Enakshi Wikramanayake (Fall 2015-present),

Ph.D. Graduate Research Assistant

Enakshi earned her Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from The University of Texas at Austin in 2015. She joined Bahadur's lab as an undergraduate research assistant in 2014. Her current research focuses on atmospheric water harvesting and natural flare gas.

Palash V. Acharya (Fall 2016-present),

Ph.D. Graduate Research Assistant

pvacharya@utexas.edu

Palash earned his Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from National Institute of Technology, Karnataka, India in 2014. Before joining Bahadur Lab at Fall 2016, he worked with the R&D division at Mahindra & Mahindra Automotive group for 2 years. His current research focuses on thermal management of power electronics and nucleation of hydrates.

Hobbies: Playing guitar & keyboard, dancing, reading mystery & fiction novels

Manojkumar Lokanathan (Spring 2017-present),

Ph.D. Graduate Research Assistant

manoj.l@utexas.edu

Manoj earned his Bachelor's and Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering from Purdue University at 2013 & 2016 respectively. His Master's focus was in the area of downward two-phase flow. He joined Bahadur's lab in Spring 2017. His current research focuses on applying statistical learning techniques towards droplet wettability and electrowetting on plasma etched surfaces.

Hobbies: Playing Soccer, food, Netflix, cooking

Aritra Kar (Fall 2017-present),

Ph.D. Graduate Research Assistant

akar@utexas.edu

Aritra earned his Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur in 2015. He worked for a year as a software developer at Axtria Inc. in India. He joined the Bahadur's lab in Fall of 2017 and is currently working both on enhancement of CO2 hydrates nucleation and energy recovery of flared natural gas.

Hobbies: Soccer, table tennis, chess, bodybuilding

Awan Bhati (Spring 2019-present),

Ph.D. Graduate Research Assistant

bhati137@utexas.edu

Awan earned his Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, India in 2017. He joined Bahadur's lab in Spring 2019. His current research focuses on the experimental investigation of enhancement of phase change heat transfer using electrical control.

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