Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, Virginia Tech, 2019-Present
Advisor: Dr. Jonathan Boreyko
M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago, 2016-2018.
Advisor: Dr. Sushant Anand
B.Tech. in Mechanical Engineering, Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, 2011-2015.
Advisor (External): Mr. S V Bindagi
Heat Transfer, Phase-Change Phenomenon, Thermal Management, Ice Physics & Anti-Icing.
Fluid-Structure Interaction at Micro & Nanoscale, Open Air Microfluidics, Microfabrication.
Oil-Water Interactions (Multiphase Flow), Partial & Full Coalescence.
Interfacial Fluid Flow, Thin Liquid Films.
Graduate Research Assistant, Nature-Inspired Fluids & Interfaces, Blacksburg, August 2019 - Present
Leading a team of 3 graduate students and 4 undergraduate students that aims at solving interdisciplinary research problems involving heat transfer and fluid dynamics.
Applications include de-icing, pharmaceutical products, and microscale particle transport.
Research Assistant, DNAe/Arete Biosciences, Chicago, August 2018 - March 2019
Worked on optimizing surface chemistry of an Electronic Chip to obtain a suitable surface wherein DNA Sequencing, Analysis and Read-Out can take place on a single chip.
Project Assistant, ISRO Satellite Center, Bangalore, January 2015 - June 2015
Conducted heat transfer analysis of a stationary plasma thruster (SPL) attached to a Geosynchronous Satellite using Finite Difference Method (FDM).
Proposed and designed a conductive and radiative shielding for SPL to limit heat gain on the Satellite surface.
Design & Analysis:
SolidWorks
ANSYS Fluent
ImageJ
Programming:
Python
MATLAB
Laboratory:
Design & Building of Experimental Setups
High-Speed Imaging
Confocal Microscopy
Scanning Electron Microscopy
Environmental Scanning Microscopy
X-Ray Phase Contrast Imaging
Documentation:
MS Office
Adobe Suite
LATEX