Dr. Srinivasa Ramanujam Kannan Associate Professor
School of Mechanical Sciences

Research Interests

Thermal Radiation, Inverse problems in heat transfer, Stochastic optimization, Algorithms, Microwave Remote Sensing

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Contact Details

  • 322 School of Mechanical Sciences, IIT Bhubaneswar, Odisha 752050
  • 0674-7137140
  • sramanujam@iitbbs.ac.in

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Education

 Degree Discipline Year School
  B.E Mechanical Engineering 2003 Madras University
  M.S (in Engg.) Thermal Power Engineering 2008 SASTRA University
  Ph.D. Mechanical 2012 IIT Madras
 

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Teaching

Thermodynamics; Engineering Design Optimization; Introduction to Atmospheric Radiation; Power Plant Engineering; Elements of Mechanical Engineering (Lateral); Applied Thermodynamics (Lateral)

 

Recent Publications (International Journals)

1Parthasarathi Mishra and Srinivasa Ramanujam Kannan, (2021), A numerical experiment to study the impact of temperature enhancement by anthropogenic heating on local weather at the Angul region of India, Journal of Earth System Science, (accepted)
2Himanshu Dahire, Srinivasa Ramanujam Kannan, and Sunil Kumar Saw, (2021), Effect of humidity on the performance of rooftop solar chimney, Thermal Science and Engineering Progress, Available online 20 August 2021.
3A. Sharma and S. R. Kannan (2021), Intercomparison between IMD ground radar and TRMM PR observations using alignment methodology and artificial neural network, Journal of Earth System Science, 130, article no 20.
4S. R. Kannan and S. S. Katte (2018), Numerical Investigation and correlations for heat diffusion through Planar Ablative Thermal Protection Systems, Thermal Science and Engineering Progress, Vol. 7, 279-287.
5D. Subramani, R. Chandrasekar, K. Srinivasa Ramanujam and C. Balaji (2014), A new ensemble based data assimilation algorithm to improve track prediction of tropical cyclones, Natural Hazards, Vol. 71, 659-682.
6C. Balaji and K. Srinivasa Ramanujam (2013), Retrieval of the vertical rainfall structure from the MADRAS imager data of the Megha- Tropiques satellite, Current Science, 104, 12, 1627-1634.
7C. Praveen, K. Srinivasa Ramanujam and C. Balaji (2012) An Artificial Neural Network Based Fast Radiative Transfer Model for Simulating Infrared Sounder Radiances, Journal of Earth System Science, 121, 4, 891-901.
8K. Srinivasa Ramanujam, R. Chandrasekar, D. Subramani and C. Balaji (2012) On the Effect of Non-Raining Parameters in Retrieval of Surface Rain Rate Using TRMM PR And TMI Measurements, IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, 5, 3, 735-743.
9K. Srinivasa Ramanujam, R. Chandrasekar and C. Balaji (2011) A new PCA-ANN algorithm for retrieval of rainfall structure in precipitating atmosphere, International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat and Fluid Flow, 21, 8, 1002-1025.
10K. Srinivasa Ramanujam and C. Balaji (2011) Radiative Transfer Simulations for the MADRAS Imager of Megha-Tropiques, Journal of Earth System Science, 120, 1-18.
11S. Abishek, K. Srinivasa Ramanujam and S. S. Katte (2007) View Factors between Disc/Rectangle and Rectangle in Parallel and Perpendicular Planes, Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer, 21, 236-239.
12K. Srinivasa Ramanujam, S. Abishek, and S. S. Katte (2006) Differential View Factor for a Rectangle with Intervening Parallelepiped or Sphere, Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer, 20, 604-607.

Conferences (International)

1Himanshu Dahire and S R Kannan, (2021), EFFECT OF MOISTURE ON CONVECTION HEAT TRANSFER THROUGH ROOFTOP SOLAR CHIMNEY, ISHMT 2021, IIT Madras.
2Himanshu Dahire and S R Kannan, (2021), RADIATIVE TRANSFER ANALYSIS OF ROOF-TOP SOLAR CHIMNEY BY TREATING MOIST AIR AS PARTICIPATING MEDIA, ISHMT 2021, IIT Madras.
3Alok Sharma and Srinivasa R. Kannan, (2021), UPSCALING IMD GROUND RADAR VERTICAL REFLECTIVITY USING TRMM PR OBSERVATIONS AND ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK, IGARSS 2021, Oral Presentation, Brussels, Belgium.
4K. Srinivasa Ramanujam and V Chandrasekar, (2016), Information theoretic approach using neural network for determining radiometer observations from radar and vice versa, SPIE Asia-Pacific Remote Sensing Symposium, New Delhi, India.
5V Chandrasekar, K. Srinivasa Ramanujam, H Chen, M Le, A Alqudah (2014), Rainfall estimation from spaceborne and ground based radars using neural networks, IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, Quebec, Canada.
6V. Chandrasekar, K. Srinivasa Ramanujam and Minda Le (2013), Methodology to simulate GPM radar observations from combined radiometer and radar measurements from TRMM and cloud models, IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, Melbourne, Australia.
7R. Chandrasekar, D. Subramani, K. Srinivasa Ramanujam and C. Balaji (2012) Study of the impact of combined TMI-PR retrieved rainy observations in regional weather forecast models in an ensemble Bayesian framework, International Conference on Ensemble Methods in Geophysical Sciences” November 12 to 16 , Toulouse, France.
8K. Srinivasa Ramanujam, D. Subramani and C. Balaji (2012) Profile Correction Algorithm using TRMM PR and TMI measurements in a Bayesian framework, Opportunities and Challenges in Monsoon Prediction in a Changing Climate, OCHAMP, Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune.
9C. Balaji and K. Srinivasa Ramanujam (2011) Retrieval of rainfall from MADRAS Microwave Imager on Megha Tropiques, IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, Vancouver, Canada.
10K. Srinivasa Ramanujam and C. Balaji (2010), A Fast Polarized Microwave Radiative Transfer Model for a Raining Atmosphere, International Heat Transfer Conference (IHTC-14), Washington DC, USA.
11C. Balaji, M. Chaturvedi, K. Srinivasa Ramanujam, V. Chandrasekar, C. Nguyen and M. Martinez (2010) What Is The Information Content Of TRMM Precipitation Radar For Determining Radiometer Observations And Vice Versa?, IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, Hawaii, USA.
12K. Srinivasa Ramanujam and C. Balaji (2009) A New Rain Screening Algorithm Based on Non-Dimensional Microwave Brightness Temperatures, International Conference on MEGHA-TROPIQUES Science and Applications, ISRO, Bangalore, 66-67.
13C. Balaji, K. Srinivasa Ramanujam, S. P. Venkateshan, R. M. Gairola, A. Sarkar and V. K. Agarwal (2009) A Neural Network based Fast Forward Model for the Simulation of Microwave Brightness Temperatures, International Conference on MEGHA-TROPIQUES Science and Applications, ISRO, Bangalore, 64-65.

Conferences (National)

1Alok Sharma and Srinivasa R. Kannan, (2020), A Methodology to Retrieve 3D Rainfall from MADRAS Imager With Spaceborne Radar And Ground Radar in Alignment framework Using Neural Networks, India Radar Meteorology (iRAD 2020), IIT Madras
2S. R. Kannan, (2019), Ordinal Pattern dependence of GPM DPR daily rainfall time series over Tier 1 Indian cities, India Radar Meteorology (iRAD 2019), Oral Presentation, IITM Pune.
3P.Jyoteeshkumar Reddy and Srinivasa Ramanujam Kannan, (2019), A numerical study on the change in rainfall pattern due to anthropogenic effect, India Radar Meteorology (iRAD 2019), IITM Pune.
4Alok Sharma and Srinivasa R. Kannan, (2019), On comparing space radar and Indian ground radar reflectivity using alignment methodology, Tropmet 2019, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam.
5Alok Sharma and Srinivasa R. Kannan, (2018), Calibration of Ground Radar with Space Radar Using Alignment Methodology, Tropmet 2018, Varanasi, India.
6Parthasarathi Mishra and S. R. Kannan, (2018), A study of rainfall pattern near Angul, Odisha region using Eigen Analysis, Tropmet 2018, Varanasi, India
7S. R. Kannan, (2018), Ordinal pattern dependence between rainfall time series in Tier 1 cities of India, Tropmet 2018, Varanasi, India.
8S. R. Kannan, (2018), Neural network based methodology to estimate surface rainfall rate using ground and space borne radar observations, India Radar Meteorology, iRAD 2018, Oral presentation, NARL Gadanki, Tirupathi.
9Parthasarathi Mishra and S.R.Kannan, (2018), Microphysical study of induced rainfall over industrial region using space-borne radar and NWP model, India Radar Meteorology (iRAD 2018), NARL Gadanki, Tirupathi.
 

Academic Honors & Awards

  • International Journal of Thermal Sciences Award for Outstanding Contribution in Reviewing.
  • DST INSPIRE Faculty Fellowship
 

Research Scholar

Mr. Alok Sharma
 

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