Professor & Vice Principal, Dean R&D
Dr. Purushothama Chippar is an enthusiastic and ambitious academician with over 15 years of research and extensive industrial experience. As Vice Principal and Dean of Research and Development, he has been pivotal in fostering research, innovation, and start-up culture on campus. He has been instrumental in securing the prestigious New Age Innovation Network (NAIN) grant from the Karnataka Innovation and Technology Society (KITS) and the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE)-IDEA Lab grant. Additionally, he has received research grants from the Vision Group on Science and Technology, Govt. of Karnataka, and the Institute for Plasma Research (Department of Atomic Energy), Govt. of India. He played a key role in establishing the Karnataka State Council for Science & Technology (KSCST)-IPR cell, Ministry of Education-IIC, National Innovation and Start-up Policy (NISP), and the Incubation Centre at SJEC.
Dr. Chippar's research interests include CFD modeling, heat transfer, fuel cells, electrolyzers, and hydrogen storage. He has published several journal articles and book chapters and is the inventor of US Patent US9568912B2. Prior to SJEC, he worked as a Senior Analyst in the Advanced Tech Strategy Group at Honeywell Technological Solutions Laboratory, Bangalore, where he honed his skills in innovation and intellectual property rights. His organizational strength and people-centric approach have endowed him with excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
Dr. Chippar established the 'Applied Engineering and Computational Analysis Lab' with a focus on research on fuel cells, electrolyzers, and hydrogen storage. He is interested in collaborating with individuals interested in similar research areas.
| Sl.No | Qualification Level | University | Area of Specialization | Year of Compeltion | Awards | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ph.D. | Inha University, South Korea | Thermodynamics and Fluid Mechanics | 2013 | |||||
| 2 | Master of Engineering (M.Eng.) | Inha University, South Korea | Thermodynamics and Fluid Mechanics | 2007 | |||||
| 3 | Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.) | Malnad College of Engineering (Affiliated to VTU, Belgavi), Hassan | Mechanical Engineering | 2005 | |||||
| 4 | Diploma | Karnataka Polytechnic, Mangalore | Mechanical Engineering | 2002 | |||||
Dean - Research & Development
Coordinator - SJEC AICTE IDEA LAB
Chairperson - Student Grievance Redressal Committee
Vice Principal, Dean R&D, October 2022-till date, St Joseph Engineering College, Mangaluru, India
Co-founder & Director, ComforTech Engineering Solutions, Mangaluru, India
Professor & Head, July 2021 – September 2022, Mechanical Engineering Department, St Joseph Engineering College, Mangaluru, India
Professor, January 2019 – June 2021, Mechanical Engineering Department, St Joseph Engineering College, Mangaluru, India
Co-founder & Director, Cognate Industrial Automation, Mangaluru, India
Associate Professor, August 2015 – December 2018, Mechanical Engineering Department, St Joseph Engineering College, Mangaluru, India
Senior Technologies Analyst, Jan 2013 – July 2015, Advanced Tech Strategy, Honeywell, Bengaluru, India
New Product Implementation (NPI) Engineer - 2008 – 2009, Solectron (Centum) EMS India Ltd., Bengaluru, India
CFD modeling, Heat transfer, Multiphysics modeling, Energy, Fuel cells, Batteries, Hydrogen storage, and Sustainable environment
1. Swaraj D. Lewis, Purushothama Chippar “Effect of Buoyancy Force in Phase Change Material-Based Metal Hydride Reactor” J. Thermal Sci. Eng. Appl. 16(6): 061007, 2024
2. Purushothama Chippar and Venkatesh Babu K P “Investigating the Impact of Catalyst Penetration into Gas Diffusion Layer on the Performance of High-Temperature Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cells”, Journal of The Electrochemical Society, 171 024503, 2024
3. Geethu Varghese, Venkatesh Babu KP, Thadathil Varghese Joseph and Purushothama Chippar “Impacts of Pore Scale Gas Diffusion Layer Deformation on PEMFC Performance at Sub Zero Operation”, Journal of The Electrochemical Society, 170 114517, 2023
4. Swaraj D. Lewis and Purushothama Chippar "A Novel Design of Internal Heat Exchangers in Metal Hydride System for Hydrogen Storage", Springer Nature, Book Chapter, 2023
5. Venkatesh Babu K.P, Geethu Varghese, Thadathil Varghese Joseph, Purushothama Chippar “Numerical Modeling of Novel Cage-like Cross-linked Membranes for Enhanced Proton Conductivity in a High Temperature-Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cell", Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 140,38, 2023
6. Venkatesh Babu K.P, Geethu Varghese, Thadathil Varghese Joseph, Purushothama Chippar " Integrated Effect of Flow Field Misalignment and Gas Diffusion Layer Compression/Intrusion on High Temperature – Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cell Performance", Journal of The Electrochemical Society, 169 124508, 2022
7. Geethu Varghese, Venkatesh Babu K.P, Thadathil Varghese Joseph, Purushothama Chippar "Combined effect of channel to rib width ratio and gas diffusion layer deformation on high temperature – Polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell performance", International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 47, 77,33014-33026, 2022
8. Venkatesh Babu K.P, Geethu Varghese, Thadathil Varghese Joseph, Purushothama Chippar "Optimization of graded catalyst layer to enhance uniformity of current density and performance of high temperature-polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell", International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 47, I6, 4018-4032, 2022
9. Geethu Varghese, Venkatesh Babu K.P, Thadathil Varghese Joseph, Purushothama Chippar "A Numerical Investigation on Thermal Gradients and Stresses in High Temperature PEM Fuel Cell During Start-up", International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 175, 121365, 2021
10. Swaraj D. Lewis, Purushothama Chippar, “A numerical study of metal hydride reactor embedded with helical coil heat exchanger” Book Chapter in Mathematical Fluid Mechanics. h ttps://doi.org/10.1515/9783110696080-009
11. Venkatesh Babu K.P, Geethu Varghese, Thadathil Varghese Joseph, Purushothama Chippar "Spatial analysis of CO poisoning in high temperature polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells", International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 46,8179, 2021
12. Swaraj D. Lewis, Purushothama Chippar, "Analysis of Heat and Mass Transfer During Charging and Discharging in a Metal Hydride - Phase Change Material Reactor", Journal of Energy Storage, 33, 102108, 2021
13. Swaraj D. Lewis, Purushothama Chippar, "Numerical investigation of hydrogen absorption in a metal hydride reactor with embedded embossed plate heat exchanger", Energy 194, 116942, 2020
14. Swaraj Dominic Lewis, Purushothama Chippar, Anindya Deb, "Numerical study of hydrogen absorption in a metal hydride tank embedded with multiple U-shaped cooling channel", AIP Conference Proceedings 2236, 030004, 2020
15. Sanketh Ramachandra, Anindya Deb, Purushothama Chippar, "A CAE-Based Methodology for Designing a Fuel Cell Stack for Electric Vehicle Applications", Int. J. Adv. Sci. Eng. Vol.6 No.S2 35-42, 2020
16. Purushothama Chippar, Swaraj D lewis, Sudhir Rai, Amit Sircar, "Numerical investigation of hydrogen absorption in a stackable metal hydride reactor utilizing compartmentalization", International Journal of Hydrogen Energy Vol. 43, pp 8007- 8017, 2018
17. Purushothama Chippar, Kyungmun Kang, Whan-Gi Kim, Hyunchul Ju, "Effects of inlet relative humidity (RH) on the performance of a high temperature-proton exchange membrane fuel cell (HT-PEMFC)," International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, Vol. 39, pp 2767-2775, 2014
18. Purushothama Chippar, Kyeongmin Oh, Hyunchul Ju, "Numerical analysis of effects of gas crossover through membrane pinholes in high temperature proton exchange membrane fuel cells (HT-PEMFCs)," International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, Vol. 39, pp 2863-2871, 2014
19. Kyeongmin Oh, Purushothama Chippar, Hyunchul Ju, "Numerical analysis of thermal stresses in high temperature-proton exchange membrane fuel cell (HT-PEMFC)," International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, Vol. 39, pp 2785-2794, 2014
20. Purushothama Chippar, Kyeongmin Oh, Dongmin Kim, Tae-Whan Hong, Whangi Kim, Hyunchul Ju, "Coupled mechanical stress and multi-dimensional CFD analysis for high temperature proton exchange membrane fuel cells (HT-PEMFCs)," International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, Vol. 38, pp 7715-7724, 2013
21. Purushothama Chippar, Hyunchul Ju, "Numerical modeling and investigation of gas crossover effects in high temperature proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cells," International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, Vol. 38, pp 7704-7714, 2013
22. Purushothama Chippar, Hyunchul Ju, "Three-dimensional non-isothermal modeling of phosphoric acid-doped polybenzimidazole (PBI) membrane fuel cell," Solid State Ionics, Vol. 225, pp. 30-39, 2012
23. Purushothama Chippar, Hyunchul Ju, "Evaluating cold-start behaviors of end and intermediate cells in polymer electrolyte fuel cell (PEFC) stack," Solid State Ionics, Vol. 225, pp. 85-91, 2012
24. Young-Chul Park, Purushothama Chippar, Sang-Kyung Kim, Seongyop Lim, Doo-Hwan Jung, Hyunchul Ju, Dong- Hyun Peck, "Effects of serpentine flow-field designs with different channel and rib widths on the performance of a direct methanol fuel cell," Journal of Power Sources, Vol. 205, pp. 32-47, 2012
25. Purushothama Chippar, Kyeongmin Oh, Kyungmun Kang, Hyunchul Ju, "A numerical investigation of the effects of GDL compression and intrusion in polymer electrolyte fuel cells (PEFCs)," International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, Vol. 37, Issue 7, pp. 6326-6338, 2012
26. Johan Ko, Giyongi Lee, Yongjun Choi, Purushothama Chippar, Kyungmun Kang, Hyunchul Ju, "Comparison of numerical simulation results with experimental current density and methanol-crossover data for direct methanol fuel cells," Journal of Power Sources, Vol. 196, Issue 3, pp. 935-945, 2011
27. Jinmoo Nam, Purushothama Chippar, Whangi Kim, Hyunchul Ju, "Numerical analysis of gas crossover effects in polymer electrolyte fuel cells (PEFCs)," Applied Energy, Vol. 87, Issue 12, pp. 3699-3709, 2010
28. Johan Ko, Purushothama Chippar, Hyunchul Ju, "A one-dimensional, two-phase model for direct methanol fuel cells-Part I: Model development and parametric study," Energy, Vol. 35, Issue 5, pp. 2149-2159, 2010
29. Purushothama Chippar, Johan Ko, Hyunchul Ju, "A global transient, one-dimensional, two- phase model for direct methanol fuel cells (DMFCs) – Part II: Analysis of the time- dependent thermal behavior of DMFCs," Energy, Vol. 35, Issue 5, pp. 2301-2308, 2010
30. Geonhui Gwak, Purushothama Chippar, Kyungmun Kang, Hyunchul Ju, "Parallel computing of large-scale polymer electrolyte fuel cells," Transactions of the Korean Hydrogen and New Energy Society, Vol. 22, Issue 6, pp. 868-877, 2011
Book Chapter/Editor
1. Swaraj D. Lewis, Purushothama Chippar, "A numerical study of metal hydride reactor embedded with helical coil heat exchanger", Mathematical Fluid Mechanics, 2021, doi.org/10.1515/9783110696080-009
2. Purushothama Chippar, "eTIME-2019 – International Conference on Emerging Trends in Mechanical Engineering", Editor, AIP Conference Proceedings, Volume 2236, Issue 1, doi.org/10.1063/12.00004
All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) IDEA Lab Grant (2021)– Project Outlay Rs 11 Million (USD 144080)
New Age Innovation Network, Karnataka Innovation and Technology Society (KITS) Department of Electronics, IT, Bt and S&T, Government of Karnataka (2017) – Project Outlay Rs 12 Million (USD 157180)
Institute for Plasma Research (IPR), Gujarat (2016-2019) - Project Outlay Rs 1.35 Million (USD 17685)
K-FIST L1, Vision Group on Science & Technology, Department of Information Technology, Biotechnology and Science & Technology (2016-2018) - Project Outlay Rs 2.0 Million (USD 26200)
1. Meritorious Innovation Award in lieu of Patent Filing “Monitoring, Tracing and Building of Cannibalized Aircraft/Helicopters/UAV” 2015
2. Spot Award – Excellent dedication and passion – Honeywell Technologies - September 2014
3. Jungseok International Scholarship, Inha University (2009 – 2012)
4. Jungseok International Scholarship, Inha University (2005 – 2007)
Dr Purushothama Chippar
Professor & Vice Principal, Dean R&D
B.E, M.E, Ph.D
