Faculty details

Prof.Sandip Mandal

Designation: Assistant Professor

Department: Chemical Engineering

Email: Sandip[at]iitism[dot]ac[dot]in

Contact Number: 9775610378

Office Number: +91-326-223-5237

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Research Interest: Granular Mechanics, Rheology, Complex Fluids, Fluid Mechanics

Teaching

  • Instructor for the course "Chemical Process Calculations (NCHC 201)": Winter 2024-25
  • Instructor for the course "Granular Mechanics (CHO 503)": Winter 2023-24
  • Instructor for the course "Fluid Particle Mechanics (CHC 202)": Monsoon 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25
  • Instructor for the course "Tranport Pheomena (CHE 202)": Winter 2021-22, 2022-23
  • Instructor for the course "Research Methodology (CHC 518)": Winter 2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24
  • Instructor for the Laboratory "Heat Transfer (CHC 210)": Winter 2021-22, 2024-25
  • Instructor for the Laboratory "Fluid Particle Mechanics (CHC 205)": Monsson 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25

Academics

  • B.Tech. in Chemical Engineering: Heritage Institute of Technology 2005-2009
  • M.Tech.+Ph.D. Dual degree in Chemical Engineering: IIT Bombay 2009-2018
  • Post-doctoral researcher: CNRS-Aix-Marseille University 2018-2021

Position

Awards and Honors

  • Institute Award for Excellence in Ph.D. thesis work, IIT Bombay 2019
  • R G Manudhane Ph.D. excellence award, Department of Chemical Engineering, IIT Bombay, 2019

Publications

List Of Research Publications (only in Peer-reviewed Journals)

  • S. Mandal, M. Nicolas, and O. Pouliquen, Rheology of cohesive granular media: Shear banding, hysteresis, and non-local effects, Phys. Rev. X 11, 021017 (2021)
  • S. Mandal, M. Nicolas, and O. Pouliquen, Insights into the rheology of cohesive granular media, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 117, 8366-8373 (2020)
  • S. Mandal and D. V. Khakhar, Granular surface flow on an asymmetric conical heap, J. Fluid Mech. 865, 41-59 (2019)
  • S. Mandal and D. V. Khakhar, Dense granular flow of mixtures of spheres and dumbbells down a rough inclined plane: Segregation and rheology, Phys. Fluids 31, 023304 (2019). Selected as Editor's pick
  • S. Mandal and D. V. Khakhar, A study of the rheology and microstructure of dumbbells in shear geometries, Phys. Fluids 30, 013303 (2018)
  • S. Mandal and D. V. Khakhar, Sidewall-friction-driven ordering transition in granular channel flows: Implications for granular rheology, Phys. Rev. E. 96, 050901(R)(2017)
  • S. Mandal and D. V. Khakhar, An experimental study of the flow of nonspherical grains in a rotating cylinder, AIChE J. 63, 4307-4315 (2017)
  • S. Mandal and D. V. Khakhar, A study of the rheology of planar granular flow of dumbbells using discrete element method simulations, Phys. Fluids 28, 103301 (2016). Selected as Editor's pick

Papers in conference abstract volumes / presented

  • Rheology of flows of no-spherical granular materials, COMPFLU24, IIT Hyderabad, December 16-18, 2024
  • Rheology of complex granular flows, SOFT MATTER YOUNG INVESTIGATORS MEET 2023, Uttarakhand, June 14-17, 2023
  • Rheology of cohesive granular media, COMPFLU22, IIT Kharagpur, December 19-21, 2022
  • Insights into the rheology of cohesive granular media, The Annual European Rheology Conference, Cyberspace, April 13-15, 2021
  • Packings and dense flows for a controlled-cohesion granular material, 3rd IMA Conference on Dense Granular Flows, Cambridge, July 01-04, 2019
  • DEM simulation of flow of dumbbells on a rough inclined plane, 68th Annual Meeting of American Physical Society - Division of Fluid Dynamics, Boston, November 22-24, 2015
  • An experimental study of dense granular surface flow of nonspherical grains in a rotating cylinder, 7th World Congress on Particle Technology, Beijing, May19-22, 2014
  • DEM simulations of two-dimensional flow of dumbbells on a rough inclined surface, 7th World Congress on Particle Technology, Beijing, May19-22, 2014
  • DEM simulations of two-dimensional flow of dumbbells on a rough inclined surface, Research Scholars' Symposium, 2014, Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, February 15, 2014

 

Projects & Activities

Sponsored Research Projects (External Funded)

  • SERB SRG Grant [SRG/2022/001028] for the project "Investigation of slow flows of non-spherical granular materials" in 2022 

Guidance

  • 2 M.Tech. students guided
  • 2 M.Tech. Students guiding