Mechanical Engineering

My research is primarily based on the areas of Thermal Management of Electronic and Electrical Systems, Transport Phenomena in Porous Media and Gas Turbine Heat Transfer. I have also started to look into the areas of Microscale flows, Electrohydrodynamics and Energy Cycles.

All Publications

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Completed Projects

Principal Investigator

Academy of Classical and Folk Arts (ACFA) Various Government and Non-Government Organisations
Electrohydrodynamics for Avionics Cooling GE INDIA INDUSTRIAL PRIVATE LIMITED
EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION OF POOL BOILING IN HIGH POROSITY METAL FOAMS JALNIDHI BITUMEN SPECIALITIES PRIVATE LIMITED
GKF - Support for Academy of Classical and Folk Arts Guru Krupa Foundation (IIT Foundation)
Server Noise Evaluation Phase 1 INTEL TECHNOLOGY INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED
Thermal Modelling and Cell characterization of Batteries for Electric Vehicles The MathWorks, Inc.
Virtual Labs (Phase III) Ministry of Human Resource Development
VIRTUAL LABS PROJECT(PHASE-III EXTENDED) MHRD, Department of Higher Education, NMEICT, New Delhi
Wellness Drive for IIT-KGPs PWD Students Tower Research Capital Markets India Pvt. Ltd.

Alumni members

Ph. D. Students

Ankit Chourasia

Area of Research: Microfluidics and Energy Transport

Chinmaya Kumar Patra

Area of Research: Two phase flow and boiling

Farkhanda Azmi

Area of Research: Battery thermal management

Mrinmay Bhowmik

Area of Research: Power electronics and energy storage

Pawar Rajwardhan Madhukar Aruna

Area of Research: Rechargeable batteries

Saurabh Biswas

Area of Research: Electronic Cooling

Shubham Mishra

Area of Research: Heat Transfer

Sonali Priyadarshini Das

Area of Research: Heat Transfer

Tuhin Maitra

Area of Research: Battery Pack Design and Development

Y Bishal Singha

Area of Research: Cooling of space electronics

Book Chapter/Section
- An Application from a Defect A Friction Stir Channeling Approach Sarkar P., Pal S. K., Bhattacharya A. , Shollock B. By Welding Technology. 131-166 (2021)
- Thermal Management of Electronics Using Sprays and Droplets Bhattacharya A., Chang J. , Haehn N. S. By Applications Paradigms of Droplet and Spray Transport: Paradigms and Applications 267-295 (2018)
Journal
- Contribution of the ventral pouch in the production of mouse ultrasonic vocalizations S A., Agarwalla S. , Bhattacharya A. , Bandyopadhyay S. By Physical Review E 107 024412- (2023)
- Mechanistic model of combined pressure drop and heat transfer for the entire growth stage of an elongated bubble in a rectangular microchannel Patra C.K., Bhattacharya A., Das P.K. By International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer 197 - (2022)
- Effect of polymer substrate elasticity on splat formation during thermal spraying Chowdhury A., Bhattacharya A., Bandyopadhyay P.P. By Surface and Coatings Technology 447 - (2022)
- Electro-osmosis Aided Thin-Film Evaporation from a Micropillar Wick Structure Pujahari A., Dasgupta S., Bhattacharya A. By Langmuir 38 8442-8455 (2022)
- Bubble Dynamics and Enhancement of Pool Boiling in Presence of an Idealized Porous Medium: A Numerical Study Using Lattice Boltzmann Method Mondal K., Bhattacharya A. By Journal of Thermal Science and Engineering Applications 14 - (2022)
- Numerical Modeling and Simulation of a Volumetric Resistance Blower Using Porous Rotor Girhe S., Cardenas R., Macdonald M., Bhattacharya A. By Journal of Electronic Packaging, Transactions of the ASME 143 - (2021)
- Numerical modeling of adjacent bubble interactions under the influence of induced vibrations in liquid pool using lattice Boltzmann method (LBM) Mondal K., Bhattacharya A. By Journal of Applied Physics 130 - (2021)
- Numerical Study of Pool Boiling Heat Transfer from Surface with Protrusions Using Lattice Boltzmann Method Mondal K., Bhattacharya A. By Journal of Heat Transfer 143 - (2021)
- Influence of temperature dependent physical properties on liquid metal droplet impact dynamics Chowdhury A., Bhattacharya A. , Bandyopadhyay P. P. By Journal of Thermal Science and Engineering Applications 14 1-6 (2021)
- Electrophoretic deposition of nickel ferrite anode for lithium-ion half cell with superior rate performance Das S., Das D., Jena S., Mitra A., Bhattacharya A., Majumder S.B. By Surface and Coatings Technology 421 - (2021)
- Electrophoretic deposition of ZnFe2O4 Carbonaceous composites as promising anode for lithium-ion batteries Das S., Das D., Mitra A., Jena S., Bhattacharya A., Majumder S.B. By Materials Letters 301 130265- (2021)
- Performance evaluation of evaporation from micropillar arrays with different pillar topologies Pujahari A., Dasgupta S., Bhattacharya A. By International Journal of Thermal Sciences 168 - (2021)
- Ionic Wind Review-2020: Advancement and Application in Thermal Management Venkatesh S., Kumar A. , Pramanik S. , Bhattacharya A. By Sadhana 46 - (2021)
- Pool boiling enhancement through induced vibrations in the liquid pool due to moving solid bodies A numerical study using lattice Boltzmann method (LBM) Mondal K., Bhattacharya A. By Physics of Fluids 33 - (2021)
- Experimental Investigation of Buoyancy-Induced Convection in High-Porosity Open-Cell Aluminum Metal Foams under Different Orientations Ramakrishna T., Moulic S.G., Bhattacharya A. By Journal of Thermal Science and Engineering Applications 13 - (2021)
- On-chip concentration and patterning of biological cells using interplay of electrical and thermal fields Kunti G., Agarwal T., Bhattacharya A., Maiti T.K., Chakraborty S. By Analytical Chemistry 92 838-844 (2020)
- Alternating Current Electrothermal Flow for Cooling of Localized Hot Spots in Microelectronic Devices Kunti G., Dhar J. , Chakraborty S. , Bhattacharya A. By IEEE Transactions on Components, Packaging, and Manufacturing Technology 1020-1027 (2020)
- Interfacial dynamics of immiscible binary fluids through ordered porous media: The interplay of thermal and electric fields Kunti G., Bhattacharya A. , Chakraborty S. By Physics of Fluids 31 032002- (2019)
- Strong rotating flow in stationary droplets in low power budget using wire electrode configuration Kunti G., Bhattacharya A. , Chakraborty S. By Electrophoresis - (2019)
- Joule heating-induced particle manipulation on a microfluidic chip Kunti G., Dhar J. , Bhattacharya A. , Chakraborty S. By Biomicrofluidics 13 014113- (2019)
- Directionally controlled open channel microfluidics Kunti G., Dhar J., Bhattacharya A., Chakraborty S. By Physics of Fluids 31 - (2019)
- Electrothermally actuated moving contact line dynamics over chemically patterned surfaces with resistive heaters Kunti G., Bhattacharya A. , Chakraborty S. By Physics of Fluids 30 062004- (2018)
- Electro-thermally driven transport of a non-conducting fluid in a two-layer system for MEMS and biomedical applications Kunti G., Bhattacharya A. , Chakraborty S. By Journal of Applied Physics 123 244901- (2018)
- Electrothermally modulated contact line dynamics of a binary fluid in a patterned fluidic environment Kunti G., Mondal P. K., Bhattacharya A. , Chakraborty S. By Physics of Fluids 30 092005- (2018)
- Energy-Efficient Generation of Controlled Vortices on Low-Voltage Digital Microfluidic Platform Kunti G., Dhar J. , Bandyopadhyay S. , Bhattacharya A. , Chakraborty S. By Applied Physics Letters 113 124103- (2018)
- Alteration in contact line dynamics of fluid-fluid interfaces in narrow confinements through competition between thermocapillary and electrothermal effects Kunti G., Bhattacharya A. , Chakraborty S. By Physics of Fluids 30 082005- (2018)
- Alternating current electrothermal modulated moving contact line dynamics of immiscible binary fluids over patterned surfaces Kunti G., Chakraborty S. , Bhattacharya A. By Soft Matter 13 6377-6389 (2017)
- Analysis of micromixing of non-Newtonian fluids driven by alternating current electrothermal flow Kunti G., Bhattacharya A. , Chakraborty S. By Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics 247 123-131 (2017)
- Rapid mixing with high-throughput in a semi-active semi-passive micromixer Kunti G., Bhattacharya A. , Chakraborty S. By Electrophoresis 38 1310-1317 (2017)
- Numerical investigations of electrothermally actuated moving contact line dynamics: Effect of property contrasts Kunti G., Bhattacharya A. , Chakraborty S. By Physics of Fluids 29 - (2017)
- Laser Calorimetry Spectroscopy for sub-ppm Dissolved Gas Detection and Analysis Kavoori N., Sinha S. , R P. , Poonacha S. , Chaudhry G. , Bhattacharya A. , Choudhury N. , Mahalik S. , Maity S. By Scientific Reports 7 - (2017)
- A scaling analysis for electrohydrodynamic convection with variable thermophysical and electrical properties Kunti G., Bhattacharya A. , Chakraborty S. By International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer 109 215-222 (2017)
- Phase Change Materials for Transient Cooling of a Heater Array in a High Aspect Ratio Channel in Presence of Mean Flow Bhattacharya, A., R. Senthil, Varadarajan, Krishnakumar By ASME Journal of Thermal Science and Engineering Applications Vol. 8 - (2016)
- Numerical Modeling of Boiling Heat Transfer in Microchannels Sarangi, R.K., Bhattacharya A., and Prasher, R.S. By Applied Thermal Engineering 29 300-309 (2009)
- Skin Cooling and Other Challenges in Future Mobile Form Factor Computing Devices Mongia, Rajiv, Bhattacharya A., and Pokharna, Himanshu By Microelectronics Journal 39 992-1000 (2008)
- Numerical Investigation of Fluid Flow and Heat Transfer over Louvered Fins in Compact Heat Exchangers Malapure, V.P., Mitra, Sushanta K., and Bhattacharya A. By International Journal of Thermal Sciences 46 199-210 (2007)
- Metal Foam and Finned Metal Foam Heat Sinks for Electronics Cooling in Buoyancy Induced Convection Bhattacharya, A. and Mahajan, R.L. By ASME Journal of Electronic Packaging 128 259-266 (2006)
- Temperature Dependence of Thermal Conductivity of Biological Tissues Bhattacharya, A., and Mahajan, R.L. By Physiological Measurements 24 769-783 (2003)
- Thermophysical Properties of High Porosity Metal Foams Bhattacharya, A., Calmidi, V. V., and Mahajan, R.L. By International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 45 1017-31 (2002)
- Finned Metal Foam Heat Sinks for Electronics Cooling in Forced Convection Bhattacharya, A., and Mahajan, R.L. By ASME Journal of Electronic Packaging 124 155-163 (2002)
- Entrainment Effects in Buoyancy Induced Flows in Longitudinal Finned and Finned Metal Foam Heat Sinks Bhattacharya, A. and Mahajan, R.L. By International Journal of Microelectronic Packaging, 1 253-267 (2001)
Patent
- A method for friction stir spiral tunneling (FSST) in pipe and a system to carry out such method (Filed Ref No: 202031010846, Filing date: March 13, 2020). Sarkar P., Pal S. K., Bhattacharya A. , Mishra P. By - (2020)
- CURRENT CARRYING SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF ASSEMBLING THE SAME (USPTO 10,027,076) Greenwood P., Bryant M. , Mathure S. , Pollineni V. R., Bhattacharya A. , Dasgupta S. , Murthy S. S. By - (2018)
- ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT AND A METHOD OF MANUFACTURING (USPTO 9,622,374) Bhattacharya A., Dasgupta S. , Greenwood P. , Meiners S. By - (2017)
- SYSTEMATIC DISTRIBUTOR (Indian Patent Office 201731029765) Srivastav A., Joshi S. , Yerragolam G. S., Bhattacharya A. By - (2017)
- CURRENT CARRYING SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF ASSEMBLING THE SAME (USPTO 9,431,782) Greenwood P., Bryant M. , Mathure S. , Poliineni V. R., Bhattacharya A. , Dasgupta S. , Murthy S. S. By - (2016)
- CHIMNEY-BASED COOLING MECHANISM FOR COMPUTING DEVICES (USPTO 8,451,604) Bhattacharya A., Macdonald M. A., Vijayaraghavan S. By - (2013)
- METHOD, APPARATUS AND COMPUTER SYSTEM FOR VORTEX GENERATOR ENHANCED COOLING (USPTO 8,537,548) Bhattacharya A., Mongia R. , Varadarajan K. By - (2013)
- METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INVERTED VORTEX GENERATOR FOR ENHANCED COOLING (USPTO 7,983,045) Bhattacharya A., Mongia R. , Varadarajan K. , Vedula R. P., Prabhu S. V. By - (2011)
- ACTIVE VENTS FOR COOLING OF COMPUTING DEVICES (USPTO 20100167636) Bhattacharya A., Singh B. By - (2010)
- ELECTROMAGNETIC INTERFERENCE SHIELDING FOR DEVICE COOLING (USPTO 7,764,514) Mongia R., Bhattacharya A. By - (2010)
- HIGH PERFORMANCE SPREADER FOR LID COOLING APPLICATIONS (USPTO 20090323276) Mongia R., Varadarajan K. , Bhattacharya A. By - (2009)
- METHOD, APPARATUS AND COMPUTER SYSTEM FOR AIR MOVER LID COOLING (USPTO 20090080157) Varadarajan K., Bhattacharya A. By - (2009)
- THERMAL ATTACH FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICE COOLING (USPTO 20090127701) Goel N., Bhattacharya A. , Mongia R. By - (2009)
- WINGED PIEZO FAN (USPTO 20080218968) Bhattacharya A., Mongia R. By - (2008)
- ELECTRONIC PACKAGE WITH THERMALLY-ENHANCED LID (USPTO 7,183,642) Bhattacharya A., Calmidi V. V., Sathe S. B. By - (2007)
- THERMAL MANAGEMENT ARRANGEMENT FOR STANDARDIZED PERIPHERALS (USPTO 7,251,139) Bhattacharya A., Chiu C. , Machiroutu S. V. By - (2007)
- AERODYNAMIC MEMORY MODULE COVER (USPTO 20050196904) Bhattacharya A., Chiu C. By - (2005)
- ENHANCED HEAT EXCHANGER (USPTO 6,958,912) Pokharna H., Bhattacharya A. By - (2005)
- THERMAL MANAGEMENT DEVICE FOR AN INTEGRATED CIRCUIT (USPTO 20050111188) Bhattacharya A., Prasher R. S., Garcia J. , Prstic S. By - (2005)
Conferences
- Reduced Order Modeling of ACET Driven Flows for Cooling of Localized Hotspots in CPUs Sarkar M., Kunti G. , Chakraborty S. , Bhattacharya A. By 24th IEEE Electronic Packaging Technology Conference - (2023)
- Numerical Modelling and Simulation of Plated Blowers for Cooling of Mobile Computing Platforms Goel S., Kumar A. , Mali R. , Raghavendra K. , Srinivas K. , Macdonald M. , Bhattacharya A. By 24th IEEE Electronic Packaging Technology Conference - (2023)
- Mass Transfer Enhancement Induced by Electro-Soluto Convection within Two Parallel Electrodes Due to Unipolar Charge Injection Mondal S., Traore P., Bhattacharya A., Perez A., Vazquez P.A. By Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Dielectric Liquids 2022-May - (2022)
- State Feedback Design Approach for Fast Recovery Digitally Current Mode Controlled Boost Converters Bhowmik M., Chatterjee D. , K H. , Kapat S. , Bhattacharya A. By IEEE 48th Annual Conference of the Industrial Electronics Society, IECON 2022 - (2022)
- State Feedback Design Approach for Fast Recovery Digitally Current Mode Controlled Boost Converters Bhowmik M., Chatterjee D., Hariharan K., Kapat S., Bhattacharya A. By IECON Proceedings (Industrial Electronics Conference) 2022-October - (2022)
- Analysis of Evaporation from micropillar surface by Using Non-Uniform Heat Flux Pujahari A., Dasgupta S. , Bhattacharya A. By 23rd Electronic Packaging Technology Conference - (2021)
- Alternating Current Electrothermal Flow for Energy Efficient Thermal Management of Microprocessor Hot Spots Kunti G., Dhar J., Bhattacharya A., Chakraborty S. By THERMINIC 2019 - 2019 25th International Workshop Thermal Investigations of ICs and Systems - (2019)
- Natural convection in an enclosure with a heated element for power law fluids Dey D., Alam M. , Bhattacharya A. , Roy S. By 25th National and 3rd International ISHMT-ASTFE Heat and Mass Transfer Conference - (2019)
- A study on evolution of splat radius and temperature in thermal spray process Dash M., Bandyopadhyay P.P., Kumar S., Bhattacharya A. By ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Proceedings (IMECE) 2 - (2018)
- Delta Wing Vortex Generators For Local Heat Transfer Enhancement In High Aspect Ratio Channels In Laminar Flows Kharangate C., Uppal A. , Prabhu S. , Vedula R. , Reddy A. , Bhattacharya A. , N. By 23rd National and 1st ISHMT-ASTFE Heat and Mass Transfer Conference 2015, ISRO Trivandrum - (2015)
- Phase Change Materials for Transient Cooling of a Heater Array in a High Aspect Ratio Channel in Presence of Mean Flow Bhattacharya A., Rajendran S. , Varadarajan K. By 22nd National and 11th ISHMT-ASME Heat and Mass Transfer Conference, IIT Kharagpur - (2013)
- Cooling Challenges for Future Generation of Laptop Computers Bhattacharya A., Vijayaraghavan S. , Chunduru S. By 19th National & 8th ISHMT ASME Heat and Mass Transfer Conference, Hyderabad, India, 2008 - (2008)
- Technical Review of Characterization Methods for Thermal Interface Materials (TIM) Goel N., T.k. A. , Bhattacharya A. , Cervantes J. , Mongia R. , Machiroutu S. By ITherm 2008: Eleventh Intersociety Conference on Thermal and Thermomechanical Phenomena in Electronic Systems 248-258 (2008)
- Heat Transfer Enhancement Using Synthetic Jets for Cooling in Low Form Factor Electronics in Presence of Mean Flow Mongia R., Macdonald M. , Mccune J. , Pavlova A. , Trautman M. , Bhattacharya A. By 9th IEEE Electronic Packaging Technology Conference (EPTC), Singapore 830-835 (2007)
- Laminar Wall Jets for Skin Cooling in Low Form Factor Electronics Bhattacharya A., Mongia R. , Kamiya R. By THERMES, Thermal Challenges in Next Generation Electronic Systems -II, Santa Fe, New Mexico 291-298 (2007)
Congress
- Experimental Study on Buoyancy-Induced Convection in Open Cell Aluminium Metal Foams Krishna T. R., Moulic S. G., Bhattacharya A. By International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (IMECE) - (2017)