Associate Professor
Mechanical Engineering
Thermal engineering, Combustion, Numerical simulations, Payload drones, Renewable energy, Particulate matter and chemistry.
Numerical simulations, Combustion, Nonthermal plasma catalytic reforming, Reduction catalyst.
PhD in Mechanical Engineering from Anna University, Chennai
ME in Thermal Engineering from Government College of Technology, Coimbatore
BE in Mechanical Engineering from Government College of Engineering, Bargur
Associate professor at SR University, Warangal, from 2026-08-14 to .
Postdoctoral fellow at Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden, from 2023-12-05 to 2026-07-17.
Postdoctoral fellow at Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India, from 2022-01-24 to 2023-11-17.
Senior project engineer at Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India, from 2020-12-16 to 2022-01-22.
Postdoctoral fellow at Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India, from 2018-11-02 to 2020-12-30.
Assistant professor at Shri Shakthi Institute of Engineering and Technology, Coimbatore, from 2015-06-06 to 2016-11-30.
M.Krishnamoorthi, R.Malayalamurthi, Experimental investigation on performance, emission behavior and exergy analysis of a variable compression ratio engine fueled with diesel - aegle marmelos oil - diethyl ether blends. Energy, vol.128, 2017, pp 312-328.
M.Krishnamoorthi, R.Malayalamurthi, Combined effect of compression ratio, injection pressure and injection timing on performance and emission of a DI compression ignition engine fueled with diesel- aegle marmelos oil-diethyl ether blends using response surface methodology. Energy & Fuel 2017; 31:11362-11378.
M.Krishnamoorthi, R.Malayalamurthi, Availability analysis, performance, combustion and emission behavior of bael oil โ diesel โ diethyl ether blends in a variable compression ratio diesel engine. Renewable Energy 2018; 119:235-252.
M.Krishnamoorthi, R.Malayalamurthi, Effect of exhaust gas recirculation and charge inlet temperature on performance, combustion and emission characteristics of diesel engine with bael oil blends. Energy & Environment 2018; vol. 29(3), pp 372-391
M.Krishnamoorthi, R.Malayalamurthi, Experimental investigation on the availability, performance, combustion and emission distinctiveness of bael oil/ diesel/ diethyl ether blends powered in a variable compression ratio diesel engine. Heat and Mass Transfer 2018; 54(7): 2023-2044
M.Krishnamoorthi, R.Malayalamurthi, The influence of charge air temperature and exhaust gas recirculation on the availability analysis, performance and emission behavior of diesel - bael oil - diethyl ether blend operated diesel engine. Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology, 2018; 32 (4): 1835-1847
M.Krishnamoorthi, R.Malayalamurthi, TOPSIS based parametric optimization of compression ignition engine performance and emission behavior with bael oil blends for different EGR and charge inlet temperature. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2018; 25: 19040-19053
M.Krishnamoorthi, R.Malayalamurthi, Mohamed Shameer P, RSM based optimization of performance and emission characteristics of DI compression ignition engine fuelled with diesel/ aegle marmelos oil/ diethyl ether blends at varying compression ratio, injection pressure and injection timing. Fuel 2018; 221: 283-297.
M.Krishnamoorthi, R.Malayalamurthi, Engine characteristics analysis of chaulmoogra oil blends and corrosion analysis of injector nozzle using scanning electron microscopy/energy dispersive spectrometry. Energy 2018; 165: 1292-1319
B.Shreeram, I.Rajendran, M.Krishnamoorthi. The influence of ceramic coated piston crown, exhaust gas recirculation, compression ratio and engine load on the performance and emission behaviour of kapok oil - diesel blend operated diesel engine in comparison with thermal analysis. Environmental Science and Pollution Research 2019; DOI: 10.1007/s11356-019-05678-x
N.Vadivel, P.Somasundaram, M.Krishnamoorthi, R.Sakthivel, Experimental investigation and exergy analysis on homogeneous charge compression ignition engine fueled with natural gas and diethyl ether. Environmental Science and Pollution Research 2019; DOI: 10.1007/s11356-018-04089-8
M.Krishnamoorthi, R.Malayalamurthi, R.Sakthivel, Optimization of compression ignition engine fuelled with diesel-chaulmoogra oil-diethyl ether blend with engine parameters and exhaust gas recirculation. Renewable Energy 2019; 134: 579-602.
N.Hariharan, V.Senthil, SV.Karthic, M.Krishnamoorthi. Influence of hydrogen enrichment on the combustion, efficiency and emissions of dual fuel engine. Energy Sources Part A Recovery Utilization and Environmental effects 2019; 1-20.
M.Krishnamoorthi, R.Malayalamurthi, Z.He, K.Sabariswaran. A review on low temperature combustion engines: performance, combustion and emission characteristics. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 2019; 116: 109404
N.Hariharan, V.Senthil, M.Krishnamoorthi, SV.Karthic. Application of Artificial Neural Network and response surface methodology for predicting and optimizing dual-fuel CI engine characteristics using hydrogen and biofuel with water injection. Fuel 2020; 270: 117576
M.Krishnamoorthi, S.Sreedhara, Pavan Prakash Duvvuri. Experimental, numerical and exergy analyses of a dual fuel combustion engine fuelled with syngas and biodiesel/diesel blends. Applied Energy 2020; 263: 114643
M.Krishnamoorthi, S.Sreedhara, Pavan Prakash Duvvuri. Numerical analysis of the effects of direct dual fuel injection on the compression ignition engine. ACS Omega 2020, 5(46): 30047-30058
M.Krishnamoorthi, S.Sreedhara, Pavan Prakash Duvvuri. The effect of low reactivity fuels on the dual fuel mode combustion engine with exergy and soot analyses. Fuel 2020; 290: 120031.
Avinash Kumar Agarwal, M.Krishnamoorthi. Review of morphological and chemical characteristics of particulates from compression ignition engines. Int. Journal of Engine Research 2022
Avinash Kumar Agarwal, Vishnu Singh Solanki, M.Krishnamoorthi. Gasoline Compression Ignition (GCI) combustion in a light-duty engine using double injection strategy. Applied Thermal Engineering 2023, 223, 12006
Avinash Kumar Agarwal, Vishnu Singh Solanki, M.Krishnamoorthi. Influence of pilot and main injection strategies on gasoline compression ignition engine โ Part 2: performance and emissions characteristics. SAE I J of Engines. Doi: 10.4271/03-16-06-0047
Avinash Kumar Agarwal, Vishnu Singh Solanki, M.Krishnamoorthi. Influence of pilot and main injection strategies on gasoline compression ignition engine โ Part 1: combustion characteristics. SAE I J of Engines. Doi: 10.4271/03-16-06-0046
Avinash Kumar Agarwal, M.Krishnamoorthi, Harsimran Singh. Experimental study on macroscopic and microscopic spray characteristics of gasoline-diesel blends for GCI engine applications. Fuel 2024.
M.Krishnamoorthi, Harsimran Singh, Avinash Kumar Agarwal. Effect of injection strategy on performance, regulated and unregulated emissions of gasoline compression ignition engine. ASME Open Journal of Engineering 2024. DOI: 10.1115/1.4065107
Avinash Kumar Agarwal, M.Krishnamoorthi. Particulates and lubricating oil tribology studies of a medium-duty gasoline compression ignition engine. ASME Open Journal of Engineering 2024. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4065128
Avinash Kumar Agarwal, M.Krishnamoorthi. Morphological and chemical characteristics of particulates from a medium-duty gasoline compression ignition engine. Atmospheric Environment 2025. DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2025.121657.
M.Krishnamoorthi, Dahlander P, Helmantel A, Alemahdi N, Lehto K. Effect of renewable fuel blends on particulate emissions under medium engine load and injector coking conditions in a GDI engine. SAE Technical Paper 2026. DOI: 10.4271/2026-01-0301.
M.Krishnamoorthi, Dahlander P, Helmantel A, Alemahdi N, Lehto K. Effect of renewable fuel blends on particulate emissions in warm-up conditions in a GDI engine. SAE Technical Paper 2026.DOI: 10.4271/2026-01-0304
M Krishnamoorthi, Avinash Kumar Agarwal. Combustion Modelling and In-Cylinder Fuel Distribution in a Gasoline Compression Ignition Engine at Varying Speeds. Journal of Energy Resources Technology, Part A 2026. DOI:10.1115/1.4072123.
M.Krishnamoorthi, Petter Dahlander, Ayolt Helmantel, Nike Alemahdi, Kalle Lehto. Influence of piston cooling jet and renewable fuel blends on particulate emissions in a gasoline engine. Fuel 2026. DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2026.140897.
An amount of 21 lakh was received to develop a gasoline compression ignition (GCI) engine for heavy-duty automotive applications to control particulate and nitrogen oxide emissions. The fellowship also included.
An Indian patent.
Sir C V Raman Young Scientist Award issued by the International Society for Energy, Environment and Sustainability, India ยท Dec 2022
Best Paper Award in the track issued by the International Society for Energy, Environment and Sustainability, India ยท Dec 2022
International Travel Support issued by the Science and Engineering Research Board, Government of India.