Specialisation:

Computational Fluid Dynamics, Multiphase Heat Transfer

Major Professional Contributions:

Energy Sector

• Uncovered controllable regimes of microscale boiling through high-fidelity simulations.

• Redefined onset of nucleate boiling in suspended micro-heaters for compact electronics.

• Developed a mechanistic microlayer model, integrated into open-source CFD tools.

• Improved reactor thermal-hydraulics via CFD-based wall heat flux partitioning models.

• Advanced physics-informed prediction of critical heat flux for reactor safety.

Health Sector

• Pioneered non-invasive diagnostics using vascular sound signatures for stenosis and aneurysms.

• Provided new insights into thrombus growth and ischemic progression as Visiting Researcher at

Oxford.

• Identified limitations of well-mixed models in COVID-19 airborne transmission, guiding better

ventilation strategies.

Consultancy Areas:

Computational Fluid Dynamics, Multiphase Heat Transfer, Blood Flow Modeling, Nuclear Reactor

Thermal Hydraulics, Indoor Air Quality, Phonoangiography, Stenosis Prediction

Sector Associated With:

Health Sector

Energy Sector

Sectors Interested to Offer Service:

Health Sector

Energy Sector

Professional Experience

• Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering, IIT Bombay, 2024–Present

(Nuclear Lab Incharge; Associate Faculty, CMinds)

• Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering, IIT Bombay, 2017–2023

• Research Assistant, Imperial College London, UK, 2013–2015

• Academic Visitor, Imperial College London, UK, 2013

• Senior Research Fellow, IIT Madras, India, 2009–2010

• Teaching Assistant, Iowa State University, Ames, USA, 2007, 2009

Keywords

Computational Fluid Dynamics, Multiphase Heat Transfer, Blood Flow Modeling, Nuclear Reactor

Thermal Hydraulics, Indoor Air Quality, Phonoangiography, Stenosis Prediction