Group

Solidification and CoDeS (Computational and Data-enabled Simulations) Lab

PhD Students


Abhishek G S (Sharp-interface modeling of solidification, and in situ experimentation)
Amit Jha (External, Magnetohydrodynamics of Smelting of Aluminium, with Prof. Avishek Ranjan and Prof. Atul Sharma)
Jigar Desai (Ultrasonic streaming of liquid melts, with Prof. Atul Sharma)
Ketan Sakalkale (Integrated Computational Modeling of Thermo-mechanical processing)
Kartheek Minnikanti (IITB-Monash, with Prof. Wenyi Yan, Multi-scale microstructural simulations of Additive Manufacturing)
Utkarsh Godwal (Multi-phase modeling of porosity, with Prof. Peter Lee, UCL, UK)
Rakesh Merugu (Novel metallic foams and composites, Co-guide Prof. Asim Tewari)
Vivek Singh (Additive Manufacturing of Superalloys, Co-Guide: Prof. Sushil Mishra, and Prof. Murugaiyan (IITM))
Ankit Tamrakar (Multi-scale studies on shear banding in solidifying mixtures), Co-guide Prof. Peter D. Lee, UCL, UK)

Masters' Students

Sushrut Meshram (Machine learning prediction of anomalies in blast furnace)

Naman Gupta (Discovery of governing equations in feature evolution)

Pragyesh Gupta (IDDDP via C-MINDS)

Pre-doc Resident (C-MINDS)

Nitheesh Sriramoju

Post-doctoral Researchers

Dr. Arijit Sinhababu, (PhD IIT Bubaneshwar)

Past members


Virkeshwar Kumar, Ph.D.: Evolution of natural convection during solidification of multi-component alloys (Graduated 2020, Co-Guide: Prof. Atul Srivastava, first position: CV Raman Post-doc fellow at IISc Bangalore, Currently a faculty member at Dept of Mech. Engg., IIT Kanpur)



Shishira Bhagavath, Ph.D., Formation of porosity during semi-solid deformation of light alloys, Co-guided by Prof. Peter Lee, UCL, UK (Defended Jan 2022, First position: Research Fellow at UCL, London, UK)



Co-guided PhD students

Chaitanya Vundru, Ph.D., 2021, Modeling of laser directed energy deposition (Prof. Ramesh Singh and Prof. Wenyi Yan, Monash), first position: post-doc at Northeastern University, USA

Siddharam Mane, PhD., 2021, Comprehensive Thermal Modelling of Machining Process (Prof. Suhas Joshi), first position: Product Development Engineer at KLA-tencor.

Ganesh Shete, PhD., 2022, Investigation of double-diffusive convection during unidirectional solidification of binary solutions (Prof. Atul Srivastava), first position: Assistant Professor, MIT Pune

Ujjal Tewary, PhD., 2022, Morphology of Graphite in Cast Iron: Origin and Growth Mechanism, (Prof. I. Samajdar, ME&MS Dept)

Diwakar Janghel, PhD., 2023, Study of Shrinkage and Expansion of Phase Change Materials in Thermal Energy Storage Systems (Prof. Sandip Saha), 

Ila Thakur, PhD., 2023, Investigation of double-diffusive convection during unidirectional solidification of binary solutions (Prof. Atul Srivastava), first position: R&D Scientist at Hitachi



Dr. Neeraj Srivastava (Post-doc 2019-2021), Development of novel composites and foams of light alloys, Currently Assistant Professor, SVNIT, Surat

Dr. Ojas Satbhai, (Post-doc, 2021-2023), Multi-scale simulations in laser material processing, Currently Assistant Professor, PDPU University, Ahmedabad


Masters' Students

Dhas Sanjay Baliram, M.Tech (2016)

Sachin Kumar, DD (2016)

Mitesh Kumawat, DD (2017)

Jatin Yadav, DD (2017)

Utsav Mourya, M.Tech (2017)

Sudheer Petety, M.Tech (2017)

Kartheek M, M.Tech (2018)

Roshan Meshram, M.Tech (2018)

Omkar Dighe, DD (2018)

Shivaji Niranjan, DD (2018)

Kamal Kumar Meena, DD (2018)

Sharad Khadarkar, M.Tech (2019)

Ashok Kumar Chahil, DD (2019)

Aakash Patel, M.Tech (2020)

Mainak Saha, DD (2020)

Ashwin Bhale, M.Tech (2021)

Shantanu Jha, DD (2021)

Shreyansh Desai, DD (2021)

Supriyo Roy (2022)

Premkumar S Naik (2022)

Bavish Kulur, IDDP at C-MINDS (2022)

Apurv Mishra (2023)

Revanth Regulavalasa (2023)

Bijay Shah (2023)

Shivaprasad Kathane (C-MINDS, 2023)


Co-Supervised M.Tech Students:

Gaurav Katiyar, ME, (with Prof. S. K. Saha, 2015)

Sandeep Kumar, MEMS (With Prof. I. Samajdar, 2017)

Naga Kiran Y, MEMS (With Prof. I. Samajdar, 2019)