World's Best Scientists 2026 revealed!

D-Index & Metrics

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

D-Index
42
Citations
7998
World Ranking
1805
National Ranking
40

Sameer Khandekar 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 Sameer Khandekar sits on this spectrum.

47–56 publications: 10 scientists 57–66 publications: 23 scientists 67–76 publications: 32 scientists 77–86 publications: 62 scientists 87–96 publications: 67 scientists 97–106 publications: 91 scientists 107–116 publications: 113 scientists 117–126 publications: 115 scientists 127–136 publications: 130 scientists 137–146 publications: 140 scientists 147–156 publications: 155 scientists 157–166 publications: 132 scientists 167–176 publications: 133 scientists 177–186 publications: 130 scientists 187–196 publications: 140 scientists 197–206 publications: 115 scientists 207–216 publications: 125 scientists 217–226 publications: 117 scientists 227–236 publications: 99 scientists 237–246 publications: 92 scientists 247–256 publications: 100 scientists 257–266 publications: 95 scientists 267–276 publications: 88 scientists 277–286 publications: 77 scientists 287–296 publications: 74 scientists 297–306 publications: 74 scientists 307–316 publications: 62 scientists 317–326 publications: 70 scientists 327–336 publications: 59 scientists 337–346 publications: 58 scientists 347–356 publications: 45 scientists 357–366 publications: 44 scientists 367–376 publications: 36 scientists 377–386 publications: 41 scientists 387–396 publications: 32 scientists 397–406 publications: 23 scientists 407–416 publications: 28 scientists 417–426 publications: 27 scientists 427–436 publications: 25 scientists 437–446 publications: 23 scientists 447–456 publications: 23 scientists 457–466 publications: 20 scientists 467–476 publications: 12 scientists 477–486 publications: 24 scientists 487–496 publications: 18 scientists 497–506 publications: 12 scientists 507–516 publications: 13 scientists 517–526 publications: 21 scientists 527–536 publications: 12 scientists 537–546 publications: 8 scientists 547–556 publications: 16 scientists 557–566 publications: 3 scientists 567–576 publications: 11 scientists 577–586 publications: 6 scientists 587–596 publications: 5 scientists 597–606 publications: 6 scientists 607–616 publications: 7 scientists 617–626 publications: 7 scientists 627–636 publications: 10 scientists 637–646 publications: 4 scientists 647–656 publications: 3 scientists 657–658 publications: 2 scientists 659+ publications: 100 scientists
47 publications 659+

This scientist: 184 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.

Sameer Khandekar 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 Sameer Khandekar sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index: 83 scientists 31 D-Index: 113 scientists 32 D-Index: 144 scientists 33 D-Index: 153 scientists 34 D-Index: 189 scientists 35 D-Index: 158 scientists 36 D-Index: 139 scientists 37 D-Index: 127 scientists 38 D-Index: 130 scientists 39 D-Index: 126 scientists 40 D-Index: 104 scientists 41 D-Index: 100 scientists 42 D-Index: 107 scientists 43 D-Index: 101 scientists 44 D-Index: 103 scientists 45 D-Index: 79 scientists 46 D-Index: 88 scientists 47 D-Index: 70 scientists 48 D-Index: 83 scientists 49 D-Index: 44 scientists 50 D-Index: 64 scientists 51 D-Index: 56 scientists 52 D-Index: 50 scientists 53 D-Index: 48 scientists 54 D-Index: 58 scientists 55 D-Index: 52 scientists 56 D-Index: 48 scientists 57 D-Index: 42 scientists 58 D-Index: 34 scientists 59 D-Index: 42 scientists 60 D-Index: 37 scientists 61 D-Index: 42 scientists 62 D-Index: 44 scientists 63 D-Index: 22 scientists 64 D-Index: 33 scientists 65 D-Index: 29 scientists 66 D-Index: 23 scientists 67 D-Index: 29 scientists 68 D-Index: 24 scientists 69 D-Index: 19 scientists 70 D-Index: 34 scientists 71 D-Index: 26 scientists 72 D-Index: 19 scientists 73 D-Index: 18 scientists 74 D-Index: 19 scientists 75 D-Index: 14 scientists 76 D-Index: 19 scientists 77 D-Index: 8 scientists 78 D-Index: 18 scientists 79 D-Index: 16 scientists 80 D-Index: 12 scientists 81 D-Index: 17 scientists 82 D-Index: 11 scientists 83 D-Index: 16 scientists 84 D-Index: 7 scientists 85 D-Index: 9 scientists 86 D-Index: 8 scientists 87 D-Index: 6 scientists 88 D-Index: 6 scientists 89 D-Index: 7 scientists 90 D-Index: 10 scientists 91 D-Index: 4 scientists 92 D-Index: 4 scientists 93+ D-Index: 100 scientists
30 D-Index 93+

This scientist: 42 D-Index — 49th percentile

49% 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

  • Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE)
  • Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE)
  • Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE)
  • Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE)

Overview

Sameer Khandekar is affiliated with the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur in India. Their research contributions focus primarily on engineering and materials science, with particular emphasis on computational mechanics, mechanical engineering, surfaces, coatings and films, biomedical engineering, and renewable energy, sustainability, and the environment.

Their work spans several topics including fluid dynamics and heat transfer, surface modification and superhydrophobicity, heat transfer and boiling studies, solar-powered water purification methods, heat transfer and optimization, fluid dynamics and thin films, as well as nanoparticles nucleation surface interactions.

Frequent collaborators in their research projects include K. Muralidhar, Gopinath Sahu, Ankush Kumar Jaiswal, Ram Krishna Shah, and Debartha Chatterjee.

Sameer Khandekar's research outputs have appeared consistently in several publication venues, particularly:

  • Applied Thermal Engineering
  • International Journal of Thermal Sciences
  • Proceeding of Proceedings of the 26th National and 4th International ISHMT-ASTFE Heat and Mass Transfer Conference December 17-20, 2021, IIT Madras, Chennai-600036, Tamil Nadu, India
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Langmuir

Among their recent papers are:

  • Cooling of high-power LEDs by liquid sprays: Challenges and prospects, 2020, Applied Thermal Engineering
  • Thermal management of high-power LED module with single-phase liquid jet array, 2020, Applied Thermal Engineering
  • Copper wick based loop heat pipe for thermal management of a high-power LED module, 2022, Applied Thermal Engineering
  • Thermal performances of a flat-plate pulsating heat pipe tested with water, aqueous mixtures and surfactants, 2022, International Journal of Thermal Sciences

Other notable papers relevant to the field include Engineering applications of ferrofluids: A review published in 2021 in the Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials authored by Madhusree Kole.

Sameer Khandekar has authored book publications as well, notably "Drop Dynamics and Dropwise Condensation on Textured Surfaces" published by Springer Nature in 2020.

They have been recognized as a Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE).

Best Publications

  • Closed loop pulsating heat pipes: Part A: parametric experimental investigations

    Piyanun Charoensawan;Sameer Khandekar;Manfred Groll;Pradit Terdtoon

  • Understanding operational regimes of closed loop pulsating heat pipes: an experimental study

    Sameer Khandekar;Nicolas Dollinger;Manfred Groll

  • Closed loop pulsating heat pipes Part B: visualization and semi-empirical modeling

    Sameer Khandekar;Piyanun Charoensawan;Manfred Groll;Pradit Terdtoon

  • Operational limit of closed loop pulsating heat pipes

    Honghai Yang;S. Khandekar;M. Groll

  • An insight into thermo-hydrodynamic coupling in closed loop pulsating heat pipes

    Sameer Khandekar;Manfred Groll

  • Thermal performance of closed two-phase thermosyphon using nanofluids

    Sameer Khandekar;Yogesh M. Joshi;Balkrishna Mehta

  • Performance characteristics of pulsating heat pipes as integral thermal spreaders

    Honghai Yang;Sameer Khandekar;Manfred Groll

  • Nano-Cutting Fluid for Enhancement of Metal Cutting Performance

    S. Khandekar;M. Ravi Sankar;V. Agnihotri;J. Ramkumar

  • THERMOFLUID DYNAMIC STUDY OF FLAT-PLATE CLOSED-LOOP PULSATING HEAT PIPES

    S. Khandekar

  • Engineering applications of ferrofluids: A review

    Madhusree Kole;Madhusree Kole;Sameer Khandekar

  • Multiple quasi-steady states in a closed loop pulsating heat pipe

    Sameer Khandekar;Anant Prasad Gautam;Pavan K. Sharma

  • Local heat transfer measurement and thermo-fluid characterization of a pulsating heat pipe

    Mauro Mameli;Marco Marengo;Sameer Khandekar

  • Thermally induced two-phase oscillating flow inside a capillary tube

    S.P Das;Vadim Nikolayev;F. Lefevre;B. Pottier

  • Cooling of high-power LEDs by liquid sprays: Challenges and prospects

    Sameer Khandekar;Gopinath Sahu;K. Muralidhar;Elizaveta Ya Gatapova

  • LOCAL HYDRODYNAMICS OF FLOW IN A PULSATING HEAT PIPE: A REVIEW

    Sameer Khandekar;Pradipta K. Panigrahi;Frédéric Lefèvre;Jocelyn Bonjour

  • Thermo-hydrodynamics of closed loop pulsating heat pipes

    Sameer Khandekar

  • Dropwise Condensation Underneath Chemically Textured Surfaces: Simulation and Experiments

    Basant Singh Sikarwar;Nirmal Kumar Battoo;Sameer Khandekar;K. Muralidhar

  • Dropwise Condensation on Inclined Textured Surfaces

    Sameer Khandekar;Krishnamurthy Muralidhar

  • Dropwise Condensation Studies on Multiple Scales

    Basant Singh Sikarwar;Sameer Khandekar;Smita Agrawal;Sumeet Kumar

  • Local entropy generation for saturated two-phase flow

    Rémi Revellin;Stéphane Lips;Sameer Khandekar;Jocelyn Bonjour

  • Pulsating heat pipes: a challenge and still unsolved problem in heat pipe science

    M. Groll;S. Khandekar

Frequent Co-Authors

Jocelyn Bonjour
Jocelyn Bonjour Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Lyon
Marco Marengo
Marco Marengo University of Pavia
Kantesh Balani
Kantesh Balani Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
Run Hu
Run Hu Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Rémi Revellin
Rémi Revellin Claude Bernard University Lyon 1
Oleg Kabov
Oleg Kabov Novosibirsk State Technical University
Xiaobing Luo
Xiaobing Luo Huazhong University of Science and Technology

If you think any of the details on this page are incorrect, let us know.

Report an issue

We appreciate your kind effort to assist us to improve this page, it would be helpful providing us with as much detail as possible in the text box below:

Related Online Degrees & Career Pathways

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering open doors to diverse career pathways that often intersect with other fields. For instance, those with an interest in human behavior or security might explore the rigorous training required to learn how to become a criminal profiler. This career blends analytical skills with behavioral science, complementing engineering problem-solving expertise.

Exploring degrees in counseling can also be a valuable path for engineers interested in leadership or team dynamics, highlighting the interdisciplinary nature of modern careers. For students seeking a less intensive commitment, identifying what is the easiest counseling degree might provide a practical way to combine technical and people-oriented skills.

Additionally, accelerated learning options like the accelerated BCBA program online offer flexible pathways for engineers interested in applied behavior analysis. These programs can enrich an engineering background by enhancing understanding of human factors in design and technology applications.

Best Scientists Citing Sameer Khandekar

Trending Scientists

Recently Published Articles