Welcome to SKD Research Group

The research group of Prof. Sarit K. Das works with various aspects of Thermo fluidics like heat and mass transfer in industrial equipments such as heat exchangers and fuel cells, multiphase flow and energy conver­sion. Water management in PEM fuel cells and thermal management of battery stack are the two active areas in this direction. The group specifically focuses on Micro-nano scale processes and is known to be one of the leading groups on Nanofluids in the world. Another area of focus of the group is Bio microfluidics. It works on design, fabrication, simulation and experimentation on Biochips, which are specially conceptualized to mimic human physiological conditions. The focus is lo use this for medical diagnostics, a platform for drug delivery and understanding physiological and pathological states related to cardiovascular diseases and cancer. The group has worked on HDH (Humidification and Dehumidification) desalination technique and now started working on flow electrode capacitive deionization, an electrochemical desalination technique.


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LATEST NEWS & EVENTS

  • State-of-the-art facilities of Prof. S.K.D.'s research group, focused on biomicrofluidics, cell culturing, nanofluidics, and thermal-electrochemical transport, were inaugurated by ISRO Chairman Dr. V. Narayanan in the presence of the Director of IIT Madras
  • Prof. SKD’s research league welcomes the new members, Sujatha S. as PhD Scholar to our group.
    • Prof. SKD's research league congratulates Somenath Gorai for defending his Ph. D. thesis entitled "Experimental and Numerical Investigations of Simultaneously Developing Laminar-Turbulent Transitional Regime of Mixed Convection Flows in a Vertical Tube"
  • Prof. SKD’s book on "Nano and Microscale Heat Transport" (Second Edition) has been published by Ane Books Pvt Ltd. (12th Dec 2024)
  • Prof. SKD’s book on "Vapour-liquid two phase flow and phase change" (International edition) has been published by Springer.
  • Prof. SKD's research league congratulates N. Allwyn Blessing Johnson for defending his Ph. D. thesis entitled "WATER MANAGEMENT AND OPERATIONAL STABILITY OF PEM FUEL CELLS - EFFECTS OF SURFACE MODIFICATION THROUGH COPPER CORROSION AND SURFACE WETTABILITY"
  • Prof. SKD's research league congratulates M. Aravinthan for defending his Ph. D. thesis entitled "STUDIES ON FLOW BOILING IN HORIZONTAL SMALL DIAMETER TUBES".
  • Position Available: We are looking for new Postdoc, PhD, MS and M.Tech candidates. Click here>

COLLABORATORS

International Collaborators

  • Prof. Wilfried Roetzel, Helmut Schmidt University, Germany.
  • Prof. John H. Lienhard V, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA.
  • Prof. Bengt Sundén, Lund University, Sweden.
  • Prof. Sangeeta N. Bhatia, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA.
  • Prof. Roger D Kamm, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA.
  • Prof. Rohit Karnik, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA.

National Collaborators (@IIT Madras)

  • Prof. T. Sundararajan, Department of Mechanical Engineering.
  • Prof. Thalappil Pradeep, Department of Chemistry.
  • Prof. Dhiman Chatterjee, Department of Mechanical Engineering.
  • Prof. Tapobrata Panda, Department of Chemical Engineering
  • Prof. A. R. Balakrishnan, Department of Chemical Engineering
  • Prof. Arvind Pattamatta, Department of Mechanical Engineering
  • Prof. Tanmay Basak, Department of Chemical Engineering
  • Prof. Nitish R. Mahapatra, Department of Biotechnology
  • Prof. Amitava Das Gupta, Department of Electrical Engineering
  • Dr. Sateesh Gedupudi, Department of Mechanical Engineering
  • Prof. Rama Shanker Verma, Department of Biotechnology
  • Prof. Arunn Narasimhan, Department of Mechanical Engineering
  • Prof. Samit Bakshi, Department of Mechanical Engineering
  • Prof. S. P. Venkateshan, Department of Mechanical Engineering

National Collaborators (@Other IIT’s or CFTI’s)

  • Dr. Himanshu Tyagi, Department of Mechanical Engineering, IIT Ropar.
  • Prof. Suman Chakraborty, Department of Mechanical Engineering, IIT Kharagpur.
  • Dr. Prabhat K. Agnihotri, Department of Mechanical Engineering, IIT Ropar.
  • Prof. Premachandran B, Department of Mechanical Engineering, IIT Delhi
  • Dr. Pawan Kumar Singh, Department of Mechanical Engineering, IIT (ISM) Dhanbad
  • Dr. Diwakar Seyyanur Venkatesan, JNCASR
  • Dr. Purbarun Dhar, Department of Mechanical Engineering, IIT Kharagpur
  • Dr. Ajay Katiyar, DRDO
  • Dr. Nilesh Agrawal, Atomic Energy Regulatory Board

National Collaborators (@Private Institutes)

  • Prof. Venkatesan M, SASTRA University.
  • Prof. P.R.Suresh, NSS College of Engineering

FUNDING ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

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Prof. Sarit K. Das
Institute Professor
V. Balakrishnan Chair Professor
Room No: 203
Heat Transfer and Thermal Power Laboratory
Department of Mechanical Engineering
IIT Madras
Chennai - 600 036.

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Telephone : +91 (44) 2257 4655 (O)

Email : skdas@iitm.ac.in

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