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Pranav Ramkrishna Joshi
PhD (Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA)
Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Research Interest
Laminar, transitional and turbulent boundary layers, natural convection, flows in rotating systems, turbulent flows, aerodynamics.
Office
NL301,
Department of Mechanical Engineering
IIT Kanpur,
Kanpur 208016
Specialization
Experimental fluid mechanics and heat transfer
Education
Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA (2013).
M.S., Mechanical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA (2009).
M.Sc. (Engg.), Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India (2006).
B.E., Mechanical Engineering, Shivaji University, Kolhapur, India (2003).
Previous Work Experience
Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur 208016, India. April 2018 - present.
Scientist Fellow, Experimental Aerodynamics Division, National Aerospace Laboratories, Bangalore 560017, India. May 2016 – April 2018.
Postdoctoral Researcher, Dept. of Applied Physics, Eindhoven University of Technology, 5600MB Eindhoven, Netherlands. April 2014 – January 2016.
Postdoctoral Researcher, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA. September 2013 - March 2014.
Selected Publications
Pranav Joshi, Hadi Rajaei, Rudie Kunnen and Herman Clercx (2017) "Heat transfer in rotating Rayleigh ̶ Bénard convection with rough plates". Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 830, R3. doi:10.1017/jfm.2017.660.
Pranav Joshi, Hadi Rajaei, Rudie Kunnen and Herman Clercx (2016) "Effect of particle injection on heat transfer in rotating Rayleigh ̶ Bénard convection". Physical Review Fluids, 1, 084301. doi:10.1103/PhysRevFluids.1.084301.
Hadi Rajaei, Pranav Joshi, Rudie Kunnen and Herman Clercx (2016) "Flow anisotropy in rotating buoyancy-driven turbulence". Physical Review Fluids, 1, 044403. doi:10.1103/PhysRevFluids.1.044403.
Hadi Rajaei, Pranav Joshi, Kim Alards, Rudie Kunnen, Federico Toschi and Herman Clercx (2016) "Transitions in turbulent rotating convection: A Lagrangian perspective". Physical Review E, 93, 043129. doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.93.043129.
Rajprasad Loganathan, Charles Little, Pranav Joshi, Michael Filla, Tracey Cheuvront, Rusty Lansford, and Brenda Rongish (2014) "Identification of emergent motion compartments in the amniote embryo". Organogenesis 10, no. 4: 350-364. doi:10.4161/org.36315.
Pranav Joshi, Xiaofeng Liu and Joseph Katz (2014). "Effect of mean and fluctuating pressure gradients on boundary layer turbulence". Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 748, pp 36-84. doi:10.1017/jfm.2014.147.
Awards & Fellowships
Winner, Graduate Student Presentation Competition at the AIAA Region I Young Professional, Student and Education Conference (YPSE-12), November 2, 2012.
Recipient of JHU ME Department Graduate Student Fellowship for the year 2006-2007.
Awarded the ME Department Alumni Medal for the best M.Sc. (Engg.) thesis of the year 2006-2007 in ME Department at IISc, Bangalore.
Twice recipient of Shivaji University Merit Scholarship awarded to first few meritorious students in the University at the undergraduate level.
Conference Presentations
Pranav Joshi, Xiaofeng Liu and Joseph Katz (2013) "Effects of Fluctuating Pressure Gradients on Boundary Layer Turbulence". Proceedings of ASME 2013 Fluids Engineering Summer Meeting FEDSM2013, July 7-11 2013, Incline Village, Nevada, USA. Paper number FEDSM2013-16249. doi:10.1115/FEDSM2013-16249.
Pranav Joshi, Xiaofeng Liu and Joseph Katz (2012) "Modification of Turbulence in Boundary Layers by Mean and Fluctuating Pressure Gradients". Proceedings of ASME 2012 Fluids Engineering Summer Meeting FEDSM2012, July 8-12 2012, Puerto Rico, USA. Paper number FEDSM2012-72280. doi:10.1115/FEDSM2012-72280.
Pranav Joshi, Xiaofeng Liu and Joseph Katz (2011) "Turbulence in Accelerating Boundary Layers". Proceedings of ASME-JSME-KSME Joint Fluids Engineering Conference 2011, July 24-29, 2011, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan. Paper number AJK2011-25010. doi:10.1115/AJK2011-25010.
Pranav Joshi and Joseph Katz (2010) "Experimental Investigation of Turbulent Boundary Layers under Favorable Pressure Gradient". Proceedings of ASME 2010 3rd Joint US-European Fluids Engineering Summer Meeting and 8th International Conference on Nanochannels, Microchannels and Minichannels, August 1-5 2010, Montreal, Canada. Paper number FEDSM-ICNMM2010-30764. doi:10.1115/FEDSM-ICNMM2010-30764.
Pranav Joshi and Raghuraman Govardhan (2006) "Unsteady Flow Field Downstream of a Sudden Expansion". Proceedings of the Eighth National Conference on Air Breathing Engines & Aerospace Propulsion NCABE-2006, December 12-14 2006, DIAT Pune, India.