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Phone: +91-91677-81753
Email: chinmay.kulkarni@iitb.ac.in
Date of Birth: 12th October 1993
Research
Interests
Education
Conferred with the prestigious T.K. Subramaniyan Award for Academic Excellence
for the academic year 2014-2015, awarded to only one student in the entire department
Awarded the Institute Academic Prize for excellent academic achievements across all
departments (top 10 out of 873) during the academic year 2013-2014
Awarded the O. P. Jindal Engineering and Management Scholarship (OPJEMS)-2014
for excellence in academic activities (awarded to 80 students across all engineering institutes)
Awarded the prestigious DAAD-WISE Scholarship by the German Academic Exchange
Service to pursue a research internship in Germany for summer, 2014
Offered the Mitacs-Globalink Fellowship to work on a research project in Canada
Awarded AP grades for exceptional performances (top 1% of the class) in the following 5
courses: Applied Thermodynamics, Kinematics and Dynamics of Machines, Manufacturing
Processes-I, Introduction to Numerical Analysis, Solid Mechanics Laboratory
Scored a semester performance index (SPI) of 10.0/10.0 in the 4th semester (Spring 2013)
Publications
Ambekar, A., Bhangale, R., Chatterjee, R., Kulkarni, C., Kumar, S., Chowdhury, A.,
Glow-Plug-Assisted Combustion of Nitromethane Sprays in a Constant Volume Chamber,
Accepted for publication in Applied Thermal Engineering, by Elsevier,
doi: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2014.11.043
Kulkarni, C., Zhen, X., Schmid, H-J.,
Application of Monte Carlo Method & CFD to Aerosol Droplet Formation Analysis,
Submission Under Review
Bachelors
Thesis
Research
Experience
Studied steady state particle development in binary aerosols by using the Monte-Carlo method,
and considering the interplay between various events such as nucleation, coagulation, breakage
and surface growth to predict temporal evolution of the system
Developed a CFD2 model in OpenFOAM to compute velocity fluxes at all cell interfaces, and
applied Monte Carlo method for all cells to calculate cell particle distribution at every timestep
Modeled advective and diffusive particle & vapor transport between neighboring cells as
random processes governed by velocity fluxes and existing particle distribution and integrated
the CFD model with Monte Carlo code, to yield the spatial and temporal particle distribution
Developed a parallel processing algorithm for high efficiency; tested the package on OCULUS
high performance cluster and validated results by comparing with available experimental data
Numerical Modeling of Vertical Axis Wind Turbines
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Virginia Tech, USA
Guide: Prof. Shashank Priya
Experimentally analyzed constant volume spray combustion of Nitromethane and studied the
effects of varying the chamber pressure, Oxygen percentage and spray duration on parameters
such as heat release rate and ignition spontaneity and delay
Designed a constant volume combustion system for mono-propellants with an optical window
to capture details via high speed photography for a better study of the ignition process
Analyzed the combustion products using Fourier Transform Infrared spectroscopy to obtain its
composition and concluded that the fuel burns through a combination of turbulent premixed
combustion, turbulent diffusion spray combustion, and turbulent diffusion film combustion
Modeling of Cryogenic Air Distillation Column
Department of Mechanical Engineering, IIT Bombay
Guide: Prof. Milind Atrey
Simulated the operation of a cryogenic air separation column for various input feeds, different
purities and operating pressures through MATLAB to optimize a new column design
Implemented a new approach to yield optimal values of various input parameters such as feed
rate and feed purity for the most efficient operation of an existing separation column
Benchmarked the developed codes against the commercially established software, ASPEN
Future plans include accounting for unsteady nature of the process as well as deriving strategies
to control production and purity of gases for different operating pressures
2 CFD:
Technical
Experience
Designed the suspension geometry and the wheel assembly for second edition of the electric
racing vehicle by IIT Bombay Racing Team, that participated in the Formula Student UK-2013
Modeled various components of front and rear suspension in SolidWorks and validated the
designs through structural and thermal analysis in ANSYS for assured durability
Selected
Course
Projects
Fall 2013
Simulated the machining wire for thermal loads and analyzed the vibrational behavior of the
wire due to the reaction forces to calculate the mechanical stresses developed in the wire
Determined wire diameter, material properties and applied power for optimum wire life by
combining thermal and vibrational loading of the wire during machining
Analysis of Bridges Under Moving Vehicular Loads
Vibration Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, IIT Bombay
Guide: Prof. V. Kartik
Fall 2014
Analyzed mode shapes of bridges for free vibrations as well as for constant transverse loads
Modeled traveling vehicles as moving point loads to identify the modes of oscillation and
determined the distribution and speed of individual vehicles in order to achieve resonance
Teaching &
Mentorship
Experience
Spring 2014
Selected as part of the 79 member team of senior students to help the first year students settle
down and acclimatize; mentor to 12 freshmen during their formative days in the institute,
guiding them on their academic and extra-curricular endeavors
Guiding 2 academically under-performing students via one-to-one counselling; key role in
development of the department blog, a compendium of information for departmental courses
Technical
Skills
Relevant
Coursework
ExtraCurricular
Activities
Avid drummer; performed at various inter-collegiate events and won several awards
Enthusiastic about traveling and exploring culture; traveled across more than 10 countries