Specialization

Heat Transfer, Nanofluids, Solar cells, Fuel cells, Metaheuristic optimization

Email

parminder.singh@thapar.edu

Contact No.

+91-9915951688

Education
•    Ph.D.: Heat Transfer, Nanofluids, Energy Research Centre, Panjab University, Chandigarh,2018.
•    M.E. (Chemical): Dr. SSBUICET, Panjab University, Chandigarh, 2007.
•    B.E. (Chemical): Dr. SSBUICET, Panjab University, Chandigarh, 2004.

Experience

Courses Taught
•    UG : Transport Phenomena, Process Dynamics & Control, Thermofluids, Material & Energy Balance, Process Optimization and statistical analysis, Thermodynamics.
•    PG: Transport Phenomena, Process Dynamics & Control, Process Optimization, Computational methods in Chemical Engineering.

List of Research Publications

SCI publication

• Singh P, Sandhu A, Khan Y, Raman R, Barmavatu P and Garg A (2025) Energy-efficient parameter estimation of solid oxide fuel cells under varying pressure conditions using the black widow optimization algorithm. doi: 10.3389/fenrg.2025.1659232.
• Hsu, Chou-Yi, Abhinav Kumar, Muhamed Hussain, Mohd Shukri Ab Yajid, N. Beemkumar, Manoj Kumar Ojha, Varinder Singh, Vatsal Jain, Parminder Singh, and Samim Sherzod. "Synthesis of polylactic acid/Henna polymer composite and its application in optimizing drilling fluid rheology and filtration performance." Scientific Reports 15, no. 1 (2025): 38942.
• Saadh, Mohamed J., Saade Abdalkareem Jasim, Abdullah Hasan Jabbar, Anjan Kumar, Qusay Husam Aziz, Patricio Abarca, Freddy Ajila, Parminder Singh, and Pallavi Ghildiyal. "Catalysis of hydrogen evolution reaction by nanocomposite electrodes composed of copper nanoparticles based on carbon quantum dots as highly efficient electrocatalyst." Journal of Dispersion Science and Technology 46, no. 12 (2025): 1857-1865.
• Asiri, Mohammed, Vicky Jain, Suhas Ballal, Amit Sharma, Munthar Kadhim Abosaoda, Abhayveer Singh, Parminder Singh, Subhashree Ray, and Aashna Sinha. "Palladium nanoparticles stabilized on the BPA-functionalized Fe3O4 as the recoverable catalysts for synthesis of aromatic sulfide by C–S coupling reactions." Scientific Reports 15, no. 1 (2025): 1-14
• Alfaifi, Amani H., Norah Algethami, Hanan A. Althobaiti, Shaker Al-Hasnaawei, Vatsal Jain, Aashna Sinha, and Parminder Singh. "Dehydration of Fructose To 5-Hydroxymethylfurfural Biofuel Using An Ionic Liquid Immobilized SBA-16 Recyclable Catalyst." Journal of Organometallic Chemistry (2025): 123736. (I.F. – 2.4).
• Asiri, Mohammed, Vicky Jain, Suhas Ballal, Rami Oweis, Munthar Kadhim Abosaoda, Abhayveer Singh, Parminder Singh, Subhashree Ray, and Aashna Sinha. "Palladium nanoparticles supported on MnFe2O4/SiO2/TT as highly active and reusable catalysts for the reduction of nitroarenes and oxidation of sulfide." Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids (2025): 112883. (I.F. – 4.9).
• Choudhary, Tanu, Parminder Singh, and Haripada Bhunia. "Pyrolysis of rice straw: a critical review." Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery (2025): 1-12. (I.F. – 4.1).
• Vasudha Kaura, Bhavya Narang, Parminder Singh & Amanpreet Sandhu (2025): Modified particle swarm optimization to determine the kinetic parameters of 2-chlorophenol oxidation in supercritical water, Indian Chemical Engineer, DOI: 10.1080/00194506.2024.2446599. (I.F. – 0.9).
• Parminder Singh, Kulvir Singh, and Haripada Bhunia. "Recent advances in high-temperature solid oxide electrolysis cells for hydrogen production." Indian Chemical Engineer 67.1 (2025): 31-48. (I.F. – 0.9).
• Kumar, Anjan, Mandeep Kaur, M. Atif, Jatinder Kaur, M. G. M. Johar, Muhammad Irsyad Abdullah, Mohammed A. El-Meligy, and P. Singh. "Perovskite solar cells with a performance exceeding 20% with benzoic acid-assisted green anti-solvent." Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics 35, no. 26 (2024): 1753. (I.F. – 2.8).
• Khan, Yunis, Zafar Said, Roshan Raman, P. Singh, Mohammad Mehdi Rashidi, Hakan Caliskan, and Aman Garg. "Improving single-slope passive solar still efficiency through integration of phase change materials and Al2O3 nanoparticles." Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry (2024): 1-10. (I.F. – 3.0).
• Kumar, Anjan, Emad Abouel Nasr, Emad Mahrous Awwad, Angel Geovanny Guamán Lozano, Irwanjot Kaur, Pallavi Ghildiyal, P. Singh, and Julio César Moyano Alulema. "Enhanced Optoelectrical Properties and Stability of Solvent-Based Perovskite Solar Cells Using Ellagic Acid Additives." Optical Materials (2024): 115864. (I.F. – 3.8).
• Investigation of the Effect of Halide Counterions on the Potential Corrosion Inhibitor in Imidazolium-Based Ionic Liquids – L.A. Adam, S. Sharma, A. Yadav, P. Singh, S.M. Saeed, R. R. Abbass, Ali H. Hameed, and M. M. Kadhim. -  Phosphorus, Sulfur, and Silicon and the Related Elements, (2024), 1–8. (I.F. – 1.31).
• Parametric Optimization of Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell Using Chaotic Swarm Intelligence Technique - Kaura, V., Narang, B., Singh, P., & Sandhu, A.- Chemical Engineering & Technology., 2024.  (I.F. – 2.215).
• NiOx/PANI nanocomposite doped carbon paste as electrode for long-term stable and highly efficient perovskite solar cells - Anjan Kumar, Mohammed Ahmed Mustafa, Ahmed Fouly, Pardeep Singh Bains, Rohit Sharma, Yashwant Singh Bisht, Emad Mahrous Awwadi and P. Singh- RSC Adv., 2024, 14, 13374.  (I.F. – 4.036).
• Calotropis-mediated biosynthesis of TiO2@SnO2/Ag nanocomposites for efficient perovskite photovoltaics – A. Kumar, M.K.A. Mohammed, A. A.Telba, E. M. Awwad, N. Ulloa, B. V. Barahona, H. Kaur, P. Singh. Optical Materials (2024),151,115402. (I.F. – 3.75)
• Catalysis of hydrogen evolution reaction by nanocomposite electrodes composed of copper nanoparticles based on carbon quantum dots as highly efficient electrocatalyst – M. J. Saadh , S. A. Jasim,  A. H. Jabbar, A. Kumar, Q. H. Aziz , P. Abarca, F. Ajila, P. Singh  & P. Ghildiyal. Journal of Dispersion Science and Technology (2024), 1–9. (I.F. – 2.04)
• Performance Assessment and Working Fluid Selection of the Novel Combined Helium Brayton Cycle and Organic Rankine Cycle Based on Solar Power Tower for Sustainable Generation - Khan, Y., Apparao, D., Gawande, S., Singh, N., Bisht, Y. S., & P. Singh. Iranian Journal of Science and Technology, Transactions of Mechanical Engineering (2024): 1-16. (I.F. – 1.3)
• Enhancement of the photocatalytic activity of rGO/ NiO/Ag nanocomposite for degradation of methylene blue dye - Durgesh Singh, Khalid Mujasam Batoo, Sajjad Hussain, Anjan Kumar, Qusay Husam Aziz, Fatime Satar Sheri,  Hayder Tariq and P. Singh - RSC Adv., 2024, 14, 2429. (I.F. – 4.036)
• The outstanding electrochemical performance of porous hexagonal boron nitride as a K-ion battery anode - Tapia, Nelly Esther Flores, Vanessa Valverde, Gabriel Moreano, Subhash Chandra, Luis Buenaño, Ahmad Ismael Saber, Hala Bahair, P. Singh, and Yasser Elmasry - Inorganic Chemistry Communications (2024): 111816. (I.F. – 3.428)
• Improvement quantum capacitance in supercapacitors using vacancy-defected BC3 monolayer, Saadh, Mohamed J., Chou-Yi Hsu, M. I. Sayyed, Anjan Kumar, Anmar Ghanim Taki, P. Singh, Ayat Hussein Adhab, Yasser Elmasry, and Sallal AH Abdullaha - Inorganic Chemistry Communications, 2024, 159, p.111810. (I.F. – 3.428)
• Mixed dimensional engineering to generate a desirable 2D/3D heterostructure perovskite layer to record stable and efficient carbon-based perovskite solar cells, A. Kumar, M.I. Sayyed, A. M. Idris, M.U. Khandaker, P. Singh, H.A. Abbas, K.M A. Alaziz, H. Sharif – Energy & fuels, 2023. (I.F. – 5.3)
• Parameter Estimation Techniques for Photovoltaic System Modeling, MK Singla, J Gupta, P. Nijhawan, P. Singh, NC Giri, E Hendawi, MI Abu El-Sebah – Energies, 2023, 16(17), p.6280. (I.F. – 3.2)
• Potassium hexacyanoferrate (III): A promising additive for perovskite precursors in carbon-based perovskite solar cells - Sayyed, M. I., M. M. Sabugaa, R. Seemaladinne, J. C. O. Gavilán, P. Singh, A. Sharma, and T. Ch Anil Kumar -   Optical Materials 142 (2023): 113986. (I.F. – 3.75)
• Parameter Identification of a Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Model under Different Temperature Conditions, P. Singh & A. Sandhu – Chemical Engineering & Technology, 2023, (I.F. – 2.1)
• Genetic algorithm-based higher-order model reduction of proton exchange membrane fuel cell – H. Kumar, B. Gupta, P. Singh & A. Sandhu – International Journal of Energy Research, 2022, 46(15), 24197 - 24207. (I.F. – 5.164)
• Optimal parameter extraction of proton exchange membrane fuel cell using Henry gas solubility optimization, P. Singh & A. Sandhu – International Journal of Energy Research, 2022, 46(13), 16212-18224. (I.F. – 5.164)
• Hybrid Algorithm for parameter estimation of fuel cell, B. Singh, P. Nijhawan, M.K. Singla, J. Gupta & P. Singh – International Journal of Energy Research, 2022, 46(8), 10644-10655. (I.F. – 5.164)
•  Time scale analysis for prediction of Nusselt number of nanofluids flowing through straight tubes: An experimental study, P. Singh, P. Sharma, R. Gupta, R.K. Wanchoo  - Iranian Journal of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, 2022, 41(1), 291-303. (I.F. – 1.9)
• A Novel Electrochemical Hydrogen Storage-Based Proton Battery for Renewable Energy Storage,  A. S. Oberoi, P. Nijhawan & P. Singh – Energies, 2019, 12 (1), 82-97. (I.F. – 3.25)
• Acetonitrile Dehydration via Extractive Distillation Using Low Transition Temperature Mixtures as Entrainers, B. Sharma, N. Singh, T. Jain, J. P. Kushwaha & P. Singh- Journal of Chemical and Engineering Data, 2018, 63 (8), 2921–2930. (I.F. – 2.69)
• Hydrodynamic Studies on MgO Nanofluid Flowing Through Straight Tubes and Coils,  P Sharma, P. Singh, R. Gupta, R.K. Wanchoo - Journal of Nanofluids, 2017, 6 (3), 558-566(9) (I.F. – 1.74)
• Forced Convective Heat Transfer Studies on Glycol Based Al2O3 Nanofluids Flowing Through Straight Tubes and Helical Coils.  P. Singh, R. Gupta, R.K. Wanchoo - Journal of Nanofluids, 2017, 7 (1), 37-51. (I.F. – 1.74)
• Heat Transfer Characteristics of Propylene Glycol/Water Based Magnesium Oxide Nanofluid Flowing Through Straight Tubes and Helical Coils. P. Singh, P Sharma, R. Gupta, R.K. Wanchoo - Journal of Thermal Engineering, 2018, 4 (1), 1737-1755 (I.F. – 1.59)
• Experimental Investigation of Forced Convection of Glycol-Based CuO Nanofluids Flowing Through Straight Tubes and Helical Coils P. Singh, R. Gupta, R.K. Wanchoo - Journal of Nanofluids, 2017, 6 (2), 220-231(12). (I.F. – 1.74)
• Heat Transfer Characteristics of Nano fluids, P. Singh, R. Gupta, R.K. Wanchoo - Materials Science Forum, 2013, vol. 757, 175-197. (I.F. – 0.48)

Scopus publication

• Sandhu, Amanpreet, and Parminder Singh. "Automatic pill dispenser with personal health care monitoring." In AIP Conference Proceedings, vol. 3121, no. 1. AIP Publishing, 2024.
• A. Sandhu, P. Singh, Optimum design parameters of spiral plate Heat exchanger using Tangent search algorithm, Eur. Chem. Bull. 2023, 12 (si6), 4135 – 4149.
• Nijhawan P, Singh P, Teacher’s Reflection on the transition to Online Teaching during Covid Times, Eur. Chem. Bull. 2023,12(Special issue 4), 10973 – 10984.
• Nijhawan P, Singh P, Strategic linking between Research and Teaching: A Backbone of Active Learning Environment, Eur. Chem. Bull. 2023,12(Special issue 4), 11027 – 11031.
• Singh P, Nijhawan P, Teamwork and Collaboration: Evidence for Learning, Eur. Chem. Bull. 2023,12(Special issue 4), 11032 – 11036.
• Nijhawan P, Singh P, Singla MK. How Effective is India’s Battle against Covid-19 Pandemic? Annals of the Romanian Society for Cell Biology. 2021 Apr 14:5001-12.
• Singh P, Nijhawan P, Dhingra A. Tuning PID Controller for Three Interacting Tanks Using ITAE Performance Criterion. In Sustainable Development Through Engineering Innovations: Select Proceedings of SDEI 2020 2021 (pp. 519-526). Springer Singapore.
• Model Reduction of Linear Time Invariant SISO and MIMO Systems Using Different Optimal Techniques. P. Singh, A. Sandhu, P. Nijhawan, S. Bhutani - International Journal of Advanced Trends in Computer Science and Engineering, 9(5), 2020. 
• Nijhawan P, Singh P, Goyal V, Singla MK. Covid-19 Infected Case Estimation in India Using 5-Pl Model. European Journal of Molecular & Clinical Medicine. 2020;7(10):2020.
• A review on industrial application of nanofluids. P.Singh, S.Bhutani – Journal of Critical Reviews,  7(5) , 2020,  2427-2439.
• Optimizing Interaction Parameters of Various Thermodynamics Models using MATLAB To Estimate Activity Coefficients Of Azeotropic Mixtures. P. Singh, P. Sharma - International Journal of Engineering and Advanced Technology, 9(1), 2020. 
• Improvisation of Coke Quality by Co-Carbonization of Vacuum Residue and Bio Oil: A Batch Process. P. Singh, P. Singh - International Journal of Engineering and Advanced Technology, 9(1), 2019. 
• Experimental heat transfer analysis of copper oxide nanofluids through a straight tube. P.Singh, A. S. Oberoi, P. Nijhawan - International Journal of Advanced Trends in Computer Science and Engineering, 8(3), 2019.
•  Application of Levenberg Marquardt Algorithm for Short Term Load Forecasting: A theoretical investigation- P.Singh, A. S. Oberoi, P. Nijhawan, Singla - Pertanika J. Sci. & Technology 27(3), 2019.
   

Patents

Conferences

Expert Lectures and Talks

• Expert lecture on “Recent advances in high temperature solid oxide electrolysis cell for hydrogen production” at Recent Trends in Energy and Environmental Engineering Applications (RTEEA-2024) at NIT Hamirpur, August, 2024.
• Expert lecture on “Awareness on Indoor Air Pollution” at Chitkara University under the project “Parivartan”, October 2023.
• Expert lecture delivered on “Introduction to MATLAB” at MATLAB workshop organized at SATUNALIA’12 at Thapar University, March, 2012.
• Invited talk delivered on ‘Steady State Process Simulation’ at ASPEN-HYSYS & FLUENT workshop at Thapar University, July 2012.
• Expert lecture on “HYSYS Software Industrial Applications” on 2-3rd November at NIT Jalandhar, 2012.

Awards and Honors

1. Travel Grant, University of Groningen, by TIET, Patiala, March 2018.
2. DST PURSE Grant Scholarship for period, January, 2015 to December, 2015.
3. Gold Medal for Scoring Top position during Post Graduation.
4. GATE Qualified in 2005, 2008 & 2012.