Academic background
Dr. H. Sivarathinamoorthy is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Coimbatore Institute of Technology, Coimbatore. He holds a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Anna University, specializing in the experimental investigation of double-pass solar air heaters with internal heat storage. He completed his M.E. in Energy Engineering from Kumaraguru College of Technology, Anna University, and his B.E. in Mechanical Engineering from C.S.I. College of Engineering under Bharathiar University.
With over 20 years of combined experience in teaching and industry, Dr. Sivarathinamoorthy began his academic career spans across several reputed institutions, and he has been a part of CIT since 2012. His teaching and research interests include energy systems, thermal engineering, solar thermal applications, hydraulics and pneumatics, and automobile technology.
Dr. Sivarathinamoorthy has published several research articles in reputed international journals, including the ASME and Wiley. He also serves as a reviewer for various journals published by Taylor & Francis, SAGE, and Bentham Science, and is on the editorial board of the Journal of Advanced Thermal Science Research.
He has received numerous accolades, including the All India Second Rank in NPTEL Quality Checking (2021) and the Star QC Expert Award from IIT/NPTEL. Additionally, he has contributed to national projects like the TRANSLINGUA and CHITRALEKHA machine learning tools by NPTEL as a trainer, translator, and reviewer. At CIT, he has taken on key roles such as coordinator for NBA, NAAC, NIRF, ARIIA, and online examinations. He has also guided students in national-level competitions and received seed funding for his research on solar air heaters. Dr. Sivarathinamoorthy is a life member of ISTE and continues to actively engage in academic, research, and innovation initiatives at the institute.
