Adya Karthikeyan, University of Ottawa

Research

energy transport boiling heat transfer surface modification surface wettability momentum transport biodegradable polymers carbon footprint industrial operations

Latest funding

Enhancing nuclear reactor safety using surface engineering
NSERC · 2025 · Principal investigator
$180,000
Surface engineering to reduce carbon footprint of industrial operation
NSERC · 2024 · Principal investigator
$40,000
Surface engineering to reduce carbon footprint of industrial operation
NSERC · 2024 · Principal investigator
$12,500

All 3 grants and awards

Enhancing nuclear reactor safety using surface engineering

Principal investigatorNSERC2025Advantage

Principal investigators: Karthikeyan, Adya

Keywords: Nuclear energy; Energy efficiency

$180,000

Surface engineering to reduce carbon footprint of industrial operation

Principal investigatorNSERC2024Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Karthikeyan, Adya

Keywords: energy transport; boiling heat transfer; surface modification; surface wettability; momentum transport; biodegradable polymers; carbon footprint; industrial operations

$40,000

Surface engineering to reduce carbon footprint of industrial operation

Principal investigatorNSERC2024Discovery Launch Supplement

Principal investigators: Karthikeyan, Adya

Keywords: energy transport; boiling heat transfer; surface modification; surface wettability; momentum transport; biodegradable polymers; carbon footprint; industrial operations

$12,500

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: energy transport Dear Professor Karthikeyan, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. Your research on energy transport connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your NSERC-funded project "Enhancing nuclear reactor safety using surface engineering" (2025), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]