Multiscale Transport and Energy Research Laboratory

Nov 2023:  Kartik's work on "Thermochemical energy storage system" published in IJMHT. Congratulations!!

Nov 2023:  Datta's work on "Leidenfrost droplets" published in International Journal of Thermal Sciences. Congratulations!!

Oct 2023: Venkitesh receives Prime Minister Research Fellowship. Congratulations!!

Sep 2023: Dr. Dash delivered a talk at the 1st Indian Conference on Micro Nanofluidics (ICOM 2023).

May 2023: Pranjal's work on "Crystal Liftoff" published in Langmuir. It is also selected as cover art. Congratulations!! Click here for the cover art.

May 2023: Datta won the 2nd best poster award for his work on "The influence of micro-textures on the vapor layer beneath a Leidenfrost droplet" in 11th International Conference on Boiling and Condensation Heat Transfer (ICBCHT) held in Edinburgh, Scotland. Congratulations!

Mar 2023: Nabajit's work on "multistage thermal desalination system" published in Desalination. Congratulations!

Mar 2023: Nabajit won the ME@IISc research infographics contest. Congratulations!

Jan 2023: Venkitesh's work on "Quenching heat transfer" published in IJHMT. Congratulations!!

Dec 2022: MTERL featered in Kernel IISc's research newsletter. Read the full issue here 

Aug 2022: Virkeshwar's work on "Crystallization patterns" published in Langmuir. Congratulations!!

June 2022: Deekshith's work on compound droplets published in Physics of Fluids and selected as Featured Article. Congratulations!

Apr 2022: Ponnana Deekshith Naidu presented his MTech Res Thesis Colloquium on the topic " Classical Approach to Understanding the Impact Dynamics of Hollow Droplets" . Congratulations!!

Mar 2022: Pranjal's work on "Droplet Trampolining" published in IJHMT. Congratulations!

Jan 2022: Paper by Nabajit published in Colloids and Surfaces A. Congratulations!

Dec 2021: Paper by Akshay and Narendra published in AIAA SCITECH 2022 Forum. Congratulations!

Oct 2021: Virkeshwar's work on "Milk Adulteration" published in ACS Omega. Congratulations!

Aug 2021: Paper by Venkitesh published in IJTS Congratulations!

Aug 2021: Srijan and Venkitesh joins MTERL as PhD students. Welcome!

July 2021: Deekshith's experimental video of his work on "Emulsion droplet impact dynamics" was elected as the best video in Annual Research Symposium of  Mechanical Department IISc. Congratulations!

July 2021: Deekshith and Dr. Virkeshwar's experimental images were placed 1st  and 2nd  in the Annual Research Symposium of  Mechanical Department IISc. Congratulations!

July 2021: Paper by Datta Prasad published in IJHMT. Congratulations!

Dec 2020: Dr. Dash awarded the Infosys Young Investigator Fellowship  in Mechanical Sciences Division, IISc. Congratulations!

Dec 2020: Pranjal and Venkitesh presented at Complex fluid conference

Sept 2020: Ashish Dangi joins MTERL . Welcome!

June 2020: Dr. Virkeshwar Kumar joins MTERL as CV Raman Postdoctoral fellow. Welcome!

June 2020: Narendra joins MTERL as a project assistant. Welcome!

August 2o20: Akshay Sharma gets selected for the Prime Ministers Research Fellowship. Congrats!

April 2020: Paper by Haritha published in Langmuir. Selected as a cover art. Congratulations!

Dec 2019: Datta Prasad presented paper at International Heat and Mass Transfer conference at Roorkee, India

Nov 2019: Dr. Dash presented paper at APS DFD conference in Seattle USA

Aug 2019: Deekshith and Nabajit join MTERL. Welcome!

Jan 2019: Afsal CP and Kartik Jain join MTERL. Welcome!

Sept 2018: Dr. Dash delivered an invited talk at the International conference on Advanced Ceramics and Nano Materials for Sustainable Development (ACeND 2018)

Sept 2018: Our paper on photothermal deicing got published in Science Advances

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Aug 2018: Akshay Sharma and Pranjal Agrawal join the lab as PhD students. Welcome!

July 2018: Haritha Naidu joins the lab as a project assistant. Welcome!

Jan 2018: Datta Prasad join the lab as a PhD student. Welcome!