NIT Warangal

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Room No: B257 +91-870-2462320 chk@nitw.ac.in Bio Sketch

Key Notes

Journal(s): 10
Conference(s): 1

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PUBLICATIONS

2

DOCTORAL STUDENTS

1

PROJECT

Research Areas

Evaporation, Phase change materials

Interfacial phenomenon, 2D materials,

Nanoscale heat transfer, Mass transfer, Molecular dynamics

EDUCATION QUALIFICATION

Degree	Institute	Year
Doctor of Philosophy	Tohoku University	2014
Master of Technology	IIT Guwahati	2010
Bachelor of Technology	Acharya Nagarjuna University	2008

COURSES HANDLED

Course	L-T-P	Credit	Degree Level
Advanced Heat and Mass Transfer(ME16005)	3-0-0	3	UG, PG
Vehicle Body & Safety Systems(ME56021)	3-0-0	3	PG
Non-Conventional Energy Sources(ME411)	3-0-0	3	UG
Design of Heat Transfer Equipment(ME16032)	3-0-0	3	UG, PG
Design and Optimization of Thermal Systems(ME16054)	3-0-0	3	UG, PG
Experimental Methods in Thermal Engineering(ME5104)	3-0-0	3	PG
Thermal Machines(ME306)	3-0-0	3	UG
Design of Heat Transfer Equipment(ME5166)	3-0-0	3	UG, PG
Vehicle Body Engineering(ME5503)	3-0-0	3	PG
Rocket Propulsion(ME5169)	3-0-0	3	PG
Design and Optimization of Thermal Systems(ME5152)	3-0-0	3	PG
Refrigeration Technology(ME5111)	3-0-0	3	PG

RESEARCH IDs

PUBLICATIONS

Journal(s)

Molecular dynamics study of structure and mass transport at liquid n-Eicosane/hBN interfaces, By Sai Charan Ravula and Hari Krishna Chilukoti, Taylor & Francis, Molecular Simulation, vol.51, pp.1-16, 2025

Predicting thermophysical properties of alkanes and refrigerants using machine learning algorithms, By Kiran Rathod, Sai Charan Ravula, Prasanna Sai Chandra Kommireddi, Rahul Thangeda, Gota Kikugawa, Hari Krishna Chilukoti, Elsevier, Fluid Phase Equilibria, vol.578, pp.114016, 2024

Sequence-engineering polyethylene–polypropylene copolymers with high thermal conductivity using a molecular-dynamics-based genetic algorithm, By Tianhang Zhou, Zhenghao Wu, Hari Krishna Chilukoti, Florian Müller-Plathe, American Chemical Society, Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation, vol.17, pp.3772-3782, 2021

Rebound suppression of a droplet impacting on a supersolvophobic surface by a small amount of polymer additives, By Eunsang Lee, Hari Krishna Chilukoti, Florian Müller-Plathe, American Chemical Society, ACS Macro Letters, vol.10, pp.192-196, 2021

Effect of Defects on the Interfacial Thermal Conductance between n-Heneicosane in Solid and Liquid Phases and a Graphene Monolayer, By Tianhang Zhou, Hari Krishna Chilukoti, Zhenghao Wu, Florian Müller-Plathe, American Chemical Society, Journal of Physical Chemistry C, vol.125, pp.14149-14162, 2021

Suppressing the rebound of impacting droplets from solvophobic surfaces by polymer additives: polymer adsorption and molecular mechanisms, By Eunsang Lee, Hari Krishna Chilukoti, Florian Müller-Plathe, Royal Society of Chemistry, Soft Matter, vol.17, pp.6952-6963, 2021

Thermal Energy Transport across the Interface between Phase Change Material n-Heneicosane in Solid and Liquid Phases and Few-Layer Graphene, By Hari Krishna Chilukoti, Tianhang Zhou, Vikram Reddy Ardham, Michael C Böhm, Florian Müller-Plathe, American Chemical Society, Journal of Physical Chemistry C, vol.123, pp.29192-29202, 2019

Application of reverse nonequilibrium molecular dynamics to the calculation of the mutual diffusion coefficient of alkane mixtures, By Hari Krishna Chilukoti, Florian Müller-Plathe, Hua Yang, American Chemical Society, The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, vol.122, pp.9210-9217, 2018

Structure and mass transport characteristics at the intrinsic liquid–vapor interfaces of alkanes, By Hari Krishna Chilukoti, Gota Kikugawa, Taku Ohara, American Chemical Society, Journal of Physical Chemistry B, vol.120, pp.7207-7216, 2016

A molecular dynamics study on transport properties and structure at the liquid–vapor interfaces of alkanes, By Hari Krishna Chilukoti, Gota Kikugawa, Taku Ohara, Elsevier, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, vol.59, pp.144-154, 2013

Conference(s)

Investigation of thermal resistance and heat conduction at α-quartz-liquid alkane interfaces using nonequilibrium molecular dynamics simulations By H.K. Chilukoti, G. Kikugawa, M. Shibahara and T. Ohara, 15th International Heat Transfer Conference, 2014

PROJECT / CONSULTANCY

Understanding And Manipulating Heat Transfer Over The Interface Between Polymers And Hexagonal Boron Nitride: Investigation Using Molecular Dynamics Simulation

Role: Principal Investigator
Type: Research
Sponsor: DST
Project Cost (INR): 13.4
Date of Commencement: 22-12-2021 Date of Completion: 21-12-2023
Duration: 24 Months
Status: Completed

RESEARCH FELLOWS / PhD STUDENTS

Current PhD Students

HN Manjunath

Area of Research: Heat Transfer

Sai Charan Ravula

Area of Research: Heat transfer

CONFERENCE / WORKSHOP / SYMPOSIUM

ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES

Last updated on September 20, 2025

Prof. Chilukoti Hari Krishna

Assistant Professor Gr-I

Department of Mechanical Engineering

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