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Sachin Y. Shinde
PhD (IISc Bangalore )
Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Research Interest
Experimental Fluid Mechanics, Biofluiddynamics, Swimming and Flying, Fluid–Structure (Flexible) Interaction, Propulsion by Flapping Foils, Cloud Fluid Dynamics.
Office
Room No. FB-439, Faculty Building,
Department of Mechanical Engineering
IIT Kanpur-208016, Uttar Pradesh, India
Specialization
Fluid Mechanics
Education
PhD, Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 2012
PhD thesis title: Creation of an Orderly Jet and Thrust Generation in Quiescent Fluid from an Oscillating Two-dimensional Flexible Foil. PhD thesis supervisor: Prof. Jaywant H. Arakeri
M.Sc. (Engineering), Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 2007
B.E., Mechanical Engineering, Walchand College of Engineering Sangli, Shivaji University Kolhapur, Maharashtra, 2000
Selected Publications
SHINDE, S. Y. & ARAKERI, J. H. 2014 "Flexibility in flapping foil suppresses meandering of induced jet in absence of free stream." Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 757, 231–250, doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2014.480.
SHINDE, S. Y. & ARAKERI, J. H. 2013 "Jet meandering by a foil pitching in quiescent fluid." Physics of Fluids, 25, 041701, doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4800321.
SHINDE, S. Y. & ARAKERI, J. H. "Actuator disk type action in unsteady thrust generation from a chordwise flexible foil flapping in the absence of free stream." under review for Proceedings of Royal Society A.
SHINDE, S. Y. & ARAKERI, J. H., A novel hovering mechanism from a flapping two-dimensional flexible foil, International Conference on Intelligent Unmanned Systems (ICIUS), 3–5 November 2010, Bali, Indonesia.
SHINDE, S. Y. & ARAKERI, J. H., Flapping flexible foil propulsion, International Conference on Computational and Experimental Marine Hydrodynamics (MARHY 2014), 3–4 December 2014, Chennai, India.
Awards & Fellowships
Our Letter stood 1st among the "Top 20 Most Read Articles" in Physics of Fluids in April 2013: SHINDE, S. Y. & ARAKERI, J. H. 2013, Phys. Fluids, 25.
"Best Poster Award", at the 13th annual symposium (2010), Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India.
"Gold Medal" and "Best Thesis Award" for M.Sc.(Engg.) (2009), Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India.
National Merit Scholarship for securing 12th rank in the HSC Merit List (1996).
National Merit Scholarship for securing 26th rank in the SSC Merit List (1994).
Keywords
Fluid Dynamics, Experimental Fluid Mechanics, Biofluiddynamics, Fluid-structure interaction, Hovering, Swimming, Flying, Turbulence, Cloud Flows, Flapping foil propulsion
Professional Experience
Assistant Professor (Oct. 2015 - present): Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
Post-Doctoral Fellow (Oct. 2012 – Oct. 2015): Engineering Mechanics Unit, Jawaharlal Nehru Center for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR), Bangalore, India. (with Prof. Roddam Narasimha)
Post-Doctoral Fellow (Jan. 2012 – Oct. 2012): Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore, India. (with Prof. Jaywant H. Arakeri)
Graduate Engineer (2000 – 2001): Production Department, PHILIPS India Ltd. (Enabling Technologies Group), Kolkata & Pune, India.