Education

Ph. D. (Mech.) – Indian Institute of Guwahati, Assam, India

M. Tech (Mech.) – Indian Institute of Guwahati, Assam, India

B. Tech (Mech.) – Vishwakarma Institute of Technology Pune

Experience:

Teaching – 4 months

Postdoc – 1. Postdoctoral research associate, University of Illinois Chicago, US – 1 year

2. Alexander von Humboldt Fellow, University of Bayreuth, Germany. – 2 years

Teaching responsibility:

Courses taught till date:

– Computational Fluid Dynamics

– Fuels and Combustion

International Journals

1. D. Kumar, H. S. Gaikwad, P. Kaushik and P. K. Mondal, Swirl driven solute mixing in narrow cylindrical channel, Physics of Fluids, 2023, 35, 063604.

2. S. Sarkar, Md. J. Gukeh, T. Roy, H. S. Gaikwad, F. M. Bellussi, S. Moitra and C. M. Megaridis, A new methodology for measuring solid/liquid interfacial energy, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 2023, 633, 800-807.

3. R. Sarma, A. K. Shukla, H. S. Gaikwad, P. K. Mondal and S. Wongwises, Effect of conjugate heat transfer on the thermo-electro-hydrodynamics of nanofluids: entropy optimization analysis, Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry, 2022, 147, 599-614.

4. H. S. Gaikwad and P. K. Mondal, Mixing in a rotating soft microchannel under electrical double layer effect: A variational calculus approach, Physics of Fluids, 2021, 33, 062011.

5. S. Shyam, H. S. Gaikwad, S. A. G. Ahmed, B. Chakraborty and P. K. Mondal, Investigations into the Complete Spreading Dynamics of a Viscoelastic Drop on a Spherical Substrate, Langmuir, 2021, 37, 63-75.

6. H. S. Gaikwad and P. K. Mondal, Rheology modulated high electrochemomechanical energy conversion in soft narrow-fluidic channel, Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics, 2020, 285, 104381.

7. H. S. Gaikwad, A. Roy and P. K. Mondal, Autonomous filling of a viscoelastic fluid in a microfluidic channel: Effect of streaming potential, Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics, 2020, 282, 104317.

8. H. S. Gaikwad, G. Kumar and P. K. Mondal, Efficient electroosmotic mixing in a narrow-fluidic channel: the role of a patterned soft layer, Soft Matter, 2020, 16, 6304-6316.

9. H. S. Gaikwad, P. Baghel, R. Sarma and P. K. Mondal, Transport of neutral solutes in a viscoelastic solvent through a porous microchannel, Physics of Fluids, 2019, 31, 022006.

10. M. S. Agrawal, H. S. Gaikwad, P. K. Mondal and G. Biswas, Analysis and experiments on the spreading dynamics of a viscoelastic drop, Applied Mathematical Modelling, 2019, 75, 201-209.

11. H. S. Gaikwad, A. Roy, P. K. Mondal, N. Chimres and S. Wongwises, Irreversibility analysis in a slip aided electroosmotic flow through an asymmetrically heated microchannel: The effects of joule heating and the conjugate heat transfer, Analytica chimica acta, 2019, 1045, 85-97.

12. S. R. Gorthi, H. S. Gaikwad, P. K. Mondal and G. Biswas, Surface Tension Driven Filling in a Soft Microchannel: Role of Streaming Potential, Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 2019, 59, 3839-3853.

13. H. S. Gaikwad, P. K. Mondal, D. N. Basu, N. Chimres and S. Wongwises, Analysis of the Effects of Joule Heating and Viscous Dissipation on Combined Pressure-Driven and Electrokinetic Flows in a Two-Parallel Plate Channel with Unequal Constant Temperatures, Proceedings of the

Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part E: Journal of Process Mechanical Engineering, 2019, 233, 871-879.

14. H. S. Gaikwad, P. K. Mondal and S. Wongwises, Softness Induced Enhancement in Net Throughput of Non-Linear Bio-Fluids in Nanofluidic Channel under EDL Phenomenon, Scientific reports, 2018, 8, 1-16.

15. H. S. Gaikwad, P. K. Mondal and S. Wongwises, Non-linear drag induced entropy generation analysis in a microporous channel: The effect of conjugate heat transfer, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 2017, 108, 2217-2228.

16. P. K. Mondal, H. S. Gaikwad, P. K. Kundu and S. Wongwises, Effect of thermal asymmetries on the entropy generation analysis of a variable viscosity Couette-Poiseuille flow, Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part E: Journal of Process Mechanical Engineering, 2017, 231, 1011-1024.

17. H. S. Gaikwad, D. N. Basu and P. K. Mondal, Non-linear drag induced irreversibility minimization in a viscous dissipative flow through a micro-porous channel, Energy, 2017, 119, 588-600.

18. R. Sarma, H. S. Gaikwad and P. K. Mondal, Effect of Conjugate Heat Transfer on Entropy Generation in Slip-Driven Microflow of Power Law Fluids, Nanoscale and Microscale Thermophysical Engineering, 2017, 21, 26-44.

19. H. S. Gaikwad, D. N. Basu and P. K. Mondal, Slip driven micro-pumping of binary system with a layer of non-conducting fluid under electrical double layer phenomenon, Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 2017, 518, 166-172.

20. H. S. Gaikwad and P. K. Mondal, Slip driven electroosmotic transport through porous media, Electrophoresis, 2017, 38, 596-606.

21. H. S. Gaikwad, D. N. Basu and P. K. Mondal, Electroosmotic transport of immiscible binary system with a layer of non-conducting fluid under interfacial slip: The role applied pressure gradient, Electrophoresis, 2016, 37, 1998-2009.

Conferences

1. H. S. Gaikwad, A. Mukhopadhyay, S. Sankaranarayanan and C. Megaridis, Modeling Directional Droplet Transport on Wettability-Confined Wedge Tracks, Bulletin of the American Physical Society – American Physical Society, 67 (2022), 19, 20–22 November 2022, Indiana Convention Center, Indianapolis, Indiana.

2. F. M. Bellussi, S. Sarkar, H. S. Gaikwad, M. Fasano, P. Asinari and C. Megaridis, A multiscale model to describe the wetting of solid surfaces, Bulletin of the American Physical Society –

American Physical Society, 67 (2022), 19, 20–22 November 2022; Indiana Convention Center, Indianapolis, Indiana.

3. N. Dhasmana, H. S. Gaikwad, P. Mondal and G. Biswas, Experimental Investigations of Filling Dynamics in Micro-Capillaries, Proceedings of the 7th international and 45th national conference on fluid mechanics and fluid power, Paper No. 308, 10-12 December 2018, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, India.

4. H. S. Gaikwad, C. Borole, D. N. Basu and P. K. Mondal, EMHD micro-pumping of a non-conducting shear-thinning fluid under EDL phenomena, Proceedings of the 6th international and 43rd national conference on fluid mechanics and fluid power, Paper No. 43, 15-17 December 2016, Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology, Allahabad, India.