At FLOW Lab, we are indebted to the following sources for funding our research activities.
IIT Madras - New Faculty Initiation Grant
SERB - Startup Research Grant
MHRD - STARS Grant
Using microfluidics and biomedical engineering techniques, we aim to develop cost-effective platforms for testing cancer drugs on three-dimensional systems that mimic the tumour microenvironment.
Droplet impact on surfaces of different properties has several applications, from printing to forensics and industrial cooling. We study the effects of impact and splashing characteristics of aqueous droplets on porous and superhydrophobic surfaces using experimental techniques like high-speed imaging.Â
Droplets generated within microchannels are utilized to operate microreactors and assist in the encapsulation. We explore the fundamental aspects of the mobility of droplets in the presence of surfactants through theoretical and experimental investigations.
Most physiological flows are complex due to the fluids' non-Newtonian nature and the flexibility of the carrying vessels. Incorporating the effects of wall deformability and fluid rheology, we focus on developing biomimetic systems to study biological flows.