Pranav Joshi

PhD (Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA)

Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering

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Education

  • Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA (2013).
  • M.S., Mechanical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA (2009).
  • M.Sc. (Engg.), Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India (2006).
  • B.E., Mechanical Engineering, Shivaji University, Kolhapur, India (2003).

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  • Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur 208016, India. April 2018 - present.

  • Scientist Fellow, Experimental Aerodynamics Division, National Aerospace Laboratories, Bangalore 560017, India. May 2016 – April 2018.

  • Postdoctoral Researcher, Dept. of Applied Physics, Eindhoven University of Technology, 5600MB Eindhoven, Netherlands. April 2014 – January 2016.

  • Postdoctoral Researcher, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA. September 2013 - March 2014.

 

  • Winner, Graduate Student Presentation Competition at the AIAA Region I Young Professional, Student and Education Conference (YPSE-12), November 2, 2012.

  • Recipient of JHU ME Department Graduate Student Fellowship for the year 2006-2007.

  • Awarded the ME Department Alumni Medal for the best M.Sc. (Engg.) thesis of the year 2006-2007 in ME Department at IISc, Bangalore.

  • Twice recipient of Shivaji University Merit Scholarship awarded to first few meritorious students in the University at the undergraduate level.

 

  • Pranav Joshi, Hadi Rajaei, Rudie Kunnen and Herman Clercx (2017) "Heat transfer in rotating Rayleigh ̶ Bénard convection with rough plates". Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 830, R3. doi:10.1017/jfm.2017.660.

  • Pranav Joshi, Hadi Rajaei, Rudie Kunnen and Herman Clercx (2016) "Effect of particle injection on heat transfer in rotating Rayleigh ̶ Bénard convection". Physical Review Fluids, 1, 084301. doi:10.1103/PhysRevFluids.1.084301.

  • Hadi Rajaei, Pranav Joshi, Rudie Kunnen and Herman Clercx (2016) "Flow anisotropy in rotating buoyancy-driven turbulence". Physical Review Fluids, 1, 044403. doi:10.1103/PhysRevFluids.1.044403.

  • Hadi Rajaei, Pranav Joshi, Kim Alards, Rudie Kunnen, Federico Toschi and Herman Clercx (2016) "Transitions in turbulent rotating convection: A Lagrangian perspective". Physical Review E, 93, 043129. doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.93.043129.

  • Rajprasad Loganathan, Charles Little, Pranav Joshi, Michael Filla, Tracey Cheuvront, Rusty Lansford, and Brenda Rongish (2014) "Identification of emergent motion compartments in the amniote embryo". Organogenesis 10, no. 4: 350-364. doi:10.4161/org.36315.

  • Pranav Joshi, Xiaofeng Liu and Joseph Katz (2014). "Effect of mean and fluctuating pressure gradients on boundary layer turbulence". Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 748, pp 36-84. doi:10.1017/jfm.2014.147.

 

  • Pranav Joshi, Xiaofeng Liu and Joseph Katz (2013) "Effects of Fluctuating Pressure Gradients on Boundary Layer Turbulence". Proceedings of ASME 2013 Fluids Engineering Summer Meeting FEDSM2013, July 7-11 2013, Incline Village, Nevada, USA. Paper number FEDSM2013-16249. doi:10.1115/FEDSM2013-16249.

  • Pranav Joshi, Xiaofeng Liu and Joseph Katz (2012) "Modification of Turbulence in Boundary Layers by Mean and Fluctuating Pressure Gradients". Proceedings of ASME 2012 Fluids Engineering Summer Meeting FEDSM2012, July 8-12 2012, Puerto Rico, USA. Paper number FEDSM2012-72280. doi:10.1115/FEDSM2012-72280.

  • Pranav Joshi, Xiaofeng Liu and Joseph Katz (2011) "Turbulence in Accelerating Boundary Layers". Proceedings of ASME-JSME-KSME Joint Fluids Engineering Conference 2011, July 24-29, 2011, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan. Paper number AJK2011-25010. doi:10.1115/AJK2011-25010.

  • Pranav Joshi and Joseph Katz (2010) "Experimental Investigation of Turbulent Boundary Layers under Favorable Pressure Gradient". Proceedings of ASME 2010 3rd Joint US-European Fluids Engineering Summer Meeting and 8th International Conference on Nanochannels, Microchannels and Minichannels, August 1-5 2010, Montreal, Canada. Paper number FEDSM-ICNMM2010-30764. doi:10.1115/FEDSM-ICNMM2010-30764.

  • Pranav Joshi and Raghuraman Govardhan (2006) "Unsteady Flow Field Downstream of a Sudden Expansion". Proceedings of the Eighth National Conference on Air Breathing Engines & Aerospace Propulsion NCABE-2006, December 12-14 2006, DIAT Pune, India.

 

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Department of Mechanical Engineering
IIT Kanpur,
Kanpur 208016

Office Phone: 0512-259-2023 (O)

Email:jpranavr[AT]iitk.ac.in

   
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