Manojkumar Lokanathan

Mechanical Engineer doctorate with 9 years of experience in microfluidics, two-phase flow, surface & interfacial sciences, colloids, thermal & fluids simulation & micro/nanofabrication.

Research Expertise

Mechanical Engineering
Thermal/Energy Systems
Electrowetting
Droplet Microfluidics
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality
Nuclear and High Energy Physics
Waste Management and Disposal
Nuclear Energy and Engineering
Energy Engineering and Power Technology
Spectroscopy
Condensed Matter Physics
Surfaces and Interfaces
Electrochemistry
Surfaces, Coatings and Films
Metals and Alloys
Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Biomaterials
Polymers and Plastics
Computer Science Applications
Mechanics of Materials
Colloid and Surface Chemistry

About

I am a doctorate from the University of Texas at Austin (Bahadur Research Group), with 9 years of experience in analytical, numerical and experimental heat transfer and thermal management, microfluidics, emulsion chemistry, surface sciences and machine learning. I have published more than 10 peer-reviewed & award-winning articles in multiple internationally renowned scientific journals and conferences. My experience is highly interdisciplinary with focuses on thermal and lifetime management of power electronics, nanocomposites, nanofluids, electrowetting, dielectrophoresis, electrocoalescence, droplet generation, machine learning and more.

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Review of Nanocomposite Dielectric Materials With High Thermal Conductivity
Proceedings of the IEEE
2021
Flow regime, void fraction and interfacial area transport and characteristics of co-current downward two-phase flow
Nuclear Engineering and Design
2016
Flow regime transition criteria for co-current downward two-phase flow
Progress in Nuclear Energy
2018
Faster Nucleation of Ice at the Three-Phase Contact Line: Influence of Interfacial Chemistry
Langmuir
2021
Scalably manufactured textured surfaces for controlling wettability in oil-water systems
Materials Research Express
2019
Machine Learning-Based Predictions of Benefits of High Thermal Conductivity Encapsulation Materials for Power Electronics Packaging
Journal of Electronic Packaging
2021
Comparing electrowettability and surfactants as tools for wettability enhancement on a hydrophobic surface
Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects
2020
Dielectrophoretic Control of a Droplet at the Interface of Two Liquids in a Three Liquid System
Volume 7: Fluids Engineering
2018
Influence of surfactant on electrowetting-induced surface electrocoalescence of water droplets in hydrocarbon media
Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects
2022
Assessing the impact of novel polymers and thermal management in a power electronics module using machine learning approaches
2021 20th IEEE Intersociety Conference on Thermal and Thermomechanical Phenomena in Electronic Systems (iTherm)
2021
New materials for emerging electrical environments—workshop report
IEEE Electrical Insulation Magazine
2020
Artificial neural network-based predictions of surface electrocoalescence of water droplets in hydrocarbon media
Chemical Engineering Research and Design
2022
Comparing Electrowettability and Surfactants As Tools for Wettability Enhancement on a Hydrophobic Surface
Volume 7: Fluids Engineering
2019
Last Year’s Best Papers (ITherm 2021)
2022 21st IEEE Intersociety Conference on Thermal and Thermomechanical Phenomena in Electronic Systems (iTherm)
2022

Education

Ph.D, Mechanical Engineering / August, 2016

Austin, California, United States of America

Purdue University West Lafayette

MSc, Mechanical Engineering / January, 2015

West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America

Purdue University System

BSc, Mechanical Engineering / August, 2009

West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America

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