Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Patents And Journal Publications
Leadership And Supervision
Conference Papers And Presentations
Awards
References
Accomplishments
Timeline
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Rahul Kumar Singh

Rahul Kumar Singh

Researcher
Singapore

Summary

Dynamic researcher with an entrepreneurial mindset, boasting over 10 years of proven expertise in managing and working in projects within the domains of material science, renewable energy, energy conversion, and energy storage

Overview

13
13
years of professional experience
5
5
years of post-secondary education

Work History

Research Fellow (Postdoc)

Surbana Jurong-NTU (SJ-NTU) Corporate Laboratory
05.2021 - 02.2024
  • Waste heat recovery from LNG regasification

Graduate Student Researcher - PhD Thesis

Micromachines Laboratory/Institute for sports research, NTU
08.2015 - 10.2020
  • PVDF nanofiber sensors for real time impact measurement in string structures

Founder in Residence

Entrepreneur First (EF)
02.2020 - 06.2020
  • Sensolytics Pvt Ltd

R&D Engineer

Sunborne Energy Technologies
02.2013 - 06.2015
  • Solar company

Project Engineer

Propulsion Laboratory, IIT Kanpur
06.2012 - 01.2013
  • Design of a fire resistant room

MTECH THESIS AND WORK EXPERIENCE

Propulsion Laboratory, Dept. Of Aerospace Engineering, IITK, INDIA
01.2011 - 05.2012

Title: Control of flow separation in a S-duct diffuser Supervisor: Prof. Abhijeet Kushari

§Characterized the air flow in a state-of-the-art S-duct aircraft engine intake by simulating a scaled model in ANSYS- Fluent

§ Identified the most likely flow separation locations for the incoming air in the intake duct through boundary layer analysis

§ Validated flow separation locations on a scaled model through data analysis of pressure and flow sensor outputs

§Demonstrated a 40% improvement in the total pressure loss and 20% reductionin distortion characteristics at the AIP (exit of the duct) by using active (suction) flow control techniques at the vulnerablelocations.

Education

Ph.D. - Mechanical Engineering

Nanyang Technological University (NTU)
08.2015 -

BTech.-MTech. Dual Degree - Aerospace Engineering

Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur (IITK)
07.2007 - 05.2012

Skills

Clean energy and sustainability

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Patents And Journal Publications

R.K Singh, S.W Lye, J.M Miao and T. Kai, Nanofiber Sensors to measure the performance parameters in a tennis racket, SG Provisional patent No. 10201705515R, R.K. Singh, S.W. Lye, J. Miao, PVDF Nanofiber Sensor for Vibration Measurement in a String. Sensors 2019, 19, 3739. https://doi.org/10.3390/s19173739, R.K. Singh, S.W. Lye, J. Miao, Measurement of impact characteristics in a string using electrospun PVDF nanofibers strain sensors. Sensors and Actuators A: Physical 2020, 303, 111841. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sna.2020.111841, R.K. Singh, S.W. Lye & J M Miao, Holistic investigation of the electrospinning parameters for a greater β-phase fraction and crystallinity in PVDF nanofibers. Polymer 2020: 123366. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polymer.2020.123366, R.K.Singh, A.Gil, P. Jain, A.A.B. Haron, Cliff C.K.Eng, W. L. Tan and A. Romagnoli, Accurate determination of supercooling degree in an ultra-low Phase Change Material based prototype system for Cold Thermal Energy Storage application (Invited Paper, Special Issue, Journal of Energy Storage, Elsevier (Under review), A.Gil, R.K.Singh, L.Yang, Cliff C.K.Eng, W.L.Tan, A.Romagnoli, Evaluation of a helical coil-based cryogenic thermal energy storage unit waste cold recovery at -50 C Part I - Energetic analysis, Applied Energy, Elsevier (Under review), R.K.Singh, P. Jain, A.Gil, Cliff C.K.Eng, W. L. Tan and A. Romagnoli, A T-history set-up for material characterization for cold thermal energy storage applications. Journal of Energy Storage, Elsevier (submitted), A.Gil, R.K.Singh, L.Yang, Cliff C.K.Eng, W.L.Tan, A.Romagnoli, Evaluation of a helical coil-based cryogenic thermal energy storage unit waste cold recovery at -50 C Part I - Energetic analysis, Applied Energy, Elsevier (Under preparation), A.Chaurasiya, R.K.Singh, R. Medwal, J.V. Vas, V. Chaudhary, R.V. Ramanujan, S.W.Lye, R.S.Rawat, Electric field control magnetic order of flexible artificial multiferroic nanofibers (Under preparation)

Leadership And Supervision

  • Teaching Assistant experience for more than 200 hours for mechanical courses for NTU Singapore (2016-19)
  • Supervised five final year projects (FYP) and two Master's theses on different projects during PhD candidature (2016-19)
  • Captained the NTU University Cricket team with a win % of 90, best win percentage for the team in several years resulting in being awarded the Most Valuable player (MVP) (2017-18)
  • Orchestrated a doubling of event participation with innovative ideas as academic director for MAE student club (2016-17)
  • Headed the public relations for Techkriti'11, the Inter-Collegiate Technical and entrepreneurship festival spearheading a 3-tier team of 52 members to handle talks and exhibitions and handling media relations of the festival in IITK (2010-11)

Conference Papers And Presentations

  • R.K.Singh, A.Gil, P. Jain, A.A.B. Haron, Cliff C.K.Eng, W. L. Tan and A. Romagnoli, Accurate determination of supercooling degree in an ultra-low Phase Change Material based prototype system for Cold Thermal Energy Storage application, 36th International conference on efficiency, cost, optimization, simulation and environmental impact of energy systems (ECOS 2023) - (Oral Presentation)
  • R.K.Singh, A.Gil, P. Jain, A.A.B. Haron, Cliff C.K.Eng, W. L. Tan and A. Romagnoli, System level supercooling measurement of a eutectic phase change material for cold thermal energy storage application, European Materials Research Society, Fall Meeting - 2022 (Oral Presentation)

Awards

  • Selected in Founder in Residence Program for Entrepreneur First, Singapore (SG7) among unique worldwide talents.
  • Awarded the prestigious Nanyang Technological Research Scholarship for PhD research from Aug 15 to Jul 19.
  • Awarded the MHRD scholarship for Master's research at IITK from the Government of India from Jan 11 to May 12.
  • Among the top 0.5% (out of ~250,000 students) in India in the IIT-Joint entrance examination (IIT JEE) 2007.
  • Merit award for outstanding performance in Mathematics by Central Board of Secondary education (CBSE) in India-2005.

References

  • Professor Lye Sun Woh, Professor, School of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, Deputy Director, Air Traffic Management Research Institute (ATMRI), Nanyang Technological University, 50 Nanyang Ave, Block N3, Nanyang Ave, Singapore, 639798, mswlye@ntu.edu.sg
  • Dr. Elgar Kanhere, Research Fellow, Bio-inspired Robotics and Design Lab, Singapore University of Technology and Design, 8 Somapah Road, #3-509, Building 3, Level 5, Singapore, 487372, elgar_kanhere@sutd.edu.sg
  • Dr. Antoni Gil, Senior Research Fellow, SJ-NTU Corporate Laboratory, Nanyang Technological University, 50 Nanyang Ave, Block N3, Nanyang Ave, Singapore, 639798, agilpujol@gmail.com
  • Professor Alessandro Romagnoli, Professor, School of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, Assistant Dean, Innovation and Enterprise, Cluster Director, Multi-Energy Systems & Grids, Energy Research Institute @ NTU (ERI@N), Ex-Co-Director, SJ-NTU Corporate Laboratory, Nanyang Technological University, 50 Nanyang Ave, Block N3, Nanyang Ave, Singapore, 639798, a.romagnoli@ntu.edu.sg

Accomplishments

§Selected in Founder in Residence Program for Entrepreneur First, Singapore (SG7) among unique worldwide talents.

§Awarded the prestigious Nanyang Technological Research Scholarship for PhD research from Aug 15 to Jul 19.

§Awarded the MHRD scholarship for Master’s research at IITK from Government of India from Jan 11 to May 12.

§Among the top 0.5% (out of ~250,000 students) in India in the IIT- Joint entrance examination(IIT JEE) 2007.

§Merit award for outstanding performance in Mathematics by Central Board of Secondary education (CBSE) in India-2005.

§Teaching Assistant experience for more than 200 hours for mechanical courses for NTU Singapore (2016-19)

§Supervised five final year projects (FYP) and two Master’s theses on different projects during PhD candidature (2016-19)

§Captained the NTU University Cricket team with a win % of 90, best win percentage for the team in several years resulting in being awarded the Most Valuable player (MVP) (2017-18)

§Orchestrated a doubling of event participation with innovative ideas as academic director for MAE student club (2016-17)

§Headed the public relations for Techkriti’11, the Inter-Collegiate Technical and entrepreneurship festival spearheading a 3-tier team of 52 members to handle talks and exhibitions and handling media relations of the festival in IITK (2010-11)

Timeline

Research Fellow (Postdoc)

Surbana Jurong-NTU (SJ-NTU) Corporate Laboratory
05.2021 - 02.2024

Founder in Residence

Entrepreneur First (EF)
02.2020 - 06.2020

Graduate Student Researcher - PhD Thesis

Micromachines Laboratory/Institute for sports research, NTU
08.2015 - 10.2020

Ph.D. - Mechanical Engineering

Nanyang Technological University (NTU)
08.2015 -

R&D Engineer

Sunborne Energy Technologies
02.2013 - 06.2015

Project Engineer

Propulsion Laboratory, IIT Kanpur
06.2012 - 01.2013

MTECH THESIS AND WORK EXPERIENCE

Propulsion Laboratory, Dept. Of Aerospace Engineering, IITK, INDIA
01.2011 - 05.2012

BTech.-MTech. Dual Degree - Aerospace Engineering

Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur (IITK)
07.2007 - 05.2012
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