Korada Viswanatha Sharma

Biography

Viswanatha SHARMA Korada has joined the Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Hyderabad (JNTUH), India in 1989 as a lecturer and holds the position of Professor from 2006. He has initiated experimental and theoretical studies with nano fluids since 2003 at the Centre for Energy Studies, JNTUH and later in the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Universiti Malaysia Pahang (UMP) during 2009 to 2012 and Universiti Teknologi Petronas (UTP) from 2014 to 2016. He is involved in various research projects sponsored by the UMP, UTP and the Government of Malaysia. The Universiti Malaysia Pahang has bestowed the Best Research Cendekia Bitara Award in 2011 for the contributions made in nanofluid heat transfer. He has published numerous peer reviewed articles in journals dealing with thermal fluid problems having applications in the cooling of electronic components, condensation in the presence of air, nucleate boiling heat transfer, solar thermal energy conversion, flow and heat transfer in porous medium, single phase and two phase heat transfer under turbulent flow in the process of guiding 20 doctoral students. He has been instrumental in obtaining U.S. and Malaysia patent on the use of nanoparticles in the manufacture of medium density fiber boards. He has co-authored a book on "Energy Conservation and Management".

Research Interest

Nanofluid heat transfer, Turbulent convection, Solar thermal energy conversion, Electronic Cooling, Packed bed thermal energy storage, Boiling heat transfer