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Mukesh Kumar Awasthi

Mukesh Kumar Awasthi

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
102
Citations
32088
World Ranking
340
National Ranking
151

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
100
Citations
29747
World Ranking
1548
National Ranking
868

Overview

Mukesh Kumar Awasthi is affiliated with Virginia Tech in the United States and conducts research primarily in the field of Engineering. Their work focuses especially on subfields such as Computational Mechanics, Biomedical Engineering, Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes, Mechanical Engineering, and Nuclear and High Energy Physics.

Their research contributions cover core topics including:

  • Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows
  • Fluid Dynamics and Thin Films
  • Nanofluid Flow and Heat Transfer
  • Rheology and Fluid Dynamics Studies
  • Lattice Boltzmann Simulation Studies
  • Heat and Mass Transfer in Porous Media
  • Fluid Dynamics and Heat Transfer

Mukesh Kumar Awasthi has published extensively in several scientific journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Chinese Journal of Physics
  • Heat Transfer
  • AIP Conference Proceedings
  • Physics of Fluids
  • Journal of Fluids Engineering

The scientist has a number of recent publications spanning from 2021 to 2024, addressing topics such as convective motion in reactive porous media, thermohydraulic performance of solar air heaters, and the effects of chemical reactions on thermohaline convection. Selected recent papers include:

  • "Double diffusive convective motion in a reactive porous medium layer saturated by a non-Newtonian Kuvshiniski fluid" (2022), published in Physics of Fluids
  • "Linear and nonlinear investigations of the impact of chemical reaction on the thermohaline convection in a permeable layer saturated with Casson fluid" (2024), published in Physics of Fluids
  • "Thermo-hydraulic performance of solar air heater having discrete D-shaped ribs as artificial roughness" (2023), published in Environmental Science and Pollution Research
  • "Chemical Reaction and Internal Heating Effects on the Double Diffusive Convection in Porous Membrane Enclosures Soaked with Maxwell Fluid" (2022), published in Membranes
  • "The Horton-Rogers-Lapwood problem in a Jeffrey fluid influenced by a vertical magnetic field" (2021), published in Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part E Journal of Process Mechanical Engineering

In their collaborations, Mukesh Kumar Awasthi frequently works with coauthors such as Dhananjay Yadav, Atul Kumar Shukla, Ravi Ragoju, Krishnendu Bhattacharyya, and Dharamendra. The most frequent collaborator is Dhananjay Yadav, with whom Awasthi has coauthored 28 works.

Best Publications

  • Challenges and opportunities in the phytoremediation of heavy metals contaminated soils: A review

    Amanullah Mahar;Ping Wang;Amjad Ali;Mukesh Kumar Awasthi

  • Enhancing phosphate adsorption by Mg/Al layered double hydroxide functionalized biochar with different Mg/Al ratios.

    Ronghua Li;Jim J. Wang;Baoyue Zhou;Mukesh Kumar Awasthi

  • Bioengineering of anaerobic digestion for volatile fatty acids, hydrogen or methane production: A critical review

    Steven Wainaina;Lukitawesa;Mukesh Kumar Awasthi;Mukesh Kumar Awasthi;Mohammad J Taherzadeh

  • Microbiological insights into anaerobic digestion for biogas, hydrogen or volatile fatty acids (VFAs): a review

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  • Resource recovery and circular economy from organic solid waste using aerobic and anaerobic digestion technologies.

    Steven Wainaina;Mukesh Kumar Awasthi;Mukesh Kumar Awasthi;Surendra Sarsaiya;Hongyu Chen

  • Recovery of phosphate from aqueous solution by magnesium oxide decorated magnetic biochar and its potential as phosphate-based fertilizer substitute

    Ronghua Li;Jim J. Wang;Baoyue Zhou;Mukesh Kumar Awasthi

  • Evaluation of medical stone amendment for the reduction of nitrogen loss and bioavailability of heavy metals during pig manure composting

    Quan Wang;Zhen Wang;Mukesh Kumar Awasthi;Yahui Jiang

  • Evaluation of thermophilic fungal consortium for organic municipal solid waste composting

    Mukesh Kumar Awasthi;Mukesh Kumar Awasthi;Akhilesh Kumar Pandey;Jamaluddin Khan;Pushpendra Singh Bundela

  • Refining biomass residues for sustainable energy and bio-products: An assessment of technology, its importance, and strategic applications in circular bio-economy

    Mukesh Kumar Awasthi;Mukesh Kumar Awasthi;Surendra Sarsaiya;Anil Patel;Ankita Juneja

  • Effects of microbial culture and chicken manure biochar on compost maturity and greenhouse gas emissions during chicken manure composting.

    Hongyu Chen;Sanjeev Kumar Awasthi;Tao Liu;Yumin Duan

  • Recent developments in biochar utilization as an additive in organic solid waste composting: A review.

    Ran Xiao;Mukesh Kumar Awasthi;Ronghua Li;Jonghwan Park

  • Production and beneficial impact of biochar for environmental application: A comprehensive review.

    Yuwen Zhou;Shiyi Qin;Shivpal Verma;Taner Sar

  • A critical review on livestock manure biorefinery technologies: Sustainability, challenges, and future perspectives

    Benyamin Khoshnevisan;Na Duan;Panagiotis Tsapekos;Mukesh Kumar Awasthi

  • Current research trends on micro- and nano-plastics as an emerging threat to global environment: A review.

    Manish Kumar;Hongyu Chen;Surendra Sarsaiya;Shiyi Qin

  • Biosurfactants: Potential and Eco-Friendly Material for Sustainable Agriculture and Environmental Safety—A Review

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  • Heterogeneity of biochar amendment to improve the carbon and nitrogen sequestration through reduce the greenhouse gases emissions during sewage sludge composting.

    Mukesh Kumar Awasthi;Meijing Wang;Hongyu Chen;Quan Wang

  • Wastewater based microalgal biorefinery for bioenergy production: Progress and challenges.

    Shashi Kant Bhatia;Sanjeet Mehariya;Ravi Kant Bhatia;Manu Kumar

  • Changes in global trends in food waste composting: Research challenges and opportunities.

    Sanjeev Kumar Awasthi;Surendra Sarsaiya;Mukesh Kumar Awasthi;Tao Liu

  • Critical Review of Biochemical Pathways to Transformation of Waste and Biomass into Bioenergy.

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  • Spatial distribution and risk assessment of heavy metals in soil near a Pb/Zn smelter in Feng County, China.

    Feng Shen;Renmei Liao;Amjad Ali;Amanullah Mahar

  • Co-composting of gelatin industry sludge combined with organic fraction of municipal solid waste and poultry waste employing zeolite mixed with enriched nitrifying bacterial consortium

    Mukesh Kumar Awasthi;Akhilesh Kumar Pandey;Pushpendra Singh Bundela;Jonathan W.C. Wong

  • Optimization for the production of cellulase enzyme from municipal solid waste residue by two novel cellulolytic fungi.

    S. P. Gautam;P. S. Bundela;A. K. Pandey;Jamaluddin Khan

  • Co-composting of organic fraction of municipal solid waste mixed with different bulking waste: characterization of physicochemical parameters and microbial enzymatic dynamic

    Mukesh Kumar Awasthi;Mukesh Kumar Awasthi;Akhilesh Kumar Pandey;Pushpendra Singh Bundela;Jamaluddin Khan

Frequent Co-Authors

Zengqiang Zhang
Zengqiang Zhang Northwest A&F University
Ronghua Li
Ronghua Li Virginia Tech
Ashok Pandey
Ashok Pandey Indian Institute of Toxicology Research
Sunita Varjani
Sunita Varjani University of Petroleum and Energy Studies
Jonathan W.C. Wong
Jonathan W.C. Wong Hong Kong Baptist University
Jim J. Wang
Jim J. Wang Louisiana State University
Soon Woong Chang
Soon Woong Chang Kyonggi University
Raveendran Sindhu
Raveendran Sindhu National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology
Gopalakrishnan Kumar
Gopalakrishnan Kumar Yonsei University
Arivalagan Pugazhendhi
Arivalagan Pugazhendhi Cape Breton University

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