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Dr. Fiyanshu Kaka

Overview

Overview

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Designation: Assistant Professor
Highest Qualifiation: PhD (IISc, Bangalore)
Email: fiyanshuk@diat.ac.in; fiyanshukaka@gmail.com
Contact Detail: 020-24604492
Google Scholar Link: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=etPSURIAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao
Laboratory :- Materials' Multiphysics Modeling Group.
Brief Description

Bio:

Dr. Kaka is presently working as an Assistant Professor in the Metallurgical and Materials Engineering department DIAT (DU), Pune. Before joining DIAT, he worked as an Assistant Professor in the Chemical Engineering department at Pandit Deendayal Energy University, Gujarat. He holds a B.Tech. Degree in first class with distinction, in Polymer Science and Chemical Technology from Delhi Technological University (Formerly Delhi College of Engineering). Further, he pursued an integrated Ph.D. from the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bangalore. His Ph.D. dissertation proposed a novel in-silico framework comprising a physics-based and data-science model for establishing the process-structure-property relationship in organic photovoltaics. His publication "Investigation of process-structure-property relationship in ternary organic photovoltaics" was featured on the cover of the Journal of Applied Physics as well as on the home page of AIP. Dr. Kaka was granted financial support by JNCASR from the DST-Synchrotron-Neutron project to conduct in-situ experiments at the SOLEIL synchrotron radiation facility, France, in 2020. Additionally, he has received travel grants from Tata-Trusts and Ras Al Khaimah Centre for Advanced Materials for attending international conferences. 

Education:

  • 2021 Ph.D. and M.Sc.(Engg.) in Materials Engg. from IISc, Bangalore

  • 2015 B.Tech. in Polymer Science and Chemical Technology from Delhi Technological University (Formerly Delhi College of Engineering)

Educatin
Professionl exprience

Professional Experience (Institution, Position and Period):

  • Assistant Professor, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Defence Institute Of Advanced Technology (Jan 2022 to Present)

  • Assistant Professor,  Chemical Engineering, School of Technology, Pandit Deendayal Energy University (Formerly PDPU) (Dec 2020 to Dec 2021)

Research Domains:

Research Domains:

  • Computational Materials Engineering

  • Organic Photovoltaics

  • Phase-field modeling

  • Machine Learning

  • Microstructural modeling

Sponsored Projects:

Name of the project: Development of open-cell polyurethane foam simultaneous improvement in sound insulation and retardant properties.

Funding agency: NRB (Naval Research Board)

Duration: 2023-26

Name of the project: Thermal barrier coatings with enhanced radiation rejection performance: computational design to prototype fabrication.

Funding agency: DRDO

Duration: 2023-24

Name of the project: Numerical and experimental investigation of Polymer composites for application in Electric vehicles.

Funding agency: DRDO

Duration: 2022-24

 

Optimising the Process-Structure-Property relationship in Organic Photovoltaics

Integrating Photovoltaics with Electric Vehicles 

Specific Projects:

Research Collaborations:

  • IISc, Bangalore

  • University of Michigan, US

  • IIT Kharagpur

  • ARCI, Hyderabad

  • SOLEIL Synchrotron, France

  • NMRL, Ambernath

  • NCL, Pune

  • Pandit Deendayal Energy University, Gujarat​

Research Collaborations:

Research Publications:

Journal Articles:

 

In 2024

  • J Mulla, Fiyanshu Kaka, RK Satapathy, The emergence of reflective thermal barrier coatings Critical Reviews in Solid State and Materials Sciences, Volume 49

  • Jaasim Mulla, Fiyanshu Kaka, Efficient porous coating reflectance prediction enabled by an innovational framework fusing physics-based and supervised machine-learning models , Thermal Science and Engineering Progress, 102664

In 2023​

  • Kalyan Sundar Krishna Chivukula, Jaasim Mulla, Fiyanshu Kaka, Modeling the morphological-dependent performance of metal-ion battery: A promising yet overlooked strategy, Journal of Energy Storage, Volume 74, Part B

  • Nishant Gaikwad, Priya Gadekar, Balasubramanian Kandasubramanian, Fiyanshu Kaka, Advanced polymer-based materials and mesoscale models to enhance the performance of multifunctional supercapacitors, Journal of Energy Storage, Vol 58

  • Shatakshi Saxena, Michael Johnson, Fuhar Dixit, Karl Zimmermann, Shreya Chaudhuri, Fiyanshu Kaka, Balasubramanian Kandasubramanian, Thinking green with 2-D and 3-D MXenes: Environment friendly synthesis and industrial scale applications and global impact, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Volume 178

  • Manjeet Keshav, Fiyanshu Kaka, Employing artificial neural network on geometrical morphological descriptors for deriving physics-based insights in multi-component organic photovoltaics, Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, Volume 254

In 2022​

  • Fiyanshu Kaka, Manjeet Keshav, Praveen C Ramamurthy, Optimising the photovoltaic parameters in donor–acceptor–acceptor ternary polymer solar cells using Machine Learning framework, Solar Energy, Vol 231

  • Husam Talib Hamzah, Veluru Sridevi, Meghana Seereddi, Dadi V Suriapparao, Potnuri Ramesh, Chinta Sankar Rao, Ribhu Gautam, Fiyanshu Kaka, Kocherlakota Pritam, The Role of Solvent Soaking and Pretreatment Temperature in Microwave-Assisted Pyrolysis of Waste Tea Powder: Analysis of Products, Synergy, Pyrolysis Index, and Reaction Mechanism, Bioresource Technology, Vol 363

In 2020

  • Fiyanshu Kaka, Sumeet Khanna, PC Ramamurthy, Abhik Choudhury, Investigation of process–structure–property relationship in ternary organic photovoltaics, Journal of Applied Physics, Vol 128 (Issue 14)

  • Fiyanshu Kaka, Ravi K Singh, PC Ramamurthy, Abhik Choudhury, Modeling process–structure–property relationship in organic photovoltaics using a robust diffuse interface approach, AIP Advances, Vol 10 (Issue 6)

Research Publications:

Conference papers:

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In 2023

  • ​ J Mulla, RK Satpathy, Fiyanshu Kaka, Conjugate Heat Transfer Approach to Gas Turbine Engine Modeling,  Gas Turbine India Conference, 2023, Vol 87721

  • Jaasim Mulla, Radhakanta Satpathy, Fiyanshu Kaka, Numerical Study of Radiative Heat Transfer Through Next-Gen Thermal Barrier Coating Topcoats, ASME Turbo Expo 2023, Boston, US

In 2022​

  • Kanishk Shah, Fiyanshu Kaka, Reduction of the carbon footprint of electric vehicles by using battery alternatives and integrated photovoltaics, Materials Today: Proceedings, Vol 57

Book Chapters:

Accolades:

  • The publication “Investigation of process-structure-property relationship in ternary organic photovoltaics” was featured on the cover of the Journal of Applied Physics as well as on the home page of the American Institute of Physics (AIP)

  • Granted financial support by JNCASR from DST-Synchrotron-Neutron project to conduct experiments at SOLEIL Synchrotron radiation facility, France

  • Awarded travel grant to attend Materials Research Society (MRS) conference at Boston, USA by Tata Trusts and Manish Narayan Memorial Fund

 

Government Funded Projects:

  • Numerical and Experimental investigation of Polymer Composites for application in Electric Vehicles

Awards and Honours:

Patents:

  • Flexible Electrode Composed of Organic Acid Doped Conducting Polymer, and Device Thereof for Flexible Electronics

Inventors: Fiyanshu Kaka, Nishant Gaikwad, K Balasubramanian

Publication date: 2023

Patent office: IN

Patent number: 202311027544

Application number: 202311027544

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  • Spray cooling system for the closed space without any external electric supply

Inventors: Dadi V Suriapparao, Fiyanshu Kaka, Priya Gadekar

Publication date: 2023

Patent office: IN

Patent number: 202321018070

Application number: 202321018070

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  • Susceptor aided production of steam using microwave oven

Inventors: Dadi V. Suriapparao, Fiyanshu Kaka

Publication date: 2022

Patent office: IN

Patent number: 202221029656

Application number: 202221029656

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