PRUDVIRAJ KANDUKURI

About

An aspiring researcher with 10 years of experience in academia, research, and industry. With significant exposure to research and academics, having trained in institutions like CAS DRDO as a research fellow and ECIL through my internships. I successfully defended my PhD thesis, "Advances in Spatial-Temporal Visualisation of Falling-Film Flow Behaviour and Heat Transfer Characteristics for Desalination Systems", at BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus. During my PhD, I published 6 first-author peer-reviewed journals (SCIE/Scopus), 2 Indian Patents (1 Granted and 1 Published), and 6 conferences (Scopus). During my PhD, I received the Best Presentation, the Best Paper, and the Research Excellence Awards. Possess excellent scientific acumen, proven written and communication skills, and good leadership and management qualities.

Research Interests:

• Fluids and Thermal Engineering
• Water Technology and Desalination Units
• Flow Patterns - Droplet and Column Flow
• MEMS and Microchannel Flows
• Energy Systems and Thermal Management
• Fluid-Structure Interaction and Multi-Phase Flows
• Batteries and Automobiles
• Machine Learning

Employment

• Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani Research Associate
  2019 - Present

Education

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Projects & Funding

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Publications (15)

• Experimental visualization of dry regions formation for Falling-Film flow patterns
  International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow 2025 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatfluidflow.2025.109803
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• Experimental Visualization of Dry Regions Formation for Falling-Film Flow Patterns
  SSRN 2024
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• A Two-Dimensional Numerical Analysis of Transient Falling-Film Hydrodynamics on Horizontal Tubes
  Heat Transfer Engineering 2023 DOI: 10.1080/01457632.2022.2127046
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• Experimental Investigation on Droplet Regimes and Droplet Impact on Horizontal Tube Array
  Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering 2023 DOI: 10.1007/978-981-19-3379-0_15
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• Experimental and numerical study of falling-film hydrodynamics and droplet flow regimes over horizontal tubes
  Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry 2023 DOI: 10.1007/s10973-022-11624-w
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• Hydrodynamic behavior of the falling-film over horizontal tubes under different distribution conditions
  AIP Conference Proceedings 2023 DOI: 10.1063/5.0127781
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• Influence of the Static Contact Angle on the Liquid Film Coverage for Falling-Film Systems
  Flow, Turbulence and Combustion 2023 DOI: 10.1007/s10494-023-00484-5
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• Numerical Investigation of Falling-Film Characteristics in Horizontal Tube Evaporator
  Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering 2023 DOI: 10.1007/978-981-19-7055-9_40
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• Visualization experiment and machine learning modeling for falling-film systems
  Chemical Engineering Research and Design 2023 DOI: 10.1016/j.cherd.2023.10.003
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• A 2-D numerical study of contact angle effect on transient falling-film flow over horizontal tubes
  Research Square 2022 DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-1853732/v1
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