Saikat Mukherjee
Position
- Assistant Professor
- Mechanical Engineering
- Iowa State University
I am interested in quantifying the physics of flow and transport in living and engineered systems, with problems ranging from the clearance of waste in the brain and the fluid mechanics behind vision loss in astronauts, to microbial transport in the gut and pattern formation in fluids. To study them, I combine theory, numerical simulation, and experiments. Overall, the research is situated at the intersection of classical fluid dynamics and transport phenomena with biology and medicine, and we acknowledge generous support by NASA, NSF, and NIH.
Contact
Email
saikatm@iastate.edu
Phone
515-294-8832
2100 Black Engr
2529 Union Dr
Ames
,
IA
50011-2030
Social Media and Websites
Education
- Postdoctoral Associate, Mechanical Engineering, University of Minnesota, 2020-2023
- Ph.D., Engineering Mechanics, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Advisor: Professor Mark Paul), 2020
- B.E., Mechanical Engineering, Jadavpur University, 2015
Teaching
While teaching ME 4360 Heat Transfer at Iowa State University, Fall, 2024. Photo taken by ISU social media and shared with permission.
- ME 4360 Heat Transfer (Fall 2024, Fall 2025, Spring 2026)
- ME 3350 Fluid Flow (Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Spring 2025, Fall 2026)
- ME 5380 Advanced Fluid Flow (Fall 2026)
Publications
Awards and honors
University of Minnesota Postdoctoral Awards in Impactful Research, 2022.
Individual Fellowship (Marie Skłodowska-Curie COFUND action) to pursue postdoctoral studies with Professor Laurence Rongy at Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), 2020.
Liviu Librescu Memorial Fellowship, Engineering Mechanics program, Virginia Tech, 2018.
Manuel Stein Fellowship, Engineering Mechanics program, Virginia Tech, 2018.