Charles V. Schaefer, Jr.
School of Engineering
& Science

Faculty Profile

AFFILIATE ASSISTANT PROFESSOR

Room: C203

Phone: (201) 216-8296

Fax: (201) 216-8315

Email: dboyalak@stevens.edu

School: Schaefer School of Engineering & Science

Department: Mechanical Engineering

Education

Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, 2004
M.S., Mechanical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, 2000
B.E. (Hons) Mechanical Engineering, Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, India, 1998

Research

Fluid Dynamics
Heat transfer
Computational Fluid Dynamics and Heat Transfer (CFD/CHT): code development and application
Multiphase Flows: Gas-Solid and Granular Flows Continuum and Discrete Element Simulations
Process modeling and Simulation of Nuclear Fuel Particle Coating
Chemical Vapor Deposition
Energy
Nuclear Power Engineering

Experience

2006-2008 Visiting Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering Dept., Widener University, PA
2004-2006 Post-Doctoral Researcher, Oak Ridge National Laboratories, TN
2001-2004 Visiting Scholar, Mechanical Engineering Dept., Purdue University, IN
1998-2004 Graduate Teaching and Research Assistant, Carnegie Mellon University, PA

Institutional Service

Undergraduate Curriculum Committee

Honors & Awards

Recipient of Student Government Association (SGA) Distinguished Teaching Faculty Award, 2009

Professional Societies

ASME

Selected Publications

Journals

Pannala S., Daw C.S., Finney C.E.A., Boyalakuntla D.S., Syamlal M., O'Brien T.J.. (Sep 2007). "Simulating the Dynamics of Spouted-Bed Nuclear Fuel Coaters", CVD and Powders, 13 481-490.
Boyalakuntla, D.S., Murthy, J.Y. and Amon, C.H.. (2004). "Computation of Natural Convection in Channels with Pin Fins", IEEE Trans. on Components Packaging and Manufacturing Technology.
Boyalakuntla, D.S. and Murthy, J.Y.. (Jun 2002). "Hierarchical Compact Models for Simulation of Electronic Chip Packages", IEEE Trans. on Components Packaging and Manufacturing Technology.

Presentation/Meeting

Pannala. S., Boyalakuntla. D.S., Finney. C.E.A. and Daw. C.S.. (Apr 2006). "Simulations of Spouted Bed Dynamics in the Context of Coating Nuclear Fuel Particles", Proc. of the Fifth World Congress in Particle Technology, Orlando, FL.
Boyalakuntla, D.S., Pannala S., Finney, C.E.A. and Daw, C.S.. (Nov 2005). "Simulating the Hydrodynamics of Spouted Beds Using a Continuum Formulation", AIChE Annual Meeting, Cincinnati, OH.
Boyalakuntla, D.S., Pannala. S., Daw, C.S., Benyahia, S., O�Brien, T. and Syamlal, M.. (Nov 2005). "A Hybrid Lagrangian-Eulerian Approach in Simulating Gas-Solid Flows Consisting of Multiple Solid Phases", AIChE Annual Meeting, Cincinnati, OH.
Pannala. S., Boyalakuntla, D.S., Daw, C.S., Benyahia, S., O�Brien, T. and Syamlal, M.. (Nov 2005). "Simulations of Spouted Beds for Coating TRISO Fuel particles", AIChE Annual Meet., Cincinnati, OH.
Boyalakuntla, D.S. and Murthy, J.Y.. (Nov 2003). "Effect of Drag Correlations on Fluidized Bed Simulation Using DES", Proc. of AIChE Annual Meet, San Francisco, CA.
Boyalakuntla, D.S. and Murthy, J.Y.. (Nov 2003). "Horizontal segregation in 2D Vertically Vibrated Binary Mixtures Kinks Using DES", Proc. of AIChE Annual Meet, San Francisco, CA.

Report

D.S. Boyalakuntla and S. Pannala. (Dec 2006). "Summary of Discrete Element Model (DEM) Implementation in MFIX".
S. Pannala, C. S. Daw, D. Boyalakuntla and C. E. A. Finney. (Mar 2006). "ORNL FY06, Process Modeling Phase I Summary Report for the - Advanced Gas Reactor Fuel Development and Qualification Program", Oak Ridge National Laboratory, (DOE Report # ORNL/TM-2006/93).
S. Pannala, D. Boyalakuntla, C. E. A. Finney and C. S. Daw. (Aug 2005). "ORNL FY05 Process Modeling Summary Report for the Advanced Gas Reactor Fuel Development and Qualification Program: Hydrodynamics, Heat and Mass Transfer for NUCO Particles", Oak Ridge National Laboratory Technical Report, (ORNL/CF-05/13).
D. Boyalakuntla, S. Pannala, C. E. A. Finney and C. S. Daw. (Aug 2005). "ORNL FY05 Process Modeling Summary Report for the Advanced Gas Reactor Fuel Development and Qualification Program: Hydrodynamics, Heat and Mass Transfer", Oak Ridge National Laboratory Technical Report, (ORNL/CF-05/13).
S. Pannala, C. S. Daw, C. E. A. Finney and D. Boyalakuntla, D. Burns and J. Zhou. (Sep 2004). "ORNL FY04 Process Modeling Summary Report for the Advanced Gas Reactor Fuel Development and Qualification Program", Oak Ridge National Laboratory Technical Report, (ORNL/CF-04/11).

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