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, Two-Phase Flow, Thermal Management, Li-ion Battery, Optical Microscopy
Ayaaz Yasin
Computational Fluid Dyanmics, Multiphase Flows, Phase Change Modeling, Molecular Dynamics
Tahsin Enam
Multiphase flows, Fluid Mechanics, Heat & Mass Transfer
MS Students
BS Students
Emmett Looman
Fluid Mechanics, Signal and Image Processing, Optics
Saaras Pakanati
Computational Fluid Dyanmics, Machine Learning, Data Driven Modeling
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).
Unmeelan Chakrabarti
PhD Dissertation, "A multiscale investigation of simplifying assumptions made during liquid-vapor phase change modeling", 2026.
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. Currently at IIT Bombay.
Tejas Mahajani
MS Thesis, "Experimental and Numerical Investigation of Isothermal Bubbling in Shear-thinning Liquids", 2024. Currently at Johnson Controls.
William Cullen
Lidenfrost Effect, Droplet Manipulation, Removal of Particulate Matter using Liquid Droplets
Denis Fulks
Sensor Design and Calibration, Control Systems, CAD Modeling, 3D Printing