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D. Chaitanya Kumar Rao
PhD (IIT Kharagpur, 2018)
Assistant Professor, Department of Aerospace Engineering
Research Interest
Atomization, Laser-fluid interaction, Combustion, Drops & Bubbles
Research Area
Fluid and Thermal Sciences
Laser, Photonics and Quantum Optics
Propulsion and Combustion
Specialization
Liquid atomization, laser-fluid interaction, Combustion and Propulsion
Education
Ph.D. (Aerospace Engineering), IIT Kharagpur, 2018
M.E. (Rocket Propulsion), BIT Mesra, 2014
B.Tech. (Aeronautical Engineering), Institute of Aeronautical Engineering, 2012
Selected Publications
S. Priyadarshini, A. Yadav, A. Kushari, and D. Chaitanya Kumar Rao, Controlling the atomization of burning emulsion droplets. International Journal of Multiphase Flow 193, 105418, 2025.
G. K. S. Raghuram, D. Roy, D. Chaitanya Kumar Rao, A. Kumar, and S. Basu, Insights into bubble–droplet interactions in high-viscoelastic evaporating polymer droplets. Experiments in Fluids 65, 105, 2024.
B. Krishan, P. Rastogi, D. Chaitanya Kumar Rao, N.S. Kaisare, M.G. Basavaraj, and S. Basu, Evaporation of stable microemulsion droplets. Physics of Fluids 36, 107162, 2024.
G.K.S. Raghuram, D. Chaitanya Kumar Rao, D. Roy, A. Kumar, and S. Basu, Bubble dynamics and atomization in evaporating polymeric droplets. Journal of Fluid Mechanics 951, 48, 2022.
D. Chaitanya Kumar Rao, V. S. Mooss, Y. N. Mishra, and D. Hanstorp, Controlling bubble generation by femtosecond laser-induced filamentation, Scientific Reports 12, 15742, 2022.
D. Chaitanya Kumar Rao, A.P. Singh, and S. Basu, Laser-induced deformation and fragmentation of droplets in an array. International Journal of Multiphase Flow 148, 103925, 2022.
Professional Experience
Postdoctoral fellow at Department of Physics, University of Gothenburg, Sweden (March 2021-July 2022)
Postdoctoral researcher at Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Science Bangalore, India (August 2018-March 2021)