Dhanunjay Jay Boyalakuntla

Affiliate Assistant Professor

Faculty/Professor
Room: E321
Phone: (201) 216-8296
Fax: (201) 216-8315
Email: dboyalak@stevens.edu

Education

  • Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, 2004
  • M.S., Mechanical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, 2000
  • B.E. (Hons) Mechanical Engineering, Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, India, 1998

Experience

  • 2006-2008 Visiting Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering Dept., Widener University, PA
  • 2004-2006 Post-Doctoral Researcher, Oak Ridge National Laboratories, TN
  • 2001-2004 Visiting Scholar, Mechanical Engineering Dept., Purdue University, IN
  • 1998-2004 Graduate Teaching and Research Assistant, Carnegie Mellon University, PA

Research Projects Interests

  • Fluid Dynamics
  • Heat transfer
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics and Heat Transfer (CFD/CHT): code development and application
  • Multiphase Flows: Gas-Solid and Granular Flows Continuum and Discrete Element Simulations
  • Process modeling and Simulation of Nuclear Fuel Particle Coating
  • Chemical Vapor Deposition
  • Energy

Publications

  1. Pannala S., Daw C.S., Finney C.E.A., Boyalakuntla D.S., Syamlal M., O’Brien T.J. (Dec 2007) "Simulating the Dynamics of Spouted-Bed Nuclear Fuel Coaters", CVD and Powders, Vol. 13, p. 481-490.

  2. D.S. Boyalakuntla and S. Pannala (Dec 2006) "Summary of Discrete Element Model (DEM) Implementation in MFIX".

  3. S. Pannala, C. S. Daw, D. Boyalakuntla and C. E. A. Finney (Dec 2006) "ORNL FY06, Process Modeling Phase I Summary Report for the - Advanced Gas Reactor Fuel Development and Qualification Program", Oak Ridge National Laboratory, ( DOE Report # ORNL/TM-2006/93).

  4. Pannala. S., Boyalakuntla. D.S., Finney. C.E.A. and Daw. C.S. (Dec 2006) "Simulations of Spouted Bed Dynamics in the Context of Coating Nuclear Fuel Particles", Proc. of the Fifth World Congress in Particle Technology, Orlando, FL.

  5. Pannala. S., Boyalakuntla, D.S., Daw, C.S., Benyahia, S., O’Brien, T. and Syamlal, M. (Dec 2005) "Simulations of Spouted Beds for Coating TRISO Fuel particles", AIChE Annual Meet., Cincinnati, OH.

  6. Boyalakuntla, D.S., Pannala. S., Daw, C.S., Benyahia, S., O’Brien, T. and Syamlal, M. (Dec 2005) "A Hybrid Lagrangian-Eulerian Approach in Simulating Gas-Solid Flows Consisting of Multiple Solid Phases", AIChE Annual Meeting, Cincinnati, OH.

  7. S. Pannala, D. Boyalakuntla, C. E. A. Finney and C. S. Daw (Dec 2005) "ORNL FY05 Process Modeling Summary Report for the Advanced Gas Reactor Fuel Development and Qualification Program: Hydrodynamics, Heat and Mass Transfer for NUCO Particles", Oak Ridge National Laboratory Technical Report, ( ORNL/CF-05/13).

  8. D. Boyalakuntla, S. Pannala, C. E. A. Finney and C. S. Daw (Dec 2005) "ORNL FY05 Process Modeling Summary Report for the Advanced Gas Reactor Fuel Development and Qualification Program: Hydrodynamics, Heat and Mass Transfer", Oak Ridge National Laboratory Technical Report, ( ORNL/CF-05/13).

  9. Boyalakuntla, D.S., Pannala S., Finney, C.E.A. and Daw, C.S. (Dec 2005) "Simulating the Hydrodynamics of Spouted Beds Using a Continuum Formulation", AIChE Annual Meeting, Cincinnati, OH.

  10. Boyalakuntla, D.S., Murthy, J.Y. and Amon, C.H. (2004) "Computation of Natural Convection in Channels with Pin Fins", IEEE Trans. on Components Packaging and Manufacturing Technology.

  11. S. Pannala, C. S. Daw, C. E. A. Finney and D. Boyalakuntla, D. Burns and J. Zhou (Dec 2004) "ORNL FY04 Process Modeling Summary Report for the Advanced Gas Reactor Fuel Development and Qualification Program", Oak Ridge National Laboratory Technical Report, ( ORNL/CF-04/11).

  12. Boyalakuntla, D.S. and Murthy, J.Y. (Dec 2003) "Horizontal segregation in 2D Vertically Vibrated Binary Mixtures Kinks Using DES", Proc. of AIChE Annual Meet, San Francisco, CA.

  13. Boyalakuntla, D.S. and Murthy, J.Y. (Dec 2003) "Effect of Drag Correlations on Fluidized Bed Simulation Using DES", Proc. of AIChE Annual Meet, San Francisco, CA.

  14. Boyalakuntla, D.S. and Murthy, J.Y. (Dec 2002) "Hierarchical Compact Models for Simulation of Electronic Chip Packages", IEEE Trans. on Components Packaging and Manufacturing Technology.

Awards and Honors

Recipient of Student Government Association (SGA) Distinguished Teaching Faculty Award, 2009

Professional Organizations and Societies

ASME

Academic Activities/Services

Undergraduate Curriculum Committee