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Associate Professor Abhijit Date
Research
Dr Abhijit Date's research involves work in areas like heat transfer (heat pipes, vapour chambers), Thermodynamics (low temperature heat engines and water desalination), Renewable energy (Hydro-electricity turbines, concentrated solar PV and solar thermal systems, geothermal energy, solar chimney).
Research collaboration with international industry and academia:
Fujikura – Japan, MWH Global – Australia, GreenEarth Energy – Australia, Protech – Chile, Indian Institute of Technology Madras - India, Indian Institute of Science Bangalore - India, University of Pune – India
Research funding
- Bluechalk 2015 - $31k
- AISRF – Early Career Fellow 2013 - $30k
- MWH Global 2012 - $24k
Current PhD’s: 4 – Senior supervisor; 4 – Associate supervisor
Course coordinator and lecturer:
- Final Year Projects (Capstone Projects)
- Applied Thermodynamics
- Mechanical Design 2
- PhD and Master by research supervisor
- PhD RMIT
- BE(Mech) University of Mumbai
- Lecturer, Jan 2014 – to date, School of Aerospace, Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia
- Visiting Fellow, Sept 2013 – Dec 2013, University of Pune, Pune, India
- IIT Madras, May 2013 – July 2013, Chennai, India
- Post Doctorate Research Fellow, April 2010 to Dec 2013, RMIT University, School of Aerospace, Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, Melbourne, Australia
- Teacher / Program coordinator, Feb 2009 to April 2010, RMIT University, School of Engineering, Melbourne, Australia
- Research Assistant, Nov 2004 to Jan 2009, RMIT University, School of Aerospace, Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, Melbourne, Australia
- Engineer, August 2002 to Jan 2004, Zigma Engineering, Pune, India
- Graduate Trainee Engineer, August 2001 to August 2002, Eaton Hydraulics Pvt. Ltd., Pune, India
- Khayyam, H.,Naebe, M.,Milani, A.,Fakhrhoseini, S.,Date, A.,Shabani, B.,Atkiss, S.,Ramakrishna, S.,Fox, B.,Nakhaie Jazar, R. (2021). Improving energy efficiency of carbon fiber manufacturing through waste heat recovery: A circular economy approach with machine learning In: Energy, 225, 1 - 14
- Koirala, R.,Ve, Q.,Date, A.,Inthavong, K.,Akbarzadeh, A. (2021). (In Press) Influence of inlet pressure and geometric variations on the applicability of Eductor in low temperature thermal desalinations In: Journal of King Saud University - Engineering Sciences, , 1 - 11
- Singh, R.,Lapp, G.,Velardo, J.,Long, P.,Mochizuki, M.,Akbarzadeh, A.,Date, A.,Mausolf, K.,Busse, K. (2021). Battery cooling options in electric vehicles with heat pipes In: Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer, 16, 1 - 8
- Ve, Q.,Koirala, R.,Bawahab, M.,Faqeha, H.,Do, M.,Nguyen, Q.,Date, A.,Akbarzadeh, A. (2021). Theoretical modelling and experimental study of spacer-filled direct contact membrane distillation: Effect of membrane thermal conductivity model selection In: Desalination and Water Treatment, 217, 63 - 73
- Rahaoui, K.,Khayyam, H.,Ve, Q.,Akbarzadeh, A.,Date, A. (2021). Renewable thermal energy driven desalination process for a sustainable management of reverse osmosis reject water In: Sustainability (Switzerland), 13, 1 - 15
- Koirala, R.,Ve, L.,Zhu, B.,Inthavong, K.,Date, A. (2021). A review on process and practices in operation and design modification of ejectors In: Fluids, 6, 1 - 11
- Ranaraja, I.,Jollands, M.,Kestell, C.,Date, A. (2021). Engineering employability: Local and international student views in an Australian context In: Proceedings of the 32nd Research in Engineering Education Symposium & Australian Association for Engineering Education Conference (REES AAEE 2021), Perth, Australia, 5 - 8 December 2021
- Ahmadi, M.,Khorasani, A.,Iqbal, M.,Date, A.,Akbarzadeh, A. (2020). Experimental investigation of nozzle geometry effect on two-phase nozzle performance through trilateral flash cycle In: Thermal Science and Engineering Progress, 20, 1 - 11
- Ve, Q.,Rahaoui, K.,Bawahab, M.,Faqeha, H.,Date, A.,Akbarzadeh, A.,Do, M.,Nguyen, Q. (2020). Experimental Investigation of Heat Transfer Correlation for Direct Contact Membrane Distillation In: Journal of Heat Transfer, 142, 1 - 13
- Ve, Q.,Koirala, R.,Bawahab, M.,Faqeha, H.,Do, M.,Nguyen, Q.,Date, A.,Akbarzadeh, A. (2020). Experimental investigation of the effect of the spacer and operating conditions on mass transfer in direct contact membrane distillation In: Desalination, 500, 1 - 11
10 PhD Current Supervisions21 PhD Completions and 2 Masters by Research Completions
- Opportunity Assessment: B3 Electrification and renewables to displace fossil fuel process heating. Funded by: Race for 2030 Limited CRC - Competitive from (2021 to 2021)
- Sustainable water management system for water desalination and agricultural irrigation independent of electric grid. Funded by: Australia-India Strategic Research Grant Pre-2014 - Round 8 from (2015 to 2017)
- Advancing Research in Micro Wind Energy Harvesting and Solar Thermal Desalination: Securing Australia's Future Energy and Water Needs. Funded by: DIICCSRTE Australia-India Strategic Research Fund (AISRF) Grant Pre-2014 from (2013 to 2014)