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Battery Testing in Thermal Chamber

Research Group

Post-Doctoral Fellow

1. None currently

 

Ph.D.

1. Parvez Ahmed (on Institute funding), September 2017 - present. Thesis submitted in July 2024. Thesis title: Development of finite-element and lattice Boltzmann solvers for nonlinear dynamic deformation with non-uniform stiffness and fluid flow flow analysis.
2. B. Binoy (originally Part-time student, on Project funding from October 2021), November 2017 - present.Thesis submitted in July 2024. Thesis title: Investigation of translational and rotational motion induced flow patterns in flapping wing aerodynamics.
3. Shivangi Rajput (Delhi Technological University with Dr. Amrish K. Panwar), December 2018 - present.
4. Aashish Joshi (on Project funding, with Dr. Bhanu Nandan), December 2019 - present. Thesis submitted in June 2024. Thesis title: Sustainable fibrous electrode materials for high performance lithium-sulfur batteries.
5. Raghvendra Gupta (on Project funding, with Dr. Supreet S. Bahga), January 2019 - present. Thesis submitted in July 2024. Thesis title: An investigation into thermal characterization and management of commercial Lithium-ion batteries.
6. Debashish Chakraborty (on Project funding), August 2021 - present.
7. Gazal Gupta (on Institute funding, with Dr. Deepak Kumar (CART)), August 2021 - present.
8. Sanjeev Kumar (PMRF fellow), January 2022 - present.
9. Prakash Saxena (on Institute funding), July 2023 - present.
10. Arvind (on Institute funding, with Dr. B. Nandan), January 2023 - present.
11. Sneh Lata Singh (on Institute funding), January 2024 - present.

 

M.Tech./M.S.(R)

 

B.Tech.

1. Amogh K. Sharma and Akshatt Sethia, July 2024 - present.
2. Soumik Saha, July 2024 - present.

Interns

1. Muhammed Muaaz (INSA, Lyon), July 2024 - present.

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Past Members

Post-Doctoral Fellow

1. Arghya Chakravarty (on project funding, with Dr. Shubhendu Bhasin). July 2018-September 2019.
2. Anirudh Nath (on project funding, with Dr. Shubhendu Bhasin), October 2019 -  December 2021.
3. Mayur Gaikwad (on project funding), September 2021 - May 2022.
4. Dr. Atinder Pal Singh (on project funding, with Prof. S.S. Bahga), May 2022 - June 2023.

 

Ph.D.

1. Muhammad Rashid (Institute funded). Defended in October 2016. Dissertation Title: Investigation of capacity fading in Lithium-ion coin cells. Currently employed as a Research Fellow at University of Warwick, UK.
2. Nipun Arora (Project funded), Defended in September 2017. Dissertation Title: Role of passive flexibility in a self-propelled plunging membrane. Currently employed as Assistant Professor, IIT Jodhpur.
3. Salahuddin Ahamad (Project funded), Defended in July 2019. Dissertation Title: Electrochemical and thermal behavior of Li-ion graphitic anode with nano-conducting additives. Currently employed as Assistant Manager (R&D-Battery), Exicom Tele-System Ltd.
4. Rattandeep Singh (Institute funded, with Dr. Supreet S. Bahga). Defended in December 2019. Dissertation Title: Electrohydrodynamics of droplets in a microchannel. Currently employed as Senior Researcher, Engineering Software Steyr.
5. Nitin Kumar (QIP funded, with Prof. Sanjeev Sanghi). Defended in September 2020. Dissertation Title: On the prediction of propulsion of a plunging rectangular plate. Currently employed as Assistant Professor, G.B. Pant Institute of Engineering & Technology.
6. Kaushlendra Kumar Dubey (Institute funded, with Dr. Supreet S. Bahga). Defended in July 2021. Dissertation Title: Electrokinetic instabilities and non-uniform electroosmotic flow in microfluidic systems with conductivity gradients.
7. Rohit Mehta (Institute funded). Defended in April 2023. Dissertation Title: A thermo-electrochemical investigation of lithium-ion batteries. Currently employed at Ola Electric.

 

M.Tech.

1. Seema Sethia (co-supervised with Dr. Smruti Sarangi, Prof. S.R. Kale, Dr. Shouribrata Chatterjee), January 2012 - June 2012. Thesis Title: Thermal analysis of heat spreader.
2. Sondarva Nilesh (co-supervised with Prof. Sanjeev Sanghi), January 2012 - May 2012. Thesis Title: Computational fluid dynamics analysis of flapping wing mechanism.
3. Nipun Arora, May 2012 - June 2013. Thesis Title: A parametric study into generation of lift using clap and fling motion for finite thickness membranes.
4. Raja Ram, May 2012 - June 2013. Thesis Title: Study of Lithium-ion cell performance using single particle representation of battery electrode.
5. Prasant Bilaiya, May 2014 - June 2015. Thesis Title: Study on aging effect of Lithium-ion battery by impedance spectroscopy.
6. Manish Yadav, May 2016 - June 2017. Thesis Title: Development of a multi-block lattice Boltzmann method for three-dimensional fluid flow problems.
7. Payal Singh, May 2016 - June 2017. Thesis Title: Electrochemical performance of Nickel-Maganese-Cobalt (NMC) cells.
8. Madhukar Krishna, May 2018 - June 2019. Thesis Title: Development of finite-volume solver for incompressible flows using immersed boundary method.
9. M. Shahzad Hasan, May 2018 - June 2019. Thesis Title: Lattice Boltzmann modeling of bio-flux system for inlet pulsatile flow profile.
10. Ayush Lamba, May 2019 - July 2010. Thesis Title: Development of fluid flow solver for immersed curvilinear boundaries using finite-volume method.
11. Vivek Mohan (co-supervisd with Dr. S.S. Bahga), May 2019 - July 2020. Thesis Title: Modelling of electrospray thrusters.
12. Shubham Raj Tomar, May 2019 - August 2020. Thesis Title: Mathematical modeling of lithium nickel managanese cobalt oxide cathode.
13. Devesh Gupta, September 2020 - June 2021. Thesis Title: Development of a numerical model for analysis of Lithium-Sulfur (Li-S) batteries.
14. Vivek Korade, September 2020 - June 2021. Thesis Title: A study on the modelling of moving boundaries using the finite-volume method.
15. Sanidhya Jain (co-supervised with Dr. S.S. Bahga), September 2020 - June 2021. Thesis Title: Electrospray thruster for micro and nano satellites.
16. Praveen Sharma (co-supervised with Prof. S.S. Bahga), July 2021 - July 2022. Thesis Title: Computational modelling of SARS-COV2 aerosol dispersion in indoor spaces.
17. Manish Tandon (co-supervised with Prof. S.S. Bahga), May 2022 - July 2023. Thesis Title: Conjugate heat transfer analysis of forced air cooling of a Lithium-ion battery module in inline and staggered configurations.
18. G.K.Ananthu (co-supervised with Prof. S.S. Bahga), May 2022 - July 2023. Thesis Title: Numerical simulation of EHD jet in micro fabricated electrospray thruster.
19. Thakur Ronith Singh (with Prof. S.S. Bahga and Prof. S. Shriyam), May 2023 - June 2024. Thesis Title: State of health estimation of Li-ion batteries using data driven models.
20. Kshitij Dwivedi (with Prof. S.S. Bahga), May 2023 - June 2024. Thesis Title: Simulation of multiphase flows using CLSVOF method.

 

M.S.(R)

1. Arun Sathyan, August 2014-August 2016. Thesis Title: Multiscale modelling of an aprotic Lithium-Oxygen battery.
2. Venu Gopal Agarwal, May 2018 - November 2019. Thesis Title: Droplet formation in a T-junction microchannel with a shear-thinning continuous phase.

 

B.Tech.

1. Akshaya Budania and Suhail Ahmad (co-advised with Prof. Sanjeev Jain), SURA project, May 2011 - Aug 2011.
2. Animesh Agrawal and Ankur Gupta (co-advised with Prof. P.M.V. Subbarao), Final year B.Tech. project, July 2011 - May 2012.
3. Gourav Garg, Himanshu Chaurasiya and Kartik Lohani (co-advised with Prof. Sanjeev Jain), Final year B.Tech. project, July 2011 - May 2012.
4. Rahul Arora and Rishabh Gupta (co-advised with Prof. S.N. Singh), Mini Project, January 2012 - May 2012.
5. Akshaya Budania and Suhail Ahmad (co-advised with Prof. Sanjeev Jain), Mini Project, January 2012 - May 2012.
6. Kishan Kumar Sachdeva (co-advised with Prof. Sanjeev Sanghi), SURA project, May 2012 - July 2012.
7. Anirudh Jain and Apoorv Singh (co-advised with Prof. Sanjeev Sanghi), Final year B.Tech. project, July 2012 - May 2013.
8. Vineet Agarwal and Akshat Anand (co-advised with Dr. Gaurav Goel), Final year B.Tech. project, July 2012 - May 2013.
9. Harpreet Singh Matharoo and Devavret Makkar, Final year B.Tech. project, July 2012 - May 2013.
10. Akash Gupta and Devendra Kumar, Final year B.Tech. project, July 2012 - May 2013.
11. Gaurav Assat and Naman Dwivedi (co-advised with Dr. S. Sarangi), Final year B.Tech. project, July 2012 - May 2013.
12. J. Hari Harsha, Final year B.Tech project, July 2013 - May 2014.
13. Aditya Sankar and Sandeep Yella (co-advised with Dr. Gaurav Goel), Final year B.Tech. project, July 2013 - May 2014.
14. Vaibhav Jain and Shubham Kumar (co-advised with Prof. S.N. Singh), Mini Project, January 2014 - May 2014.
15. Zeeshan Ahmad, (co-advised with Dr. S.S. Bahga), Final year B.Tech. project, July 2014 - May 2015.
16. Gagan Madan and Sauhard Gupta, SURA Project, May 2015 - October 2015.
17. M. Zafar Anwar, As part of design credits, May 2016 - December 2016.
18. Aman Goyal and Prabhu Panda, Final year B.Tech. project, July 2016 - December 2016.
19. Kishan Kashyap and Madhukar Krishna, Final year B.Tech. project, July 2016 - May 2017.
20. Abhishek Kumar and Harsh Gupta, Final year B.Tech. project, July 2017-December 2017.
21. A. Raja Abhishek, Final year B.Tech. project, July 2017 - May 2018.
22. Paras Gupta and Kanu Raj Anand, Final year B.Tech. project, July 2018 - May 2019.
23. Tanmay Soni, Final year B.Tech. project, July 2019 - July 2020.
24. Shobhit Singhal, Mini Project, January 2020 - July 2020.
25. Ishan Singh and Rohan Garg, August 2022 - May 2023.
26. Achintya Naidu, Final year B.Tech. project, July 2023 - May 2024.
27. Varun Vaidyanathan, Final year B.Tech. project, July 2023 - May 2024.
28. Kailash Chandra Gupta and Prateek Chandel, Final year B.Tech. project, July 2023 - May 2024.

 

Research Assistants

1. Abhimanyu Sharma (with Prof. S.N. Singh), October 2011 - August 2014.
2. Brijesh Dubey (with Prof. S.N. Singh), July 2013 - August 2014.

 

Interns

1. Prabhat Vashishth (NIT Kurukshetra), May 2013 - July 2013.
2. Utkarsh Nagar (NIT Kurukshetra), July 2013 - December 2013.
3. Utkarsh Mehrotra (Manipal Institute of Technology, Manipal), May 2016 - July 2016.
4. Siddarath Madaan (DAV Institute of Engineering & Technology, Jalandhar), January 2017 - May 2017.
5. Vinoba Pandey (IIT Kanpur), May 2021 - July 2021.
6. Panckaj Lumba (NSUT Delhi), May 2022 - July 2022.
7. Jay Lokhande (NIT Kurukshetra), January 2023 - July 2023.
8. Avihaan Jain (Duke University), June 2024 - July 2024.

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