Lab Members

PhD Students

Radhika Sarawagi 

I did my B. Tech. in Mechanical Engineering from HBTI Kanpur (U.P.) and my M.Tech. from the Department of Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science, IIT Bombay. I worked as a graduate engineer trainee at Sunrise Industries India Pvt. Ltd., Vadodara, Gujrat. From 2018–2020, I worked as a guest faculty member at HBTI Kanpur, India. To pursue my career in research and academia, I joined the Ph.D. Program at IIT Kanpur in August 2020. My research interests are aligned with transport phenomena in casting. Currently, I am working on the directional solidification of superalloys. 

Email: radhika20@iitk.ac.in

C. Ram Gopal

I did my B.Tech. in Mechanical Engineering from NIT, Durgapur, in 2020. I have directly joined the PhD program at IIT Kanpur. My research interests are aligned with droplets, evaporation, condensation, and water desalination. Currently, I am working on the droplet interaction with texture surfaces.

Jointly supervised with Prof. K Muralidhar (Main Supervisor)

Email: gopal20@iitk.ac.in

C. Narendra Kumar

I did my B.Tech. in Mechanical Engineering from RVR&JC College of Engineering, Guntur. I have directly joined as a PhD candidate at IIT Kanpur. My research interests are aligned with transport phenomena during multicomponent evaporation. Currently, I am working on the crystallization of the salt system using experiments and numerical studies.

Email: narendrak20@iitk.ac.in

Brajesh Kumar

I did my B.Tech. in Mechanical Engineering from Sant Longowal Institute of Engineering and Technology, Punjab, India. I have completed my M.Tech. from Jadavpur University. Last year (2023), I joined the Ph.D. program at IIT Kanpur. My research interests are aligned with the welding of high-strength alloys in extreme conditions.

Email: brajeshk23@iitk.ac.in

Shashikumar Maurya

Email: smaurya23@iitk.ac.in

MTech/MS Students

Mayank Dewan

I got my B.Tech. from Government Engineering College, Bikaner, India. I am pursuing my M.Tech. from the Department of Mechanical Engineering at IIT Kanpur. Currently, I am working on designing parameters for biomedical parts using additive manufacturing.

Jointly supervised with Prof.  N Sinha (Co-Supervisor)

Email: mdewan23@iitk.ac.in

Mitesh Sarojkant Pathak

Currently working on heat transfer of supercritical fluids.

Jointly supervised with Prof.  P. K. Panigrahi (Supervisor)

Email: miteshsp23@iitk.ac.in

BT/MT Dual Degree Students

Janga Rakesh Kumar

T SHIVA SHRUTHI

Supervisors: Prof.  K. S. Ramani and Prof. Mohit Law