Combustion Technology

Dr. Vasudevan Raghavan, Associate Professor, Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IITM), Chennai, India. Dr Raghavan obtained his PhD degree in Mechanical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IITM); after working briefly in TCS Bangalore as a CFD analyst, he did his post-doctoral research in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA, where he worked on the transient simulation of methanol droplet combustion under a microgravity environment. He joined IITM in 2007 as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering. He has authored over 75 international peer reviewed journal articles and 35 international conference articles. His areas of research include evaporation and combustion of liquid fuel droplets, laminar flames, flame spread, liquid fuel pool combustion and coal gasification.