Faculty Profile

Dr. Aashish Sahu

Assistant Professor

Department of Mining Engineering

School of Engineering

  aashish.sahu@opju.ac.in

  •  PhD in Mining Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines), Dhanbad - 2023.
  •  M. Tech. in Mining Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines), Dhanbad - 2017.
  •  B.Tech. in Mining Engineering from Govt. Engg. Collage (GEC) Bilaspur- 2014.
  •  Working as an Assistant Professor in OP Jindal University, Raigarh (C.G), from November 2024 to till date.
  •  Worked as an Assistant Professor in Govt. Engg. Collage Bilaspur from March 2023 to November 2024.
  •  Worked as an Assistant Professor in MATS University, Raipur from September 2014 to July 2015.
  •  Worked as a Research Scholar in the Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines), Dhanbad from Aug 2017 to Feb 2023.
  •  Mine Ventilation and Environment
  •  Coal dust and Methane gas explosion
  •  Mine health, safety, and hazard
  •  Dust generation and its dispersion
  •  Application of CFD in Mine Ventilation
  •  Sahu A., Mishra D.P., (2023) Coal mine explosions in India: Management failure, safety lapses and mitigative measures. The Extractive Industries and Society, Vol. 14, 101233 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.exis.2023.101233
  •  Sahu A., Mishra D.P., (2023) Effects of intrinsic properties, particle size, bulk density, and specific gravity on thermal properties of coal dust. Environment Science and Pollution Research, 30, 41236–41252. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-022-25035-9
  •  Sahu A., Mishra D.P., (2022) Investigation of lag on ignition of coal dust clouds under varied experimental conditions. Advanced Powder Technology, Vol. 33 (11), 103804. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apt.2022.103804
  •  Sahu A., Mishra D.P., (2024) Prevention and suppression of coal dust explosion in underground coal mines: role of rock dust type, particle size, proportion, concentration, and thermal properties. Advanced Powder Technology, Vol. 35 (2), 104343. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apt.2024.104343
  •  Sahu A., Mishra D.P. (2022). Coal dust monitoring and computational simulations of dust dispersion in continuous miner development heading through auxiliary ventilation systems. Current Sciences, Vol. 122: 1-11. doi: 10.18520/cs/v122/i4/419-428
  •  Sahu A., Mishra D. P., Panigrahi D. C. (2018) Design of Auxiliary Ventilation System for Effective Dust Dispersion in Underground Coal Mine Development Heading—A Computational Simulation Approach. Proceedings of the 11th International Mine Ventilation Congress. Science Press and Springer Nature Singapore. 146-158. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-1420-9_13
  •  Sahu A., Mishra D.P., (2024) Suppression of coal dust explosion using limestone and dolomite rock dust inertants. Proceedings of the 12th International Mine Ventilation Congress 2024. Sydney, Australia, 491-503.
  •  Sahu A, Asif M, Naveen P, Panigrahi D. C. (2018). “Stable Isotope Geochemistry of Coalbed Gas with Special Focus on CO2”. American Geophysical Union 2018 Fall Meeting. Washington, DC.
  •  Sahu A., Mishra D.P., Panigrahi D.C. (2018) Coal dust explosibility and explosion characteristics- An overview. Recent Challenges in Mining Industry. Vol. 1: 289-295.
  •  Sahu A., Mishra D.P., (2024) Explosion flame propagation behavior of coal dust under different experimental conditions. Proceedings of International Conference on Mine Ventilation and Environment for Green Mining 2024, Puri, Odisha, 121-132.
  •  One-week workshop on “National Training Program on Research Methodology” organized by FDC IIT (ISM) Dhanbad, 2017.
  •  Three days’ workshop on “Thesis writing style” organized at IIT (ISM), Dhanbad 2018.
  •  Invited for Expert lecture by Govt. Polytechnic College Bilaspur on titled “Coal dust generation, dispersion, and its control in underground coal mines” on 17th May 2023.
  •  Received an Appreciation Certificate for presenting a paper at the 11th International Mine Ventilation Congress held in Xi’an, China, 2018.
  •  Member of Technical Committee “Mine Ventilation and Environment for Green Mining (MVEGM-2024).
  •  Received a travel grant from CSIR to attend the international congress in Xi’an, China, 2018.
  •  Four times GATE (Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering) qualified in Mining Engineering in 2016, 2017, 2019, and 2023. (GATE is a national-level entrance examination for graduate programs in IITs).
  •  Associate Member in The Institution of Engineers (India) (AM3007378).
  •  Reviewer- Extractive Industries and Society (Elsevier).
  •  Reviewer- Combustion Science and Technology (Taylor and Francis).
  •  Reviewer - Mine Ventilation and Environment for Green Mining (MVEGM-2024) by Department of Mining Engineering, IIT (ISM), Dhanbad.
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