Chunendra K Sahu

Email: cksahu[AT]iitk.ac.in

Office Phone: 0512-259-2198

Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering

Research Interest

Flow and mixing in porous media
Buoyancy and density driven flows
Dye-attenuation technique
Carbon sequestration, groundwater contamination, geothermal energy recovery

Education

PhD - University of Alberta, Canada (2012-2016)
MTech - IISc Bangalore (2009-2011)
BTech - BIT Durg (2005-2009)

Website(s)

Homepage

CV

+ - Selected Publications Click to collapse

C. K. Sahu & J. A. Neufeld, 2020. Dispersive entrainment into gravity currents in porous media. JOURNAL OF FLUID MECHANICS 885, A5.
K. S. Bharath, C. K. Sahu & M. R. Flynn, 2020. Isolated buoyant convection in a two-layered porous medium with an inclined permeability jump. JOURNAL OF FLUID MECHANICS 902, A22.
C. K. Sahu & M. R. Flynn, 2017. The effect of sudden permeability changes in porous media filling box flows. TRANSPORT IN POROUS MEDIA 119, 95--118.
C. K. Sahu & M. R. Flynn, 2016. Filling box flows in an axisymmetric porous medium. TRANSPORT IN POROUS MEDIA 112, 619--635.
C. K. Sahu & M. R. Flynn, 2015. Filling box flows in porous media. JOURNAL OF FLUID MECHANICS 782, 455--478.

+ - Professional Experience Click to collapse

Assistant Professor - IIT Kanpur (since 2020)
Postdoctoral Researcher - University of Cambridge, UK (2017-2020)
Industrial Postdoc - University of Alberta, Canada (2016-2017)
Edison Engineer - General Electric, Bangalore (2011-2012)

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Postdoctoral Fellowship in Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Oslo, Norway, 2017 (not availed)
All India 6th Rank (AIR-6) in GATE 2009, Mechanical Engineering.
Silver Medal in National Mathematics Olympiad, India, 2003.
Roy Dean Hibbs Memorial Travel Award, Institute for Geophysical Research, for 8th Interpore, Cincinnati, USA, 2016.
Roy Dean Hibbs Memorial Travel Award, Institute for Geophysical Research, for 25th CANCAM, London, Canada, 2015.
FGSR Travel Award, University of Alberta, for 25th CANCAM London, Canada, 2015.
Best Paper Award, 2nd International Joint Conference on Advances in Engineering. and Technology, Noida, India, 2011.

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President, Trinity Postdoctoral Society, Trinity College, University of Cambridge, 2019-2020.
Communications Officer, Postdocs of Cambridge Society, University of Cambridge, 2018--2020.
President, Mechanical Engineering Graduate Students Association, University of Alberta, 2014--2015.
Vice-President Events, ABCampus Students Group, University of Alberta, 2015.
Vice-President External, MEGSA, University of Alberta, 2013-2014.

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Office

WLE 112(A),
Department of Civil Engineering
IIT Kanpur,
Kanpur 208016

Office Phone: 0512-259-2198

Email: cksahu[AT]iitk.ac.in