Profiles

Sushanta K. Mitra received his PhD in Mechanical Engineering from University of Waterloo and MSc in Mechanical Engineering from University of Victoria.

Utsab has obtained his Ph.D. and M.Tech from the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, India in the year 2021 and 2015 respectively. During his M.Tech and Ph.D., he had worked on passive and active manipulation of magnetic and non-magnetic interfaces on microfluidic platforms. Utsab has obtained his bachelor's (B.E.) from the Department of Power Engineering, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India. He is currently involved in research related to wetting and interfacial science. 

Tianyu obtained his bachelor’s degree (B.E.) in Energy and Power Engineering from China University of Petroleum (Tsingtao) in 2018, and Ph.D. degree in Engineering Thermophysics from the School of Energy Engineering, Zhejiang University, China in 2024, under the supervision of Prof. Liwu Fan. During his Ph.D., he had worked on multidisciplinary research of condensation heat transfer enhancement and regulation of droplet dynamics using specific multiscale superhydrophobic surfaces. Tianyu is currently involved in research related to liquid-liquid encapsulation for emerging energy storage/conversion devices and thermal management of data center.

Ankit Received his B.Tech Degree in Mechanical Engineering from the West Bengal University of Technology, West Bengal, India. He joined the National Institute of Technology, Silchar, as M. Tech. Scholar in Thermal Engineering in 2018. For his Master’s, he worked on a broad area of Transport in Porous Media. He is currently pursuing his Ph.D. in Microfluidics and Heat Transfer as a part of the ‘Electronic Thermal Management group’ under Dr. Ananadaroop Bhattacharya at the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur.

Akash Chowdhury graduated from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur in 2020 with a B.Tech. (Hons) in Mechanical Engineering. He did his Bachelor's thesis under Dr. Anandaroop Bhattacharya on Molten Metal impinging on substrates. He joined the group as a PhD student in the Fall 2023 under the supervision of Dr. Sushanta Mitra and will be working on Liquid-Liquid Encapsulation related to interfacial science. He has also been awarded with the WIN Nanofellowship.

Manas Thakur graduated from the Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology -Deemed to be University (KIIT-DU), Bhubaneswar, India in 2019 with a B.Tech. in Electronics & Electrical Engineering. He worked as an Associate System Engineer at TATA Consultancy Services LTD. for 1 year. He completed his M.Tech in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology in 2022 with a university gold medal from Jadavpur University. He has done his master's thesis on “Study of Nitrogen-doped Reduced graphene oxide for its potential application as supercapacitor and photodetector” under the supervision of Dr. Sourav Sarkar. He joined as PhD fellow in 2023 at the School of Materials Science and Nanotechnology, Jadavpur University, under the guidance of Dr. Sourav Sarkar and Dr. Sushanta Kumar Mitra, and is presently working on 2D materials-based biosensors and memory devices.

Arnav obtained his Master's (by Research) in Mechanical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, India, in 2025. He received his Bachelor’s (B.E.) in Mechanical Engineering from Jadavpur University, India, in 2020. During his undergraduate and master’s research, he worked on combustion, emissions control, and wettability engineering. He is currently pursuing his Ph.D. in the Micro Nano-scale Transport (MNT) Laboratory at the University of Waterloo, Canada, under the supervision of Professor Sushanta Mitra. His doctoral research focuses on use of liquid-liquid encapsulation for data centre cooling and corrosion technology.

Li Ting Gao completed her M.Eng. degree in Solid mechanics from Shanghai University in 2021. She is a PhD student at Shanghai University under the supervision of Prof. Zhan-sheng Guo. She is undergoing joint training at the University of Waterloo under the supervision of Prof. Aiping Yu and Prof. Sushanta Mitra. Her current research focuses on dendrite evolution in lithium metal batteries and designing the high-energy solid-state electrolyte for sodium-ion batteries. 

Shengfeng Xue received his bachelor’s degree in Polymer Science and Technology from Hubei University of Technology in 2015 and his master’s degree in Materials Science and Engineering from Wuhan University of Technology in 2019. He was working on developing novel catalysts for fuel cells and water electrolyzers. He is currently pursuing his PhD in Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering at the University of Waterloo under the supervision of Prof. Xianguo Li (UW), Prof. Sushanta Mitra (UW), and Prof. Samaneh Shahgaldi (Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières).

Xinge Yang obtained his B.Eng. degree in Energy and Power Engineering from the Huazhong University of Science and Technology in 2021. He is a PhD student at the Shanghai Jiao Tong University under the supervision of Prof. Ruzhu Wang. He is undergoing joint training at the University of Waterloo under the supervision of Prof. Sushanta Mitra. His current research focuses on atmospheric water harvesting and removing water contaminants using hydrogels.