Umesh Madanan

Employment

• Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur Assistant Professor
  2020 - Present
• General Electric Edison Engineer
  2012 - 2014
• Mahindra Group Assistant Manager
  2007 - 2009

Education

• University of Minnesota Twin Cities Doctor of Philosophy
  2014 - 2019
• Indian Institute of Technology Madras Master of Technology
  2010 - 2012
• University of Calicut Bachelor of Technology with Honors
  2003 - 2007

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (43)

• Boundaries matter: Impact of sidewall conductance on porous-media thermal convection
  International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer 2026 DOI: 10.1016/j.icheatmasstransfer.2026.110773
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• Thermal transport in porous media: Effect of grain size in Darcy-Bénard systems at high Rayleigh numbers
  International Journal of Thermal Sciences 2026 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijthermalsci.2025.110409
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• Enhanced vapor generation and salt mitigation in a solar evaporator using a Janus-type hybrid wick
  Applied Thermal Engineering 2026 DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2025.129175
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• Effect of aspect ratio and grain size in classical Darcy–Bénard systems: Onset of convection and beyond
  International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer 2026 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2026.129394
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• A Semi-analytical approach to estimate sidewall thermal conductance for turbulent Rayleigh–Bénard convection with uninsulated sidewalls
  International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer 2025 DOI: 10.1016/j.icheatmasstransfer.2025.108993
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• Addressing the Nusselt number divergence across varied fluid–solid combinations in Darcy–Bénard convection
  International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer 2025 DOI: 10.1016/j.icheatmasstransfer.2024.108403
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• Combined influence of surface orientation and roughness on pool boiling heat transfer performance
  Proceeding of THMT-25 Turbulence, Heat and Mass Transfer 11, 21-25 July 2025, Tokyo, Japan 2025 DOI: 10.1615/thmt-25.1310
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• Tracing the Academic Lineage of Richard J. Goldstein
  ASME Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer 2024 DOI: 10.1115/1.4065087
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• Numerical Investigations into the Effect of Pitch of Butterfly Inserts on Heat Transfer Enhancement in a Minichannel Heat Sink
  Proceeding of Proceedings of the 27th National and 5th International ISHMT-ASTFE Heat and Mass Transfer Conference December 14-17, 2023, IIT Patna, Patna-801106, Bihar, India 2024 DOI: 10.1615/ihmtc-2023.30
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• Numerical Investigation into Effect of Sidewall Thermal Conductance in Darcy-Bénard Convection
  Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering 2024 DOI: 10.1007/978-981-99-5990-7_49
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