Kishan Bellur

Kishan Bellur

Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering

Teaching

Thermodynamics

Undergraduate course, University of Cincinnati, 2024

Prof. Bellur typically teaches MECH 2010: Thermodynamics every Fall semester. This is a second year, 4 credit, required undergraduate course in Mechanical Engineering. In this course, students will:

  • learn about mass and energy balances for closed and open systems,
  • develop an understanding of entropy, the second law of thermodynamics, and isentropic efficiencies of engineering devices,
  • be able to use these concepts to analyze power and refrigeration cycles, and
  • be able to apply principles of thermodynamics to formulate and solve engineering problems of interest. The course is highly interactive with in-class activities, open-ended projects, weekly group presentations and a tour of the UC power plant.

Computational Fluid Dynamics

Undergraduate/Graduate course, University of Cincinnati, 2024

Prof. Bellur typically teaches EGFD 5137/6037: Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) every Spring semester. This is a cross-listed 3 credit course open to senior undergraduate and graduate students in the College of Engineering and Applied Sciences. The objective of the course is to familiarize students with computational methods to solve thermal-fluid and heat transfer problems. Numerical solutions to 1D equations are implemented using finite difference and validated with analytical solutions. Various discretization techniques, implicit/explicit schemes, stability and error are discussed. Commercial software tools are introduced for 2D/3D applications. Future versions of the course will transition to open source architecture.

Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer: Internal Flow

Undergraduate course, Michigan Technological University, 2019

In the spring semester of 2019, Dr. Bellur taught his first ever course as primary instructor: a 4 credit junior level undergraduate course in thermo-fluids. This unique course focused on fundamentals and applications of fluid mechanics and heat transfer to fluid flow in ducts and pipes (internal flow). Concepts from fluid mechanics and heat transfer were taught simultaneously in an integrated thermal-fluids approach.