Educational Qualification - B.Tech., M.Tech,Ph.D. 

Dr. Manoj Dixit is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Dayalbagh Educational Institute, Agra (U.P.), India. He has more than seven years of experience in teaching and research. He has taught Power Plant Engineering, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning, Thermodynamics, Heat and Mass Transfer etc.,  at undergraduate level and also guiding the Ph.D and M.Tech. students. His special interests lie in Solar cooling, Waste heat recovery, Multigeneration, Energy conservation and Electric vehicles.

Teaching Assignments:

Odd Semester

• MEM 705 Power Plant Engineering
• BVA 301   Automobile Engines
• RDC 581   Agriculture Engineering
• MEM 102 Engineering Drawing-I
• MEM306  Engineering Drawing-III
• RDC 181   Agricultural Operations I
• RDC 182   Social Service
• RDC 781   Rural Engineering Project
• MEH 701  Mechanical Engineering Project I
• MEH 702  Seminars

Even Semester:

• MEM 812 Non-Conventional Energy Engineering
• MEM 816 I C Engines & Gas Turbines
• PME 211  Non-Conventional Energy Engineering
• MEM 817 I C Engines Lab
• MEM 802 Mechanical Engineering Project
• RDC 281   Agricultural Operations II
• RDC 282   Social Service
• RDC 881   Rural Engineering Project
• CAC 281   Co-Curricular Activities

 Research Area & Interests:

• Thermal Engineering
• Refrigeration and Air conditioning
• Solar thermal technology
• Energy conservation & waste heat recovery
• Fuel cells
• Electric vehicles

Honors and Recognitions:

• Best paper award for the paper “Energy and exergy analysis of solar triple effect refrigeration cycle”, 5th International Conference on Clean and Green Energy (ICCGE) 2016, Rome, Italy.
• Senior Research Fellowship, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE), Government of India (2013-2017).
• Junior Research Fellowship, Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), Government of India (2010-2012).

Research Guidance:

• Ph.D:      02 (ongoing)
• M.Tech.:05 (completed), 01 (ongoing)
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Papers Published in Refereed International Journals:

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• Dixit, M., Arora, A., Kaushik, S.C. Thermodynamic and thermoeconomic analyses of two stage hybrid absorption compression refrigeration systems. Applied Thermal Engineering 113, 120-131, 2017.
• Dixit, M., Arora, A., Kaushik, S.C. Thermodynamic analysis of GAX and hybrid GAX aqua-ammonia vapor absorption refrigeration systems. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 40, 16256–16265, 2015.
• Dixit, M., Arora, A., Kaushik, S.C. Energy, exergy, environment and economic analyses of two stage absorption compression combined refrigeration system. Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy 19(9), 2215-2229, 2017.
• Dixit, M., Arora, A., Kaushik, S.C. Energy and exergy analysis of waste heat driven cycle for triple effect refrigeration. Journal of Thermal Engineering 2(5), 954-961, 2016.
• Dixit, M., Kaushik, S.C., Arora, A., 2016 Energy and exergy analysis of absorption-compression cascade refrigeration system. Journal of Thermal Engineering 2(6), 995-1006.
• Arora, A.,Dixit, M., Kaushik, S.C., 2016. Computation of optimum parameters of a half effect water-lithium bromide vapour absorption refrigeration system. Journal of Thermal Engineering 2(2), 683-692.
• Arora, A., Dixit, M., Kaushik, S.C., 2016. Energy and exergy analysis of a double effect parallel flow LiBr/H2O absorption refrigeration system. Journal of Thermal Engineering 2(1), 541-549.

Papers Published/Presented  in Conferences:

• Dixit, M., Kaushik, S.C., Arora, A., 2016 Energy and exergy analysis of solar triple effect refrigeration cycle. 5^th International conference on clean and green energy (ICCGE), Rome, Italy, 5(3), 222-227.
• Yadav, A., Dixit, M., Deepak, 2017. A comprehensive review of solar collection/storage thermal systems. 41st National System Conference on Super Intelligent Machines and Man, Dayalbagh Educational Institute, Agra.
• S.C. Kaushik, Akhilesh Arora, Manoj Dixit, 2018. Hybrid absorption cycles for solar cooling. TRACE 2018. In: Advances in energy and build environment 223-239.
• Dixit, M., Sahai, A., Jain, P. K., 2019 . A critical review on use of nanofluids in heat exchangers. 2nd International Conference on New Frontiers Engineering Science & Technology (NFEST 2019), Kurukshetra, India. 

Administrative Responsibilities:

• Coordinator B.Voc. (Automobile)
• Cultural Coordinator, Faculty of Engineering, DEI
• Programme Officer, NSS
• Proctor, B.Voc. (Automobile)
• Member, Organizing Committee,  National Systems Conference
• Member, Committee FIST 2020 

Courses / Workshops / Training Programmes attended:

• Faculty Induction Programme organised by HRDC AMU Aligarh, 17 July - 24 August 2021
• Subject Refresher Course organised by HRDC AMU Aligarh, 25 October -09 November 2021
• A Course on Orientation towards Technical Education & Curriculum Aspects under National Initiative for Technical Teachers Training 2021
• Workshop on Emerging Trends & Opportunities for career in solar: 18-19 August 2011