Prof. Atul Sharma
Present Designation:
Rahul Bajaj Chair Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology BombayAreas of Interest:
- Fluid-Structure Interaction (FSI): Fish-Like Locomotion; FSI-based Energy Harvesting.
- Two-Phase Flow: Droplet Coalescence, Collision & Combustion; Nucleate Boiling, under Zero Gravity & Transient Conditions.
- Bio-Fluid Mechanics: Phono-Angiography
- CFD Application for Analysis of Industrial Problems
Specialisation:
Theoretical & Computational Continuum (Solid & Fluid) Mechanics
Major Professional Contributions:
- RESEARCH: Development of a range of Novel & Efficient Computational Tools, its Application to a large number of Time-Consuming Simulations, and Analysis of the resulting Big-Data for a wide- variety of Problems in CFD.
- TECHNOLOGICAL: Demonstrated SIMULATION of Arc- formation inside Circuit Breaker, Radiator- Fan assembly of Power-Transformer, Pebble Bed Reactor, and Printed Circuit Heat Exchangers
ACADEMIC: Proposed a Physical, Insightful, and Comprehensive Approach to make the subject of CFD easy-enough to be taught at an early UG curriculum that can enable MAKE Physics-based Simulation SOFTWARE IN INDIA!
Consultancy Areas:
- Computational Fluid Dynamics: Two-Phase Flow and Fluid-Structure Interactions
Sector Associated With:
- CFD Consultant, Global R&D, Crompton Greaves Limited, Mumbai, Oct. 2010- Oct. 2015.
Sectors Interested to Offer Service:
Professional Experience
- June 2022 – till date Rahul Bajaj Chair Professor: Department of Mech. Engg., IIT Bombay
- March 2015 – June 2022 Professor: Department of Mechanical Engineering, IIT Bombay.
- Jan 2011 – March 2015 Associate Professor: Department of Mechanical Engineering, IIT Bombay.
- Oct. 2010 - Oct. 2015 CFD Consultant, Global R&D, Crompton Greaves Limited, Mumbai
- July 2005 – Jan 2011 Assistant Professor: Department of Mechanical Engineering, IIT Bombay.
- June 2004 – June 2005 Assistant Professor (Contract): Department of Mech. Engg., IIT Bombay.
- Jan. 2004 – April 2004 Senior Research Fellow: Department of Mech. Engg., IIT Bombay.
- July 2000 – April 2004 Teaching Assistant: Department of Mechanical Engineering, IIT Kanpur.
- Jan 1998 – June 2000 Lecturer: Department of Mechanical Engineering, NIT Hamirpur (H.P.).
- Aug 1996 – Jan 1998 Teaching Assistant: Department of Mechanical Engineering, IISc Bangalore.
- Aug 1995 – July 1996 Lecturer: Department of Mechanical Engineering, RIT Raipur (C.G.)
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Education
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Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering, IIT Kanpur, 2004.
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M.E. Mechanical Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering, IISc Bangalore, 1998.
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B.E. Mechanical Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering, GEC NIT Raipur, 1994.
Awards and Recognitions
- IIT Bombay “Research Dissemination Award” in recognition of "outstanding efforts to disseminate” research through a text-book on “Introduction to Computational Fluid Dynamics: Development, Application and Analysis” and review-article on “Level Set Method for Computational Multi-Fluid Dynamics: A Review on Developments, Applications and Analysis”, 2021.
- IIT Bombay “Departmental Award for Excellence in Teaching, Dept. of Mech. Engg.” in recognition of significant contributions to the teaching activities of the institute, 2019.
- Associate Editor of Interfacial Phenomena and Heat Transfer, Begell House, 2023 onwards.
- Associate Editor of Sadhana - Academy Proceedings in Engineering Sciences, Springer, 2020 onwards.
Secretary (2015-18) and Financial Secretary (2012-14), National Society for Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power INDIA.
Link to Website
https://sites.google.com/site/atulsharmaiitb/INAE Section Affiliated
III: Mechanical Engineering
Year of Election to Fellowship
2021
Year of Birth
1972
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