shijin.kozhumal@eku.edu
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Shijin P. Kozhumal, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Education

  • Doctor of Philosophy: Mechanical Engineering - Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras, India
  • Master of Technology: Thermal Sciences - National Institute of Technology (NIT) Calicut, India
  • Bachelor of Technology: Mechanical Engineering - Govt. College of Engineering, Kannur, India

Research/Academic Interests

  • Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), combustion, and fire dynamics
  • Development of computational models for the prediction, reconstruction, and analysis of fire behavior in wildland and compartment fires
  • Experimental and numerical investigations for the development of reliable forensic fire investigation methods and protocols

Publications

Dr. Kozhumal’s work can be found in several international journals, technical reports, and conference proceedings including:
  • Shijin P. Kozhumal, S. S. Sundaram, V. Raghavan, and V. Babu, “Numerical investigation of laminar cross-flow non-premixed flames in the presence of a bluff-body”, Combustion Theory and Modelling, Vol. 18, No. 6, Pages 692–710, 2014.
  • Shijin P. Kozhumal, V. Raghavan, and V. Babu, “Numerical investigation of flame-vortex interactions in laminar cross-flow non-premixed flames in the presence of bluff bodies”, Combustion Theory and Modelling, Vol. 20, No. 4, Pages 683–706, 2016.
  • Shijin P. Kozhumal, A. Babu, and V. Raghavan, “Experimental study of bluff body stabilized laminar reactive boundary layers”, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol.102, Pages 219–225, 2016.
  • H. Sezer, K.S. Arsava, Shijin P. Kozhumal, A.S. Rangwala, “The effect of embedded objects on pool fire burning behavior”, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol. 108, Pages 537-548. 2017.
  • Giovanni Di Cristina, Shijin P. Kozhumal, Albert Simeoni, Nicholas Skowronski, Ali Rangwala, Seong-kyun Im, “Forced convection fire spread along wooden dowel array”, Vol. 120, No. 103090, Fire Safety Journal, March-2021.
  • K.S. Arsava, H. Sezer, P. Tukaew, T.J. Borth, D.J. Petrow, Shijin P. Kozhumal, G. Mahnken, R.G. Zalosh, J.L. Torero, and A.S. Rangwala, “An Offshore Oil Burn Enhanced by Floating Immersed Objects”, Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement, OSRR-1068, 2017.
  • Ethan A. Fowlie, Trevor Borth, Gregory E. Gorbett, Hayri Sezer, Shijin P. Kozhumal, “Experimental and Numerical Investigation of Gypsum Calcination under Fire Exposure”, 12th US National combustion meeting, College Station, Texas (Virtual), May-2021.
  • Javad Hashempour, Hayri Sezer, Shijin P. Kozhumal, Andy Ritenour, “Potentials of using Integral Heat Balance Method (IHBM) on estimating wood crib ignition”, 12th US National combustion meeting, College Station, Texas (Virtual), May-2021.
  • Joseph Tang, Hayri Sezer, Javad Hashempour, Shijin P. Kozhumal, Andy Ritenour, “A Two-Dimensional Mathematical Model for Fire Induced Tree-Stem Injury”, 12th US National combustion meeting, College Station, Texas (Virtual), May-2021.
  • Ethan A. Fowlie, Hayri Sezer, Gregory E. Gorbett, Shijin P. Kozhumal, “Numerical Investigation of Heat Transfer and Gypsum Calcination under Fire Exposure”, Spring Technical Meeting, Eastern States Section of the Combustion Institute, Columbia, South Carolina, USA, March-2020.
  • Hayri Sezer, Nazmul Ahsan, Shijin P. Kozhumal, Andy Ritenour, Sudir Kaul, “Mathematical modeling of thermal behavior in layer-by-layer product formation of direct metal laser sintering process for different scanning pattern”, ASME 15th International Manufacturing Science and Engineering Conference, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA, June-2020.
  • Giovanni Di Cristina, Shijin P. Kozhumal, Albert Simeoni, Nicholas Skowronski, Ali Rangwala, Seong-kyun Im, “Forced convection fire spread along wooden dowel array”, 13th International Symposium on Fire Safety Science, Waterloo, Canada, April-2020.
  • Hayri Sezer, Shijin P. Kozhumal, Albert Simeoni, “Prediction of drag coefficient and Nusselt number for flow through vegetation at high Reynolds numbers using the Lattice Boltzmann Method”, Spring Technical Meeting, Eastern States Section of the Combustion Institute, Columbia, South Carolina, USA, March-2020.
  • Shijin P. Kozhumal, William D. Hicks, Hayri Sezer, “Numerical Investigation of Gypsum Thermo-Chemistry under Fire Exposure”, 11th US National combustion meeting, Pasadena, California, USA, April-2019.
  • Giovanni Di Cristina, Shijin P. Kozhumal, Albert Simeoni, Nicholas Skowronski, Ali Rangwala, Seong-kyun Im, “Forced convection fire spread along wooden dowel array”, 11th US National combustion meeting, Pasadena, California, USA, April-2019.
  • Kemal S. Arsava, Trevor J. Borth, Scott L. Fields, Kurt Hanse, Shijin P. Kozhumal, Glenn Mahnken, David Petrow, Ali S. Rangwala, Hayri Sezer, Karen Stone, Jose Torero, Panyawat Tukaew, Robert G. Zalosh, “Application of Flame Refluxer Concept to ISB – Experimental Results of 6 Field Trials in Mobile, Alabama.”, 42nd AMOP Technical Seminar on Environmental Contamination and Response, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, June-2019
  • Hayri Sezer, Shijin P. Kozhumal, Albert Simeoni, “Numerical investigation of petroleum and ice interaction based on the Lattice Boltzmann method”, 11th US National combustion meeting, Pasadena, California, USA, April-2019.
  • Shijin P. Kozhumal, G. E. Gorbett, “Fire dynamics and forensic analysis of compartment fires”, 2018 Eastern States Section of the Combustion Institute (ESSCI) Spring Technical Meeting, Pennsylvania, USA, March-2018.
  • Shijin P. Kozhumal, G.D. Cristina, N.S. Skowronski, A. Simeoni, S. Im, A.S. Rangwala, “Numerical investigation of fire dynamics in the presence of burning obstacles under a unidirectional wind”, 10th US National Combustion Meeting, Maryland, USA, April-2017.
  • Giovanni Di Cristina, Shijin P. Kozhumal, Ali S. Rangwala, Seong-kyun Im, “Manipulating turbulent mixing behavior through particle injection”, 10th US National Combustion Meeting, Maryland, USA, April-2017.
  • T.J. Borth, S.K. Lakkundi, Shijin P. Kozhumal, A.S. Rangwala, “Influence of co-directional, axisymmetric air injection on soot generation within a laminar m-xylene pool fire”, 10th US National Combustion Meeting, Maryland, USA, April-2017.
  • M. Kumari, G. Ananthakrishnan, S. Somasundaram, Shijin P. Kozhumal, V. Babu, “Numerical simulations of the unsteady flow induced by vortex shedding in a pipe with an orifice” Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power, Allahabad, India, 2016.
  • Shijin P. Kozhumal, V. Raghavan, and V. Babu, “Numerical investigation on the transition between regimes of stabilization in non-premixed flames in the presence of a bluff-body”, 10th Asia-Pacific Conference on Combustion (ASPACC), Beijing, China, July-2015.

Work History

Post-Doctoral Research:
  • Department of Fire Protection Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI), Worcester, MA, from Mar 2016 to Oct 2017.
  • Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras, India, from Aug 2015 to Feb 2016.
Teaching:
  • Fire and Safety Engineering Technology Program, Eastern Kentucky University (EKU), Richmond, KY, from Nov 2017 to Present.
  • Department of Fire Protection Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI), Worcester, MA, from Jan 2017 to May 2017.

Awards/Accolades

  • Dr. Kozhumal has been awarded $241,305 from the National Institute of Justice- which is the research, development, and evaluation agency of the United States Department of Justice- to conduct experimental and numerical investigations for the prediction of depth of calcination of gypsum plasterboards under fire exposure.