Akilan is working on providing a systematic basis for selecting and optimizing multifunctional heat exchangers for HEPS systems on the basis of heat transfer testing, tensile testing, low-cycle fatigue testing, corrosion testing, digital model integration and digital twin as a part of the AGIL project. The focus is placed on the experimental and numerical evaluation of additively manufactured lightweight structures and heat exchanger concepts.

Hybrid electric drive systems, thermal systems & management, heat transfer

1. Tianxiao Xie, Akilan Mathiazhagan, Daniel Barkowski, Tommy Starick, H. Peter Berg & Klaus Höschler, "Comparison of convective heat transfer in metal foam-filled channels of three different cross-sections", Numerical Heat Transfer, Part A: Applications (2023), DOI: 10.1080/10407782.2023.2181892
2. Akilan Mathiazhagan, Dikshant Sharma, Tianxiao Xie & Klaus Höschler, " A comparative study of partially and entirely filled porous media for battery thermal management", IGTC Kyoto Conference 2023.
3. Karunakar Reddy Konda, Akilan Mathiazhagan, Tianxiao Xie & Klaus Höschler, " Thermal management system of a hybrid-electric propulsion systems integrated with compact heat exchanger concepts", IGTC Kyoto Conference 2023.
4. Akilan Mathiazhagan, " Optimization of a surface heat exchanger integrated in a Fan Outlet Guide Vane Cooler in jet aeroengines", Master thesis in collaboration with Rolls Royce University Technology Centre at BTU.
5. Mathiazhagan, A., Toshiya, H. (2021), „Improvement of Analytical Propagator”, 43rd COSPAR Scientific Assembly.

1. Research assistant at the chair of Aeroengine Design (Prof. Dr.-Ing. Klaus Höschler), Brandenburgische Technische Universität Cottbus-Senftenberg (2022 - now)
2. Research Assistant at the TFC (Turbo-Fuel Cell) Project, Brandenburgische Technische Universität Cottbus-Senftenberg (2021-2022) 
3. Master student in TFM-ASA Masters Program, Brandenburgische Technische Universität Cottbus-Senftenberg (2019-2021)