Abhay Prakash Srivastava | Density Functional Theory | Outstanding Scientist Award

Dr. Abhay Prakash Srivastava | Density Functional Theory | Outstanding Scientist Award

Goel Institute of Technology and Management Lucknow | India

Dr. Abhay Prakash Srivastava is an accomplished academician in the field of Physics with over fourteen years of rich teaching experience across engineering institutes and higher education institutions. He earned his Ph.D. in Physics from Madan Mohan Malviya University of Technology, Gorakhpur, in 2025, complementing his strong academic foundation that includes an M.Sc. in Physics with specialization in Electronics and a B.Sc. in Physics and Mathematics from Dr. R.M.L. Awadh University. Throughout his career, he has served in various academic roles, currently working as an Assistant Professor of Physics at Ambalika Institute of Management and Technology, Lucknow, and previously contributing significantly at institutions such as Bansal Institute of Engineering and Technology, R. R. Institute of Modern Technology, and Dr. M.C. Saxena College of Engineering and Technology. His teaching portfolio spans undergraduate engineering courses and school-level physics, reflecting his versatility and commitment to physics education. Dr. Srivastava’s research interests lie in core and applied areas of physics with an emphasis on electronics-oriented concepts and pedagogy-driven research. The award of his doctoral degree stands as a major academic milestone, recognizing his sustained dedication to research and teaching excellence. Overall, he is widely regarded as a dedicated educator and researcher who continues to contribute meaningfully to physics education and academic development.

Featured Publications

Formulation for the Prediction of Melting Temperature of Metallic Solids Using Suitable Equation of States

– Computational Condensed Matter, Vol. 35, e00807 (2023)
Theoretical Prediction of Thermoelastic Properties of Bismuth Ferrite by a New Approach

– Journal of Mathematical Chemistry, Vol. 62(9), 2253–2264 (2024)
A New Approach to Evaluate Pressure of Solids at High Compression

– National Academy Science Letters, Springer India (2024)
Analysis of the Structural and Electronic Properties of TiO2 Under Pressure Using Density Functional Theory and Equation of State

– Computational Condensed Matter, e01076 (2025)
A Constructive Approach to Formulating Pressure-Dependent Binding Energy Using the Equation of State

– Ionics (2025)

Ram Ji Tripathi | Solar Desalination | Research Excellence Award

Dr. Ram Ji Tripathi | Solar Desalination | Research Excellence Award

Rajkiya Engineering College, Banda, U.P | India

Dr. Ram Ji Tripathi is an accomplished academic and researcher in Mechanical and Thermal Engineering, specializing in energy-efficient cooling technologies and sustainable HVAC systems. He currently serves as an Assistant Professor at Rajkiya Engineering College, Banda, Uttar Pradesh, after completing his doctoral studies as a full-time Research Scholar cum Teaching Fellow at Madan Mohan Malaviya University of Technology (NIRF-84 ranked). His academic foundation includes a Ph.D. in Thermal Engineering, an M.Tech in Mechanical Engineering with strong academic performance, and a B.Tech in Mechanical Engineering, complemented by earlier schooling in Uttar Pradesh. Dr. Tripathi has accumulated diverse teaching and academic experience through multiple Assistant Professor roles at reputed engineering institutions, contributing to undergraduate and postgraduate education. His doctoral research focused on the performance evaluation of solar-driven indirect evaporative cooling systems for HVAC applications, while his master’s and bachelor’s projects addressed desiccant cooling and waste-energy-based automobile air-conditioning, respectively. His research interests span HVAC systems, evaporative and desiccant cooling, thermal energy storage, nanomaterials and nanofluids, combined cooling-heating-power systems, and comprehensive energy, exergy, economic, and environmental analyses. Having successfully earned his Ph.D., he continues to advance sustainable thermal systems research, integrating academic rigor with practical energy solutions for future-ready engineering applications.

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Featured Publications

Performance assessment of solar-driven indirect evaporative cooling with a novel wet channel: An experimental study

– Journal of Building Engineering, Elsevier, 2023, Vol. 78, 107674
A holistic approach for solar-driven HVAC evaporative cooling system: Comparative study of dry and wet channel

– Journal of Building Engineering, Elsevier, 2024, Vol. 83, 108465
Prediction and optimization of wet bulb efficiency in solar energy-based novel evaporative cooling system: Response surface method approach

– Journal of Thermal Science and Engineering Applications, 2024, Vol. 16(12), 121005
Experimental investigation on a novel multi-vent dry-channel integrated solar-driven indirect evaporative cooler

– Applied Thermal Engineering, Pergamon, 2025, Vol. 268, 125888
Exergo-enviro-economic analyses of solar energy based novel air cooling system

– Applied Thermal Engineering, Pergamon, 2024, Vol. 257, 124389