Dr. Manjunatha. S | Solid-Fluid Interaction | Best Researcher Award

Associate Professor at Christ university | India

Dr. Manjunatha. S is an accomplished researcher and Associate Professor in the Department of Sciences and Humanities at CHRIST (Deemed to be University), School of Engineering and Technology, known for his deep expertise in fluid mechanics, heat transfer, nanofluid dynamics, nonlinear flow behaviour, hybrid and ternary nanoparticles, bioconvective systems, magnetohydrodynamics, porous-media transport, radiative heat transfer, and computational mathematical modelling. His academic journey includes a Ph.D. in Mathematics from Kuvempu University, shaping a strong foundation in applied mathematics and theoretical modelling. Flow and Heat Transfer of Penta-Hybrid Nanofluid at a Stagnation Point Over a Stretching or Shrinking Sheet, Statistical Thermal Study of Ternary Hybrid Nanofluid Flow in Coaxial Cylinder with Artificial Neural Network Approach, Sensitivity Analysis of Thermal Optimisation Within Conical Gap Between Cone and Rotating Disk with Particle Deposition, Artificial Neural Network-Enhanced Thermal Conductivity Modelling in Wetted Porous Fins Filled with Ternary Hybrid Nanofluid, Influence of Nonlinear Thermal Radiation on Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Chemical Reactions Between Cone and Disk, Quadratic Convection in Radiative Ternary Nanofluid with Slip and Temperature Jump, Magnetohydrodynamic Flow of Immiscible Hybrid Nanofluids Between Rotating Disks, Heat-Transfer Optimisation in Viscous Ternary Nanofluid Flow Over Stretching or Shrinking Thin Needle, Nonlinear Dynamics of Ternary Nanofluid Flow Past Rotating Cone Under Thermal Radiation, Stratified Bioconvective Jet Flow of Williamson Nanofluid in Porous Medium with Activation Energy, and numerous other scholarly contributions reflect his mastery in analysing complex thermal-fluid phenomena.

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Featured Publications:

Manjunatha, S., Puneeth, V., Gireesha, B. J., & Chamkha, A. (2022). Theoretical study of convective heat transfer in ternary nanofluid flowing past a stretching sheet. Journal of Applied and Computational Mechanics, 8(4), 1279–1286.

Manjunatha, S., Kuttan, B. A., Jayanthi, S., Chamkha, A., & Gireesha, B. J. (2019). Heat transfer enhancement in the boundary layer flow of hybrid nanofluids due to variable viscosity and natural convection. Heliyon, 5(4).

Manjunatha, S., & Gireesha, B. J. (2016). Effects of variable viscosity and thermal conductivity on MHD flow and heat transfer of a dusty fluid. Ain Shams Engineering Journal, 7(1), 505–515.

Puneeth, V., Manjunatha, S., Makinde, O. D., & Gireesha, B. J. (2021). Bioconvection of a radiating hybrid nanofluid past a thin needle in the presence of heterogeneous–homogeneous chemical reaction. Journal of Heat Transfer, 143(4), 042502.

Gireesha, B. J., Chamkha, A. J., Manjunatha, S., & Bagewadi, C. S. (2013). Mixed convective flow of a dusty fluid over a vertical stretching sheet with non-uniform heat source/sink and radiation. International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat & Fluid Flow, 23(4), 598–612.

Dr. Mansoo Go | Structural Dynamics | Best Researcher Award

Senior Researcher | Hoseo University | South Korea

Go Mansoo is a senior researcher at Virtual Structure Technology Co., Ltd., Korea, whose expertise lies in optimal design, structural vibration, finite element analysis, and fatigue analysis, building his academic foundation with a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from Hoseo University with a dissertation on sensitivity analysis of finite element-based equilibrium problems using Padé approximants, complemented by an M.S. in mechanical engineering with specialization in structural vibration and a B.S. in robotics from the same institution, his professional journey includes serving as a research professor at the Institute of Industrial Technology at Hoseo University and leading impactful projects funded by the Ministry of SMEs and Startups as well as the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, contributing to the development of high-precision 2D and 3D inspection equipment for transparent Mini LEDs, all-terrain cranes with artificial intelligence-based safety and user-friendliness, high-speed automatic inspection equipment for advanced semiconductor processes, wireless monitoring devices for level and vibration measurement, and real-time wireless particle monitoring systems, his applied research extends into optimization of electric actuators, inspection systems for large-scale system-in-package processes, lightweight design of gantry robots, fatigue life prediction for vacuum chambers in flat panel manufacturing, and structural analysis of aerial work platforms, his scholarly output includes publications addressing oriented design optimization for enhancing fatigue life of marine liquid hydrogen storage tanks under asymmetric sloshing loads, effects of impact load-induced stress on fatigue life of structures, methods to study fatigue life of nodes connecting marine systems, finite element analysis for calculating impact factors of structures under dynamic loads, weight reduction of semiconductor inspection equipment stages using sensitivity analysis.

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