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SAPTARSHI BASU LAB
Laboratory Director
Pratt and Whitney Chair Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
FNAE, FRSC, FRAeS, FAScT, FASME, FInstP, AF-AIAA, DST Swarnajayanti Fellow
Background
Ph.D., University of Connecticut, 2007
MS, University of Connecticut, 2004
BE, Jadavpur University, 2000
Research interest
Multiphase transport processes. Atomization and sprays, Micro-nanoscale transport in droplets, Combustion
Current Post-doctoral Fellows
Dr. Balasundaram Mohan
Research Associate (Post Doctoral Fellow )
Research Interest: Combustion dynamics, Laser diagnostics, Low order modelling, Nonlinear dynamics
Dr. Shubham Ganar
Research Associate (Post Doctoral Fellow )
Research Interest : High-Speed Imaging of Droplets and Bubbles. Surface-Liquid Interactions, Including Wetting, Adhesion, and Heat Transfer.
Dr. Naveen P T
Research Associate (Post Doctoral Fellow )
Research Interest: Droplet dynamics, Wetting, Microfluidics, Evaporation, Acoustic microfluidics.
Dr. Prasanna Kumar Billa
Research Associate (Post Doctoral Fellow )
Research Interest: Droplet dynamics and atomization, vortex–droplet interactions, water-entry and impact phenomena, surface wettability, and interfacial transport in multiphase flows.
Dr. Anupam Choubey
Research Associate (Post Doctoral Fellow )
Research Interest: Fluid Mechanics, Electrokinetics and Electrohydrodynamics, Microfluidics, Microfabrication, Additive Manufacturing.
Current Ph.D Students
Gautham V.
Ph.D student (ME Dept.)
Research Interest: Droplet Combustion, Nanofuels
Bal Krishan
Ph.D. student (ME Dept.)
Research Interest: Fluid Dynamics, Heat Transfer Gas Dynamics, Computational Fluid Dynamics, Statistical Physics and Molecular Dynamics.
Amey Agarkar
Ph.D student (PMRF at ICER Dept.)
Research Interest: Elucidation of fluid dynamics of bacterial movements in natural body fluids and its relation to pathogenesis.
Joita Chakorbarty
Ph.D. student (PMRF at ME Dept.)
Research Interest: Multiphase flows, Hydrodynamic Instability, Computational Fluid Dynamics, Thin-film flows.
Thirumalaikumaran S K
Ph.D student (ME Dept.)
Research Interest: Droplet Combustion, Vortex-Flame Interaction, Nano fuels, Spray Combustion
Siddhant Jain
Ph.D. student (PMRF at ME Dept.)
Research Interest: Fluid dynamics, Vortex rings, Microfluidics, Droplet Dynamics, Wind Energy
Akhil Aravind
Ph.D student (PMRF at ME Dept.)
Research Interest - Droplet and Spray Combustion, Flames, Multiphase flows, Aerodynamics
Saini Jatin Rao
Ph.D student (ME Dept.)
Research Interest - Fluid Mechanics, Physics, Droplet dynamics, Hydrodynamic Instability, Turbulence
Akarsh Choudhary
Ph.D student (ME Dept.)
Research Interest: Droplet Atomization, Blast-Wave Interactions, Alternative Fuels
Sunil K. Bagaria
Ph.D student (ME Dept.)
Research Interest: Fluid Dynamics, Flow Physics, Biomicrofluidics, Fish Like Propulsion.
Arnab Chakraborty
Ph.D. (ME Dept) and Research Scientist (Full-time) in TCS Research.
Research Interest: Research Interests: Multiphase Flows, Droplets, Sprays and Atomization, Combustion, Turbulence, and Heat Transfer.
Sujeet Kumar Patro
Ph.D student (ME Dept.)
Research interest: Combustion Dynamics,Fluid Mechanics, Multiphase flow, Heat transfer
Current Project Staffs
Mradul Namdeo
Project Associate, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Research Interest: Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Generative AI, Computer Vision.
Raghavendra K.N.
Project Associate, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Research Interest: Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Computer Vision, Data-Driven Engineering Systems
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