Dr. Thaseem Thajudeen

Educational Qualifications

1. Ph D. Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA. December 2013. Advisor: Dr. Christopher J Hogan Jr.
2. M Tech. Department of Mechanical Engineering (Thermal- Heat & Mass Transfer), Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, India. May 2008.
3. B Tech. Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Calicut, India. May 2006.

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Areas of Research

Characterization of aerosol and colloidal nanoparticles, Particulate emissions from combustion sources, respiratory deposition of particulate matter, air pollution, air quality.

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Courses Taught

• Heat Transfer
• Environmental Studies, Science & Engineering
• Thermofluids Engineering
• Mechanical Measurements
• Aerosol Technology
• Energy, Environment & Economics

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Professional Appointments

1. Post-doctoral Researcher (Alexander von Humboldt research fellow): Friedrich-Alexander-University, Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany. Advisor: Prof. Wolfgang Peukert. January, 2014 to April, 2018.
2. Engineer, General Electric, Bangalore, India. July 2008- June 2009.

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Recent Publications

1.  Dhiman R., Singh A., Prakash A., Jain A.,  Ambekar A., Kore S.D., Thajudeen T*. (2026) Morphological characterization of particulate emissions from various welding techniques used in industrial environments. Powder Technology. 472,122156.
2. Burman D., Thajudeen T.  (2026) Advances in Nanostructured Chemiresistive Sensors for Formaldehyde Detection. Nanoscale. (Accepted)
3. Dhiman R., Prakash A., Saroj S., Sahoo P.,  Ambekar A., Kore S.D., Thajudeen T*.,  Guttikunda S.K. (2026) Occupational Health Risks from Welding Emissions: Exposure and Deposition of PM10, PM2.5, and Ultrafine Particles Across Welding Methods. Environmental Science: Advances. 5, 59-77.
4. Dhiman R., Prakash A., Saroj S., Sahoo P.,  Ambekar A., Kore S.D., Thajudeen T*.,  Guttikunda S.K. (2025) Comprehensive Analysis of the Fine and Ultrafine Particulate Emissions from Various Welding Sources in an Industrial Environment. Atmospheric Pollution Research. 102666
5. Singh A., Jena S.R., Gupta A., Thajudeen T.* (2025) Multi-objective Bayesian Optimization for the Retrieval of Aggregated Aerosol Structures from Microscopic Images. Journal of Aerosol Science. 186, 106556.
6. Jain A., Ambekar A., Thajudeen T.*(2025) Effect of Particle Size Distribution of Nanoadditives in Titania-laden Diesel Fuel on the Fine and Ultrafine Particulate Emissions. Energy. 320, 135322.
7. Prakash A., Dhiman R., Ambekar A., Thajudeen T., Kore S.D. (2025) Investigating the Effect of Varying Powder Size Range on Particulate Matter Emission and Mechanical Properties of In-Situ Micropowder Alloyed WAAM Depositions . Welding in the World. (Accepted)
8. Singh A., Chaudhary K., Thajudeen T.* (2024) Machine Learning based tool for efficient estimation of geometric features of aggregated aerosol particles. Journal of Aerosol Science. 180, 106391. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaerosci.2024.106391
9. Jain A., Ambekar A., Thajudeen T.*(2024) Effect of Titania Nano-additives on Fine and Ultrafine Carbonaceous Emissions during Flame Combustion of Diesel. Aerosol and Air Quality Research.  https://doi.org/10.4209/aaqr.230281.
10. Dhiman R., Sharma R., Jain A., Ambekar A., Thajudeen T*., Guttikunda S.K. (2024) Spatial and temporal variation of cooking-emitted particles in distinct zones using Scanning Mobility Particle Sizer and a Network of Low-Cost Sensors. Indoor Environments. 1(2), 100008.

         Full Publication List

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Recognition and Awards

1. Excellence in Teaching Award (for courses from 2020-2025), Category: Core Courses.
2. SSHN Fellowship 2024.
3. Post-doctoral fellowship from Alexander von Humboldt foundation. March, 2015- February, 2017
4. National Talent Search Examination Scholarship (2000)

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