Our lab is currently investigating two broad areas, namely

• Droplets / Interfaces

• Fluid-Structure Interaction (FSI) / CFD

The sub-topics (included but not limited to) in these areas are also listed below. We use state-of-the-art computational and experimental techniques for our research.

Droplets / interfaces

• Droplet impact and evaporation on solid surfaces

• Designing bioinspired microtextured surfaces, Bouncing droplets

• "Coffee-ring" colloidal deposits

• Colloidal particles sorting via evaporating droplets

• Dynamic wetting at contact line

Fluid-structure interaction (FSI) / CFD

• Computational techniques in FSI, Immersed boundary method

• Flapping/Pitching thin plates for thrust generation

• Vortex Induced Vibration

• Energy harvesting and heat transfer augmentation via FSI

• Drag reduction by flow-induced reconfiguration

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Contact us: Prof. Rajneesh Bhardwaj, Room S36 (second floor) Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai, 400076, India. e-mail: rajneesh.bhardwaj [AT] iitb.ac.in