BIO-INSPIRED AERO AND HYDRODYNAMICS RESEARCH LABORATORY
Sunil Manohar Dash
Assistant Professor, Ph.D.
Room No. 111, Annex Building
Bio-Inspired Aero and Hydrodynamics Research Laboratory
Department of Aerospace Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
West Midnapore, West Bengal State, India -721302
Phone: +91-3222-304512
Email: smdash@aero.iitkgp.ac.in
Research Interests:
Flapping Aerodynamics; Flow Separation Control; Drag Reduction; Heat Transfer; Lattice Boltzmann Method; Immersed Boundary Method; Particle Image Velocimetry; Flow Visualisation and Measurements
Jit Sinha
Ph.D. Research Scholar
Bio-Inspired Aero and Hydrodynamics Research Laboratory
Year: 2018 -
Email: jit.snh@gmail.com
Research Topic:
Investigation of Tubercle Foil Flapping Aerodynamics
Prabir Sikdar
Ph.D. Research Scholar
Bio-Inspired Aero and Hydrodynamics Research Laboratory
Year: 2018 -
Email: iamprabirsikdar@gmail.com
Research Topic:
Bluff-Body Drag Reduction using Bio-Inspired Methods
Rahul Ranjan
Ph.D. Research Scholar
Bio-Inspired Aero and Hydrodynamics Research Laboratory
Year: 2020 -
Email: rr24@kgpian.iitkgp.ac.in
Research Topic:
Investigation of Tandem Flapping Aerodynamics
Gangadhar Venkata Ramana
Ph.D. Research Scholar
Bio-Inspired Aero and Hydrodynamics Research Laboratory
Year: 2021 -
Email: gangadharvenkataramana999@gmail.com
Research Topic:
Aerodynamics of Tubercle Airfoil
Shuvranil Sanyal
Ph.D. Research Scholar
Bio-Inspired Aero and Hydrodynamics Research Laboratory
Year: 2021 -
Email: sanyalshuvranil@gmail.com
Research Topic:
Immersed Boundary-Lattice Boltzmann Method for FSI Problems
Durga Charan
Ph.D. Research Scholar
Bio-Inspired Aero and Hydrodynamics Research Laboratory
Year: 2022 -
Email: dcharan44@gmail.com
Research Topic:
Design of Bio-Inspired Aerator
Sahdev Chavda
Junior Research Fellow and MS Scholar
Bio-Inspired Aero and Hydrodynamics Research Laboratory
Year: 2019 -
Email: sahdev.612@gmail.com
Research Topic:
Investigation of Two Dimensional Flapping Aerodynamics
Duddupudi Mouli Bhaskar
MTech Student
Bio-Inspired Aero and Hydrodynamics Research Laboratory
Year: 2022 -
Email: duddupudimouli@gmail.com
Research Topic:
AI-driven Solutions of the Flapping Aerodynamics
Kshitij Anand
Undergraduate Student
Bio-Inspired Aero and Hydrodynamics Research Laboratory
Year: 2021 -
Email: kshitijanand.iitkgp@gmail.com
Research Topic:
Rotational Effects of Flapping Wings
Akashdeep Singh
Undergraduate Student
Bio-Inspired Aero and Hydrodynamics Research Laboratory
Year: 2021 -
Email: 747akdsingh@gmail.com
Research Topic:
Aerodynamics of Tandem Flapping Wings
Adhiraj Mukhopadhyay
Undergraduate Student
Bio-Inspired Aero and Hydrodynamics Research Laboratory
Year: 2022 -
Email: mukhopadhyayadhiraj@gmail.com
Research Topic:
Aerodynamics of Flapping Wings
Sohan Roy
Undergraduate Student
Bio-Inspired Aero and Hydrodynamics Research Laboratory
Year: 2022 -
Email: sohanroy2000@gmail.com
Research Topic:
Aerodynamics of Slotted Flapping Wings
Udit Kankaria
Undergraduate Student
Bio-Inspired Aero and Hydrodynamics Research Laboratory
Year: 2022 -
Email: uditnokha24@gmail.com
Research Topic:
Flow Physics Investigation of the Lid-driven Cavity
Research Collaborators
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Prof. Michael Triantafyllou, Department of Mechanical Engineering, MIT, United States of America
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Prof. Tee Tai Lim, Department of Mechanical Engineering, NUS, Singapore
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Prof. Kim Boon Lua, Department of Mechanical Engineering, NYCU, Taiwan
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Prof. Hareesh Godaba, School of Engineering and Informatics, University of Sussex, United Kingdom
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Prof. Dr. Sophie F. Armanini, School of Engineering and Design, TUM, Munich
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Prof. Pablo Valdivia Alvarado, Engineering Product Development Pillar, SUTD, Singapore
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Dr. M Muralidhar, Principal Scientist & Scientist In-Charge, Environment Group, ICAR-CIBA, India
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Prof. Sunita Mishra, Department of Mining Engineering, IIT Kharagpur, India
Past Members
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Mr. Akash Bhunia, BTP and MTP (Year: 2019-2022) - Topic: Developing IB-LBM solver for FSI problems
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Mr. Goutham Pati, BTP and MTP (Year: 2019-2021) - Topic: Design of robotic jellyfish
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Mr. Seshant Bhansali, M.Tech Thesis (Year: 2020-2021) - Topic: Flapping wings in ground effect
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Mr. Krithick Santhosh, BTP and MTP (Year: 2020-2022) - Topic: Path planning for underwater vehicles
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Mr. Sasi Preetham Devarasetty, Summer Intern (Year: 2020) - Topic: Thermal characterization of IR sensor
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Mr. Vishal Anand, Summer Intern (Year: 2021) - Topic: Airfoil aerodynamics
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Late Mr. Nishanth S, Ph.D. Research Scholar (Year: 2018-2021) -Topic: Tandem flapping wings
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Mr. Durga Prasad Surla, M.Tech Thesis (Year: 2021-2022) - Topic: Robotic Falcon-Wing morphing study
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Mr. Ashutosh Dash, MTP (Year: 2021-2022) - Topic: Bio-inspired aerator investigation
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Mr. Arnab Kumar Kundu, BTP (Year: 2021-2022) - Topic: Aerodynamics od corrugated airfoils