Mechanical Engineering

Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur

National Postdoctoral Fellow

Dr. Awantika Mishra
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  Continuum Mechanics and Thermodynamics Laboratory, 369 Faculty Building
Host Faculty: Prof. Anurag Gupta


Research Interests: Nonlinear elasticity and constitutive modelling of soft materials; magnetorheological elastomers; structural instabilities in soft matter; and multiphysics coupling in soft materials

Institute Postdoctoral Fellows

Dr. Sushant Kumar
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  Mechatronics Lab, 312 Northern Laboratories 1
Host Faculty: Prof. Ashish Dutta


Research Interests: Rehabilitation Robotics, Biomedical Signal Processing, Embedded Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Data-centric AI, Compressed Sensing

Dr. Atul Ranjan
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  Microfluidcs Lab, 201B Northern Laboratories 1
Host Faculty: Prof. P.K. Panigrahi


Research Interests: Thermal management, Electrohydrodynamics, Electrospray cooling, Pool boiling, Phase change heat transfer, Micro/Nano-scale surface modifications for heat transfer enhancement, Surface engineering, Wettability, Wickability, Anodization, Plasma-spray coating, Microchannel structured surfaces.

Dr. Dhananjay Kumar
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  210 Southern Laboratories
Host Faculty: Prof. Arun Kumar Saha


Research Interests: Microfluidics, Heat Transfer, Electrokinetics, Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), Rheology, Micromixing, Droplet Dynamics, and Analytical Methods

Dr. Bijaya Bikram Samal
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  Smart Materials, Structures and Systems Lab, 102 Northern Laboratories 1
Host Faculty: Prof. Bishakh Bhattacharya


Research Interests: Four-Dimensional Printing, Smart Materials, Additive Manufacturing, Metamaterials, Biomaterials, Hyperloop Technologies

Dr. Ajit Kumar Jha
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  Gas Hydrate Lab, 205 Northern Laboratories
Host Faculty: Prof. Malay Kumar Das


Research Interests: Natural Convection, Boundary Layer, PIV, Microfluidics, Gas Hydrates, Methane Storage, Carbon Dioxide Sequestration

Dr. Ashish Kumar
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  Machine Tool Dynamics Lab
Host Faculty: Prof. Mohit Law


Research Interests: Manufacturing, Ultra-Precision Polishing, In-situ Deformation Analysis, Cutting Tool Design, Material Characterization

Dr. Nishant Kumar Shakya
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  Continuum Mechanics and Thermodynamics Lab, 369 Faculty Building
Host Faculty: Prof. Anurag Gupta


Research Interests: Coupled Deformation in Anisotropic (Elastic and Hyper-elastic) Beams, Plates and Shells, Composite and Smart Structures, Computational Solid Mechanics and Finite Element Methods

Dr. Arun Kumar Bambam
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  115-I Northern Laboratories
Host Faculty: Prof. Sarvesh Mishra


Research Interests: Sustainable and Smart Manufacturing, Green Lubricants and Coolants, Tribology, Additive Manufacturing, Surface Engineering

Dr. Jeet Kumar
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  Soft Matter and Tribology Lab
Host Faculty: Prof. Manjesh K. Singh


Research Interests: Nanocomposites, Biomaterials, Hydrogels Surface Characterization, Tribometry, Microstructural Analysis

Dr. Prabhash Kumar
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  Room 305A, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Host Faculty: Prof. Siddhartha Mukherjee


Research Interests: Transport and Dispersion in Complex Flows, Inertial Particle Dynamics in Laminar and Turbulent Flows, Multiphase and Environmental Fluid Mechanics, Chaotic Advection and Mixing, Active and Biological Fluid Dynamics

Dr. Nabajit Deka
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  Northern Laboratories 1, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Host Faculty: Prof. Virkeshwar Kumar


Research Interests: Desalination, Crystallization, Phase Change Heat Transfer

FARE Fellows

Naisarg Harishbhai Sagathiya
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  Manufacturing Science Laboratory, 115 Northern Laboratories 1
Host Faculty: Prof. J. Ramkumar

Ajay Kumar
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  Soft Matter and Tribology Laboratory, Ground Floor, Old IME Building, Northern Laboratories Extension
Host Faculty: Prof. Manjesh K. Singh

Narendra Kumar Chadalavada
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  115D Northern Laboratories 1
Host Faculty: Prof. Virkeshwar Kumar

Ranamay Saha
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  Microsystems Fabrication Laboratory, Northern Laboratories
Host Faculty: Prof. Shantanu Bhattacharya

Ashok Vishwakarma
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  Biomedical Research Laboratory, Northern Laboratories 1
Host Faculty: Prof. Niraj Sinha

Akshay Kumar
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  Acoustics Laboratory, Northern Laboratories Extension (Ground floor)
Host Faculty: Prof. Nachiketa Tiwari

Kumar Gaurav
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  213 Northern Laboratories
Host Faculty: Prof. Ishan Sharma

Pavan Kumar Shakya
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  ESSL Laboratory, 302 Northern Laboratories 1
Host Faculty: Prof. Jishnu Bhattacharya

Kush Kumar
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  Room No. 201, JEE Building
Host Faculty: Prof. Shakti S. Gupta

Parvez Alam
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  210 Southern Laboratory
Host Faculty: Prof. Umesh Madanan

Arun Kumar
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  Soft Matter and Tribology Laboratory, Ground Floor, Old IME Building, Northern Laboratories Extension
Host Faculty: Prof. Manjesh K. Singh

Ishu Tomar
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  ESME Laboratory, Northern Laboratories 1
Host Faculty: Prof. Abhishek Sarkar

Rishav Kumar
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  Microfluidics Laboratory, 201B Northern Laboratories 1
Host Faculty: Prof. P. K. Panigrahi

Shubham Kumar
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  Aeroacoustic and Duct Acoustics Laboratory
Host Faculty: Prof. Akhilesh Mimani