Curriculum Vitae

1. SAIKAT BASU (updated December 2015)
Postdoctoral Scholar (Collective Interactions Unit, OIST)
1919-1 Tancha Onna-son, Okinawa 904-0495, Japan
E-mail: saikat25@vt.edu
Tel: +81-9011794043 Skype ID: basu.saikat85
Research Interests: Analytical Fluid Mechanics (with numerics and experiments as supportive and visualization
tools); Dynamical Systems, and Applied Mathematics, including applications relevant to mathematical biology (biologi-
cal flows and physiological processes, including low Reynolds number hydrodynamics), vortex dynamics, fluid-structure
interactions (including energy harvesting applications), topological analysis of fluid motions, microfluidics, fluid mixing,
interfacial dynamics; and in general, reduced order models for complicated flow systems
Teaching Interests: Fundamental and intermediate level Mathematics courses on Calculus (including courses on dif-
ferential equations), fundamental Mechanics courses (Statics, Dynamics, Mechanics of Materials, Fluid Mechanics); and
intermediate & advanced courses on Dynamics (incl. Nonlinear Dynamics), Fluid Mechanics, and Applied Mathematics
ACADEMIC PROFILE
• Ph.D. Engineering Mechanics, May 2014
Specialization: Fluid Mechanics, Dynamical Systems
Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, USA
• B.E. Civil Engineering (First Class with Honors), May 2009
Undergraduate special electives: Wind Engineering, Structural Dynamics
Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India
DOCTORAL RESEARCH
• Graduate Assistant August 2009 - May 2014
Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, USA
Research description:
(a) Vortex Dynamics – Mathematical modeling of complex wake arrangements (potential flow and point vor-
tex approximations along with geometric assumptions transform the system into a Hamiltonian formalism).
Contributed towards development of research ideas, generating data, and programming in Mathematica.
(b) Bio fluid mechanics – Modeling flow dynamics in an insect heart and hemolymph transport and mixing for
open circulatory systems.
(c) Involved in running experiments on wake-structure interactions in two-dimensional (soap films) and three-
dimensional (water tunnel) flows.
(d) Co-inventor of a mechanism for clean, renewable, and ubiquitous energy harvesting from vortex-induced
vibrations effected by riverine and oceanic flows.
Coursework:
– Fluids: Ideal Flow, Viscous Flow, Turbulence & Turbulent Flows, Vortex Dynamics (Special Study)
– Motions: Dynamics, Intermediate Dynamics, Advanced Dynamics, Frontiers in Dynamical Systems (Special Study)
– Solids: Theory of Linearized Elasticity
– Generic: Continuum Mechanics, Statistical Mechanics, Tensor Analysis, Principles & Techniques of Applied Mathematics
– Others: Science, Tech., & Policy Interplay, Preparing Future Professoriate, Engineering Analysis of Physiological Systems
Dissertation – Dynamics of complex laminar wakes: modeling, analysis, and experiments
Advisor: Dr. Mark A. Stremler
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
• Postdoctoral Scholar June 2014 - present
Collective Interactions Unit
Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (OIST), Okinawa, Japan
Projects:
(a) Mathematical model for impacts of deformable drops on inclined flowing deformable soap film
(b) Modeling camphor spreading and sublimation dynamics on air-water interface
Supervisor: Dr. Mahesh Bandi
OTHER SELECTED RESEARCH STINTS
• Research Intern May 2008 - August 2008
German Aerospace Center (DLR), Braunschweig, Germany
Area: Active structural acoustic control. Involved in finite element modeling using ANSYS Parametric Design
Language. Supervisors: Dr. Michael Rose, Dr. Olaf Heintze
• JNCASR Summer Fellow / Scientific Associate May 2007 - July 2007, Oct 2007 - Nov 2007
The Institute of Mathematical Sciences (IMSc), Chennai, India
Area: Bio-locomotion at low Reynolds numbers. Supervisor: Dr. Ronojoy Adhikari
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2. SELECTED AWARDS AND HONORS
• Nomination for Outstanding Dissertation Award (Graduate School, Virginia Tech, February 2015)
• Paul E. Torgersen Research Excellence Award (College of Engineering, Virginia Tech, April 2013)
• Bechtel Travel Fellowship (Virginia Tech, Fall 2010)
• Pratt Presidential Graduate Fellowship (Virginia Tech, Fall 2009)
• Summer Research Fellowship (JNCASR, India, Summer 2007)
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
• Mentorship Activities
Research mentor to a Mechanical Engineering junior student under the NSF EFRI–REM (Emerging
Frontiers in Research and Innovation – Research Experience and Mentorship) Program (Virginia Tech,
Summer 2012). Research area: Three-dimensional potential flow model of fluid diffusion inside an
insect abdomen and the flow mechanisms in the insect heart (a pulsed source-sink system).
• Teaching Appointments (all at Virginia Tech)
– Spring 2014: Instructor (as teacher in-charge) for Statics (class-size 69 students)
– Summer 2012: Instructor for undergraduate Fluid Mechanics I and Fluid Mechanics II
– Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2011: Instructor for undergraduate Fluid Mechanics Lab
– Fall 2010: Teaching Assistant for undergraduate Mechanics of Deformable Bodies
– Fall 2009, Spring 2010: Teaching Assistant for undergraduate Statics
• Teaching development course: Preparing future professoriate (Virginia Tech, Spring 2013)
PUBLICATIONS
• Published
1. Saikat Basu and Mark A. Stremler. On the motion of two point vortex pairs with wake-inspired
glide-reflective symmetry in a periodic strip. Physics of Fluids, Volume 27 (103603), 2015.
2. Mark A. Stremler and Saikat Basu. On point vortex models of exotic bluff body wakes. Fluid
Dynamics Research, Volume 46, 2014.
3. Mark A. Stremler, Alireza Salmanzadeh, Saikat Basu, and Charles H.K. Williamson. A mathe-
matical model of 2P and 2C vortex wakes. Journal of Fluids and Structures, Volume 27, 2011.
• To be submitted
4. Saikat Basu, Mark A. Stremler, Teis Schnipper, and Anders Andersen. On the dynamics of vortices
in experimental 2P wakes. Manuscript to be submitted to the Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2015.
5. Saikat Basu and Mark A. Stremler. Mathematical modeling of symmetric wakes with four vortices
per shedding period. Manuscript to be submitted to the Physics of Fluids, 2015.
6. Saikat Basu, Ali Yawar, Andres Concha, and Mahesh Bandi. Drop impact dynamics on inclined
flowing soap films. In preparation, 2015.
INVENTION DISCLOSURE AND PATENT
• A mechanism for extracting mechanical energy from flowing fluid using Vortex-Induced Vibration
(VIV). Patented (provisional, September 2013 – September 2014) in the United States with Mark
Stremler (Virginia Tech), Pavlos Vlachos (Purdue University), and Gary Nave (Virginia Tech).
POSTER PRESENTATION
• Sara Winter, Saikat Basu, and Mark A. Stremler. A pulsed source-sink system for 3D flow for blood
diffusion in open-circulatory insects. NSF Grantees Conference, March 2013, Arlington, Virginia, USA.
CONFERENCE ARTICLES (PRESENTER UNDERLINED)
• Hassan Aref, Saikat Basu, Mark A. Stremler, and Vasileios Vlachakis. On point vortex models of bluff
body wakes. IUTAM Symposium of Vortex Dynamics, March 2013, Fukuoka, Japan.
• Saikat Basu and Mark A. Stremler. A point vortex model of singly-periodic four-vortex wake structures.
23rd International Congress of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (ICTAM), August 2012, Beijing,
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3. • Mark A. Stremler and Saikat Basu. Mathematical modeling of exotic vortex wakes. 48th Annual Tech-
nical Conference of Society of Engineering Sciences, October 2011, Northwestern University, Evanston,
Illinois, USA.
• Mark A. Stremler, Saikat Basu, Teis Schnipper, and Anders Andersen. A mathematical model of the
vortex dynamics in 2P and 2C wakes. European Non-linear Dynamics Conference (ENOC), July 2011,
Rome, Italy.
SELECTED CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS (PRESENTER UNDERLINED)
• Saikat Basu, Ali Yawar, Andres Concha, and Mahesh Bandi. Modeling drop impacts on inclined
flowing soap films. 68th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics, Nov. 2015, Boston,
Massachusetts, USA.
• Saikat Basu and Mark A. Stremler. Mathematical models for exotic wakes. 67th Annual Meeting of
the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics, Nov. 2014, San Francisco, California, USA.
• Saikat Basu and Mark A. Stremler. Point vortex modeling of symmetric four-vortex wakes. 66th
Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics, Nov. 2013, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
• Saikat Basu, Mark A. Stremler. Point vortex dynamics in exotic wake formations. Fall Fluid Mechanics
Symposium at Virginia Tech, Nov. 2013, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA.
• Saikat Basu, Mark A. Stremler, Teis Schnipper, and Anders Andersen. Modeling the dynamics of four
vortex bluff body wakes. 65th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics, Nov. 2012,
San Diego, California, USA.
• Saikat Basu and Mark A. Stremler. A mathematical model of laminar wakes with four vortices per
period. 64th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics, Nov. 2011, Baltimore, Maryland,
USA
• Saikat Basu, Mark A. Stremler, Teis Schnipper, and Anders Andersen. Mathematical modeling of 2P
mode vortex wakes. 63rd Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics, Nov. 2010, Long
Beach, California, USA.
• Saikat Basu. Comparative analysis and optimization of buckling load carrying capacity of a column.
All India Technical Fest, CUSAT, March 2008, Cochin, India.
INVITED TALKS
• Brown University, April 2015, Providence, USA.
• Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, February 2014, Okinawa, Japan.
• Jadavpur University, January 2012, Kolkata, India.
COMPUTER SKILLS
• Scientific Software – Mathematica, Matlab, Simulink, ANSYS, SolidWorks
• Programming Languages – FORTRAN, C
• Scripting Languages – Mathematica, Matlab, ANSYS-APDL
• Documentation / Graphics – LATEX, Beamer, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop
• Operating Systems – Mac, Windows, Linux
EXPERIMENTATION EXPERIENCE
• Water tunnel experiments to observe VIVs on bluff bodies (related to energy harvester designs)
• Soap film experiments
• Particle image velocimetry (PIV) experiments (on soap film flows)
• Instructed undergraduate Fluid Mechanics Laboratory classes at Virginia Tech
SCIENTIFIC AND PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP / SERVICES
• Early Career Member – American Physical Society
• Reviewer – Journal of Mathematical Physics
STANDARDIZED TEST SCORES (OCTOBER 2008)
• GRE – 1510/1600 (800 Quantitative, 710 Verbal)
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4. REFERENCES
• Mark Stremler (Doctoral Advisor. Area: Fluid Mechanics, Dynamical Systems)
Professor and Director of Research & Graduate Studies
Engineering Mechanics, Virginia Tech
333P Norris Hall, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA
Telephone: +1 540 231-1227 (office), +1 615 512 1534 (mobile)
E-mail: stremler@vt.edu
• Shane Ross (Doctoral Committee Member. Area: Dynamical Systems)
Associate Professor
Engineering Mechanics, Virginia Tech
224 Norris Hall, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA
Telephone: +1 540 231-1616
E-mail: sdross@vt.edu
• Sunny Jung (Doctoral Committee Member. Area: Fluid Mechanics)
Associate Professor
Engineering Mechanics, Virginia Tech
228 Norris Hall, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA
Telephone: +1 540 231-5146
E-mail: sunnyjsh@vt.edu
• Mahesh Bandi (Current Postdoctoral Supervisor. Area: Soft Matter Interactions, Fluid Mechanics)
Assistant Professor
Collective Interactions Unit, OIST, Japan
Telephone: +81 80 6497 4941
E-mail: bandi@oist.jp
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