Arun Kumaradas Raj

About

Thermal Engineer with a PhD in Mechanical Engineering and experience in heat transfer, Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), thermal management, fluid mechanics, and thermal energy storage technologies. Currently a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellow at the Technical University of Denmark (DTU), leading thermal system optimization (heat exchangers) research in collaboration with industrial and academic partners. Published 27+ peer-reviewed international journal articles, contributed to EU-funded projects and secured competitive research grants. I thrive in multidisciplinary R&D environments, collaborating with industry and academic partners to optimize thermal management and modelling strategies, conduct CFD analysis, perform experimental validation, innovate energy storage, and develop clean & sustainable energy innovations. Outside of work, I enjoy hiking/travelling, exploring sustainable innovations, and attending conferences to stay updated on emerging trends. I am also keenly interested in mentoring students and engaging in outreach activities to promote STEM education.

Employment

• Eindhoven University of Technology Visiting Postdoctoral Fellow
  2025 - 2025
• Technical University of Denmark Marie Sklodowska Curie Postdoctoral Fellow
  2023 - 2025
• Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham Assistant Professor (Research Track)
  2022 - 2023
• University of California Merced Postdoctoral Scholar
  2021 - 2022
• Indian Institute of Technology Bombay Post-Doctoral Fellow
  2020 - 2021
• Technical University of Denmark

Education

• National Institute of Technology Calicut Doctor of Philosophy (Thermal Sciences)
  2015 - 2020
• Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham - Amritapuri Campus Master of Technology in Mechanical Engineering
  2013 - 2015

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (38)

• Improved Image Data Augmentation Using Dynamic Mode Decomposition
  Computer Vision and Image Processing - 9th International Conference, CVIP 2024 2026 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-93697-5_20
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• Computational fluid dynamics analysis of heat transfer in molten salt-air heat exchanger configurations
  Thermal Science and Engineering Progress 2026 DOI: 10.1016/j.tsep.2026.104914
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• Transient computational fluid dynamics analysis of solidification in molten salt air-cooled heat exchangers
  Energy Conversion and Management 2026 DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2025.120539
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• Computational fluid dynamics analysis of solidification in baffled molten salt-air-cooled heat exchangers
  Journal of Energy Resources Technology, Part A: Sustainable and Renewable Energy 2025 DOI: 10.1115/1.4067898
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• Enhancing Wind Power Prediction through Machine Learning
  4th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Signal Processing (AISP) 2024 DOI: 10.1109/AISP61711.2024.10870705
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• Evaluating the efficacy of coconut oil as thermal storage media for enhancing solar drying performance of wood fuels
  Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry 2024 DOI: 10.1007/S10973-024-13038-2
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• Numerical Analysis of Solidification in Molten Salt-Air Shell-And-Tube Heat Exchangers
  Proceedings of the ASME 2024 18th International Conference on Energy Sustainability 2024 DOI: 10.1115/ES2024-131260
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• Performance evaluation of interfacial evaporation assisted solar still with patterned floating absorber and external reflectors
  2024 DOI: 10.1016/J.RENENE.2024.121267
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• Thermal and Electrical Performances of Thermoelectric Generator System for Different Internal Fin Structures
  Heat Transfer Engineering 2024 DOI: 10.1080/01457632.2023.2227803
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• Experimental investigations on a solar heat pump system having hybrid collector with dual cooling arrangements for delaying frost generation
  Thermal Science and Engineering Progress 2023 DOI: 10.1016/J.TSEP.2023.101720
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