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Prime Minister's Research Fellow

Gas Dynamics Laboratory,

Mechanical Engineering, IIT GUWAHATI

Curriculum vitae

SIMA  NAYAK

Sima Nayak is a Research Scholar (Ph.D.) in the department of Mechanical Engineering at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Guwahati, India. Her academic identities include Master's degree (M.Tech) from National Institute of Technology (NIT) Rourkela, India in "Cryogenic and Vaccum Technology" & Bachelor's Degree (B.Tech) in "Mechanical Engineering" from Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology (VSSUT) Burla, Odisha. Prior to these, her technological journey was initiated through the Diploma course in "Mechanical Engineering" from Jharsuguda Engineering School (JES), Odisha. She joined IIT Guwahati in December 2020 and continuing her research activities under the supervision of Prof. Niranjan Sahoo. It is worth mentioning that, she is a recipient of the prestigious Prime Minister's Research Fellowship (PMRF). Her research interests include measurement diagnostics of high-speed flows and instrumentation techniques for impulsive force and heat flux measurement.

Prof. Niranjan Sahoo

PhD Supervisor

Prof. Niranjan Sahoo

Prof. Niranjan Sahoo ​

Department of Mechanical Engineering, IIT Guwahati​

Guwahati 781039​

Ph:- +91 361 2582665​

Email:- shock@iitg.ac.in ​

Courses undertaken during PhD

Courses Course Name Grade CPI
ME 522 Convective Heat & Mass Transfer BB
ME 619 Fundamentals of Microfluidics AB 8.50
ME 648 Viscous Fluid Flow BB
ME 657 Two Phase Flow & Heat Transfer AB

Hobbies

  • Badminton
  • Reading, Teaching and Learning
  • Swimming
  • Skipping, Dancing
  • Pranayama
  • Listening Music

Technical Skills

  • Solidworks
  • MATLAB
  • MS Office, Latex
  • ANSYS
  • Tecplot
  • Mendeley

Education

  • Ph.D. Research Scholar (December 2020 - Present)

  • M.Tech (2017-2019)

  • B.Tech (2012-2015)

  • Diploma (2008-2011)

Teaching Assistant

  • Teaching Assistant (Aug-Dec 2022) at School of Technology,
    Assam Don Bosco University under PMRF


  • Teaching Assistant (Jan-Dec 2023) at Faculty of Technology,
    Gauhati University under PMRF


Research Objective

My current research interests related high speed flow diagnostics includes:

  • Calculation of surface heat flux and force
  • Fabrication of coaxial thermal probe and aerodynamic model
  • Implementation of various contemporary techniques for force and heat flux recovery

The high-speed aerodynamic vehicles often come across the influence of impulsive loads due to generation of shock waves at supersonic or hypersonic speeds. Similar force and heat loads are observed in intercontinental missiles, new generation air crafts, and launch vehicles etc. These impulsive forces and added heat fluxes cause a serious damage on the aerostructure. So the prior assessment such parameters need to be carried out for the design and modification of the atmospheric vehicles. Therefore, experiments are being carried out to get the information about the magnitude and nature of such forces and heat fluxes by creating similar environments in shock tubes and shock tunnels with the help of prototypes. Due to the high-speed nature of the flow of the vehicles, some selective sensors are capable in capturing the flow information. For this some highly efficient sensors are fabricated in house to measure the thermal loads and impulsive force as well as some modern recovery techniques are developed for the calculation of force and heat loads.

Publications

Conferences

    Nayak S., Sahoo N., Soft Computing Approach for Dynamic Calibration of a Stress-wave Force Balance, 8th International Conference on Product Lifecycle Modelling, Simulation & Synthesis (PLMSS), Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC), ISRO, Thiruvananthapuram, December 17-18, 2021. (ID: 32).

    Nayak S., Sahoo N., Fabrication of a Coaxial Thermal Probe for Transient Temperature and Heat- flux Measurement, Indo-German International Conference on Metrology for the Deployment of Green Hydrogen and Renewable Fuels in India, April 4-6, 2022.

    Nayak S., Kamal A., Kumar A., Sahoo N., Laboratory Scale Measurement of Shock wave Effects: A Process and Product Development Perspective, Innovation & Entrepreneurship Conclave (IEC 2022), Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Assam, April 20, 2022.

    Nayak S., Sahoo N., Recovery of Impulsive forces: A comparative assessment between conventional and soft computing technique, North-East Research Conclave (NERC 2022), Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati, May 20-22, 2022. (ID: 0411U0670)

    Nayak S., Sahoo N., Komiyama Masaharu., Fabrication and Thermal Characterization of a Coaxial Thermal Probe, 67th Congress of Indian Society of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (ISTAM 2022), December 14-16, 2022. (ID: PA0278)

Book Chapter

Achievements

  • Recipient of the prestigious Prime Minister's Research Fellowship, 2021.
  • NPTEL Course on ‘Fundamentals of compressible flow’ with Elite+Silver certification, 2021
  • Awarded by NCC certificate “B” at school level, 2014.
  • Recipient of the 1st prize in skipping competition organized by ILLUMINA, 2014.
  • Ranked 19th in Orissa JEE, 2012.

Extra-Curricular Activities

  • Participated as volunteer for the Workshop on “Sustainable Energy Utilization Technology for Green Hydrogen and Renewable Fuels” organized by Mechanical Department of IIT Guwahati, 2022.
  • Participated in “Blast and Shock Resistant Bio-inspired Functional Materials Design Methodologies” organized by Mechanical Department of IIT Guwahati, 2022.
  • Participated as Learner and volunteer, organised by OM SHANTI Jharsuguda 2012–17.
  • Member of ‘AASRA’ which is a social service group to help poor kids in their education durng MTech, 2017-19.

Contact Details

SIMA NAYAK

    Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, North Guwahati, Assam, 781039

    n.sima@iitg.ac.in

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