Dr Swaraj Dominic Lewis

About

I am a Asst. Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at St Joseph Engineering College - Mangaluru (SJEC). I have been working at SJEC from 2014 till Date. My area of research is Metal hydride, Phase change materilals and numerical simulation using Ansys software. 

In addition to the teaching and research roles, I have actively involved in administrative responsibilities. These duties have enhanced my operational aspects of academic institutions, enhancing the ability to contribute to policy-making and the overall improvement of educational standards. 

My goal has been always to inspire students, support colleagues, and contribute meaningfully to the academic community. Also I have deep-seated belief in the transformative power of education and a relentless pursuit of excellence in all the professional endeavors.

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Education Qualifications

Sl.No	Qualification Level	University	Area of Specialization	Year of Compeltion	Awards
1	PhD	Visveswaraya Technological University	Thermal	2023	Thesis title: Design , Developement and optimization of metal hydride beds for hydrogen isotope storage through experimental and numercial analysis.
2	M. Tech	Manipal University	Manufacturing Engineering and Technology	2014	M. Tech 2nd rank in department
3	B E	Visveswaraya Technological University	Mechanical	2010	BE 2nd rank in department

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Responsibilities At SJEC

College Level

1. AICUF Coordinator
2. E-attestation Coordinator
3. Admission Cordinator
4. Member of Quality governance group

Department Level

1. ISO audit department coordinator.
2. NAAC Department Coordinator (2019-2021)
3. NBA and NAAC department coordinator.
4. AICTE student acitivity coordinator.
5. Machine drawing Lab incharge.
6. ISO certified auditor.
7. Torque Mechanical Department Coordinator
8. NBA - Criteria-4 member

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Work Experience

Current :  Asst. Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at St Joseph Engineering College - Mangaluru from 2014 - till date

Past :

Volvo Buses India Pvt Ld   (Production Engineer Trainee)

Suzlon energy composite Limited ( Quality Engineer Trainee)

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Research Areas

• Metal Hydride.
• Hydrogen storage.
• Ansys simualtion.
• CFD analysis.
• Structural analsysis.

 

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Journal Publications

1. Swaraj Dominic Lewis, Purushothama Chippar, “Effect of Buoyancy Force in Phase Change Material-Based Metal Hydride Reactor” – ASME. J. Thermal Sci. Eng. Appl. June 2024; 16(6): 061007. Impact Factor: 2.1, Q2.
2. A numerical study of Metal Hydride reactor Embedded with Helical Coil Heat Exchanger “Advance in Mathematical Fluid Mechanics” De Gruyter Publishers. doi.org/10.1515/9783110696080-009.
3. Lewis, S.D., Chippar, P. (2023). A Novel Design of Internal Heat Exchangers in Metal Hydride System for Hydrogen Storage. Advances in Manufacturing, Automation, Design and Energy Technologies. ICoFT 2020. Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-1288-9_68
4. Swaraj D. Lewis, Purushothama Chippar. “Analysis of Heat and Mass Transfer During Charging and Discharging in a Metal – Hydride – Phase Change Material Reactor”. J Energy Storage 2021:33: 102108. DOI: 10.1016/j.est.2020.102108. Impact Factor : 8.9, Q1(87%).
5. Swaraj D. Lewis, Purushothama Chippar. “Numerical investigation of hydrogen absorption in a metal hydride reactor with embedded embossed plate heat exchanger”. J Energy 2020: 194: 116942. DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2020.116942. Impact Factor : 8.857, Q1(98%).
6. Purushothama Chippar, Swaraj D. Lewis, Sudhir Rai, Amit Sircar. “Numerical investigation of hydrogen absorption in a stackable metal hydride reactor utilizing compartmentalization”, Int J Hydrogen Energy 2018: 43: 8007-17. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2018.03.017. Impact Factor : 7.139, Q1(93%).
7. Swaraj D Lewis, Noel D. Siri, Vikesh K, Sonali C. Oliveria, Vishram Konde, Prakash C. Dsouza, “Fabrication and testing of scaled prototype of hoverbike”, J Mechanical Engineering and Automation 2016: 71-74. Doi: 10.5923/c.jmea.201601.13. Impact Factor: 0.631.

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Conference Proceedings

1. 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, 2020. DOI: 10.1063/5.0006858. Impact Factor : 0.402.

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Awards and Recognitions

1. Won first prize in Poster presentation for title " Design of internal heat exchnagers in metal hydride storage systems"  during research conclave organized at SJEC on 9-10 th septemeber 2022.

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Membership in professional Bodies

1. Member of International Statistical Engineering Association (ISEA)  -  Member no 75753762
2. Member of Institute for Educational Research and Publication (IFERP) -  Member No: PROF- 18747117
3. Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE) -  MISTE LM 123351

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Workshop/FDPs Attended

1.  One day FDP on " AL application on Teaching" organized by Department of Mathermatics ,SJEC from 7th June 2024.
2. Three day FDP on " Introduction to Mathematical Modelling and Design for Manufacturing using Fusion 360 software" from 6th to 8th November 2023 organized by department of mechanical engineering, AJIET, mangaluruin association with VTU, Belagavi and AUTODESK.
3. Two-day hands-on MathWorks training on Modeling and Analysis of Mechanical Systems using MATLAB held on 13th & 14th March 2023 organized by CoreEL Technologies(I) Pvt. Ltd.
4. One day workshop on “Fuels cell and its applications” on 14^th November 2022 organized by department of mechanical engineering, NMAM institute of technology, Nitte.
5. Three days workshop on “Engineering Modelling using SolidWorks” from 14-16^th September 2022 organized by department of mechanical engineering, SJEC.
6. One day workshop on "Intellectual Property Rights " at St Joseph Engineering College on 24th September 2022.
7. Two days "Research Conclave 2022" at St Joseph Engineering College during 9-10 September 2022.
8. Five days FDP on "Implementation of NEP 2020 at Engineering Institutions " at St Joseph Engineering College, Mangaluru during 30 August -6th September 2021
9. Three Day online FDP on ‘PLC Programming and Industrial Interface’, organised by SJEC in association with Indwell Automation - Pune, during  22nd  - 24th  June 2020.

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Conferences attended

1. Swaraj D. Lewis, Vijay VS, Chinthan, Jathin Raj, Kaushik U, Mohammed Irzan. “Experimental and Numerical Simulation Study of Paraffin Wax Phase Change Material” 3^rd global conference on Emerging trends in research and development ETRD-24, on 15-16^th June 2024 organized by IJIRG in association with IQAC cell, Govt Vivekananda PG college, Maihar, Satna, MP.
2. Vijay VS, Swaraj D. Lewis, Antony Johnson, Sakshith M Suvarna, Sharmith M Shetty, Sohan Rao P. “Design and Development of Heat Exchanger for Metal Hydride Application”. 3^rd global conference on Emerging trends in research and development ETRD-24, on 15-16^th June 2024 organized by IJIRG in association with IQAC cell, Govt Vivekananda PG college, Maihar, Satna, MP.
3. Swaraj D. Lewis, Purushothama Chippar “A novel design of internal heat exchangers in metal hydride system for hydrogen storage” second international conference on Future technologies in Manufacturing, Automation, Design and Energy, on 16-18^th December 2021 organized by NIT Puducherry.
4. Swaraj Dominic Lewis, Purushothama Chippar, Anindya Deb. “Numerical study of hydrogen absorption in a metal hydride tank embedded with multiple U-shaped cooling channel”, E-Time 2019 on 9^th October 2019 organized by SJEC, Mangaluru.
5. Swaraj D. Lewis, Purushothama Chippar “Simulation study and Design optimization of helical coil heat exchanger in metal hydride reactor – part1. Hydrogen Absorption. International conference on emerging trends in computational fluid dynamics (ICETCFD 2019) on on 21^st February 2019 organized by Christ deemed to be University, Bengaluru.
6. Swaraj D. Lewis, Purushothama Chippar “Simulation study and Design optimization of helical coil heat exchanger in metal hydride reactor – part1. Hydrogen Desorption. International conference on emerging trends in computational fluid dynamics (ICETCFD 2019) on 22^nd February 2019 organized by Christ deemed to be University, Bengaluru.

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