Kishan Bellur
10+ years of experience in phase change heat transfer, capillary phenomena, cryogenics and scientific computing
Principal Investigator
PhD Students
Amirhosein Sarchami
Porous Media Flow, Two-Phase Flow, Thermal Management, Optical Microscopy
Ayaaz Yasin
Computational Fluid Dyanmics, Multiphase Flows, Phase Change Modeling, Numerical Analysis
Unmeelan Chakrabarti
Multiscale modeling of liquid-vapor phase change, CFD, Molecular Dynamics
MS Students
William Cullen
Lidenfrost Effect, Droplet Manipulation, Removal of Particulate Matter using Liquid Droplets
BS Students
Denis Fulks
Sensor Design and Calibration, Control Systems, CAD Modeling, 3D Printing
Alumni
Manjeera Vinnakota
PhD Dissertation, "Design and Investigation of a Hydraulic Milli-Actuator for Minimally Invasive Medical Applications", 2024. Currently at Ethicon (J&J MedTech).
Ermiyas Lakew
MS Thesis, "Thin Film Evaporation Modeling of the Microlayer Region in a Dewetting Water Bubble", 2022. Currently R&D engineer at FERNO.
Sandeepan Dasgupta
MS Thesis, "Optical Transmission through Sessile Water Droplets Undergoing Solidification, and the Effect of Hydrophobicity", 2024.
Tejas Mahajani
MS Thesis, "Experimental and Numerical Investigation of Isothermal Bubbling in Shear-thinning Liquids", 2024. Currently at Johnson Controls.