Dr Prodip Das

Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Mechanical Engineering

Email: prodip.das@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0)191 208 6170
Personal Website: http://www.staff.ncl.ac.uk/prodip.das/
Address: M24, Stephenson Building
Newcastle University
Newcastle, NE1 7RU

Background

Dr Prodip Das is a Lecturer (Assistant Professor) of Mechanical Engineering for the School of Engineering at Newcastle University. His areas of expertise include fuel cells, flow batteries, energy storage, transport phenomena, convective heat transfer, and multiphysics modelling & simulation of energy systems.

Qualifications

PhD in Mechanical Engineering, University of Waterloo, Canada (2010)

MSc in Mechanical Engineering, University of Alberta, Canada (2003)

MSc in Mechanical Engineering, BUET, Bangladesh (2001)

BSc in Mechanical Engineering, BUET, Bangladesh (1998)

Class: First with honours, University Rank: 1st, Gold Medal in Mechanical Engineering

Professional Appointments

2010–2013: NSERC Research Fellow, Environmental Energy Technologies Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA

2009–2010: Lecturer, Department of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering, University of Waterloo, Canada

2007–2008: Visiting Researcher, Institute for Fuel Cell Innovation, National Research Council, Canada

2001–2006: Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, BUET, Bangladesh

1998–2001: Lecturer, Department of Mechanical Engineering, BUET, Bangladesh

Selected Major Awards

2018: Emerging Investigators in Electrochemical Energy Conversion and Storage, ASME, USA

2010: NSERC Research Fellowship, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council, Canada

2007: National Research Council Fellowship, Institute for Fuel Cell Innovation, Canada

2007: Dr Chandrashekar Memorial Award in Sustainable Energy, University of Waterloo, Canada

2006: President’s Graduate Scholarship, University of Waterloo, Canada

2005: Alexander Graham Bell Canada Graduate Scholarship, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council, Canada

2002: Alberta Ingenuity Fund, University of Alberta, Canada

2001: Dr VG Desa Gold Medal, Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology, Bangladesh

2000: Student Speaker Gold Medal, International Conference on Applied Mathematics and Mathematical Physics, Bangladesh

1998: Werner von Siemens Excellence Award, Siemens Bangladesh Limited, Bangladesh

Selected Professional Service Activities

Track Chair, Polymer Electrolyte Membrane, Direct Methanol, & Alkaline Fuel Cells, ASME 15th Fuel Cell Science, Engineering, and Technology Conference, Charlotte, USA, 2017

Science Board Member, SUPERGEN Energy Storage Hub, UK, 2015 to present

Proposal Reviewer, Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), UK, 2015 to present

Proposal Reviewer, Advanced Light Source (ALS) Tomography Science Program, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA, 2014 to present

Member, ASME Fluids Engineering Division, Micro & Nano Fluid Dynamics Technical Committee, 2012 to present

Peer Reviewers of International Journal of Energy Research, International Journal of Green Energy, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, Journal of Fluids Engineering, and Journal of Power Sources, 2008 to present

Chair of Invited Speaker Committee, Microfluidics 2016 - Fluid Engineering in Micro- and Nano-Systems (Track 9 Fluid Engineering), ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition, Phoenix, USA, 2016

Symposium Co-Organiser, Microfluidics 2016 - Fluid Engineering in Micro- and Nano-Systems (Track 9 Fluid Engineering & Track 13 Micro- and Nano-Systems Engineering and Packaging), ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition, Phoenix, USA, 2016

Session Chair, Polymer Electrolyte Membrane, Direct Methanol & Alkaline Fuel Cells (Session II), ASME 14th Fuel Cell Science, Engineering, and Technology Conference, Charlotte, USA, 2016

Track Organiser, Polymer Electrolyte Membrane, Direct Methanol, & Alkaline Fuel Cells, ASME 14th Fuel Cell Science, Engineering, and Technology Conference, Charlotte, USA, 2016

Chair, Invited Speaker Committee, Micro- and Nano-fluidics Symposium, ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition, Houston, USA, 2015

Session Chair, Modeling, Design, and Optimization for Low-Temperature Fuel Cells, ASME 11th Fuel Cell Science, Engineering and Technology Conference, Minneapolis, USA, 2013

Member of Graduate Student-Faculty Review Committee, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Alberta, Canada, 2003

Organising Committee Member, Bangladesh Society of Mechanical Engineers, Bangladesh, 2000

Research

Dr Das's primary research interests span the broad area of sustainable energy-conversion and storage technologies with a particular focus on thermofluid aspects of fuel cells, redox flow-batteries, and solar-fuel generators. He utilises a synergistic combination of advanced experimental characterisation and diagnostics together with multiphysics mathematical modelling and computer simulation for linking fundamental science to the design and development of better performing and robust fuel cells and redox flow-batteries and to identify a direction for cost-effective materials for these systems. He's also interested in fundamental studies in the areas of nature-inspired thermal transport and microfluidics. Visit the Sustainable Energy Systems group (EnSys group) website for more details.

Dr Das has given a number of invited talks and lectures at universities and international conferences on the topics of hydrogen fuel cells, natural convection and microfluidics. He has served as a reviewer for leading journal, conference session chair and symposium organiser. Dr Das has an excellent publishing record that includes 32 peer-reviewed journal articles. According to Google Scholar, the total number of Dr Das's citation is over 1350 and an associated h-index of 18.

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Current/Prospective Projects

Teaching

Undergraduate Teaching

MEC1007 Fundamentals of Thermofluid Dynamics
MEC1012 Mechanical Engineering Professional Skills I
MEC2003 Applications of Thermofluid Dynamics
MEC3098 Mechanical Engineering Project

Postgraduate Teaching

SPG8028 Renewable Heating and Cooling (Module Leader)
MEC8095 MSc Individual Project

Teaching Interests

Sustainable Energy-Conversion and Storage
Fuel Cell Technology
Electrokinetic Phenomena
Flow in Porous Media
Multiphysics Modelling and Simulation

Publications

Machado BS, Chakraborty N, Mamlouk M, Das PK. A Three-dimensional Agglomerate Model of an Anion Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell. Journal of Electrochemical Energy Conversion and Storage 2018, 15(1), 011004.
Cong R, Ozaki Y, Machado BS, Das PK. Constructal Design of a Rectangular Fin in a Mixed Convective Confined Environment. Inventions 2018, 3(2), 27.
Ting K, Mozumder AK, Das PK. Heat Transfer and Entropy Generation of Mixed Convection in Nanofluid inside a Rough Cavity. In: 12th International Conference on Mechanical Engineering. 2017, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Machado BD, Chakraborty N, Das PK. Influences of flow direction, temperature and relative humidity on the performance of a representative anion exchange membrane fuel cell: A computational analysis. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 2017, 42(9), 6310-6323.
Xing L, Das PK, Scott K, Shi W. Inhomogeneous distribution of platinum and ionomer in the porous cathode to maximize the performance of a PEM fuel cell. AIChE Journal 2017, 63(11), 4895-4910.
Wang Y, Xing L, Das PK, Scott K, Shi W. In-plane Distributions of Platinum Loading and GDL Porosity to Improve the Current Density Uniformity of PEM Fuel Cells. Electrochimica Acta 2017. Submitted.
Zhao W, Das PK. Mixed Convection of CuO Nanofluid in a Square Enclosure with an Intruded Rectangular Fin. International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat & Fluid Flow 2017. Submitted.
Zhao W, Das PK. Mixed Convection of CuO-Water Nanofluid in a Square Enclosure with an Intruded Rectangular Fin. In: 2nd Thermal and Fluids Engineering Conference. 2017, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA: American Society of Thermal and Fluids Engineers. Submitted.
Zhao W, Mozumder AK, Das PK. Mixed Convection of CuO-Water Nanofluid in a Square Enclosure with an Intruded Rectangular Fin. In: 12th International Conference on Mechanical Engineering. 2017, Dhaka, Bangladesh. In Press.
Guo Z, Wang J, Mozumder AK, Das PK. Mixed convection of nanofluids in a lid-driven rough cavity. In: 7th BSME International Conference on Thermal Engineering. 2017, Dhaka, Bangladesh: American Institute of Physics.
Leonard M, Mozumder AK, Mahmud S, Das PK. Natural Convection of Al₂O₃-Water Nanofluid in a Wavy Enclosure. In: 7th BSME International Conference on Thermal Engineering. 2017, Dhaka, Bangladesh: American Institute of Physics.
Ozaki Y, Cong R, Das PK. Optimization of a Rectangular Fin inside a Lid-Driven Square Cavity filled with Al₂O₃-Water Nanofluid. In: 2nd Thermal and Fluids Engineering Conference. 2017, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA: American Society of Thermal and Fluids Engineers. Submitted.
Zhao W, Ozaki Y, Machado BDS, Das PK. Constructal Design of a Rectangular Fin inside a Lid-Driven Square Cavity filled with Nanofluids. In: 7th BSME International Conference on Thermal Engineering. 2016, Dhaka, Bangladesh: Bangladesh Society of Mechanical Engineers.
Guo Z, Wang J, Mozumder AK, Das PK. Mixed Convection of Nanofluids in a Lid-Driven Rough Cavity. In: 7th BSME International Conference on Thermal Engineering. 2016, Dhaka, Bangladesh: Bangladesh Society of Mechanical Engineers.
Leonard M, Mahmud S, Das PK. Natural Convection of Al₂O₃-Water Nanofluid in a Wavy Enclosure. In: 7th BSME International Conference on Thermal Engineering. 2016, Dhaka, Bangladesh: Bangladesh Society of Mechanical Engineers.
Zenyuk IV, Das PK, Weber AZ. Understanding Impacts of Catalyst-Layer Thickness on Fuel-Cell Performance via Mathematical Modeling. Journal of the Electrochemical Society 2016, 163(7), F691-F703.
Das PK. Characterisation of Porous Gas-Diffusion Layer using a Tilted-Surface Experiment. In: UK-South Africa Researcher Links Workshop. 2015, Pretoria, South Africa.
Das PK, Santamaria AD, Weber AZ. Interactions between Liquid-Water and Gas-Diffusion Layers in Polymer-Electrolyte Fuel Cells. Procedia Engineering 2015, 105, 751-756.
Xing L, Das PK, Song X, Mamlouk M, Scott K. Numerical Analysis of the Optimum Membrane/Ionomer Water Content of PEMFCs: The Interaction of Nafion Ionomer Content and Cathode Relative Humidity. Applied Energy 2015, 138, 242-257.
Das PK, Santamaria AD, Weber AZ. ROLE OF GDL SURFACE WETTABILITY AND OPERATING CONDITIONS IN LIQUID-WATER REMOVAL FROM NSTF CATALYST LAYERS. In: ASME INTERNATIONAL MECHANICAL ENGINEERING CONGRESS AND EXPOSITION, 2014, VOL 6A. 2015, THREE PARK AVENUE, NEW YORK, NY 10016-5990 USA: AMER SOC MECHANICAL ENGINEERS.
Vogl US, Lux SF, Das P, Weber A, Placke T, Kostecki R, Winter M. The Mechanism of SEI Formation on Single Crystal Si(110), Si(110) and Si(111) Electrodes. Journal of The Electrochemical Society 2015, 162(12), A2281-A2288.
Weber AZ, Borup RL, Darling RM, Das PK, Dursch TJ, Gu W, Harvey D, Kusoglu A, Litster S, Mench M, Mukundan R, Owejan JP, Pharoah J, Secanell M, Zenyuk IV. A Critical Review of Modeling Transport Phenomena in Polymer-Electrolyte Fuel Cells. Journal of the Electrochemical Society 2014, 161(12), F1254-F1299.
Das PK, Santamaria AD, Weber AZ. Interactions between Liquid-Water and Gas-Diffusion Layers in Polymer-Electrolyte Fuel Cells. In: 6th BSME International Conference on Thermal Engineering. 2014, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Santamaria AD, Das PK, MacDonald JC, Weber AZ. Liquid-Water Interactions with Gas-Diffusion-Layer Surfaces. Journal of the Electrochemical Society 2014, 161(12), F1184–F1193.
Vogl US, Das PK, Weber AZ, Winter M, Kostecki R, Lux SF. Mechanism of Interactions between CMC Binder and Si Single Crystal Facets. Langmuir 2014, 30(34), 10299-10307.
Das PK, Manak A, Guido B, Herring AM, Weber AZ, Ulsh MJ. Rapid Detection of Defects in Fuel-Cell Electrodes Using Infrared Reactive-Flow-Through Technique. Journal of Power Sources 2014, 261, 401-411.
Das PK, Santamaria AD, Weber AZ. Role of GDL Surface Wettability and Operating Conditions in Liquid-Water Removal from NSTF Catalyst Layers. In: ASME 2014 International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition. 2014, Montreal, Canada: ASME.
Das PK, Santamaria A, Weber AZ. Understanding Liquid Water and Gas-Diffusion Layers. In: Fuel Cells 2014 Science & Technology. 2014, Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier. In Press.
Zenyuk I, Santamaria A, Das PK, Steinbach A, Mukundan R, Borup RL, Weber AZ. Water Management with Thin-Film Catalyst Layers. In: CARISMA 2014 Conference. 2014, Cape Town, South Africa.
Das PK, Weber AZ. Effect of Temperature on Water Transport in Nano-Structured Thin-Film Catalyst-Layers. In: ASME 2013 International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition. 2013, San Diego, USA: ASME.
Das PK, Gunterman HP, Kwong A, Weber AZ. Liquid-Water Uptake and Removal in PEM Fuel-Cell Components. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 2013, LBNL-5391E-Ex.ABS.
Wu M, Xiao X, Vukmirovic N, Xun S, Das PK, Song X, Olalde-Velasco P, Wang D, Weber AZ, Wang L, Battaglia V, Yang W, Liu G. Toward an Ideal Design of Polymer Binders for High-Capacity Battery Anodes. Journal of the American Chemical Society 2013, 135(32), 12048-12056.
Das PK, Weber AZ. Water Management in PEMFC with Ultra-Thin Catalyst-Layers. In: ASME 2013 11th Fuel Cell Science, Engineering and Technology Conference. 2013, Minneapolis, USA.
Aieta NV, Das PK, Perdue A, Guido B, Herring AM, Weber AZ, Ulsh MJ. Applying infrared thermography as a quality-control tool for the rapid detection of polymer-electrolyte-membrane-fuel-cell catalyst-layer-thickness variations. Journal of Power Sources 2012, 211(1), 4-11.
Das PK, Grippin A, Kwong A, Weber AZ. Liquid Water-Droplet Adhesion-Force Measurements on Fresh and Aged Fuel-Cell Gas-Diffusion Layers. Journal of the Electrochemical Society 2012, 159(5), B489-B496.
Das PK, Haussener S, Kwong A, Hwang G, Gunterman HP, Weber AZ. Physicochemical Characterization of Fuel-Cell Diffusion Media. In: ASME 2012 10th International Conference on Nanochannels, Microchannels, and Minichannels. 2012, Puerto Rico, USA: ASME.
Weber AZ, Balasubramanian S, Das PK. Proton Exchange Membrane Fuels Cells. In: Kai Sundmacher, ed. Fuel Cell Engineering. San Diego, CA: Academic Press, 2012, pp.65-144.
Das PK, Weber AZ. Understanding Water Management as a Function of Fuel-Cell Catalyst-Layer Thickness. In: 63rd Annual Meeting of the International Society of Electrochemistry. 2012, Prague, Czech Republic: International Society of Electrochemistry.
Das PK, Weber AZ. Water-Droplet Adhesion Force on Fuel-Cell Gas-Diffusion Layers: Beyond Contact-Angle Measurements. In: ASME 2012 10th International Conference on Nanochannels, Microchannels, and Minichannels. 2012, Puerto Rico, USA: ASME.
Weber AZ, Yoon W, Das PK. Continuum Modeling of Fuel-Cell Transport Phenomena. In: 219th Electrochemical Society Meeting. 2011, Montreal, Canada: Electrochemical Society.
Das PK, Grippin A, Weber AZ. Detachment of Liquid-Water Droplets from Gas-Diffusion Layers. In: 220th Electrochemical Society Meeting. 2011, Boston, USA: Electrochemical Society.
Aieta NV, Perdue AS, Das PK, Weber AZ, Ulsh MJ. Detecting Loading Variation in Pt/PEMFC Electrodes using IR Thermography. In: 242nd ACS National Meeting. 2011, Denver, USA: American Chemical Society.
Das PK, Gunterman HP, Kwong A, Weber AZ. Liquid-Water Uptake and Removal in PEM Fuel-Cell Components. In: Fuel Cell Seminar & Exposition. 2011, Orlando, USA.
Weber AZ, Das PK, Gunterman HP. Understanding Water Removal from Fuel-Cell Gas-Diffusion Layers. In: European Fuel Cell Forum. 2011, Lucerne, Switzerland.
Das PK, Li X, Liu ZS. Analysis of Liquid Water Transport in Cathode Catalyst Layer of PEM Fuel Cells. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 2010, 35(6), 2403-2416.
Das PK, Li X, Xie Z, Liu ZS. Effect of Catalyst Layer Structure and Wettability on Liquid Water Transport in PEM Fuel Cell. In: 5th International Green Energy Conference. 2010, Waterloo, Canada.
Das PK, Li X, Liu ZS. Effective Transport Coefficients in PEM Fuel-Cell Catalyst and Gas Diffusion Layers: Beyond Bruggeman Approximation. Applied Energy 2010, 97(9), 2785-2796.
Das PK, Li X, Liu ZS. Modeling of Liquid Water Transport in Cathode Catalyst Layer of PEM Fuel Cells. In: ASME 7th International Fuel Cell Science, Engineering & Technology Conference. 2009, Newport Beach, USA: ASME.
Das PK, Li X, Liu ZS. A Three-dimensional Agglomerate Model for the Cathode Catalyst Layer of PEM Fuel Cells. Journal of Power Sources 2008, 179(1), 186-199.
Das PK, Li X, Liu ZS. Estimation of Effective Transport Properties for PEM Fuel Cells. In: 4th International Green Energy Conference. 2008, Beijing, China.
Das PK, Li X, Liu ZS. Analytical Approach to Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cell Performance and Optimization. Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry 2007, 604(2), 72-90.
Das PK, Bhattacharjee S. Electrostatic Double Layer Force between a Sphere and a Planar Substrate in the Presence of Previously Deposited Spherical Particles. Langmuir 2005, 21(10), 4755-4764.
Das PK, Bhattacharjee S. Finite Element Estimation of Electrostatic Double Layer Interaction between Colloidal Particles inside a Rough Cylindrical Capillary: Effect of Charging Behavior. Colloids and Surfaces A 2005, 256(2–3), 91-103.
Fuchser J, Das PK, Moussa W, Bhattacharjee S. A Nanoscale Spring-Loaded Valve Actuated by Colloidal Forces. Journal of Computational and Theoretical Nanoscience 2004, 1(1), 81-87.
Das PK, Bhattacharjee S. Electrostatic Double Layer Interaction between Spherical Particles inside a Rough Capillary. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 2004, 273(1), 278-290.
Mahmud S, Das PK, Hyder N, Islam AKMS. Buoyancy Induced Flow and Heat Transfer inside an Inclined Wavy Enclosure. In: International Conference on Applied Mathematics and Mathematical Physics. 2003, Sylhet, Bangladesh.
Das PK, Mahmud S, Tasnim TH, Islam AKMS. Effect of Surface Waviness and Aspect Ratio on Heat Transfer inside a Wavy Enclosure. International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat & Fluid Flow 2003, 13(8), 1097-1122.
Das PK, Bhattacharjee S, Moussa W. Electrostatic Double Layer Force between Two Spherical Particles in a Straight Cylindrical Capillary: Finite Element Analysis. Langmuir 2003, 19(10), 4162-4172.
Das PK, Bhattacharjee S. Electrostatic Interactions between Nano-particles in Confined Spaces: Influence of Confining Wall Roughness. In: International Conference on MEMS, NANO, and Smart Systems. 2003, Banff, Canada.
Das PK, Mahmud S. Numerical Investigation of Natural Convection inside a Wavy Enclosure. International Journal of Thermal Sciences 2003, 42(4), 397-406.
Tasnim SH, Mahmud S, Das PK. Effect of Aspect Ratio and Eccentricity on Heat Transfer from a Cylinder in a Cavity. International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat & Fluid Flow 2002, 12(7), 855-869.
Das PK, Bhattacharjee S, Moussa W. Electrostatic Force Modulation as a Flow Control Mechanism in Micro-fluidic Devices. In: International Workshop on System-on-Chip for Real-Time Applications. 2002, Banff, Canada.
Mahmud S, Das PK, Hyder N, Islam AKMS. Free Convection in an Enclosure with Vertical Wavy Walls. International Journal of Thermal Sciences 2002, 41(5), 440-446.
Mahmud S, Das PK, Hyder N. Laminar Natural Convection around an Isothermal Square Cylinder at Different Orientations. International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer 2002, 29(7), 993-1003.
Das PK, Hyder N, Mahmud S. Flow and Heat Transfer inside a Wavy-Walled Enclosure. In: 5th International Symposium on Experimental and Computational Aerothermodynamics of Internal Flows. 2001, Gdansk, Poland.
Mahmud S, Islam AKMS, Das PK. Numerical Prediction of Fluid Flow and Heat Transfer in a Wavy Pipe. Journal of Thermal Science 2001, 10(2), 133-138.
Mahmud S, Islam AKMS, Das PK. Structure of Separated Flow in a Pipe with Wavy Surface. In: 5th International Symposium on Experimental and Computational Aerothermodynamics of Internal Flows. 2001, Gdansk, Poland.
Mahmud S, Tasnim SH, Das PK. Effect of Aspect Ratio and Eccentricity on Heat Transfer from a Cylinder in a Cavity. In: International Conference on Applied Mathematics and Mathematical Physics. 2000, Sylhet, Bangladesh.
Das PK, Mahmud S. Effect of Eccentricity and Radius Ratio on Fluid Flow and Heat Transfer inside an Eccentric Semicircular Enclosure. Journal of Thermal Science 2000, 9(2), 135-140.
Das PK, Mahmud S. Effect of Eccentricity and Radius Ratio on Fluid Flow and Heat Transfer inside an Eccentric Semicircular Enclosure. In: Millennium International Symposium on Thermal and Fluid Science. 2000, Xian, China.
Das PK, Mahmud S. Effect of Radius Ratio on Natural Convection Heat Transfer inside an Eccentric Semicircular Enclosure. In: 6th International Conference on Mechanical Engineering. 2000, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Hyder N, Das PK, Bhuiyan SR, Hossain S, Mahmud S. Free Convection around an Isothermal Square Cylinder at Different Orientation. In: International Conference on Applied Mathematics and Mathematical Physics. 2000, Sylhet, Bangladesh.
Das PK, Mahmud S. Numerical Investigation of Natural Convection inside a Wavy Enclosure. In: International Conference on Applied Mathematics and Mathematical Physics. 2000, Sylhet, Bangladesh.
Mahmud S, Islam AKMS, Das PK. Numerical Prediction of Fluid Flow and Heat Transfer in a Wavy Pipe. In: Millennium International Symposium on Thermal and Fluid Science. 2000, Xian, China.
Das PK, Mahmud S. Buoyancy Induced Flow and Heat Transfer inside a Semicircular Eccentric Enclosure. In: 3rd International Conference on Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer. 1999, Dhaka, Bangladesh.