Dr. Dhananjay Kumar
Assistant Professor
School of Energy Science and Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati
About my work
Dr. Dhananjay Kumar is an Assistant Professor in the School of Energy Science and Engineering at IIT Guwahati. His research focuses on low-carbon combustion, fuel sprays and ignition, and the thermal safety of lithium-ion batteries. He combines experiments, optical diagnostics, and computational modelling to investigate fuel mixing, ignition, flame development, and thermal runaway.
Before joining IIT Guwahati, he was a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the Engine Research Center, University of Wisconsin–Madison. He earned his M.Tech and PhD in Mechanical Engineering from IIT Kanpur and his B.Tech in Mechanical Engineering from NIT Mizoram.
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Research themes
Research overview →Hydrogen & alternative fuels
Combustion, fuel mixing, and hydrogen safety.
Sprays & ignition
Fuel jets, laser ignition, and optical diagnostics.
Computational modelling
Reacting flows, species transport, and heat transfer.
Battery thermal safety
Thermal runaway and the evolution of thermal hazards.
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