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Naveen Tiwari
PhD (University of Massachusetts Amherst)
Associate Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering
Research Interest
Transport Phenomena, Instabilities in micro‐scale free surface flows, Flow through porous media, Numerical modeling and simulation
Office
FB-459,
Department of Chemical
Northern Lab-II (NL-II), room 203A
IIT Kanpur,
Kanpur 208016
Specialization
Transport Phenomena, Instabilities in micro‐scale free surface flows, Flow through porous media, Numerical modeling and simulation
Education
PhD, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts, USA (2003 - 2008)Thesis Title:Dynamics and Stability of Non-Inertial Coating Flows over Heterogeneous SurfacesThesis Supervisor:Prof. Jeffrey M. Davis
B.Tech, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, India (1999 - 2003)
Teaching Area
Fluid Mechanics
Transport Phenomena
Numerical Methods
Applied Mathematics
Professional Affiliations
American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE)
Selected Publications
N. Tiwari, Anmol Awasthi and J. M. Davis, "Linear stability analysis of thin liquid film flowing over heterogeneously heated substrate," Phys. Fluids, 26(1), 042105, 2014
N. Tiwari and J. M. Davis, "Stability of a volatile liquid film spreading along a heterogeneously heated substrate" J. Colloids Int. Sc., 355, 243 (2010).
N. Tiwari and J. M. Davis, "Stabilization of thin liquid films flowing over locally-heated surfaces via substrate topography" Phys. Fluids, 22, 042106 (2010).
N. Tiwari and J. M. Davis, "Nonmodal and nonlinear dynamics of a volatile liquid film flowing over a locally heated surface" Phys. Fluids, 21, 102101(2009).
N. Tiwari and J. M. Davis, "Linear stability of a volatile liquid film flowing over a locally heated surface" Phys. Fluids, 21, 022105 (2009).
N. Tiwari and J. M. Davis, "Stability of a volatile liquid film spreading along a heterogeneously heated substrate" J. Colloids Int. Sc., 355, 243 (2010).
N. Tiwari and J. M. Davis, "Stabilization of thin liquid films flowing over locally-heated surfaces via substrate topography" Phys. Fluids, 22, 042106 (2010).
N. Tiwari and J. M. Davis, "Linear stability of a volatile liquid film flowing over a locally heated surface" Phys. Fluids, 21, 022105 (2009).
N. Tiwari, Z. Mester, and J. M. Davis, "Stability and transient dynamics of thin liquid films flowing over locally heated surfaces" Phys. Rev. E, 76, 056306 (2007).
N. Tiwari and J. M. Davis, "A theoretical study on the dip-coating of chemically micropatterned surfaces in the presence of insoluble surfactant" Phys. Fluids, 18, 022102 (2006).
Awards & Fellowships
Young Scientist Research Award (Department of Atomic Energy), 2014
Membership of the Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi (2007-2008)
Invited for a talk in the symposium titled "Transition and Turbulence in Flow through Deformable Tubes and Channels organized by International Union of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics; IISc Bangalore, 20-24 Jan 2014
Membership of the Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi (2007-2008), University of Massachusetts Amherst
Travel Grant Award (Fall 2007), University of Massachussetts.
Professional Experience
Senior Research Engineer, Modeling Group, Saint-Gobain, MA (USA) (Aug 2008- Nov 2012) Projects: Diesel Particulate Filter (DPF) regeneration modelling; Modeling of Methane ignition on a resistively heated surface; Sapphire crystal growth using EFG technique; Solid-oxide fuel cells;