Prof. Pushpavanam's Research League

.... PUSHing the frontiers of Science


Department of Chemical Engineering, IIT Madras

Former Members of the League

Ph.D. Scholars

Akash Choudhary
Year of Graduation: 2020
Thesis Title: Hydrodynamics of phoretic particles: effects of inertia and non-newtonian stresses

Krishnaveni Thota
Year of Graduation: 2020
Thesis Title: Modelling of mixing enhancement and particle separation in a microchannel

Sundari Ramji
Year of Graduation: 2018
Thesis Title: Modelling hydrodynamics, mass transfer and reactions in laminar, two-phase flows in a microchannel

Avinash Sahu
Year of Graduation: 2018
Thesis Title: Intensification of separation processes in liquid-liquid and gas-liquid systems

Babita K Verma
Year of Graduation: 2019
Thesis Title: Insights from rate based models in biological and sociological systems to hybrid models in chemical systems

Bhagavatula N V S S R Dinesh
Year of Graduation: 2019
Thesis Title: Elastohydrodynamics of two-phase stratified flows

Anil B Vir
Year of Graduation: 2017
Thesis Title: Hydrodynamics, mass transfer and reactions in liquid-liquid two-phase microreactors

Jason Ryan Picardo
Year of Graduation: 2017
Thesis Title: Physics Of Layered Micro-Flows

Dipin S. Pillai
Year of Graduation: 2016
Thesis Title: Instability of Jets: Effects of curvature, Heat transfer and External flow fields

A. Manokaran
Year of Graduation: 2015
Thesis Title: Insights from spatio-temporal studies of a polymer electrolyte fuel cell under different degradation conditions

B. Ashraf Ali
Year of Graduation: 2011
Thesis Title: Experimental and numerical investigation of hydrodynamics, mixing and reactions in bubble columns

Cherlo Shiva Kumar
Year of Graduation: 2010
Thesis Title: Experimental and numerical flow behavior and reactions in microchannel

N. Selvaraju
Year of Graduation: 2010
Thesis Title: Modeling approaches in analysis of air quality monitoring and source apportionment

Vasudeva Kumar Mantravadi
Year of Graduation: 2008
Thesis Title: Nonlinear analysis of coupled chemical and biological reactor-separator systems

S. Sriram
Year of Graduation: 2007
Thesis Title: Flow and mixing characteristics of Newtonian, non-Newtonian and reacting fluids in a periodically driven cavity

Anil Balleda
Year of Graduation: 2007
Thesis Title: Experimental and numerical investigation of liquid circulation induced by bubble plumes

C.P. Krishnamurthy
Year of Graduation: 2007
Thesis Title: Hydrodynamics of multiphase flow through porous media

P. Balasubramanian
Year of Graduation: 2004
Thesis Title: Modeling and simulation of hydrocracking process