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Principal Investigator
Principal Investigator
Susmita Dash
Associate Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Room 311
Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
Bangalore 560012
Office: +91 080 2293-2962
Email: susmitadash@iisc.ac.in
Education:
Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, USA, 2014
Bachelor of Technology, NIT Rourkela, India, 2008
Work Experience:
Postdoc, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA, 2015 - 2017
Schlumberger, India, 2008 - 2009
PostDocs
PostDocs
Deepak Kumar Solanki
Interdisciplinary Centre for Energy Research
Year of joining: February 2025
PhD: IIT Bombay
Research Interest: Thermal Management, Electronics Cooling, Multiphase Flows
Email: deepakk1@iisc.ac.in
Raghvendra Dwivedi
Dept. Of Mechanical Engineering
Year of joining: October 2024
PhD: IIT Kanpur
Research Interest: Wetting , Coalescence, Electrohydrodynamics
Email: raghvendrad@iisc.ac.in
PhD Students
PhD Students
Pranjal Agrawal
Interdisciplinary Center for Energy Research
Year of joining: Aug 2018
BTech : DAVV Indore
Research Interests: Fluids interaction on superhydrophobic surfaces
Email: pranjala@iisc.ac.in
Kartik Jain
Dept. of Mechanical Engineering
Year of joining: Jan 2019
MTech : IIT Delhi
Research Interests -Thermal Storage Systems, Computational Fluid Dynamics
Email: kartikjain@iisc.ac.in
Afsal CP
Dept. of Mechanical Engineering
Year of joining: Jan 2019
MTech : NIT Calicut
Research Interests: Interfacial Phenomena
Email: afsalcp@iisc.ac.in
Nabajit Deka
Dept. of Mechanical Engineering
Year of joining: Aug 2019
BTech: NIT Silchar
Research Interests: Desalination, Crystallization
Email: nabajitdeka@iisc.ac.in
V Venkitesh
Dept of Mechanical Engineering
Year of joining: Aug 2021
BTech: IIT(ISM) Dhanbad
Research Interests: Fluid and thermal transport
Email: venugopalv@iisc.ac.in
Soham Mukherjee
Dept. of Mechanical Engineering
Year of joining: Aug 2022
BTech : IIEST Shibpur
Research Interests: Thermal Management, Electronics Cooling, Heat Transfer, Multiphase Flows
Email: sohammukherj@iisc.ac.in
Laldawmsang Pulamte
Dept of Mechanical Engineering
Year of joining: Aug 2024
MTech: IISc Bangalore
Research Interests: Thermosyphons, Heat and mass transfer, Electric vehicle
Email: laldawmsangp@iisc.ac.in
Samudrala Purna Sai
Dept. of Mechanical Engineering
Year of joining: Aug 2024
MTech : NIT Durgapur
Research Interests: Fluid Mechanics, Heat Transfer, Bubble Dynamics
Email: purnasai@iisc.ac.in
MTech Students
MTech Students
Nivedita Dharmendra Tiwari
Dept of Mechanical Engineering
Year of joining: Aug 2024
BTech: SGGSIE&T, Maharashtra
Research Interests: Microthrusters, Electric propulsion systems for satellite maneuvering, Inertial Microfluidics
Email: niveditat@iisc.ac.in
Rajnish Chaurasia
Dept of Mechanical Engineering
Year of joining: Aug 2024
Email: rajnishc@iisc.ac.in
Project Assistant
Project Assistant
Deep Kant Raj
Year of joining: Dec 2024
BTech: IIST Kerala
Research Interests: Multiphase Flow, Electronics Cooling, Advanced Thermal Management and Propulsion System for Space Applications
Email: deepkantraj@iisc.ac.in
Rohit V
Year of joining: March 2025
BTech: Aerospace Engineering, BMS College of Engineering
Research Interests: Space Propulsion, Capillary Fed Evaporative Microthruster
Email: rohitv1@iisc.ac.in
Krityatirtha Paul
Year of joining: April 2025
MTech: MAKAUT, West Bengal
Research Interests: Renewable Energy systems, Desalination, Power Harvesting Electronics
Email: krityatirth1@iisc.ac.in
Anushka Gupta
Year of joining: Sept 2025
BTech: Punjab Engineering College (PEC Chandigarh)
Research Interests: Computational Fluid Dynamics, Material science
Email: sailparryanu@gmail.com
Alumni
Alumni
Viral Kakadia
Project Assistant (March 2024- April 2025)
Currently pursuing PhD at Texas A&M University
Shreya S Prabhu
MTech (Aug 2023- Aug 2025)
Joined Bajaj Auto
Amit Kumar
MTech (Aug 2023- Aug 2025)
Joined NTPC
Suryanarayan
Postdoc (May 2024- Sep 2024)
Datta Prasad
PhD Student (Jan 2018- Jan 2024)
Currently working in Oorja
PhD Thesis Title: Dynamics of Leidenfrost droplets on micro-textured surfaces
Shubhajit Biswas
Sponsored MTech Student (2022- 2024)
Scientist D, ISRO
Meeran Mehmood Qari
Project Assistant (March 2023- May 2024)
Currently pursuing PhD at University of Texas, Austin
Devajyoti Bedahuti Banerjee
Project Assistant (2023-2024)
Currently pursuing PhD at University of California, Los Angeles.
Akshay Sharma
PhD Student (Aug 2018- Aug 2024)
Currently working in OLA Electric
PhD Thesis Title: Design, development, and characterization of a capillary-fed evaporative microthruster for micro- and nano-satellites
Shahnawaz Ahmed
Postdoc (Feb 2022- Feb 2024)
Assistant Professor, NIT Manipur
Tarun Singh
Project Assistant (2022-2023)
Currently pursuing MSc in Aeronautical Engineering at Politecnico di Milano
Narendra Dev
Project Assistant (Sep 2020- March 2022)
Currently pursuing PhD at University Lyon 1
Raveen Lather
MTech (2020-2022)
Working at BARC
Deekshith Ponnana Naidu
MTech Research (Aug 2019- July 2022)
Currently pursuing PhD at University of Wisconsin-Madison
Shubham Dongarwar
MTech (2019-2021)
Currently pursuing PhD at University of Minnesota
Haritha Naidu
Project Assistant (2018-2019)
Currently pursuing PhD at Michigan State University
Undergraduate Interns
Sanjana Satheesh (Hindusthan College of Engineering & Technology)
Spandan Mitra (IIT KGP)
Mihir Sandeep Deshpande (IIT BHU)
Siddharth Merukar (IIT Patna)
Vasanth S. Bhaskara (NIT Calicut)
Adhyayan Mamgain (BITS Goa)
Abhishek Singh (IIT Mandi)
GNV Sudeepta Vaishnavi ( IIITDM Kancheepuram)
Swarnava Saha ( IIT Kharagpur)
Vimal Sharma (IIT Bhubaneswar)
K.V. Krishna (NIT Surathkal)
Suman Acharya ( Nitte Meenakshi Institute of Technology)
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