Welcome to the Thermal and Fluid Transport Laboratory (TFTL) under the direction of Dr. Rishi Raj in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at IIT Patna. TFTL focuses on the investigation of thermal and fluid transport during phase change for a variety of energy, water, and thermal management applications, both for ground and space based applications. Our approach relies on leveraging scalable micro/nano-fabrication, advanced characterization, state-of-the-art experimentation, and unique model prediction capabilities to enable mechanistic insights into complex fluid, interfacial, and thermal transport processes. The gathered understanding is then utilized to enhance heat and mass transfer for various applications.
Title | Agency/Amount | Type | Status/Duration |
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Development of Thermally Controlled Modules of Optronic Payloads for Stratospheric
Operation (with co-PI Dr. Aswani Assam, IIT Patna) |
IRDE, DRDO Amount: 154 Lakhs |
Sponsored | 2024-2027 Ongoing |
Investigation of low global warming potential alternative chemicals to substances
controlled
under the Montreal Protocol (with co-PI Dr. A. D. Thuker, IIT Patna) |
Project Management Unit, Ozone Cell, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate
Change Amount: 50 Lakhs |
Sponsored | 2023-2028 Ongoing |
Decoding the science of boiling via bubble acoustics: Towards preemptive control of vapor explosion in industrial applications | SwarnaJayanti Fellowship Scheme, SERB and DST Amount: 334 Lakhs |
Sponsored | 2022-2027 Ongoing |
Permanent Dropwise Condensation via Amphiphilic Additives in Vapor Phase (with co-PI Dr. S. Daschakraborty, IIT Patna) |
Indo-Korea, DST Amount: 30 Lakhs |
Sponsored | 2021-2024 Ongoing |
Passive Two-Phase Heat Spreader for Hotspot Mitigation in Microgravity of Space | Human Spaceflight Centre (HSFC) ISRO Amount: 30 Lakhs |
Sponsored | 2020-2024 Ongoing |
Strengthening Interfacial Characterization Facilities: Funds for Improvement of S&T Infrastructure (one among six co-PIs with HoD as the PI) | DST FIST Amount: 290 Lakhs |
Sponsored | 2019-2024 Ongoing |
✔️ Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Patna (December 2019 – present)
✔️ Associate Dean, Resources, Indian Institute of Technology Patna (December 2019 – present)
✔️ Post-doctoral Associate, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA (August 2011 – July 2013)
✔️ Post-doctoral Research Associate, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Maryland, USA (May 2010 – July 2011)
✔️ Future Faculty Fellow, University of Maryland, USA (January 2009 – May 2010)
✔️ Research Assistant, University of Maryland, USA (August 2006 - May 2010)
✔️ Ph.D., Mechanical (Thermal), University of Maryland, USA (2010) [Best Dissertation Award]
✔️ M.S., Mechanical (Thermal), University of Maryland, USA (2009)
✔️ B.Tech., Mechanical Engineering, IIT Guwahati, India (2006)
✔️ Editor, International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer, Elsevier (2022 – till date)
✔️ Member, Editorial Board, Interfacial Phenomena and Heat Transfer (2023 – till date)
✔️ Swarnajayanti Fellowship 2021, Department of Science and Technology, GoI
✔️ Young Associate, Indian National Science Academy (INSA 2019)
✔️ Young Associate, Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE 2018)
Please find the study materials in this webpage: Link to sir’s webpage