Ajay K. Prasad
Engineering Alumni Distinguished Professor
Director, Center for Fuel Cell Research
Department of Mechanical Engineering
University of Delaware
Newark, DE 19716-3140
Phone: (302) 831-2960
Fax: (302) 831-3619
e-mail: prasad@udel.edu
Research Interests
- Imaging techniques for fluid mechanics and heat transfer-- hardware and
algorithms
- Entrainment is jets and plumes-- effect of volumetric heat injection
(cumulus clouds), and the effect of viscosity-stratification (magma chambers
and deep-sea hydrothermal vents)
- Biofluids mechanics: flow and dispersion in the nasal passage and the upper
respiratory airway
- Industrial mixing problems
- Transport phenomena in fuel cells
- UD Fuel Cell Bus Program
- Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G) research and implementation
Teaching
Short Courses
Service (2008-09)
- Director, Center for Fuel Cell Research
- Member of the Departmental Graduate Committee
- Member of the Departmental Strategic Planning Committee
- Member of the University Academic and Student Affairs Council
- Member of the University Sustainability Task Force
- Member of the Steering Committee, Delaware Energy Institute
- Executive Committee Member, Delaware Center for Transportation
- Member of the City of Newark's Conservation Advisory Committee