Sayan Biswas

Benjamin Mayhugh Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering

Contact

612-625-6012

biswas@umn.edu

Mechanical Engineering
Room 213
111 Church Street SE
Minneapolis, MN 55455

Biographical Info

Education

Ph.D. 2017, Aeronautics and Astronautics, Purdue University
M.S. 2012, Mechanical Engineering, University of Connecticut
B.E. 2010, Mechanical Engineering, Jadavpur University, India

Professional Background

Postdoctoral Researcher, Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore, CA, 2017 – 2020
R&D Specialist, Praxair Inc., Tonawanda, NY, 2017
Visiting Scholar, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia, 2014

Scientific & Professional Societies

American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Combustion Institute (CI)
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)
Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)

Biography

Sayan Biswas is an experimental energy researcher and a passionate educator. His research focuses on developing sustainable technologies for clean and efficient future energy, emphasizing low-temperature plasma processes at elevated engine-relevant pressures, reacting flows, advanced laser diagnostics, propulsion, microscale power generation, and computational fluid dynamics.

Lab
Plasma Power Propulsion Laboratory (3P Lab)
Thomas E. Murphy Engine Research Lab (MERL)

ME Research Areas
Combustion & Engines
Plasmas

ME Impact Areas
Environment & Sustainability
Energy Transition
Next-Gen Manufacturing

Research & Teaching

Research Interests

Dr. Biswas’s research interest focuses on the fundamental understanding of complex reacting flows and low-temperature plasma processes to develop advanced technologies for clean energy generation. He combines experimental methods and advanced laser measurement techniques with detailed numerical simulations to develop fundamental as well as applied knowledge of low- temperature plasma processes for future energy generation. His research applications are relevant in power generation, transportation, air-breathing high-speed propulsion, deep space propulsion, fire safety, emission control from automotive and gas turbine engines, nanoenergetics plasma-materials interaction, fuel efficiency improvement, and development of alternative fuels. Dr. Biswas is currently interested in the following research topics:

Fundamentals of low-temperature plasma behavior at high-pressure, engine relevant conditions
Plasma-based space propulsion
Plasma processing of materials and plasma synthesis of nanoparticles
Next-generation internal combustion and gas turbine engine research
Microscale power generation and nanoenergetics
Flow control and flame stabilization in ramjet and scramjet
High-speed laser diagnostics, X-ray diagnostics

Teaching Interests

Reacting flow and combustion
Spectroscopy and laser diagnostics
Plasma physics
Turbulence and fluids
Heat and mass transfer, thermodynamics
Rocket and air-breathing propulsion
Supersonic and hypersonic flows

Publications & Awards

Honors and Awards

ASME ECLIPSE Fellowship, Early Career Leadership Intern Program to Serve Engineering, 2020 – 2021
Research Spot Award, Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore, CA, 2019
Best Paper Award, JSAE PFL 2019 Meeting, Kyoto, Japan, 2019
Springer Thesis Award, Springer Science, 2018
Magoon Award for Excellence in Teaching, College of Engineering, Purdue University, 2016, 2017
Combustion Art Special Recognition Award, Central States Combustion Meeting, Knoxville, TN, 2016
Dean’s Summer Research Fellowship, College of Engineering, Purdue University, 2016
First Place in Combustion Art, US National Combustion Meeting, Cincinnati, OH, 2015
Gold Medal, Meera-Rani Mitra Memorial Award, Jadavpur University, India, 2010
Best Paper Award, National Conference on MEMS, Smart Structures; Materials, India, 2009

Selected Publications

S Biswas, I Ekoto, “Ozone added spark assisted compression ignition” in 'Advanced combustion techniques and engine technologies for the automotive sector,’ Springer Nature, November 2019. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-0368-9_8
S Biswas, “Physics of turbulent jet ignition: Mechanisms and dynamics of ultra-lean combustion,” First edition, Springer International, ISBN 978-3-319-76242-5, 2018. https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9783319762425
S Biswas, L Qiao, “A comprehensive statistical investigation of schlieren image velocimetry (SIV) using high-velocity helium jet,” Experiments in Fluids, Vol. 58(3), 2017. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00348-017-2305-2
S Biswas, S Tanvir, H Wang, L Qiao, “On ignition mechanisms of premixed CH 4 /air and H 2 /air using a hot turbulent jet generated by pre-chamber combustion,” Applied Thermal Engineering, Vol. 106, 2016. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2016.06.070
S Biswas, K Kopp, M Renfro, BM Cetegen, “Phase-resolved characterization of conical premixed flames near and far from blowoff,” Combustion and Flame, Vol. 160(12), 2013. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.combustflame.2013.06.014

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