• Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering (Specialization in Fluid-Thermal Engineering), Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology (SVNIT), 2017.
• M.Tech. (Gold Medalist) in Mechanical Engineering (Specialization in Turbomachines), Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology (SVNIT), 2012.
• B.E. in Mechanical Engineering from Hemchandracharya North Gujarat University, 2007.

Academic/Research Experience

• Associate Professor at Adani University (March 2023- continue)
• Assistant Professor at Adani Institute of Infrastructure Engineering (July 2017- February 2023).
• Research Fellow at Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology (July 2012 – June 2017).
• Assistant Professor at Shankersinh Vaghela Bapu Institute of Technology (July 2009 – June 2012).
• Lecturer at Laljibhai Chaturbhai Institute of Technology (January 2009 – June 2009).
• Lecturer at Ahmedabad Institute of Aeronautical Engineering and Information Technology (August 2008 – December 2008).

Industry Experience

• Project Engineer at Kankariya Textile Industries Private Limited (December 2007 – August 2008).
• Trainee Engineer at Jindal World Wide Limited (July 2007 – November 2007).

• National Advisory Board Member, International Conference on Applications of Fluid Dynamics-2020.
• Member, American Society of Thermal and Fluid Engineers (ASTFE).
• Life-time member, National Society of Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power (FMFP) governed by IIT Bombay.

• Gold Medal for securing 1st Rank among all Five Branches (Mechanical General, Thermal Engineering, Turbo-Machines, CAD-CAM, and IPD) of M. Tech. in Mechanical Engineering Department of S. V. National Institute of Technology (SVNIT), Surat in 2012.
• Young Scientist Fellowship Award from Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), Government of India for presenting the research work in 2nd International conference on Thermal and Fluid Engineering (TFEC 2017), Las Vegas, USA.
• Fellowship Award from Centre of Excellence (COE) of Civil Engineering Department, SVNIT, Surat for presenting the research work in 9th International Conference on Multiphase Flow (ICMF 2016), Italy.
• Pedagogical Innovation Award (PIA) from Gujarat Technological University, 2022.
• Rashtriya Vidya Gaurav Purskar from Indian Solidarity Council, New Delhi in 2016 for outstanding achievements and remarkable role in the field of education.
• Best Faculty Coordinator Award for successfully organising the technical workshops on five emerging areas (Robotics, IOT, Bridge Design, Android App Development and Digital Marketing) of research in collaboration with e-Cell, IIT Kharagpur.
• Certificate of Appreciation from MHRD Innovation Cell, Government of India for actively supporting in Smart India Hackathon-2019.
• Best Paper Award for an article on “Modified Image Processing Technique for Measurement of Intermittent Flow Characteristics” which was presented at 5th International Conference on Applications of Fluid Dynamics, 2020.
• First Prize for Best Paper Presentation on “New Generation Car” in MEXTOL 2005 at Government Engineering College, Modasa.
• Second Prize for Best Poster Presentation on “Hybrid Cars” in MEXTOL 2005 at Government Engineering College, Modasa.
• Letter of Appreciation from Mr. Dinesh Mantri, Vice-President at Adani Dahanu Thermal Power Station (ADTPS) for continuous engagement in live projects of ADTPS and successfully organizing one-week industrial training program for students of AIIE.
• Innovative Students’ Co-Creation Awards for Leadership and Excellence (i-SCALE) from GTU Innovation Sankul 2019-20.
• SSIP Prashansa Award 2020 in the category of the Best Performing SSIP Institute of Gujarat State.
• Idea to Impact (I2I) Award from GTU Innovation Sankul 2020-21.
• Innovative Students’ Co-Creation Awards for Leadership and Excellence (i-SCALE) from GTU Innovation Sankul 2021-22.
• Cash Prize and an acknowledgement of “Most Proactive Team of TBT-2018” from e-Yantra IIT Bombay in order to completing the all six tasks (given by e-Yantra IIT Bombay) in record break time (within 9 weeks).

• Advanced Fluid Dynamics
• Two-Phase Gas-Liquid Flows
• Computational Fluid Dynamics
• Measurement and Instrumentation
• Condition Monitoring
• Fluid Mechanics & Hydraulics
• Heat and Mass Transfer
• Robotics & Automation Technology
• Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI-ML)

• Two-Phase Gas-Liquid Flows,
• Computational Fluid Dynamics,
• Condition Monitoring,
• Augmented and Virtual Reality (AR-VR).

International Journals:

• Jignesh Thaker, Sunny Saini and Jyotirmay Banerjee, On instantaneous pressure surges and time averaged pressure drop in intermittent regime of two-phase flow, Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, (Elsevier Publication, Impact Factor: 5.168), Vol. 205, 108971, 2021.
• Jignesh Thaker and Jyotirmay Banerjee, Transition of Plug to Slug Flow and Associated Fluid Dynamics, International Journal of Multiphase Flow (Elsevier Publication, Impact Factor: 4.044), Vol. 91, pp. 63-75, 2017 (DOI:10.1016/j.ijmultiphaseflow.2017.01.014).
• Jignesh Thaker and Jyotirmay Banerjee, Influence of Intermittent Flow Sub-patterns on Erosion-Corrosion in Horizontal Pipe, Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering (Elsevier Publication, Impact Factor: 5.168), Vol. 145, pp. 298-320, 2016. (DOI:10.1016/j.petrol.2016.05.006)
• Jignesh Thaker and Jyotirmay Banerjee, On Intermittent Flow Characteristics of Gas-Liquid Two-Phase Flow, Nuclear Engineering and Design (Elsevier Publication, Impact Factor: 1.90), Vol. 310, pp. 363-377, 2016 (DOI:10.1016/j.nucengdes.2016.10.020).
• Jignesh Thaker and Jyotirmay Banerjee, Characterization of Two-phase Slug Flow Sub-regimes using Flow Visualization, Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering (Elsevier Publication, Impact Factor: 5.168), Vol. 135, pp. 561-576, 2015 (DOI:10.1016/j.petrol.2015.10.018).
• Sunny Saini, Jignesh Thaker and Jyotirmay Banerjee, Analysis of interfacial dynamics in stratified and wavy-stratified flow using Laser Doppler Velocimetry, Experimental and Computational Multiphase Flow (Springer Publication, Scopus Indexed), Vol. 4, 142-155, 2022 (DOI: 10.1007/s42757-020-0083-1).

Book Chapters:

• Kiran Mansuriya, Gandham Yedukondalu, Jignesh Thaker and Jyotirmay Banerjee, Modified Image Processing Technique for Measurement of Intermittent Flow Characteristics, Recent Advances in Applied Mathematics and Applications to the Dynamics of Fluid Flows (Springer Publication, Scopus Indexed), pp. 297-307, 2022 (DOI: 10.1007/978-981-19-1929-9_26).
• Sunny Saini, Jignesh Thaker and Jyotirmay Banerjee, Transition of Stratified-Wavy to Intermittent Flow Patterns using Non-Linear Analysis of Pressure Fluctuations, Advances in Engineering Design (Springer Publication, Scopus Indexed), pp. 35-46, 2021 (DOI:10.1007/978-981-33-4684-0_5).
• Siddhivinayak Pandey, Shriharshini Ganapuram, Pankti Raval, Alok Kumar Singh, Jignesh Thaker, A Review on Electrical and Mechanical Technologies used in Spray Painting Robots, Advances in Interdisciplinary Engineering (Springer Publication, Scopus Indexed), pp. 539-546, 2021 (DOI:10.1007/978-981-15-9956-9_53).
• Dhiren Makwana and Jignesh Thaker, Identification of Gas-Liquid Two-Phase Flow Patterns using Various Experimental Techniques: A Review, Advances in Fluid and Thermal Engineering (Springer Publication, Scopus Indexed), pp. 767-775, 2021 (DOI:10.1007/978-981-16-0159-0_67).
• Sagar Kadam, Jignesh Thaker and Jyotirmay Banerjee, Analysis of Turbulence in Entrance Regime of Rectangular Duct using Hot Film Anemometer, Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power – Contemporary Research (Springer Publication, Scopus Indexed), pp. 605-614, 2016 (DOI:10.1007/978-81-322-2743-4_58).
• Jignesh Thaker and Jyotirmay Banerjee, Experimental Investigations on Onset of Slugging in Horizontal Air-Water Two-Phase Flow, Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power – Contemporary Research (Springer Publication, Scopus Indexed), pp. 157-166, 2016 (DOI:10.1007/978-81-322-2743-4_16).

Patent:

• Siddhi Vinayak Pandey, Soham Shah, Shriharshini Ganapuram, Raj Sheth, Pankti Raval, Archit Sorathiya, Yash Patel, Aditya Gajjar, Alok Kumar Singh, and Jignesh Thaker, Automatic Spray-Painting Robot for Road Markings, Indian Patent, Application Number: 202121003480, Issue No. 17, Page No. 20401, 2021.

• Power Plant Engineering,
• Computational Fluid Dynamics,
• Condition Monitoring,
• Augmented and Virtual Reality,
• Robotics & Drone Technology

• Eleven-Weeks MOOC Course on “Intellectual Property Rights (IPR)” organized by Gujarat Student Startup and Innovation Hub (i-Hub), Government of Gujarat
•  Two-Weeks Industrial Training on “Mechanical and Electrical Engineering Practices at Adani Dahanu Thermal Power Station (ADTPS)”
• One-Week Short Term Training Program on “Hydraulic & Hydrologic Modelling: Concepts & Applications” organized by Centre of Excellence on “Water Resources & Flood Management”, Civil Engineering Department, SVNIT, Surat.
•  One-Week Industrial Training on “Power Plant Familiarization” at Adani Dahanu Thermal Power Station (ADTPS).
• One-Week Faculty Development Program (FDP) on “Inculcating Universal Human Values in Technical Education” organized by All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE).
• One-Week Faculty Development Program (FDP) on “Universal Human Values Refresher Part 1” organized by All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE).
• One-Week Continuing Education Program on “Computational Fluid Dynamics: Theory and Practice” at SVNIT, Surat.
• Short Term Training Program on “A Second Level Course on Heat Transfer” at SVNIT, Surat.
• Short Term Training Program on “Fundamentals and Special Topics in Heat Transfer” at SVNIT, Surat.
• Short Term Training Program on “Finite Element Analysis” at SVNIT, Surat. This was conducted by ASME.
• Short Term Training Program on “Innovate, Create, Manufacture & Manage Digitally” at SVNIT, Surat.
• Short Term Training Program on “Advances in Industrial Boilers” at Nirma Institute of Technology, Ahmedabad.
• Six-Day Industrial Training Program at Adani Dahanu Thermal Power Station (ADTPS).
• Short Term Training Program on “Energy Conservation & Management Audit” at SVNIT, Surat.

Associated in two research projects which were funded by Government of India. These projects details are:

• Project Title: Experimental Analysis of Slug Regime in Gas-Liquid Two-Phase Flow through Pipes.
  Governing Body: Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), Government of India.
  Approved Fund for Project: Rs. 25,18,400.
  Sanction Letter No.: SB/S3/MMER/0111/2013.
• Project Title: Water Resources and Flood Management.
  Governing Body: TEQIP-II, MHRD, Government of India.
  Approved Fund for Project: Rs. 5,00,00,000.
  Sanction Letter No.: NPIU/TEQIP-II/FIN/47 dated 21–06-2013.

Program Coordinator for conducting various fields of Industrial Training Programs in collaboration with Adani Dahanu Thermal Power Station (ADTPS):

• Organized Five Days Webinar Series on “Electrical Engineering Practices in Thermal Power Station”.
• Organized Five Days Webinar Series on “Mechanical Engineering Practices in Thermal Power Station”.
• Organized One-Week Comprehensive Online Training Program on “Condition Monitoring: Level 1”.
• Organized One-Week Comprehensive Online Training Program on “Energy Management System: Level 1”.
• Organized One Week Comprehensive Online Training Program on “Operation and Maintenance Best Practices: Heavy-duty Machines”.
• Organized One Month Online Internship Program in Large Scale Industry.

Industry Trainer:

• Conducted series of Training Programs on various Mechanical Engineering Modules for fresh recruited Graduate Trainees (2022) of several Businesses of Adani Group.

Potential Reviewer:

• International Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering
• International Journal of Multiphase Flow

Reviewer/Jury member:

• Innovation in Science Pursuit for Inspired Research (INSPIRE) scheme of Awards MANAK-2020, 2021, 2022: Initiative of National Innovation Foundation, Department of Science & Technology, Government of India.
• Smart India Hackathon-2019, 2020, 2021.

Doctoral Progress Committee (DPC) member: Four doctoral (Ph D) students.