Name: Dr. Rahul Roy |
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Assistant professor |
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Department of Mechanical Engineering, NIT Trichy |
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Email (Primary): rahulroy@nitt.edu |
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Field(s) of Specialization: Microfluidics, Microswimmers, AI-controlled Microswimmer navigation, Thermal Engineering |
| Google Scholar :- Rahul Roy - Google Scholar |
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Job Title |
Employer |
From |
To |
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Assistant Professor |
NIT Trichy |
22-12-2025 |
present |
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Assistant Professor |
GITAM Bengaluru |
04-11-2025 |
19-12-2025 |
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ANRF - NPDF |
IISc Bengaluru |
01-04-2024 |
03-11-2024 |
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IoE Postdoc fellow |
IISc Bengaluru |
08-01-2024 |
31-03-2024 |
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Project Associate |
IISc Bengaluru |
06-06-2023 |
08-01-2023 |
Academic Qualifications:
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Examination |
Board / University |
Year |
Division/ Grade |
Subjects |
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PhD |
IIT Kharagpur |
2017-2023 |
8.25 |
Thesis title:- Electro-mechanics of Complex Matter – from dilute polymers to human body fluids |
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M.Tech |
NIT Durgapur |
2015-2017 |
9.49 |
Thermal Engineering |
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B.E. |
Pune University (Army Institute of Technology, Pune) |
2010-2014 |
63.4% (1st Class) |
Mechanical Engineering |
Awards, Associateships etc.
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Year of Award |
Name of the Award |
Awarding Organization |
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2017 |
Institute Gold Medal |
NIT Durgapur |
Fellowships
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Year of Award |
Name of the Fellowship |
Awarding Organization |
From (Month/Year) |
To (Month/Year) |
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2019 |
QES Fellowship |
University of Alberta, Canada |
September 2019 |
Jan 2020 |
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2024 |
NPDF |
ANRF |
01-04-2024 |
03-11-2025 |
Details of Major R&D Projects
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Title of Project |
Funding Agency |
Duration |
Status |
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From |
To |
Ongoing/ Completed |
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Collective Dynamics of Microswimmers in Nematic Liquid Crystals |
ANRF |
01-04-2024 |
03-11-2025 |
Completed |
Participation in Conferences
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Date (s) |
Title of Activity |
Level of Event (International/ National/ Local) |
Role (Participant/ Speaker/ Chairperson, Paper presenter, Any other) |
Event Organized by |
Venue |
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Dec 2022 |
Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power (FMFP) |
International |
Speaker |
IIT Roorkee |
IIT Roorkee |
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Dec 2024 |
COMPFLU 2024
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International |
Speaker |
IIT Hyderabad |
IIT Hyderabad |
Academic Foreign Visits
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Country |
Duration of Visit |
Programme |
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Canada |
04 months |
Research Intern QES Fellowship at University of Alberta |
Publications
Refereed Research Journals:
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Author(s) |
Title of Paper |
Journal |
Volume (No.) |
Page numbers
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Year |
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Roy, R, Mukherjee, S, Lakkaraju, R, and Chakraborty, S
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Streaming potential in bio-mimetic microvessels mediated by capillary glycocalyx |
Microvascular Research
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132 |
104039 |
2020 |
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Roy, R, Quintero, JSM, Lakkaraju, R, Waghmare, PR, and Chakraborty, S |
Electro-wetting induced dynamic manipulation of symmetrically coalescing viscoelastic liquid bridges |
Physics of Fluids
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35 |
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2023 |
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Roy, R, Quintero, JSM, Lakkaraju, R, Waghmare, PR, and Chakraborty, S |
Droplet-On-Chip Electro-Spectroscopy Detects Ultra-Short Relaxation Time of a Dilute Polymer Solution |
Soft Matter |
19(28) |
5345-5352 |
2023 |
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Roy, R, Guha, A, Mukherjee, S, and Chakraborty, S |
Elastic Contribution of Polymeric Fluids Augments Salinity-Gradient-Induced Electric Potential across a Microfluidic Channel |
Journal of Colloid and Interface Science |
678 (part C) |
556-565 |
2024 |
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Roy, R, Mandal, S. |
Chemically active particles in extensional flow |
Journal of Fluid Mechanics |
1008 |
A40 |
2025 |
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Roy, R, Chakraborty, P, Mandal, S. |
Smart navigation of microswimmers in Poiseuille flow via reinforcement learning |
Eur. Phys. J. E |
48 |
30 |
2025 |
Patent
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Author(s) |
Title of Patent |
Patent granted by |
Year of Publication |
Patent Number |
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Roy, R, Quintero, JSM, Lakkaraju, R, Waghmare, PR, and Chakraborty, S.
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A Method For Determination of Ultra-Short Relaxation Time of a Dilute Polymer Solution |
Intellectual Property India
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2023 |
551213 |
