Faculty details

Prof.Abhishek Kumar Pandey

Designation: Assistant Professor

Department: Civil Engineering

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

Contact Number: 9934537789

Office Number: +91-326-223-5333

Personal Page: Under Construction

Research Interest: Hydraulics (experimental And CFD Simulation) , River Engineering , Sediment Transport , LES Modeling , Discrete Particle Method , Fluid Mechanics

Teaching

  • ES212: Fluid Mechanics [UG class, IIT Gandhinagar as a GTF, 2018-2019, Winter session]
  • CEC502: Research Methodology and Statistics [PG class, IIT (ISM) Dhanbad, 2023-2024, Winter session]
  • CEE202: Fluid Mechanics [UG class, IIT (ISM) Dhanbad, 2023-2024, Summer session]
  • CEC306: Water Resources Engineering [UG class, IIT (ISM) Dhanbad, 2024-2025, Winter session]
  • CEC308: Water Resources Engineering Laboratory [UG class, IIT (ISM) Dhanbad, 2024-2025, Winter session]
  • NCES101: Engineering Graphics [UG class, IIT (ISM) Dhanbad, 2024-2025, Monsoon and Winter session]                            

Academics

Ph.D., Civil Engineering [Direct after B. Tech.]

Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar, India

Duration: July, 2016 – May, 2022

CGPA: 8.63/10 (based on 75 credits course work)

Thesis title: 3D CFD modeling of the Open Channel Junction Flow on Fixed and Mobile Beds

Mentors: Prof. Pranab K. Mohapatra and Prof. Vikrant Jain

B. Tech., Civil Engineering

National Institute of Technology Patna, India

Duration: July, 2012 – April, 2016

CGPA: 9.14/10

Position

Assistant Professor

IIT (ISM) Dhanbad, Civil Engineering Department

Duration: 20th October, 2023 - Present

 

Institute Post-doctoral fellow

IIT Bombay, Civil Engineering Department

Duration: 19th April 2023 – 04th October 2023

 

Post-doctoral fellow

 IIT Gandhinagar, Civil Engineering Department

 Duration: 03rd February 2022 – 02nd February 2023

Awards and Honors

  • Paper titled "3D Numerical Simulations of the Bed Evolution at an Open-Channel Junction in Flood Conditions" was featured in the Editor's Choice in ASCE's Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering (2024)
  • Paper titled "Flow Dynamics and Pollutant Transport at an Artificial Right-Angled Open-Channel Junction with a Deformed Bed" was featured in the Editor's Choice in ASCE's Journal of Hydraulic Engineering (2023)
  • Recipient of the SERB International Travel Grant (2022)
  • Prime Minister Research Fellowship (PMRF) recipient (2018-2021)
  • Graduate Trainee Fellow (GTF) at IIT Gandhinagar (2019, Fluid Mechanics)
  • Selected as Start-Early Ph.D. candidate in Civil Engineering Department, IIT Gandhinagar (2016). This fellowship provides additional 10, 000 INR above the MHRD fellowship.
  • MHRD Fellowship for PhD (2016-2021)

Publications

Books Published

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

7. Pandey, A. K., & Mohapatra, P. K. (2024). 3D Numerical Simulations of the Bed Evolutions at an Open Channel Junction For the Flood Conditions. Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering, 150 (3), 04024007. https://doi.org/10.1061/JIDEDH.IRENG-10321

 6. Pandey, A. K., & Mohapatra, P. K. (2023). Flow Dynamics and Pollutant Transport at an Artificial Right-Angled Open-Channel Junction with a Deformed Bed. Journal of Hydraulic Engineering149(4), 04023006. https://doi.org/10.1061/JHEND8.HYENG-13424.

5. Pandey, A. K., & Mohapatra, P. K. (2022). Three-dimensional numerical simulation of the flood-wave propagation at a combining open-channel junction. Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering148(11), 04022038. https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)IR.1943-4774.0001713.

4. Pandey, A. K., & Mohapatra, P. K. (2022). Discussion of “Mahmodinia, S., & Javan, M.(2021). Vortical structures, entrainment and mixing process in the lateral discharge of the gravity current. Environmental Fluid Mechanics, 21 (5), 1035–1067”. Environmental Fluid Mechanics22(4), 1025-1033. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10652-022-09859-0.

3. Pandey, A. K., & Mohapatra, P. K. (2022). Large eddy simulation of sediment transport in high flow intensity by discrete particle method By B. Zhang; B., Wu; S., Li and Y., Shi, Journal of Hydraulic Research. 59 (4), 2020, 605-620, https://doi.org/10.1080/00221686.2020. 1818306. Journal of Hydraulics Research, 60(1), 182-183. https://doi.org/10.1080/00221686.2021.1968965

2. Pandey, A. K., & Mohapatra, P. K. (2021). Reduction of the Flow Separation Zone at Combining Open-Channel Junction by Applying Alternate Suction and Blowing. Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering, 147(10), 06021011. https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)IR.1943-4774.0001611

1. Pandey, A. K., Mohapatra, P. K., Jain, V., & Bhatia, U. (2020). Studying subcritical opposing channel flows. Journal of Applied Water Engineering and Research, 8(4), 262- 276. https://doi.org/10.1080/23249676.2020.1787247

Papers in conference abstract volumes / presented

4. Pandey, A. K., & Mohapatra, P. K. (2022). Performances of Different Turbulence Models in Predicting Important Characteristics of Steady Flow in Combined Open Channel Junction. 39th IAHR World Congress-From Snow To Sea, 3848-3857, Granada, Spain. https://doi.10.3850/IAHR-39WC2521711920221565

3. Pandey, A. K., Mohapatra, P. K., & Jain, V. (2020). Equivalent Manning’s Roughness in Combining Open Channel Junction Flows. World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2020: Hydraulics, Waterways, and Water Distribution Systems Analysis, 99-107. https://doi.org/10.1061/9780784482971.010

2. Pandey, A. K., and Mohapatra, P. K. (2019). 3D simulation of flow in a right angled channel junction with a pit. In World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2019: Hydraulics,

1. Pandey, A.K., Mohapatra, P.K. & Jain, V. (2021). Studying the channel confluence hydraulics using eddy viscosity models and Reynolds stress model. In Recent Advances in Computational Mechanics and Simulations (pp. 295-305). Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-8315-5_26

Projects & Activities

Consultancy Project (for ONGC)

Title: “Hydrological Study for the Gare Palma Sector-I Coal Mine, Tamnar, Raigarh (CG)”

Role: Co-CI

Funding: Jindal Power Limited, Raigarh

Amount: 8977777 INR

Duration: 6 months

Other Academic and Administrative Activities

  • Time-table Co-Ordinator, Civil Engineering Department
  • DPGC member
  • Member of the Organising Committee on the International Conference on Smart Resilient and Sustainable Infrastructure (SRISTI) organised by Civil Engg. Dept., IIT (ISM) Dhanbad
  • Member of the Technical Advisory Committee for AWaRe 2025 International Conference, Bhopal, India.
  • RC Officer of JOSSA 2024, IIT (ISM) Dhanbad

 

Journal Reviewer

  • Scientific Data
  • Physics of Fluids
  • Acta Geophysica
  • Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering
  • Water Resources Management
  • ISH Journal of Hydraulic Engineering

Guidance

Ph.D. 

Scholar Name

Research Field

Status

Puja Kumari

River Engineering

January, 2024-Present

Rauminsh Kumar

River Engineering

July, 2024-Present

 

M. Tech.

Scholar Name

Research Field

Status

Abhishek Kumar

Flooding impacts on Infrastructures

January, 2024-Present

Shubham Mishra

Non-Newtonian Fluid Dynamics (Tentative)

July, 2024-Present