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Prof.Antarip Poddar

Designation: Assistant Professor

Department: Mechanical Engineering

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

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About Me: I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, IIT(ISM) Dhanbad

Research Interest: Biomedical Flows; Biological Soft Matter; Marangoni Effects in Electrohydrodynamics, Electrokinetics, Thermodynamic Optimization.

Teaching

Theory Courses

1. Computational Fluid Dynamics (NMEC522, MEO579) : Winter - 2024-25; Winter - 2023-24

2. Advanced Fluid Dynamics (NMEC514) : Monsoon - 2024-25

3. Engineering Mechanics (MEI101) : Monsoon, Winter - 2021-22; Monsoon, Winter - 2022-23 (U. G. 1st Year course, taught in four consecutive semesters)

Practical Courses

1. Applied Mechanics Lab. (MEC204) : Monsoon 2021-22

2. Thermodynamics and Fluid Mechanics Lab. (MEC205) : Monsoon 2022-23, Monsoon 2023-24

3. Heat Transfer and Fluid Machines Lab. (MEC210) : Winter 2022-23

4. Heat Power and Refrigeration Lab. (MEC309) : Winter 2023-24

5. Engineering Mechanics Lab. (NMEC102) : Monsoon 2024-25

6. Computational Fluid Dynamics Lab. (NMEC530) : Winter 2024-25

Continuing Education

1. Advanced Heat Transfer : Monsoon 2024-25 -- (Shared, 3Yr Mtech Course at IIIF Centre, Kolkata)

2. Incompressible and Compressible Flow : Winter 2023-24 -- (shared, 3Yr Mtech Course at IIIF Centre, Kolkata)

Academics

Position

Awards and Honors

AWSAR Best Story Award 2020 by the Department of Science and Technology, India, for the popular science story titled “Microbots: Tiny Warriors Ready to Fight Demons inside your Body”.
Ranked 1st in the M. Tech. specialization of Thermal Science and Engineering at IIT Kharagpur in 2016.
Secured an all India rank of 460 in the Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) among around 1,85,000 candidates.
Won the V. M. K. Shastri. Best Paper Award in ISHMT-ASME International Heat and Mass Transfer Conference, 2013.
Ranked 2nd in the Higher Secondary Examination (12th Standard) 2010 in the state of West Bengal, among about 2,00,000 students. [Link]

(i) Awarded under the ‘Scheme of Scholarship for College & University Students’ of the Government of India.

(ii) Awarded with the ‘Mamraj Agarwal Rashtriya Purashkar’ 2010 in the presence of the Hon’ble Governor of West Bengal.

Publications

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

[Journal Names linked to webpages; * denotes the Corresponding Author]

2024

Ghosh, S., Ghoshal, S., and Poddar, A.*, 2024. Harnessing wall slip towards tunable microswimming in Poiseuille flow, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 997, A59.
Chakraborty, S., Mantripragada, V. T., Chakravarty, A., Goswami, D., and Poddar, A.*, 2024. Unraveling the complex interplay between abnormal hemorheology and shape asymmetry in flow through stenotic arteries, Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine, 257, 108437.

2023

Damor, H., Ghosh. S. and Poddar, A.*, 2023. Surface entrapment of micromotors by a background temperature field. Physics of Fluids, 35, 082008.
Ghosh, S. and Poddar, A.*, 2023. Slippery rheotaxis: new regimes for guiding wall-bound microswimmers. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 967, A14.
Behera, N., Poddar, A. and Chakraborty, S., 2023. Eccentricity-induced dielectrophoretic migration of a compound drop in a uniform external electric field. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 963, A17.
Poddar, A.*, 2023. Thermotactic navigation of an artificial microswimmer near a plane wall. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 956, A25.

2022

Mantripragada, V. T. and Poddar, A.*, 2022. Rheology dictated spreading regimes of a non-isothermal sessile drop. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 951, A42.

2021

Poddar, A., Bandopadhyay, A. and Chakraborty, S., 2021. Steering a thermally activated micromotor with a nearby isothermal wall. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 915, A22.

2020

Poddar, A., Bandopadhyay, A. and Chakraborty, S., 2020. Near-wall hydrodynamic slip triggers swimming state transition of microorganisms. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 894, A11.

2019

Poddar, A., Mandal, S., Bandopadhyay, A. and Chakraborty, S., 2019. Electrorheology of a dilute emulsion of surfactant-covered drops. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 881, pp. 524–550.
Poddar, A., Mandal, S., Bandopadhyay, A. and Chakraborty, S., 2019. Electrical switching of a surfactant coated drop in Poiseuille flow. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 870, pp. 27–66.
Poddar, A., Bandopadhyay, A. and Chakraborty, S., 2019. Activated micromotor propulsion by enzyme catalysis in a biofluid medium. Applied Physics Letters, 114(5), 053701.

2018

Poddar, A., Mandal, S., Bandopadhyay, A. and Chakraborty, S., 2018. Sedimentation of a surfactant-laden drop under the influence of an electric field. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 849, pp. 277–311.

2017

Poddar, A., Dhar, J., and Chakraborty, S., 2017. Electro-osmosis of nematic liquid crystals under weak anchoring and second-order surface effects. Physical Review E, 96, 013114.

2016

Poddar, A., Maity, D., Bandopadhyay, A. and Chakraborty, S., 2016. Electrokinetics in polyelectrolyte grafted nanofluidic channels modulated by the ion partitioning effect. Soft Matter, 12, pp. 5968–5978.

2015

Poddar, A., Chatterjee, R., Ghosh, K., Mukhopadhyay, A. and Sen, S., 2015. Performance assessment of longitudinal flow through rod bundle arrangements using entropy generation minimization approach. Energy Conversion and Management, 99, pp. 359–373.
Poddar, A., Chatterjee, R., Chakravarty, A., Ghosh, K., Sen, S., and Mukhopadhyay, A., 2015. A thermal model to characterize the flattening effect of a nuclear fuel element in an annular channel using simple analytical approach. Progress in Nuclear Energy, 85, pp. 441–453.
Poddar, A., Chatterjee, R., Chakravarty, A., Ghosh, K., Sen, S., and Mukhopadhyay, A., 2015. Thermodynamic analysis of a solid nuclear fuel element surrounded by flow of coolant through a concentric annular channel. Progress in Nuclear Energy, 85, pp. 178–191.

Papers in conference abstract volumes / presented

Chakraborty, S.; Mantripragada, V.; Goswami, D. and Poddar, A. Effect of hematocrit level on the hemodynamics of a severely stenosed coronary artery, 11th International and 51th National Conference on Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power (FMFP), AMU, Aligarh, India, December 20-22, 2024, Paper No.-206.
Ghosh, S., Damor, H., and Poddar, A. Thermotaxis of a Near Wall Micromotor, Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Mechanical Engineering, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India, January 5 & 6, 2024, Paper No.-113.
Mantripragada, V. and Poddar, A. Thermocapillary migration of a biofluid droplet, 10th International and 50th National Conference on Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power (FMFP), I.I.T. Jodhpur, Mumbai, India, December 20-22, 2023, Paper No.-065.
Ghosh, S. and Poddar, A. Rheotactic motion of a microswimmer near a slippery wall, 10th International and 50th National Conference on Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power (FMFP), I.I.T. Jodhpur, Mumbai, India, December 20-22, 2023, Paper No.-051.
Poddar, A., Mandal, S., Bandopadhyay, A. and Chakraborty, S. Surfactant-induced alterations in the elctrohydrodynamics of a sedimenting drop, 7th International and 45th National Conference on Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power (FMFP), I.I.T. Bombay, Mumbai, India, December 10-12, 2018, Paper No.-107.
Chatterjee, R., Poddar, A., Ghosh, K., Sen, S. and Mukhopadhyay, A. Entropy generation analysis of a nuclear fuel element surrounded by flow of coolant through a concentric annular channel, 5 th International and 41st National FMFP Conference, I.I.T. Kanpur, India, December 12-14, 2014, Paper No.-325.
Poddar, A., Chatterjee, R., Ghosh, K., Mukhopadhyay, A. and Sen, S. Performance of central subchannels for parallel flow through infinite bare rod array in a nuclear reactor using entropy generation minimization approach., 5 th International and 41st National FMFP Conference, I.I.T. Kanpur, India, December 12-14, 2014, Paper No.-331.
Poddar, A., Chatterjee, R., Ghosh, K., Sen, S. and Mukhopadhyay, A. A simple thermal model to characterize the flattening effect of a heat generating rod in a channel, 11th International and 22nd National ISHMT-ASME Heat and Mass Transfer Conference, I.I.T. Kharagpur, India, December 28-31, 2013, Paper No.-HMTC1300424.

Projects & Activities

Funded R & D Projects

1. Fluid dynamics to answer human infertility

Funding Agency: Faculty Research Scheme (FRS), IIT(ISM) Dhanbad

Amount: ₹ 15 lakhs

Duration: 2022 - 25

Status: Ongoing

2. Experimental and numerical investigation of non-isothermal droplet dynamics in viscoelastic fluids

Funding Agency: Startup Research Grant (SRG), DST(SERB), Govt. of India.

Amount: ₹ 31.68 lakhs

Duration: 2022 - 24

Status: Completed

Membership of Scientific Societies

Lifetime member of the National Society for Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power (NSFMFP)
Lifetime member of the Indian Society of Heat and Mass Transfer (ISHMT)

Lifetime member of the Institution of Engineers (India) (IEI)

Other Academic and Administrative Activities

Administrative Activities

Member of the Accommodation and Transportation sub-committee of III (Industry-Institute Interaction) & Basant 2025
Departmental Summer Research Internship Programme (SRIS) member. -- 2024
Departmental Grievance Redressal Committee (DGRC) member. -- Feb, 2024 - present
Departmental Post Graduate Committee (DPGC) member. In charge of issues related to PG, PhD students. -- Nov, 2022 - present
Collection and compilation of all laboratory manuals of the Mechanical Engineering Department. -- May 2022
Prepared vision and roadmap presentation for the Mechanical Engineering Department for the BOG meeting. -- May 2022
Compiled and performed statistical analysis of academic activities of all the 18 departments for the period 2018 - 2021. -- Nov, 2021

Reviewing Activities

Reviewer of prestigious journals like Physics of Fluids, Powder Technology, Soft Matter, Scientific Reports, etc.

Outreach Activities

1. Organized a one-week workshop titled “CFD in Practice: Fundamental Research to Recent Industrial Applications” from 16th to 20th December 2024 in the Mechanical Engineering Department, IIT(ISM) Dhanbad. (Role - PI).

2. Organized a guest lecture by Prof. Debkalpa Goswami, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA, in the Mechanical Engineering Department IIT(ISM) Dhanbad on 8^th December 2023. The title of the talk was "Utilizing soft robotic platforms for disease modeling and therapy".

3. Delivered an invited lecture on “Hydrodynamics of microorganisms under external flows” in the “Workshop on Multiscale Fluid Dynamics: Engineering Aspects” organized by the Indian Statistical Institute Kolkata on 24^th January, 2025.

4. Organized a “Two-day Webinar on Emerging Trends in Microfluidics and its Applications” as co-coordinator. Speaker: Prof. Suman Chakraborty, Department of Mechanical Engineering, IIT Kharagpur. Date and Time: 13^th and 14^thSept 2021.

Guidance

PhD Students

Soumyajit Ghosh

Duration: July, 2021 - present.

Research area: Microswimmers in complex environments

Academic background: B.Tech. from MAKAUT, M.Tech. from IIEST Shibpur

Email: ghosh[dot]soumyajit07[at]gmail[dot]com

2. Soumen Chakraborty

Duration: July, 2022 - present.

Research area: Multiphase flows of non-Newtonian fluids, CFD of Cardiovascular Flows.

Academic background: B.Tech. from MAKAUT, M.Tech. from NIT Durgapur

Email: soumenc798[at]gmail[dot]com

3. Saroj Kumar

Duration: Jan, 2024 - present.

Research area: Granular flow

4. Nikash Bharti

Duration: Aug, 2024 - present.

Research area: CFD in healthcare

M. Tech Students

1. Shubham Sekhar (23MT0384)

Duration: May, 2024 -Present.

Research area: Multiphase simulation of aggromachinery components

Academic background: B. Tech. from Visvesvaraya Technological University

2. Protik Haldar (23MT0279)

Duration: May, 2024 -Present.

Research area: Thermocapillary actuation of complex biofluids

Academic background: B. Tech. from IIT Patna

Vinay and Surajit will start their M.Tech projects in May, 2025! Looking forward to interesting projects with them.

B. Tech Students

Rukhsar, Meher, Jaspreet and Anshuman

Alumni Members

M. Tech

1. Dhananjay Kumar (22MT0114)

Duration: May, 2023 - May, 24.

Research area: Blood flow through artery

Academic background: B.Tech. from MAKAUT

Email: dhananjay[dot]dhanbad9204[at]gmail[dot]com

2. Himanshu Damor (21MT0163)

Duration: May, 2022 - May, 2023

Research area: Micromotor under confined thermotaxis

Academic background: B.Tech. from Institute of Infrastructure Technology Research and Management (IITRAM), Ahmedabad.

Thesis Title: Surface entrapment of micromotors by a background temperature field

Email: 21mt0163[at]mech[dot]iitism[dot]ac[dot]in

B. Tech

2023-24: Ayush Gupta, Kuldip Kumar, Navarun Mallick

Project: Blood flow through artery

2022-23: Vishal Shivhare, Gunjan Haldar and Aman Mittal

Project: Forecasting Brownian dynamics of active particles using Pre-LN Transformers with linear LSTM embedding

2021-22: Akshay Kargaonkar and Suneek Meena

Project: Diffusiophoresis of a confined Janus particle, Shear thinning flow around a squirmer

Interns

1. Summer, 2024: Agnibha Mukherjee

3rd year B.Tech., Jadavpur University, Kolkata

Funded by the SRIP, IIT(ISM) Dhanbad

2. Summer, 2023: Srimoyee Ghoshal

3rd year B.Tech., MAKAUT, Kolkata

Funded by the Scientific Social Responsibility (SSR) component of the SRG project

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