Biosketch

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Department of Mechanical Engineering. Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati, India. Title of Thesis: Combined Radiation, Conduction and/or Convection Heat Transfer in Participating Media.
Master of Technology (M.Tech.) Department of Mechanical Engineering. Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati, India, Title of Thesis: Analysis of Conduction-Radiation Problem in Participating Media using Collapsed Dimension Method
Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.). First class with honors, Department of Mechanical Engineering. Assam Engineering College, Gauhati University, Assam, India
B. Tech. IIT Guwahati, 2006

Prof. Prabal Talukdar is currently working as a Professor (HAG) in the Department of Mechanical Engineering of IIT Delhi. He is also holding the Chair of Central Electric Authority (CEA) since Jan 2022.

Prior Joining to IITD in 2007, he worked as a Post-Doctoral Fellow at the University of Saskatchewan (2005-2007), Canada and University of Erlangen-Nuremberg (2002-2005), Germany. He earned his MTech and PhD degree from IIT Guwahati and Bachelor of Engineering from Assam Engineering College. He has been working as a Visiting Professor/Scientists at the University of Freiberg, Germany, and University of Saskatchewan, Canada in the past several years. He also visited several universities in South East Asia as a Guest Professor in the recent past.

Prof. Talukdar currently is an Associate (Lead) Editor of Journal of Enhanced Heat Transfer. He also served as an Associate Editor of ASME Journal of Thermal Sciences and Engineering Applications during 2020-2023. Prof. Talukdar is a leading researcher in the area of heat transfer and has published more than 185 paper in International Journals and Conferences. He has been recently awarded with 2 Indian patents. He has been listed as a top 2% cited scientist published by the Stanford University in the last few years.

Prof. Talukdar has more than 20 years of Teaching and Research experience. Fourteen PhD students have successfully completed their PhDs under his supervision and another seven have been working at present. He has completed more than 15 sponsored research and consultancy projects. His area of interest includes heat transfer through porous media (foams), reheating furnace, continuous casting, thermal protective fabrics, radiative heat transfer in participating media, convective drying, inverse heat transfer, etc.
More information about him can accessed through his : website

Recent Publications

• Sonika Sharma, Prabal Talukdar, Implementation of Deep Neural Networks for performance prediction and optimization of a porous volumetric solar receiver considering mechanical safety, Applied Thermal Engineering, 232, September 2023, 121096
• P. Jayakrishna, Saurav Chakraborty, S. Ganguly, P. Talukdar, Numerical investigation on role of vertical electromagnetic brake system in reducing remelting effect and improving thermal characteristics in thin slab continuous casting, International Journal of Thermal Sciences, 192, Part B, October 2023, 108434
• Abhishek Sit, Rhena Wulf, Tobias Fieback, Prabal Talukdar, Identification of Spectral Radiative Properties of Closed Cell Polymeric Foams using Coupled Monte Carlo-Particle Swarm Optimization Method, International Journal of Thermal Sciences, 189, July 2023, 108263
• Nandyala Mahesh, Neetu Singh, Prabal Talukdar, Computational modeling of nanoparticle infusion, different distribution patterns, and temperature elevations during magnetic hyperthermia of breast cancer, Thermal Science and Engineering Progress, 40 (1) May 2023, 101756
• Nandyala Mahesh, Neetu Singh, Prabal Talukdar, A mathematical model of intratumoral infusion, particle distribution and heat transfer in cancer tumors: In-silico investigation of magnetic nanoparticle hyperthermia, International Journal of Thermal Science, 183, January 2023, 107887
• Sonika Sharma, Prabal Talukdar, Thermo-mechanical analysis of a porous volumetric solar receiver subjected to concentrated solar radiation, Solar Energy, 247(41-54), November 2022