Research Areas: Chemical Engineering
Coal Science & Technology
Computer Science
Environmental Engineering
Industrial Health & Safety
Mining Engineering
Renewable Energy
Education Background: • Ph.D., Mining Engineering, University of Kentucky (December 2018)
• M.S., Mining Engineering, University of Kentucky (December 2015)
• B. Tech, Mining Engineering, Indian School of Mines (May 2010)
About:
Ashish Ranjan Kumar is an assistant professor of mining engineering in the Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering at the Pennsylvania State University. He received his undergraduate in mining engineering from the Indian School of Mines working on airflow modeling around different airfoils of a mine ventilation fan. He held a summer research fellowship at the National Institute of Oceanography, Goa, and worked on reflection seismology applications to underwater seamounts. He obtained his M.S. and Ph.D. from the University of Kentucky researching dust scrubbers. He, later, worked as a post-doctoral scholar and was co-PI on NIOSH-funded research on novel dust filters. He was a post-doctoral fellow at the Missouri University of Science and Technology and taught six courses in the Department of Mining and Explosives Engineering. He, subsequently, worked on underground mine fire and acid-mist suppression efficacy of surfactants in copper electrowinning plants as an assistant research professor. He has worked extensively on mining dust suppression and holds two patents on novel maintenance-free impingement and vortex-type dust filters. He is interested in the automation and control of mining systems. He has expertise in multi-phase computational fluid dynamics models and aerosols transportation.
Research Interests:
• Mine automation and control
• Battery safety
• Aerosol transportation and dust filtration
Memberships & Committees:
• Society of Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration (SME), member
Honors & Awards:
• Henry Krumb lecturer of the SME, 2019 - 2021
• Outstanding dissertation award, University of Kentucky
• WAAIME (Women’s Auxiliary to the American Institute of Mining Engineers) scholarships, 2014, 2016, 2017
• Lewis and Elizabeth W. Young scholarship awarded by The American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers, 2015
• International Society of Explosive Engineers scholarships, 2014, 2015
Amoah, N. A., G. Xu, Ashish R. Kumar, and Y. Wang, (2023). Calibration of low-cost particulate matter sensors for coal dust monitoring, Science of The Total Environment, v. 859, [160336].
Amoah, N. A., Ashish R. Kumar, and G. Xu, (2022). Improved canopy air curtain dust protection using a novel design combining the impinging jet and a two-level manifold, 2022 Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration Annual Conference and Expo, pp. 208-213.
Amorah, N. A., Ashish R. Kumar, Y. Wang, and G. Xu, (2022). Calibration of Low-Cost Particulate Matter Sensors for Coal Dust Monitoring, Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration, pp. 494-500.
Kumar, Ashish R., N. Gupta, and S. Schafrik, (2022). CFD modeling and laboratory studies of dust cleaning efficacy of an efficient four stage non-clogging impingement filter for flooded-bed dust scrubbers, International Journal of Coal Science & Technology, v. 9 (1), pp. 1-9.
Schafrik, S. J., Ashish R. Kumar, and A. Taylor, (2022). U.S. Patent No. 11,338,232. Washington, DC: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
Gupta, N., Ashish R. Kumar, and S. Schafrik, (2021). Laboratory determination of coal dust cleaning efficacy of a fibrous filter for flooded-bed dust scrubber, Minerals, v. 11 (3), [295], pp. 1-9.
Kumar, Ashish R. and S. Schafrik, (2020). Multiphase CFD modeling and laboratory testing of a Vortecone for mining and industrial dust scrubbing applications, Process Safety and Environmental Protection, v. 144, pp. 330-336.
Kumar, Ashish R., A. Levy, A. Kumar, S. Schafrik, and T. Novak, (2020). Computational fluid dynamics modeling and laboratory analysis of aerosol particles' capture on thin swirling water film in a Vortecone, Powder Technology, v. 361, pp. 499-506.
Kumar, Ashish R., S. Schafrik, and O. Velasquez, (2020). Designing, Modeling, and Laboratory Testing of a Non-clogging Impingement Type Filter for Mining Dust Scrubbers, Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration, v. 37 (6), pp. 1911-1918.
Kumar, Ashish R., S. Schafrik, and T. Novak, (2020). Multi-phase computer modeling and laboratory study of dust capture by an inertial Vortecone scrubber, International Journal of Mining Science and Technology, v. 30 (3), pp. 287-291.
