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Mr. Saurabh S. Nair

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Mr. Saurabh S. Nair
Engineer 'D'
कृत्रिम आंतरिक अंगों का प्रभाग

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8105871719

People - Division of Artificial Internal Organs

Mr. Saurabh S. Nair

Academic Qualifications

  • M Tech, IIT Kanpur(Aerodynamics) 2011-2013
  • B Tech, College of Engineering, Trivandrum(Mechanical Engineering) 2007-2011

Professional Record

  • Engineer-D, Division of Artificial Internal Organs, SCTIMST, Jan 2025 - Till Now
  • Engineer-C, Division of Artificial Internal Organs, SCTIMST, Nov 2018- Dec 2024
  • Mechanical Developer, Power and Gas Division(Compressor Aero Module), Siemens Limited, June 2017- Oct 2018
  • Senior Design Engineer, Pratt & Whitney CoE(Aerodynamics Module), Cyient Limited, July 2013- June 2017

Area of Interest

  • Computational Fluid Dynamics(CFD)
  • Fluid Structure Interaction(FSI)
  • Vascular Dynamics
  • Surgery planning using Patient-specific anatomical data
  • VR/AR based solutions for Rehabilitation and surgery planning
  • Cardiovascular implants
  • Microfluidics
  • Medical Image processing

Collaboration

  • Regional Cancer Centre
  • M/s HLL Lifecare Limited, Thiruvananthapuram, Covid-19 product development
  • M/s Sivapriya Exim Pvt.Ltd, Annanagar, Chennai,Covid-19 product development

Current Activities

  • Methodology for surgery planning for the repair of Single Ventricular heart disease using patient-specific data
  • VR/AR for surgery planning
  • Research on the peripheral stent development

पेटेंट

  • Vane diffuser and method for controlling compressor having same, Patent No: US 10823197 B2, US patent granted on 03 November 2020, Authors: Hien Duong,Vijay Kandasamy,Saurabh S. NAIR - GRANTED
  • Swab Collection Booth - Patent No. : 551497 granted on 30/09/2024, Authors: Ramesh Babu, Muraleedharan C V, Arvind Kumar Prajapati, Siva Kumar KGV, Saurabh Nair, Nagesh D S - GRANTED
  • Vane diffuser and method for controlling compressor having same, Patent No: CA2968260A1, Canada patent published on 20 June 2018, Authors: Hien Duong,Vijay Kandasamy,Saurabh S. NAIR
  • Examination Booth; patent no. 202041015611, Indian Patent filed on 4th May, 2020 by Ramesh Babu, Muraleedharan CV, Asha Kishore, Arvind Kumar Prajapati, Siva Kumar K G V, Saurabh Nair
  • Dual Chamber Swab Collection Booth; patent no. 202041018961, Indian Patent filed on 4th May, 2020 by Ramesh Babu, Muraleedharan CV, Asha Kishore, Arvind Kumar Prajapati, Siva Kumar K G V, Saurabh Nair

Membership

  • Institution of Engineers, India(IEI)
  • Materials Research Society of India(MRSI)
  • American Society of Mechanical Engineers(ASME)

On-going Projects

  • Development of Sound producing Voice prosthesis device funded by DST (PI)
  • Development of SFA stent(PI) funded by DBT
  • Fontan Surgery planning from patient-specific data funded by ICMR (PI)
  • VACUUM LOADING SYSTEMS FOR SIGNAL LOADED GRAFT funded by Institute (Co- PI)

Projects Completed

  • Reconstruction geometry optimization and methodology development using Computational fluid dynamics evaluation for patient specific vascular model acquired by MRI Scanning as PI
  • Development of Atrial Septal Defect Occluder as Co-PI

Professional Experience

  • Mechanical Engineer with expertise in fluid dynamics and Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD). I have extensive experience spanning the Power & Gas and Aerospace sectors, and I am currently working in the Biomedical Engineering domain. I am focused on applying engineering principles to innovative medical device development.
  • Worked at Siemens Ltd for 1.5 years on the Large Gas Turbines used for power generation. Was mainly working on the performance analysis of compressors of the newly developed engines and validation of the results with the data from test bed.
  • Worked at Cyient Ltd for 4.5 year on passenger aircraft engines. The work was mainly on the design, computational modelling and performance analysis of the intake and exhaust system of aircraft engines. Have also worked on the analysis of combustor and compressor parts. Worked on the process automation of the whole combustor analysis and automation of various routine analysis. Have worked on turoshaft and turbofan engines.

Training

  • ISO 13485 Awareness and Internal Audit Training
  • Experimental Flow Visualisation and Measurement Techniques for both Incompressible and Compressible Flow Regimes
  • Workshop and Hands on Training for Meshing using Fluent Mesher

अनुसंधान

  • Vascular Dynamics, Fluid-Structure Interaction studies

Organisational Activities

  • Convener of the institute's Committee constituted to identify the need of Institute’s participation in various exhibitions and promotional programs
  • Member of GATI(Gender Advancement for Transforming Institutions) Self- Assessment Team
  • Member of Official language implementation committee in Institute, 2023-25
  • Member of committee (UV based equipment and Diagnostic ventilators) for evaluation of novel application for COVID 19

Completed Assignments

  • Computational Fluid dynamics evaluation to study the effectiveness of devices such as flow diverter stent, lung isolation device etc.
  • Fluid structure interaction evaluation to study the opening characteristics of Voice prosthesis device
  • Conducted study for the risk management of Flow diverter stent and prepared report on the same
  • Developed complete methodology to extract anatomical data from MRI
  • Image processing for various medical images to identify and track a particular area of interest automatically

Team

  • Mr. Muraleedharan C. V.
    Mr. Sujesh Sreedharan
    Mr. Ranjith G.
    Dr. Manoj G.
    Dr. Sivakumar K. G. V.
    Mr. Anoop Gopinathan
    Mr. Subhash N. N.
    Mr. Arvind Kumar Prajapati

Books and Journals edited

  • Editorial member of the Institute journal 'Opinions in Medical Sciences, Technology and Health'

Reviewer

  • Member of expert panel to scrutinize the applications under Student Project Scheme

Technology Transferred

  • Swab Collection Booth, commercialized and technology transferred to M/s. HLL Lifecare Limited, Thiruvananthapuram, M/s. HMG (India), Mumbai, M/s. JADRO Steel LLP, Panchla, Howrah, Kolkatta, M/s. Sivapriya Exim Pvt.Ltd, Annanagar, Chennai, M/s. TVS Supply Chain Solution Limited, Indiranagar, Bengaluru, M/s. Kanjikode Industries Forum, Kerala, Role Co-PI
  • Examination Booth, commercialized and technology transferred to M/s. HLL Lifecare Limited, Thiruvananthapuram, M/s. HMG (India), Mumbai, M/s. JADRO Steel LLP, Panchla, Howrah, Kolkatta, M/s. Sivapriya Exim Pvt.Ltd, Annanagar, Chennai, M/s. TVS Supply Chain Solution Limited, Indiranagar, Bengaluru, M/s. Kanjikode Industries Forum, Kerala, Role Co-PI

प्रकाशन

Article

  1. Amal Gopan GS, Saurabh S. Nair, Arun Gopalakrishnan, Anoop Ayyappan, Baiju S. Dharan, Sruthy J. Chandran, Role of Hematocrit Variations and Non-Newtonian Blood Behavior in Fontan Circulation Hemodynamics: A Pilot Study, Heart Failure Journal of India, 2025, 10.4103/hfji.hfji_38_25, https://journals.lww.com/hfji/fulltext/2025/09000/role_of_hematocrit_variations_and_non_newtonian.8.aspx
  2. Saurabh S. Nair, Arun Gopalakrishnan, Anoop Ayyappan, Sudip Dutta Baruah, Baiju S. Dharan, Sujesh Sreedharan, Computational fluid dynamics-driven optimization of Fontan surgery from patient-specific data: A pilot study, Annals of Pediatric Cardiology, 2026, 10.4103/apc.apc_78_25, https://journals.lww.com/aopc/fulltext/2025/07000/computational_fluid_dynamics_driven_optimization.7.aspx
  3. Nair SS, Prajapati AK, Venkatesan RB, Vayalappil MC, Kishore A, Design and Evaluation of Chitra Swab Collection Booths for Health Professionals in COVID-19 Pandemic, Transactions of the Indian national academy of engineering, 2020, doi: 10.1007/s41403-020-00167-x, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7457223/

Conference proceedings

  1. Thansiya P A, Saurabh Nair, Subhash NN, Manish M., CFD-Based Analysis of Microscale Manufacturing Variations in Coronary Stents and their Hemodynamic Consequences, 1st International Conference on Thermofluids Engineering (INCOTHERM-2025), 2025,
  2. Saurabh S. Nair, Dr. Anoop. A, Dr. Arun Gopalakrishnan, Amal Gopan G. S, Sruthy J. Chandran, Impact of Patient-Specific Hematocrit on Computational Modeling for Evaluating Fontan Circuit Effectiveness, 40th International Conference – Bio-MANTHAN 2025, 2025,
  3. Saurabh S. Nair, S. Sujesh, Bipin T. Varghese, Akhil, K. R. Mahesh, Fluid Structure interaction study for the performance evaluation of a newly developed voice prosthesis device, NAFEMS WORLD CONGRESS 2021, 2021,
  4. Anoop Gopinathan, Muraleedharan C V, Saurabh S Nair, FLUID STRUCTURAL INTERACTION STUDY FOR A LOW REYNOLDS NUMBER, LOW GAP FLOW ACROSS A PRESSURE OPENING SPRING LOADED VALVE, NAFEMS WORLD CONGRESS 2023, 2023,

Patent

  1. Hien DUONG , Mississauga ( CA ) ; Vijay KANDASAMY , T . Palur ( IN ) ; Saurabh S . NAIR, Nalanchira ( IN ), VANE DIFFUSER AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A COMPRESSOR HAVING SAME, US Patent, 2020, , https://patents.google.com/patent/US10823197B2/en