BioMEMS and Microfluidics Laboratory
Dr. Shantanu Bhattacharya, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Our Long term vision is to establish a working micro-engineering center for excellence in functional micro-scale prototypes. The goal is to promote basic MEMS research and training, developing MEMS sensor modules for commercial and futuristic applications, generate resources for the institute through grant proposals, sale of patented technologies and developing MEMS educational modules. The bigger objective of this center is to develop the 21st century engineering and technical task force who would take up the technological challenges of the future decades.
Tangible Impacts to the Institute
- Development of MEMS technology and products through a heavily iterative design process and reliability analysis of prototypes.
- State of the art MEMS fabrication facility for national and international users from neighboring nations. This would generate a lot of institute good will and also monetary resources and would increase the visibility of IIT-Kanpur in the global arena.
- Possibility of getting foreign scholars and students for training modules from the neighboring nations and Asian and Middle Eastern countries in general. The institute can eventually think of establishing MEMS engineering school associated with the design/ prototyping center for excellence.
- Possibility of getting funded research projects from industries and national agencies by demonstrating the capabilities.
Microfluidics and Complex Fluids Group
Dr. V. Shankar, Department of Chemical Engineering
Research in our group is centered around the areas of fluid dynamics, rheology, transport and interfacial phenomena with a focus on microfluidic systems, biological flows, and meso-patterning applications. Specifically, we address issues related to hydrodynamic instabilities and their manipulation in these settings, for example, as a way to improve transport rates or as a precursor to formation of meso-scale patterns. We use a combination of analytic theory, numerical simulations and experimental observations in our research.
Research Interests
- Hydrodynamic stability
- Viscoelastic and non-Newtonian flows
- Colloidal and Interfacial phenomena
- Electrohydrodynamics
Unsteady Low Speed Aerodynamics Lab
Dr. Debopam Das, Department of Aerospace Engineering
We work on Aeroacoustics of supersonic vortices during evolution and interaction, Flapping wing aerodynamics, Fire propagation in confined spaces, Analytical and experimental studies of unsteady pipe flow, Impinging jet flow studies for GSLV MK-III. Flow and acoustic field during initial startup, interaction with the reflected shock and interaction with the deflector and Compressible vortex rings.
Research Interests:
1. Experimental study on compressible vortex rings: Flow velocity measurements in circular and non-circular vortex rings using Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV), Time-Resolved PIV (TRPIV) and Hotwire. Flow visualization using high speed Schlieren system in supersonic flow.
2. Aeroacoustics of supersonic vortices during evolution and interaction.
3. Impinging jet flow studies for GSLV MK-III. Flow and acoustic field during initial startup, interaction with the reflected shock and interaction with the deflector.
4. Flapping wing aerodynamics: Bird's flight and Butterfly flight: Unsteady leading edge vortex (LEV) dynamics.
5. Analytical and experimental studies of unsteady pipe flow: Instability and Transition.
6. Fire propagation in confined spaces: Experimental study with PIV and PLIF.
Website: http://home.iitk.ac.in/~das/research.html