Biography and academic profile
Dr. Santosh Kumar Nayak is an Associate Professor at the School of Mechanical Engineering, KIIT Deemed to be University, Bhubaneswar. He earned his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from KIIT University in 2016. With over 18 years of teaching experience, he has guided 15 postgraduate theses and is currently supervising four Ph.D. scholars. Dr. Nayak has published 17 papers in reputed international journals and holds six national and international patents. His research focuses on impingement heat transfer, nanofluids, computational fluid dynamics, refrigeration, and internal combustion engines. He has presented papers at various national and international conferences and is a Life Member of ISHMT, ISTE, IE (India), and the Indian Science Congress Association.



