Dr. Rakesh Kumar
   Professor, Department of Aerospace Engineering
   Indian Insititute of Technology Kanpur, India

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Past Graduate Students (arranged in the order of the year of graduation)
1. Rajesh M - M.Tech AE 2013 (now at the Aeronautical Development Agency, Banglore, India)
Thesis :- Molecular Dynamics Study of Gas-Surface Interactions
2. Ankur Bansal - M.Tech AE 2013 (now at the University of Toronto, Canada)
Thesis :- 2D Simulation of High Speed Rarefied Gas Flows Using DSMC Method in Heterogeneous Computing Framework
3. K Kishore Kumar- M.Tech AE 2014 (now a Post-doctoral Research Fellow at GNU, Korea)
Thesis :- Analysis Of Gas-Surface Interactions Using Molecular Dynamics Simulations
4. Abhishek Verma- M.Tech AE 2014
Thesis :- Molecular Dynamics Study of Heat Transfer in Two-Phase Flows through a nanochannel
5. Sailesh Hindupur- M.Tech AE 2014 (now at the VEM Technologies Pvt. Ltd., Hyderabad, India)
Thesis :- A Study of Shock-wave Boundary Layer Interaction Using Continuum and Rarefied Gas Flow Simulation Approaches
6. Ferdin S Don Bosco- M.Tech AE 2014 (now a Post-doctoral Research Fellow at IISc Bangalore, India)
Thesis :- Development of Kinetic Particle Based Solver to Investigate Cold Plume Flows Through Aerospike Nozzles
7. Kartish Kumar- M.Tech AE 2015 (now at Bangalore, India)
Thesis :-
Behavior of Nickel and its Alloys under Stress: A Molecular Dyanmics Analysis
8. Mohit Gupta- M.Tech AE 2015 (now running his own start-up, India)
Thesis :- Numerical Investigation of Low Speed Classical Flows using the Lattice Boltzmann Method
9. Mukundhan D.- M.Tech AE 2015 (now with Airbus, Bangalore, India)
Thesis :- 2-D Supersonic Intake Design Optimization using OpenFOAM
10. Arun Kumar Chinnappan- M.Tech AE 2015 (now a Post-doctoral Research Fellow at the University of Warwick, UK)
Thesis :- Modeling of Some Interesting Non-equilibrium Flows using the Direct Simulation Monte-Carlo (DSMC) Approach
11. Archana- M.Tech AE 2016 (now at Eaton, Pune, India)
Thesis :- Modeling of Chemical Reactions in High Speed Rarefied Gas Flows
12. Akanksha Verma- M.Tech AE 2016 (now at Airbus, Bangalore, India)
Thesis :- Development of Lattice Boltzmann Method Framework for Modeling of Incompressible Flows
13. Akhil M.V..- M.Tech AE 2016 (now a Ph.D. student at UIUC, USA)
Thesis :- Development of Low-scatter Direct Simulation Monte-Carlo (DSMC) Framework for Modeling of Microchannel Flows with Modified Boundary Conditions
14. N. Srujan Kumar- M.Tech AE 2016 (now a Ph.D. student at IIT Kanpur, India)
Thesis :- Numerical Analysis of Crater Formation on a Metal Surface due to High Energy Cluster Impact
15. Malaikannan G.- Ph.D. AE 2017 (now a Faculty at the SRM University, India)
Thesis :- Development of an Efficient Kinetic Particle based Hybrid Computational Framework for Modeling of Hypersonic rarefied Flows
16. Subhendu Rana- M.Tech AE 2017
Thesis :- Pressure Driven Water Transport through Graphene nanochannel using Molecular Dynamics Simulations
17. Afraz Khan- M.Tech AE 2017 (now a Ph.D. student at Tokyo University, Japan)
Thesis :- Detection of Bio-luminescent bacteria Vibrio Harveyi on Nano-cantilevers
18. Deval Purohit- M.Tech AE 2017 (now in Mumbai)
Thesis :- Computational Study of Flow through an Aerospike Nozzle at High Altitudes in the Direct Simulation Monte-Carlo Framework
19. Akshay Ranjan- Dual Degree AE 2017 (now in Delhi preparing for Civil Services)
Thesis :- Development and Validation of Off-Lattice Boltzmann Solver for Microscale Flow Applications
20. Sai Abhishek Peddakotla- MTech AE 2018 (now a Ph.D. student at University of Strathclyde, UK)
Thesis :- Single Particle Trajectory Analysis for the Evaluation of Surface Accommodation Coefficients
21. Kuldeep Sharma- Dual Degree AE 2018 (now a Ph.D. student at GNU, Korea)
Thesis :- Modeling of CNT-Polymer Nanocomposites in Molecular Dynamics Method
22. Amit Kumar Singh- Dual Degree AE 2018 (now a Research Associate at IISc Bangalore, India)
Thesis :- Study of the Effects of Roughness on Gas-Surface Interactions
23. Sritay Mistry- Dual Degree AE 2018 (now a Ph.D. student at the University of Edinburgh, UK)
Thesis :- Nanoscale Approaches to Pumping Water through Carbon Nanotubes
24. Rahul Singh- MTech AE 2019 (now at Airbus, Bangalore, India)
Thesis :- Orbital Decay Analysis of Tumbling Spacecraft due to Aerodynamic Forces
25. Mohit Singh- MTech AE 2019 (co-supervisor)
Thesis :- Study of Energetic Behavior of Nickel Coated Aluminum Nanoparticles using MD Simulations
26. K. Kishore Kumar- PhD AE 2020 AE 2020 ((now a Post-doctoral Research Fellow at GNU, Korea))
Thesis :- A Study of Gas-surface Interactions using Particle based Methods for Rarefied Gas Flows
27. Akhil K. Mathews- MTech AE 2020 (now a PhD student at University of Strathclyde, UK)
Thesis :- Analysis of Granular Shockwaves over a Circular Cylinder
28. Trishank Baghel- MTech AE 2020(now in Flipkart)
Thesis :- Experiments on Controlling Supersonic Jet using Mini Jets
29. Aniruddha Bose- MTech AE 2021(now a PhD student at University of Leeds, UK)
Thesis :- Particle Dynamics in the Direct Simulaiton Monte Carlo Framework: Consideration of Paricle Shape Effect and Brownian Motion in Particle Laden Flows
30. Bhaskar Mondal- MTech AE 2021(now a PhD student at UIUC, USA)
Thesis :- Study of the Effect of Grains on Supersonic Gas Flow using Eulerian-Lagrangian Simulations
31. Parvesh Kamboj- MTech AE 2021(now working at Quantify Analytics)
Thesis :- Modeling of Gas-Phase Chemical Reactions by Incorporating Quantum-Kinetic Model in the Direct Simulation Monte Carlo Framework
32. Sathwik Krishna- MTech AE 2021(now working at Decision Point Analytics)
Thesis :- Coupled Flow-Thermal Analysis of a High-speed Body during Reentry
33. Arun Kumar Chinnappan- PhD AE 2021(now a Post-doctoral Research Fellow at the University of Warwick, UK)
Thesis :- Computational Modeling of Dusty-Gas Flows for Planetary Landing Application
34. Abhishek S. Bhesania- PhD AE 2022(now a Post-doctoral Research Fellow at the University of Delaware, USA)
Thesis :- Multiscale Thermal Response Analysis of Ablative Materials using Molecular Dynamics and Finite Element Approach
35. Aqib Khan- PhD AE 2022(now a Post-doctoral Research Fellow at IIT Kanpur, India)
Thesis :- Granular Shocks
36. Arantza Jency- MTech AE 2022(now at Eaton, Pune, India)
Thesis :- Near-Nozzle Flow Field and Thrust Performance of Plug Nozzles in Continuum and Rarefied Regimes
37. Mahima T. Bhavsar- MTech AE 2022(now at Airbus, Bengaluru, India)
Thesis :- Near-Nozzle Flow Field and Thrust Performance of Plug Nozzles in Continuum and Rarefied Regimes
38. Udhaya K. Sivakumar- MTech AE 2022(now at Airbus, Bengaluru, India)
Thesis :- A Molecular Dynamics Study on the Estimation of Bulk Viscosity of Dilute Gases using Ab Initio based Pair Potentials
39. Ujwal M.- MTech AE 2022(now at Infosys, Bengaluru, India)
Thesis :- Modeling of Gas Flows using In-house Computational Framework based on Direct Flux Reconstruction
40. Bhanuday Sharma- PhD AE 2022(now at ExxonMobil, Bengaluru, India)
Thesis :- On the Nature of Bulk Viscosity of Dilute Gases
41. Prasannabalaji S.- PhD AE 2022(now a Post Doctoral Researcher at CERFACS, France)
Thesis :- High-Accuracy Simulation of Receptivity and Transition to Turbulence of Fluid Flows
42. Ahilan Appar- PhD AE 2023(now a Post Doctoral Researcher at University of Kentucky, USA)
Thesis :- Numerical Investigation of Gas-surface Interface Effects due to Transpiraton in Hypersonic Flows: Development of a Coupled Flow-Thermal Computational Framework
43. Raagvendra Singh- MSR AE 2023(now a PhD student at Purdue University, USA)
Thesis :- High-order Accurate Simulation of Shocks and Instabilities in Fluid Flows using the Direct Flux Reconstruction Approach
44. Anubhav Joshi- MTech AE 2023(now working as a Data Scientist at Air India, India)
Thesis :- Investigation of Low and High-speed Fluids Dynamics Problems using Physics Informed Neural Network
45. Abhishek M. Kalluri- MTech AE 2023(now working at AirBus, India)
Thesis :- Development of a Higher-order Compressible Navier-Stokes Solver in the Direct Flux Reconstruction Framework
46. Aaditya U. Wangikar- MTech AE 2023(now working at AirBus, India)
Thesis :- Numerical Investigation of Supersonic Dusty-gas Flows using a Coupled Eulerian-Lagrangian Framework