Dr. Devranjan Samanta
Associate Professor
PhD 2012, Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self Organisation, Goettingen, Germany
- Office: 326, Satish Dhawan Block, +91-1881-23-2359
- Specialization: Transition in shear flows, Drop dynamics
- Research Areas: Drop impact dynamics, non-Newtonian fluid mechanics, transition in shear flows, Low speed aerodynamics
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Dr. Devranjan Samanta is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at IIT Ropar. He earned his PhD in 2012 from the Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organisation in Göttingen, Germany. Before joining IIT Ropar, he has worked internationally, including at the University of Minnesota (USA) and Okinawa Institute of Science & Technology (Japan) in fluid dynamics related research.
His broad research area is Fluid Mechanics, with specialisations in shear flow transition, drop dynamics, non-Newtonian fluid mechanics, and low speed aerodynamics.
Some of his notable work includes studies on droplet impact, ferrofluid droplets on superhydrophobic surfaces, delayed Leidenfrost phenomena, and the interaction of substrate wettability and inclination on drop behaviour.
Professional Achievements:
- International Research Experience: PhD from Max Planck Institute, Germany, with postdoctoral research at Okinawa Institute of Science & Technology, Japan, and collaborations in the USA.
- Research Contributions: Published influential work in PNAS and Physical Review Letters on turbulence, non-Newtonian flows, bacterial superfluids, and droplet dynamics.
- Leadership at IIT Ropar: Established and leads the Fluid Mechanics Laboratory, guiding PhD scholars and advanced research in fluid and multiphase flows.
- Expertise: Recognized for contributions in transition to turbulence, heat transfer, droplet impact dynamics, and biological flows.
- Under updation
- (1) S Mishra, D. Samanta and P Dhar “Elasto-hydrodynamics of non-Newtonian droplet collision with convex substrates ”, Physics of Fluids, Vol. 33, Issue 8, 2021
- (2) GVVS Prasad, P Dhar and D. Samanta “Magneto-elastic effect in non-Newtonian ferrofluid droplets impacting on superhydrophobic surfaces”, Langmuir, 2021
- (3) S. Chakravarty, D. Samanta “Numerical simulation of a 1-D filament mimicking Anguilliform mode of swimming using Discrete Vortex method ”, Physical Review FluidsVol. 6, No. 3 2021
- (4) N. Sahoo, G. Khurana, D. Samanta, and P. Dhar “Collisional ferrohydrodynamics of magnetic fluid droplets on superhydrophobic surfaces ”, Physics of Fluids Volume 33, Issue 1, 2021 (Editor’s Pick)
- (5) P. Dhar, V. Saini, A. Chattopadhyay and D. Samanta “ Electro-viscoelasticity of agarose based electrorheological fluids”, Physics of Fluids Volume 33, Issue 1, 2021
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