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D-Index
37
Citations
5530
World Ranking
2392
National Ranking
863

Ranganathan Kumar publication distribution in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Ranganathan Kumar sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 659+

This scientist: 185 publications — 38th percentile

38% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 659 publications or more.

Ranganathan Kumar D-index placement in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Ranganathan Kumar sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 93+

This scientist: 37 D-Index — 32nd percentile

32% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 93 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2011 - Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers

Overview

Ranganathan Kumar is affiliated with the University of Central Florida in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of Engineering, with specific contributions to Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Food Science, Computational Mechanics, and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment.

The scientist's recent published works include:

  • Non-dimensional groups for electrospray modes of highly conductive and viscous nanoparticle suspensions, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • Process-Structure-Properties Relationships of Passivating, Electron-Selective Contacts Formed by Atmospheric Pressure Chemical Vapor Deposition of Phosphorus-Doped Polysilicon, 2022, physica status solidi (RRL) - Rapid Research Letters
  • CO2 laser-assisted sintering of TiO2 nanoparticles for transparent films, 2023, Journal of Laser Applications
  • Effect of surface coating on droplet generation in flow-focusing microchannels, 2020, Microfluidics and Nanofluidics
  • Improving viability of leukemia cells by tailoring shell fluid rheology in constricted microcapillary, 2020, Scientific Reports

Publications by Ranganathan Kumar often appear in the following venues:

  • Journal of Laser Applications
  • Scientific Reports
  • Microfluidics and Nanofluidics
  • Journal of Fluids Engineering
  • physica status solidi (RRL) - Rapid Research Letters

Their frequent coauthors include Aravinda Kar, Yahya Bougdid, Eduardo Castillo-Orozco, Gunjan Kulkarni, and Chandraika Sugrim.

Ranganathan Kumar's work covers a variety of topics, most notably:

  • Laser-Ablation Synthesis of Nanoparticles
  • Electrohydrodynamics and Fluid Dynamics
  • Thin-Film Transistor Technologies
  • TiO2 Photocatalysis and Solar Cells
  • Innovative Microfluidic and Catalytic Techniques Innovation
  • Nanomaterials and Printing Technologies
  • Silicon and Solar Cell Technologies

In recognition of professional contributions, the scientist was named a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers in 2011.

Best Publications

  • Pool boiling heat transfer experiments in silica–water nano-fluids

    Peter Vassallo;Ranganathan Kumar;Stephen D’Amico

  • Effect of geometry on droplet formation in the squeezing regime in a microfluidic T-junction

    Amit Gupta;Ranganathan Kumar

  • Role of ions in pool boiling heat transfer of pure and silica nanofluids

    Denitsa Milanova;Ranganathan Kumar

  • Thermocapillarity in Microfluidics-A Review.

    Alireza Karbalaei;Ranganathan Kumar;Hyoung Jin Cho

  • Droplet formation and stability of flows in a microfluidic T-junction

    Amit Gupta;S. M. Sohel Murshed;Ranganathan Kumar

  • Effects of viscosity, interfacial tension, and flow geometry on droplet formation in a microfluidic T-junction

    Jonathan D. Wehking;Michael Gabany;Larry Chew;Ranganathan Kumar

  • Lattice Boltzmann simulation to study multiple bubble dynamics

    Amit Gupta;Ranganathan Kumar

  • Study of natural convection in horizontal annuli

    Ranganathan Kumar

  • Flow regime transition at high capillary numbers in a microfluidic T-junction: Viscosity contrast and geometry effect

    Amit Gupta;Ranganathan Kumar

  • Breakup and coalescence characteristics of a hollow cone swirling spray

    Abhishek Saha;Joshua D Lee;Saptarshi Basu;Ranganathan Kumar

  • Laminar thermal convection between vertical coaxial isothermal cylinders

    Ranganathan Kumar;M.A. Kalam

  • Droplet impact on deep liquid pools: Rayleigh jet to formation of secondary droplets.

    Eduardo Castillo-Orozco;Ashkan Davanlou;Pretam K. Choudhury;Ranganathan Kumar

  • Effect of surface tension on nanotube nanofluids

    Ranganathan Kumar;Denitsa Milanova

  • Effect of viscosity and surface tension on breakup and coalescence of bicomponent sprays

    Ashkan Davanlou;Joshua D. Lee;Saptarshi Basu;Ranganathan Kumar

  • Role of Brownian motion on the thermal conductivity enhancement of nanofluids

    Amit Gupta;Ranganathan Kumar

  • Three-dimensional turbulent swirling flow in a cylinder: Experiments and computations

    Amit Gupta;Ranganathan Kumar

  • Heat Transfer Behavior of Silica Nanoparticles in Pool Boiling Experiment

    Denitsa Milanova;Ranganathan Kumar

  • Film Thickness and Wave Velocity Measurements in a Vertical Duct

    Ranganathan Kumar;Matthias Gottmann;K. R. Sridhar

  • Correlations for Natural Convection Between Heated Vertical Plates

    S. Ramanathan;R. Kumar

  • Experimental flame speed in multi-layered nano-energetic materials

    Navid Amini Manesh;Saptarshi Basu;Ranganathan Kumar

  • Droplet impingement and breakup on a dry surface

    Amit Gupta;Ranganathan Kumar

  • Insight into instabilities in burning droplets

    Ankur Miglani;Saptarshi Basu;Ranganathan Kumar

  • Droplet formation via squeezing mechanism in a microfluidic flow-focusing device

    Amit Gupta;Harpreet S. Matharoo;Devavret Makkar;Ranganathan Kumar

Frequent Co-Authors

Saptarshi Basu
Saptarshi Basu Indian Institute of Science
S. M. Sohel Murshed
S. M. Sohel Murshed University of Lisbon
Metin Muradoglu
Metin Muradoglu Koç University
Louis C. Chow
Louis C. Chow University of Central Florida
Eric L. Petersen
Eric L. Petersen Texas A&M University
Anthony J. C. Ladd
Anthony J. C. Ladd University of Florida
Yongho Sohn
Yongho Sohn University of Central Florida
Lei Zhai
Lei Zhai University of Central Florida
Sudipta Seal
Sudipta Seal University of Central Florida
C. Suryanarayana
C. Suryanarayana City University of Hong Kong

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