RAHUL GUPTA

IIT Ropar  Rupnagar, Punjab

+91-7742522607  2017chb1053@iitrpr.ac.in

Nationality: Indian DOB: 13-05-1999

EDUCATION
Indian Institute of Technology, Ropar July 2017 - Present
B.Tech. in Chemical Engineering, 2021 [CGPA: 7.7/10]
St. Anselm’s Pink City School, Jaipur
Class XII (CBSE Board), 2017 [Percentage: 93.4%] 2016-17
Class X (CBSE Board), 2015 [CGPA: 9.8/10] 2014-15

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Programming Languages C, Python, SQL, HTML

Software & Tools COMSOL, MATLAB, Tecplot, Adobe Photoshop

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Electro-osmotic mobility of non-Newtonian Fluids August 2019 - Present
(Carreau Model) (CFD)
mentor: Dr. Neelkanth Nirmalkar
· Developed a conical nanopore model on COMSOL to study the change in velocity profile, averaged
ionic concentration and current rectification ratio with the change in power index, applied potential
difference and debye length of the electric double layer.
· Preparing a draft to submit as a journal article in a peer-reviewed international journal

Electrokinetics Transport in Microchannels (CFD) May 2019 - July 2019

mentor: Dr. Neelkanth Nirmalkar
· Studied the variation of electric potential in the vicinity of electric double layer(EDL).
· Observed the variation in Electroosmotic flow(EOF) velocity along the radius of the cylindrical micro-
tube.
· Analyzed the effects of electroosmotic flow on ionic current rectification in conical nanopores.

Studied the flow of Newtonian fluids (CFD) December 2018 - January 2019
mentor: Dr. Swati A Patel
· Circular pipe flow: Studied velocity profile of fully developed flow and compared with analytical results.
· Lid-driven cavity flow: Observed the change in velocity profile with the change in Reynolds number.
· Backward Facing flow: Examined the change in size of vortices with change in Reynolds number.
· Sudden expansion: Analyzed the flow of fluid in a circular pipe with sudden expansion.

RELEVANT COURSEWORK
Transport Phenomena, Fluid Dynamics, Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics, Heat and Mass Trans-
fer, Separation Processes, Process Control, Chemical Reaction Engineering

OTHERS
Representative of Debating Society, IIT Ropar
Active member of Coding Club, IIT Ropar (Computational Problem Solving, Competitive Program-
ming), till May 2019
Sustainability internship (Swachcha Bharat Summer Internship) (under Govt. of India)