BIO-INSPIRED AERO AND HYDRODYNAMICS RESEARCH LABORATORY
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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
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Phone: +91-3222-304512 (O)
Email: smdash@aero.iitkgp.ac.in
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Research Interests:
Flapping Aerodynamics; Flow Separation Control; Drag Reduction; Heat Transfer; Lattice Boltzmann Method; Immersed Boundary Method; Particle Image Velocimetry; Flow Visualisation and Measurements
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Jit Sinha
Ph.D. Research Scholar
Bio-Inspired Aero and Hydrodynamics Research Laboratory
Year: 2018 -
Email: jit.snh@gmail.com
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Research Topic:
Investigation of Tubercle Foil Flapping Aerodynamics
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Prabir Sikdar
Ph.D. Research Scholar
Bio-Inspired Aero and Hydrodynamics Research Laboratory
Year: 2018 -
Email: iamprabirsikdar@gmail.com
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Research Topic:
Bluff-Body Drag Reduction using Bio-Inspired Methods
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Rahul Ranjan
Ph.D. Research Scholar
Bio-Inspired Aero and Hydrodynamics Research Laboratory
Year: 2020 -
Email: rr24@kgpian.iitkgp.ac.in
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Research Topic:
Investigation of Tandem Flapping Aerodynamics
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Gangadhar Venkata Ramana
Ph.D. Research Scholar, PMRF Fellow
Bio-Inspired Aero and Hydrodynamics Research Laboratory
Year: 2021 -
Email: gangadharvenkataramana999@gmail.com
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Research Topic:
Aerodynamics of Tubercle Airfoil
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Shuvranil Sanyal
Ph.D. Research Scholar
Bio-Inspired Aero and Hydrodynamics Research Laboratory
Year: 2021 -
Email: sanyalshuvranil@gmail.com
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Research Topic:
Immersed Boundary-Lattice Boltzmann Method for FSI Problems
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Durga Charan
Ph.D. Research Scholar
Bio-Inspired Aero and Hydrodynamics Research Laboratory
Year: 2022 -
Email: dcharan44@gmail.com
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Research Topic:
Design of Bio-Inspired Aerator
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Sahdev Chavda
Junior Research Fellow and MS Scholar
Bio-Inspired Aero and Hydrodynamics Research Laboratory
Year: 2019 -
Email: sahdev.612@gmail.com
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Research Topic:
Investigation of Flapping Aerodynamics with Ground Effects
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Aditya Juyal
MTech Student
Bio-Inspired Aero and Hydrodynamics Research Laboratory
Year: 2024 -
Email: juyal.ad@kgpian.iitkgp.ac.in
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Research Topic:
Investigation of Tandem Tubercle Flapping Airfoil Aerodynamics
Adhiraj Mukhopadhyay
Undergraduate Student
Bio-Inspired Aero and Hydrodynamics Research Laboratory
Year: 2022 -
Email: mukhopadhyayadhiraj@gmail.com
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Research Topic:
Aerodynamics of Flapping Wings for Aerator
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Udit Kankaria
Undergraduate Student
Bio-Inspired Aero and Hydrodynamics Research Laboratory
Year: 2022 -
Email: uditnokha24@gmail.com
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Research Topic:
Flow Physics Investigation of the Lid-driven Cavity
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Shreesh Mahapatra
Undergraduate Student
Bio-Inspired Aero and Hydrodynamics Research Laboratory
Year: 2023 -
Email: shreesh@kgpian.iitkgp.ac.in
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Research Topic:
Design of Robotic Knife Fish
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Sambhav Jena
Undergraduate Student
Bio-Inspired Aero and Hydrodynamics Research Laboratory
Year: 2023 -
Email: sambhav.jena28@kgpian.iitkgp.ac.in
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Research Topic:
CFD Study of Robotic Knife Fish
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Gauri Patki
Undergraduate Student
Bio-Inspired Aero and Hydrodynamics Research Laboratory
Year: 2023 -
Email: gpatki1702@gmail.com
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Research Topic:
Design of Tandem Wing MAV
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Ritwik Mishra
Undergraduate Student
Bio-Inspired Aero and Hydrodynamics Research Laboratory
Year: 2023 -
Email: ritikmishra233@gmail.com
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Research Topic:
Flow Physics of Tubercle Airfoil
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Marisha Bhatti
Undergraduate Student
Bio-Inspired Aero and Hydrodynamics Research Laboratory
Year: 2023 -
Email: bhattimarisha18@gmail.com
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Research Topic:
Optimisation of the Flapping Airfoil
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Bibhas Chand
Undergraduate Student
Bio-Inspired Aero and Hydrodynamics Research Laboratory
Year: 2023 -
Email: bibhasknj@kgpian.iitkgp.ac.in
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Research Topic:
LBM Solver Development for the Heat Transfer Applications
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Disha Uppuluri
Undergraduate Student
Bio-Inspired Aero and Hydrodynamics Research Laboratory
Year: 2023 -
Email: uppuluri.disha@gmail.com
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Research Topic:
Flapping Airfoil Kinematic Optimisation
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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 (Retired)
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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, US, 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
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Prof. Aurobinda Routray, Department of Electrical Engineering, IIT Kharagpur, India
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Prof. Mamata Jenamani, Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, IIT Kharagpur, India
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Prof. Alistair Revell, Department of Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering, UM, United Kingdom
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Prof. Atul Sharma, Department of Mechanical Engineering, IIT Bombay, India
Past Members
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Mr. Kshitij Anand, BTP and MTP (Year: 2021-2023) - Topic: Rotational effects of flapping airfoils
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Mr. Akashdeep Singh, BTP and MTP (Year: 2021-2023) - Topic: Tandem flapping airfoils
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Mr. Sohan Roy, BTP (Year: 2022-2023) - Topic: Aerodynamics of slotted airfoil
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Mr. Duddupudi Mouli Bhaskar, M.Tech Thesis (Year: 2022-2023) - Topic: Tubercle airfoil optimisation
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Mr. Arhit Ray, Summer Intern (Year: 2023) - Topic: Static tubercle airfoil aerodynamics
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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. Krithick Santhosh, BTP and MTP (Year: 2020-2022) - Topic: Path planning for underwater vehicles
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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
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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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Late Mr. Nishanth S, Ph.D. Research Scholar (Year: 2018-2021) - Topic: Tandem flapping airfoils
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Mr. Sasi Preetham Devarasetty, Summer Intern (Year: 2020) - Topic: Thermal characterization of IR sensor