Dr. Vipin Nair

Department	Mechanical Engineering
Designation	Associate Professor
Joining Date	01-06-2021
Qualification	PhD (NIT Surat)
Specialization	Refrigeration, Nanofluids and Heat transfer
email id	vipin@carmelcet.in

Experience

Spent 8 years at CFTIs (Centrally Funded Technical Institutes): 7 years at NIT Surat (M. Tech and PhD) and 1 year at NIT Calicut as a faculty member.

Publications & Patents

Journal publications: SCI/SCIE/SCOPUS/Web of Science Indexed Journals:

Vipin Nair (2025), "A thermodynamic investigation of a cold storage facility based on a modified cascade refrigeration system". Discover Mechanical Engineering 4, 15. https://doi.org/10.1007/s44245-025-00093-8
Vipin Nair, Anjana Baby, Anoop M.B., Indrajith S., Midhun Murali, Meenakshi B. Nair (2024), "A comprehensive review of air-cooled heat sinks for thermal management of electronic devices", International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer, Volume 159, Part B. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icheatmasstransfer.2024.108055
Vipin Nair (2021), "HFO Refrigerants: A review of present status and future prospects." International Journal of Refrigeration 122: 156-170. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijrefrig.2020.10.039
Vipin Nair, P.R. Tailor, A.D. Parekh (2020), "Performance analysis of Al2O3-R718 nanofluid turbulent flow through a flooded chiller tube: A Numerical investigation." Journal of the Brazilian society of Mechanical Sciences and Engineering 42:350. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40430-020-02429-9
Vipin Nair, P.R. Tailor, A.D. Parekh (2020), "Experimental investigation of a vapour compression refrigeration system using R134a/Nano-oil mixture." International Journal of Refrigeration 112: 21-36. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijrefrig.2019.12.009
Vipin Nair, P.R. Tailor, A.D. Parekh (2019), "Experimental investigation of the thermophysical properties of R718 based nanofluids at low temperatures." Heat and Mass Transfer 55: 2769-2784. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00231-019-02624-y
Vipin Nair, P.R. Tailor, A.D. Parekh (2018), "Water-based Al2O3, CuO and TiO2 nanofluids as secondary fluids for refrigeration systems: a thermal conductivity study." Journal of the Brazilian society of Mechanical Sciences and Engineering 40: 262. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40430-018-1177-6
Vipin Nair, P.R. Tailor, A.D. Parekh (2016), "Nanorefrigerants: a comprehensive review on its past, present and future". International Journal of Refrigeration 67:290–307. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijrefrig.2016.01.011

Memberships

Member of ASME (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers)
Member of ISHRAE (Indian Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers)

Teaching Interest

Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning
Engineering Thermodynamics
Machine Learning for Engineering applications
Fluid Mechanics
Heat Transfer

Research Interest

Low GWP refrigerants
Secondary refrigerants
Heat Sink for electronic devices
Nanofluid heat transfer and its thermophysical properties
Vapour Compression Refrigeration systems

Expertise (software/technology/machine)

ANSYS R21 (Fluent)
Design Expert
MATLAB Simulink

Subjects Handled

Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning
Engineering Thermodynamics
Introduction to Artificial Intelligence and Data Science
Propulsion Engineering
Basic Mechanical Engineering
Professional Communication
Life Skills
Comprehensive Course-work
Comprehensive Course-viva
Project Phase-1 and Phase-2
Seminar

FDPs, Trainings/Certificate Courses

NPTEL Faculty Development Program (FDP) by IIT Madras on “Machine Learning for Engineering and Science applications”,(April 2025).
NPTEL Faculty Development Program (FDP) by IIT Kharagpur on “Microfluidics and Nanofluidics”, (October 2023).
“Application of ANSYS for Engineering Problems”, Organized by Marwadi Univeristy and co-organized by ANSYS India. (December-2022).
Attended ACRESERVE 2019-20 Workshop, Organized by ISHRAE Surat Chapter, December 2019.
“Basics and Developments in Refrigeration and Air Conditioning” at Dept. of Mechanical Engineering (NIT Surat) , March-2017.
“Introduction to MATLAB Programming” at Dept. of Mechanical Engineering (NIT Surat), July-2016.
“Design of Experiments For Process Optimization” at Dept. of Mechanical Engineering (NIT Surat), June-2016.
“Fundamentals and special topics in Fluid Mechanics” at Dept. of Mechanical Engineering (NIT Surat), June-2015.
“Fundamentals of Computational heat transfer and fluid flow” at Dept. of Mechanical Engineering (NIT Surat), June-2014.
“Energy Conservation and Management” a Value added course organized by Anchor Institute cell, (NIT Surat), September 2013 to March 2014.
“ASME Section VIII: Division 1- Basic design and Fabrication of Pressure Vessels” organized by Anchor Institute cell, (NIT Surat), April-2013

Achievements

Published 8 SCI/Scopus-indexed journal articles (First author).
Published 2 “Single-author” SCI/Scopus indexed journal articles.
Research publications have received 500+ citations (Google Scholar)
Received the best review paper award by the International Institute of Refrigeration, Paris for the year 2021
Approved KTU PhD supervisor since October 2023.
Design patent on AEROCORE: Radial Fin for efficient Thermal Management [Design Number: 430643-001]
Spent 8 years at premier national-level institutions: 7 years at NIT Surat (M. Tech and PhD) and 1 year at NIT Calicut as a faculty member.
Reviewer of several Q1 Journals such as International Journal of Refrigeration (Elsevier), International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer (Elsevier), Applied Thermal Engineering (Elsevier) and Case Studies in Thermal Engineering (Elsevier).

Positions Held

Institute NBA Co-ordinator from January 2025 onwards.
Institute KIRF Co-ordinator from September 2023 onwards.

Department NBA Co-ordinator from October 2021 to December 2024.

ASME Student Advisor
Faculty Advisor (2021-2025 Batch)
Dept. Project Co-ordinator
Program Co-ordinator (2021-2025)

Website

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Google Scholar: Google Scholar Profile

ResearchGate: ResearchGate Profile