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College of Engineering and Computing

Faculty and Staff

Titan C. Paul

Title: Instructor, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Department: Mechanical Engineering
College of Engineering and Computing
Email: paultc@mailbox.sc.edu
Phone: 803-777-1594
Fax: 803-777-0106
Office: 471 University Pkwy
Penland Admin. Building, Room#219B
Aiken, SC 29801
LinkedIn: My LinkedIn profile
Resources: Website
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Background

Dr. Paul’s research interest includes Energy storage liquid for solar technologies, Heat transfer with phase change, Numerical methods in conjugate heat and mass transfer problem, Thermal management of microelectronics, and Heat transfer and moisture migration problems in building environment.

Education

  • Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, University of South Carolina, 2014
  • M.S., Mechanical Engineering, Tuskegee University, 2009
  • B.S., Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, 2005

Selected Publications

  • Paul,T.C., Morshed, AKM. M., Fox, E.B., Khan, J.A.  “Thermal Performance of Al2O3 Nanoparticle Enhanced Ionic Liquids (NEILs) for Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) Applications” International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer 85 (2015) 585–594.
  • Paul,T.C., Morshed, AKM. M., Fox, E.B., Khan, J.A.  “Experimental Investigation of Natural Convection Heat Transfer of Al2O3 Nanoparticle Enhanced Ionic Liquids (NEILs)” International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer 83 (2015) 753–761.
  • Paul,T.C., Morshed, AKM. M., Fox, E.B., Visser, A.E., Bridges, N. J., Khan, J.A.  “Thermal Performance of Ionic Liquid for Solar Thermal Applications” Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science 59(2014)88-95.
  • Paul,T.C., Morshed, AKM. M., Fox, E.B., Visser, A.E., Bridges, N. J., Khan, J.A.  “Buoyancy Driven Heat Transfer Behavior of [C4mim][NTf2]  Ionic Liquid: An Experimental Study” Applied Thermal Engineering 66 (2014) 534-540.
  • Morshed, AKM. M., Paul,T. C., Khan, J. A. “Effect of Al2O3 Nanoparticle Deposition on Flow Boiling Performance of Water in a Microchannel” Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science 47(2013) 6–13.
  • Morshed, AKM. M., Paul,T. C., Khan, J. A."Atomistic Simulation of Temperature Dependent Thermal Transport across Nanoconfined Liquid",Physica E: Low-dimensional Systems and Nanostructures 47 (2013) 246–251
  • Sree, D., Paul, T., Aglan, H. “Temperature and Power Consumption Measurements as a Means for Evaluating Building Thermal Performance”.Applied Energy 87 (2010) 2014–2022.
  • Paul,T., Sree, D., Aglan, H.  “Effect of Mechanically- Induced Ventilation on the Indoor Air Quality of Building Envelopes” Energy and Buildings 42 (2010) 326–332.

Research Overview

1. Paul, T. C.*, Tikadar, A., Mahamud, R., Salman, A. S., Morshed, AKM. M., Khan, J. A. “A Critical Review on the Development of Ionic Liquids-Based Nanofluids as Heat Transfer Fluids for Solar Thermal Energy” Processes 2021, 9, 858. https://doi.org/10.3390/pr9050858. 
2. Main, K. L., Eberl, B. K., McDaniel, D., Tikadar, A., Paul, T.C.*, Khan, J. K. “Nanoparticles size effect on thermophysical properties of ionic liquids based nanofluids” Journal of Molecular Liquids 343 (2021) 117609. 
3. Howe, M.L., Paul, T.C.*, Khan, J. A. “Radiative properties of Al2O3 nanoparticles enhanced ionic liquids (NEILs) for direct absorption solar collectors” Solar Energy Materials & Solar Cells 232 (2021) 111327
4. Shahadat, M. B., Roni, R. H., Masnoon, A. S., Shamim, S. A., Morshed,AKM. M., Paul, T. C.* “A Molecular Dynamics Study of Enhancement of Heat Transfer during Phase Change from a Nano Engineered Solid Surface” Processes 2021, 9, 715. https://doi.org/10.3390/pr9040715
5. Mahmud, R., Morshed, AKM. M. Paul, T.C.* “Enhanced Specific Heat Capacity of Liquid Entrapped between Two Solid Walls Separated by a Nanogap” Processes 2020, 8, 459; doi:10.3390/pr8040459. 
6. Tikadar, A., Paul, T.C., Oudah, S. K., Salman, A. S., Khan, J. A. “Enhancing thermal-hydraulic performance of counter flow mini-channel heat sinks using transverse inter-connectors: numerical study with experimental validation” International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer 111 (2020) 104447. 
7. McCants, D. A., Hayes, A., Paul, T. C., M., Shaaban, A., Khan, J. A. “Experimental and numerical evaluation of heat transfer enhancement potential of Copper-II and Zinc oxide nanofluids flowing over a heated plate” ASME Journal of Thermal Science and Engineering Applications 11(4), 041015 (Jul 15, 2019). 
8. Tikadar, A., Oudah, S. K., Paul, T.C., Salman, A. S., Morshed, AKM. M., Khan, J. A. “Parametric study on thermal and hydraulic characteristics of inter-connected parallel and counter flow mini-channel heat sink” Applied Thermal Engineering 153 (2019) 15-28.
9. Mahmud, R., Morshed, AKM. M. Paul, T.C., Rahman, S.  “Atomistic simulation of size-dependent heat capacity of liquid in molecular scale confinement at different temperatures” Micro & Nano Letters (2019), DOI:  10.1049/mnl.2018.5288. 
10. Paul, T.C.*, Mahmud, R., Khan, J. A. “Multiphase modeling approach for Ionic Liquids (ILs) based nanofluids: Improving the performance of heat transfer fluids (HTFs)”   Applied Thermal Engineering 149 (2019) 165-172.
11. Salman, A. S., Abdulrazzaq, N.M.,  Oudah, S. K.  Tikadar, A., Anumbe, N., Paul, T.C., Khan, J. A. “Experimental Investigation of the Impact of Geometrical Surface Modification on Spray Cooling Heat Transfer Performance in the Non-Boiling Regime” International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer 133 (2019) 330–340.
12. Tikadar, A., Najeeb, U., Paul, T. C., Oudah, S. K., Salman A. S. Abir, A. M., Carrilho, L. A., Khan, J. A. “Numerical Investigation of Heat Transfer and Pressure Drop in Nuclear Fuel Rod with Three-Dimensional Surface Roughness” International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer 126 (2018) 493–507.
13. Paul,T.C., Morshed, AKM. M., Fox, E.B., Khan, J.A.  “Enhanced thermophysical properties of NEILs as heat transfer fluids for solar thermal applications” Applied Thermal Engineering 110 (2017) 1–9. 
14. Paul,T.C., Morshed, AKM. M., Fox, E.B., Khan, J.A.  “Thermal Performance of Al2O3 Nanoparticle Enhanced Ionic Liquids (NEILs) for Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) Applications” International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer 85 (2015) 585–594. 
15. Paul,T.C., Morshed, AKM. M., Fox, E.B., Khan, J.A.  “Experimental Investigation of Natural Convection Heat Transfer of Al2O3 Nanoparticle Enhanced Ionic Liquids (NEILs)” International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer 83 (2015) 753–761. 
16. Paul,T.C.,Morshed,AKM. M., Khan,J. A. “Effect of Nanoparticle Dispersion on Thermophysical Properties of Ionic Liquids for its Potential Application in Solar Collector” Procedia Engineering 90 ( 2014 ) 643–648. 
17. Paul,T.C., Morshed, AKM. M., Fox, E.B., Visser, A.E., Bridges, N. J., Khan, J.A.  “Thermal Performance of Ionic Liquid for Solar Thermal Applications” Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science 59(2014)88-95. 
18. Paul,T.C., Morshed, AKM. M., Fox, E.B., Visser, A.E., Bridges, N. J., Khan, J.A.  “Buoyancy Driven Heat Transfer Behavior of [C4mim][NTf2]  Ionic Liquid: An Experimental Study” Applied Thermal Engineering 66 (2014) 534-540. 
19. Paul,T.C., Morshed, AKM. M., Khan, J. A.  “Nanoparticle Enhanced Ionic Liquids (NEILs) as Working Fluid for the Next Generation Solar Collector” Procedia Engineering 56 (2013) 631–636.
20. Morshed, AKM. M., Paul, T. C., Khan, J. A. “Effect of Al2O3 Nanoparticle Deposition on Flow Boiling Performance of Water in a Microchannel” Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science 47(2013) 6–13. 
21. Morshed, AKM. M., Paul, T. C., Khan, J. A."Atomistic Simulation of Temperature Dependent Thermal Transport across Nanoconfined Liquid",Physica E: Low-dimensional Systems and Nanostructures 47 (2013) 246–251. 
22. Morshed, AKM. M., Paul, T. C., Khan, J. A. “Effect of Cu-Al2O3 Nanocomposite Coating on Flow Boiling Performance of a Microchannel” Applied Thermal Engineering 51 (2013) 1135-1143. 
23. Morshed, AKM. M., Paul, T. C., Khan, J. A.  “Effect of Nanostructures on Evaporation and Explosive Boiling of Thin Liquid Films: A Molecular Dynamics Study” Applied Physics A: Materials Science and Processing 105 (2011) 2; 445-451. 
24. Sree, D., Paul, T., Aglan, H. “Temperature and Power Consumption Measurements as a Means for Evaluating Building Thermal Performance”.Applied Energy 87 (2010) 2014–2022. 
25. Paul, T., Sree, D., Aglan, H.  “Effect of Mechanically- Induced Ventilation on the Indoor Air Quality of Building Envelopes” Energy and Buildings 42 (2010) 326–332.

Awards

  • USCA Scholarly Achievement Award 2020
  • Travel Grant Award to Attend ASTFE Conference 2017
  • Travel Grant to Attend the NSF-HTD Workshop, 2013
  • Travel Grant Award from Graduate School, USC, 2012, 2013

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