Experience
2022-Present: Assistant Professor
Research Areas
- Plasma-assisted ignition/combustion
- Microwave-enhanced laser induced plasma ignition
- Clean and renewable energy, and sustainable aviation fuels/biofuels
- Electric propulsion (electrospray and field emission electric propulsion: FEEP)
- Chemical kinetics
- Micro-combustors, and portable power generation
- Oxygen generating unit (pressure swing adsorption)
Selected Journal Publications
- Pravendra Kumar, Chanearl Kwon, Kybeom Kwon, and Jack J. Yoh. “On the cone-to-jet transition region and its significance in electrospray propulsion.” Acta Astronautica (2023)
- Pravendra Kumar, Yuya Yamaki, Jeonghoon Lee, Shinji Nakaya, and Mitsuhiro Tsue. “Effects of microwave radiation on laser induced plasma ignition of n-butane/air mixture under atmospheric conditions.” Proceedings of the Combustion Institute 38, no. 4 (2021): 6593-6603
- Ezhil Kumar, P. K., Pravendra Kumar, and D. P. Mishra. “Experimental investigation on the performance characteristics of a 2D trapped vortex combustor.” Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part G: Journal of Aerospace Engineering 230, no. 10 (2016): 1840-1847
- Pravendra Kumar and D. P. Mishra, Numerical Investigation of Merged and Non-merged Flame of a Twin Cavity Annular Trapped Vortex Combustor, Carbon – Sci. Tech. 8/3, 118-128, 2016
Research Projects
- In-situ application of plasma discharge for sustainable aviation fuels/biofuels combustion
- Dielectric barrier discharge/microwave
- Sustainable aviation fuels/biofuels
- Swirl burner
- Capacity building for human resource development in Unmanned Aircraft System (Drone and related Technology)
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Awards & Recognitions
- 2021-2022: BK21 Post-doctoral Fellowship, Seoul National University, Republic of Korea
- 2021/1-2021/9: National Post-doctoral Fellowship, IIT Bombay, Government of India
- 2017-2020: National Overseas Scholarship, Ph.D., The University of Tokyo, Government of India
- 2020-Presnet: Member of Combustion Society of Japan, Japan
- 2020-Present: Member of Combustion Institute, Japan Section
- 2012: 18th University Rank, Gautam Buddha Technical University, Lucknow
- 2009: 2nd Academic Prize, Government Polytechnic Ghaziabad