Biography

Dr. Muneesh Sethi is currently serving as Dean of Research & Development at COER University, Roorkee. With an academic and research career spanning over 24 years, Dr. Sethi has established himself as a prominent figure in mechanical and thermal engineering, particularly in the domain of solar thermal energy. He holds a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the National Institute of Technology (NIT) Hamirpur and has made significant contributions to both academic research and institutional development.

Dr. Sethi’s research primarily focuses on solar thermal systems, solar air heaters, heat and mass transfer, thermodynamics, and fluid mechanics. He has published over 50 research papers in peer-reviewed national and international journals indexed in SCI and Scopus, accumulating more than 1,900 citations, with an h-index of 19 and an i10-index of 25. He has also contributed five book chapters and holds ten patents in the field of renewable energy and engineering design. His leadership has also driven several institutional projects, including the implementation of solar steam cooking systems and green campus initiatives, many of which were funded by the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE). Dr. Sethi also has a growing research interest in green hydrogen as a sustainable energy alternative, particularly in its integration with solar energy systems. His expertise in renewable technologies and editorial contributions make him a strong advocate for advancing clean energy research through scholarly publishing.

Publications

• Muneesh Sethi, Varun, N.S. Thakur “Heat transfer and friction characteristics of dimple shaped roughness element arranged in angular fashion (arc) on absorber plate of solar air heater”. Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy (AIP) (2012), Impact Factor 1.61, 4(2),023112.
• Muneesh Sethi, Varun, N.S. Thakur “Correlations for Solar Air Heater Duct with Dimpled Shape Roughness Elements on Absorber Plate”. Solar Energy (Elsevier), 86(9); 2852 - 2861(2012), Impact Factor 7.18.
• Aashish Sharma, Abhishek Sexana, Muneesh Sethi, Venu Shree, Varun “Life Cycle Assessment of Buildings.”International Journal of renewable and sustainable energy reviews (Elsevier), 871–875(2012) Impact Factor 16.8
• Raj Kumar, Muneesh Sethi, Ranchan Chauhan, Anil Kumar “Experimental study of enhancement of heat transfer and pressure drop in a solar air channel with discretized broken V- pattern baffle.” Renewable Energy (Elsevier), 101;2017:856-872,Impact Factor 8.6, ISSN: 0960-1481.
• Raj Kumar, Muneesh Sethi, Ranchan Chauhan, Anil Kumar “Experimental study and correlation development for Nusselt number and friction factor for discretized broken V-pattern baffle solar air channel.” Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science (Elsevier)81; 2017:56-75, Impact Factor 3.74, ISSN: 0894-1777.
• Raj Kumar, Ranchan Chauhan, Muneesh Sethi, Anil Kumar “Heat transfer enhancement in solar air channel with broken multiple V-type baffle.”Case Studies in Thermal Engineering (Elsevier), 8; 2017:187-197, Impact Factor 6.4 ISSN: 2214-157X.
• A.K. Bhardwaj, Raj Kumar, Ranchan Chauhan, Muneesh Sethi “Experimental investigation of an indirect solar dryer integrated with phase change material for drying valeriana jatamansi medicinal herb.” Case Studies in Thermal Engineering (Elsevier), Impact Factor 6.4. 302– 314 (2017) ISSN: 2214-157X.
• Raj Kumar, Ranchan Chauhan, Muneesh Sethi, Anil Kumar “Experimental study of heat transfer enhancement in a rectangular duct distributed by multi V-perforated baffle of different relative baffle width.”Heat Mass Transfer (Springer),53;2017:1289- 1304.ImpactFactor 1.86ISSN:0947-7411.
• PK Mishra, R Kumar, A Rana, M Sethi, A Ekileski “Optimization of multiple arcs protrusion obstacle parameters using AHP- TOPSIS approach in an impingement jet solar air passage” (Heat & Mass Transfer), 1-12 (2018) Impact Factor 1.86 ISSN: 0947- 7411.
• Raj Kumar, Ranchan Chauhan, Muneesh Sethi, Anil Kumar “Experimental investigation of effect of flow attack angle on thermo hydraulic performance of air flow in a rectangular channel with discrete V-pattern baffle on the heated plate” Advances in Mechanical Engineering (SAGE Publications)1-12, 2016 Impact Factor 1.57.
• Raj Kumar, Muneesh Sethi, Ranchan Chauhan, Anil Kumar, “Experimental investigation on overall thermal performance of fluid flow in a rectangular channel with discrete V- pattern baffle” Thermal Science,183-191(The Serbia) 2016 Impact Factor 1.97.
• Ranchan Chauhan, N.S. Thakur, Tej Singh and Muneesh Sethi “Exergy based modeling and optimization of solar thermal collector provided with impinging air jets” journal of King Saud University-Engineering Sciences (Elsevier) 2016 Impact Factor 3.83
• Anil Kumar, Raj Kumar, Ranchan Chauhan, Muneesh Sethi, Anita Kumari, Narender Verma “.
• Single phase thermal and hydraulic performance analysis of a V-pattern dimpled obstacles air passage” Experimental Heat Transfer(Taylor and Francis),339- 426(2017)Impact Factor 3.27
• Ashutosh Sharma, Ranchan Chauhan, Tej Singh, Anil Kumar, Raj Kumar, Anil Kumar, Muneesh Sethi, “Optimizing discrete V obstacle parameters using a novel Entropy- VIKOR approach in a solar air channel” Renewable Energy, (ELSEVIER)310-320 (2017) Impact Factor, 9.0
• Anil Kumar, Raj Kumar, Rajesh Maithani, Ranchan Chauhan, Muneesh Sethi, Anita Kumari, Sunil Kumar“Correlation development for Nusselt number and friction factor of a multiple type V-pattern dimpled obstacles solar air passage ” Renewable Energy, (ELSEVIER), 461- 479(2017) Impact Factor, 9.0
• Anil Kumar, Ranchan Chauhan, Raj Kumar, Tej Singh, Muneesh Sethi, Anil Kumar, Ashutosh Sharma “Developing heat transfer and pressure loss in an air passage with multi discrete V- blockages” Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science (ELSEVIER), 66 –278(2017) Impact Factor3.49.
• Ankur Jaiswal, Vinay Babu, Muneesh Sethi, Basant Baishya, Pallavi Jaiswal “Structural Features of Corana virus and COVID-19 Pandemic’s Impact in India” Journal of Environmental Pathology, Toxicology and Oncology (Begell House) Impact Factor: 2.67 2021.
• Sourabh Khurana,Varun Goel, Khushmeet Kumar,Muneesh Sethi,Sourabh Kumar, “Particle impaction and flow through an infinite array of cylinders.”Walailak Journal of Science &Technology, 537-549(2014) Impact Factor 0.08
• Robin Thakur, Anil Kumar, Sourabh Khurana and Muneesh Sethi , “Correlation development for erosive wear rate on pelton turbine buckets.” International Journal of Mechanical and Production Engineering Research and Development (IJMPERD).
• Khushmeet Kumar, Muneesh Sethi & Sourabh Khurana, “Scope of Geothermal Energy Usage For Air Conditioning of Buildings” International Journal of Mechanical and Production Engineering Research and Development (IJMPERD).
• Raj Kumar, Rakesh Kumar, Sushil Kumar, Sashank Thapa, Muneesh Sethi, Tej Singh, “ Impact of artificial roughness variation on heat transfer and friction characteristics of a solar air heating system.” Alexandria Engineering Journal (Elsevier) (2021) Impact Factor 6.62.
• Sushil Kumar, Robin Thakur, Arvind Singh, R.K. Tripathi, Muneesh Sethi, “ A review of heat removal mechanism in concentrated PVT systems using beam splitter” Materials Today Proceedings.(Elsevier) (2021).
• Vishvajeet, Faraz Ahmad, Muneesh Sethi, RK Tripathi, “Thermo-mechanical analysis of disk brake using finite element analysis” Materials Today: Proceedings. (Elsevier) (2021).
• Muneesh Sethi, R.K. Tripathi, Briajashis Patnaik, Sushil Kumar, Satish Chand, “Recent developments in design of evacuated tube solar collectors integrated with thermal energy storage: A review” Materials Today: Proceedings. (Elsevier) (2022).
• Muneesh Sethi, R.K. Tripathi, Punit Bhardwaj, Manish Kumar, Gesu Thakur, Anita Kumari, M. Hasan, Mrinal Verma, Review of impact of nanomaterials on the thermal efficiency of evacuated tube of solar air heater: Proceedings.(Elsevier) (2022).
• Abhishek Saxena, Sanjeev Kumar Joshi, Parul Gupta, Vineet Tirth, Ajay Suryavanshi, Desh Bandhu Singh, Muneesh Sethi, “An experimental comparative analysis of the appropriateness of different sensible heat storage materials for solar cooking,” Journal of Energy Storage. (Elsevier) 2023 (61) Impact Factor 8.9.
• Abhishek Saxena, Erdem Cuce, Desh Bandu Singh, Muneesh Sethi, Pinar Mert Cuce, Atul Sagde, Avneesh Kumar, “Experimental studies of latent heat storage based solar air heater for space heating: A comparative analysis. (Journal of Building Engineering) 2023 Impact Factor 7.14.
• Rajneesh Kumar, Akhshay Sharma, Varun Goel, Rajesh Sharma, Muneesh Sethi, V.V. Tayagi, “An experimental investigation of new roughness patterns(dimples with alternative protrusions) for the performance enhancement of solar air heater Renewable Energy, (ELSEVIER), 461- 479(20) 2023 Impact Factor, 8.7.
• Ankur Dwivedi, Ajay Debbarma, Muneesh Sethi, Varun,Shuchi Chaurasia, “ Experimental investigation on heat transfer and friction factor characteristics for novel hybrid roughness used in solar air heater” Experimental Heat Transfer (Talyor & Francis) 2025 Impact Factor 3.5.
• Muneesh Sethi, Raj Kumar, Varun Goel, Ramis MK, Majed AlSuih, Daeho Lee, “ Thermal and effective assessment of solar thermal air collector with roughened absorber surface: An Analytical examination” International Journal of Low carbon technologies (Oxford University Press) 2024 Impact factor 2.3
• Abhishek Saxena, Atul A, Desh Bandhu,Sanjeev Kumar, Parul, Muneesh Sethi, “Thermal performance of an economical air heater for space heating using composite energy storage materials” Energy Sources, Part A: Recovery, Utilization, and Environmental Effects, Taylor & Francis 2024 Impact Factor 2.3
• Muneesh Sethi, Avnish Chauhan,Avlokulov Anvar Ziyadullayevich, Jumaniyazov Inomjon Turayevich, Pardayeva Zulfizar Alimovna, Sardor Omonov, “Use of carbon nanotubes in flat and evacuated tube solar collectors for thermal enhancement: A review: A review” Materials Today: Proceedings. (Elsevier) (2024).
• o Muneesh Sethi, Avnish Chauhan, Avlokulov Anvar Ziyadullayevich, Jumaniyazov Inomjon Turayevich, Pardayeva Zulfizar Alimovna, Sardor Omonov, “Impact of absorber surface coating on the thermal performance of non-concentrating solar thermal collector: An overview”: A review” Materials Today: Proceedings. (Elsevier) (2024).

Awards and Achievement

• Organized faculty development program on Writing quality research papers and publishing at Dev Bhoomi Group of Institutions on from 22-02-2021 to 26-02-2021.
• Organized faculty development program on Entrepreneurship Development at Dev Bhoomi Group of Institutions from 08-02-2021 to 09-02-2021.
• Organized International Conferenceon “Advances in engineering science and technology at Uttaranchal University Dehradun on 23-07-2020.
• Organized Workshop on Skill Development at Shiva Institute of Engineering &Technology on 01-10-2019.
• Organized Workshop on Publication of Research Papers in Referred Journals Available on Web of Science at Shiva Institute of Engineering & Technology on 28-09-2019.
• Co-Chairman in International Conference on “Recent Advances and research innovations in Engineering & Technology at APG University Shimla on 18-11-2017.
• Delivered a Keynote address in International Conference on “Multiple Disciplinary Research Particle and Studies at APG University Shimla on 01-02-2018.
• Organized a National Conference Changing Trends, Future Challenges and Innovations in Science & Technology at APG University Shimla on 26-05-2017.
• Delivered a Keynote address in International Conference on Emerging Trends in Basic & Applied Sciences at Maharaja Agarsen University on 2nd May 2015.
• Chaired a session in International Conference on Emerging and Futuristic Trends in Engineering & Technology at Maharaja Agarsen University on 9th May 2015.
• Chaired a session in International Conference on Mathematics & Engineering Sciences in Engineering & Technology at Chitkara University on 20th March 2014.
• Organized a national conference on “Recent Advances in Renewable Energy & Environment Sciences-2013” at Shoolini University, Solan (H.P.)
• Executed steam cooking plant at girls hostel in Shoolini University.
• Imparted practical and theoretical trainingto30 ITI holders of Dabur India Limited for 1.5 months.
• Imparted practical and theoretical training of two batches of 40 students each of RPG’s Energy Meters and Transformer divisions for three months.
• Best Researcher Award of COER University, 2024

Patents

Book Published

Recently Submitted a Book Proposal on “The Future of Green Hydrogen: Science, Technology, and Global Integration” to AAP Publisher,