Sunil Kumar
Professor and Associate Provost for Abu Dhabi Engineering
Graduate School
- Phone: (718) 260-3810
- Email: skumar@poly.edu
- Location: RH524
- Website:
http://www.poly.edu/fire/
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Education
University of California at Berkeley
Doctor of Philosophy, Mechanical Engineering
State University of New York at Buffalo
Master of Science, Mechanical Engineering
State University of New York at Buffalo
Master of Arts, Applied Mathematics
Indian Institute of Technology at Kharagpur
Bachelor of Technology, Mechanical Engineering
Experience
New York University - Abu Dhabi
Dean of Engineering
From: August 2009 to present
High Temperatures - High Pressures: The International Journal of
Editor
From: January 2008 to present
Polytechnic Institute of New York University
Professor
From: August 2002 to present
Polytechnic Institute of New York University
Graduate Dean and Associate Provost
From: August 2003 to January 2011
Polytechnic University
Othmer Senior Fellow
From: October 2001 to August 2004
Polytechnic University
Associate Professor
From: June 1994 to August 2002
Polytechnic University
Department Head, Mechanical, Aerospace, Manufacturing Engineering
From: June 1996 to August 2000
Polytechnic University
Assistant Professor
From: January 1990 to May 1994
Lawrence Berkeley Lab
Researcher
From: June 1988 to January 1990
Research Interests
Thermal fluid sciences
Applied mathematicsPatents
Optical Sensor for Measuring Thin Film Deposition in Real Time, (US Patent 7,630,590, Dec 8, 2009 (previously 2009/0116782))
Grants
Wind Driven High Rise Fires: Modeling and Experiments, (Principal Investigator)
Thermophotovoltaic Energy Conversion for Radioisotope Power Syste, (Co - Principal Investigator)
Thermal Evaluation of Gas Heat Pumps, (Co - Principal Investigator)
Superconductin Devices Thermal Effects, (Principal Investigator)
Smart Heating Systems, (Principal Investigator)
Short Pulse Radiative Transfer, (Principal Investigator)
Non-Intrusive Monitoring of Two-Phase Flows, (Co - Principal Investigator)
Model for Radiation from Natural Gas Fires due to Pipe Rupture, (Principal Investigator)
Microscale Properties of Thin Films, (Principal Investigator)
Manufacturing Across the Curriculum, (Co - Principal Investigator)
Gas Consumption Characterization and Forecasting, (Co - Principal Investigator)
Form Stable Phase Change Materials for Direct Contact Energy Stor, (Principal Investigator)
AGEP Minority Doctoral Support, (Co - Principal Investigator)
Journal Articles
- Sembler, W.J., and Kumar, S., "Modification of Results from Computational Fluid Dynamics Simulations of Single Cell Solid Oxide Fuel Cells to Estimate Multi Cell Stack Performance," Journal of Fuel Cell Science and Technology, 8, No. 2 (2011).
- Sembler, W.J., and Kumar, S., "Optimization of Single Cell Solid Oxide Fuel Cell using Computational Fluid Dynamics," Journal of Fuel Cell Science and Technology, 8, No. 2 (2011).
- Eze, R., and Kumar, S., "Laser Transport through Thin Scattering Layers," Applied Optics, 49, pp. 358-368 (2010).
- Sembler, W.J., Kumar, S., and Palmer, D.J., “Fuel Cells as an Alternative to Cold Ironing," Journal of Fuel Cell Science and Technology, 6, No. 3, pp. (2009).
- Palmer, D.J., and Kumar, S., “A Nuclear Helium Reactor and Fuel Cell Combined Cycle,” Nuclear Future, 1, No. 2, pp. 57-63 (2005).
- Saxena, V., Sadoqi, M., Shao, J., and Kumar, S., “Enhanced Intracellular Uptake of Indocyanine Green by Polymeric Nanoparticulate Delivery System,” Journal of Biomedical Nanotechnology,” 1, No.2, pp. 168-175 (2005).
- Saxena, V., Sadoqi, M., Kumar, S., and Shao, J., “Tiny Bubbles: Near-Infrared Nanoparticles for Tumor Imaging and Anticancer Therapy,” OE Magazine - Special Edition on “Biotechnology,” 4, No. 9, pp. 21-23, September (2004).
- Wan, S.K., Guo, Z., Kumar, S., Aber, J., and Garetz, B.A., "Noninvasive Detection of Inhomogeneities in Turbid Media with Time-Resolved Log-Slope Analysis," Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer, 84, No. 4, pp. 493-500 (2004).
- Guo, Z., and Kumar, S., "Three Dimensional Discrete Ordinates Method for Transient Radiative Transfer," Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer, 16, No. 3, pp. 289-296 (2002).
- Sadoqi, M., Kumar, S., and Yamada, Y., "Photochemical and Photothermal Model for Pulsed Laser Ablation," Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer, 16, No. 2, pp. 193-199 (2002).
- Guo, Z., Aber, J., Garetz, B, and Kumar, S., "Monte Carlo Simulation and Experiments of Pulsed Radiative Transfer," Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer, 73, pp. 159-168 (2002).
- Sadoqi, M., Riseboro, P., and Kumar, S., "Analytical Models for Pulse Laser Flourescence Imaging in Tissues," Physics in Medicine and Biology, 46, pp. 2725-2743 (2001).
- Guo, Z., and Kumar, S., "Discrete Ordinates Solution of Short-Pulsed Laser Transport in Two-Dimensional Turbid Media," Applied Optics, 40, pp. 3156-3163 (2001).
- Guo, Z., and Kumar, S., “Radiation Element Method for Transient Hyperbolic Radiative Transfer in Plane-Parallel Inhomogeneous Media,” Numerical Heat Transfer, Part B: Fundamentals, 39, pp. 371-387 (2001).
- Guo, Z., Kumar, S., and San, K.C., “Multidimensional Monte Carlo Simulation of Short-Pulse Laser Transport in Scattering Media,” Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer, 14, No. 4, pp. 504-511 (2000).
- Guo, Z., and Kumar, S., “Equivalent Isotropic Scattering Formulation for Transient Short-Pulse Radiative Transfer in Anisotropic Scattering Planar Media,” Applied Optics, 39, No. 24, pp. 4411-4417 (2000).
- Naraghi, Mehdi N., Moallemi, M.K , Naraghi, M.N., and Kumar, S., “Experimental Modeling of Circular Hydraulic Jump by the Impingement of a Water Column on a Horizontal Disk,” ASME Journal of Fluids Engineering, 121, pp. 86-92 (1999).
- Mitra, K., and Kumar, S., “Development and Comparison of Models for Light Pulse Transport Through Scattering-Absorbing Media,” Applied Optics, 38, pp. 188-196 (1999).
- Kumar, S., and Mitra, K., “Microscale Aspects of Thermal Radiation Transport and Laser Applications,” (Invited Paper) Advances in Heat Transfer, 33, 187-294 (1999).
- Kumar, S., Mitra, K., Vedavarz, A., and Yamada, Y., "Modeling of Ultrafast Light Pulse Propagation in Light Scattering Media,” Transactions of the Japanese Society of Mechanical Engineers, Part C, 63, No. 607, pp. 895-900 (1997).
- Syed, M.T., Kumar, S., Moallemi, M.K., Naraghi, M.N., "Form Stable Phase Change Materials for Thermal Storage," ASHRAE Journal, pp. 45-50 (1997).
- Mitra, K., Lai, M.S., and Kumar, S., "Transient Radiation Transport in Participating Media Within a Rectangular Enclosure, " Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer, 11, pp. 409-414 (1997).
- Kumar, S., Mitra, K., and Yamada, Y., "Hyperbolic Damped-Wave Models for Transient Light Pulse Propagation in Scattering Media," Applied Optics, 35, pp. 3372-3378 (1996).
- Mitra, K., Kumar, S., and Vedavarz, A., "Parametric Aspects of Electron-Phonon Temperature Model for Short Pulse Laser Interactions with Thin Metallic Films," Journal of Applied Physics, 80, pp. 675-680 (1996).
- Kumar, S., and White, S.M., "Dependent Scattering Properties of Woven Fibrous Insulations for Normal Incidence," ASME Journal of Heat Transfer, 117, pp. 160-166 (1995).
- Mitra, K., Kumar, S., Vedavarz, A., and Moallemi, M.K., "Experimental Evidence of Hyperbolic Heat Conduction Waves in Processed Meat," ASME Journal of Heat Transfer, 117, pp. 568-573 (1995).
- Vedavarz, A., Mitra, K., and Kumar, S., "Hyperbolic Temperature Profiles for Laser Surface Interactions," Journal of Applied Physics, 76, pp. 5014-5021 (1994).
- Kumar, S., "Thermal Radiation Transport Regimes in Microstructures," Thermal Science and Engineering, 2, pp. 149-157 (1994).
- Vedavarz, A., Kumar, S., and Moallemi, M.K., "Significance of Non-Fourier Heat Waves in Conduction," ASME Journal of Heat Transfer, 116, pp. 221-224 (1994).
- Kumar, S., and Vradis, G.C., "Thermal Conductivity of Thin Metallic Films," ASME Journal of Heat Transfer, 116, pp. 28-34 (1994).
- Moallemi, M.K., Zhang, H., and Kumar, S., "Numerical Modeling of a Smoldering Process," Combustion and Flame, 95, pp. 170-182 (1993).
- Zhang, H., Moallemi, M.K., and Kumar, S., "Thermal Analysis of the Hot Dip-Coating Process," ASME Journal of Heat Transfer, 115, pp. 453-460 (1993).
- Vradis, G.C., Dougher, J., and Kumar, S., "The Hydrodynamic and Thermal Entrance Flow Problem for a Non-Newtonian Bingham Fluid," International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 36, pp. 543-564 (1993).
- Mastrangelo, C.H., Muller, R.S., and Kumar, S., "Microfabricated Incandescent Lamps," Applied Optics, 30, pp. 868-873 (1991).
- Zimmerman, R.W., Kumar, S., and Bodvarsson, G.S., "Lubrication Theory Analysis of the Permeability of Rough-Walled Fractures," International Journal of Rock Mechanics, 28, pp. 325-331 (1991).
- Kumar, S., Zimmerman, R.W., and Bodvarsson, G.S., "Permeability of Fractures with Cylindrical Asperities," Fluid Dynamics Research, 7, pp. 131-137 (1991).
- Kumar, S., and Bodvarsson, G.S., "Fractal Study and Simulation of Fracture Roughness," Geophysical Research Letters, 17, pp. 701-704 (1990).
- Van Duzer, T., and Kumar, S., "Superconductor-Semiconductor Hybrid Electronics," Cryogenics, 30, pp. 1014-1023 (1990).
- White, S.M., and Kumar, S., "Interference Effects on Scattering by Parallel Fibers at Normal Incidence," Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer, 4, pp. 305-310 (1990), NASA Tech Briefs, 15-11, pp. 60 (1991).
- Kumar, S., Majumdar, A., and Tien, C.L., "The Differential-Discrete-Ordinate Method for Solving the General Equation of Radiative Transfer," ASME Journal of Heat Transfer, 112, pp. 424-429 (1990).
- Kumar, S., and Tien, C.L., "Analysis of Combined Radiation and Convection in a Particulate Laden Falling Film," ASME Journal of Solar Energy Engineering, 112, pp. 293-300 (1990).
- Kumar, S., and Tien, C.L., "Dependent Scattering and Absorption of Radiation by Small Particles," ASME Journal of Heat Transfer, 112, pp. 178-185 (1990).
- Kumar, S., and Tien, C.L., "Effective Diameter of Agglomerates for Radiative Extinction and Scattering," Combustion Science and Technology, 66, pp. 199-216 (1989).
- Wang, K.Y, Kumar, S., and Tien, C.L., "Radiative Transfer in Thermal Insulations of Hollow and Coated Fibers," Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer, 1, pp. 289-295 (1987).
- Kumar, S., and Kazarinoff, N.D., "Stability of a Free Convection Density-Extremum Flow in a Porous Medium," International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 30, pp. 351-362 (1987).
- Felske, J.D., and Kumar, S., "On Computing Radiative Heat Flux Distributions using the FN Method," International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 29, pp. 635-636 (1986).
- Kumar, S., and Felske, J.D., "Radiative Transport in a Planar Medium Exposed to Azimuthally Unsymmetric Incident Radiation," Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer, 35, pp. 187-212 (1986).
Other Publications
- “Biocompatible Nanoparticulate Systems for Tumor Diagnosis and Therapy,” by Mostafa Sadoqi, Sunil Kumar, Vishal Saxena, and Cesar Lau-Cam, in Nanotechnologies for the Lifesciences (Book Series) : Volume 2 [Biological and Pharmaceutical Nanomaterials], Editor: C. Kumar, Wiley (2005).
- "Radiative Transfer Modeling and Experiments Using Short Pulse Lasers," by Sunil Kumar, Pei-feng Hsu, Kunal Mitra, Bruce Garetz, Zhixiong Guo, and Janice Aber, in Modeling and Simulation Based Life Cycle Engineering, Editors: S. Saigal, K.P. Chong, S.T. Thynell, and H. Morgan, Taylor and Francis (2001).
Authored + Edited Books
- “Heating, Ventilating, and Air Conditioning Handbook for Design and Implementation," by Ali Vedavarz, Sunil Kumar, and Muhammed Hussain, Industrial Press, New York (2007).