Education
Education
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October 2006 - July 2011
Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering
Imperial College London, London, UK
Thesis : Experimental Study of Isothermal and Evaporative Sprays
Advisers : Prof. Y. Hardalupas and Prof. A. Taylor
July 2004 - June 2006
M. Tech., Mechanical Engineering (Fluid Mechanics and Thermal science)
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur, India
Thesis : Interface deformation and convective transport in a horizontal and deferentially heated air-oil layer
Advisers : Prof. K. Muralidhar and Prof. P.K. Panigrahi
July 1999 - June 2003
B.E., Mechanical Engineering
Orissa Engineering College, Utkal University,
Bhubaneswar, Orissa
Experience
Experience
2021 - present: Associate Professor, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai
2013 - 2021: Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai
2011 – 2013: Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Imperial College London. Project: Fuel Injector Research for Sustainable Transport (FIRST)
Awards and Honour
Awards and Honour
1. Best Teacher Award for Excellence in Teaching in Mechanical Engineering for the year 2022.
2. Katopodis Prize for the best Thermofluids PhD Thesis, Department of Mechanical Engineering Imperial College London, 2012.
3. Winner of the prestigious 8th Osborne Reynolds Research Student Award, 2010. The award recognizes the quality of young researchers studying fluid dynamics, acoustics, combustion or turbulence in the UK and their ability to communicate their work. Received gold medal among the final five participants from various UK universities.
4. Silver Medal in the prestigious 5th ERCOFTAC Da Vinci Award, 2010. Represented UK in this highly distinguished European wide competition among final six participants from various European universities.
5. Outstanding International Students fellowship from Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Imperial College London (conferred to only 4 students from India - 2006).
Research Projects
Research Projects
Ongoing
Spray-to-Spray Interaction Study under Supercritical Conditions (PI)
Sponsor: Core Research Grant (CRG), Science and Engineering Research Board, India
Development of optimal spray technology using rotary atomizers for improved desalination and brine disposal systems (PI)
Sponsor: Department of Science & Technology (DST), India
Fogging Prevention in Royal Enfield Bike Instrument Clusters (PI)
Sponsor: Royal Enfield, Chennai, India
Low-temperature grey water treatment system for household and residential community (co-PI)
Sponsor: Socially Relevant & Innovation Project, IIT Madras, India
CLOSED
Development of Advanced Water Washing System for Compressor Blade Cleaning for Gas Turbine Efficiency Improvement (PI)
Sponsor: Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB)/IMPRINT & Bakers and Hughes, India
Investigation of primary and secondary break-up of liquid jets in coaxial air-blast atomizer (PI)
Sponsor: Aeronautical Research Division Board (ARDB), India
Experimental investigation of liquid atomization in slinger combustor for small gas turbine engines (PI)
Sponsor: Gas Turbine Research Establishment (GTRE) and Center of Propulsion Technology (CoPT), India
Airblast injector development for next genaration gas turbine engine (Co-PI)
Sponsor: Gas Turbine Research Establishment (GTRE) and Center of Propulsion Technology (CoPT), India
Development of Nano-Boron Slurry Fuel, its Characterization, and Atomization with a Co-axial Air-blast atomizer (Co-PI)
Sponsor: Gas Turbine Research Establishment (GTRE) and Center of Propulsion Technology (CoPT), India
Numerical Analyses of Air-blast Atomizer & Fuel manifold and Development of Test Stands for Spray Patternation (Co-PI)
Sponsor: Gas Turbine Research Establishment (GTRE)
Development of a Novel Laser based Technique for Simultaneous Droplet and Flame Measurements in Reacting Sprays (PI)
Sponsor: Exploratory Research Project, Industrial Consultancy and Sponsered Research (ICSR), IIT Madras, India
Experimental study of the effect of droplet collision on spray characteristics (New Faculty Seed Grant)
Sponsor: Industrial Consultancy and Sponsered Research (ICSR), IIT Madras, India
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