Pushpendra Kumar Viswakarma
Assistant Professor

Area Of Interest
- Fire Dynamics
- Forest Fire Safety
- Fire and Evacuation modeling
- Computational Fluid Dynamics
Education/Scientific Career
- 03.2024 – Present Research Associate – Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee Optimizing the routine pattern of fire detectors in aero engine (DRDO, India)
- 12.2022 – 04.2024 Deputy Engineer (Public Health Engineering & Fire Fighting) Jacobs Solutions India Private Limited
- 12.2017 – 05.2024 Research Scholar (Fire Safety Engineering, Technological Risk Research and Analysis Group (TRAG)) Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee, Uttarakhand,India
- 08.2015 – 12.2017 Assistant Professor (Mechanical Engineering Department) Sagar Group of Institutions, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India
- 06.2013 – 06.2015 Post-Graduation (M.Tech) in Chemical Engineering Specialization: Industrial Safety and Hazard Management Institute: Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, India CGPA: 7.439/10 – First Class
- 06.2007 – 06.2011 Graduation (B.E.) in Mechanical Engineering Institute: Technocrats Institute of Technology, Bhopal, India Percentage: 67.03/100 – First Class
- 2005 – 2006 Higher Secondary Examination
Board: MPBSE (Madhya Pradesh Board of Secondary Education)
Percentage: 79.55/100 - First Class with Distinction
School: Govt. Excellence School, Shahdol, Madhya Pradesh, India - 2003-2004 High School Examination
Board: MPBSE (Madhya Pradesh Board of Secondary Education)
Percentage: 77.40/100 - First Class with Distinction
School: Govt. Excellence School, Shahdol, Madhya Pradesh, India
Publications
- P. K. Vishwakarma, Saumitra Mishra, K. B. Mishra, A. Aravind Kumar, The Effect of Fuel Rotation on Different Characteristics of Fire Whirls: An Experimental Analysis, Fire Technology, 59, 2587–2619 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10694-023-01418-3 (Springer)
- Praveen Vijayan, G. K. Thampi, P. K. Vishwakarma, A. Palacios, Evaluation of Flame Geometry of Horizontal Turbulent Jet Fires in Reduced Pressures: A Numerical Approach, Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries, Volume 80, 2022, ISSN 0950-4230. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jlp.2022.104931 (Elsevier)
- P. K. Vishwakarma, K. B. Mishra, Influence of Sequential Fireballs on Thermal Safety Distance Estimations for Organic Peroxide Drums, Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries, Volume 75, 2021, ISSN 0950-4230. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jlp.2021.104683 (Elsevier)
- S. Mishra, P. K. Vishwakarma, A. Sharma, K. B. Mishra, Experimental Investigation of Small-Scale CS2 (Carbon Disulphide) Pool Fires, Process Safety and Environmental Protection, Volume 145, 2021, pp. 203–210, ISSN 0957-5820. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psep.2020.08.002 (Elsevier)
- A. Sharma, P. K. Vishwakarma, S. Mishra, K. B. Mishra, Visible Length and Thermal Radiation of WCO Biodiesel and Ethanol Pool Fires, Fuel, Volume 280, 2020, ISSN 0016-2361. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2020.118396 (Elsevier)
- P. K. Vishwakarma, K. B. Mishra, A. Aravind Kumar, Experimental Investigation on the Variation in Solid Fuel Fire Whirl Properties with Imposed and Fuel Rotation, Fire Technology, 2024, pp. 1–40. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10694-024-01627-4
- R. K. Upadhyay, P. K. Vishwakarma, K. B. Mishra, Failure Analysis of a Separator under Various Thermal Loading: A Numerical Study, Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries, 91, 105399 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jlp.2024.105399
- A. Sharma, S. Mishra, P. K. Vishwakarma, R. K. Upadhyay, K. B. Mishra, Visibility Analysis of Methanol and Gasoline Blended Diffusion Flames, Fire Technology (First review submitted, Springer)
