Funded Research Projects:

1. Pattern Formation: Flow of Thin Liquid Films over Heterogeneous Surfaces: Computational modeling work using COMSOL and MATLAB are on-ongoing to understand the physics that causes instabilities in driven thin films flowing over a surface with thermal, structural, molecular heterogeneity. Received 25 Lacs from Initiation Grant of IITK 2. Study of Micro-Scale Free Surface Flows: Funding from FIST to purchase Micro- PIV (estimated cost ~86 Lacs) 3. Dip-coating of a Micro-Patterned Substrate: Theoretical and numerical model development to study the dip-coating process specifically for a micro-patterned substrate Received 34 Lacs from DST 4. Pattern formation due to instability in microscale thin liquid films flowing over heterogeneous surfaces Received 17.9 Lacs from DAE under Young Scientist Research Award 5. Building Thermal Energy Modeling: Numerical modeling and validation of behavior of a building under different weather conditions and thermal load Supported by Obama-Singh Initiative 6. Numerical Modeling And Analysis Of The Ovd Process For Optical Fiber Manufacturing Funded by Sterlite Technologies Ltd (90 Lacs for 3 years) 7. Numerical Modeling Study of Float Manufacturing Process and CVD Coating Funded by Saint-Gobain Research ( 32 Lacs for 2 years) 8. Fundamental understanding of the reaction kinetics of the chemical vapor deposition process Funded by Saint-Gobain Research India (9.72 Lacs for 1.5 years) 9. Development of theoretical model for droplet dynamics of Anti-corrosion treatment on hot Float Glass Funded by Saint-Gobain Research India (6.12 Lacs for 1.5 years) 10. Numerical Modeling for the study of oxidation of PCS fibre on a stationary cylinder roll Funded by DMSRDE (9.87 Lacs for 1 year)