My research interests include:

• Carbon capture technologies, focusing on Cryogenic Carbon Capture in particular. 
• Advanced power cycles, such as Supercritical CO2 for waste heat recovery, Allam cycle.
• Thermal storage system integration with renewable and traditional power sources. 
• Gas turbine heat transfer, focusing on the secondary flows (cooling, sealing, purging) systems. 

• New Two-Fluid Model Near-Wall Averaging and Consistent Matching for Turbulent Bubbly Flows
  A. Vaidheeswaran, D. Prabhudharwadkar, P. Guilbert, J. R. Buchanan, M. L. de-Bertodano
  ASME Journal of Fluids Engineering, 139(1): 011302, 2017

• Assessment of the subcooled boiling wall boundary condition for CFD simulations
  D. M. Prabhudharwadkar, M. L. de-Bertodano, T. Hibiki, J. R. Buchanan
  International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer (79),602-617, 2014

• CFD Simulation of adiabatic two-phase flow in the cap bubble regime using the two-group Interfacial Area Transport Equations (IATE)
  D. M. Prabhudharwadkar, M. L. de-Bertodano, J. R. Jr. Buchanan, P. A. Guilbert
  Journal of Computational Multiphase Flow (4), 363-374, 2012

• Simulation of Hydrogen Mitigation in Catalytic Recombiner: Part-I: Comparison of Various Modeling Approaches
  D. Prabhudharwadkar, P. Aghalayam, K. Iyer
  Nuclear Engineering and Design (241), 4, 1746-1757, 2011

• Simulation of Hydrogen Mitigation in a Catalytic Recombiner: Part-II – Formulation of a CFD model
  D. Prabhudharwadkar, K. Iyer
  Nuclear Engineering and Design (241) 5,1758-1767, 2011

• Simulation of Hydrogen Distribution in an Indian Nuclear Reactor Containment
  D. Prabhudharwadkar, K. Iyer, M. Mohan, S. Bajaj, S. Markandeya
  Nuclear Engineering and Design (241), 3, 832-842, 2011
• Experimental study of liquid carryover in a separator drum
  D. Prabhudharwadkar, R. More, K. Iyer
  Nuclear Engineering and Design (240), 1, 76-83, 2010.

• Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India, 2008

• 2020-Present: Research Scientist, Clean Combustion Research Center, KAUST, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia.
  
• 2017-2020: Senior Systems Engineer, GE Gas Power, Dubai, UAE.
  
• 2011-2017: Research & Lead Engineer, GE Global Research, Bangalore, India.
  
• 2008-2011: Postdoctoral Research Associate, School of Nuclear Engineering, Purdue University, USA.

• 2018: Winner of the GE Global Innovation Challenge - Future of Energy.
• 2018: Impact award by GE Gas Power, Middle East.
• 2015: Fastworks Award by GE Global Research, USA, for accelerated technology transfer into product.
• 2013: Rookie of the Year Award by Aero-Thermal Systems, GE Global Research, USA.
• 2012: "Clear Thinker" Award from GE Aviation, USA.

• Clean Combustion Research Center (CCRC)

• Division of Physical Sciences and Engineering (PSE)