2019)” at Mechanical Engg. Deptt., MNNIT Allahabad
Structural Integrity and Reliability” at Mechanical Engg. Deptt., MNNIT Allahabad
One-week e-Faculty Development Program on “Solar Energy Utilization - 2020” in Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Institute of Technology Patna, Patna, Bihar, India.
AICTE-ISTE sponsored one week online induction/refresher programme on “solar energy in the present era” at Bhilai Institute of Technology, Durg, Chhattisgarh.
Emerging Technologies in Thermo-Fluids and Energy Systems (ETTES-2023)" April 11-16, 2023 at NIT Delhi
Overseas Assignments:
Post Doctoral Experience at Korea Atomic energy research Institute (2 years): Developed experimental facility to access transient behavior of cladding under Design extended condition with modeling
in NRC code- FRAPTRAN
Reviewer for Transactions / Journal / Conferences:
Reviewer of " Nuclear Engineering and Design", Elsevier.
Reviewer of " Nuclear Engineering and Technology", Elsevier.
Reviewer of " Heat and Mass Transfer", Springer.
Reviewer of "Sadhana" Journal, Springer.
Reviewer of "Heat transfer" Journal, Wiley.
Reviewer of "Building and Environment" Journal, Elsevier.
Reviewer of "Energy conversion and Management" Journal, Elsevier.