She is a Professor in Department of Applied Science at SIRT-Excellence, Bhopal (M. P.) and has nearly 15 years’ experience of research and teaching. She is M. Sc. Physics (Goldmedalist). She has completed her Ph. D. in March 2017 from Barkatullah University, Bhopal in Physics. Her area of research interest is Condensed Matter Physics. She has been awarded with MANF-UGC, Delhi research Fellowship for her Ph. D. She has been published nearly 35 research articles in SCI and scopus indexed journals. She has granted 42 patents (Laptop Stand, Smart Phone Stand, Book Rest, Adjustable Plier, Multi Size Bottle Stand, Cannel Water Cleaner, Holder for Chalk and Duster etc.) and filed 02 patents. She has published 7 copyrights. She has recently published 9 books. She is a life member of IAENG-Hong Kong, IAPT-IIT Kanpur, IPA-BARC Mumbai, IARA-Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu”. She is in the editorials boards of many journals. Invited as a experts in many events.
Experimental research on transforming different functional thresholds to improve double slope solar still productivity Satyashree Ghodke, Vineet Kumar, Sudesh Singh, Bhavana Ayachit, Ekta Jain Environmental Progress and Sustainable Energy, 2026 The scarcity of fresh water in developing regions necessitates low‐cost and sustainable purification technologies. Conventional solar stills, though economical and maintenance‐free, suffer from inherently low productivity due to limited thermal storage and inefficient utilization of solar energy. This study investigates the modified double‐slope solar still (DSSS) employing three design modifications with an iron wick, a binary eutectic phase change material (PCM) mixture of palmitic and stearic acid, and sandstone. The experimental analysis, conducted in Bhopal, India, under hot and dry summer conditions, compared these designs against a conventional DSSS. Results demonstrated that the PCM‐based still achieved the highest productivity of 2.841 L/m 2 /day, outperforming sandstone (2.505 L/m 2 /day) and iron wick (2.497 L/m 2 /day) configurations, and nearly doubling the yield of the traditional still (1.524 L/m 2 /day). Moreover, the incorporation of PCM enabled sustained evaporation during evening hours due to delayed heat release, while sandstone improved peak‐hour efficiency (20.43%) owing to sensible heat discharge. The use of an iron wick, although less productive than PCM and sandstone, provided improved evaporation kinetics at minimal cost. Overall, these findings confirm that integrating low‐cost materials such as binary eutectic PCMs, sandstones, and wick structures can significantly enhance freshwater output and thermal efficiency of solar stills. The proposed modifications not only deliver up to 86% higher distillate yield than conventional designs but also maintain economic feasibility, with fabrication costs ranging from USD 61.9–70.1. The developed configurations provide a scalable, energy‐independent solution for decentralized potable water production, specifically in remote, arid, and semi‐urban areas that have no centralized infrastructure.
Performance Assessment of a Double-Slope Solar Still Integrated with Adapted Phase-Change Material in Bhopal's Climate Satyashree Ghodke, Vineet Kumar, Sudesh Singh, Bhavana Ayachit, Ekta Jain, Santosh Sanodiya Macromolecular Symposia, 2026 Every day, there are more and more restrictions on access to fresh water worldwide. Numerous human illnesses are linked to contaminated or dirty water sources. Because of unforeseen circumstances and human‐caused water contamination, both developed and developing countries are currently experiencing severe water shortages. The productivity of a modified double‐slope solar still including phase change material (PCM) was assessed through an experiment. The enhancement was accomplished by a binary eutectic solution of stearic and palmitic acids. Stearic and palmitic acids were combined in a beaker, heated to 70°C, agitated for 1 h until homogeneous, and subsequently cooled to room temperature for solidification. They were thereafter placed into containers immersed in the water tank. All experiments were carried out in the winter climate of Bhopal. The average distilled water yields per square meter over the study period were 952 mL and 1083 mL for the traditional and the modified solar still (MSS), respectively. The mean percentage enhancement in freshwater output from the modified solar still (MSS) was determined to be 13.7% in comparison to that of the traditional solar still (TSS).
Fundamentals of Composite Materials Alok Agrawal, Virendra Rajput, Vivek Mishra, Ekta Jain, Gaurav Gupta, Deepak Yaduwanshi Hybrid Materials and Advanced Manufacturing Modern Techniques and Applications Volume II, 2026 Composite material, known for their versatility and superior properties, have increasingly replaced traditional materials across industries. As advanced materials, they offer customizable performance, making them essential in diverse applications. This chapter presents a foundational overview, covering composite classifications, phase functions, and key properties. It also examines various fabrication methods, highlighting their impact on performance, cost, and durability. The final section explores wide-ranging industrial uses. By grasping these core concepts, researchers and engineers can fully leverage composites to drive innovation and efficiency.
Machine Learning Approaches to Predict Thermal Efficiency of Semi-Cylindrical Solar Still with Thermal Energy Storage Materials Ashutosh Singh Raghubanshi, Kshitij Yugbodh, Ekta Jain, Geetanjli Khambra, Rahul Agrawal, Chandra Kumar Pardhi Proceedings 2025 IEEE 1st International Conference on Smart Innovations in Systems Infrastructure Mechanical Power AI and Computing Technologies Sisimpact 2025, 2025 Worldwide demand of drinking water has continuous increased due to fast growing populations and serious concern to deliver for all peoples. Also, the availability of fresh drinking water in remote and coastal area has fewer amounts compare to the requirement for the human being, animals and other application. However, the solar still has been the feasible and sustainable solution for potable water. The present investigation, involves the measurement of thermal efficiency of modified semi cylindrical solar still experimental setup including different energy storage materials such as MSSS1 (Modified semi cylindrical solar still including tray), MSSS2 (Modified semi cylindrical solar still with tray, and gravels), and MSSS3 (Modified semi cylindrical solar still including tray, and PCM). Also predict the thermal efficiency using machine learning approaches such as Multi linear Regression (MLR), AdaBoost Regressor (ABR), and Random Forest Regressor (RFR). The model was developed using the Jupyter notebook web application provided by the anaconda computing package in python programming. However, the model performance was calculated via <tex xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">$\mathrm{R}^{2}$</tex> (coefficient of determination), MSE (Mean square error), RMSE (Root mean square error), and MAE (mean absolute error). Moreover, the maximum energy and exergy recorded for MSSS3 is 67.13% and 19.2 respectively. Also, ABR machine learning model indicates best performance for predicting the thermal efficiency.
Experimental and CFD-Based Investigation of a Double Slope Solar Still with Eutectic PCM Integration Pushpendra Singh, Kshitij Yugbodh, Rahul Agrawal, Manish Joshi, Punam Kumar Agade, Ekta Jain Proceedings 2025 IEEE 1st International Conference on Smart Innovations in Systems Infrastructure Mechanical Power AI and Computing Technologies Sisimpact 2025, 2025 The availability of potable water across the globe is a critical challenge due to overpopulation, industrial expansion, societal development etc. Solar desalination which includes the most prominent device solar still can be used to convert the saline water into potable water by the application of solar energy. However, the major limitation with the conventional type of still is its low yield and its diurnal behaviour which depends on climatic conditions. Therefore, in present work an experimental comparative assessment and a simulation study is carried out between the conventional dual slope solar still (case-1) and developed dual slope solar still integrated with binary eutectic phase change material (case-2) to validate the experimental results. For validation purposes, the CFD analysis results were compared with key experimental parameters, including basin temperature, glass cover temperature, and surface water temperature. The absorber, glass, and PCM temperatures showed minimal deviations, with errors ranging between 0.07% and 7.2% across different parameters. The experimental and simulated yields were 0.26 and <tex xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">$0.29 ~\text{kg} / \mathrm{m}^{2} \cdot \text{hr}$</tex> for case-1, and 0.31 and <tex xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">$0.35 ~\text{kg} / \mathrm{m}^{2} \cdot \text{hr}$</tex> for case-2, respectively. The overall deviations of 10.3% (case-1) and 11.4% (case-2) confirm that the simulation trends closely matched the experimental outcomes, validating the CFD model.
Exploring the elastic, optoelectronic, and thermoelectric properties of a lead-free double perovskite KBaTeBiO 6 via first-principles methods H Karwasara, A Dixit, JA Abraham, M Manzoor, R Sharma, E Jain, A Soni Multiscale and Multidisciplinary Modeling, Experiments and Design 9 (1), 56 , 2026 2026 Citations: 1
Performance Assessment of a Double‐Slope Solar Still Integrated with Adapted Phase‐Change Material in Bhopal's Climate S Ghodke, V Kumar, S Singh, B Ayachit, E Jain, S Sanodiya Macromolecular Symposia 415 (1), e70170 , 2026 2026
Experimental and Computational Approach to Analyze the Performance of the Semi Cylindrical Solar Still with Ag and CuO Nano Materials K Yugbodh, E Jain, R Agarwal, SF Ahmed 2025 IEEE 1st International Conference on Smart Innovations in Systems … , 2025 2025
Experimental and CFD-Based Investigation of a Double Slope Solar Still with Eutectic PCM Integration P Singh, K Yugbodh, R Agrawal, M Joshi, PK Agade, E Jain 2025 IEEE 1st International Conference on Smart Innovations in Systems … , 2025 2025
Machine Learning Approaches to Predict Thermal Efficiency of Semi-Cylindrical Solar Still with Thermal Energy Storage Materials AS Raghubanshi, K Yugbodh, E Jain, G Khambra, R Agrawal, CK Pardhi 2025 IEEE 1st International Conference on Smart Innovations in Systems … , 2025 2025
Experimental research on transforming different functional thresholds to improve double slope solar still productivity S Ghodke, V Kumar, S Singh, B Ayachit, E Jain Environmental Progress & Sustainable Energy, e70224 , 2025 2025
Analytical Observations of Blast Wave Behavior for Generalized Chaplygin Gas D Singh, E Jain Heat Transfer 54 (7), 4331-4336 , 2025 2025 Citations: 1
Comprehensive 6E analysis of stepped tray semi-cylindrical solar still with sensible and latent heat storage materials K Yugbodh, R Agrawal, E Jain, K Sarangapani, BK Ahirwar Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry, 1-14 , 2025 2025 Citations: 1
Comprehensive 8E and 2C analysis of a modified semi-cylindrical solar still with sensible heat storage materials K Yugbodh, R Agrawal, E Jain, K Sarangapani, SK Singh, R Kacker International Journal of Environmental Research 19 (4), 109 , 2025 2025 Citations: 10
Modeling of piston problem for generalized Chaplygin gas E Jain, D Singh, SD Ram Advances in Mathematical and Computational Sciences: Proceedings of The … , 2024 2024
The plane piston problem in a weakly gravitating generalized Chaplygin gas E Jain, D Singh, SD Ram Chinese Journal of Physics 91, 130-139 , 2024 2024 Citations: 2
Energy and economic analysis of semi cylindrical and single slope solar still K Yugbodh, R Agrawal, SF Ahmed, E Jain, K Sarangapani AIP Conference Proceedings 3178 (1), 130012 , 2024 2024
A DFT study on phase transition, electronic structure, optical and electronic properties of PbTe E Jain, SF Ahmed, K Yugbodh, R Tiwari, Y Agrawal, N Muchrikar, ... AIP Conference Proceedings 3149 (1), 100001 , 2024 2024
Modelling of cylindrical blast waves with dust particles D Singh, E Jain Modeling and Simulation of Fluid Flow and Heat Transfer, 110 , 2024 2024
Modelling of cylindrical blast waves with dust particles SD Ram, D Singh, E Jain, M Singh Modeling and Simulation of Fluid Flow and Heat Transfer, 110-125 , 2024 2024 Citations: 1
The behavior of weak shock waves under the influence of weak gravitational field: D Singh et al. D Singh, E Jain, SD Ram Indian Journal of Physics 98 (3), 797-802 , 2024 2024 Citations: 2
First principles investigation on Half metallic ferromagnetism properties of cubic VLaO3 compound DE Jain Materials Today: Procedings , 2023 2023 Citations: 13
Experimental investigation of heat transfer and flow analysis of artificially roughened solar air heater by using double arc reverse shaped roughness with gap on the absorber plate Y Agrawal, K Yugbodh, SF Ahmed, E Jain, JL Bhagoria, A Gautam, ... Materials Today: Proceedings 78, 403-413 , 2023 2023 Citations: 7
First Principles Study of New d 0 Half-Metallic Ferromagnetism in CsBaC Ternary Half-Heusler Alloy D Behera, JA Abraham, R Sharma, SK Mukerjee, E Jain Journal of Superconductivity and Novel Magnetism 35 (11), 3431-3437 , 2022 2022 Citations: 32
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First Principles Study of New d 0 Half-Metallic Ferromagnetism in CsBaC Ternary Half-Heusler Alloy D Behera, JA Abraham, R Sharma, SK Mukerjee, E Jain Journal of Superconductivity and Novel Magnetism 35 (11), 3431-3437 , 2022 2022 Citations: 32
Electronic structure, phase stability and elastic properties of ruthenium based four intermetallic compounds: Ab-initio study E Jain, G Pagare, SS Chouhan, SP Sanyal Intermetallics 54, 79-85 , 2014 2014 Citations: 26
Structural, electronic, elastic and thermal properties of some transition metal CuX (X= Sc and Pd) intermetallics: A FP-LAPW study E Jain, G Pagare, SS Chouhan, SP Sanyal Computational materials science 83, 64-69 , 2014 2014 Citations: 21
First principles investigation on Half metallic ferromagnetism properties of cubic VLaO3 compound DE Jain Materials Today: Procedings , 2023 2023 Citations: 13
Comprehensive 8E and 2C analysis of a modified semi-cylindrical solar still with sensible heat storage materials K Yugbodh, R Agrawal, E Jain, K Sarangapani, SK Singh, R Kacker International Journal of Environmental Research 19 (4), 109 , 2025 2025 Citations: 10
Thermohydraulic performance of solar air heater having discrete double arc roughness elements on absorber plate Y Agrawal, JL Bhagoria, K Yugbodh, E Jain, A Gautam Materials Today: Proceedings 68, 326-334 , 2022 2022 Citations: 8
Density functional investigation on electronic structure and elastic properties of BeX at high pressure G Pagare, E Jain, SP Sanyal Indian Journal of Physics 90 (3), 271-281 , 2016 2016 Citations: 8
Experimental investigation of heat transfer and flow analysis of artificially roughened solar air heater by using double arc reverse shaped roughness with gap on the absorber plate Y Agrawal, K Yugbodh, SF Ahmed, E Jain, JL Bhagoria, A Gautam, ... Materials Today: Proceedings 78, 403-413 , 2023 2023 Citations: 7
High pressure phonon and thermodynamic properties of Ru based intermetallics: A DFT investigation E Jain, G Pagare, S Dubey, R Sharma, Y Sharma Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids 122, 246-254 , 2018 2018 Citations: 6
Full potential linearized augmented plane wave (FP-LAPW) study of intermetallic compound: BeCu E Jain, G Pagare, SS Chouhan International Journal of Advancement in Electronics and Computer Engineering … , 2014 2014 Citations: 6
DFT insights into half metallic ferromagnetism of new cubic PerovskiteVYO3 for spintronics application E Jain, JA Abraham, R Sharma, K Yugbodh, AK Patel Materials Today: Proceedings 68, 392-399 , 2022 2022 Citations: 4
Phonon and thermodynamical properties of CuSc: A DFT study E Jain, G Pagare, S Dubey, SP Sanyal AIP Conference Proceedings 1953 (1), 110033 , 2018 2018 Citations: 3
First-principles theoretical prediction of structural and elastic properties of some AlX intermetallics G Pagare, E Jain, JA Abraham, SP Sanyal AIP Conference Proceedings 1675 (1), 030058 , 2015 2015 Citations: 3
The plane piston problem in a weakly gravitating generalized Chaplygin gas E Jain, D Singh, SD Ram Chinese Journal of Physics 91, 130-139 , 2024 2024 Citations: 2
The behavior of weak shock waves under the influence of weak gravitational field: D Singh et al. D Singh, E Jain, SD Ram Indian Journal of Physics 98 (3), 797-802 , 2024 2024 Citations: 2
Ab initio calculations of B 2 type RHg (R = Ce, Pr, Eu and Gd) intermetallic compounds H Devi, G Pagare, E Jain, SP Sanyal The European Physical Journal B 87 (11), 268 , 2014 2014 Citations: 2
Exploring the elastic, optoelectronic, and thermoelectric properties of a lead-free double perovskite KBaTeBiO 6 via first-principles methods H Karwasara, A Dixit, JA Abraham, M Manzoor, R Sharma, E Jain, A Soni Multiscale and Multidisciplinary Modeling, Experiments and Design 9 (1), 56 , 2026 2026 Citations: 1
Analytical Observations of Blast Wave Behavior for Generalized Chaplygin Gas D Singh, E Jain Heat Transfer 54 (7), 4331-4336 , 2025 2025 Citations: 1
Comprehensive 6E analysis of stepped tray semi-cylindrical solar still with sensible and latent heat storage materials K Yugbodh, R Agrawal, E Jain, K Sarangapani, BK Ahirwar Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry, 1-14 , 2025 2025 Citations: 1
Modelling of cylindrical blast waves with dust particles SD Ram, D Singh, E Jain, M Singh Modeling and Simulation of Fluid Flow and Heat Transfer, 110-125 , 2024 2024 Citations: 1