Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering,
Head, Advanced Technology Development Centre
Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India.
Phone: +91-3222-283922, e-mail: sunando@che.iitkgp.ernet.in
Broad Area: Interfacial Transport Phenomena
Specific Area: Wetting, Evaporation, Digital Microfluidics, Microscale Heat Transfer
Publications -Journal: 155, Citations: 5373. h index 40, i10 index 103 (Google Scholar)
Supervision: Completed: 16, Ongoing: 11
Research Grants: DST, DIT, DBT, Intel, ISRO, MHRD & others
- Fellow of the National Academy of Engineering, India.
- Herdillia Award (2008) by the Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers (IIChE) for Excellence in Basic Research in Chemical Engineering.
- Senior Associate of the International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), Italy.
- Best Paper Award at the 4th ASME/JSME Thermal Engineering Joint Conference, March 1995, Hawaii, USA.
- First in the class, M. Tech at IIT Kanpur.
- University Gold Medalist for academic excellence, Jadavpur University, Calcutta, India.
POSITIONS OF RESPONSIBILITY
- Member, Board of Governors, IIT Kharagpur, 2018 - present
- Head, Advanced Technology Development Centre, IIT Kharagpur, 2013 - present
- Dean, Sponsored Research & Industrial Consultancy, IIT Kharagpur, 2013-16
- Associate Dean, Sponsored Research & Industrial Consultancy, IIT Kharagpur, 2008-13.
- Expert Member, Program Advisory Committee in Chemical Engineering, Department of Science & Technology, Govt. of India 2013-2015.
1. From Droplets to Thin films: Field-assisted Contact Line Motion, Gordon Research Conference on Micro &Nanoscale Phase Change Heat Transfer, Galveston, TX, USA, January 8-13, 2017.
2. Role of Contact Line Dynamics in Microfluidic Applications, Indo-UK workshop Microfluidics for Affordable Healthcare at the Power Engineering Department of Jadavpur University, Calcutta, January 20, 2017.
3. Self-Propelled Enhanced Microflows, National Symposium on Multiphase Flow, NIT Durgapur, February 22-24, 2016.
SPONSORED RESEARCH PROJECTS
- “Targeted Evaporative Cooling of Hot Spots using Patterned Surfaces” Sponsored by ISRO, 2017-2020.
- “Centre of Excellence for Training and Research in Microfluidics”, IIT Kharagpur 2013-2018.
- “Direct to Home (DTH) SWAYAM PRABHA: Channel 11 (Chemical Engineering & Science)”, Sponsored by MHRD 2016-2018.
- “Droplet-based Cooling of Electronic Hot-Spots" Sponsored by ISRO 2014-2018 (PI).
- “Droplet based screening of Amyloid β-peptide aggregation”, Sponsored by Department of Biotechnology, 2011-2013.
- “Theoretical and experimental analysis of evaporation in the grooves of a micro heat pipe”, ISRO, 2011-2014.
- “Droplet based microfluidics for electronics cooling”, Sponsored by Intel Corporation, 2009-2011.
- “Indo-US Centre on Fabrionics”, Sponsored by Indo-US Science and Technology Forum, New Delhi, 2008-2011. (Co-PI)
- “Foam-gel formation in thin layer with flow complexities affecting the placement:, Sponsored by DST, 2010-2013. (Co-PI)
- “Tuning the morphology of a porous carbon electrode for use with hydrogel electrolyte in electric double layer capacitor”, DST, 2012-2014. (Co-PI)
- “Rapid DNA hybridization in microfluidic channels” Sponsored by Department of Biotechnology, 2008-2011. (Co-PI)
- “A study of Microscale transport processes leading to the development of a cooling strategy for electronics components”, Sponsored by Department of Information Technology, 2007-2011. (PI)
- “Quantification and reduction of fouling by change in hydrodynamics and membrane surface modification”, Sponsored by DST, Govt. of India, 2009-2012. (PI)
- “Development of low cost household filter for arsenic and other pollutant free drinking water using modified laterite”, Sponsored by DST, Govt. of India, 2008-2010. (Co-PI)
- “Flux enhancement and fouling reduction during effluent (leather & dye) treatment using membrane separation”, Sponsored by DST, 2006-2008. (PI)
- “Surfactant based separation processes for the treatment of industrial effluent”, sponsored by MHRD, 2005-2007. (Co-PI)
- “Computational fluid dynamics modeling and flow visualization of a gas liquid mixture through a nozzle and subsequent spray”, sponsored by MHRD, 2003-2005. (PI)
- “Removal of toxic dyes from industrial effluent using a combination of adsorption and membrane separations”, sponsored by MHRD, 2001-2003. (Co-PI)
- “Development of micro grooved heat pipes: Performance modeling and experimental validation”, Bhaba Atomic Research Center, Mumbai, 2001-2004. (PI)