IITKGP
PostDoc & Ph.D. openings in the broad area of Microfluidics and CFD are available for the 2024 Autumn session. |

Responsibilities

  • Chairperson, Spring Fest
  • Prof-in-Charge, Examinations

Research Areas

My research lab (mCFD) provides opportunity to carry out fundamental computational research and proof-of-concept experimental investigations for a range of applications in multiphase and complex flow problems. Group members at mCFD lab are encouraged to pursue interdisciplinary research. 
  • Asphaltene precipitation under controlled mixing conditions in a microchamber by Meng J., Kanike C. , Sontti S. G., Atta A. , Tan X. , Zhang X. Chemical Engineering Journal 451 138873- (2023)
  • Nanoextraction based on surface nanodroplets for chemical preconcentration and determination by Wu H., Kanike C., Atta A., Zhang X. Biomicrofluidics 16 - (2022)
  • Influence of channel bend angle on the turbulent statistics in sharply bent channel flows by Sharma A., Lakkaraju R. , Atta A. Physics of Fluids 35 055102- (2023)
  • Insights into the influence of particle density and column inclination in polydisperse liquid solid fluidized beds by Puhan P., Mukherjee A. K., Atta A. Powder Technology 425 118540- (2023)
  • Mixing Enhancement of Newtonian Liquids in a Curvature Induced Split and Recombine Micromixer by Ghosh A.B., Atta A. Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research 62 4135-4150 (2023)
  • Non-Newtonian droplet breakup in a T-junction microdevice containing constriction induced asymmetric parallel branches by Kumari P., Atta A. Physics of Fluids 35 022004- (2023)
  • Regulation of droplet size and flow regime by geometrical confinement in a microfluidic flow-focusing device by Sontti S. G., Atta A. Physics of Fluids 35 012010- (2023)
  • Droplet breakup in a parallel microchannel with asymmetrical geometric constraints by Kumari P., Atta A. Chemical Engineering Research and Design 184 13-23 (2022)
  • Geometric and hydrodynamic influences on the droplet breakup dynamics in a branched microdevice by Kumari P., Atta A. Chemical Engineering and Processing - Process Intensification - (2022)
  • Insights into the dynamics of non-Newtonian droplet formation in a T-junction microchannel by Kumari P., Atta A. Physics of Fluids - (2022)

Principal Investigator

  • NAMO-PI4: Nexus for Advanced Modeling and Optimization: AI driven modeling in Process Industry 4.0 Scheme for Promotion of Academic and Research Collaboration (SPARC), Apex Committee of SPARC, Ministry of Education

Co-Principal Investigator

  • Centre of excellence for training and research in Microfluidics IIT KHARAGPUR
  • Coarsegrained CFD-DEM-PBM simulations of industrial granulating beds Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB)
  • Coarsegrained CFD-DEM-PBM simulations of industrial granulating beds Anusandhan National Research Foundation (ANRF)
  • Reduction of Water Consumption in the Washing-Classification of Finished Beads LANXESS INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED

Ph. D. Students

Amlan Ashish

Area of Research: Biosensors for Point-of-Care

Arahata Senapati

Area of Research: computational multiphase flows

Chandan Kumar Ghosh

Area of Research: Microfluidics

Soni Jaiswal

Area of Research: Multiphase modeling

Sourish Singha

Area of Research: Computational Fluid Dynamics

Souvik Dutta

Area of Research: Materials Science and Engineering

Srishti Verma

Area of Research: Electrochemical NanoBiodevices for Detection