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Associate Professor Abhijit Date
Position:
Associate Professor
College / Portfolio:
STEM College
School / Department:
STEM|School of Engineering
Phone:
+61399250612
Email:
abhijit.date@rmit.edu.au
Campus:
Bundoora East
Contact me about:
Research supervision
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
Note: Supervision projects since 2004
10 PhD Current Supervisions21 PhD Completions and 2 Masters by Research Completions
Renew energy namely hydro-electric turbines, concentrated solar PV and solar thermal systems, solar desalination, low temperature heat engines, geothermal desalination and power generation and solar chimney.
- 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)