Computational Fluid Flow and Heat Transfer

Rapid progress in the synthesis and processing of materials, with structures on nanometer length scales, has created a demand for greater scientific understanding of thermal transport in nanoscale devices, individual nanostructures, and nanostructured materials. Both Finite Element Method and Molecular dynamics can significantly help us study the physical phenomenon of nanoscale thermal transport.

I have published 3 papers on convective heat transfer in nanochannels and cavities. In these studies, I have used COMSOL multiphysics to simulate different heat transfer configurations. I have also worked on thin film phase transition phenomena using molecular dynamics study. My undergraduate thesis is based on phase transition of thin film liquid argon over functionally gradient surfaces. I want to understand nanoscale thermal transport to extract its applications in novel materials processing.