Short Bio
Experiences
Assistant Professor (July 2022–Present)
IIT Kanpur, Department of Mechanical Engineering
C. V. Raman Postdoc Fellow (July 2020–July 2022)
IISc Bangalore, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Advisor: Prof. Susmita Dash
The research focused on evaporation-based experiments such as crystallization, detection of adulterants in milk, and boiling. Project: Salt creeping and crystallization under confinement
Research Associate/Project Research Associate (Dec 2019-July 2020)
IIT Bombay, Department of Mechanical Engineering
FSI during the phase change process using Ansys and experimental methods
Project agency: Mercedes-Benz R&D India (MBRDI)
Teaching Assistant (Jan 2016–Dec 2019)
IIT Bombay, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Manufacturing Process (ME206), Thermodynamics (ME209), Heat transfer (ME346), Manufacturing Processes Lab (ME374), Moving Boundary Problems in Solidification (ME778), Liquid material processing (ME788)
Internship
May 2013-June 2013: Summer Internship, BHEL Haridwar
June 2012-July 2012: Summer Internship, IIT BHU
Education
Ph.D.
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (Department of Mechanical Engineering)
31st December 2014–25th May 2020 (Submitted on 12th December 2019).
Thesis title: “Evolution of natural convection during solidification of multi-component alloys”
Advisors: Prof. Shyamprasad Karagadde and Prof. Atul Srivastava
B.Tech
National Institute of Foundry and Forge Technology, Ranchi (Now NIAMT), India
Manufacturing Engineering, July 2010–May 2014
Dr. Virkeshwar Kumar
NL-1-115R, Northern Lab
Manufacturing science lab
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
Kanpur 208016, India
Office Phone: 0512-259-2334 (O)
Email id: virkeshwar@iitk.ac.in
