Faculty

Anamika Maurya is an Assistant Professor at the School of Engineering and Applied Science, Ahmedabad University. She received her bachelor’s and master’s degree in Chemical Engineering from Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Technical University, Uttar Pradesh (2013) and Harcourt Butler Technological University, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh (2015), respectively. She earned her PhD in Chemical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh (2020). Her doctoral research works were focused on computational fluid dynamics and primarily dealt with the role of non-Newtonian rheology on transport phenomena in branching networks and T-junction using finite element-based software. During her doctoral research, she visited Lodz University of Technology, Poland, Europe, to conduct micro-rheological experiments for Newtonian and non-Newtonian fluids.

Prior to Ahmedabad University, she has worked as an institute postdoctoral fellow at the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India (August 2020 – 2022). Her post-doctoral research work includes the CFD simulations of blood flow in single phase and multiphase systems through a microchannel using finite volume solver, OpenFOAM. Her current research interests lie in the field of Computational Fluid Dynamics, non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics, Rheology of Complex Fluids, and Blood Flow in Stenosed and Normal arteries.

Current Research Interests

• Blood Flow 
• Modelling and Simulation of non-Newtonian Fluids
• Rheology of Complex Fluids
• Computational Fluid Dynamics
• Transport Phenomena

Research Experiences

• Extraction of RBCs and Plasma from whole blood through microchannels
• Investigated the Influence of Stenotic shapes on the modulation of blood flow behaviour
• Flow and thermal characteristics of non-Newtonian fluids in inclined and T-channels
• Analysed the influence of inclination angle on the momentum and thermal characteristics of non-Newtonian fluids flowing through branching network
• Investigated the influence of a rotating cylinder placed at the T-junction, mimicking the behaviour of a rotating valve, to regulate the flow and enthalpy in branching networks for non-Newtonian fluids. 
• Investigated the flow reversal situation in the side branch of the vertical T-channel for the mixed convection flow of non-Newtonian fluids and its elimination techniques.
• Quantification of mixing index to investigate the thermal mixing behaviour of Newtonian and non-Newtonian fluids.
• Experimental investigation of the effect of 2, 2’, 2’’-nitrilotriethanol and diaminomethanal on the relative volatility of 2-propanol and water azeotropic mixture at atmospheric pressure.

In peer-reviewed journals:

• Anamika Maurya, Naveen Tiwari, R.P. Chhabra, Onset of flow reversal in a vertical T-channel: Bingham Fluids, Chem. Eng. Technol. 45(3) (2022) 425-431. (IF: 2.215).
• Anamika Maurya, Naveen Tiwari and R.P. Chhabra, Buoyancy effects in vertical 2-D and 3-D T-channels to investigate the onset of flow reversal in the side branch for the flow of power-law fluids, Int. J. Heat Mass Transf. 174 August (2021) 121314. (IF = 5.431) DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2021.121314
• Anamika Maurya, Lubhani Mishra, R.P. Chhabra, Forced convection from a sphere to power-law fluids in a tapered tube, Int. Commun. Heat Mass Transf. 126 July (2021) 105447. (IF = 6.782) DOI: 10.1016/j.icheatmasstransfer.2021.105447
• Anamika Maurya, Naveen Tiwari and R.P. Chhabra, Controlling the flow and heat transfer characteristics of power-law fluids in T-junctions using a rotating cylinder, Int. J. Therm. Sci. 163 May (2021) 106854. (IF = 4.779) DOI: 10.1016/j.ijthermalsci.2021.106854
• Anamika Maurya, Naveen Tiwari and R.P. Chhabra, Forced convective flow of Bingham plastic fluid in a branching channel with the effect of T-channel branching angle, ASME J. Fluids Eng. 143 May (2021) 051201. (IF = 1.995) DOI: doi.org/10.1115/1.4049673
• Anamika Maurya, Naveen Tiwari and R.P. Chhabra, Thermal mixing of impinging laminar streams of shear-thinning fluids, Heat Transfer Eng. 41 Sep (2020) 1576-1595. (IF = 2.172) DOI: 10.1080/01457632.2019.1661667.
• Anamika Maurya, Naveen Tiwari and R.P. Chhabra, Effect of inclination angle on the forced convective flow of a power-law fluid in a 2-D planar branching channel, Int. J. Heat Mass Transfer 134 May (2019) 768-783. (IF = 5.431) DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2019.01.055
• Anamika Maurya, Naveen Tiwari and R.P. Chhabra, Effect of a rotating cylinder on the flow of a Bingham plastic fluid in a T-junction: Momentum and heat transfer characteristics, Int. J. Heat Mass Transfer, 143 Nov (2019), 118506. (IF = 5.431). DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2019.118506

In Book Chapter:

• Anamika Maurya, Naveen Tiwari, R.P. Chhabra, Thermal mixing of shear-thinning and Newtonian fluids in a T-channel using impinging streams, In: Proceedings of 16th Asian Congress of Fluid Mechanic, Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering, Springer, Singapore February (2021) 205-214. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-5183-3_22. ISBN: 978-981-15-5182-6, 978-981-15-5183-3

Accepted:

• Anamika Maurya, Janani Srree Murallidharan, Atul Sharma, Amit Agarwal, Microfluidic devices exploited in effective blood plasma separation: A review Accepted: Microfluidics and Nanofluidics (2022). (IF = 2.529)

• Anamika Maurya*, Naveen Tiwari and R.P. Chhabra, Onset of Flow Reversal in a Vertical T-channel: Bingham Fluids (Talk), International Chemical Engineering Conference, September 17-19, 2021, NIT Jalandhar, India (virtual mode).
• Attended short term course on Mathematical Modeling of Complex Fluids, September 2020, NIT Jalandhar, India.
• Attended Spoken Tutorial Based Pilot Workshop on Basic Level in OpenFOAM Version 7 on July 2020, IIT Bombay.
• Anamika Maurya*, Naveen Tiwari and R.P. Chhabra, Rotating cylinder as a flow split controller in a rectangular T-channel: Power-law fluids, APS-March Meeting (Abstract Accepted), March, 2-3, 2020, Denver Colorado, U.S.
• Anamika Maurya*, Naveen Tiwari and R.P. Chhabra, Thermal mixing of shear-thinning and Newtonian fluids in a T-channel using impinging streams (Talk), ACFM, December 13-17, 2019, JNCASR, Bengaluru, India.
• Anamika Maurya*, Naveen Tiwari and R.P. Chhabra, Controlled heating of a yield-stress fluids in Rectangular T-channel (poster), CompFlu (Complex Fluids), December 5-7, 2019, IISER Bhopal, Bhopal, India.
• Anamika Maurya*, Naveen Tiwari and R.P. Chhabra, Momentum flow of power-law fluids in branching channel with different inclination angle (Talk), FMFP, December 10-12, 2018, IIT Bombay, Mumbai, India (Paper ID: 98).
• Anamika Maurya*, Naveen Tiwari and R.P. Chhabra, Control of hydrodynamic characteristics of yield stress fluids by rotating cylinder in a rectangular T-junction (Poster), Research Scholar Day, 2018, IIT Kanpur, India.

Teaching Plan

• Fluid Mechanics
• Heat Transfer
• Transport Phenomena

Teaching Experiences

• Teaching assistant in numerous courses at IIT Kanpur (2015 - 2020) and IIT Bombay (2020 2022).
• Tutor for Computational Methods in Engineering, UG course at IIT Kanpur 2019.
• Tutor for Fluid Mechanics and Rate Processes, UG course, at IIT Kanpur 2018.

Reviewer for Journals

• Applied Thermal Engineering (Elsevier)
• Chemical Engineering & Technology (Wiley-VCH)

Member of Professional Bodies

• Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers (IIChe), Life Member, Membership No. – 53996, active from 4/05/2015.
• IAENG Member, Life Member, Membership No. 298190, active from 23/12/2021.
• IAENG Society of Chemical Engineering, Life Member, Membership No. 298190, active from 31/12/2021.