I am an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. I am interested in a wide range of scientific problems, ranging from understanding how drops move on surfaces to large scale atmospheric flows. My students and I engage in theoretical, computational and experimental studies. I also run an experimental lab which houses some of the most advanced instruments to study fluid flows. For more details of my research, please see the Research page on this site.
To prospective members of my group: I have an opening for a PhD student and two MTech students starting from December 2020. If you are a student in IIT Hyderabad and wish to work in my group, please write to me at hdixit_at_mae.iith.ac.in. I am always on the look out for bright and motivated students with strong foundations in fluid mechanics. Whether you are a UG student or a PG student, if you think you have the necessary skills and determination to pursue a serious scientific study in my area of research, write to me. If you wish to pursue graduate studies at IIT Hyderabad, you will have to first secure admission to the MTech or PhD program before you write to me.
New openings:
Post-doc opening: There is a post-doc opening against a DST-NSM project in the research group of Dr. Niranjan Ghaisas (MAE, IITH) and I am a Co-PI on this project. For more details about the opening and expectations from interested applicants, please click here for more details.
PhD opening: There is an opening for a Ph.D. student against the call for an interdisciplinary PhD program at IITH. The problem provides opportunity for theoretical work and numerical simulations for polymer electrospinning, and will be investigated in close collaboration with Dr. Satyavrata Samavedi (Chemical Engg., IITH). This scientifically rich problem also offers scope for cutting-edge experiments which will be conducted in Dr. Samavedi's lab. We are looking for a motivated candidate who shows strong commitment to scientific values and is willing to learn. Candidates with an M.Tech in Chemical or Mechanical Engineering would be preferred, although candidates with similar academic backgrounds are also welcome to apply. Interested candidates should apply here on or before 30th April 2021 against the topic no. 16: "Regimes, transitions and stability in polymer electrospinning: a multi-pronged investigation using numerical simulations and experiments". Interested candidates may also look through our recent work in this area and can write to us with questions: hdixit [at] mae.iith.ac.in, samavedi [at] che.iith.ac.in.
Summer interships: I have no vacancies for an external summer intern this year. But interested UG students from IIT Hyderabad, especially ones finishing their 2nd year, are encouraged to write to me.
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